It's a strategy to ensure I remain

Barely holding on to consciousness.

"There's something off about that jax kid. He seems suspicious of us aiko" Valkyrie mumbled to aiko "yeah that for sure, I don't trust them at all they seem suspicious" Aiko agreed "yeah their tone seems rather melancholy." Valkyrie took grip of a sword in his pocket. "I'm gonna go follow them I wanna see what their up to" he mumbled and took off after jax and Toby. Jax felt their presence following them and teleported away. "FUCK-" Valkyrie swore loudly and abruptly and punched a wall. Jax and Toby had headed to Toby's tent in a hope to escape Valkyrie and aiko. Valkyrie had pulled back his bleeding knuckles "we fucking lost them." Aiko stared at Valkyries knuckles "are your knuckles okay?? They're bleeding??" He brushed it off "cmon we need to find them." But aiko dragged him into the flower shop to bandage up his hand.

"We need to get jax and Toby off our backs. They're plotting against us for sure I can feel it". "Yeah they pretty much confirmed it- anyways I think I know where they went" he grabbed his sword and his fingers slipped on the blade cutting them. Ace had confronted jax and Toby about running from Valkyrie and aiko but they both teleported away when they go the hint of who they were on about. Jaxs mind was filled with worried thoughts, he had no idea of what Valkyrie and aiko were capable of. If they were capable of murder? He highly doubts it but Valkyrie seems unpredictable.

Ace had reported back to Valkyrie and aiko "they telaported away when I mentioned you were my mother" Valkyrie paced around to think of a plan but all that was getting said over and over in his mind was "kill them kill them" he tried to push the thought out of his mind and turned to aiko " we need to find them asap"

His mind got clouded up with intrusive thoughts. Just kill them. It will make life a lot easier for you and you won't feel any guilt for it. They mean nothing to you. They are just gonna get in your way. No no no no no no he tried to block it out but it was getting the better of him.

Valkyrie looked around after walking around the forest not talking much because all that was floating around in his mind was "your going insane your losing your mind" over and over again. He could see this coming but he didn't think it would be so soon. He kept walking around looking out for Toby and jax

And at last he spotted them.

He walked towards them. Jaxs head snapped up and he suddenly saw valk and aiko "fuck- there they are-" he grabbed the sword beside him "go go Toby now I don't want you to get hurt" he handed Toby a sword who stared at it "use it to protect yourself." "But jax where will you go??" "Leave me here. Just protect yourself They are dangerous, just look at Valkyrie, if they want to fight then You need to protect yourself" "what do you mean look at me??.. am I a maniac or something... is that how you see me??" Valkyrie asked as he heard everything ,just looked up and told Toby to run away. "Val what do we do??" Aiko mumbled to Valkyrie who laughed manically and exclaimed "I would say KILL THEM but that would be quite harsh" he said not having much control of his mind and thoughts anymore. Aiko gave him a stunned look " their just kids"  Toby had secretly walked away from the scene.

"what do you want from us, Aiko?" Jax said trembling trying to keep his tone consistently calm. It wasn't working. Obviously. " why were you running away from me and val??" Aiko says "Valkyrie gives me- off vibes" jax burst out. "I give you off vibes do I now?? How the fuck do i??" "starting a nation? How do you think that's going to work out? And saying we won't kill anyone? That made me a little suspicious of this nation and both of you" jax shot back in a cold tone. "I feel bad for ace, dragging a six year old into the making of a nation? That's sick" "ace literally approved and their not your child." Aiko spat " Valkyries eyes flashed dangerously and he stood up abruptly "SO WE ARE BOTH MONSTERS FOR STARTING A NATION-"he said grabbing the sword "OH ILL BE A FUCKING MONSTER" jax began panicking and breathing really heavily and fast. Fuck Valkyrie really was unpredictable. "I'll have your fucking head on a pole" Valkyrie breathed through gritted teeth. Jax began yelling for Toby. "TOBY PLEASE HELP ME-" he was shouting through tears. Toby looked back "did I hear something...?" He said turning back and ran back to jax screaming "JAX!"

Valkyries mind became much less clouded and he looked at jax who had dissolved to a sobbing mess. What the fuck am I doing?. He said taking a step back. His face plummeted and he turned to aiko " I can't do this. I see myself in them.I CANT FUCKING DO THIS-" jax was so defensiveless. He couldn't do it. "Jax are you okay!?" Toby has arrived at the scene panting and coughing. "T-Toby please help me-" jax said his voice  was shaking.

Valkyrie had dropped his sword and aiko had grabbed his hand to run away but Toby had ran forward and embedded his sword deep into Valkyries chest. He felt the searing pain as blood began seeping out of the wound. Fast. At this rate he had no way he could survive this. It was fatal "fuck- fuck-" he laughed his voice getting higher in a panic.

"Oh my god why did you do that-" ace said looking as Valkyrie went to the floor coughing and choking on blood. His own blood. "I- Valkyrie?! VALKYRIE!?" Aiko screamed her eyes welled up with tears. Toby pocketed the bloody sword. "I'm sorry I had too I had too- did he hurt you??!! Are you hurt!??" "Toby we need to get out of here" jax said as he scrambled to his feet and grabbed Toby's arm and dragged him away. Running as far as he could go.

Valkyrie had tried to stand up, struggling to even get to his feet "what can I say?? I was the the bad guy. I deserved this" he says choking on his blood. Ace was just watching this all happening, he was just a child he was way too young for this. "This is all my fault I shouldn't have dragged you into this" valk stammered "don't say that- you can still make it right?? RIGHT!?-" Aiko sobbed. Owen who had been wandering around the forest heard the commotion and ran over "OH MY GOD ARE YOUS OKAY???!!"

"Oh yeaj I'm fine im fine definitely not bleeding to fucking death-" he laughed trying to make light of the whole situation but sent himself into a further panic "I don't wanna die!? I DONT WANNA FUCKING DIE-"

Owen proceeds to run away where he can't be seen from the shock of witnessing a death

Aiko was holding Valkyries hand tightly "your gonna make it- y-you can make it to the flower shop- you will make it" she had lifted Valkyrie up and began running to the flower shop "ACE WE NEED TO CREATE A HEALING POTION OR A GOLDEN APPLE-" the lights were getting dimmer by the second, and Valkyrie was barely holding on the consciousness never mind life. Suddenly everyone and everything went silent. Everything was calm and peaceful. Everything went black.

"VAL- VALKYRIE?!? U STILL HERE??" She went silent "a-ace he didn't make it-"

"He's dead."