Chapter eight
Day three
I am still at the farm. I do not want to leave. Why can I not just stay here? I know I cannot stay here. There is so much to be done and as quickly as possible. I feel so connected here. This place feels like home.
“This is your home Perdition.” I hear a voice speaking to me but I am not sure who it is.
I am losing my mind. The void was hard on me. My mind keeps going back to it. I have spent my life not belonging anywhere. I do not belong in the underworld, I do not belong in the void, and I do not belong here. I feel lost. I am hurting.
I want to talk to my father. I have so many questions for him. I want him to know I am okay and that I love him. I want him to know I understand why he killed Koko. I may not agree but I understand.
Celestials deal with their problems so differently than normal people. I wonder if he is capable of for
Chapter nine“There are no children in the void,” I say as I open my eyes.Mayhem places his hand on mine. “There were two, a set of twins. They were with you there. You cared for them.” He says,I feel like I am losing my mind. I feel like I am falling. What else are they going to tell me?“Maybe we should stop and tell you before we get there?” Mayhem says to me.“No, let’s just get Ryan and go from there. Okay.” I respond.“It’s the next road up here on the left Mayhem. Turn off your lights. I am not sure if he is alone or if Damnation is with him. We think Damnation is in the garden. I am not sure. Let’s just be careful.” Sunnie says.“I thought Damnation had him,” I ask.“His followers took him. He got word to me where he was. I contacted Mayhem to help me get him back. No worr
Day FourWe arrive at the bar just after midnight. Day four on topside I guess, let’s see what today holds.I help Mayhem with the twins. JJ and Camilla Dawn meet us at the door.“Get in here. Everything is going crazy.” She tells me.She is so dramatic. I am already aware that everything went sideways. I was there. I will let her fret over me; it is what she does best. This girl worries way too much.“P do you know what is going on honey?” She asks me.“Well my bubbly friend I know Sunnie tried to kill me, my brother is more psychotic than I originally thought, and I also know I was trapped for 900 years in hell. Oh and before I forget there are two children caught up in all of this. Did I leave anything out?” I say to her a little too dramatic.Camilla is staring at me like I am crazy. “I am going to get you a drink of Heaven's nectar. Is that okay?&rdqu
Day 5 I am awake, I'm not sure what's going on everything seems quiet. I hear ringing. It seems to be getting louder. Maybe I need to check on that. I wonder where Camilla is. I don't hear mayhem I don't hear the twins. Why is it so quiet? The ringing it seems so loud. I'll go downstairs and see if I see anybody maybe I should stay here I'm not sure what to do. Mayhem says I need to listen he told me to stay here. I just know there's something wrong. The last thing I remember is coming to rest yesterday morning. I can't stay here I have to look. I have to check on everybody. Something is not right. I push the covers off and I step onto the floor. The ri
The three of us walk towards the bar. "Sam, who is that at the bar? Is it Bowen? That looks like Bowen!” I ask. I don't give Sam time to answer I run for the bar. I run straight to Bowen. It is Bowen. I hope he is here to help. He turns around and looks straight at me. He smiles but it's a sad smile. He reaches for me, but at this very moment, I'm not sure what to do. I have no idea whose side he's on. “Why are you here Bowen?" I ask him. "Are you here for me or are you here for my brother?" Bowen looks at us. “I’m not here for you. I'm here for Camilla Dawn. She summoned me.”
Day SixThere are so many memories in my brain now. I can smell my mother. I see my father. The fight that started this mess. Why? It is hard for me to understand why a garden built for humans can cause so much pain and suffering.The truth. The ugly hidden truth about the topside and the humans living there. The garden is home to everything needed to end the topside. Somehow in this mess, my mother became the caretaker of evil. When humans failed the garden and were tossed out my mother was the only one left there. No way out.She has been stranded there with no wings and no children for centuries. In the process, she has lost everything she ever loved. She was left abandoned. The only way out is to open the doors. Two celestial twins must open the doors. Only one twin will survive. A sacrifice must be made for her to leave.Her vengeance has grown. She no longer cares. She just wants out to kill everything on the topside. Now she has
The moon is full. “Sarge, are you ready?” I ask as I run my fingers through his fur. He looks at me with his big eyes and acknowledges he is ready. He gets up. I am still sitting beside the rock grave. He places his paw on my knee. I can hear him.“Stay still.” He sits in front of me and begins to howl. He stops places his nose to mine. He looks in my eyes. I start to think of KoKo. I focus on KoKo in the void. Sarge howls again.“He can hear you, Sarge.” Sarge keeps howling.“Come to us KoKo!” Sarge howls again. I can feel KoKo breaking free.“Follow my voice KoKo!” I scream.Sarge continues to howl. I can feel every move KoKo is making. He is trying to get to me.“KoKo! I command you to come to me now!” I scream.Sarge scrambles around the grave. KoKo is breaking free. It will not be a simple task for him. Sarge and I will wait for him. Eyes are on h
Day Seven235 A.M.I just want to sleep. I hear the wind, I smell the trees, and I am overthinking everything right now. The smells of magnolias are in the air. I think of my mother.There are so many thoughts in my head. I remember KoKo bringing me to this cabin as a child. The cabin that is in between all the worlds feels safe. It was a place for me and my brother to just be children, a place where we could build a fire and play in the grass. I can’t believe I had forgotten this place.Life is so strange. Here I am back in this cabin hiding from the world. KoKo is weak. I do not know how long he can live on the topside. His time is limited. Sarge lies with him. Aren’t we a nice trio? The three of us a dog, an injured demon, and a celestial that has no idea how to even begin.I know I have to save Camilla Dawn and from there she can help me get my children. We can go home. Do I go back to the underworld? I have no i
1111 A.MI awake from my brief nap. I feel the same. I do not think anything has changed. Chaos was probably trying to poison me and it did not work. I should just… I walk in front of a mirror as my mind scrambles and see myself. What has happened to me? I am radiant.“KoKo?” I scream. He is just staring at me.“You look like Venus.”The only words he can get out are I look like my mother.“Your mother is the morning star. You have her glow my child.” He continues.I think he is as dumbfounded as I am. I did not know this was going to happen. Can I bend light like my mother? I guess we will find out soon enough.“Perdition, Be prepared you are more powerful than the morning star ever will be, but you have to stay calm to control it. Do not let your emotions get the best of you. Do you understand?” KoKo says as he walks away.I can tell he is worried. My mi