Chapter 236: Dual-Ego (2/2)

Alice kept going losing wind, panting, her hands going all numb as blood trickled on the floor. ”Then help me! Lend me the strength to defeat my foes and fight!”

”What?” You're not serious!”

”You care for Alton, too, right? You've seen my memories; no, you shared them. Don't give up on him, I beg of you!”

Eve stared blankly, feeling empty. ”Me? What's this memory?”

”I hurt them badly. Pushed them all away when they were just there to help me. I was too fixated on myself that I forgot them entirely. I'm afraid they would never forgive me.”

”You can't know unless you try. I left friends in the Garden because my brother said so. I also feel bad, but I know once we liberate and destroy the Garden, I'll save them. That's what the Children of the Garden are for.”

”Excuse me? What did you say?”

”About what?”

”I always thought Children of the Garden were pawns of the very same used to destroyed humanity. That's what I believed…”

”You're one of us, too, aren't you? I can tell by the pain in your eyes. Seen as an enemy on both sides. We seemly don't belong anywhere. Not with the Garden nor the Humans fighting a two-side battle against our own allies. Adam worked it out a while back; we aren't born of the Garden nor this world. We are spectres of another world born for the sole reason for defeating the Garden; that's what he believed anyway.”

Eve stared on lost. ”I don't remember…” She stopped smiling faintly. ”I get it now.” Walking towards Alice, she kneeled down, holding her broken hands sighing. ”You're seriously useless with me, aren't you? Fine, let's go save Alton together.”

Standing up, Eve flicked her hand forward, summoning her scythe, cutting the door in half. The endless black void erupted with light as everything turned to a shining white. Holding her hand out, Alice took it, shocked. ”Eve…”

Shaking her head, Eve walked behind Alice wrapping her arms around as chains wrapped around Alice's arms. ”We are now bound to each other forever. Your power is mine so, let's play sometime.”

Alice gripped her hands tightly as flowers flurried from them. ”Eve, let's see the world together.”

”Right.”

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Alesha and Lily were on their last footing as Percy was overwhelming them entirely. Just as the end was in sight, Percy turned his head as portals opened everywhere alongside chains holding him down. Unable to move, his head cranked to the left with a look of disgust as Alice appeared, the chains wrapped around her arms out holding him down. Her hair was wrapped in space buns with the rest hanging down her back, and she wore a long black dress. A necklace hung around her with a large lock hanging at the end. Gripping her other hand tightly, a pure white scythe emerged glittering with light and energy. ”Alice?” Alesha whispered in shock.

Percy stared at her, turning his head. ”I sense the Garden in you…”

Opening her eyes, one was yellow, the other a cardinal red. She smiled to herself, whispering to Eve. ”Hold on a little longer Alton, we're coming to save you.”