The Greatest Power

Chapter 6 - All Help Will Be Welcomed

The bombshell news took everyone by surprise. Nobody expected that. Ava was premonitory in the past when she said that she would be the last Warrior Nun, but even she herself could not have known it would be this way.

Ava was waiting for someone to say something, because the haunted look of all of them made Ava afraid to even move. Would they be afraid? Did they not believe her?

"Ava, but... what now? What does this imply? What will happen?" Mother Superion was the first to break the sepulchral silence that formed.

"The whole time I've been on the other side, Reya has been trying to capture me so she can use the Halo's energy for her plans. I've lived on the run and in hiding for years, and I owe it all to Lilith. She hid me and helped me escape countless times. We spent a lot of time looking for the exact place where we could open the brief portal that would bring us here, at this point, at this time, but Reya seemed to know our plans and it was always very difficult to access the exact point. It was a very high hill, almost impossible to access. That's why it took us so long to get back."

"But why did Lilith do this? I thought she was against us, that she never accepted the fact that the Halo chose you." Camila wanted to know.

"Lilith understood, in the final moment, that she was on the wrong side when she teamed up with Adriel. She always wanted to do what was right, her heart is a good heart. You've known her longer than I have, you know this is true. She couldn't accept that Reya would get what she wanted and lead Earth into a state of eternal damnation."

"And where is she now? You said she brought you back." Bea asked.

"She's here, outside."

"Here? How do you know? She can be anywhere." Camila said.

"No, she's here. I can feel her presence. A peculiarity I acquired in this new phase of Halo was being able to feel the energy from the other side, and Lilith is full of it. I feel her very close. And she knows that I feel her here. We kind of have a connection now."

"Why didn't she come with you?"

"She was afraid of how you all would receive her, if you would hostile her or something like that. She said that no one would trust her anymore, and that she would not be welcome."

"Well, tell her to come. After all she's done, she's proven that she's still one of us." Mother Superion said.

The sisters nodded, some still wary but trusting Ava and Mother Superion's judgment. Ava closed her eyes and lowered her head a little. She spoke in a low voice, very focused, "Lilith, come here. I guarantee you will be safe. Trust me." Beatrice almost didn't believe it. Was Ava communicating with Lilith telepathically?

"She will come." Ava stated.

Silence took over everything again. All sisters with ears open and eyes where Ava looked: the open door to the cloister. Soon they began to hear a slight noise of wings and saw Lilith land in the inner courtyard of the convent. Still hesitant, she walked suspiciously to the cloister and stopped in front of the door. Ava stepped forward and walked over to her. She slipped her arm around Lilith's back and got in beside her. Lilith looked embarrassed, scared, she didn't know what kind of reception she would have and that's why she decided that she wouldn't accompany Ava when they returned from the other realm.

One step after the other, Lilith arrived with Ava to the sisters. Ava stepped forward:

"I'm only here and alive today because of her, the bravest warrior sister I've ever known, because it takes a lot of courage to go back and make things right, to admit your mistakes."