'Till The End (Agatha x Rio)

The start or end?

AGATHA'S POV

I look at Wanda, who is waking up. It feels like all hell is about to get loose. She looks pretty beaten. I guess Rio did a number on her, not that I would know. It feels wierd that she is protecting me and acting so caring, based on our first meeting a few days ago, when she wanted to kill me. I look at Nicholas, who is looking at me lovingly. I sometimes forget that he is here because it simply feels like I dream.

I slowly become more aware of my surroundings and find the strength to sit up. Rio tries to argue with me and have me to lay down but she should know better. I am not going to be laying down when someone like Wanda is on the loose and acting crazy. I do have to remember that I barely have any magic in me, seeing as that crazy lady took it from me and then LOST IT. It was really stupid from her side.

"Agatha, please, just don't do anything stupid." Rio lectures me, her voice stern. I see the care in her eyes but it still seems surreal.

"I won't do anything. Okay?" My voice comes out harsher than I intended it to.

"I just don't want you to get hurt. Again." She says, I can hear the care in her voice, as it is gentle and loving. The tremble at "again", didn't go unoticed.

I take Rio's hand in mine and give her a meaningful look. She helps me stand up and I march towards the rest of the coven. Even though my body is in a lot of pain, I try to act as if I'm fine. Rio never letting go of my hand, walking behind me. We are near Wanda and the others.

"Agatha... I'm so sorry." Wanda's voice is shaky, the regret is clearly showing on her face. "You were telling the truth. God I'm so stupid."

"Your scarlet will be the end of you, Wanda. What are you going to do if every inconvenience makes you into a deranged killer?" I say through my teeth. In reality, I understand her but showing my soft side isn't on the to do list.

Wanda's gaze towards me darkens and I see her hands start to tremble. "I didn't- don't..." her gaze was intense, staring into nothing. Eyes watery.

"Look, Wanda, I'd be happy to lend you my help but you wasted three years of my life." My voice cold. "I wasn't so cheery." Sarcasm. My best defense mechanism.

"I'm really sorry Agatha, I just wanted my boys an-"

"I wanted Nicholas too! But I didn't go to the lenghts you did. From what I was told, you would've destroyed the Multi-Verse to get something that was created by your own mind." I say angerly. She really gets on my nerves for her really, really dumb actions. "But, the love for the boys that you have is something to admire."

She looks at me with eyes of glass, all kinds of emotions painted on her face.

"I don't want to hurt you, I just want to stay with Billy. Please, Agatha, don't take him away from me. Please." She looks at me for a brief moment before turning to Billy. I can't take her son away, not like mine was taken. And I don't want to. They both deserve to live with each other and have a happy life.

I keep staring at her, memories of the past in place. She reminds me of when I lost Nick. I was broken and heartless, nothing or nobody was good enough to be cared about. Seeing her in this state broke me and I didn't know what to say. So I stayed quiet. After a few more seconds, I felt everyone's eyes on me, some more fearful, others hateful. I couldn't take the pressure so I turn on my heel and walked away.

I heard someone walking behind me but I had no care for that. I found a good place to sit and plumbed down without a single thought. My gaze was drifted to my right side landscape. I felt the person squat down and touch my knees, their touch gentle and careful. I slightly turned my vision towards that someone and saw Agatha. My head fully turned, the worry in her eyes wasn't hidden. Why does she always go after me?

"Agatha, love, what's on your mind?" She asks sweetly. I haven't heard her talk like that since... well a few centuries. It was bittersweet, but I would be lying if I said that I haven't missed it.

"It's nothing. I'm fine."

"You should know better than to lie to me, sweetheart." Her voice turning a bit stern but the love is heard loud and clear.

"I- Wanda just reminds me of me, when we lost Nick." My voice breaking down. "I hate seeing anyone like that, no one deserves it, Rio." I see her eyes soften, if that is even possible anymore.

"They'll be okay." She replies. "I know how hard it was for you, but I am here for you." Her hand goes towards mine and I don't feel any need to pull away anymore.

As we are enjoying our moment together, simply looking into each others eyes, I hear a loud thud.

"Ughhh, what have those morons done again?!"

I go straight back to there and see Wanda playing with her magic, as everyone watches in awe. I smile a little, finally seeing that she found a little bit of happiness. After everything, she deserves that. I walk a little closer and the covens attention is on me now. These bitches really like to ruin every moment, don't they? What do they have against a good time?

"What? Why are you, racoons, looking at me like I'm some kind of treasure you never thought you'd find?" I ask, my sarcastic voice makes them think I am being serious.

"We just..." Lillia trails on. "We were just worried about you, Agatha." Her voice sincere.

I never thought anyone, other from Nicholas and Rio, would actually care about me. Now that's a nice feeling. "You actually care?"

"Now this is a reaction I never thought I'd see. The scary witch, Agatha Harkness, being suprised by words as simple as this." Jen says.

"Oh, shut up, Jen." I hear Rio blurt out. Her face is emotionless but I can see the pride she has in herself. Rio was never one to say stuff like that, she usually kept to herself because she always felt excluded. With me, she was the biggest ray of sunshine, the brightest star in any universe. That is one of the many things that I lo- like. Like about her.

Everyone laughs at Rio's comeback towards Jen, leaving her embarrased. They all engage in small talk, which I find stupid a lot of the time but today I feel like being a part of a normal-ish group. They are good human beings with good souls, I guess I found a bit of comfort. Not much, barely any.

Nicholas comes up to me and asks for a hug, to which I happily comply. My boy has always given the best hugs. Oh, how I wish I could turn back time, see him with all his friends as he were back then. He was so happy, so carefree. It really warmed my heart. Rio was happy too, now she just looks insane, but based on the situation, I can't blame her. She always looks goo-. I did not just think that.

"Okay, kids, we should start heading for the end of the road, because I presume we do want to finish it." I say and they all agree, looking relieved to making it out alive.

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