Fighting for the Lost (Sebastian's Daughter Book 4) (COMPLETE)

Chapter 31

As she watched Alex leave the room, Serena couldn't help but smile. His newfound determination only made hers grow. Selena will get the medicine. She will be alright.

The one thing that was still up in the air, however, was if Maria would ever be able to find a cure. It would no doubt take many tries in order to find the correct set of ingredients, and Serena knew that Selena would not want to be a guinea pig for all of them. But seeing as how the illness only affected her, there was no other option.

There was also the fact that Selena might not ever be cured. If She refused to test all of the attempts at finding it, then that was that. There was no one else who could, and Selena would be sick for the rest of her life.

But, if Maria was successful in recreating the medicine, then Selena would have that forever. She could go to Maria at any time and get more.

But would her illness eventually realize and evolve, making itself immune to the medication? Serena had no idea. She knew it was something that happened in human diseases, but wasn't sure if the same rule applied to supernatural ones.

Serena shook her head, clearing of all the negative thoughts. Her father had promised that they would save her. The future wasn't important right now.

With nothing else to do other than sit in the empty, silent room, Serena lay down on the bed and decided to hang out with her other half.

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Selena's POV:

I was sitting in the deafening silence, as per usual, when she appeared before me.

"Hey, Selena."

I smiled. "Hey. Why are you here?"

Serena smiled in returned. "What, I can't take a break from the world and come talk to you?"

"What about everyone else?"

"They all had to get back to work. I'd rather come spend time with you then sit in a room all by myself."

I was confused and slightly saddened by her words. "Alex left, too?"

Serena nodded. "I told him to. Someone has to go find the ingredients for Maria to make the medicine."

I perked up a little. "At least it gives him something to do. I hate making him stay with us all the time. He should be living his life, too."

Serena gave me a gentle smile. "You know as well as I do that he is glad to stay with us. I think he prefers it to being somewhere else and not knowing what is happening."

"Maybe," I said, glancing down at my hands. "So do you really think that this medicine is the only thing that will help me? I don't want to be stuck here that long. We have no idea when Maria will finally be able to figure out the rest of the ingredients. I can't even contact Angelina again." I felt my eyes begin to water. "Serena, I don't know how much time I have left..."

Serena approached me and sat in front of me, placing her hands in mine. Suddenly, her black mist appeared, and her hands began to glow with a dark light.

I stared at our hands in awe, then looked back up at Serena. She was smiling warmly at me.

"Selena, you will not be stuck here forever. You will wake up. I promise you that."

"Serena, what are you doing? Let me go!"

Serena closed her eyes and gripped my hands tighter as I tried to pull away. I was too weak from my situation to break free from her grasp, and after a few moments of struggling, I gave up and watched.

Nothing seemed to be happening. After several minutes, her black mist faded, and the dark light around our hands grew brighter.

"Serena..." I whispered.

She shushed me. "Let me focus, Selena."

I nodded, still unsure of what she was doing. Either way, I trusted her. She wasn't going to hurt me.

After several more minutes, Serena cried out and hunched over, releasing me and hugging herself. The light emanating from her hands vanished.

"Serena! What happened? What did you do?!"

Serena gave a weak laugh. "You mean you can't feel it? Don't tell me I wasted all that energy for nothing."

"Feel wha...?" I wasn't able to finish the sentence. Suddenly, I felt so much stronger.

"You gave your power to me? But why?"

"Why else? Because you need it."

"But so do you!"

Serena sighed. "You don't understand. I don't need it. I can give you all of it. As soon as we join back together again, I'll recover just fine. It's worth giving you any extra I have to keep you alive. Or maybe to help you wake up."

I stared at her, not sure of what else I could do. "Do you think giving me your energy will help me wake up?"

"Maybe, if I'm able to give you enough. It may take a few tries, though. But you're the one who needs to escape, so try if you want."

I kept staring at her. Could Serena be the one to help me leave? I really didn't want to have to wait for Angelina to bring me medicine. That could take forever. I wanted to wake up. I wanted to see everyone again. I wanted Finny to hold me again..."

I cleared my shocked expression from my face, took a deep breath, and closed my eyes. I wanted to leave. I had to leave.

I had to wake up. I had to live.

I focused my newly given energy on the voices around me, thoughts of the people I loved and wanted to see again. I thought so hard my head hurt.

And then I felt myself start floating, rising up into the sky of the world between life and death.

"Selena, it's working! Keep fighting!" I heard Serena cheer weakly.

I felt myself nod, and pushed past the pain. I thought of Dad, Maria, Alex, Samantha, Finny...

And then it stopped. My mind blanked, and I felt myself falling, before everything was shrouded in darkness. 

(Merry Christmas all!! I hope you enjoyed this chapter! I worked really hard to make sure I had an update for today. I hope you all have/had a great day. I love you all so much, and thanks for reading!)