End Of Nightmares (Book 3)

Final Chapter: Aftermath

Lily's death is the greatest loss they had in the war, it impacted greatly on how Dreamcatcher and the gangs maneuvered themselves after the war. None is interested in joining Amaranthe and Agonist in building back the region, and it is understandable.

Lily sacrificed herself to resurrect every life that had been lost in the war, meaning all through it no life has been thoroughly lost. Amaranthe understood the situation, making blood oath not to spill what she had learned to anyone.

"I'm sorry for your loss, Medusa. I've never had the chance to meet her, but I'm sure she was as great as what the stories had been told." Amaranthe hugs Alice tight, consoling her.

"Thank you, Amaranthe."

"You're not staying?" Agonist asks Rachel.

"No. We just want to go home. Sorry, Alissa. You have to rebuild without us..." Rachel shakes her head.

"I understand. You guys had done enough. It would be greedy of us to ask for more when...." Amaranthe trails her words as her eyes catch the casket being loaded up into the carrier.

"Good luck in rebuilding the region, Amaranthe, Agonist. If you need any help later, we're just one call away." Yoongi bows, giving the ladies a slip of paper each containing his number.

"As do you, Suga. Our region will answer your call and fight under your banner whenever you need us to." Amaranthe shakes Yoongi's hand, sealing the pledge.

"Everything is ready. We should go now if we want to avoid the storm." Mia informs them.

"Yeah. We should. Goodbye, Amaranthe, Agonist. Don't be a stranger." Sujeong bids them farewell, everyone now boarding their respective carrier.

Dreamcatcher gets their own, with Rachel and Emma flying it. At the center of the loading deck lies Lily's casket, shrouded with a satin red sheet. All through the flight nobody is saying a word, no interaction whatsoever between one another. Alice's puffy eyes are glued to the casket, her memories with Lily play on repeat inside her mind. She had no more tears to cry, feeling lifeless as it is.

"We're here." Rachel briefly announces, lowering the landing gear to prepare for landing.

Dreamcatcher's carrier is the last one to arrive, and at the arrival building everyone is already waiting for them in line, Dreamcatcher and Solbin included. From the look of their black outfits, someone must have told them about Lily's passing.

When the carrier finally stops, all of the people start to line up from the carrier's loading bay to the building's main door. Della, Emma, Rachel, and Monica become the pallbearers, carrying the casket over their shoulders while Lucy helps Alice to walk. As the casket passes the people, one by one the people kneel, paying the last tribute to Lily.

"I'm sorry, Alice... I'm sorry for your loss.." JiU hugs Alice tight, crying on her shoulder. The idols all surround Alice and Lucy, giving them consolation words and hugs.

"Alice..." Solbin grabs on Alice's hand tight, her tears wet on Alice's hand. No word of consolation comes out from Solbin's lips, for Solbin lost her sister too that day. But Alice remains apathetic, never meeting anyone's eyes but staring at a blank space ahead of her.

"We need to prepare her for burial. There's only so much a cryogenic pod can do..." Alice slowly pulls her hand away, staggering away following after her sisters ahead.

"Alice-"

"Unnie. No." Lucy stops Solbin from reaching out to Alice.

"But-"

"For all of us, we lost a sister, a family, a friend. But for Alice unnie, she lost everything. Her only definition of life, of herself. No matter how much we try to understand, we will never come close to what she is feeling right now." Lucy advises her.