Fragments of Time ( A Disney Twisted Wonderland x OC story) Book I

6.5 - So Close Yet So Far

-previously-

"...You're right, Epel. I've done reckless shit before, and I'll do it again if I have to!....I'm going after the guys....and I won't let my superiors or Sol and Luna stop me!...."
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"What's the point....in having magic...If I can't protect the ones I love....?"
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"It is not your fault they're gone, it all happened too fast for you to accept it."
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"When a wizard overblots, the overflowing power that couldn't be sealed within their body merges into an incarnation, a sentient monster. I mean, you have to have seen it sometime, no? The monster that was bonded to each of you?"
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"You don't understand what it means seeing people you've grown close to being taken away from you right in front of your eyes and you're too powerless to save them! It's your fault I couldn't get to Jamil or the others in time! If you didn't hold me back I would've stopped the STYX guards from taking them!"
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"So then, that is why you're afraid of being alone after witnessing your parents die?! You just want to save them as a means for coping?! You're hopeless! You don't even realize what's at stake here! You're life is on the line! And if you die here and now, your mother would never forgive herself since she's alive and trapped away in limbo and you're the key to freeing her!"
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"Looks like your game's over. Wonderboy is hitting every curve you throw at him." Meg smirked as she passed by her boss who was watching from the veranda in the mountains down on Hercules in the arena. Hades eyes widened as he suddenly had an
idea.

"Oh, yeah." He chuckled as he slid up beside his underling. "I wonder if maybe I haven't been throwing...the right curves at him, Meg, my sweet."

"Don't even go there." Meg sneered as she pushed herself away from him, knowing what he was planning, but Hades continued,

"See, he's gotta have a weakness because everybody's got a weakness! I mean, for what? Pandora, it was the box thing. For the Trojans, hey: They bet on the wrong horse, okay? We simply need to find out Wonderboy's."

'I've done my part. Get your little imps-"

"They couldn't handle him as a baby. I need somebody who can handle him as a man." Hades emphasized.

"Hey, I've sworn off manhandling." Meg warns subtly.

"Well, you know, that's good because that's what got you into this jam in the first place, isn't it? You sold your soul to me to save your boyfriend's life. And how does this creep thank you? By running off with some babe... He hurt you real bad, didn't he, Meg? Huh?"

It didn't take long for the sassy girl to crumple under the harsh reminder. "Look, I learned my lesson, okay?" She looked away, trying not to cry.

"Which is exactly why I got a feelin' you're gonna leap at my new offer: You give me the key to bringing down Wonder Breath..." Hades dropped the vase with Hercules' visage on the front and whispered into her ear. "-and l give you the thing that you crave most in the entire cosmos!: your freedom." Meg's eyes widened as her grip on the vase catered and it broke with a shattering crack.
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I felt like hell, swallowed in the darkness of my own mind. The cold ground making my arms, my body, hurt with how I laid on one side. Lifting my head, I pushed my torso up and sat with my knees to the floor. I looked up, only seeing glassy mirrors surrounding me. Barely any light strewn in from places around me. It....was confusing....