"Yes, all I wanted was to fix myself. All I wanted when I signed up for that experiment, was to cure myself. I didn"t want to hurt her or mom and dad. I just wanted to be with my family again."His voice cracked as his tears poured down like a cascade.
"Why... Did I have to... Bring so much pain to my sister? I only wanted to love her, that"s all I wanted!"
The little girl with chestnut brown hair and matching eyes ran right into the arms of a renowned couple of the Congregation, Gillian and Ysabeau Meslander. Benjamin reached out but quickly retracted his hand.
"That"s right. She found a family. The one thing I took away from her," smiled Benjamin as he looked from a distance.
The small Valkyrie giggled as Ysabeau tickled her tiny tummy. The last of the Akis placed a small kiss on the girl"s temple. The child opened her arms and hugged the couple with a cheerful smile. A shadowy figure emerged behind Gillian and s.n.a.t.c.hed the little girl up.
But to Benjamin"s shock, the little girl merely squealed with laughter as she clenched both her plushy and the Angry Man"s strong arms. But a familiar flash of blue light and the little girl was gone. A cheeky Time Mage hugged the wee la.s.s as the Angry Man hurled some insults.
The Child Of Time stuck out his tongue at the shadow while the child laughed at the raging shadow. Just then, a plump-looking man with curly hair slapped the Angry Man"s head.
"Peanut!" shouted the little girl as she launched herself to the Ice Mage"s face.
Slowly, figures of the Five Kings emerged from the back. Z placed the Valkyrie back onto the ground. As she touched the ground, she grew slightly, to a teenager. Minwoo Kim Dalles, being the friendliest human there is, hugged the slightly older Valkyrie.
Ashley stepped out from behind Minwoo, carrying a sniper rifle. But the young Valkyrie merely smiled and hugged the stick man as well. He looked shocked but conceded defeat. The entire group looked happy, especially for the little girl in the middle.
"How I wished...That they were my family as well... But alas, how could I wish for something so foolish?"
Benjamin gave out a pitiful laugh and threw his head back in sheer madness and shame. He then saw Ashley disappear, followed by Minwoo and then Yan.
"I killed Yan without any remorse. I took out Ashley because I wanted to advance into Minwoo"s body. I used Minwoo as a vessel to get to Mavis. I destroyed the last Conjurer of the Stars using my Corruptions. I forced the event of the Mage Who Walked Through Time..."
"I"ve done all these treacherous things... Her family, my enemy... How could I possibly think that I could win my sister back?"
He let out another laugh of regret and pain. But it seemed that his self-reflection caught the attention of the star in the group. The Valkyrie broke away from the group and ran towards Benjamin.
His eyes widened as Mavislin managed to hug him. He was reluctant but soon gave in the urge within him to hug his sister once more.
"I didn"t want to harm anyone... I just wanted to..." sobbed Benjamin as he looked at the fading family.
"I know, I know..." comforted Mavislin as she patted her brother.
"Be with you again..."
Mavislin gently pulled back to see her twin"s crying face. She then took out her stuffed toy for Benjamin to see. Her iconic grey bunny with a black bowtie and matching eyepatch. She smiled warmly as she pa.s.sed the bunny to her twin.
"Family!"
With that said, Benajmin closed his eyes and awaited the dream to be over. One that he could never remember. One he could never hope of seeing it in real life. As the light died, both Tiamat and Benjamin were gone.
"Finally, the last of the Umbras has died..." said Gab, heaving a sigh of relief.
"Not quite," said Raiyen as he looked at the evening skies.
"What do you mean?" asked Vernice.
"The last Umbra can"t be killed. Even if we wanted to, even if he had wished to... He"s a being that cannot die," said Baldwin, walking towards the group with the help of his staff.
"Cannot die, eh? Hmph, that"s a spoiler. Even for lil" ol" me," laughed Raiyen as he gripped onto Mavislin"s hand.
"You"ve been holding my hand for quite some time. Are you ever gonna let go of it?" asked Mavislin, lifting her arm.
"Can"t help it. I"ve missed you so much!" said Raiyen, ruffling the Valkyrie"s hair.
"Stop!"
Vernice looked disgusted while Ling started to blush. Gab and Baldwin both shook their heads in disappointment.