The Descendants; The Return of the Unnamed

Impossible to escape

Ghastly Bespoke could not take sitting anymore. He stood and paced around his cell. There was nothing to think about other than the events that had transpired...hours ago? Days maybe? It was hard to tell how long had passed as he sat in his cell.

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"What is wrong with you! You traitor!" Valkyrie screamed at her sister, standing up straighter as the tears streamed down.

Alice's whole body twitched as though waking from a state of unresponsive shock. Her frantic eyes shifted from Valkyrie's raging face to her father's body and she whimpered, putting one leg forward as she began to hurry to her father's side.

"Don't come any closer!" Valkyrie's shrill voice could have given a banshee a run for her money. "I TRUSTED YOU! I TRUSTED YOU AND I LOVED YOU AND LOOK AT WHAT YOU'VE DONE!"

"Valkyrie, I swear I didn't mean to, I'm so...I'm so sorry. But please. Just let me help him. Maybe I can-" Alice went to move forward again but Valkyrie lurched forward to meet her. Dexter rushed to latch his arms around her waist and she struggled as she tried to pull away.

"DON'T YOU DARE COME ANY CLOSER! DON'T PUT YOUR FILTHY HAND ANYWHERE NEAR HIM! HOW COULD YOU DO THIS YOU MONSTER! YOU DEMON!" Valkyrie tore at Dexter's arms around her, desperately wanting to get up close and personal with her younger sister.

Hansard and his minions laughed at the heart retching scene.

"Val, please, it's not my fault." Alice pleaded, she was in tears too now, not daring to look away from her father.

"NOT YOUR FAULT! THIS WHOLE MESS IS YOUR FAULT! I HATE YOU! I WISH YOU NEVER EXISTED!" Valkyrie seethed at Alice's sobs, snarling at her in disgust and she knew just the words that would tear her sister apart. "YOU REALLY THINK YOU'D BELONG WITH US? EVERYONE HERE IS ON MY SIDE. THEY LOVE ME MORE. THEY KNOW I'M SO MUCH BETTER THAN YOU AT EVERYTHING. A BETTER PARTNER. A BETTER AGENT. A BETTER LOVER. A BETTER FRIEND. A BETTER DAUGHTER. EVEN MUM AND DAD KNEW IT! YOU'D THINK THEY'D EVER CHOOSE YOU OVER ME? HOW MUCH MUST IT HURT KNOWING THAT EVEN ONE OF THE MOST TERRIBLE, HATED PEOPLE IN THE WORLD IS A HUNDRED TIMES BETTER THAN YOU WILL EVER BE!"

Alice looked to Ellion for some support as her heart shattered. Then to Tanith, for a flicker of hope that this wasn't true. Even to Ghastly. Dexter. Skulduggery. Fletcher. Gracious. Donegan. Saracen. But all that she found looking back at her were faces of horror, disgust, hatred, pain, and fear. All directed at her. She felt a hand slip into her and looked over her shoulder to find Vivi, looking terrified at this assault of one of her sisters on the other.

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But what happened next was when the sides really shifted. Ghastly knew it was over as soon as it happened. With Alice and Vivi on their side, escape and victory were still possible. But facing Hansard, Doran, Sean, Myra, the dozens of other mages following them, and Alice and Vivi as well now? Impossible.