Eva's pov
She was just shaking her eyes wide with disbelief as Satis justs sat there, a sort of wise sage expression on his face as he looked at her expectantly. He expected her to say something. But she was just shaking, not knowing what to do, trying to make a sound, to berate the old man for daring to lie and joke about something like that.
But something told her he wasn't lying. So only a small squeak came out of her voice. A small weak squeak. She tried again, but yet again came another squeak. She looked up, tried again. But still nothing. She bit her lip, eyes in anguish but still nothing.
She looked at the ground, shaking and only then could she find her voice. "You damn mother fucker, you're lying!" But he just looked at her instead, pity in his eyes. Shaking his head. "No I'm not my dear. And she just cried out. Eyes in pain. Shaking her head. Trying to look at him, again, she tried again, but still she lost her voice. Tears only fell, and again she looked at the ground, or rather tried to as the tears blinded her vision, she was shaking, her voice shaky. She then again tried to speak, her eyes, completely filled with tears.
"Lying, you're lying you've always been lying. "
Satis tried to speak, defending himself but she looked at him, fury in her eyes, the tears giving her strength.
"You we're lying about the race! You we're lying about the ultimate price, you, you you Mother fucking bastard!"
Satis looked at her stunned
"Molly I-"
"You knew all along we wouldn't be getting our wish, you knew all along I couldn't bring my mother back, you knew all along she'd stay dead, and you knew all along my wish was futile didn't you, didn't you!?"
Satis was silent.
"You knew all along I had a futile wish, that I wouldn't be able to have a normal life, but you still egged me on, with that ultimate price, and in the end it was all some sham. Why Satius, why?"
He looked at her, eyes filled with pity and regret," because I know of you pure heart my dear, I know that you are pure of heart. Something most avatars, including me, don't have only you, and you would have been a perfect avatar."
She shook her head."So you manipulated me like a pawn all along, egging me on, just for your little mind games."
He looked down ashamed. "I'm sorry.'
"You're just as bad as canaletto. As the name escaped her lips she violently shook, eyes filled with regret and self loathing, as she remembered her mother's crash. 'It's all my fault' she thought, and with that she ran, she ran as fast as she could away from there tears in her eyes, trying her hardest not to break down in front of the ancient creature. But her sobs could be heard, she heard him call out to her, but by then it was already too late she had already left.
Satis pov
He sighed. He shouldn't have told her. As he looked at the silhouette of the crying and sobbing earth girl. He sighed deep in thought, The way young molly was crying, the way he felt her give in to despair it did not bode good news. Good news he needed. But he knew right now, he couldn't afford to be sad, nor afford pity for a confused young girl. No right now he had to be the avatar and undo in any way Canaletto 's evil ,but he just didn't know how right now. He sighed as stared out at oban. The center of the galaxy, it was a beautiful planet. Anyway right now he needed to talk to the creators in hopes of advice to undo Canaletto's treachery, something Satis felt probably wasn't going to be easy to do.
Eva's pov
She stared out at the river, the ripples making out scenes in her chidhood, of all the pain she felt, of scenes of the past as tears streaked through her cheeks. Her mother's loving smile came to her mind, her father, before her mother's death that is with his serious but proud look every time he saw her exceed in something. And most of all she remembered the love she saw, between her father and mother, of the happiness her father felt of the happiness her mother felt of the happiness she ruined. Falling to her knees she broke down and cried blaming herself. All the horrible memories, all the pain she felt, they came crashing back, and she stood there, trying her hardest not to cry, trying her hardest to be strong, even though right now, that felt downright impossible, considering ,the pains he felt right now was unbearable.
She stared at the water, as the face of Mrs. Stern came to view, a memory she remembered all too well.
She had just turned 7 years old, she hadn't seen her father in two years now. And for the first time, ever since she arrived at that wretched boarding school, she stood up to Mrs stern.
The woman's reaction was brutal, she forced her to stand in the hall, arms outstretched, with pail buckets filled to the brim with heavy rocks as she forced the girl to stand there at that hall where everybody could see her wearing a dunce cap. So everyone could see what a bad girl she was. Tears filled her eyes, as the students all gawked and stared while Mrs Stern mocked her, her arms now burning as she struggled not to cry. But to no avail for Mrs Stern's next words hit her. "At least I see why your father left you with us. You're too much trouble. If I were him, I'd have wished you were never born. It would have been better if you were never born."
'If I was never born'
She looked at the water smiling bitterly, the girl looked at her reflection and would have laughed at the cruel irony of truth. Yes that's right if she was never born none of this would have happened, none of the pain she felt, none of the sadness and loneliness she had to endure none of the neglect and hurt caused by her father. Her father.
Eva looked at the water. Eyes filled with tears and pain, she smiled bitterly as she recalled her father. The look on his face from 10 years ago.
It was raining bitterly. The rain she always felt sadness with rain, she didn't know why. For the 5 year old girl, it felt like someone was always crying in the rain. The rain had washed out the flames, as the smell of burnt steel came to her lungs choking her, but still she didn't move. Only looking at the wreckage caused by the fire as the once beautiful racer gleamed in white pure as snow atop a little pink where her mommy was piloting the plain now morphed into this hideous sculpture melted infused and molded together seemingly forming a monster that seemed like it was devouring her mommy.
Mommy.
The thought came to her to check it out, to see what was wrong, and with no self control, she ran, she ran to the destroyed racer, letting her hands burned down as she checked for her mommy, trying to see if she was okay. Mommy was hurt. She climbed ignoring the searing pain on her hands and feet as as she climbed . "Eva" Her father called waking up from his trance as he called for her, trying to reach his daughter, but to no avail, She had a head start. "Eva get down from there it's dangerous!" But she ignored him, she climbed her determination strong. As her father frantically chased after her. Trying to shield her from all of this, but she still climbed until she reached the top.
"Mommy Mommy, mommy wake up it's dangerous, Mommy?" She asked as she peered down at the molted burnt corpse of her mother. Charred beyond recognition. Instead of her mother's beautiful face she saw a burnt crisp mask of skin hideously morphed and stitched together her mother's slender body was now crisp her skin now fried barely hiding pieces of bone cracked like the street of the house Eva would always hide at whenever she wanted to win at hide and seek. It was said to be haunted and no other kids but her where brave enough to go there. Something she had always prided in, but right now Eva hated that street, as tears came to her eyes. Mommy was gone, even so young at the age of 5 years just looking at that corpse made Eva understand mommy was not going to wake up.
It seemed Daddy had caught up to her. "Eva come, Oh God Maya!" Eva looked at her father as her was barely hanging on. His face she remembered was so filled with despair and sorrow, his eyes filled with bottomless pools of grief. As he shakily forced the little girl to go down with him, only then when they were safely far from the destroyed racer and her mommy's corpse did daddy break down and cry. A grown man just broke down and cried to his little girl. He was now broken."
'And he got broken because of me'
Eva thought bitterly tears threatening to fall from her eyes. It was all her fault all her doing, that this happened. Her father suffered so much because of her mother's death, because of Eva's birth. If Eva had not been born Her father would still be happy with her mother and her mother, well she would still be alive.
'It was all my fault all of it.' She couldn't help but think.'
Her eyes now filled with complete remorse She thought about it, Everything Sul's disappearance Rick's crash all because of her. Everyone suffered all because of her. And if she wasn't careful. No she couldn't let that happen. There was only one thing to do.
She looked at her reflection smiling bitterly. Her hair reminds bed of all the red, her ear pierces gone. Her Earth team uniform exchanged for a simple white summer dress that reached her knees, Spaghetti straps tightly holding her shoulders, as the winds blew at her natural Raven hair. A crown of cherry blossom looking like flowers on her head. Eva smiled bitterly she looked like the naive sweet innocent little girl she once was when her mother would take her to the park. Her wearing a classical little dress like a doll, as her mother crowned cherry blossoms on her head, adoringly calling her, her little star or little princess or most precious gift. Either way she felt like she wanted to be rather dramatic, and the way she looked suited the occasion.
She smiled sadly as she whispered "I'm sorry mom, I'm sorry dad." And taking it she pocket knife, she cut the skin of her wrist slowly making a thin hole in her skin, as she looked at Oban's rivers and smiled sadly saying "I'm sorry Oban for what I'll do to you." And with that she walked and walked to the river until her lungs were engulfed in water and she had no control of her movements.
Eva smiled at she could have sworn she saw her mother's worried face trying to tell her not to do this. But it was already too late as she felt her breath leave her and herself going off to eternal rest. Maybe she wouldn't be in heaven with mommy but in hell where she rightfully belonged. Eva hoped God would show mercy and let her see her mommy one last time before eternal damnation.
Satis pov
He looked up, as the creators were glowing. Getting weaker and Oban itself seem to sicken. He and the creators looked at each other in worry. It felt like a vessel of life had died prematurely. The vessel of life which was an energy for all life including Oban could not die before it's own time. Even if it died of old age, or something close to old age since they basically stop again after a time, it always weakened the avatar the creators Oban and even Canaletto himself. Every being would feel weakened just by a creator of life's natural and mature old age death. A premature one, well it meant grave consequences. Satis looked out the window worried as he guessed what had happened but hoped he was wrong.
