GUARDIAN|M.LANGDON

PART 27|MEMORY

"It isnt" Cordelia says this stern, and I groan

"Cordelia stop, it obviously is! I'm so stupid, we could've just

We could've killed him"

Cordelia shakes her head "he was too powerful to begin with, this isn't your fault, either way
We could've all died if we had tried, you saved us, Eden"

I can't be bothered to argue, I just want them to explain, telling us that whatever this plan is, is that it'd work

"Coco, your father is going to buy tickets for you and your family at an outpost" madison is quick to jump in

"That's it? Cocos the plan? The calorie counter is going to save humanity?" I cross my eyebrows at this, I felt for coco, it was unfair to pick on her like this, I squeezed her hand lightly, hopefully sending her a signal to not listen to madison

"No, Mallory and Eve are" I perk up when I hear my name
"Coco is going to secure her place at the bunker,
We have one chance to use tempus infinituum, and we can't risk trying it until Mallory is ready"

Myrtle continues on "the only place we'll know you'll survive is under Michaels nose, in one of his bunkers"

I'm ready to argue "So how am I going to fit in there? He'll catch on immediately, we can't hide from him that easy"

"He can smell a witch a mile away like some kind of evil truffle pig" madison quickly butts in, she obviously dislikes the plan, but she's right

"He'll kill them, and take Eve away before they can do anything"

Cordelia stays quiet for a second, almost as if to brace her, and now I realize us, for the next sentence

"That's why we're going to place all of them under an identity spell"

I look at Cordelia, my mouth parted slightly, as do coco and Mallory, in surprise
An identity spell?
The tension changes in the room after she says this

At this point all look at eachother, and we realize what this means

"You'll forget that you're witches"

Cordelia then turns to face me
"Eve, you'll forget about who he is, and another spell will be placed on top of you, one that'll break his connection with you, he won't be able to feel any kind of pull towards you

He'll think you're dead

Once he sees you, you'll be the distraction, he won't be looking for Mallory or coco, he'll be focused on you"

She turns back to face all of us "you'll forget everything you ever knew about yourselves, the spell will give you new identities, new personalities"

She looks to coco "your job will be to demean mallory, make her doubt herself in order to suppress her natural powers"

She then turns to me "you'll be quieter, more stand off ish, to throw Michael off as he tries to get to you, this gives him both the challenge and a distraction once he arrives"

I furrow my brows and I close my eyes
Everything will be gone?

"No one will be detect your powers"

We start to argue this, wishing and hoping there was another way, cocos family would die, 7 billion people would die, but we realized

This was the only way

"Will we remember you?" I look up to Cordelia, and she looks at me, her eyes glossing over

"Not until the spell is broken"

I feel my Face tense as I try not to cry, this was all so much information

"So this is goodbye" I let out a deep breath as myrtle tells us to gather around

I hold mallorys hand and tears trickle down my face, I couldn't believe this was happening, I turn to Mallory

"See you in the next life?" I hold my pinky finger up to her as she does the same, sobbing

"I'll see you soon soulmate"

I gulp down a cry "it'll be okay"

Cordelia stands in front of us all, as we take a seat she kneels down too, holding some white powder

I watch her, as tears fall down her eyes as she blows it into our faces, coco is first, then Mallory

And then me

I keep eye contact with Cordelia, as more tears fall down my face, she's hesitant, but I look to her and nod smaller

"It's okay"
She pulls out a necklace and hands it to me
A cross
"When you wear this, the connection will be broken, doing so now will hide you from him

If you remember anything, it's how important this necklace is and to never take it off, the longer possible means the more time we get to prepare"

I nod again, and she puts it on me, once doing so... I felt physically lighter, a weight that had once been so comfortable to me was lifted, and I knew what it meant

I knew the pang Michael would've felt, when he realized he couldn't feel me anymore
When he realized I was essentially dead, I shudder, my tears had been used up by now but it was still enough to let out a shiver

At last she puts the same white powder in front of my face, I brace myself as She lets out a shaky breath as it blows into my face

She puts her hands above us all, as she starts to chant
"Memoria unda Temporis est"

I sat, shaking as petty tears dripped down my face from shock, still processing what was happening

I was going to forget
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-TIME SKIP-

I stumble backwards slightly taken aback by the impact
"Are you okay?" I hear a woman's voice speak

I looked up at her, she had blonde hair and dark eyes, a kind expression on her face

"Yeah, sorry" I mumble as I avoid making eye contact, then realize She had spilt coffee on me from it

"Oh my gosh, I am so sorry"

It sucked, yeah, but It was way too awkward to make a deal out of it, I just wanted to go home

"No it's... fine, I just want to go home"

My heart was beating out of my chest, I hated talking to strangers

She just looked at me and nodded "well at least let me get you to the shop? Clean you up a bit?"

I was too embarrassed to say no, so I just nodded and went a long with it

Good news at least, somehow I got a job out of it, guess she was really sorry about what happened