GUARDIAN|M.LANGDON

PART 26|MALLORY

"It sounds preposterous I know" myrtle begins

"It sounds more than that" Is all I can Mutter out
Myrtle continues however "I myself dismissed it as mere legend, until our young supreme found a road killed deer and did not merely bring it back to life, she reversed the flow of time, returning it to its youth"

I remember this day, I did nothing but shrug it off as part of her healing powers, but now, it made sense

"If you were able to do this, you can go back and save our coven" I see Cordelia clinging onto this hope, but I interrupt

"But you said there were no records of any witches alive having this power?"

Myrtle looks at me, then to all of us "the tales of those who tried all end in death"

I breathe sharply, we had already lost everyone, and to lose Mallory too... I couldn't do it

I stood up as I looked to them
"Is there any way to send someone else back in time instead?"

They all look at eachother, and myrtle speaks first

"Only one way to find out"

-TIME SKIP-

We had gone to the bath, the water rising slowly, as Mallory looked at me

"Are you sure you want to do this? I might mess up, I could make you a child or I could-"

I hold her hands, the ones she had been flailing madly over this past sentence

"I'm sure, I'm the reason they're gone... and you're way more important to this coven then me, I'm sure"

I nod again at the last sentence as I look to the water, ready to get it
"I'll see you soon mal"

Cordelia holds me "Eve, you don't have to do this" I hold her arm, and smile slightly

"I want to, I'll see you on the other side" she gulps as I lower myself into the water

"February 1913, St. Petersburg, the tricentennial celebration of a Russia United under the romanovs"

She explains the date and scenario to Mallory, as I mentally prepare for what was next

Time travel

The mission was simple, go back, stop them from dying, she used a spell, it would be easy, all I had to do was...
Save them

They handed me her pendant, and I prepared myself, watching Mallory get ready, her hands shaking

"Mal, it'll be okay" i whisper soothingly to her
It will be okay, it has to be

"Close your eyes, take a deep breath, let mallorys voice guide you
In order to achieve this feat, Mallory will need to guide both her and you in a different state of mind

Mallory, focus your energy on her and the jewel, use it to place her there on that night, imagine her in the cellar"

Balneum infinitum

I held my breath as I plunged into the water

Dona salui Conductus

-TIME SKIP (or like, is it still skipping time if we're going back?)-

I open my eyes, seeing Anastasia in front of me, she helps as I try to hush her

"Shh, I'm here to help you, do you understand me?"

She nods

"These men are going to kill you and your family, I know what you're trying to do but you can't do it alone" I grab her hands gently

"You're gonna live, okay?"

"Repellendum malum minatur, ut nobis" we start to chant together

The guns shoot and it scares her, but we continue, I stand up with her

"I'm gonna try and get a way out of here okay?" I needed to protect her

As I stand up, I feel myself fade, as I am torn between the here and there, I panic as I look at Anastasia

I see the gunshots as her family all lie dead, and a man with a spear comes towards us

I go to scream at the pain but before it happens
I'm gone

I jolt up out the water, screaming

"No! No! No" I writhe as Cordelia holds me and pulls me out the water, I needed to go back

I scream more "I have to go back! I have to go!" Cordelia holds my face as I thrash more, this wasn't fair, I was so close, I can barely here her trying to hush me but I gain enough sanity to look at her, I breathe heavy

"You're here, you are with us, you are safe
It's me, it's me
Keep breathing keep breathing"

Cordelias words calm me down as she stays close, but the same words repeat from my mouth
"I have to go back, I have to go back"

She hugs me, and I cry into her, Mallory had at one point gotten to me, obviously afraid, I had looked at her to see blood running from her nose and eyes

And realized mine was the same

-TIME SKIP-
Both me and Mallory were on a bed together, staying near, we had obviously both been affected by the spell, but damn it was bad

We couldn't even talk... just held eachother, Delia and myrtle were talking, so we just waited, and found comfort in each other

-TIME SKIP-
Eventually we both fell asleep, the trauma and events exhausted us both, Mallory had used a large amount of power and I... had to feel it

By the time I had awoke, a whole day had past, Mallory was nowhere to be seen

I trudged to the main room, to see everyone sat down, I yawn slightly

"What's going on?" Cordelia and myrtle looked at me, saying nothing but gesturing for me to sit, and I had obliged

I say on the same sofa with the rest of the girls, and they described the situation

It had taken a couple minutes to explain, and by the end... it was unbelievable

"A thousand nuclear bombs?" Is the first words said, the next came from me

"How do we stop it?"

Cordelia is quick to answer this, and I quite wish she didn't have to think so quickly about it
"We cant"
I let out a breath in disbelief, the apocalypse, it had come

"Micheals already too powerful" I put my head in between my legs, I had been so dumb, so foolish
I was too in love, to just not pick the easy option

"This is all my fault"