Chapter 8


Norman still couldn't believe that Emma would do it. Do the annihilation of the demons. To him, it's unbearable to do something like that. 

And that, he knew in his heart, that she's scared. She has been alone for two years, and that never seen her act like herself, the warm bubbly personality that Ray and Norman had known ever since they were children, she's still there, asking for help, even if she wouldn't admit it herself. 

As the group went towards the royal capital, Norman and his allies were wearing their demon disguises so that the demon civilians wouldn't smell their human scent. 

Everywhere they looked, they were shocked of what they had seen. The drug already been spreading like wildfire, as the fires were everywhere, and that the civilians were in pain, crying for their loves ones were eating one other. 

Sonju asked, "Norman, what is your plan?"

"Can you and Mujika handle the wild demons that were poisoned by the fatal drug? Ray and I will handle Emma ourselves. Don, Gilda, you should help them too." Norman said. 

As that Norman was about to leave, Gilda said, "Wait a second, Norman. I just thought of something. 

It is about Emma." 

Both boys were curious of why their sister was going to say, so they listened as that they were shocked of what she was suggesting. 


Meanwhile, Emma and her companions had stormed into the royal court. "Who goes there?"

"Well, this is going to be for all worth it." Emma thought to herself. "You would not get to us. You destroyed many lives. 

I will kill you." She said, as she uses her knife to kill most of the royal demons. There were blood spreading everywhere. 

It satisfied her, for all the pain she had felt of being alone, as the feeling was only to protect the people she loved. 

Then there was a little demon boy was protecting one of the royals. "Stop it! " 

Her eyes were cold-blooded, as if they're not in sorrow. 

"Norman, stop, leave now." The royal said, as that Emma's ears rang in shock, as to what she had heard the name she never suspected. 

"Norman? Why?" She mutters. The drug spread towards the young boy, as it begins to degenerate him. 

The royal said, as he cuts his blood, "Norman, drink this." 

The boy did, as to Emma's surprise, it stops the drug's effect. "Is it possible... " 

She reaches to kill the demons, but then, a voice, a familiar voice seems to be desperate of what she is doing. 

"Emma, stop!" 

She turns around, of that she never imagined of seeing her siblings. 

"Norman. Ray." She said. 

In that instant, Norman sees not the present Emma, but the form of the little Emma, holding the bloody knife in her hands, as the little girl was desperately crying for help. 

Norman just knew that the Emma he knew is still there, as he was serious , staring at her , and then said, "I left you behind before, and this time, I wouldn't let you go off on your own again. " 

Barbara seems to be irate that the two boys came to stop Emma to persuade her to change her mind. 

"Don't come any closer to Boss! What done is done, you can't change it." She said to Norman and Ray. 

"Yeah, right! You honestly think that would stop me? I'm not letting fear let take control of the unknown!" Norman spat at her. 

The girl was shocked of his response, that she didn't suspect that anyone would tell her that way, and that is coming from the person who knew Emma the most. 

Norman begins to walk towards her, as Emma said, trying to prevent him from coming closer, "S-Stay away!

I'm not going back to what I used to be." 

Norman said, "I'm not running away from my problems. But Emma, it seems you are. To me, you're nothing like a scared little girl who is asking for help." 

He held her hands, as he said, "There's no need for you to be scared of the unknown! You are you, Emma! 

Deep down, this annihilation isn't what you wanted, and you know it!" 

She said, "But I want to do is to protect you, that's why -" 

"I don't want you to protect me! These past two years, I survived with all of our siblings, and done the impossible! 

I experienced new things that I never done before, and I don't want to loose you again, Emma!" Norman said. 

Emma was shock of his speech, as that she turns to Ray to help her persuade him to change his mind. 

"Ray!" She said. But Ray looks completely irate at her as well. 

"Are you really still insisting on being on your own, like it's all about the world is weighing on your shoulders?

You were the one who inspired me to not to give up when it seems impossible, when the escape plan to leave Gracefield seems impossible, and yet you're going on to a future where you're suffering?!?

No way I'm through with that! We known each other since we're children! We grown up together, you idiot! We're a family, and we fight for each other until the end! 

So, what you really want, Emma?"

She turns away from her best friends, "How could you be so certain? I'm not strong as you are!" 

"And that's fine! It's ok if you feel weak, if that is what you're feel. We'll figure it all out together, just like old times back at Gracefield. 

Don't try to act all too grown up, you're still a child at heart, and that's fine." Norman said, smiling at her. 

He extended a hand towards her, to give her closure that everything would be fine. "Let's be together again. Together forever, Emma." 

Just like that, everything that Emma had endured all the pain and suffering she had given at Lambda finally broke. 

She drops the knife she was holding onto , as Norman saw that she was breaking down, as he gently catches her, as that letting her cry into his arms. 

It was truly the first time that he had finally embrace her, as he knew that the past Emma had finally came back to him. 

Emma said, crying, "You were right! I was afraid, Norman! I was alone, and I had to make all the desions on my own. 

I want to live! I want to live with you forever! " 

Norman smiled at her, as he held her close, to not to let her go again. 

"Welcome back... Emma." Norman said, softly. 


At the Capital, Don and Gilda helped all the demons were degenerated by Emma's drug and Mujika and Sonju was guilding them . 

Don was sweating , "Man, who would've thought that all the effects of the drug would be affected to whoever sensed it. Emma is truly incredible. " 

Glida said, "True, but to me this is all wrong. I know she did it to protect us, but it seems way out of control. " 

Mujika said, "Well, whatever the case, we can stop the wild demons to cause any more damage. At any rate, we should get my blood to all the civilians in time. " 

Don nods, concurring with his friend, "You're right. Do you think that the two of them finally talk sense into Emma by now?"

Gilda said, "We can only hope that they would, those three known about the Secret longer than we had. 

Besides, if anyone can talk sense into her, it would be someone who trusts her the most, and that is what Norman and Ray are to her. " 

"You got me. " Don said, smiling at his sister. "Don, Gilda. You should head into the forest and meet up with your companion, Oliver. He's waiting for you." Mujika said. 

The teens said, "All right. " 

They spot Oliver, who is waiting for them, "I got your message. Are you sure that this is a good idea to let the Base know about what you discovered?"

"Yes. It would cure Emma. Trust us." Don said. Oliver rode back to Paradise Hideout as fast he could. 

As he got there, something unexpected happened that he couldn't believe it. "No..." 

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