La Sacerdotessa

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JOLLY took the newly acquired blood sample from Debito as he walked back into Jolly's lab, this time with Pace beside him. He mixed the vial with some green liquid that reaked, mixing the same thing into Claudio's.

Through a detailed process that no one knew, the blood became a purple color, and Jolly ran a few other tests on it before turning to the boys.

"The man wasn't lying. He is her father."

"Great! Now that we know they're related, how do we save her?!" Pace pressed.

"I don't know how. The only ideas I had were finding Claudio and making him turn her back, or using her arcana powers to reverse it. Since Il Sole has to defend her from La Sacerdotessa at the moment, it is unlikely her arcana powers will be enough to stabilize her."

"Hey, Papa?" Elmo's quiet voice said from where he sat.

"Yes, Elmo?" Jolly answered.

"You said that the man broke Mama's mind. What if we fixed it?"

"For all intensive purposes, she is unconcious... which means if we made her concious, she'd be fixed. Her ability to comprehend the world around her must have been repressed when his arcana power entered her..."

"So we just have to bring that part of her back? To make her defeat his arcana powers that have taken over her?" Luca asked, looking at Jolly.

"I may know a way to help her. If her mind truly is lost, it is possible if I latch on to her memory, I can bring her consciousness out."

"That's right! Your arcana powers allow you to forcefully bring out someone's memories."

"There is no guarantee that it won't hurt her further, Jolly."

"It's the best plan we have, Luca," Pace said from where he stood beside him. "We have to forget our vendettas for right now and help save Satira."

"Looks like the idiot finally gained some intellegence," Jolly snickered. "He's right. It's the best plan we have."

"Then what are you waiting for, old man? Get to it."

"Before I do, Elmo."

"Yes, Papa."

"It's possible this will take long. If the man who hurt Mama happens to return, you need to take Quelli Dimenticati and hide somewhere where you and them won't be found. Understand?"

"Yes, Papa." Jolly smiled and ruffled Elmo's hair.

"Now, Pace. Bring me Bianchi."

IT wasn't long before Pace had returned with Satira and had her placed on a wooden chair. Jolly stood in front of her, holding her gently underneath her chin as he looked into her now onyx colored eyes. He bent down on his knees in front of her, removing his glasses.

"Luna piena sonno," Jolly said before his own consciousness was transferred into Satira's.

NOW within her mind, he glanced around in the expansive darkness. "This is..." Jolly began walking through the darkness. "Where? Where is it?"

"HOW long is this going to take?" Debito snarled as he paced around Jolly's lab.

JOLLY began running, but it was fruitless. He ran for what seemed like hours before losing stamina, breathing heavily as the world around him remained as dark as it had before.

"I wonder if it's already been destroyed..."

Jolly began to fall, but he felt something pull him back up. To his surprise, it was a smiling Satira.