~Man Cave~

Charlotte and Schwoz were searching frantically for the location of Mary, but they couldn't track her down.

"Why is it so hard to find Mary?" Charlotte asked with irritation.

"She's probably moving around a lot," Schwoz guessed. "It's not easy to track down a moving target."

"I hope Bella's okay," Jasper said and let out a sigh.

Suddenly, the alarm for Junk'N'Stuff went off and this worried the three.

"Someone's upstairs," Charlotte said and checked the store camera.

"We're closed," Jasper said and the camera popped up to show two dark and magical monsters standing into the store.

"Oh crap," Charlotte said and looked at the two. "We have company."

"And not the friendly kind," Schwoz added.

——
~With Bella and Ruby~

Bella shifted her eyes to side with her body frozen, "you're working with Mary?"

"Maybe," smirked Ruby, not moving the gun from its position.

"How could you?" Bella asked her, "after everything she's done?"

"After she lost her husband and my dad, she went crazy and I tried to reason with her, but she gave me every right reason to be upset and I agreed," Ruby explained and Bella lightly shook her head with disbelief.

"You're betraying your family," Bella remarked. "Your mother and brother wouldn't approve of this."

"I'm not looking for anyone's approval," Ruby snarled back and Bella clenched her fist. "I'm only helping my grandmother who lost everything."

Suddenly, Bella's Whiz Watch beeped, and this distracted Ruby for a split second, which gave Bella the opportunity to turn around and tackle Ruby to the ground.

Ruby struggled under her grip as Bella held her down and knocked the gun out of her hand.

"Get off me, you little brat!" Ruby snapped angrily and moments later Bella rolled off Ruby and hopped onto her feet. "Dang it!"

Bella took out her Whiz Watch and sprinted toward the wall. Ruby recovered and grabbed the gun, aiming it at Bella.

Bella immediately ducked down when a bullet zoomed passed her head and she hid behind the corner. Ruby slowly walked forward with the gun in her hands and Bella looked over the ledge to see nothing but concrete and she knew she wouldn't survive that.

Across the building Bella was on, she saw another building and a small hook was on the side, which gave her an idea. She shot a vine out from her hand and it looped around the hook, and she took a deep breath before leaping off the building and swinging down. Bella landed on the ground below and looked up, bringing her vines in and ran off as Ruby ran to the ledge and cursed under her breath.

"Dang it!"

——
~With Future Bella, Ryder, Henry, and Ray~

The four were driving carefully down the road and it was completely empty, not a single person or monster was roaming the streets.

"Where is everyone?" Henry asked with confusion.

"Mary's close," Future Bella said. "She's trying to trick us, stay on guard. Ryder, let's stop and search around."

Ryder listened and stopped the ATV and the four got out. They searched the area with caution and were very careful.

"Something's not right," Ryder said and glanced at his mother.

"Just be cautious," Future Bella told him, Henry and Ray.

"LOOK OUT!"

Future Bella turned around and a huge black cloud flew down onto the four and they all got flown into the air. Ryder landed in a pile of rubble, Future Bella landed on top of the ATV, Ray landed in a rose bush, and Henry slammed against a nearby wall.

The dark cloud vanished into thin air and Mary appeared in the middle of all the action. She chuckled menacingly at them and Future Bella groaned, lifting her head up and saw Mary.

"What a shame, Bella's not here, that's okay, I have someone to take care of her," she laughed and teleported away with black smoke lingering.

Future Bella recovered and hopped off the ATV as the others got onto their feet. Ray was the first, cuz he's indestructible and helped Ryder to his feet and Henry joined them.

"Someone's after Bella," Future Bella said and this alarmed Henry. "Mary sent someone after her."

"Who?" Ray asked and Future Bella shrugged.

"I don't know," she said and looked at them. "I mean, Ruby's with her, but-"

Future Bella paused when Henry and Ray's watches triple beeped and this confused them.

"Who's calling?" Ryder asked and Ray and Henry shared a look before Ray answered and it was Bella.

~With Bella~

Bella was hiding from Ruby inside the building as Ruby was searching for her. Bella had called Ray and Henry and was anxiously waiting for them to answer and they did.

"Bella?" Ray said and Bella was trying her best to keep quiet or else she's dead.

"Dad, Henry," she whispered in a hushed voice. "I need help!"

"Where are you?" Henry asked her with concern and Ryder and Future Bella came into view.

"I'm at the building Ruby took me to and it turns out she's working for Mary," Bella explained and the four was shocked.

"What?!" Future Bella exclaimed with anger. "My own daughter?!"

"Shhh!" Bella shushed her and Ryder was in disbelief. "I'm hiding right now, but you have to come and help me!"

"Airy, we're coming right now!" Henry assured her and Bella nodded her head with her body trembling.

"Hurry..."

~Back with Henry, Ray, Future Bella, and Ryder~

"We gotta go," Henry rushed them when Bella ended the call and Future Bella stopped them.

"You go, Henry, and Ryder, Ray, and I will go find Mary," she told him.

"Ray?" Henry asked his boss, who nodded.

"Go save my daughter, kid," Ray told his sidekick, who smiled and hopped into the ATV.

Henry immediately drove off to save Bella and the other three continued forward to find Mary.

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~With Charlotte, Jasper, and Schwoz~

Charlotte, Jasper, and Schwoz had ridden up to the store and peeked around the back to see the two monsters and Jasper whined.

"Shh!" Charlotte and Schwoz shushed him.

"Quiet!" Charlotte scolded him and Jasper shook his head with a small hint of fear.

"I'm sorry, but what do we do?" Jasper asked them and Schwoz looked at the monsters. "Schwoz?"

"They're created by Mary, so my best guess is to just blast them until they get destroyed."

"But we'll get destroyed," Jasper reasoned and Schwoz shook his head.

"You'll be fine," he waved him off and Jasper rolled his eyes as Charlotte began to speak.

"Let's just take this calm and-"

"CHARGE!"

Charlotte and Schwoz both jumped back and watched as Jasper ran into the action, blasting the monsters.

"DIE! YOU MONSTERS!"

Charlotte and Schwoz rolled their eyes, smacking their foreheads with disappointment.

——
~With Bella~

Bella sat in her hiding spot not making any sudden movements and listened closely for any sign of Ruby.  She was out of ideas, she was completely stumped and didn't know what to do. Out of everything she's been through, Bella's never been this terrified in her life. She's never been held at gunpoint.

Bella let out a soft exhale before carefully poking her head out from her hiding spot and looked around the place. She didn't spot any sign of Ruby or anything else that could kill her, but she didn't lose her guard and kept herself alarmed. She quietly stood up to her feet and took a step forward and then another step before looking around herself and she didn't see any sign of Ruby.

Bella stood straight up and swiftly yet silently snuck around the place for any escape or a weapon to fight Ruby with. Not a second went by that Bella wasn't shaking, her hands trembled with fear, and her eyes were filled with terror.

She doesn't want to die, she can't die. She won't allow herself to die, she'll do anything to keep herself alive. She has so many people in her life that are counting on her to survive or else the whole future could change and everything will be ruined. Not to mention the horrible state her fiancé, father, mother, and many others will be in if she dies.

Bella rummaged through endless amounts of drawers and cabinets until she found a weapon and she slid it into her back pocket and headed toward the exit door to the roof.

——
~With Future Bella, Ryder, and Ray~

"I thought you said you knew where Mary's hideout was?" Future Bella asked her son, who shrugged.

"I didn't say that I said I knew where she was before," Ryder shot back and Future Bella rolled her eyes at him. "There's a difference."

"It's an important difference," Ray mentioned and Future Bella agreed.

"Better then nothing," Ryder remarked. "And to be fair, Mary probably moves around a lot."

"Let's just go to her hideout and hope she'll be there," Future Bella suggested and the three continued along the path until a black cloud suddenly knocked Ryder across the way and landed on the ground unconsciously.

"RYDER!" Bella and Ray yelled to him and the two turned to find Mary standing in the distance with two dark monsters at her sides.

"HAHAHA!" Mary laughed and Future Bella was glaring heavily at her with Ray standing there in complete shock. "I'm sorry, did I hurt your son?"

Bella went to attack, but Ray held her back and Mary looked at him with confusion.

"Who's your friend?" Mary asked, "I told you I would hurt anyone that gets in my way."

"I'm sorry, ma'am, but I'm indestructible which means you can't hurt me," Ray remarked and stepped forward as Bella stood there, watching him.

Mary completely froze at his words and loosened her grip on her scepter. Her heart felt like it stopped and she was in complete shock at the voice that rang in her ears.

"What?" She asked in a soft voice.

"I'm indestructible, ma'am," he repeated and gave her a warm smile.

"Ray?" Mary said with sorrow and Ray nodded at this. "Is it you?"

"I'm the only Ray I know," he remarked with a slight chuckle and Bella stood there with a small smile.

It's been way too long since her parents had any communication and she's missed it. Bella jumped when she remembered Ryder and ran toward her son to help him.

"How are you... alive?" Mary asked and she motioned her monsters to stand back.

"I'm indestructible and I'm from the past, so whatever happened to me didn't happen," Ray explained and Mary looked down at the memory of her own Ray dying. "I'm here and I'm alive and I don't plan on dying."

Mary's eyes shifted to him and she felt her entire world light up when she saw his beautiful blue eyes that she fell in love with the day she met him.

"Mary," Ray said and she didn't realize how close he'd gotten to her. "Why?"

Mary backed up and gripped her scepter tighter, "why what?"

"Why have you done this? Why have you become this villain?" He asked her in a gentle voice and Mary stubbornly turned away and clenched her jaw.

"Bella told you," she gritted darkly.

"She has, but I want to hear it from you," Ray said. "Mary, you're the first woman and the only woman I've ever loved and that won't change. This isn't you, and you can't let your anger or sadness dictate your actions or how you feel."

Mary didn't react and allowed Ray to continue.

"I understand that you were broken when Henry and I left, but you're not alone," Ray assured her and Mary shook her head.

"I am." She muttered bitterly.

"No, you're not," Ray said. "You have Bella-"

"She doesn't care about me," Mary exclaimed to him. "No one does."

"She does care," Ray told her. "And so does, Ryder, and Ruby."

Future Bella stood up with Ryder and the two stood there, listening to their conversation.

"You have to allow yourself to let go of the past and focus on the future," Ray told Mary. "This isn't what you want, I can see it. The Mary I know would never hurt anyone...ever... she's compassionate and kind and cares about everyone. Because of you, Bella is happy and feels like she belongs. You've helped so many people, you've helped me so much. I'm a better person cuz of you and the Ray you knew wouldn't want this. He would want you to move on and not grieve about the past, cuz this, this isn't who you are. You're Mary Carman, not the Queen of Mean."

Future Bella smiled at the two and felt a sort of satisfaction watching them. Future Bella never wanted to destroy Mary, all she wanted to do was to help her understand and reason with her, and get her mother back. She loves her and won't give up on her.

Mary looked up at him slightly and didn't say a word for a few moments.

"Mary... please... don't do something you're gonna regret and think about what Ray would want," Ray continued and at that moment, Mary's hand slipped from her scepter and it fell to the ground. Mary's hand fell at her sides and her head was down with her eyes closed in shame.

"....he wouldn't want this..." she mumbled to herself and Ray softened up. He glanced back at Future Bella and Ryder, who both had small smiles on their faces.

"What have I done?"

——
~With Bella~

Bella walked out of the door that led to the roof and headed for the ledge, but when she approached a corner Ruby popped out and whacked Bella in the stomach with a metal pipe. Bella groaned, holding her stomach and Ruby took her arm and threw her into a wall and smacked her in the head with the pipe. Bella fell to the ground with a giant gash on her head and Ruby tossed down the metal pipe, before gripping Bella's hair and pulling her head up.

"You're done for!" She snarled and Bella glared at her with hatred in her eyes.

"Go die in a hole!" Bella gritted through her teeth and Ruby pulled her up to her feet. She kneed Bella's back which made her fall to the ground and Ruby picked up the metal pipe again.

"After all the years my grandmother suffered..." Ruby began and Bell snarled under her breath, taking out the weapon from her pocket. "It will all be over for her-"

Bella swiftly turned around and stabbed Ruby in the stomach with her knife. Ruby screamed out in pain and fell to her knees as Bella pushed her to the ledge of the roof and she tumbled off the side of it with blood pouring out of her side. Bella groaned loudly and fell to her bruised knees with exhaustion and shock.

Bella watched Ruby hit the ground and she saw blood slowly leak out of her side and her head. Bella covered her mouth, dropping the bloody knife and immediately started to cry out in agony.

"Oh my gosh..." she cried to herself. "What did I just do?!"

Bella sat there crying to herself and covered her face with her blood-covered hands. Bella was horrified by what she did and couldn't stop crying.

Henry rushed up the stairwell to the roof and saw Bella crying and immediately sprinted toward her.

"Airy," Henry said and kneeled down to her side and hugged her close. "What's wrong? What- oh my gosh..."

Henry saw all the blood along with the knife and he looked over the ledge to see Ruby's lifeless body.

"I killed her..." Bella mumbled with sorrow and Henry caressed her head softly. "I killed my daughter."

Henry didn't speak and allowed Bella to mourn over what just happened.

"It's okay, princess...it's okay..."

——
~With Ray, Mary, Future Bella, and Ryder~

Ray stood there with sympathy as he stared at Mary's regretful expression and felt himself sigh.

"Mary..."

"I have to stop this," Mary said lifting her head up and then picked up her scepter, and Ryder and Future Bella stood next to Ray.

"How are you gonna do that?" Future Bella asked and Mary's eyes glowed with her scepter that flashed green.

"I have to destroy myself in order to stop everything," Mary admitted and this shocked them.

"No, wait, Mary-" Ray began and Mary shook her head, backing up from the superhero.

"There is no other way," Mary said and averted her eyes to the floor with sadness. "I'm a monster who allowed her feelings to dictate the way she feels. I have to undo everything I've ever destroyed and restore it."

"But Mary you'll die," Future Bella reasoned with her.

"I know," Mary said and smiled softly. "Bella, sweetie, I'm sorry. I'm sorry about what I allowed myself to become and all the misery I caused to you. Ryder, please forgive me in the future when I'm not here. I love you both dearly and I'm so sorry."

Ray stepped forward as Ryder and Bella stood there with tears falling down their cheeks.

"Mom..." Future Bella mumbled sorrowfully. "Please..."

Mary's body slowly got surrounded with black and green mist with her body vanishing every second from bottom to top.

"Noo..." Ryder said and Future Bella looked down, shaking her head sadly.

Ray walked toward Mary, who looked up at him and he stared down at her with his blue eyes.

"Ray..." Mary said and shook her head with regret. "I'm sorry for who I've become. I hope when all this is over, you won't look at your Mary the same."

Ray didn't say a word and instead placed his hand on her tear-stained cheek. Mary flinched at his touch but loved the feeling of her husband's hand on her cheek after so long.

Ryder tapped his mother's arm and pulled her away from the scene, so they wouldn't witness Mary's death.

"Ray-"

"No matter what, I'll always love you," he softly told her and pulled her in for a sweet kiss. Mary kissed back grabbing his wrist and two pairs of tears dripped onto the floor. As Ray pulled away, he saw Mary's body slowly vanished away and she smiled at him.

"I love you, Raymond Manchester."

Ray let out a shaky breath as Mary disappeared from his sight and he was left with nothing but himself and his own thoughts.

The area around him began to rebuild itself and all the buildings and structures were getting restored. All the terrorizing monsters vanished into thin air and the whole town looked like it hadn't been touched by any villain.

It was back to normal.

——

Charlotte, Jasper, and Schwoz were fighting off the monsters with all their strength until the monsters froze and vanished abruptly. The three stopped their fighting and yelling and shared a look of confusion until Jasper smiled.

"WE DID IT!! WE DEFEATED THE MONSTERS!!!"

"I don't think so, Jasper-"

"Just let him have this moment," Charlotte nudged Schwoz, who nodded and allowed Jasper to cheer happily.

——

Henry and Bella have not moved from their position. Henry looked around the town and noticed everything around him get restored and this confused him. Henry instinctively looked over the ledge and saw Ruby's dead body get vanished away and his eyes grew.

He felt himself smile, "they did it. Airy, honey."

Bella was still crying and shook her head, "what..."

"They did it. They defeated Mary and everything is back to normal," Henry told her and Bella lifted her head up, wiping her eyes. She saw the town restoring itself and she looked at Henry with a confused expression.

"The town is restoring itself and- oh my gosh!" Bella gasped when she saw the bloody knife was gone and she looked down at her body to not see a single sign of her fight with Ruby. "This means that..."

"You didn't kill Ruby," Henry told her and Bella smiled with relief. "Something happened that reversed everything."

Bella beamed, "I'm not a murderer!"

Henry grinned with amusement and pulled her onto her feet. Bella didn't have a single bruise, gash, or cut on her and all the blood had disappeared.

"Let's go find the others," Henry suggested and the two left the building to find everyone else.

——
~Back in the Man Cave with everyone~

Schwoz and Charlotte were setting up the Time Jerker's Time Portal so Future Bella and Ryder could get back to their time.

"Thank you all," Future Bella told everyone. "If it wasn't for you guys, Mary would have gotten her way and Bella wouldn't be here."

"Thank you for warning us," Bella told her future self. "Sorry I thought you were crazy."

"It's okay, I mean we're the definition of crazy," Future Bella smiled and the girls laughed.

Ray approached the girls and they smiled up at him with Henry next to him.

"I'm so proud of both of you," Ray told them. "I always knew you would become a butt-kicking superhero."

"I learned from the best," Future Bella winked and he grinned.

"That's true," he said and hugged her warmly.

Bella smiled at them and turned to Henry.

"I'm glad you're not dead," he told her and she laughed.

"Honestly, at this point in my life, I'm shocked I'm still alive," she shrugged and he chuckled at her.

"That's cuz you have an amazing superhero to protect you," he grinned and pulled her close, grabbing her waist firmly.

"Yeah, my dad is pretty great," she joked and he poked her nose, making her giggle and look away.

"I was talking about me, silly," He chuckled and she blushed deeply

"I know, hun," she grinned and Charlotte approached them.

"Would it be weird for me to ask if I can date your son in the future," Charlotte asked them, eyeing Ryder who was talking to Jasper.

"What?" They asked her and Charlotte grinned.

"What? He's cute," she said with a blush and Ryder looked at her with a smile.

"You do realize you'll be like twenty years older right?" Future Bella jumped in and Charlotte shrugged.

"As long as he's over eighteen, it's legal right?" Charlotte asked and Bella and Henry sighed with a smile as Future Bella walked over to the portal.

"Is the portal ready, Schwoz?" Future Bella asked Schwoz, who was putting in the correct time and date.

"Yes, ma'am," he said and Ryder went up to his mother with everyone else surrounding them.

"Thank you," Future Bella smiled at them. "Hopefully when the future comes for you guys, it won't turn out that way."

"I have a question," Bella asked her future self. "Is Ruby okay?"

"She's fine," Future Bella assured her and Bella sighed with relief with Henry wrapping an arm around her. "Everything Mary casts has been reversed and everything is back to normal."

"Thank goodness," Bella smiled softly and Henry squeezed her shoulder.

"I'm gonna go see my sister and scold her for turning on us," Ryder chuckled and waved to them. "See ya guys in the future!"

Everyone waved and said bye to Ryder as he jumped through the portal.

"Call me!" Charlotte called and everyone looked at her. "What? He's cute."

"I'll see you all in the future," Future Bella winked at them and waved to them. "Bye!"

Future Bella leaped through the portal and everyone waved back, saying bye to her.

"Dang it!" Charlotte groaned.

"What?" Jasper asked her.

"I didn't ask Future Bella where she got her hair done," Charlotte pouted and Bella smiled at her.

Bella let out a relieved sigh and rested her head on Henry's chest. She's going to make sure the future does not turn out that way.

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Up Next: Story Tank (Maybe idk)

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Tell me what you all thought of this two-part chapter. I loved writing it and I hope you all loved reading it. Was it shocking? I started writing and came up with ideas on the spot, so I was being creative for once and that never happens. I'm not creative at all lol.

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