I found you

Marceline and August came to a jungle with unheard of greenery, birds were flying and wild animals were running free. They were escorted by Gedeon and Ringo, as Darius had left for Bubblegum to deliver his false reports about the Nest and Meraki had taken Miridiana to the realm of mirrors. Their travel routes were divided and they questioned the pair of young people who looked at them with derision.

-Where is Miridiana? Are they plotting to do something with us? - August started to get angry

-Answer asshole, where did her friends go or were they planning to separate us from the beginning? -Marceline was preparing to attack them when a voice behind her stopped her

-Marcy, what do you plan to do to my grandchildren. You're still stubborn and moody like the day I met you.

The couple turned and was stunned to see the man standing behind them.

-Impossible ... Ibis !!! -

-You're still alive? How is it possible?-

-Everyone who sees me says the same, is it strange to see me walk outside? -

Marceline and August had poisoned daggers ready at the back of their belts and when they were about to throw them, chains stopped them.

-Stupid brat, how dare you hurt us ...- Marcy was frozen when she saw that the one who sent the chains, was none other than Iston

-Do we die? Gemini ... you were executed. It is not possible! -August did not get out of the terrible scare that he was witnessing

-Leave the children alone. You two, the White Rabbit and the Toymaker are looking for them urgently.- Iston was holding them tightly with the chains

-What? The uncle is sure to scold us, we didn't do anything stupid this time. I swear- Ringo grumbled

- I wish my brother-in-law was here to intervene, I'm sure my father-in-law will scold us again- Gedeon was annoyed

-Get away, this matter does not concern you- Vlad urged the young men to withdraw and they disappeared into thin air.

-Quiet Iston, free them, we will take care of the tour, you had to go to attend the others. We have two hours until the visits begin to arrive-

-As you like. I'll go to the hospital to see if they need anything- Iston released the couple and left in the opposite direction

Vlad was staring at the couple standing in front of him. They were stunned with the speed and strength that the characters they had just met wielded. August spun around with furious eyes demanding an explanation.

-Stop looking at me like I'm your enemy. A predator should know how to differentiate a prey from an ally, or have you already become a senile old man? -

-What is this place and where is Mirna? -

-Mirna went to look for her package, she will come back when she picks it up and as for where we are ... well to answer that, they must follow us- Tanji came out from behind and took Marceline's shoulder scaring her

-For the gods! Tsuru ... you are ...- August was about to give him a fit of so many surprises received

-Everything will be revealed step by step. Please follow us-

August and Marceline looked at each other and nodded. Vlad began to guide them to the city and with Tanji, they explained the current situation. They would soon win the loyalty of the fiercest predators to their advantage.

**

Mirna was blinded by anger. She destroyed part of the city in the mirror realm. When they arrived, Meraki tried to explain what had happened to her son and who was responsible for it.

He apologized that he was late to save him and that apparently the church's plan had changed drastically a few months ago after Ashley's death. They had taken more precautions than normal and that complicated the progress in the rescue. Not only that, but she also learned that someone from her close circle intended to deliver her, at the request of the church. Apparently, she was the target and not her child.

Fifteen years ago, Mirna, her husband Klaus, and a newborn Ray, came to Sahmar to meet Lorna Othem, leader of Bubblegum to find out about the whereabouts of Karoline, who had infiltrated Sunset Scale and stolen part of the scroll that indicated the whereabouts of the Intermundis key. When they were to meet for the meeting, an urgent notice from Sunset Scale arrived, requesting Mirna's immediate presence to put up a protection shield, as the presence of suspicious individuals attempting to enter the country mysteriously increased.

Mirna angrily left Klaus and his son behind, promising to return as soon as possible. But when she returned, the only thing she found was the mutilated and dismembered corpse of her husband along with the blood-soaked baby trousseau. Ray had been kidnapped and trace of him had been lost. She searched tirelessly and without results for the whereabouts of her son in Sahmar, until she found a magical signature on the borders of Orsys. Since then she did not rest and she decided to hunt down the person responsible and make him pay for her daring.

Although they took the baby, they did not count on Mirna preserved the pure essence of her son. The star-shaped earring that hung around her neck was a soul carrier of the goddess Hel, but she did not remember how or when she obtained it. For Mirna it was the third baby she conceived, but the children did not reach three months of age and ended up dying, therefore, she kept the soul of her son in the crystal until she could grow enough and power hand it over. The crystal remained pearly white, giving the indication that the body was waiting to be filled with a soul, which made Mirna not lose hope that the body of her son lay who knows where, longing for her return.

Some months ago, the crystal suddenly turned black and Mirna believed that the body of her son had died causing the soul to go to rest waiting for a new body. But to her terrible surprise, the crystal turned translucent and her anger grew. The inconceivable happened; the soul came out of the crystal without her consent and went to the body of her son. Ray had returned and wherever he was, he was waiting for her.

With each passing day, her anger grew, until one day a group of suspicious children showed up at her house claiming to know Ray's whereabouts. The girl escorting her clearly seemed dangerous but trustworthy.

The place where she was taken was a silent, uninhabited place ... dead. Red was predominant throughout that world and the buildings were in ruins and falling apart from visible attacks from who knows what. The place was clearly Orsys, but with the difference of having suffered a cataclysm. The girl who had introduced herself as Meraki, changed her shape and took on the appearance of an adolescent boy, who assured her that this place was only the practice arena for those who wanted to use it at ease. He guided her to the central square and showed her a coffin. The one who lay dead inside was her son Ray.

Mirna clutched the crystal around her neck and refused to believe what she was seeing. Perhaps the body of the young man in the coffin is the one that she gave birth to, but the soul of her son was elsewhere, therefore, she unleashed her uncontrolled fury and began to destroy everything around her. Trying to calm down and understand what happened, she turns to Meraki to take him by her neck demanding an explanation.

-Where is my son? If you don't answer, I'll kill you- the pressure of her hand was getting stronger -Answer, if not ...-

Meraki didn't understand what Mirna was plotting in her head. It was clear that the corpse belonged to her son, but something did not add up to the woman who was suffocating him. When Meraki was about to lose his temper, a familiar voice pulled him out of the trouble he'd gotten himself into.

-Please put it down. The boy has nothing to do with it- Ray was nervous addressing Mirna- I am responsible for all this, you should deal with this matter with me-

Mirna lowered Meraki and looked at the white-haired, golden-eyed young man standing in front of her. She touched the earring of hers that was glowing and bit her lower lip.