GUARDIAN|M.LANGDON

PART 24|SORRY

He said my name, once again as if to make sure I was there, I bury my head further

"I'm sorry, I'm so so sorry" it was true, I'm so sorry, for everything that happened, the things that are happening
and the things that are going to happen

He pushes my shoulders lightly, making me look up at him, and he touches my face

"You're here?"
I nod eagerly, we were both exhausted, hungry and tired, the littlest words had the most importance

I looked at him, touching his face, he didn't pull away

"I'm here"

We stayed silent for a bit, his brain trying to catch up with the events

Now the next thing I said, to be honest, I don't know why I said it either

But I don't regret it

"I love you, I love you so much and I hadn't realized it, I love you-" I get shut up by a soft kiss on my lips, I sigh softly

I love him, I really do
It's why I have to let him go

I break the kiss and stand up "I'm so sorry" and I stand up, stepping out from the circle

And I walk away

My wings drag behind me, and I hear him speak

"Where are you going?"

"I love you, which is why this is goodbye"

He stands up immediately, but stumbles, he hadn't moved for days, hasn't eaten, or drank, he was weak

"Cordelia doesn't want us together, she'll kill me to get to you, if I die-
I can't protect you"
I'd be watching, from afar obviously, but I could no longer speak to him

"You can't leave me" his voice was wavering, it shattered me

I looked at him, and said nothing as a tear fell down my eyes

I turned around and I walked, not looking back

Im sorry

-TIME SKIP-

I made my way back into the house, walking up to cordelias room where she was sat

"It's done"
I close the doors behind me

She sits quietly watching as I sit on her bed
"You need to keep your end of the deal now"

She nods and we stay there in silence

"I'm sorry"
"I'm sorry"

We say it at the same time, I look to her and I speak again

"I'm sorry, for what I said earlier in the car, you're right, you're the closest thing I have to family, and I don't want to lose you" I smile thinly at her, fumbling my fingers

She speaks next "I'm sorry, for making you do this, I should've listened and understood but I was too scared to lose you and-"

I cut her off "you won't ever lose me Delia, but you're right, this is right, just promise me you'll find another way to stop him"

Cordelia nods "that was our deal, you break off your connection, and we won't kill him

We just need to weaken him a bit, we'll find another way"

This is how I'm protecting him, she was right, I couldn't keep my sisters and him safe, by siding with one I'm saving him

After this... maybe ill see him again, maybe I'll get to hold him again and maybe, just maybe, it would be okay

But things don't always work like that do they?

We both make our way downstairs, close to each other as we once were, things were about to get messy but we had a job to do

I had a job to do

-TIME SKIP-

It had been over a week, and we had no plan

I watched Mallory as she tried to revive a bird, struggling

"You're pushing too hard mal" is all I can say to her

"I don't get it, I used to be able to do this" she seems frustrated with herself, I don't blame her

"You're exhausting yourself dear" myrtle continues

I walk towards her as Cordelia and myrtle continually reassure her that it'd be okay

"You just need time"
This gets Mallory up, and walks towards Cordelia
"but what if we don't have time? Micheal told you he was coming to kill us all"

I feel a pang at this, I had tried not to talk about him, to hopefully forget him or make our plan easier, but it hadn't worked evidently

I had watched Cordelia place a protection spell on the academy, that was about as much as we could do right now, we needed to protect ourselves

And in the event that I need to, I can hide myself, worst case scenario Cordelia told me of a spell to hide a room, I could lock myself in there in case...

...In case he came I guess

I watch as Cordelia tells Mallory all this info, relief washing her face

I watch as Mallory sits down again, trying to work on the bird and I start to step downstairs

That's when I heard it
"Clearly that mantras bullshit"

Micheal

I gasp lightly, freezing up,
why was he here?
How was he here?

I breathe deep, hiding myself as I walk downstairs slowly, trying to make no noise on the stairs and I see him

With ms mead?

"Oh come on, you can't be that surprised to see me?"
His voice sounded rasp, and evil, void of any sort of kindness as he talked to the witches

It made my skin crawl

He makes some sort of speech and the next events go fast, I see both Zoe and queenie raise the nails trying to hit him

But he stops them
And turns them back on the witches

I watch in panic as my sisters get punctured by the nails, frozen I'm not sure what to do, and I can only watch

Zoe and queenie survive, but something shoots zoe
Ms mead shoots Zoe
A- a robot?

All that was left was queenie, and it didn't take long as I watch her slit her throat, but it doesn't work as she gets shot and dies

I wanted to scream