"honey, it's time to return" edna was waiting for him at the small door of the trailer

"coooming!" a little voice said, as he took his model of a blue airplane and his favorite plush from the sand, and then ran to his mother

when he arrive in the small house, edna took him in her arms, making him drop the toys on the ground

"oh look, you're all dirty!" edna approached her nose in his little body suspended in the air, and then smelled him pretending that he smelled bad, making him giggle at her reaction

"how about a nice bath?" she asked him, as she brought him closer to her body

"bath!" he repeated excitedly, lifting his arms into the air

"yeah, bath!" she repeated, imitating the excitement of her baby, and then walked to the bathroom

"c-can we also bring Mr. cuddlewoomp?"

"he doesn't need a bath, Jay"

"but he's alone!"

"when you finish the bath you'll come back to him, okay?" she looked at his big blue eyes

"okay mama" the three-year-old boy accepted

"edna" lifted her face from below, feeling called she looked for the source of the voice, recognizing it was her husband

"Honey, are you okay?" he took her hands, inevitably looking at her with concern

"yes dear, I was just remembering"

"would you like to tell me?" Ed asked her kindly, trying to distract her from the current situation

the elderly couple went to sit a little away from the group

"I see you distracted, is it for Jay? don't worry, we will bring our son back here, with us"

"our" edna whispered under her breath

"what?"

"it hurts, but he is not our son"

"Edna-"

"His parents are here.. His real parents"

"honey, you are right, but he will forever be our son too. and I'm sure it's mutual" he said, referring to Jay

"I know, but.."

"no but Edna, it's time to be that strong woman I married and love so much. we've always been here for Jay, and we'll keep doing it" he then gave her a small, short kiss, leaving a spontaneous smile on her face

"let's go" he then took again her hand, returning from the group

"are you okay Edna? I saw you move away" Nya rushed on his boyfriend's parents

"don't worry dear, it's all right" her face has slightly turned off at the memory

"alright, for anything not to hesitate" she gave her a sweet smile, inevitably reciprocally

"thank you" Edna thanked, but her concern came back "so? what happened?" referring to Libber, who was beside her

Edna analyzed her for a few seconds, she looked like her Jay. her eyes deeply blue, the rebellious hair, and somehow the same shine that he could transmit. and she also noticed how tall she was, Jay probably took from her height too, she thought

"I noticed, since before Jay disappeared, that Libber and he were bound somehow" Zane began to explain

"bound in what way?" Libber asked

"mentally. when you were thinking he could hear you, and so answer you.. so.."

"so?"

"this explains the sudden pain" Zane answered, lowering his face sadly

"no, wait-" Nya made

the room is filled with horror, sadness and guilt at the same time

"they're torturing him" Nya let her tears come down quietly as she looked at full guilt on the floor

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My eyes were wide open when I heard the sound of the door of this fucking room

I'm suffering like a mad, and the handcuffs tighten my wrists more and more completely

the tuxedo I had from the..memorial for Nya was completely apart and with cuts, if I had fought against a tiger, and my right eye hurts damn, just like in the time-line, great!..

but here at least i'm sure she's okay.. even if she is not herself..

"walker, you have to know someone" Miss Demeanor entered in the room, always with that stupid smirk

I slowly lifted the gaze, fighting the pain, and watched the woman beside demeanor

confusion has filled my head

i've already seen this woman

long red blood hair, emerald eyes and extremely pale skin

"hello Jay" her voice is very low and determined

"who are you?"

"I am Elide.. as you called me, the bad voice" a little laugh ended her sentence

realization replaced the confusion

that's who she is.

she was the bad voice.

"you're probably wondering why you're here"

maybe it's time for someone to answer me?

"and you will have the answer soon, very soon.." she move her hand from behind her back, illustrating an object in her hands

I don't believe my eyes

"t-tha-"

"yes, I know you know it" took her eyes off the object, to look into my eyes, shivers down my back "this is the lamp"

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"guys, is it hot here or am I?" Libber asked as she waving a hand in front of her face for air

"no darling.. are you okay?" Cliff immediately asked her, as he noticed the sudden change of his wife

"I'm not so sure I feel okay" she stopped moving her hand to put over her chest

"uff.. the heart accelerates hehe maybe it's the case that I sit down" she continued, as she began to swindle involuntarily

"seat here"

"What do you feel?" Zane asked her, as he took his gi's hood and ice it over for Libber's head

"I feel my heart to a thousand, a-and then I have various horrible emotions in the head"

"you can also hear his emotions.." Zane thought, adding another thing to the list

"yes, and in this case he's literally going crazy" Libber said, not proving a real thrill at the time

"We have to find Jay as soon as possible.. I can't stand the idea he's suffering" Nya felt terribly guilty, especially because she thought it was her fault, because he sacrificed himself for her just like her.. this thing made her pissed, when she'll see him again, they will speak for well.. if she will see him again..

"okay.. he's better, I'm better" Libber tried to get up, with Cliff and Maya ready to support her from a possible fall "we have to find a way to bring him to safe.. it doesn't convince me at all that he is with that woman"

"woman?" Nya asked

"Elide, it's the woman who's taken hold of Jay a moment before he went out on his way"

"Elide?" Zane asked Libber "I have already heard this name, but no information about her, except among the list of the elemental masters"

"she is the master of souls, that is, that she can take over a body from inside or outside of her choice, alive or dead" Libber told about her, but she had to get to that point of the story. so she did, but didn't hesitate at looking the floor

"I and she were friends, very close friend, like sisters, but when I changed my life, after the discovery that I was the master of lightning, consecutively transferring me to the monastery, everything has changed between us. she was no longer seen, or at least, rarely once a week with the answers of my letters. I had tried in all ways to keep our friendship, but she had detached herself abruptly, becoming sour and far away with me. I unfortunately thought it was envy, but I never understood the reason why she could be"

"wow.. intense story" Cole spoke

they were without words, they didn't know what to say honestly, they knew nothing more than that, so they actually couldn't say much

however their thoughts were interrupted when they felt as if objects were falling from the other room

they thought they were the guards of the museum.. but why would they drop their wrecks?

but before they could investigate the door is wide open, revealing so many hooded men

and a woman appeared behind them right after

"hello Ninja, I see we have a meeting here"

"and who are you, excuse me?" Kai said, as he prepared his defense pose

"don't you remember me?"

"no"

"Miss Demeanor?"

"uhm.."

"You were trying to stop me and take away the vengestone from me!" she said shocked and joshed at the same time

"ahh" various sounds of realization echoed in the room

"yeah, it's me.." she confirmed, as she began to walk forward, alarming the group

"Anyway, I present to you someone" but then moved the look on Libber "oh I forgot.. you already know her"

she moved from the scene, revealing the same woman who had known Jay a few minutes ago

"Elide.." Libber said, surprise to see her in her human form, and not a red shadow

feeling called, she turned to her, a smirk grew on her face

"hi Libber, it's long since we couldn't see each other"

Libber however did not answer her, she slightly narrow her eyes and crossed her arms in front of her chest

"what is it? aren't you happy to see me?" Elide said by making the victim voice

Nya, who was beside Libber, watched her with the tail of the eye, trying somehow to remind her of their mission, and Libber had understood

"where is my son?" she said bluntly, while a frown covered her eyes

"uh, I thought you wanted to talk to your best friend! after so long there will be some things you'd like to tell me about, no?"

"actually yes..." she began "where is my son!?"

"alright!" she's barked, and then move out on her left side

a guy, with short auburn hair and a ripped tuxedo, came forward, behind her back

Nya's stomach would flicker to his sight, but she stopped right away when she saw Jay.. but he wasn't the Jay she was with in this timeline..

"here is your son" Elide said, as she put her hand on Jay's shoulders

"oh no.. Jay..." the voice of the elderly Edna was thin, but still audible

"that's not Jay" Libber said, starting to get annoyed

"no Libber, that's Jay.. but of the past. exactly five years ago.. the year in which appeared.." Nya didn't have the courage to finish her sentence

Libber had just seen the reflection of his son, but as a younger one. he looked like a mirror, she saw herself as a little girl. but seeing him with all those wounds has hurt her

"you mean Nadakhan, don't you?" Jay's younger figure, with the gi given after he learn the airjitzu, spoke

"y-yes.." Nya confirmed, slightly with the trembling voice. it awakened her too much pain to see her young boyfriend hurt in that cruel way

"and if I told you that he's right here? in flesh and bone?"

Nya's eyes were wide open 'in what sense?' 'not possible' 'no one could have found him' 'how that's was possible'

she looked at the figure of Jay motionless, as he began to smile so terrifying

"What's wrong, dilara?" his voice changed, and Nya knew very well about who that voice was

the room lacked more and more air, as the figure of Jay turned out to who he was really

"I see you remember me" the deceptive genius said, as he approached Nya slowly floating

she didn't say anything, she looked at him more and more shocked, as the memories and pain returned to her head

"do not dare to touch her" Nya saw a figure taller than herself, realizing that her brother had stood in front of her

by now the whole team knew the story of the alternative time-line, so they also knew who this monster was

"Nadakhan" a voice made him turn the head to his right

"Oh! Libber.. I see that old age has not touched you at all" he looked at her, making her quite uncomfortable

"wait- in what sense.. " Nya elaborated, but no one replied

"what are you doing here again? and how is it possible that you know my son? I had-"

"I know what you did, but a strange man with a magic book found me anyway" he said with the smirk always present

now, Nya was confused, and a lot. Did Libber know Nadakhan??

"how I know your son? well.. he came to me actually " he said how he kept floating

"that's not true" Nya said

"ah no? he came to me for your stupid love" Nya growled

"but it was still fun to have him in the misfortune keep" he chuckled "I miss that ship"

"stop with the theater" Libber said annoyed

"but you know I love the theater" Nadakhan joked, as he looked at her from top to bottom, again

"where's Jay!?" Nya was tired of waiting

"about him" he turned to the master of the soul, and then waved at her. Elide laid two fingers over her temple, after which another figure appeared from the museum door

this time his hair were always auburn but a little longer and messy, tuxedo spotted probably blood and torn, and had bruises on the body. the figure approached, but he had the face lowered all the time. looked like a robot

he stopped beside Elide, always with the head down, but then he renovated to walk, approaching to Nadakhan

"here he is" put his hand quite big on his back "here's Jay"

Jay looked up, surprising all

he had, inexplicably for them, returned in his human form.. but his eyes, no longer had that bright blue .. but well, a strong red.. burning as fire. other noticeable bruises around his left eye and not only. and cuts with fresh blood and not, reigned above all on his face

apparently

he. was the true Jay.

how is the story going? hope you like it! <33