DYSCHRONOMETRIA

CHAPTER 22 - A Peaceful End

"Why am I... in a house?" Lianna questioned. She had a bad feeling about this, she felt way too disturbed. She then hears a child crying, "Shh, shh. Mommy will be here soon." a male voice hushed. The voice was familiar. He then appears at the doorframe, Collins was holding a child. She also took note that the chant had stopped,

"Oh look! Mommy's here!" he called out.

Wh-what? Lianna looked at herself, suddenly wearing normal clothes, holding grocery bags and found herself smiling at the sight of them. The watch was nowhere on her hold.

"I'm back, dear." she smiled happily at them. The baby happily clapped.

She put away her items and played with the two. She was with a family. With... Collins.

She knew time was messed up, she knew they--the Red Demoness and Dr. Vishnu was playing with her mind.

This is all a dream.

......

A dream she always wanted. A peaceful life.

It was a dream come true, even if they were a mirage. An illusion. But as days passed, Lianna forget who she was. Why she was there.

Why fight for something unattainable? This is peace.

She immediately grew fond of the dream, she didn't want to let it go...

In this timeline, she lasted for a year. It was where she held precious memories.

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Collins wore a hardened expression. He held his pipe tight in his hands, ready for a fight.

"Who are you? Tell me, what did you do to Lianna?!" he growled angrily at Vishnu and Lianna now turned into the Red Demoness.

"Ooh, will the little boy cry now?" she she cooed. Collins scowled at her while she smirked.

"Well, this is certainly a good place to reveal it all, I am the Red Demoness, as my Cult refer me to."

"Cult?" what was going on?

"Yes, my cult. A group of people who dedicated their precious little lives to me and me only..." she took a glance at Vishnu, she snickered. "And you know, my dear Vishnu?" he was all puppy eyes on her, "I won't be needing you so off you go!" she sighed happily.

"Wh-what? No! W-w-what about our... reletionshi--" he sheepishly stammered to object her.

"There was NO relationship! There is nothing in between us. You are just a PAWN!" she kicked Vishnu off.

Vishnu screamed, being thrown out to the void. No escape from his death. "B... but I gave you my everything...!" his last words echoed.

"Well, you gave too much." she coldly shut him off.

Collins watched wide-eyed but it immediately shifted to terror and determination. The Demoness looked at him, "My, its only the two of us here huh."

"Let Lianna go! Free her right now!"

"Or what, lover boy? Kill me with that thing?" she pointed at his weapon in hand and laughed. Oh he will if he can.

Collins lunged himself and swung his pipe, but she dodged it so fast. She blasted fire magic at him, Collins can barely dodge it. He was handling a person with magic mastery. Somethibg he cannot control, that meant he's weak.

The dodge and fight went on and on,

"Coward." She muttered.

Until the Watch appeared. It was out of the Demoness' hands, Collins thought otherwise. "The watch!"

"No it's mine!" the two dashed toward the glowing watch however as the Demoness reached it,

"AH!!" her finger was stung, Collins on the other hand, was vacuumed in by the watch. The Red Demoness grunted and stomped her fist on the ground. She stood up and tried again but this time, she was repelled by water and shadow magic. She scowled, it reminded her of her archnemesis, The Witch.

She fought a little with the watch, eventually she overcame her terror and defeated its magic. She got inside of the watch and went into an adventure no one was waiting for...

Just then she saw a siren from a cloud, but she ignored her.

Now focused on her task to catch and kill the young man Collins, she went to...

Lianna's dream where she caged her.