“Where am I now? Yun?!” I looked around, but it appeared I was back in the white room from the beginning. I rushed to the door, but now a heavy and rusted padlock with matching chains was sealing the door. I tried to force the door open, but it was useless “Come on, open!” “you should conserve some energy” I turned around and saw a woman wrapped in white and golden layers of clothing sitting on a very elegant and ornate elm wood chair “Who… are you?” she smiled kindly at me and gestured to me to take a sit, “a child of prophecy is always nice to see you again, my name is Solanna what is your name this time?” I looked confused at her “I… my name is Karolin, what do you mean by this time?” She laughed a little “Many children like you have come and gone, looking for the same thing, so young one, tell me, why are you walking this road paved with tears, blood, and bones?”
“A man, I'm not sure who he promised me that at the end I can see my father again, he also offered things to my friends in exchange for being my bodyguards” Solanna nodded and continued “I see, there′s something different about you this time, I can't quite put my finger on it, but let's focus on the trial at hand” she moved her hand and a recreation of the last thing that happened before I lost conciseness formed, Yun yelled as the storm picked up intensity than he violently turned into the thunderbird, using his new abilities he pushed me out of the place and chained the door shut “I don't get it, why is this happening to him… to anyone” Solanna looked solemnly to her side to the only dark part of the room.
“My sister Lunaria, she believes the human body is a mere custom or shell that hides the true form and beauty, like a disease stemming from the inability to express their true self. “And a beast is that true form? That is insane!” Solanna nodded and showed me what was happening on the other side of the door, the thunderbird was simply attempting to fly but each time it failed more and more thunders fell into the area frying whatever they managed to hit “...” “a very sad sight to behold indeed I like that look in your eyes, speak your mand child” “you can take that padlock down, can you?” she nodded “indeed I can, however, are you sure you want to risk your own safety for a man drowned in sorrows?” “I do not need a gift to know that Yun is suffering. Something else is going on, he remembered something he doesn't want me to see, and that is why he turned." “The eyes to face the fear very well, I shall open the way for you”
with a hand movement, the chains started to glow utility in a flash of light they disappeared “Go forward Karolin Von Krush I hope you succeed on this dangerous journey” I nodded and ran through the door, shielding my face from the wind and rain created by Yun each thunder that strikes the ground was accompanied by the sorrowful and painful cry from Yun, he hasn't noticed me yet, I need to concentrate find that part that reminds of him, I have to find out what he remembered, I closed my eyes and looked, for anything that was out of place “sis…” Queena, her voice is coming from…
“Look back to what we did… the choice we made” Rue, what did you do… the sound of the whistle from the train ringing in my ears “This pain and suffering must come to an end however… Mr. Yun, can he forgive us?” this taste in my mouth… metallic yet accid is this… “... he can't understand, that dumb professor… we did it out of love we didn't mean for him to cry” I opened my eyes and I was looking at the wagon Yun and his children were sitting Yun had to leave for some reason, and the kids were eating happily form food given to them by the attendant why are they alone, there nobody else in this wagon that's when it hit me, why would kids die? Why specifically them? What do they have that others do not? I rushed to see the stops of the train and noticed it passed close to the port town near the maw “They were… gifted?” Alina made a drawing move by itself, and Queena made some bubbles appear out of nowhere, as for Rue and Zilas weren't using their gifts.
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As Yun came back, the kids started to cough and wheeze, their eyes got bloodshot “What's going on? Kids!!!” Yun rushed to his kids but before he could Salvatore hit him in the back of his head with his sword, he was bleeding profusely from the wound and he didn't respond when all of his kids called for him “Rising monsters in your little house, but no matter the poison shall take them in no ti-” Zailas took his bat and hit Salvatore breaking his arm in an attempt to help the situation but with very little effort he was thrown back to the rest of the kids, the kids were bleeding from their eyes, noses, and ears, they knew their end was closing in, they all looked at each other and at Yun and solemnly nodded “what are you doing little monsters just give up and di-” Rue placed his hand over Yun′s wound they all held his hand and yell in unison “We gift you everything dad!”
Yun opened his eyes, he was surrounded by the bodies of his children, his magnetic crest formed over everything, the train stopped in the meadow where the monolith would stand, Yun yelled I wasn't sure if it was from the pain or the trauma he just endured but with his cry, the train started to bend over itself and it keeps doing that until Yun kneeled in front of the monolith with a bloodied face and tears falling like the rain in the area, soon after the guards appeared, and I was snapped back to the sight of the thunderbird desperately trying to reach the skies where his kids should be “they… chose to save Yun over themselves and he can't forgive that”
Yun turned at the sound of my voice, and with a guttural cry it created several crests in the air and used them to pursue me, I started to run for my life, but there was not much I could use to hide, I didn't have anyone else around, Parker and Anre are out in the real world, but what can I do? I don't know how to fight properly, I don't have an offensive gift, I can only do brain things, “AAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!” I felt as Yun threw a metal pipe at my feet, “Brain things… I need a plan…” Yun landed, moving his head from side to side like a bird that was about to eat its meal. He reared his head to finish me. I closed my eyes and waited, but instead of the piercing beck “GOD DAMN IT YUNNI!!!” I heard a hard hit and managed to see something hit Yun′s form so hard that he was launched back several feet. He was bound by papers.
“We are not leaving you behind!” Parker roared as he tightened the binds, whatever was happening here was also happening outside, I had to thank them when I saved Yun, I rushed to Yun′s body I needed to touch him to try to revert his M.S.S, I placed my hand oh his forehead I felt as if I just touched live weir but I have to save him, “YUN! Why are you acting this way?” “uuugg…hhhh…” Smoke started to rise from my hand as Yun regained more and more of his human qualities “They did it for love, because they loved you so why-” “I wasn't important!” Yun finally yelled at me, “Why would they leave me like that?! I don't. No, I can't understand. If Rue could save someone, why me?” Yun finally cried and fell to his knees.
“Yun… of course, kids will choose the person they love the most to protect them” “And you expect me to accept that? Even if love was the reason, what is left? an empty home? and an empty heart that keeps sinking farther and farther? I don't even know anymore, where does the courage to keep going come from?” I steady my resolve and bring forward what Yun can't see. I held his hands and connected him to the last remnants of his children, “Mr Yun… No, I don't think I can call you that anymore”, Alina started and then kneeled next to him, pulling him into a thigh and warm embrace “Dad, you don't have to suffer anymore!” Yun′s eyes watered at the words of his eldest daughter, “Ali-” “Father… It had to be you because I love you!” Rue tackled Yun joining Alina “Ru…e” “... I love you, dad, please you can stop now!” Zilas dropped his bat and got into the hug “Zilas…” “Daddy!” Queena jumped into Yun′s arms “We love you, remember, together forever” “no matter whatever… my little princess” for the first time in a long time Yun held all of his kids and smiled form the bottom of his heart “I love you all”
I started to fain or rather to wake up the last thing I saw was Yun walking his children away from the rain I hope that when I wake up I see you on the other side, the real Yun not what someone else thinks he should be, not bound by his suffering, finally reaching for the sky aide by the wings of all of his kids, I think I understand a little bit more of my role in this and I understand more that eventually, I′ll have to face the one that orchestrated all of this, I wish for a world where a father does not have to lose his kids, something gentler and better, that's what I wish for the future.
