Sacrifice.

That's what she's good at.

That's what they're all good at, her family, always sacrificing.

Always the suffering.

Always the crying.

So when it came to holding onto a shard that held as much power to take out an entire city in order to save her sister, there was no hesitation. Not even when the bark to Pandora's tree opened up to reveal a portal that seemed to have no ending.

With one last look at her younger sister who laid bound and in pain, she took the broken pieces of rock and walked through with no expectations.

Time seemed to stand still for the former FBI agent as she felt herself being lifted and twirled every which way. There was no sound at all making her ears pop as she turned feeling weightless.

Only seconds had passed, or at least it felt that way.

"No." abbie had not yet risen from her portal induced slumber when she heard the soft tone of voice.

"Help!" the voice yelled this time clearly in distress.

Abbie used her forearms to lift herself up to a sitting position and brushed the leaves free from her dirty short hair.

"No, no!" the voice cried out as she did her best to follow it. Tracking had become a very good skill of hers ever since the arrival of a certain 17th century fogginess in her mind did nothing to help the situation as she let her feet do all of the work..

Where was the voice coming from? Who did it belong to? It seemed vaguely familiar. It felt like a distant memory from childhood, sort of like remembering your favorite cartoon show.

Abbie wandered around the woods searching for the owner of the voice.

"Please don't go! No, no" the voice cracked.

"I can't be alone, you're all I have. Abbie please."

There she was, Abbie rounded a tree and saw teenage Jenny weeping over a teenaged Abbie while the ruins of their childhood dollhouse burned bright behind them. Yellow and orange flames roared angrily in the wind as the cries of the young girl thundered throughout the forest.

Her world was falling apart.

"What happened?" Abbie asked as she quickly kneeled over her younger self seeing no form of life in her eyes.

"Get away!" teen Jenny yelled as she rose to her feet. Crows scattered from their hiding place in the trees as the ground shook with every word the girl spoke."This is all your fault!" she screamed as she wiped her nose on her school uniform sweater. The wind blew her hair back so that you can see her face fully distorted in anger.

"Hey, i'm trying to help" Abbie pleaded with the teenager as she stole glances at her younger self. The ground sent vibrations to her feet as she struggled to keep her balance. "Tell me what happened to her".

"You! You happened! We were just fine here." Jenny slowly walked towards her, growing angrier with each step. "Ever since you and that Crane guy decided to save the friggin' world ours have went to shit!" Thunder roared and rain began to pour.

"What?" Abbie asked retreating from the young girl. She was small but ferocious.

"You've ruined our home!" the school girl cried as she dropped to her knees at the sight of destruction she once called home.

"I'm sorry" Abbie said as she walked over to her and placed a consoling hand on her shoulder.

"Don't you touch me!" She turned around and revealed blackened eyes, much like Andy had while being Headless' puppet. Abbie jumped back and tripped.

"You're bleeding." Abbie told the girl.

"What?" Jenny touched her fingers to her nose and felt them return moist. "Oh no." The blood dripped from her nose and onto the ground. "You've ruined everything." she said in a whisper.

Abbie glanced down and saw that the soil had burned away where the blood had fallen. The two women locked eyes.

"It's all over but the crying." Jenny said as more blood seeped from her nose and onto the ground, this time faster. Abbie slowly retreated from where she stood as the ground disappeared way too quickly.

The storm began to get worse the further she ran.

Suddenly Thunder shook the ground at Abbie's feet and she tripped over debris. The salt from the rain burned softly behind her eyes and she couldn't see in front of her. She decided to look behind her in search of her younger self and Jenny.

There she still stood clad in her school uniform. Blood pouring from her nose, soaking wet, and staring directly at abbie.

"Mommy?" she whispered in confusion and shock.

A terrible noise came through the forest, much like nails on a chalk board. A sound with an octave so high that it wasn't made for the human ear. Abbie's brain was stunned. She fell to the ground in pain as she did her best to cover her ears.

Even with her eyes squeezed shut she could see a flash of white light, but she dared not to open them right away.

.

"Mommy? Mommy are you okay?"

Abbie opened her eyes and saw that she was in a kitchen. Her kitchen from childhood. Same tacky tile, table set, and awful eggplant color paint on the wall. She glanced around in complete confusion.

"Mom, is dinner almost ready?" a tiny voice asked.

Abbie felt tugging on her shirt and decided to take a look at who was the culprit. She was met with big brown eyes, fair skin and curly hair. "Jenny?"

Abbie asked out loud. "No, i'm monster Jenny rawwwr" the toddler pretended to bite Abbie's leg.

"Mom, daddy asked are you done already?"

Abbie glanced up and saw herself at seven years old. She had her favorite hairstyle; a waterfall crown braid and the rest of her hair a curly mess. Abbie stood in shock as a man walked into the room.

"Lori baby, you're burning dinner."