"Deja Vu"

"Go ahead, wait for us in the house... I need some minutes with her alone before we continue... don't start without us..."

Elaine was the first to stand up and nod, everyone else followed towards the house. Caliope sat straight on the chair and looked everyone leave. She started to feel a little tense, but when they all entered the house, he sat on the grass next to her without releasing her hand.

"I am going to give you a shock of reality information... but you need some of this before we can continue... even though you don't remember us and you don't understand what is happening, the fact that you feel you can trust me makes me feel there is hope..."

"How do you know?"

"...because I feel what you feel... but that won't make sense until I explain it to you... that crazy girl who is trying to hug you is your best friend since your childhood... something tells me you already started to remember her..."

She nodded and sighed. He smiled.

"Do you believe in God...?"

He looked at her carefully, she blinked with surprise at his question and a vague sense of Deja Vu came creeping through her. "Are you... are you going to tell me you are God?"

He chuckled and gently pulled a strand of hair behind her ear. He shook his head and she blushed.

"No... but do you believe in him?"

"I used to... I think... God... I don't think I was a devoted person... I want to believe." He smiled at her, a smile of hope.

"Do you believe in heaven and hell? Do you believe in Angels?"

"I... think... what are you trying to say? Why do I feel this is not the first time we are talking about this?"

"We are all Angels... everyone but you and Vanessa... we had walked a long path to get here... it wasn't easy for you to cope with this but you did so well... if you can accept this, it will make everything else you see much easier..."

She pulled back slightly and pondered. Since the moment she woke up in her own mind and saw what she saw, she knew there was no reasonable explanation for it. Furthermore, now seen and hearing what she did, it left her wondering on her own sanity.

"I can't deny there are many things happening that make no sense... so... ok... I believe you... now what?"

"The person who was in your mind is being held in a dungeon inside the house... we are going to see him and face him... question him about why he did this to you... about why he erased your memory... he was supposed to be a neutral Angel in Earth, yet by doing what he did to you, he had chosen the side of the Dark ones... I could have killed him... banish him... which is the final death... but if I did, we would never know why he did this to you..."

Caliope sighed and nodded, she knew that her body and part of her mind was in agreement to everything he said, but some part of her was scared and afraid.

"There is something else..."

She tilted her head and looked at him, holding herself for what he could say more.

"You... also have powers..."

"You said I am not an Angel... how is that possible?"

"This all has a much better and longer explanation but... due to the circumstances, we can't go the long path..."

Caliope nodded and took a deep breath.

"You were never fully human... we didn't know at first but later we found out your father was a dark Angel... and his half gave you some abilities... once we married, you became something else... we could never really figure out what but it is much stronger... you are much stronger... and so are your powers... you saw what you almost did to him..."

"So... I am... half of an Angel? A dark one... but I am with the good ones?"

"You are my Asteria... my star... my love... my wife... I would destroy worlds if it pleased you..." She blushed at his words, there was no way of denying how it had an effect on her. She lowered her eyes but he lifted her chin up slightly, giving her a smile. His words felt true and so how she felt around him. "Why would I want you to destroy worlds?"

He sighed and smiled with relief. "You have no idea how happy it makes me hear you say that... it is a good sign... are you ready to see what power looks like?"

She nodded and he got up in one quick move, offering her his hand to help her up. As they both started to head back to the house, she looked around and smiled.

"Such a beautiful place... is it ours?"

"It can be if you want to... but it belongs to Maxwell, we had our marriage here not long ago... just a couple of days behind now."

"I wish I could remember it... such an important event... erased..."

"Don't say that... because I can barely hold myself from killing him as it is... you were so beautiful... you were so brave... you were amazing..."

She blushed again with a smile as both walked in and headed towards the stairs, she followed his lead and they reached the arch that presented itself as an entrance. There, everyone was leaning against the walls waiting for them. Maxwell stood straight and nodded at Amra. "It is time then, let's see what we can see..."

His words held a promise. With a swift of his finger, the locks on the door gave in and opened, Caliope opened her eyes wide at the first direct sign of what she would call 'magic'. Meng Yi and Meng Tian came after him and followed by Elaine, Wiltshire, Pronab, Vanessa and finally Amra with Caliope, leaving Falshore as the last one to go inside, closing the door behind him. Tian set himself at one side, Yi at the other facing the familiar face on the chair.

"I don't think my chains are of much use with you two... but just in case, let it be there... it will be fun..."

"You and your Angels are so cocky... you want to pretend you are the good ones when you enjoy hunting and torturing others..." Gusion spilled with anger.

Maxwell gave a step towards him "Oh but we have nothing in comparison to what your new friends do, like kidnap and kill people... or just use them to their advantage..."

Elaine buffed "I am so disappointed in you Gusion... by far you were one of the legendary ones, a proof and a promise that there was a chance to be here in peace without choosing a side. Why would you do this? Why would you pick a side and throw thousands of years away...?"

"It was in my best interests..."

Pronab's chains glowed softly and squeezed around Gusion a little, he gasped and looked down at the chains around him.

"You see, we have our ways to know you are lying..." Pronab smirked.

Amra frowned "Enough with playing games... why you erased her memories?"

Gusion looked at Amra showing some fear for the first time; he did not expect to be approached by him directly, much less so soon. He swallowed hard and tried to compose himself.

"She is just a pawn..."

The chains embraced him tighter and he was now looking down at them worried. Caliope gave a step forward, placing herself next to Amra, gaining courage.

"The chain doesn't obey my will, it simple reacts to the truth and the lies... each lie you say, the chains will squeeze tighter around you."

Gusion seemed submerged in deep thoughts and Caliope frowned a little, upset for the lack of collaborations from him, Amra squeezed her hand as he looked at him. "I will ask you one more time, why did you erased her memories..."

"I panicked..."

Pronab perked a brow "Say that again?"

He sighed and looked up at them, a deep regret and fear in his eyes. "I was asked to find a specific memory, it wasn't supposed to erase everything else..."

Elaine stepped in "What wasn't supposed to be erase? Did they do something to you?"

"They know I can get inside people's minds... see specific memories... but is the first time I had to look for something that was not being thought off... The Oracles saw the direct future in different forms, I would get inside their minds and interpreted them... they were thinking on it... you understand?"

Amra nodded "Perfectly... we are familiar to that kind of power..."

He perked a brow and looked at Amra with questions reflected in his eyes. But Amra knew better than to spill any more information to someone who was in death sentence for him.

"I... I just don't know what happened... to me it was a maze... I don't know what I was doing digging there... they asked me to find the first memories of her father... but she... she started to block herself, to defend herself... and I could see all the doors closing, and I started panicking and that is when the memories started to vanish..."

"Thanks to your wonderful job, she lost so much... I could kill you right now..."

"I would prefer that... I don't want to be alive anymore, I don't want to be here, I failed her... I failed them... it is over..."

Elaine opened her eyes wide, almost afraid of the answer to the question she was about to ask "What do you mean by 'her' and 'them'?"

"They got my Asteria Elaine... if I don't have the answers they look for, they will kill her... and I can't live with that... I just found her! I can't... I can't have them take her away from me..."

"That is not possible... no one messes with something so sacred...!"

"They are obsessed and desperate Elaine... they are... not sure... I don't know if scared... but they are now more interested in her than ever before..."

"This brings new issues to the table... we will have to schedule our gathering sooner and I am sorry to say the honeymoon is over for now..."

"It is ok... I can't have a honeymoon until I make her feel normal again... and I definitely won't let anyone harm her anymore... from now on, no matter who they promise to be, no one will touch her..." Amra put an arm around her as he talked.

"...is there any way for me to recover my memories? I feel so many Deja Vus..." Caliope sighed.

"I never expected them to be erased... and I am not sure they were... that was never supposed to happen... you are different..."

"That she is... you are going to be set free Gusion... go back to them and tell them whatever they want... invent something, I am sure you can... and as soon as you know what they will do next, you will tell us."

"Is not that easy Amrafel, they have so many good weapons at hand... they can see what I saw with an ancient gadget, I've never seen that before in my life... they can see in my head exactly what they want..."

Maxwell sighed "Falshore..." and he replied giving a step ahead "Yes my General..."

Gusion looked curiously at them both and then focused his eyes on Falshore who approached him. He lifted his hands and placed them on his head. He tried to shook his head but they felt weak.

Amra gave a step back and pulled Caliope with him "Whatever it takes..."

Maxwell nodded "Stay still Gusion... Falshore will implant a memory in your mind..."

"What? a memory?"

"Yes... he will play this to our advantage... We need to stop walking behind them... I think it is time we start to walk ahead of them."