GUARDIAN|M.LANGDON

PART 28|COUNTDOWN

-TIME SKIP: THE OUTPOST-
I fell to the floor, my memories came flooding back, I looked at Cordelia

"I took the necklace off when I got here" she smiles slightly, I remember everything

That's how he found me, that's how he knew I wasn't dead, he felt my energy and he came to me

Even after everything, he came to me

Michael lifts me up gently and I look at him, it had been,
It had been years

"Your hairs grown" I look at him as he holds my face, I can see tears forming in his eyes

"It has" is all he says to me, smiling brightly, like the smile of a kid getting the toy they've always wanted

A pure smile

"How could I ever forget you, michael?"

I look back down as an argument arises, and see Mallory

"Mal"

I go down to her as I lazily step down the stairs, trying not to trip as I fall into her arms

"Even when we didn't know each other, even under completely different personalities and stories, we still found a way to be friends"

This is what I meant by soulmates, we were meant to find eachother, to survive together

At some point, Marie had killed Dinah, it was a show and a half but she got her karma

Next I look at Micheal, we kept eye contact, and I'm the next to speak

"I did it to protect you"
He steps down more, making his way towards me
"It doesn't matter, Just come back to me, we can rule together, I need you
I love you"

I look at him as tears form in my eyes
And I shake my head

His face contorts, first in disbelief, and then in rage, he shouts to ms mead, and her hand turns into her signature gun

Before anything can happen, Cordelia steps in front of me and says a spell, the next I see is ms mead exploding and Michael falling

I watched it happen, not bothering to go towards him

He's not the same michael

And I know how to fix it

I look at Cordelia and Mallory
"Do we have a plan?"

Cordelia nods slightly, and I watch as Madison stays behind, grabbing ms meads gun and shooting Micheal

I look in surprise as my eyes widen, as several bullets go into Michael, but I stay strong

And I don't go over to him

"Is he dead?" I say to myrtle, my eyes not leaving him

She shakes her head as she rips out a piece of his hair, and rushing back towards us, and she gives it to me

"A Personal item" I hold it tight, and nod my head
"Remember dear, focus on it, both of you, us it to locate a time and place early in Michaels life"

"Shed The ego" I whisper
I look at Mallory, leaning into her as she also nods her head

"Disengage from this realm" she continues
"Place myself there, and say the words"
Tempus infinituum
As she says this, a voice rings through my head
Change it
Change it

Change it

Cordelia walks up towards Micheal "we have to find a place to cast the spell before he wakes up"
I look around, trying to remember the layout of the warlock school, when madison speaks up

"I'll hold him off for as long as I can" I look at her and gulp, nodding slightly

She would die, but I could change it

Then there were six

We rush upstairs, Mallory first and we hear a shout

"I should've been on that plane"

The next I see is Mallory falling down, blood gushing out of her as I hold her

"Mallory!"

Without thinking, myrtle yells at the man who stabbed her, setting him alight, I continue to look at Mallory as he falls to the floor

Cordelia tries to help her, but it doesn't work
And I hear footsteps come up the stairs
"He's coming!"

Fuck fuck fuck

We drag her along, as quick as we can as her consciousness leaves her, Marie lavaeu Staying behind, along with coco, they would die
But I can change it

Then there were five
Then there were four

I go into the bath, as myrtle and Cordelia say the words I hold mallorys hand, anything to get the energy towards me, she mutters the words slightly

But she's too weak

Cordelia starts to cry and I squeeze her hand tighter, her eyes start to close

"It appears at though we're fucked, my dear"
I huddle in the bath, still gripping Micheals hair

At this, Cordelia looks up at myrtle, and back to me, she says nothing else except these words

"I love you" and she gets up and goes

I watch her leave, confused I shout at her "Cordelia, where are you going? Cordelia!" Until she is out of sight and I look at myrtle

Tears brimming my eyes, I knew what she was doing, and I knew where she was going

But I couldn't bare to say the words out loud

Myrtle follows her, and I'm left with Mallory, trying to keep her awake

"It's okay Mallory, it's okay"

I watch as Mallory jolts awake, gasping, a new energy coming to her, I watch in surprise as I realize what this means

And then there were three
I will change it

A trickle falls down my face as I hear myrtle scream
"Cordelia!"

She did it to save us, the closest thing I had to family, the closest thing I had to a mother
Screw it
My mother, the bravest woman I knew, did it to save us, and it would not go in vain

The water starts to bubble around me, and I see Mallory get to work, she looks at me, tears falling hard as she sobbed

"I'll see you on the other side?" I whisper to her
"See you soon soulmate" is the last thing said before I plunge into the water, going dark

TEMPUS INFINITTUM
And countdown to one