Jakovi Poza: Shadows Of The Past

Chapter 20

Lillie ran across the beach, which was warm, looking here and there. Suddenly, when she saw a light ahead of her, Lillie reacted quickly.
"W-who's here?" Lillie asked.
She reached out for the light, but shivered as Jack stepped out of the light. Lillie's heart began to beat in fear, had Jack come to find her? She was happy to see her beloved with her own eyes, but Jack looked emotionless.
"Jack, you're alive!" Lillie said in a happy voice.
Jack just stared at Lillie with a menacing look, which made Lillie more concerned. She heard a muffled unintelligible voice, Lillie came closer to Jack, looking at him with desperation.
"P..please, say something." Lillie mumbled, cuddling up to Jack. Jack still didn't speak and stood like a statue, after a moment Lillie stopped hugging him. She felt uncomfortable and stupid about it.
Just as Lillie was losing hope, she heard Jack say, "I'm sorry, Lillie."
"Come with me." Lillie said.
Jack lowered his head as if he hadn't heard what Lillie had said. Lillie grabbed his hand and started to pull him, but Jack still didn't react.
"You must come with me!" Lillie called to him.
Lillie tried desperately to pull him, but Jack was stronger. Please, you must come with me. Lillie pleaded mentally.
"If I go, they will kill you too." Jack said suddenly.
"What do you mean?" Lillie asked.
Jack didn't answer, he was silent again with his eyes wide open.
"Jack." Lillie called him.
Suddenly it started to get darker, Lillie shivered, she wanted to approach Jack, but she noticed that he was no longer there.
"Jack! Say something!" Lillie screamed.
No one answered her, only dead silence. Lillie took a few steps back when she heard a strange sound behind her quickly turned around. Lillie started to panic when she noticed Jack lying in a pool of blood.
"No!" Lillie screamed desperately. She ran over to Jack who had his eyes closed, Lillie sat next to him and started to cry. No Please! Lillie called out in her mind. She hugged Jack and promised herself she would never leave him. When she realized that someone was watching her, Lillie looked ahead.
In the darkness stood Levis who seemed to be watching her. Lillie made a menacing face, she now felt a lot of hatred for Foxy's servant. She quickly got up, shielding the lying Jack and shooting Levis a furious look.
"I've had enough of you! Get out! G...get out of our life forever!" Lillie screamed, then she attacked Levis. Levis, however, disappeared just as Lillie was about to deliver a painful blow to him. She looked down, Lillie shivered as she noticed the sharp spikes on which she was about to fall. Lillie awoke from her dream, looking around wildly. Alex and Alfa were lying next to each other, Lillie looked side by side, she hoped that it would be Jack lying next to her, but she realized it was a dream. Lillie had the impression that she was alone, Jack was the only person she loved very much. She wanted him to be here with her and never leave her. Will Jack haunt her dreams now? Lillie quickly got up and looked blankly at Alex and Alfa who were sleeping next to each other. She sighed heavily, then walked straight ahead, looking straight ahead. As she walked, she remembered the times she hurt Alex and how she met Jack. She dreamed of going back to those times to talk to Jack again. Now she felt like she couldn't enjoy her freedom, as if she didn't even want to try. Can I live like this? Lillie asked herself desperately. As she climbed the top of the hills, she saw a pool of bushes nearby. Lillie started down the mountain to approach the pool. She was curious about the beautiful pool, she wanted to be alone now. When she got to the pool, she immediately sat down by the water looking at her reflection. She wondered what would happen when they found Roxanne and the others. Will they beat Foxy? Will they even try to beat him? Lillie felt helpless in this situation, she asked herself why exactly she and Alex were caught by Foxy's minions. Surely if she had known what would happen, she would not have agreed to be friends with Jack and would have been able to escape without anyone dying. She felt responsible and guilty for Jack's death, she didn't even want to imagine how much Jack had suffered before his death. Lillie lowered her head and touched the water with her hand, but when she heard a rustle after a moment, Lillie quickly looked around. She was afraid it might be Foxy's servant, but as she turned behind her, her eyes saw Alfa looking at her. Lillie ignored him, staring at her reflection again. She felt uncomfortable when Alfa sat next to her.
"You found a nice pool." She suddenly heard Alfa next to her, but Lillie didn't answer him. Lillie curled up and covered her face with her knees as if she wanted to be invisible. She felt the Alfa's gaze on her, which made her withdraw more into herself.
"You had a bad dream, didn't you?" Alfa asked calmly.
Lillie then got up and sat back comfortably.
"None of your business." Lillie replied. Alfa then fell silent, he looked at the sky as if he felt stupid. She had no idea why Alfa had come here just to ask about her dreams, but she still didn't trust Alfa very much.
"You still don't believe I want to help you, do you?" Alfa asked.
"What's the difference?" Lillie growled, she added, "You're going to be a monster to me anyway."
Alfa looked at Lillie again with unfamiliar emotions, Lillie getting tired of avoiding his gaze, she looked at him as well.
"Monster, you say." Alfa said softly.
"Yes, like Foxy and Levis." Lillie replied unbelievably.
"I wasn't always like this." Alfa said.
Lillie hesitated, did Alfa agree he is a monster? Lillie felt a little bad seeing Alfa drop his head. She was about to say something but Alfa spoke up first, "But Foxy was always like that."
"What do you mean..?" Lillie asked anxiously.
"He was never a friend to me, although we tried to be friends, we never succeeded." Alfa replied hostilely.
Lillie raised one eyebrow, confused, fed up with secrets.
"Then why did you try?" Lillie asked him grimly.
A dark mist began to flow from Alfa's body, Lillie was frightened by it, but she didn't show it.
"Because we were arguing all the time, I only did it because Roxanne asked me to." Alfa replied.
"So that's why you agreed to go with Foxy?" Lillie asked uncertainly.
To her surprise, Alfa denied it, curiosity began to eat Lillie inside.
"I argeed to go with him because I wanted to see Alex again, but I never promised to be loyal to him, so there were times when I rebelled against Foxy." Alfa said.
Lillie made a sad face, then looked ahead. She dreamed that Jack could return to the world of the living like this.
"Because of Foxy, Roxanne completely lost her trust in me, so I decided to leave your group and not come back." Alfa growled menacingly.
"I'm sorry to hear that." Lillie mumbled grimly.
Lillie suddenly felt a hand on her shoulder, she looked sadly at Alfa who was watching her.
"And I'm sorry Jack didn't make it." Alfa answered her.
"I...It's not your fault, it's Foxy's." Lillie growled furiously.
She suddenly imagined Foxy laughing at Jack as he died, and a moment later his servants joined in the laughter. Lillie's emotions began to pour out again, she wanted to hide her face, but Alfa hugged her.
"No, if I hadn't joined this creep, I might have helped you more." Alfa whispered.
"At least you tried to save us." Lillie said quickly.
Alfa stopped hugging Lillie then, the dark mist disappeared from his body as if he had calmed down.
"I didn't help enough." Alfa replied, then got up and turned back towards where their stop was. Lillie quickly got up and followed him with a worried expression. She wanted to reassure him that she wasn't mad at him, but she was afraid to say anything to Alfa. I shouldn't say anything, I hurt Alex after all. Lillie thought. When they got there, Alex was waiting for them with a worried face.
"Where were you?" Alex asked in a tired voice.
Lillie saw Alfa was about to answer her but Lillie didn't give up, "we were out for a walk, how are you feeling?"
"It's fine, just a little stomach ache." Alex replied.
Lillie began to avoid Alex's gaze as Alex clutched her stomach.
"Let me check your wounds quickly." Alfa said softly.
Alex smiled at Alfa and nodded. Lillie then looked at the further road, she had the impression that they were close to find their friends. She waited impatiently for Alfa to finish healing and checking Alex's wounds, the sooner they found the rest the better. She was also afraid that Foxy might find them, or Levis.
"If you're in any pain, let me know." Suddenly she heard Alfa.
Alex stood up and leaned against Alfa, Lillie looked at them with a serious expression.
"Are you ready?" Lillie asked menacingly.
"Yes, I feel the rest of your friends are not far from us." Alfa informed them.
Lillie got a little excited, she couldn't believe she was about to tell Roxanne and Ash everything that had happened to them. Alex straightened up and Alfa began to lead Lillie and Alex. Lillie looked forward to meeting her friends every minute.
"Finally I'll tell Roxanne everything, I miss everyone terribly." Alex said.
"Y-yes, me too." Lillie stuttered uncertainly.
Lillie felt like the air that has no feelings again, but after a while she calmed her emotions. Her heart was beating like a hammer, she already dreamed of hugging and saying hello to her friends.
"I feel their presence." Suddenly she heard Alfa.
Lillie looked around then, then overtook Alfa. Lillie then looked ahead, and there she actually saw silhouettes from a distance. Lillie couldn't help but cry when she spotted Roxanne in the crowd of friends.
"Roxanne! Ash!" Lillie began to scream happily. Suddenly, all her friends took notice her, they began to look at her as if she were a ghost.
"Lillie, it's really you!" Lillie heard Ash.
Lillie quickly ran to them, she couldn't believe that she finally saw Roxanne and the rest with her own eyes. When she was close enough, Lillie pounced on her friends and started cuddling up to them.
"You're alive!" She heard voices full of relief.
"You don't know how happy I am to see you!" Lillie screamed.
"How did you escape them?" Gold asked in shock.
Lillie didn't have time to say then because everyone looked at Alfa and Alex. Gold and Roxanne glared at the Alfa.
"Who they are?" A girl with black hair asked sharply, she looked like a witch.
Lillie saw Alfa throw the sorceress a look.
"Don't you remember me, Gestra?" Alfa asked menacingly.
"I..is one of them!" The girl with long brown hair growled.
Lillie was confused, she had the feeling that their group had become a bit bigger.
"Stand back everyone." A tall girl with blond hair suddenly emerged from the crowd, looking at Alfa carefully.
"Nice to see you again, Fauna." Alfa replied calmly.
"Wait! He's good." Alex called back.
Gold walked over to Alex and Alfa, then she looked at Lillie.
"Can we trust him?" Gold asked angrily.
"Yes, he saved my life and Alex's." Lillie said quickly.
"I can barely believe it." The girl said which Alfa named Fauna.
Alfa didn't speak, he only paid attention to the girls dressed as witches.
"He wants to help us!" Alex screamed desperately.
"The Sisters can sense an evil aura from him." The girl with blonde hair said.
Lillie saw how Dark exchanged disturbing looks with a guy she didn't know.
"What if you sense someone else?" Ella asked calmly.
"Do you doubt our powers?" Fauna asked.
"Of course not," said Ella, nodding her head before adding, "I guess we can give him some time to..."
Ella paused as she looked ahead, Lillie saw great fear in her eyes. Please don't let it be a bad thing! Lillie thought quickly. Lillie looked that way, froze as she recognized her familiar tall figure. Everyone looked carefully at the figure that was slowly approaching them, Lillie was already aware that it was Foxy.
"Foxy." Gold growled disgustingly.
"Be ready, stand in battle stances!" Lillie heard Fauna's command.
When Foxy was close enough to them, Lillie could see the great hatred in his emotionless eyes.
"I didn't expect finding you guys will be,...easy." Foxy spoke suddenly in a grim voice.
"How did you find us?" Ash asked menacingly.
Foxy looked suspiciously at Lillie and smiled slightly, replying, "I have my tricks."
"We're not here to joke, we're here to fight, Foxy." Fauna called back.
Foxy looked slightly surprised when he noticed that there were witches among them.
"Long time no see, my friends." Foxy said.
"How dare you call us friends!?" The girl with black hair growled.
"Even though you lied to me, I still don't blame you." Foxy replied menacingly. "But you decide to help them?"
Lillie got worried, so she took battle stance to feel safe.
"You ruined their lives, Foxy!" Gold snapped.
Foxy snorted as if he was mocking of Gold's words.
"Don't make me laugh, it's because of you their lives are ruined, you know it." Foxy growled.
"Foxy, you still have a chance to finish this." Roxanne mumbled as she stepped out of the crowd.
Lillie was surprised when Foxy lit up slightly at the sight of Roxanne, as if he was happy to see her. Lillie watched Roxanne and Foxy.
"Why would I end it?" Foxy asked her.
"To avoid bloodshed, then everything would be back to normal!" Roxanne replied.
Foxy didn't answer, his eyes flashed as his minions began to appear behind him. Roxanne took a step back with a grim expression. Foxy gave Roxanne a threatening look.
"It's too late for that, Roxanne." Foxy growled under his breath.
"It's not yet." Gold said suddenly.
"Shut up, I'm not talking to you!" Foxy replied sharply.
Lillie took one step forward with a serious expression on her face. Foxy, however, paid no attention to her, only his eyes focused on Roxanne.
“You made me do all this, I'm taking revenge for you betrayal.” Foxy started to say, “you hurt me and my feelings, it's my turn now.”