Corrupted Timelines

To: Me

Ina'nis stood in front of two terrified girls. Both were on the opposite ends of the fight or flight spectrum. Gura looked ready to try and tear her throat out, while Ina looked like she was going to climb over the couch at any second.

Slowly, with one hand extended out in front of her, Ina'nis lowered herself to the ground. She put her legs underneath her and bowed forward, putting her forehead against the soft rug on the floor.

"I absolutely promise you that I was in no way responsible for Amelia's parent's deaths. I want to help the best that I can and in order to do that, you must know what I am," she stated as firmly as she could. There was a tiny shake in her voice, though. After what felt like several minutes, she raised her head just enough to see the other two's reactions.

Gura sat cross legged on the couch, staring at her with cold eyes. It was that all too familiar look of betrayal that Ina'nis had been trying to avoid. Why hadn't she known this would happen.

Behind Gura's outstretched arm, Ina no longer looked completely terrified, only nervous. Ina lowered Gura's arm, much to her girlfriend's frustration. With a light nod from Ina, Gura fully retracted her protective shield.

"Do you know anything about what happened? Why were Amelia's parents killed? How was her watch broken?" Ina tried her best to maintain eye contact. It was difficult, but she could manage. She was strong.

"I wish I could tell you most of that," Ina'nis said sadly, lifting herself to a seated position. "Unfortunately, I can only really tell you how her watch was broken." Gura's stare was driven into her skull even harder.

"Then start talking," she commanded. Ina rubbed Gura's leg, trying to calm her down. It did very little to help.

"Corruption is the basis of every ability I have. When Amelia was attacked, her mom had been holding the time watch when she was hit. This caused the Droplet at the center to become corrupted and act differently," Ina'nis explained carefully. She worried that any screw up on her end would cause this conversation to terminate early, along with any chance she had of helping.

"Is that similar to what is happening with Johnny?" Ina asked, a slight inkling of hope on her words. If it was true, then they could do whatever Ina'nis and Amelia had done to fix the time watch to help him.

"It probably is, but I can't help right-"

"BULLSHIT!!!" Gura screamed at the Priestess on the floor. She stood up and took very loud and angry stomps over to her. Ina grabbed her by the wrist to stop her from fully approaching, much to Ina'nis' gratitude.

"Gura, just let her speak. She hasn't been malicious before, so I'm sure she has her reasons." Ina'nis nodded her head rapidly to indicate she did. Gura stopped trying to get close to her, but didn't back up. She instead just crossed her arms and stared down at her.

"What we did to fix Amelia's time watch was use something very, very rare and powerful to purify it. We don't have any more right now, but I think I know where I can get some when I get back." Ina'nis thought back to the dozens of stone soldiers that she had fought down in Atlantis. They had all been powered by Pure Flow, so maybe she could harvest enough to help Johnny.

"Where would that be?" Gura asked, tapping her foot on the ground impatiently.

"The bottom of the ocean in an abandoned and destroyed city." Ina'nis let Gura fill in the gap.

"Atlantis?" she asked. Ina'nis nodded. Ina shook her head out of confusion.

"W-Wait, you need to go to a city only shrouded in myths to retrieve some magical thing to help Johnny?" she attempted to clarify the story.