The next day, Spain, the city of Barcelona, just today, right now, a gray Ford was passing through the city with open windows overlooking the city and the currently setting sun, the sight that today that day greeted two travelers driving a gray Ford delighted even the most melancholic tourist, well maybe except for one sitting in the passenger seat next to the driver, because a certain problem, a certain truth was to be revealed today and from two sides, and the view of the city, the great cathedral, tourists walking around taking photos and the image of the sky where the first stars appeared with the reflection of the colors of the city light it made this moment truly magical, and the man in a brown shirt and pants, thirty-two-year-old scientist, black-haired Tom Clark, sitting behind the wheel of a gray Ford, wanted this moment to be the most extraordinary because for him it was the most important day of his life.
Tom Clark drove the Ford outside the urban areas where once, while doing engineering work with a friendly company, he discovered a place where the most beautiful of magic was born, where many people proposed, and his green eyes looking at the street and the marching people expressed great concentration, Tom Clark despite the current certain tension he never lost his optimistic attitude towards life, you could say that he was a man wearing rose-colored glasses on his aquiline nose, always smiling and full of new ideas, and the black-haired girl sitting next to him with slightly pink eyes and this melancholic approach to life, a girl wearing a red shirt with white stars and black pants, the girl was currently focused on the same thing as Clark, the sky and carefree people, but her eyes were currently watching the happy families that were just passing through the lanes going to the great Gothic cathedral and her eyes closed proudly in grief and pain.
- what happened, you're thinking about your parents again, hey, everything's fine, I'm here. Tom said, as always with optimism, to the rather choleric pessimist.
- no, I mean yes, it means how naive they are in their own way, they don't know what awaits them. She said Octavia in human form, hiding her truth from her beloved.
- maybe they are naive, maybe they do it for fun, it would be fun to laugh, but above all they love each other and that is the most important thing here and we do so much for love. Tom said as he pressed the gas pedal and drove away from the cathedral.
- precisely because of love, so why are my parents constantly quarreling, why is my father cheating on my mother, why, and why!. Octavia screamed, placing her hands on her face and clenching her hands tightly between her eyes, from which no tears fell because she was more angry at her parents than distraught, but her grip quickly broke when the gray Ford stopped on the side of the road and the scientist's right hand landed on her left shoulder.
- I don't know why it is like that, I'm not a psychologist, but if they are still together, they still feel something for each other, sometimes it happens that because of our own anger and blindness we forget about the most important things, because of their quarrels they hurt their child. Tom said, focusing all his attention on the pink eyes looking at him.
- I think my parents are only together for fun, I don't know, it's so complicated, why. Octavia said, feeling constantly angry and jealous as successive families, joyful children, walked hand in hand with their parents.
- Octavia, I will never deceive you, I will never betray you, I will always love you, always. Tom said and kissed Octavia, and Octavia closed her eyes in surprise because she felt again in the scientist's arms what she had never felt in her world and had never found in the hands of her parents.
- Thank you Tom, thank you. Octavia said, finding in the man what she couldn't find at home, until the first tear came out of her eye because she once again saw in front of her a playful man who infected the world with his smile as well as with his humor and with all his inner, almost childish joy.
- you know, maybe one day you'll introduce yourself to your parents, maybe our families will meet soon, your parents should know about us. Tom said, winking at Octavia and pressing the gas pedal again, but his words made Octavia gloomy again, because the truth she was hiding was double.
- I don't know if it will be possible in the near future, and Tom, I have to tell you something about myself. Octavia she said, placing her hand on the scientist's left hand and his brown shirt as Tom made a formation move, changing gear.
- wait, I want to show you something, a place full of dreams. said Tom Clark, smiling at his beloved again, full of memories and dreams that he had already talked about many times.
- a place of dreams?. Octavia asked and she saw something that usually happens because Tom, who was driving, showed his sincere smile again and avoided looking, now and only looking at the road leading to the outskirts of the city as if he was hiding a secret, but it also had its secret and today she wanted to show it to an unaware person.
The moments passed, Tom made Octavia laugh again by telling more and more dirty jokes, which Octavia loved, and the noisy city became more and more quiet with each subway, the road led to the place where the city ended and the sky showed its color because it was here that the city lights mixed with the stars shining in the sky and the earth was decorated with various colors of flowers, because it was here, behind the deep shaft of the underground railway currently under renovation, that there was a place full of flowers, it was here that many couples proposed to their loved ones, but today this day outside the city was exceptionally quiet , there was practically no one except the rustling trees in this part, and Octavian, who saw it, trembled slightly because she already knew what Tom Clark was planning for that day and what she had to do before these most important words in her life were uttered.
Octavia has always seen her parents' quarrels, she has always found only a cold and calculating attitude in her home, she has never found joy and warmth and today, despite her melancholic nature, she met on her way a joyful man who gave her his heart, a man who was always full of joy, a man who introduced her to her parents, a man who trusted her implicitly, invited her to his place, promised her and now gave her so much that she had never found in her home, but there was a certain lie in it all because when Tom Clark, trusting her, never he didn't lie to her, she constantly deceived him at every step, first by not telling where she came from, then by not telling the truth about her parents until who she was.
All this made Octavia look at the world, a meadow full of flowers planted in this place, stars shining in the sky and the approaching climax where Tom would propose to her because he was currently looking for something in the pocket of his brown trousers and when he found it he held it in his clenched left hand with a visible focused on his face, Octavia knew what she had to do today and was practically ready for anything, especially the worst.
The gray Ford stopped on the side of the road behind the station tied with yellow tapes saying renovation, Tom got out of the car, quickly ran to the other side and politely opened the door for his beloved, Octavia, also tense, got out of the car, looking at the scientist, his eyes shining with hope, and at the world around her , in Barcelona bathed in light, where the night is mixed with the light of lamps, neon lights and the whistle, and the flowers around them waved slightly in the gentle wind, until a slight shiver went down the spine of the girl in red and black when she felt the delicate and slightly trembling hand of her beloved, her breathing was quick and deep, and Tom led her deep into a green glade where flowers of all kinds grew.
- it's me, I have to. Octavia said before Tom took the first step to the field of flowers where he looked up at the sky.
- look, a year ago I found this place by accident, when I was working in the cathedral, my friend told me about this magical place and I'm not surprised, I've been here many times but today I know that nothing is more beautiful than you. Tom said, looking into Octavia's pink eyes.
- Tom, me. Octavia whispered, wanting to do anything to stop the scientist, but it happened now, today.
Tom Clark knelt down on his right knee and raised his right hand where he held a silver engagement ring with a small blue diamond, asking Octavia for one thing, and his beloved, Octavia, seeing the ring and all the love that only this man could give her made Octavia recoil from the touch and now The event, as it turned out, shocked not only her.
Nearby, behind two thick oak trees close to a closed shaft, a pair of red imps in black outfits emerged, the first of them was Moxxie, who was impressed with the situation and combed his white hair and his yellow eyes were trembling slightly because the memories of when he proposed to Millie had just come back full force, and black-haired Millie with blurred, wide-open chewed eyes could not stop looking at the couple in love for a moment, even slightly envying them for their happiness, but at the same moment her hand holding the black ax trembled and she struck the ax with all her strength on the ground, letting everyone behind her know that he won't let anyone through today, now, until what happened nearby ends well.
- If you stop them now, I'll stop you, you know. Millie hissed at the scarlet imp hidden behind her, Blitzo and his slightly trembling yellow-red eyes, and the tall pink succubus accompanying him, as always in a stunning black and white dress with stars, a white sheepskin coat and a new hairstyle. Verosika combed her hair and looked at Blitzo and then at her black and dark bodyguard Vortex, who was watching Millie's black ax with his red eyes, then took a step back and his fur stood out slightly under his red spiked jacket, torn black shirt and gray pants. and then Vortex looked at his boss who flapped her wings a few times.
- this is definitely not love, I will break it quickly, flap my wings and everything will be ready. Verosika said, knowing very well how to seduce people, as in her career there was only one currently proven to be immune to her charms, and that memory made Verosika flap her wings and her luminous eyes darted around, afraid of one thing, that the one she was thinking about might attack right now .
- enough, I know what you want to do, but give them a moment, I think I know what Octavia is planning, she wants to show him her truth. She said Millie, still full of determination, looking at Blitzo, Verosik and Vortex until her ears caught the voice of approaching enemies, which were two luminous figures, two cherubs.
- stand, stand where you stand. Said the first of the cherubs, Cletus in an orange jumpsuit, holding a bow and his light purple eyes showing the same determination as Keenie, a small lamb in a yellow dress with a crossbow in her hand, flying next to him.
- just try to hurt this man and we will deal with her personally. She said Keenie, flapping her chewed wings rapidly, but as it turned out, their anger was now nothing compared to the anger of the red imp and her ax hitting the ground.
- leave them all alone, don't you see, Tom just proposed to Octavia, please, is it bad if she accepts his proposal or is it bad!. Millie shouted in a slightly muffled voice, shocking everyone.
- it's impossible, it's forbidden!. Cletus shouted, but when he looked behind the tree, he saw a kneeling man with a ring in his hand in front of a woman hidden in the illusion.
- this is another heresy, it can't happen like this. Keenie said, looking with Cletus at the strange and unusual event, but her heart and Cletus's heart trembled because they didn't know what to do if Octavia accepted the ring, because for the two cherubim, love and protection of lovers was something they treated as a personal duty, but this, man and Octavia, the daughter of two demons, but as it turned out, everything was interrupted by Blitzo.
- okay, okay, we'll wait a while, but no matter what Octavia decides, we have a common order, Stolas and Stella demanding the head of this man so that he won't go out with their daughter. Blitzo said, stroking his black chewed horns.
- parents, I could guess. Keenie said angrily as she landed on the ground and watched the coming climax with everyone else.
- they should have the least say here, they should not boss around their child, Octavia is free here. Cletus said, but he quickly stammered because he quickly realized who he was talking about and who he was currently standing up for.
- come on, I thought I was dreaming, but really, two cherubs are interceding for the demon, it's truly amazing. Moxxie said and his words made Keenie and Cletus look away from him, looking in silence at the extraordinary event in the middle of a clearing by Barcelona illuminated by a hundred lights and stars, where a couple in love were making the most important decision of their lives.
- I only have one question, what will we do if Octavia shows her truth and yet Tom still wants to marry her, what will we do then, what are you doing to Millie and you to Moxxie. Vortex asked, sounding confident and angry, but again he hesitated slightly and his gray fur stood on end as his red eyes once again saw the most furiously determined Imno in the world.
Millie grabbed the ax with both hands and her yellow eyes and bitten painted lips both expressed the great anger, determination and decision she was currently making at that moment, because seeing Tom and Octavia that day, Millie had memories of the moments when she and Moxxie had said it first big yes, then when Moxxie gave her the engagement ring and she now sold it in the pawn shop of her profession, today she felt angry towards herself, even greater when she looked at the couple in love, while her heart and mind were all saying only one thing.
- if Octavia shows her truth and Tom accepts her anyway, he will want to take her as his wife, then me and my husband. She said Millie, taking Moxxie under her arm, who today had nothing to say except a nod of agreement.
- if this happens, me and Moxxie will not take part in it, I won't hurt either Octavia or Tom, especially him, because it's not allowed, Cletus, Keena, you're right here, lovers, you can't separate the siftings, you can't!. Millie said loudly and her words and the agreement with the words of the two cherubs made Cletus and Keenie hit the ground with a feeling of great nausea, because Millie's words shocked them beyond belief, the fact that their opponent supports their opinion, but it still does not change the fact that Millie, with Moxxie under her arm, looked out from behind the oak tree at the unusual events.
Meanwhile, when Tom was kneeling on his right knee asking for his beloved's hand in marriage, Octavia became gloomy and took a step back to reveal her truth and who she really was.
- Octavia, something happened. Tom asked, feeling a strange cold shiver down his spine, a shiver caused by the idea of being rejected.
- I have to tell you something else about myself, I lied. Octavia said closing her eyes.
- How did you lie?. Tom asked, not really understanding what Octavia told him, but everything changed the moment Octavia looked into his eyes and a strange power illuminated around her, revealing the ultimate truth to her.
Octavia took her true form of a black owl with pink eyes, an owl with a red blouse and a coat of black feathers, Octavia closed her eyes expecting everything bad, her black beak on the white face closed tightly.
- so you are. said Tom, getting up from his knees, and Octavia, opening her eyes for a moment, looked at Tom, full of fury with herself, because she knew that she had lost, that her beloved would run away from her screaming in a moment.
- yes, I am a demon, I am an owl, I am. Octavia said, knowing that all was lost, but she never finished because her black beak met the human's mouth.
- I always knew you were special, always. Tom Clark said, breaking every barrier of nightmares Octavia had as her big trembling pink eyes looked up at the man who had fully accepted her.
- but how, you?. Octavia asked, unable to believe what was happening at first.
- remember, the most important thing is what is in your heart and here. said Tom, placing his finger on the feathered head and Octavia's eyes getting bigger and bigger, she suddenly screamed and threw herself at the black-haired scientist, knocking him to the ground and hugging him tightly, releasing a few tears from his eyes that fell onto the ground full of flowers.
- I'm dreaming, you really, it doesn't bother you, I mean, it's who I am, I thought you would run away at first, Tom, how I misjudged you, and I was so afraid. Octavia said, looking tenderly at the scientist lying in front of her, and he raised his right hand where he was still holding a silver ring with a blue diamond. It didn't take long for the owl to react.
- I will be your wife, I want, I want, I want. Octavia said as she let herself put the ring on her finger.
- thank you for everything. Tom said.
- Thank you, but why?. Octavian asked.
- thanks to you, I already believe, I believe in everything, so there are two worlds, true.
- yes, there are two worlds of souls. Octavia said, looking at the ring on her hand.
- so it's true, so what I found about the expelled person is right. Tom said, sitting down next to Octavia, and she, not paying attention to his words, the words regarding the expelled one, hugged him again.
- and no matter what my parents say, no matter what they say, I am an adult and I have the right to decide about my life, thank you tom, thank you for everything. She said Octavia, hugging Tom in a strong and tender embrace, feeling at that moment what she had never felt from her parents.
- Octavia, remember, I will never hurt you, never, you have my word. Tom Clark whispered.
- I know, I know it. Octavia whispered until her eyes widened wildly as she heard the sound of fighting to her left.
Octavia and Tom looked to their left, watching as the currently fighting cherubs, pixies, one hound, and one succubus burst out of the gray cloud.
- what, Blitzo, Verosika, all of you, what is this?. Octavia asked, watching as the furious Millie knocked Vortex to the ground and, holding her ax tightly, pressed it against the grey-dark hound, which was being driven into the ground by holding it by the handles.
The situation was practically the same from both sides, Moxxie, fighting with his boss, was rolling on the ground with Blitzo attacking each other with unlovely words, and Verosika was pressing the two cherubs to the ground with all her strength, holding them by the bow and crossbows and crushing them maliciously between the lavender flowers, until everything was stopped by a scream from Octavia who, seeing the fight, wanted to stop everything because today her world had changed a whole revolution.
- what are you doing, and now on such a big and special day, leave it alone!. Octavia said, looking sheepishly at the fight.
- wow, it's true, cherubim, demons, imps, amazing, so the story of the exile is true. Said Tom Clark, standing up together with Octavia, and everyone, hearing his words, knowing the truth and how important he was and the goal that Stolas and Stella had set, all focused their attention on him, those who wanted to defend him and those who decided to be professionals.
- Octavia, run away, Blitzo, Verosika and Vortex want to fulfill the contract, they want to take away your loved one, Tom Clark is on your parents' list, they have set a large sum on his head. Millie said, not letting go of her black ax from Vortex.
- that how. Octavia asked furiously, her fingers colliding with each other igniting a bit of fire behind the fighters' backs and her main rage was currently directed solely at her parents.
- they have no right to dictate what I should do and who I will be happy with, and if any of you touch my boyfriend, I will turn him into a black pudding, we understand each other. Octavia said angrily and they stopped the fight for a moment, especially when a strange light burned behind the back of the black-haired scientist in a brown jacket.
- Stolas. Whispered Blitzo, knowing what was coming, but his jaw suddenly dropped, as did everyone else who stood up, because Stolas was unable to get out through the portal and the portal itself was only a holographic reflection because everything was already blocked, but the flame that burst insignificantly behind the scientist's back made Octavia shiver. , jumped in front of Tom, ready to defend him even from his father.
- no, dad, leave him, wait, what's going on here. Octavia asked and everyone, Blitzo, Verosika, Vortex, Millie, Moxxie, Keenie and Cletus approached and flew him the image of the hologram which was already starting to disintegrate.
- daughter, my stupid daughter, understand, Tom Clark has too dangerous knowledge, he knows where he is driven, he must be eliminated, and now, if you don't do it, the legions of nightmares will liberate the fallen and they will destroy both worlds, the way to both worlds is now has been blocked, no one can leave the two worlds or return to them except mortal souls, understand, nooooo!. Stolas shouted and his holographic image disappeared in an instant.
There was silence for a moment, complete deathly silence because no one could understand or believe what they had just seen, but everything was focused on one man.
- is it possible. Cletus asked terrified, flapping his wings nervously.
- I think so, something is really shaking, wait, I don't understand it. Verosika said, although she knew her own ways to get back home, she was not able to use the power stone.
- but not that, but the laws, these legions of nightmares, their commanders, wait, what Stolas said. Verosika asked and everyone looked at her first and then finally looked at the scientist in front of whom Octavia stood in a defensive stance.
- Stolas said that Tom carries dangerous knowledge that the legions of nightmares are looking for, we've already heard about it, Steve and Hank, they've talked about it. Blitzo said, ready to reach for his gun.
- but what to do about it, do we really have to?. Moxxie asked in shock.
- you've heard, his knowledge can lead to the release of something that can destroy both worlds, no!, it can't be done, is it the only solution?. Said the little winged sheep Keenie, shaking her wings and yellow dress.
- so not free. Cletus said confidently, grabbing the crossbow.
- but it's about two worlds, don't you see?. Vortex said in a panic, his gray and dark fur standing up again in fear of the image of the coming of the black and white wraiths, no more than of anyone else.
- no, I say no!. Millie shouted fiercely, grabbing her black axe.
- I won't let you do that, you want to hurt my fianc , you have to walk over my dead body!. Octavia shouted, until suddenly everyone was shocked by the sound of a loudly moving motorcycle and its rumble echoed from the closed subway shaft nearby, everyone was drawn behind each other to the ownerless motorcycle flying through the air and when the motorcycle hit, knocking out everyone in its path except for the terrified couple, Tom and Octavia.
When there was a moment of silence, someone whispered just two words.
- John Wick. This echoed in space and Octavia looked back at the man in the black suit, the cold and always focused assassin who had just pulled out two Walthers and fired several times, Octavia grabbed Tom in a tight hug thinking that everything the assassin did was addressed to her beloved, his ex another moment when Octavia shed a few tears but those tears were tears of despair.
- Octavia what happened. Tom Clark asked and Octavia, who heard him, opened her eyes and saw John Wick passing them like an insignificant element and he himself, after knocking the ax from Millie's hands, the guns from the hands, Vortex, Moxxie, Blitzo and the crossbows and bows from the hands of Cletus and Keenie, stood in front of them, hiding the weapon under a black jacket.
- what is this, oh Tom!. Octavia screamed as her heart found joy again but everything was interrupted when she and Tom looked at the killer who was watching the sky with his brown eyes and his face, a furrowed forehead hidden under his black hair and a black beard hiding most of his face, as John watched the sky and then turned to those most surprised, including Verosika who instinctively raised her hands.
- we don't have much time, they are coming, they want him, we have to do something. John Wick said modestly, and Millie, who heard him, immediately jumped up to him, not afraid of anything, even ready to fight the master assassin.
- if you want to hurt him, I won't let you. Millie said, slightly biting her black lips.
- I will never share my pain, I am here to save him, and if any of you want to hurt Tom or Octavia, you will have to deal with me. John Wick said and Millkie, Moxxie, Keenie and Cletus took a deep breath and quickly sided with the killer.
- ha, I knew it, I knew it, you couldn't do it, so what do you say about it now?. Cletus asked, feeling great confidence and strength because he knew he had someone with him who was a force to be reckoned with in his own right, but now he was a force before which both hell and heaven had to tremble.
- but wait, Mr. Wick, you said they were coming. Keenie asked, her yellow wings slightly trembling, concern on her face and trembling purple eyes.
- yes, I feel them, they are close, quickly following me to the shaft. This is the only escape route. Next. John Wick said.
- what are they again?. Octavia asked, and at the same moment the first bullet hit from the sky nearby, from which the first five terrible ghosts in black suits emerged without faces, only black and white faces.
- this!. Vortex shouted, terrified of what was coming, but not Octavia, she threw her right hand, unleashing a strong wave of fire, but to her surprise and frightening feathers, she saw how, unmoved by the forces of ghosts, without soul and will, he passed through the wall of fire untouched.
- What is this!. Octavia shouted, hiding behind Tom's back.
- these are legions of nightmares, beware. Cletus shouted, shooting an incendiary arrow from his bow and the second flame merged with the first, like two opposing forces consuming the first layer of wraiths, but when five of them fell from the sky, the next ones began to strike almost endlessly.
- quickly, come on, follow me!. John Wick shouted and everyone looked at him and the tunnel being renovated.
- come on, just like our friend advised us, quickly follow him!. Verosika shouted and everyone ran after her and the assassin leading them all.
Darkness fell, the sky was pierced by subsequent falling black and red balls, and ghosts running along the ground began to chase the fugitives, running deep into the tunnel lit by a few lamps, and even though they had no mouths, their voices resounded throughout the entire tunnel.
- give him back to us, his knowledge is ours. The same scream was booming everywhere and John, who was leading everyone, was running between the newly built tracks until the light began to blink in the place where the tunnel forked in two directions, then here, on both sides, a strange sound began to rumble.
- oh no, we're surrounded. Moxxie shouted.
- They won't take us alive. Millie said confidently, grabbing the ax and standing next to Keenie.
- together, we have to strike together, it will destroy them. Keenie said, no longer feeling disgusted or sick.
- attention on the left!. Vortex shouted, and a fleeing figure emerged from the shadows.
- Loona?. Octavia asked in surprise, watching as a white and gray wolf lady with red eyes and fluffy fire, dressed in a gray top and black pants with a moon on it, appeared from the darkness, and when she looked ahead, her eyes suddenly trembled because she saw the last face of her life.
- baby!. Blitzo shouted but it was too late.
- John Wick. Loona whispered and then a shot was fired.
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The shocking last shot was supposed to break everything but this is only the beginning because the real face of truth comes, the knowledge that Tom Clark had, a man, a scientist who had already shocked so many by proposing to Octavia, but it was his knowledge that was the most shocking.