Meanwhile, in the underground sphere of the afterlife, the fiery and slightly crazy world of the underworld, in one of the decadent corridors where there were hanging paintings depicting different times and family events, a tall, fair woman with long-eared blond hair, a visible pair of horns, dressed in a long black dress was walking, Lilith was currently immersed in thoughts regarding, on the one hand, the great celebration at the led by her daughter and the upcoming anniversary of the opening, and the strange phenomena that the underworld, the hellish plane, has currently noticed, because for several days now many have reported the impossibility of traveling between the two worlds, the interno world and the human world mortals, so Lilith was walking down a long corridor, listening to the sounds and conversations that the servants were usually having, trying to find the one who certainly knew the truth but, not knowing why, had been avoiding it for some time.
At one point, Lilith was even inclined to believe that her husband had betrayed her and had deliberately blocked the gates of the worlds in an unknown way, but as soon as her husband's sound reached her ears, her hair suddenly stood on end because it was not what she expected, and she heard something that should have been forgotten for years. ago, something she and her husband had promised each other a long time ago, and today it was back again.
- what!, not this!. Lilith screamed and her yellowish eyes trembled.
Lilith, hitting the scarlet door hard with a quick kick, broke it open and entered a large room with a balcony overlooking a rather dirty city full of red roofs and currently strange chaos, but that was not the most important thing for her, but standing with her back was a fallen angel in a white suit, with a staff. with a snake and a hat, staring in strange pressure at the entire city and the second underground form of the afterlife that fell to him as the kingdom he ruled.
Lucifer, as it turned out, was whispering something again and his trembling yellow eyes and chattering pointed teeth created a strange, almost impossible image that anyone could see, and yet today the vision of the return of the eternal enemies of the two forces turned out to be too possible and at the same time shocking even to the ruler of the underworld and he he himself whispered two common words again.
- Sidonai, Murmur. Lucifer said, tightening his mono right hand on the staff and his left hand on the steel railing, making it jump as much as his hat.
- are you crazy, after all, we promised each other that we would never mention these names, we are cursed, expelled, it is not worth going back to this nightmare, please don't do it again. Lilith said, approaching her husband who was slightly shorter than her, but her tone, as it turned out, did not scare him enough because Lucifer now had greater reasons to be afraid and everything was related to the reason for the shock of the two worlds and the inability to travel to Earth.
- Lilith, honey, I, I have to tell you something. Lucifer said, taking off his white hat and golden hair, and his strangely trembling eyes made even Lilith shiver a little, and it was clearly visible when her pair of red horns also trembled.
- what happened, why are you afraid, what do you want to tell me or them!. Lilith screamed, her golden hair standing on end again.
- no, not yet, but it's probably very close, and very close. Lucifer said and his tone and words now made Lilith tremble as her yellow eyes looked around at everything around her and her hands gripped the railing so tightly that it created a large dent in the red steel.
- if it's close to it, it's impossible, he and we forgot about the location of the prisons, it's impossible. She said Lilith.
- and yet it happened differently, someone saw our common fight against the exiles, I don't know who, maybe one of the first people, maybe someone from space, I don't know. Lucifer said then, when he heard a bad word about the cosmos, his wife covered his mouth with her hands and looked at him expressively, full of fear and apprehension about what could be lurking in the cosmos, and there were a few legends, including one confirmed when two exiles and traitors of two worlds fell.
- please, just tell me about you when I think about him, no, never again. Lilith said, slowly withdrawing her hands, but she felt great fear again when her husband revealed the truth to her.
- he spoke to us when we were fighting once again for the soul of a killer, you know, John Wick, eeee. Lucifer said, trying to tell everything to his trembling wife as quickly as possible, and she, full of fear and anxiety, grabbed his mouth again, trying to stop everything, but when the words reached her ears, Lilith instinctively grabbed her own ears, not wanting to hear even what she had just heard.
- You weren't supposed to tell me this, but wait, he did!. Lilith said as the terrible news about The One Beyond It All finally dawned on her.
- yes, it was him, and now I know what this is about, you must know that what fell from space at that time was not the only thing, there was more of it later in time, this something was used and from the dust, this something Helen Wick, yes, the killer's wife was the first to be resurrected, and now thanks to the dust she is summoning legions of empty faceless ghosts, today she is trying to free one of the traitors and it is Murmur, and what's worse, we can't do anything because Helen and her chosen ones, including four resurrected ones the killers were paralyzed, even paralyzed by two worlds, we are now grounded here. Lucifer said, and everything he said made Lilith lose the use of her legs, sliding against the steel balustrade, her husband immediately helped her up, grabbing her arm, and now she was shaking her head and started repeating the same words over and over again.
- why did I have to look for you today, why didn't I cover my ears, why are you doing this to me, why. Lilith said, feeling only fear, anxiety and panic until everything focused on only one thing.
- so we are all grounded, so are they, and what is left for us. Lilith asked, held by her husband's arm and shoulder.
- nothing, but there is someone who can do something, and even though Helen knows where to look for Murmur, someone else appeared on this board between the pawns and pieces, he for whom we fought and were chased away, now I know that he chose the killer not no reason, it's some kind of plan, but he said it himself because I heard it, that he doesn't care who wins, I know for sure today, the fate of our worlds is in the hands of Helen and her husband. Said Lucifer, talking about what he heard, perhaps at the will of the Man in the Blue Suit, because here, today, there are no coincidences.
- but how could you see it, you said that the gates of the worlds were struck, so how. Lilith asked, grabbing the red railing, feeling an injection of new strength inside her because, as Lucifer said, not everything was lost yet.
- we are not able to go to the world of people but we are able to create a holographic manifestation, yes it is a short process but enough to hear, even speak to the world of mortals but it is still not enough on the one hand and enough to know that not everything is lost, I know it well, John Wick has been gifted with double power, the power of a new generation, power similar to demon slayers, greater and is able to destroy faceless wights with one shot and punch. Said Lucifer and his words now gave comfort and even new strength to his wife, but Lilith, when she mentioned the name of Sidonai, became so gloomy that she shed a tear at the memory of her son who decided to rule over both worlds together with her husband's brother Murmur.
- Lilith, what happened, you are thinking about our firstborn now. Licufer asked, and Lilith looked at the city below, their great and magnificent decadent estate, the great palace.
- he, it's coming back again, and if Helen manages to free Murmur or our son, you know what that means for us, I will never raise my hand to our child again, never again, and I, I wanted that name and him so much was forgotten forever, but now. She said Lilith, closing her eyes tightly, struggling with conflicting emotions, and her golden hair and red horns began to tremble at what might happen in the coming future.
- Lilith, first of all, Helen is going not to our son but to my brother, she is certainly close to the Etna volcano but she will not be there alone, oh no, she knows that John will follow her to stop her and from what I saw he will not be alone, Blitzo, his team and the cherubs working with them will do everything to thwart her plans. Lucifer said and Lilith, who heard this, clutched her stomach from slight nausea, which quickly disappeared.
- well, nowadays even such an alliance is necessary again, but they, I don't know what to think about it, but I can see that Blitzo, his team and the cherubs cooperating with them may not be their strong point, but rather a obstacle under their feet. Lilith said, not hiding her skeptical approach to the current matter when it came to cooperation, especially Blitzo and his team, because where they usually were, there was also quite a mess and something even worse.
- remember that we also once cooperated when the first civilization of people believed and began to believe, and only the cooperation of two forces is able to hurt and destroy legions of empty faceless people. Lucifer said, staring at the city and her world just like her wife.
- I know, I know, but Wick, John Wick, wielding such powers to strike down ghosts alone, is really impressive, honey, you said that he was gifted by, well, never mind, the cosmos, whatever that might mean. Lilith asked.
- it's hard to say, I know one thing, everything was in the hands of John and Helen, and someone else, but I don't know who, but we have to be sure, John had already defeated his wife once and two killers, now he did it again, he must, otherwise he was heading to Etna his wife Helen will free Murmur and he will carry out his long forgotten plan, that's obvious. Lucifer said, remembering the past days and going back in his memories to the old times until he too covered his eyes with his hat, no longer able to fight the memories of fighting with his firstborn son.
There was a strange mutual silence for a moment, because no one wanted to go back to those days when their son, Sydonai, betrayed everything and in alliance with Murmur challenged the two worlds, ruling one in half with unknown objects of power, objects known by a few as the Golden Token, because even this knowledge was forgotten and erased by a mutual oath and word of power but there was someone who knew there were currently two exiles asleep and imprisoned in a deep coma and one of them was the firstborn Son of Lucifer and Lilith.
- why does it have to come back after so many years, our son, the firstborn, Sidonai. Lilith asked, looking only at her husband.
- I don't know why, but today nothing depends on us, but on two people and a team of unbalanced sheep, I hope that their cooperation will stop the release of my brother and then our firstborn son. Lucifer said, reflexively looking behind him, and suddenly he jumped, and Lilith with him when she also looked behind her.
As it turned out, in the threshold of the room overlooking the city stood a blonde princess in a red suit and her red-yellow eyes were trembling slightly and her jaw almost hit the ground because Charlie, the daughter of Lilith and Lucifer, never knew, did not know the truth that she was the second child, and she now had a brother.
-Charlie!. Lilith squealed, shaking her husband's hand in complete shock because one of her greatest nightmares had just begun to come true and the secret of Murmur and Sydonai was revealed to the world, and in the worst way.
- Daughter, how long have you been here and what are you doing here, if I may ask?. Licifer asked as beads of sweat began to flow down his pale face and Charlie, regaining control of herself, suddenly began to scream.
- enough to know about everything, rebels, your brother and my uncle and my older brother!, why, why you never said anything, I, today I wanted to invite you to another anniversary of the opening of the hotel but now, what me, why, why, well why didn't you tell me that I had a brother?. Charlie asked shrilly, her black painted lips quivering just like her voice.
- baby girl. Lilitch said as she approached her daughter, wanting to hug her, but Charlie quickly took a step back, stretching her arms out in front of her in a defensive manner.
- don't come close to me, I, why, was my brother really a rebel and decided to take over both worlds with my uncle, that's why I never learned the truth. Charlie asked, clenching her fists fashionably.
- yes, and forgive us, we wanted to protect you, this knowledge was forbidden, much was forgotten on purpose, the place where your brother and uncle were imprisoned, as well as I don't remember, but we had no choice, in our memories we only left the image of the fight, cooperation with my father and the forever exile of traitors, I didn't think it would come back today and with such force. Lucifer said and Charlie, her eyes widening now, slowly began to smile.
- if so, if my brother can be liberated, I will gladly meet him if I come here. she said Charlie, but her mother suddenly grabbed her daughter in a tight hug, not allowing her to break free, and despite her struggles and jerks, Charlie finally gave up and looked at her mother, who was now expressing only concern, with anger and a broken heart.
- you need to know one thing, Sydonai, your brother is a very dangerous person, he will kill you if he has to or wants to, he will certainly do it to take revenge on us, please. if the impossible happens, run away, don't try to talk to your brother, please, promise me at least this and now you might hate us. Lilith said, and Charlie bit her lips, clenched her eyes tightly against her hands and struggled with conflicting thoughts for a moment until her eyes opened, probably letting out just one tear.
- I can promise you this, but if he finds me, I won't run away from my older brother, maybe I can change him, I will talk to him. She said Chalie and her mother, who heard her, hugged her tighter again, not wanting to let her go, and Lucifer joined in the hug, but his eyes now showed anger and great determination.
- daughter, listen to us, if he came and found you, you wouldn't find time to talk to him, you should finally understand that some people cannot be changed and saved, don't be naive, your brother is an avenger, I don't know how to describe him, but if you he found you, you can't talk to him, run away, do it for yourself and for us. Lucifer said and his daughter relaxed completely, which also made Lilith loosen her grip and let go of her daughter, knowing that what happened today would be a deep wound in their child's heart, as they had lied to their daughter for so many years, never telling the truth.
- I know you're mad at us today, and I know. She said Lilith, but Charlie quickly interrupted her when a modest smile appeared on her lips, but as it turned out, she was focused on something else, or more precisely, someone.
- you say that everything was in the hands of Helen and her husband, so it's true, John Wick, right?. Charlie asked, her yellow-red eyes shining, revealing her great fascination with assassins currently gifted with great power.
- Exactly. Lilith said, looking at her husband in a white suit.
- yes, a lot depends on him, and more. Lucifer said and his eyes focused on his daughter who showed the same smile again.
- so it's true, ha, this great killer, he single-handedly destroyed the entire mafia world, it's amazing, I've heard a lot of words about this man, many people ended up here, they told me about him, it's amazing, if I met him like that, I think I would be his she wouldn't let me out without an autograph. Charlie said, her blonde hair ruffling slightly with fascination and tension.
- but this is far from the case, because John is in no hurry to die, and besides, it is not known who would win the conflict for his soul, because he is currently standing on the line between two worlds. Lucifer said.
- and there is no telling what would happen, if it is possible, since he has given Wick such great and constantly growing power, anything is possible here. Lilith said and a strange gleam appeared in her eyes, just like her daughter's, which meant that Lucifer now had to worry about his wife and daughter.
Meanwhile, the next day in a large chamber full of magma and tense gas, right here at eight in the morning a figure in a black and red tight jacket made of rubber and steel appeared, Helen was observing the large volcanic chamber protected by the manifestation of her power in the form of a dark black aura and when she finished searching , and found no new target, Helen closed her brown eyes for a moment and lifted her head up so that her black hair gleamed along with her hands, Helen took off upwards, melting through the collapsed rocks, leaving behind her quickly closed solids, and with each meter Helen it was rushing with increasing speed, cutting through irregular, solid, thick and large blocks of rock, and sometimes just rubble. When they were close to the surface, Helen finally fell out of the deep crater and flew upwards against the background of black clouds and thunder booming from them.
Helen stood confidently on the top of the Vesuvius volcano, staring at the black sky full of storm clouds, thinking hard about the current task that would take her and two scientists to Sicily, while Hank, a bald scientist in a green suit waiting for her, wondered why and why they had come to Vesuvius. knowing full well that what they were looking for was hidden in a completely different place, so Hank took off his black glasses and looked at his leader, moving on to the matter.
- my lady, I don't understand why we bothered with Vesuvius, it's a waste of time, we can't delay and waste opportunities when our biggest thorn in our side, John Wick is surely already there, in the whitest case he is halfway, Etna is calling, Murmur is waiting for us, we can't wait any longer. Hank said and Helen looked at him with a smile and then at the deep crater.
- you don't understand Hank, I know what our priorities are, but also understand this, I have a suspicion, if Murmur was imprisoned under the volcano in the crypt of power, it is certainly the second one, Sydonai must also be imprisoned in such a place, that's why we came here out of curiosity, and accordingly with my feminine intuition, I sent our assassins to Japan. She said Helen, answering not one question but more, because the gray-haired scientist in a green suit, Steve, standing on the other side, also had his questions about the four assassins sent in a different direction.
- wait, now I understand, that's why you sent Chidi, Ares, Cassian and Zero east, to Japan, that's what it's about, isn't it a bit stupid, not that I'm against it. Steve said, raising both hands high and his gray eyes trembled slightly in front of the leader, but Helen smiled sincerely because, as it turned out, her plan was double, even triple.
- you have to understand, Steve, I can act on many fronts at the same time, and even if Sydonai is not there, if Murmur points to another place, then another weapon will stop my husband, I know him too well, I know what is important to him, I already know that he showed by rescuing these two lovebirds, Octavia and Tom Clark, how funny is that. She said aid Helen, they sit on the rocky edge, looking again at the crater and the lightning bolts beating in the sky.
Both scientists, hearing the words of their leader, first looked at each other and then their main gaze fell on Helen and she with a big smile of victory looked at Steve and Hank, swinging her legs like a small child and her insidious smile revealed so many possibilities that everything was now possible.
- wait what are you talking about, is it true, Octavia and Tom went to Japan. Steve asked, his eyes widening.
- you mean, you want to use them for blackmail, is that possible?. Hank asked, his jaw dropping in surprise, and Helen winked at the two scientists and spoke again.
- You've been looking for new tokens for a long time, right?.
- exactly, we've been looking for them from Spray in Detroit for a very long time. Said Steve, remembering those times when he and Hank were so close and yet so far from success because a certain Alex Kowalski ruined their first big project.
- but every time something stopped us. Hank said.
- and you see, no one will disturb me and I can assure you, I know that this morning Octavia and Tom left for Japan an hour ago, they bought tickets and are currently on their way, just like my killers, I also know that Verosika and Vortex followed them and they pose no threat to us, and my husband showed great stupidity today, so I will defeat him on many fronts, maybe then he will understand how much good I want to give to humanity. Helen said and her smile did not disappear from her face even when she was thinking about her husband who, seeing the evil and stupidity in her plan to destroy two afterlife so that they would merge with the afterlife of space, John considered it the greatest evil, Helen did not lose one thing, the certainty that he would again John will go with her, if not willingly, then by force, but he will go.
Yes, Helen, building a multi-level plan, creating many fronts in ore places in the world, had actually everything carefully planned and determined, now there was only one task, to strike a few places at appropriate intervals, but the current priority was only one, freeing Murmur, the expelled, knowing the truth of the Golden Token and everything that was forgotten and hidden from the eyes of everyone from the two worlds, now it was enough to do only one thing, act, wait, find and free the exile, the expelled one and then, together with him, reach for the power they had been looking for from the beginning.
But there was still something to do, and that was one thing, Helen, knowing what she had to do now, got up and started screaming, and her voice first released from herself and her subordinates a new host of shadows being born, and the rest arrived in greater numbers from places of darkness in the shadow of the mountain as well as from places the most illuminated, especially when subsequent lightning bolts struck from the sky, as the will of Helen and her natural power given by resurrection, the acolytes among the scholars and the power of the dust from the used tokens, as the vengeful will of the sleeping exiles spoke to them.
Less than an hour had passed and the top of the Vesuvius volcano was full of a large army of two hundred shadows, faceless, black and white ghosts in black suits, they all stood at attention and Helen turned to the two scientists who were also waiting for orders.
- just as these fools, acolytes who gave me a new life started it, today part of my building material, so today you, my legions, will attack Sicily, destroy two groups, and if there is no other option, you will kill my husband, no one has the right to enter Etna, no one , and you my friends. She said Helen, and with her words and command, an army of black and white shadows rose into the sky, uniting with storm clouds, rushing with one goal to destroy, to stop, to blindly follow their mistress's orders.
Once the wights had flown away, Helen turned to her two chosen ones, Hank and Steve, extending her right hand to them.
- come with me, I will need your help, I know what a power chamber can be, it draws its power from the magma deposits, from this heat, our first task will be to destroy the pillars and then we will free our great ally. Helen said.
- so what are we waiting for, let's go, and when we find everything, the last divided token, then. Hank said putting on a big sneaky smile.
- then the world will be ours, how much time had to pass before I could finally understand it, we have always wanted the same thing. Steve said and Helen laughed out loud as she and the two scientists rose into the sky.
- it's obvious, everyone always wants the same thing for a simple reason, life feeds on life and man feeds on other people, always the same because the world is afraid and succumbs to the power of lies, but today these two forces will be broken, improvisation, use the enemy's power against him alone, just take this next big step and the world will be different than it is now, maybe they are innocent here but they will also understand our great good, even my husband, it doesn't matter, I will win on all fronts, here in Sicily, in Japan, everywhere. Helen said and then she flew into the sky together with the two scientists, following the trail of her legions, an army of black and white shadows that could do anything today, but their goal was only one and nothing could stop them or Helen herself, not even the possibility of her husband's destruction.
There was only one goal and Helen was heading towards it with all her determination, and the thundering clouds, even the lightning piercing the space when they hit her, did not do any major damage to her, because it was the ordinary power of this world, it was not the power of the combined forces of heaven and hell, it was not it was the power of her chosen husband and only more the technology of aliens and even more the power of the Man in the Blue Suit, and so much was in the hands of so few, so few in the hands of two people, or maybe three, John Wick and Helen Wick, but who was the third, there were no certainties here, none except one, everything could end even today.
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Murmur and Sydonai are true nightmares of the past and their shadow returns again to bring destruction on a rock that no one has ever dreamed of, neither heaven nor hell.