Welcome To The Nightmare (Book 2)

Chapter 78: Goodbye, Everyone.

"Okay... That was weird...." JiU held onto her father's hand.

A short walk away they already at the beach. Calintz invited her to sit at the table while he tended to his wound.

"What happened to your auto regenerative ability?"

"Ouh, that. We don't carry that here. Here, we're just a normal human being; bleeding and get tired and everything. Wow, you decked me good, princess! Forgot how painful a cut is." He laughed, wincing occasionally as he applies the antiseptic on his wound.

"Sorry... I'm-"

"I understand. It just we have been waiting for this all our lives, you know?"

"What? To die?"

"Yeah. Suicide is an atrocity and we have too much pride in our lives to do that to ourselves. Although when it comes to being killed by others, we welcomed it like a friend. Weird, huh?" He chuckled at JiU, finishing up on his wound.

"You said this is Elysian Fields. Doesn't looks like the one in depiction." She looked around her.

"Well, at least our version. This is the only moment in our lives where all of us were at our happiest; our holiday at Omaha Beach, Normandy."

"You're kidding?! This doesn't looks like Omaha at all!"

"Of course not! The point is the beach. So any beach will do." He laughed hard at JiU response. JiU puffed up her lips, pouting at her father.

"Sorry. My bad. Okay, back to the topic. Why we looked so happy back then is because we already foreseen our death. To be exact, the time when our death come."

"Are you trying to pull my leg again?"

"No, princess. Remember Nana and Dami abilities? One of them was life timer, remember? When I died, the seal that I put on Naachan's eyes came undone. And she can see it again.

You see, for us vets we are really exhausted by the state of the world. Fighting and killing one another for one's greed and glory. We spent all of our younger years slaving for a better future. We did achieved it once, only for the Seers to screw it up again. And surprise? Most of us had our timer ended when the end of the war comes near.

So since you kids' timers are still way, WAY longer than us, we gave everything to prevent Claudius from ending yours. Try to remember Dara's death. For sure you can save her, but she kept pushing you up to destroy the last stand of the Empire in Russia, right?"

"When you said it like that, yeah.. she kinda did." JiU pondered.

"Look, we were sorry for letting you fight on your own. But I assure you, we gave our all to ensure your victory. It just that-"

"I get it. But it's unfair to us... Leaving without giving us a chance to say goodbye." JiU wiped away her tears.

"Sorry. But what I don't understand is why you're here. You're not supposed to be here." He scratched his head trying to figure out what had happened.

"Because I wanted her to be here." A voice came from their left side. It was a tall, silver-haired man with long full beard. Standing on his side are three others; a red haired woman, a wild looking man, and a Middle Eastern woman.

"Leo!" JiU was shocked to hear the name she stood up, scanning him up and down.

"What do you mean you wanted her here? It's not her time yet."

"I know my son is laying waste to your world right now and I believe it is my fault. I should've guide him like your father did to you and your sisters. So I held you up for a bit, to give you this." He held out his hand and something glowed in it but JiU could not figure out what it is.