Three months later.
The three of them reached the hills near Seattle through a complex system since having to travel so far and get by with so little. The three of them looked down at the city together and began to walk down.
Suddenly they heard a noise in the sky and then Star Cerberus ships coming down and bombarding the city.
"Woah!" Umi-Taka shouted looking at it pointing to the sky.
Suddenly over their heads was an armada of Star Cerberus starfighters heading into the city.
They witnessed the invasion of Seattle and only an hour after the invasion of Earth.
"We need to hurry and find a way out of here." Candle said to them.
The three rushed down and found a road where hover cars were leaving and flying past one another to get away from the chaos.
Suddenly one Star Cerberus starfighter came down and rained fire on some of the hover cars.
"This is insane!" Okami shouted.
The starfighter came back around and before it could shoot again, Candle fired a powerful dragon breath flame out of her palm magically and into the air and destroyed the cockpit of the starfighter making it crash into the tree's nearby.
They quickly checked the wreckage as hover cars kept going over their heads.
"No one survived." Okami said to them.
Suddenly they heard a child whining under a car.
"There!" Candle shouted.
Umi-Taka used her large sword and lifted the car up and onto its side.
Candle went through the broken glass and gripped a hand.
"It's okay." Candle said.
The boy looked at her scared and she looked at him knowing she looked a bit scary. She suddenly realized she became her mother, and what she did in her life made her look sinister and it hurt her deep down to see this boy look at her the same way she looked at her own mother. In fear.
"Please." She said looking at him with a smile.
The boy slowly took her hand and she gently took him out of the hovercar and into her arms holding him.
"We need to get out of here." Okami suggested.
The four left quickly and kept going south to find somewhere safe.
Hours went by and they were walking in the dark with only Candle's flame power to help them see that hovered over their heads like a will-o-wisp.
"What's your name." Candle asked the boy.
"Jeremy..." The boy said.
"Jeremy huh? Jerrybeary." Candle said to make him smile which worked.
"What's yours?" Jeremy asked her but he looked at all three of them.
Okami chuckled at him.
"My name is Okami." Okami replied.
"Umi-Taka here!" Umi-Taka said thumbing herself and smirking.
"Candle for me." Candle said to him.
"Candle?" Jeremy asked confused.
"Yes. What I named myself. I was never given a name." Candle told him.
"My mom-" Jeremy said and stopped and suddenly, began to cry.
"Oh no, sweety..." Candle said and comforted him with Okami placing a hand on the boys head softly and Umi-Taka looking at him and then looking away upset.
"She's gone..." Jeremy cried.
"Hey, hey look at me sweety look at me." Candle said rubbing his eyes softly.
Jeremy looked at her sniffing.
"I am going to take you to where your other family members live and you will be safe and loved and happy. I know you are in pain, I know what it feels like. Don't let it take you over okay? Crying means your alive. Cry on me, and then you must be brave. Be brave for your mom." Candle told him.
Jeremy cried more hugging Candles neck.
"I will try." Jeremy cried out.
"That's a boy." Candle said and kept walking with the others following.
"My mom ran a garden. We were going to delivery zinnia's." He softly said.
Suddenly Jeremy stopped crying but only for a moment.
"You never was given a name, can I call you Zinnia?" The boy asked.
Candle, was in shock hearing this. She could finally be called a name than one she made for herself. A name she thought was beautiful and hearing it from this boy, this innocent weak boy. To see such a weak child to see herself in him and not wanting him to become like her, she started to cry herself and gripped his head softly.
"I love that name." Candle, now Zinnia said.