"Don't" Just as Diana was trying to stand up to save her sons inside her womb, one of the three white figures spoke.
"We can't risk smiting her. Who knows what the Dark Lord inside her is capable of? What if he drew the angels' energy" The white figure asked the other two as silence enveloped the forest for a few moments.
"You're right, we'll do this the messy way" Diana's heart skipped a beat when she heard the white figure.
"Angels stand down" The golden orb in their hands faded away after hearing the order. The angels flapped their wings to back away from Diana.
"Protem" The word reverberated through the forest as a powerful blast of sonic wave appeared out of the three figures.
"Harry!" Emelda screamed when she saw the sonic waves blast Diana into a tree several meters away from her. Diana hit the tree with such force that her body created a hole in the tree.
"Argrr" Diana coughed up mouth full of blood as she started to feel her consciousness drift away.
"You bastards!" Emelda's anger exploded as she rushed at the nearby angel to attack with her hands reaching out. She was prepared to rip off the wings of the angels. In her anger, she forgot about the power gap between her and an angel.
Just as anyone would expect, when Emelda got closer to the angel, it just slapped Emelda before wrapping its metal-covered arm around her. She struggled violently to free help but she was too weak and the angel was too strong.
Through her blurry vision, Diana saw the three figures floating towards her. She turned her head sideways to see her sword lying on the ground several meters away from her. She tried to move her body yet she couldn't even move her finger.
"You made us look and behave like animals Harriet"
Diana couldn't see which of the three white figures spoke. It took everything in her to stay awake. She knew if she closed her eyes, they would take away her sons.
"One of the twins is the Dark Lord Harriet. Why can't you understand the danger the world is in?"
"My…son…is…not…evil" Diana coughed up blood while barely uttering the words.
"Stupid bitch, he's gonna create hell in this world. We have seen the future" One of the three figures seemed to have lost their calmness. The overwhelming anger could be sensed in their voice.
As they got to hand's reach distance from Diana, a white extended from the white figure floating in the middle. The white figure landed on the ground as when their feet touched the ground, the white radiant around the figure slightly faded away to reveal a beautiful woman's face. It was just for a split second but Diana saw a graceful lady through the white light. As Diana tried to struggle, the white radiant around the lady slowly diminished. At the moment, Diana could vaguely see the human features such as hands and legs but not the entire body. The bright light prevented Diana from seeing the lady's face.
The pair of white hands reached out for Diana's pregnant belly. When the hands touched her belly, she felt electricity running through her entire body. She felt numb. The black dress on her belly turned into nothing but ashes and disappeared into the air. Her pregnant belly was exposed.
"It will only hurt for a moment, Harriet"
"NO!" Emdla screamed as the white figure ran the white light from Diana's belly from one end to another. The light moved slowly and gently as a trail of blood appeared on Diana's belly. The lady was cutting Diana open without a shred of mercy.
"HELP!" Emelda screamed as loud as she could,
"Tranqucto" While the lady was cutting Diana open, another white figure uttered the word as Emelda's scream was cut abruptly. The very next moment, Emelda tried to scream but her lips refused to move, her entire body refused to move. She saw everything that's happening before her but couldn't move a muscle. Simply, she was paralyzed.
"Stop!" Suddenly another voice echoed through the forest. The lady who was cutting open Diana froze as the figures turned back to see another white figure materialize in the air several meters away from her.
The white radiance around the newly appeared figure was several times brighter than the three. When he appeared, one could even hear a low-frequency whittling noise. The trees around them stopped waving to the wind, the time around them looked like it stopped. The newly arrived white figure slowly descended to the ground. When the figure touched the ground, the light covering the figure slowly faded away to reveal a tall, thin, and very old man. Judging by the silver of his hair and beard, which were both long enough to tuck into his belt. He was wearing long robes, a white cloak that swept the ground. His brown eyes were light, bright, and sparkling behind full moon spectacles. There was a two-inch cut on his forehead as though someone cut his forehead using a sharp burning weapon.
"What are you doing here, Wulfric?" the lady who was cutting up Diana asked the old man.
"You are cutting open my disciples despite her current condition and still asking me what I am doing here?"
"Mentor" Diana's mind finally relaxed a bit seeing her mentor.
"You know who is inside her. You saw the chaos and destruction the Dark Lord will bring to this world" The lady asked,
"Yes, I saw. But you seemed to forget the other twin, the God of Light"
Wulfric gracefully walked towards them. The three figures made way for him to reach Harriet. He knelt down before Harriet,
"What was your plan, child? Kill yourself? You know if you killed yourself, they will still take away your sons" As he questioned Diana, he gently touched her forehead as the wounds started to disappear but not completely. He seemed calm but Wulfric felt a powerful force fighting his energy from within Diana. It was dark energy, nothing like he had ever seen or sensed.
He could also sense another energy suppressing the dark energy. If it wasn't for the suppressing energy, he doubted Diana could have survived this long.
"I won't let them take my sons" Diana could now speak more clearly as WUlfrci healed her.
"You have a choice to make child, the Skyhall will take your son no matter what. They will kill your entire family to do that. Agree to give up your son and I will make them leave you and your family alone" These words were only heard by Diana. He talked to Diana telepathically.
"I'd rather kill my sons with my own hands and go to hell before giving up my son. Death is better for my sons than letting these monsters take them"
Diana couldn't even imagine what they would do to her sons if she handed them over to the SKyhall. Even though they were asking for only one of her sons, she was not going to give up on her son.
"You're a good mother, child. You still refuse to give up your son even after knowing he would grow up to be the Dark Lord"
"My son is not evil and he won't become one. I can still kill myself and my sons with the spell you taught me mentor" Diana telepathically talked to Wulfric. He let out a gentle smile as though he was expecting Diana to fight till the end for her son.
"Would you rather kill you and your sons rather than give up one to save you and your other son?" This time, he didn't talk telepathically. Everyone heard his words loud and clear,
"Yes. I know what Skyhall is capable of. If I gave up my son to save another, they would make my son suffer and I can't raise another one knowing I gave up on one to save another. I won't forgive myself. So yes, I would rather kill them both than give up my one son" tears rolled out of Diana's eyes like a flood.
"A mother's love" Wulfric smiled. Diana felt a warm wave surging from her toe to head. The next moment, she closed her eyes.
"She has a strong love for her sons, you can't perform the ritual if she still had a strong bond with the Dark Lord" Wulfric turned to look at the other three white figures.
"What ritual?" the lady asked,
"I'm not talking to you" Wulfric raised his right arm as the silver ring he wore in his middle finger sparkled. Soon an ethereal form of a man in his early fifties appeared in front of them.
"I am talking to the Supreme Guardian Andreas," Considering the white radiance enveloping the three figures, no one could see the stunned look on their faces when they heard Wulfric,
"You need to perform the forbidden spell Wulfric," Andreas said, ignoring the three figures standing near him. Although he seemed to ignore them, he wanted to kill the three of them for what they did to Harriet.
The ruthlessness and inhumane way of conducting things prevented the Guardians from working with the Skyhall in the first place.
"It seems we have no other choice" Wulfric sighed,
"Altering her memories and the mind is the only way to make her give on her son Wulfric, you know that"
"A mother's love is not something we can change on a whim, the forbidden spell could only suppress her love for her child for a short amount of time. As time passes, her love would resurface" He stopped for a moment to turn back and look at the unconscious Diana.
"Only if she sees her son again. The ritual can send him to a place where he won't return ever"
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