"Ugggh...." Emma coughed, blood trickling out of her ears as she scanned the scene with horror filled eyes.
There, bleeding profusely whilst shielding them all from the blowback repercussions of the explosion were Fraxure and Erin. Both breathing heavily with a weak smile.
"W...wh...why?" Emma questioned her dear friends teary eyed.
"W...we are not perfect Em......emma...." Fraxure coughed, the pain slowly getting to her.
"Please t....tell Nashi and Y....Yoongi we are s....sorry...." Erin smiled weakly.
"M....mom? What h...happened?" Hope questioned, his torso adorned with bruises whilst his abdomen bled.
"Aunt Fra....Fraxure and Erin s...saved us...." Emma choked on her own words, unable to hold the tears back anymore.
"WHAT! Tell me this is not true!" Ryos, as if those words brought life into her, sat up and spoke with a worried tone.
"Mommy no! Don't leave!" Lisa begged, hugging her mom without a care of the blood.
"It can't be real! It just can't!" Jackson whimpered, his brave face crumbling as he too embraced his mom crying.
"I'm afraid it is my little prin....princess...." Erin groaned, returning her daughter's embrace.
"Why save us?" Jungkook sniffled, slowly sitting up next to Taehyung.
"Yeah, we are not your children." Taehyung was even confused by their actions but nonetheless saddened as well.
"I'm s...sorry my a...angel but I have to g...go...." Fraxure grimaced with one eye open, embracing her son one last time.
"B...because it was the right thing to do...." Chanyeol stated the truth, knowing from just looking at them with silent tears staining his cheeks.
"B...be strong d...dear...." Erin's last words were, collapsing to the ground dead.
"Mommy? Mother? MOM!!!" Lisa screamed, the tears unable to stop as she held onto her mother.
"I....I love y....you...." Fraxure breathed, going limp in Jackson's arms as the dam broke inside and the flood could not be stopped.
"No no no no! MOM!!!!" Jackson screamed in agony, crying into her shoulder.
"This was not how it was supposed to go." RM sighed in a shaky tone, his tears mixing with blood from the cut under his eye.
"It never is." Jimin admits with a sigh as his forehead bleeds whilst looking at Jackson and Lisa with concern, Emma Hope Ryos and Chanyeol with a hopeful gaze, Taehyung Jungkook and RM with the same hopeful gaze before looking to Nashi and Yoongi with concern.
"What do we do now?" Taehyung asked in a sorrowful tone, trying to stifle his pain by holding his side.
"Yeah we're injured severely and lost four people." Jungkook added, holding his arm to his chest gently as if it were to break at any moment.
"We need to rest, to heal." Hope grunted, leaning against his mom for balance and support.
"My son is right. I'll take first watch." Emma volunteered, wiping her tears away.
"You sure you are up for that?" RM seemed genuinely concerned for her.
"I am. It's the least I can do." Emma smiled small, going to her post.
"After we rest, what then?" Ryos left the question open to the public.
"We rescue their friend...." Chanyeol sniffles, sitting next to his mom.
"And we kill that b....bitch of a queen." both Jackson and Lisa spoke in a bloodthirsty tone as they rejoined the others.
"Good now let's get some sleep." Jimin says, everyone obediently obeying due to lack of sleep.
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It is currently 3:30 am. Everyone is sound asleep including Emma who is supposed to keep watch. Being unconscious for so long, she awakes with a sudden gasp not loud enough to wake anyone.
"Finally. I feel amazing." Nashi beamed, stretching her limbs with renewed life before seeing everyone asleep soundly.
"W...what happened here?" Nashi whispered, a mixture of sorrow and anger flashing across her eyes as she saw Erin and Fraxure dead.
"Idiots. My son may have died because of your child's ignorance but that does not mean you get to die on them. What good does that do to them?" Nashi huffed, gazing at the shivering children.
"Sleep peacefully dear sisters for tomorrow we end this fight once and for all." Nashi smiled weakly at Fraxure and Erin before gathering her son Yoongi, Jimin, Taehyung, Jungkook, RM, Chanyeol, Jackson, Hope and Lisa into her arms whilst sitting against a tree for comfort.
"Sleep well kids. I got you." Nashi cooed softly to them as if they were 5.
*Next morning*
"Mmm today's the day." Ryos stretched, looking around.
"Yeah time to....WHERE THE HELL ARE THE KIDS?!" Emma shouted loudly, looking around frantically.
"Look!" Ryos exclaims, pointing to a sleeping Nashi with the kids snuggled tight in her arms.
"She's....she's...." Emma couldn't find the words to say due to overwhelming emotions.
"Yeah she is. She is our sister after all." Ryos smiled small, gazing upon them lovingly.
*Meanwhile*
"Yes very good! Keep it up at this rate and I will have no problem crushing you and your pathetic little runts!" The queen snarled, shaking the globe containing Jin inside.
"Yah! What the hell!?" Jin complained, dizzy from the shaky spin.
