Chapter 13: Part One Pedition


    Day Six


    There are so many memories in my brain now. I can smell my mother. I see my father. The fight that


    started this mess. Why? It is hard for me to understand why a garden built for humans can cause so


    much pain and suffering.


    The truth. The ugly hidden truth about the topside and the humans living there. The garden is home to


    everything needed to end the topside. Somehow in this mess, my mother became the caretaker of evil.


    When humans failed the garden and were tossed out my mother was the only one left there. No way


    out.


    She has been stranded there with no wings and no children for centuries. In the process, she has lost


    everything she ever loved. She was left abandoned. The only way out is to open the doors. Two


    celestial twins must open the doors. Only one twin will survive. A sacrifice must be made for her to


    leave.


    Her vengeance has grown. She no longer cares. She just wants out to kill everything on the topside.


    Now she has Cami Dawn. She knows I wille for her. Sunnie, Ryan, and her precious Damnation


    are right by her side. She wants to sacrifice my children to open the doors. She won’t risk losing


    Damnation. She will not ask him to open the door for her. I mean nothing to her. The feeling is mutual.


    The tea Sam gave me was from the tree of knowledge. I now know more than I ever should know. I


    know things about my mother I wish I did not. I know Mayhem left me. I know Damnation left me. I


    know Bowen would not help me out of the void.


    I was left all alone. Why should I help them bnce the topside? I will do what is right for me and the


    twins. The rest can figure it out on their own.


    I will help Cami Dawn. She is my only friend. I owe her everything. She has been here and she was


    there with me in the void. I remember her. I remember everything she has done for me.


    She was there when my family left me. She is my family. Mayhem broke my heart and stole my


    children. Cami was there. All the shes of my children. The shes of him fleeing with them. The


    memories of her being myfort. The realization that she helped me escape.


    I walk the path to the bar. I push the door open with my light. The bar shakes. The people inside start to


    run.


    “Bowen! Sam! Mayhem!” I scream for them.


    Sam is behind the bar. Mayhem and Bowen are seated. They don’t even look my way. “I know what


    you three did! I know everything! I cannot forgive you!” I scream at them.


    Mayhem stands up to starts walking toward me. “Please understand there was no other way. I was


    Mayhem stands before me with tears in his eyes. “I feel nothing for you! You betrayed me. You left me.


    You are just like my brother!” I tell him.


    I scan the room. “I don’t want to hurt anyone. So I will not hurt you here. Stay out of my way. The three


    of you need to leave me alone. I am going to retrieve my children. I am returning to the underworld. Do


    not try and stop me. I am done with this war. I am done with all three of you. Bowen do not return to the


    underworld. My father will know what you have done!” I tell them as I turn to walk out.


    Mayhem grabs my arm. “Izzy I love you. I never wanted to see you hurt!”


    I knock him to the ground with my light. “Next time you touch me, I will kill you!” I say to him.


    As I walk out of the frog pen pub I scream, “I am going to collect my children and Cami. Do not follow


    me!”


    I can hear their thoughts as I leave. I close my eyes to shut them out. As I close my eyes I remember


    when I was a child in the underworld my father gave me a dog. He was not a hell hound, he was my


    protector. I open my eyes.


    “SARGE!” I scream.


    A cloud of smoke rises in front of me and from the ground a German Sheppard starts to climb to the


    topside. I turn back to look at Bowen onest time.


    “Do not do it!” Bowen screams.


    It is toote. I have called upon my true protector. Sarge leaps to the topside and takes my side. I am


    nowplete.


    I hear Bowen tell Sam I am no longer Izzy. He is right. Izzy is dead. I am only Perdition now.


    “Come Sarge we have work to do.”


    Sarge and I begin to walk the stone path. I know we cannot walk all the way.


    “Where should we go first, Sarge? My children or Cami Dawn?” I ask him as I rub his big nose. He


    looks up at me and looks toward the farm. The children can help. They are more powerful than these


    people know.


    “Let’s go, boy!” I know we have a long journey. We need a ce to hide. I need to search my


    memories. There has to be something in there to help us. Sarge stops. I can still see the pub.


    “Sarge,e on. We have to get as far away from the pub as possible before we stop. Tomorrow we


    will rescue my children.” I lean down and look into his eyes. “What is it?” I keep looking into his eyes.


    Sarge gently takes his paw to my head. “KoKo!” I can summon KoKo. He is trapped in the void. He is


    not dead. He is trapped. We need a cemetery. It is the perfect gateway to the void.


    Sarge barks at me and starts running. I follow him. Everyone has lied to me over and over. KoKo is


    alive. KoKo is trapped in the void. Sarge is the only one who is truthful in my life right now. He will lead


    the way.


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    We approach a cemetery. It is old. All the graves are above ground. Some are crumbling. I follow Sarge


    to the center of the cemetery. The sun is going down.


    As the sunbeams through the center of an old grave, I look at Sarge “That is it. Right there!” We sit


    down beside it and wait for the dark. Sarge lies down beside me. I rest my head on him. I missed you,


    Sarge. I hope he knows. Sarge licks my forehead. He knows. I remember being small and Labith


    teaching me summoning spells. I hope I can do this right. I do not want to drag anyone else out of


    there. I think enough people havee out to cause trouble.


    I close my eyes and think of Labith. She always tried to teach me how to be my own person. She tried


    to be a mother to me. She taught me simple spells. She taught me white, ck, and neutral spells. She


    was an amazing teacher. I search my mind for the summoning spell.


    “Sarge, I think I can do this.” He opens his big eyes. He looks deep into mine. He knows how to get


    KoKo.


    “I guess you can do this. Can’t you?” I rub his head. It is almost dark. Not too much longer. Bowen


    knew Sarge could summon Koko that is why he did not want me to call him. I wonder what else they


    are hiding.