spoocys-glade-of-dreams

[spoocys-glade-of-dreams]

Naida finds Rayman sitting beneath a large tree right outside the venue. He was staring up at the leaves, a big smile on his face. When he hears Naida sit beside him, he slides his hand over hers. He gave a sweet giggle when she kisses his nose and fixes his shirt.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to worry you. I wasn't planning on being out here for long but lost track of time with my chat with Ales.

We have. We really have. I still remember the first day we met. I never imagined that this is where it would lead. Married to the love of my life, father of wonderful children... I never really thought I'd achieve this with everything I've had happen in my life. I used to be afraid of the idea of marriage or parenthood. Worrying about what would happen to my partner or children. I'm a target, and many of my foes would use my family against me.

I don't regret it. Not in the slightest. You have made me the happiest man in the entire glade. I love you, my beautiful Betta."

He gently pulls Naida's head close, giving her a deep, loving kiss.

The mermaid listened to her friend and braidsmaid and nodded her head, so she has nothing to worry about, but then leaving like that it still worries her as she just thanks her with a soft smile, it's better if she goes right?

❝ Thank you, if you could do me that favor it would be great ❞

Says Naida as she then goes to the blonde holding her dress to not get it dirty and sits with him, grabbing his hand softly with a smile.

❝ You got me worried for a second there, honey. I thought that something happened to you, Mona is with the kids ❞

Says her as she just hugs him softly, her head on his shoulder before she just fixes the neck of his shirt and his jacket, kissing his nose softly.

❝ Do you want to talk? We've came a long way towards here... Thanks to those monsters We are here today... sure it had their ups and downs. But what kind of life doesn't have that? ❞

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Rayman pulls out his personal schedule and began reading it off. Sounds like he was going between a few studios for recordings and live broadcasts. He couldn't help but smile at how cheerful she sounded. It really did brighten his morning.

He would guide his bodyguard down the elevator and to his car to drive to work. Harold smiles and greets Rayman and his bodyguard. Rayman kept staring out the window during the car ride.

He had a lot on his mind and was silent.

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"Oh I'm so happy to hear that! I am doing fine myself thank you for asking!" Ellie chirped. She was so happy that he was doing better since yesterday! Today was already off to a great start!

"So what's on the agenda for today?" Knowing Rayman and his schedule, it could very well be anything. The woman also had something else on her mind and it had to do with a conversation they had before leaving to the studio yesterday.

He recognized her voice, even though a lot of time had passed! She couldn't believe it! If it wasn't for the fact that The High Council wanted her to hide her identity, the redhead would have revealed herself sooner.

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Demona starts to writhe intensely as the light infusion continues. When Rayman hugs her, Raymesis would hug her tighter. The nightmare limbless manages to free a hand, raising it to strike Rayman until Raymesis grabs it. Her claws retract and her fingers close over it to squeeze his hand.

A screech sounds, and Demona throws her brother over her shoulder, freeing herself from his hold. She swipes at Rayman's face with extended claws, leaving wounds on his face yet again. This time, they quickly heal over thanks to Lumlight's power-up. She growls deeply at Rayman and lunges at him, but is caught by Raymesis before she could harm him further. The two wrestle with each other, Demona punching, hitting, and biting her brother to get him to release her.

"PUT YOUR HAND BACK ON HER!"

"The infusion's not done, but almost. She's going to be fighting harder now. We can do this, Daddy!"

Rayman was listening to Lumlight as he approached and placed his hand on Demona's shoulder, not taking his hand from her, but the voices, 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐨𝐨, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐬, 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦ⵑ

❝ Fight it, Demona, Fight it! We are not going to hurt you, I promise... You are doing great, ignore the voices, you will be fine in a few minutes! ❞

Pleaded Rayman as he tried to ignore the voices also, all of them, Closing his eyes as he never stoped touching Demona's shoulder and even hugs her alongside Raymesis, trying to help her to not be afraidm he was trying to sooth her with his voice.

❝ It's okay... we are here to help, Don't be afraid, listen to Raymesis and me, not the voices, You are NOT alone and We are NOT going to kill you! Please, hang on a little more! ❞

Says him until he thinks it's enough...

❝ Can we release her now, Lumlight? ❞

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Minnie and Grute go to Naida's beside, the human woman gently hushing her in a sweet, motherly tone. She strokes to top of her head with a smile.

"You can help us out later. Right now, your job is to get plenty of rest so you can heal. I brought you a gift. Grute, can you bring the dress over?"

Grute smiles and searches a pack, pulling a simple dress out. It was plain, yet light and comfortable. She could easily transform into her merform without ruining it.

"Floyd, can you close the curtain for me? Wait for me, love."

Grute hands the dress to Minnie before leaving the room for a moment. Floyd hums as he closes the privacy curtain. His humming could still be heard on the other side. Minnie smiles as she holds the dress.

"Do you mind if I help you get dressed, or do you want to try for yourself?"

The mermaid looked at the Knaaren and the human, a confused look in her features, they wanted her in their home' Why? They don't know her at all,  but ɯho ɯαs she to sαч no to the kındness? She smıled softlч, stıll ın pαın.

❝ Thank you for the help of earlier I am alive thanks to you. ❞

Says her as she gets more comfortable her eyes still tired and with pain in them, but she will get a home, oh, he doesn't have clothes, nothing! She only has what she has on and now the hospital robe it seems...

❝ I promise to help in anything I can to you both as payment, you are doing a lot for me, thank you. ❞

Says her as she tries to move, her happiness was real, she was really happy, obviously! She won't be at the streets anymore, or at the hospital until she is recovered, but she will want to ask for the papers... perhaps when she can go, she can get her papers done? She doesn't want to leave this city, if they are going to protect her.

Tнιѕ cαɴ вe нer ɴew нoмe...

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Raymona joined her husband and Finnegan as they inspected the statue. She looks around the place before calling Bertha over.

"Bertha? Do you have any information in your database about this place?"

A small whirring sound is heard from Bertha's body. Her eyes then emit a light that scans the statue before she responds.

"This temple houses an artifact called The Gorgon's Eye. It's a magical glass bead that looks like a snake's eye. It's gaze can turn people to stone. That statue has particles of organic material within the stonework. See the robes it's wearing? That's one of the temple caretakers cursed by the gaze of the eye.

Someone's been here before us. Proceed with caution. The intruder may still be here and may possess the eye."

The crew continue their exploration of the temple. They find other statues of the caretakers that were cursed by the eye. So many souls lost to that bauble. Grute orders them to stop as he looks over a map on the wall. There were markings in that room, and Grute began to study before testing one of the tiles by gently sliding a foot over and pressing down. Arrows shot out from holes in the wall and Grute picks one of them up to inspect it. He gives the arrowhead a sniff.

"Smells like some kind of poison. Stay behind me while I mark the safe path. Walk only on the tiles I do."

Grute grabs a piece of charcoal and began to mark the safe tiles to show the safe path. Once they cross to the other side, Raymona takes her husband by the hand.

"I'm starting to have second thoughts about delivering that bauble to the slave owner. Maybe we can figure something else out. I don't want to think of what that cruel man could do with such an artifact. I may keep it with us for safekeeping. So no one else can abuse it."

Rayman looked at his hand, then at his wife with a soft smile, returning hers before he gives her a soft kiss on her forehead.

But the temple was still a very worrysome place, he was concerned, of course!, good thing that the kids were away as he just looks at the surroundings still thanks to Grute with the torch.

The statue came like a jar of cold water, 𝐢𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐖𝐀𝐘 𝐓𝐎𝐎 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐋. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐧𝐨, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰.

❝ Yes... But isn't it strange to have like a real life statue? With no deteroration for the time? This temple seems old, why the statues are not old? ❞

A good question, a question that the answer scares him a lot...

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Raymona quickly grabs a blanket to swaddle Theo in. She carries the unresponsive hybrid boy as Ramon takes Tily by the hand. They rush out the door and their daughter runs beside her father.

'I understand. Theo didn't say much when he arrived, I don't know what happened..."

They arrive at the witchdoctor's office in clearleaf forest. Otto looks up from his work as he hears Raymona's cries. He sees the bundle in her hold and quickly gets up and rushes over. He takes Theo from her and orders them to follow him. Raymona doesn't follow.

"I'll catch up with you in a moment. I need to call Rayman so he can pick Tily up."

Otto tells her the room number they would be in before guiding Ramon and Tily back to an examination room. He carefully unbundles Theo and makes "Tsk" sounds as he checks his condition.

"Scales are pale. He's showing signs of a fever due to the infections on these dirty old wounds, yet he's deprived of heat. His body's going through shock. A mix of heat and chill. Closer inspection of the wounds show clean cuts on his arms, hands, and one across  his leg. Those appear to have been done by a blade. The other wounds are jagged with dirt in them, perhaps from a fall or from something in the environment.

Given the state of his clothes, I'm suspecting he was involved in a fight, fled, and may have hid from his attacker. Possibly in a damp, muddy environment. Unresponsive to voice and touch, but eyes show that he's not lost vision. Delirium by the look of it. Doesn't even know where he is or that we are here."

Otto begins treatment of Theo's condition. Giving him fluids through an IV while also giving him injections for the infected wounds. He then tries to get Theo's body temperature stabilized. As Otto continues treatment, Raymona comes in with Rayman. The twin rushes to his brother and gives him and Tily a hug. Otto relays the information to them, before Rayman turns back to his brother.

"I'll look after Tily for you both. Keep me updated, okay? I'll call you later to check in."

The blonde was running as fast as he can, his eyes showing panic, he could not even think that they would find Theo like this, Yes Of course he knew When he saw his future with Khali, He knew this was going to happen, it was true... 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬ⵑ 𝐇𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧, 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲ⵑ

When he reached the trampoline, he went to Tily's room and held Theo in his hold softly, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨ⵑ

❝ He has fever! Let's take him to Otto, now! ❞

Says Ramon as he tells Tily to come with them too, he can't leave her alone...

❝ Tily, We might have to send you with your uncle Rayman, to pass the night, we don't know if we might have to spend the night in the hospital sweetie. You did amazing calling us! ❞

Says him smiling softly to his daughter telling her to make the bag to go to Rayman's...

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Hunter let out a small hiss when the suggestion of staying at Ramon's house was brought up.

"I'm not a babysitter..."

"We're aware of that already, Hunter. I know how Theo feels being in your presence. I'm not fond of the idea of having you around him right now, but we don't have much of a choice.

Do you want them to possibly find you in whatever hole you crawl into while trying to fight off the sedative, or will you cooperate?"

Hunter sighs, lowering his head in submission. Rayman nods, but points a finger at him

"If Theo doesn't want you near him, then keep your distance. If I hear any whispers of you trying to hurt him again, It's not my brother you'll have to worry about this time. Is that clear?"

Hunter responds with a silent nod.

"Good."

When they arrived at Ramon's home, Hunter was set down on the sofa to rest. He let out a small grumble as he settles himself. The children gathered near Ramon when he hid the mushrooms, listening to him explain their purpose. Theo slowly approaches the living room, looking over the top of the sofa to see who was there. He gasps, and bolts upstairs with great speed and slams the door to his room shut behind him.

Ramon helped Hunter alongside his brother, the question made him to look to the spirit of Mona Could they use the house? Their own house for that? 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞? 𝐍𝐨, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞...

❝ use my house... Stay there all the time you need, they won't know where to find it, you will be safe in there until you recover ❞

A way to say that he was so sorry for everything that he wants to start with a new foot, that he will fix everything, he has to, He has done too much damage, he has to fix everything for the love of everything!

❝ Stay with the kids, I only ask you one thing while we are outside fighting... please keep the kids safe, I know you have a rocky relation with me and Theo, but Eden is dangerous you, me and Theo know it better than anybody! The Emperor ruined our lives! I made mistakes, let me repair them. ❞

Says him as he helps Rayman to take him to the safe place... leaving the four mushrooms there as well, to use it as a hide technique to not fight!

❝ Mona has more, she told me, keep these Use them if there is danger and you can't fight, a bite to hide, You too kids! Don't fight Eden, They are monsters, Don't move from here Your uncle and I will have everything under control, same with your mom and your uncles... I am so sorry that this is what you have to live... ❞

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Raymona chuckled when she heard that comment about Rayman's house.

"Knowing your brother, he'd be fine if you said you were sharing the house with him."

She allows him to tend to the wound on her head. When she heard the compliment, she let out a sweet chuckle.

"Still a sweetheart after all these years. I'm glad to see you haven't changed."

She held that pure smile. She had overheard much from his brother, father, and Ales, yet despite the hardships he faced she could tell his heart was still in the right place. That sweet kindness was still there, and that made her happy.

Ramon looked inside the house it was so cozy, the smell of the plants, the warm brown of the wood, the rustic look, it was beautiful.

❝ You've made wonders with your house. I love it...❞

Says the blonde as he takes the cup thanking her as he goes to the sofa and gives a sip of the drink, relaxing.

❝ Thank you for invite me... I don't have a home of my own still but I am sure that my brother would say the same, feel like at hom at his house... I say that as if I iown it, he would scold me...❞

Says him with a chuckle as he leaves the cup on the table with careful and just takes care of her wound until he was satisfied with how it was the wound.

❝ I will be here until you feel relaxed... I am sorry I didn't arrive at time. But I am glad that I saw you, you know your voice is glorious! You sing like an angel and you look like one too. ❞

'𝑂𝘩, 𝑅𝑎𝑚𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝘩𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝘩𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝐴𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔.ᐣ.ᐟ 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑖𝑡𝘩 𝘩𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝘩𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑎𝑦 𝑡𝘩𝑎𝑡.ᐣ.ᐟ'

That's what his mind was saying to him as he tries to hide his embarrassment.

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The caretaker's reflection looked towards Ramon. They nodded in response to his question.

"I hear you. Be wary, strangers. The one who holds our artifact still walks the ruins of our temple. A wraith-like being of great, terrible power. I fear he may be a match even for you, Chosen of Jano.

Recover our artifact, and keep it safe so that it may never be used for evil again."

The robed figure bowed to Ramon in respect. The members of the crew stayed back, allowing Ramon to speak with the reflection of the temple keeper.

The blonde looked to his wife as he looks through the reflection of the carekeeper on the mirror.

❝ There is only one way to find out, Trying it... ❞

Says him as he looks at the reflection, then at the statue, returning to it and talking to the refelction to see if they answer him.

❝ If you can hear me, do me a signal...❞

says him as he looks back at the rest of the crew, but then continues to look at the reflection, his eyes looking back and forth to the mirror and the crew to see if it can talk, if the statues can talk to them, know more...

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Raymona runs back home with Ramon following. She manages to catch any of the items they bought with her magic, causing them to levitate beside her as they ran. Hopping up the mushroom trampoline, she drops their shopping by the door as she calls out to Tily. Tily responding that she's in her room and Theo was with her.

When they entered her room, they found Theo sitting on the edge of her bed. He was covered with wounds. They were old ones, some starting to show signs of infection. He was shivering slightly and his gaze seems distant. His scales were slightly pale and the clothes given to him by The Hunter had holes in them.

He didn't respond, like he didn't hear that they had entered. Raymona rushes to Theo and calls his name. Trying to get him to respond, but nothing. He continued to stare blankly at the floor while shivering.

Ramon was buying things with Mona for the household, the groceries, Ramon has had the bags in his hands the whole time as he just looked at her lowering his hands a bit before her just nods his head at hear the truth... 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝?ⵑ...

❝ Let's go home! I'll follow you! ❞

Says him as he follows Mona as fast as he can, having little discard for the bags as he goes to the house to try to help his son.

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He could barely sleep that night. His mind was full of so many questions, and stomach of butterflies. He would stare at the ceiling, mind wandering about the events that played out. When morning rose, he got ready for the day and waited for the arrival of his bodyguard.

"Keep it professional, Rayman. She's just your bodyguard. The High Council would not approve of you getting so friendly."

He greeted Ellie when she arrived at his penthouse.

"Better. How about you?"

Ellie could tell by his voice that he was trying to not sound awkward.

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The feeling of seeing him again was mutual. Sure it was quite eventful towards the end, but that was part of her job. She was his bodyguard and she needed to do what it took to protect him in the event that something would happen.

Although, the woman couldn't take all the credit for yesterday. Why, Harold was quite the badass and helped tremendously! The redhead only hoped that Rayman had a good night's rest despite what happened.

"Good morning Rayman. How are you feeling?" Would it be too personal to ask about his time with his friend? Maybe. She wanted to at least know how he was doing.

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Demona was digging her claws into her scalp, shaking so heavily that she nearly fell to the floor. She was restraining herself as much as she could. She suddenly lunges at Rayman, wrestling with him to try and get him to back off. A pulse-like weave of light flows off Rayman, and he feels his opponent start to weaken.

"Place your hand on her."

When Rayman set his hand on Demona, a bright light started to flow from it.

Demona tries to back away, but she bumps into something behind her. A pair of hands pulls her into a hug, looking to the head resting on her shoulder, she sees Raymesis.

"...Raymesis...?"

"I'm here now. I'm not going anywhere. I promise. You can fight this. I'll help you."

Demona rests her hands over her brother's, allowing him to hug her and hold her back as Rayman placed his hand on her once more. The infusion had begun, and his mind was filled with screams and curses of some dark force. So many voices...

"Look what you've made us do!"

"You will never be safe!"

"They will never accept you!"

"They will kill you the first chance they get."

"They're lying to you. They don't want to save you."

"That light... She'll kill us all!"

Demona starts to writhe, screaming as light shines from her eyes and mouth. Raymesis hugs her tighter, letting her dig her claws into his hands as she screamed. The voices became more intense in Rayman's mind.

"IT HURTS!"

"THEY'RE KILLING US!"

"STOP THEM! THEY'LL PURGE US!"

"WE DON'T WANT TO DIE!!!"

Ramon stepped back close to his daughter when she said it, he looked at her and nodded his head rubbing his forehead agianst hers

❝ I trust you my sweet... Let's do it. ❞

Says him as he let himself be fused with her, yes that way she can't be harmed and he wins more strenght, now it was all the final battle...

❝ Demona, Fight it! We are coming to help you. Hang on a little more We are close ❞

Says him as he approaches to the nightmare in hopes that she let herself be helped by them.

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Lumlight keeps her distance from Demona, calling her father back.

"Daddy! Get back! She's slipping!"

She urges Rayman to return to her. She flutters closer so she can whisper to him.

"I know how I can give her that infusion but I can't do this alone. Let me fuse with you. I cannot be harmed while inside you, and you can help me get close enough to start."

Lumlight presses her forehead against her father's before diving into Rayman's chest. He feels a surge of strong power course through him. It was like when he absorbed a silver lum, but this power was much stronger! He felt his strength empowered, and energy coursing through him that took his fatigue away. His body gave a gentle glow just like his daughter's.

Rayman looked at his wife seeing her like this hurt! It hurt him a lot! this was not a thing he wanted to see, nor he needed to see it as he was just full of panic for this, 𝘩𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑔𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑟, 𝘩𝑒 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑠 𝑖𝑡... 𝐻𝑒 𝐾𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑠.ᐟ

❝ The help is coming... Please keep fighting... ❞

Says him as tears threaten to fall down his eyes hugging his wife the best he could before he sees Lumlight enter in the room with them all, Of course he was in alert with Jano and Demona here... But he had to do something!

❝ lumlight... your mother is not very well at the moment, she needs help but we can help her after we help Demona, as long as this dome exist your mother will be okay... Now be careful, okay sweetie? ❞

They were in nightmare territory... when he saw Jano drool, he called his name and told him to leave to secure everything.

❝ Jano, they need you outside, I thank you for everything but right now you should leave to explain what is happening! ❞

𝐴𝑛 𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑟.ᐣ 𝑀𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒𝑙𝑦, 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝘩𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑜𝑠𝑠 𝘩𝑖𝑚 𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑, 𝑛𝑜, 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑡𝘩𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑔𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑠.ᐟ

The blonde then turned to Demona and slowy approached to her lifting his hands to show that he means no harm.

❝ Demona, fight that voice, please! I trust you!. You can do it... You can win it! Lumlight... Are you ready? Then we can do this! ❞

[spoocys-glade-of-dreams]

Harold stops the car where Ellie wished to get off. He held a smile in her direction as she offered Rayman her number. He would write his down and offers it to her as well.

"Here. This is mine. That way you know when it's me calling you. I'll see you tomorrow. Have a good evening, Rose."

He gave Harold a signal to start driving. He never bothered to roll the window back up, he watched her figure pass by as the car drove. He couldn't take his eyes off her, they stayed watching until she vanishes from his sight. He sighs a little and rests the side of his face onto his hand.

Why does she seem so familiar? He never saw her face yet for some reason... It was like he knew her from somewhere. He couldn't recall anything!

When he arrives at his penthouse, he has that phone call to invite the friend over. He would see Rose again tomorrow, and he was looking forward to it.

@spoocys-glade-of-dreams

Ellie didn't blame him for being a little weirded out by the hug offer. Perhaps offering to hug him was an unprofessional thing to do? But she couldn't just stare at him being a mess, she had to do something! After all, he had just been through something horrible!

When he quietly thanked her, the bodyguard gave a quite "Mhm" back. The woman could tell that he really needed that hug and that he felt calmer because of it. She was also glad that he was going to invite one of his friends over to his place. Perhaps it'll cheer him up even more!

"I appreciate the offer, but I think I'll fly to where I need to be. If you can drop me off up here, that would be great!" Using her arm band, the redhead used the touchscreen to find a pen and a post it note. She then decided to write something down and give it to Rayman.

"Here is my phone number. If you need anything else, please don't hesitate to call me. I hope you have a nice time with your friend. I'm sure it'll be nice to see them after what just happened."

[spoocys-glade-of-dreams]

The captain looks over her husband's shoulder to see the reflections of the mirror. The temple caretakers seem strangely content. Some even standing there with their heads up in the air with pride and acceptance.

"...Do you think they may be able to communicate with you through the mirror? Maybe we can find out what happened here and who possesses The Gorgon's Eye."

Then ramon has a theory as he listens to Bertha... DNA with stone... He remembers a legend he studied in history so long ago... 𝐖𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐞? 𝐘𝐄𝐒ⵑ 𝐖𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞ⵑ.... Medusa and Perseo the hero could defeat it with the mirror shield that Athenea gave to him to kill her...

❝ The legend of Medusa... This is like the legend of Medusa from Earth! In the Old Greece The Pantheon gods had affair with humans and even animals. Medusa was one that Poseidon did... uh not so kind things to anger his niece the goddess Athenea. Athenea transformed Medusa in a Gorgon and she turned into stone everything that looked into her eyes... until Athenea sent a hero, Perseo. That using a reflective shield could kill the monster. ❞

Says him as he paces back and forth, holding his train of thought untl Grute spoke again... Poison... 𝐏𝐎𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐍?ⵑ

Ramon nods at Grute taking Ramymona's hand and then the mirror from Jano. His powers reacted to the mirror as his eyes turned red for a second, then changed back to normal.

Going exactly for where Grute tells him. But looking in the mirror he saw the statues as normal people...

❝ This mirror... shows things differently... ❞

[spoocys-glade-of-dreams]

Raymona didn't react when Rayman held her head. Her stare was blank, the bags under her eyes dark and deep. When she spoke, he couldn't hear a word. Hushed, and garbled. Her words made no sense.

The shooting star enters through the balcony, Demona trying to chomp at it as it whizzed passed. It came to a halt by Rayman and Raymona. It was Lumlight! The tiny lum fluttered around her mother, studying her. Rayman can see Jano's mouth start to drool and he begins to pant before suddenly disappearing. It seems like he was set off by the sight of Lumlight.

"Daddy, what's wrong with her? Why is mommy acting like that???"

The chamber began to fill with lesser nightmares, quickly advancing and trying to grab the lum. She emits a bright flash of light that causes the mob to scream and retreat. Demona was slowly advancing on them, yet she seems to be trying to hold herself back. She begins to aggressively scratch at her head. She even resorts to punching herself. What was she doing??? She falls to the floor, her hands gripping the floor so hard that her claws leave marks in the stone. Her teeth become pointed, giving loud growls. 

"I can't... I can't hold it back for much longer... I feel my mind slipping...! No...! NO! YOU WILL NOT HARM THEM! I FORBID IT! LEAVE THEM ALONE!!!"

She grips her head, her claws digging deeply. into her scalp.

"She does not wish to harm us! She wants to help us! SILENCE!!! CEASE!!!"

Rayman listened to Jano speak, he was horrorized after every word that was spoken, 𝐡𝐨𝐰 ����𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞? 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧...

❝ My mother warned me about it... People will want to hurt her, to study her to sploit her...❞

Said the blonde as he looked at the Demi-God, his words were true he worries for his child as he worries for Tily also and for Raymona of course!

But his words about fight... He knew he had to... and he was ready as he nods hos head, but Demona's way to grip on the balcony...

❝ Lumlight... She is coming... Mona! Lumlight is here to save us! ❞

Said Rayman as he goes to his wife with careful to put her head on his hands to help her stay awake.

[spoocys-glade-of-dreams]

"Murfy has your belongings. They're locked up as we speak. I'll call Globox and he'll get started on the security system."

The Mayor takes out his phone and makes the phone call to Globox. Ramon watches as Peach leaves the house to visit the stables. He decides to follow her, tending to Thunder and letting Peach brush him if she wanted.

"We'll do everything in our power to keep you and your mother safe. You have my word."

The blonde looked at her mother and the both gave a nod to each other before confirming to the mayor and the Sheriff, that was okay, yes! They can rest asure, there wouldn't be more troubles with him, right?

"Yes, and as soon as possible, we beg. Murfy has all the boxes? They are pretty important... it's something rather... difficult to explain."

said the mother as she looked at the both men, the princess just remained quiet, even leaving for the stable, going for the horses, hers and the Sheriffs to pet them and try to calm down, her mare allowed her pets, even let her rest against her as the white horse just played with the long hair of the blonde that was drying her own tears. not more, please...