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Chapter 30: Twilight Part 3

One month later

If Jesse could describe his life in one word, it would be: interesting. He lost his sister, only to find out she's alive after years of searching.

He discovered that his friends are the ones who did the deed. But he forgive them since they regretted it, even going as far as to admit it to him; the last person in the world that they would want to find out.

Only when he finally found her... she changed so much. It was painful, sad, and relieving. His sister, who's caring, loving, and so kind, became... a nightmare.

What did this? What happened to his sister that she would go down this dark path? But why can't she just come home?

So many questions he wanted to ask, but for now he's furious. Maybe it has something to do with Aiden and Gill knocking on his door at his large house in the City?

So he opened the door... only to throw them back by willing stone blocks to rip out of the ground, wrapping around them, and slamming them into large street outside.

Everyone came outside from the noise. From Petra, to Olivia, to Axel, to Reuben, to his wife Lisa and his adopted daughter Jennifer in her arms.

They all live together in this big house, being a family. So it's no surprise that everyone in that house walked outside, ready to beat up the Ocelots... again.

"You got a lot of nerve coming back here..." Jesse said dangerously, he unconsciously willed the stone on the street to shift with fury.

Lisa, while holding Jennifer in her arms, spoke. "I thought I made it clear, for you and your gang to never come back here." She spoke with authority, considering she's the leader of the Templars/police that enforce the rules here in the City. "Especially on my daughter's birthday."

Jesse unwrapped the stone around the two Ocelots. "What do you want Aiden, another broken arm?" he said, making spikes protrude from the ground near them.

"Wait, wait!" said Gill, waving his arms in surrender. "We're not here to cause trouble!"

"Then why are you here?" said Axel, cracking his knuckles.

Gill took in a deep breath, hesitating just for a moment to collect his thoughts. "It's about your sister."

Everyone went silent, the ground started to shake as if there is an earthquake. "...If you came her to say some stupid joke about her again, I will personally-!"

Lisa put a hand on his shoulder, calming him down in an instant. "Hold Jennifer for me." she said smoothly, passing her daughter to her husband.

She stepped forward. "Explain." She demanded coldly.

Gill took in a deep breath. "It all started one month ago..."

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One month ago

How did things get this way? How did it all go wrong?

Those are the questions that Lukas asks himself everyday. But today... today was something grand for those two questions.

It all started when they spotted Jess running through the Twilight Forest, doing who knows what.

After chasing Jess down, Maya trapped her in an illusion as they all, except Lukas, tackled her off the cliff. Everyone except the blonde celebrated as everything went from bad to worse.

They had awoken the hydra that was sleeping inside the hollow hill. No matter what they did, it would always regenerate its health back to peak condition.