Chapter Twenty Six: Divided

Gwen was making her way to the Lycan Kingdom but Kalivare had been trying to warn here that it had been destroyed. Gwen seemed to not respond or care for his words whatsoever though. She simply continued to walk forward.

" You must have lost your damn mind" he calls to Gwen. " You are not going to find anything there. Of that I can assure you. You have to let this go. I don't know what you want with Kara but I'm beginning to feel like it's not for good intentions"

Gwen stopped walking finally, not turning to look at Kalivare but giving him the grace of her words.

" You know nothing of my intentions. You know nothing about me at all. And I have told you, stay out of my business. This is between me and your daughter " Gwen warns and then continues walking.

" No! I am her damn father and I demand to know your intentions with her " He shouts to Gwen who again stops. She slowly looks turns her head to look over her shoulder. " You demand me? " her eyes were blasting a sickening feeling inside of Kalivare who prepared himself for her to attack him again.

" I want to keep my daughter safe..and if you mean her harm, then I won't allow you to continue your pursuit" he answers as Gwen turns her head back so that she is facing forward again.

" If you think I'm going to kill her. That is not why I seek her. I just want explanations" Gwen answers.

" Answers to what? " Kalivare asks to which Gwen turns around. " You really don't know, do you? "

Meanwhile Lysette had been helped inside, and placed down on the bed. She had some pretty bad injuries after looking over her, Raven knew it was nothing that she couldn't heal.

" How is she still alive..I crushed her skull.." Kara asked the room but Noone quite had an answer. She remembered that day well. That was the day she had lost Gwen..the day she found out her mother was working against her and Gabriel. She had never understood why Santara and Aurora had worked together though. Perhaps they had mutual goals but it seemed strange nonetheless to her.

" It makes sense that she has come back " Lysette groans in pain.

" The bitch never knew when to stay down" She adds which in reality didn't truly answer the question that everyone had been thinking.

" Well at this point, it almost doesn't matter how she got back. The fact of the matter is that she is dead" Shawn explains as Xilema chimes in who had been standing at the entrance to the cave." No she isn't, look " She motions for the group to come over, Shawn is the first to see that Santara was gone. The place she had layed dead not even a few minutes before, was empty.

" Shit "

They had no idea where she could have gone. Shawn had used his scythe, which could only grant permanent death to any and all and yet she still lived. Could his parents know of his absence and have revoked his abilities from him? It would make the most sense but Shawn couldn't be sure.

" If she truly has come back for death, and she wants Gabriel. That leaves us with two questions. What does she want with him?And what is she willing to do to get him back? " Shawn questions, as Raven walks over to Lysette who layed helpless on the bed.

" I am going go take care of this, do not worry " Kara reassures her but is stopped by Raven. " Kara..if Shawn's Scythe couldn't kill her...what could you possibly do? "

Kara smiles slightly and looks to Raven. " I am going to get us some answers" and with that, Kara teleports from the room, leaving the group concerned for her.

Santara runs through the west woodlands, she needed to find Gabriel and refused to accept that Gabriel was dead. Her run was haunted with an energy blast hitting her side, knocking her back into a tree.

" Santara..you didn't think you would get away that Easily, did you?" Kara laughed as she stepped out from behind a nearby tree.

" Of course it's you. The filth. At least this gives me the chance to destroy you once and for all" Santara barked at Kara who was not intimidated. Her hand was still badly injured but she didn't care. She left far to quickly for Raven to heal it and she would have to risk it.

" I want Answers Santara" Kara explains as Santara as the two begin to circle one another.

" I don't care what you want" Santara barks, showing off her incredibly sharp teeth.

" Why do you want Gabriel so bad? You didn't even love him anyway. If anything, I would expect this from your sister " Kara's hands had already caught aflame.

" Because. He is needed " Santara answers, occasionally snapping her jaws at Kara, waiting for the perfect opportunity to strike.

" For what? " Kara asked, being as cautious as she could be in the moment. She knew that Santara was clumsy but underestimating her was a mistake she would not make again.

" I don't make the orders, I just follow them now " Santara answers, lunging forward as Kara dodges the attack.

Orders? Santara was taking orders now? From whom?

" Since when do you take orders? " Kara asked as Santara laughed herself at Kara again, quicker than she had been expecting was pushed down to the ground, colliding with the dirt hard.

" That is none of your business" Santara pants heavily as she approaches Kara slowly. Kara knew that Santara wasn't going to give up the answers she wanted and she was going to have to end this battle. She was injured and the longer she prolonged it, the more difficult things would be.

It was then, that Kara was confronted with the site of a Naked Gwen who leaps down from the sky and landed on the back of Santara, reaching around her neck and twisting it rapidly, causing a loud snap.

" Gwen? " Kara asked, shocked that Gwen was now standing before her. Had this been another hallucination she questioned until she saw her father trailing behind Gwen. " Gwen..how? " Kara asked as Gwen walked over to her and kneeled down. She was the vulnerable one and yet Kara had been the one who seemed more disturbed. Gwen only offered a slight smile though her eyes conveyed a completely different emotion.

" I'm not sure.." Gwen asks as she offers her hand out to help Kara stand back up, who after some hesitation, takes her hand.

" You are..just..are you..." Kara was struggling to say something to Gwen. Anything at all would be better than the awkward concoction she had been spilling out.

Gwen manages to cease Kara's babbling with a kiss gently on her lips. Oh how Kara had ached for her touch. She had missed Gwen so much but something felt different. Her lips felt the same, but she was feeling guilt again. She was happy to see her but she offer her the same greeting now.

" What is wrong? " Gwen asked concerned at Kara's horrified expression. " I..I can't" the last official time Kara had seen Gwen was back in Outworld. Where she had been mentally tortured. And perhaps that was the reason she was resisting. " Why? Do you not love me anymore? " Gwen asked, not allowing Kara to look away from her.

" I can't. I just can't. You are dead..and yet you are here. I..I buried you. I couldn't...I couldn't save you" a lone tear streamed down Kara's face. Kalivare watched on, taking in the sight in disbelief. He had no idea that his daughter and Gwen had connected in such a way. Her determination to get to Kara, now made more sense to him.

" You did everything you could. And it's okay because we are together again. We can finally have that life that we both wanted" Gwen pleads to Kara who almost gives in but holds out.

" I can't Gwen. I..things have changed " This seems to frustrate Gwen who bites her lip." Please..." Gwen leads forward to kiss Kara again who pushes her away this time. " Stop! " Kara demands. A tension filled the air, and crossed over the lips of both Kara and Gwen.

" Do..you not love me anymore? " Gwen stands up and turns away from Kara. " It is Gabriel isn't it. You want him " Gwen begins to tear up and wipes them away as soon as they form.

" I'm sorry. I should have never let us go as far as we did. I didn't realize where I stood until afterwards. And now, I know how I feel" Kara felt horrible about breaking Gwen's heart and dissapointed her. But she could no longer go against her own feelings.

" I don't know how you got back, but I'm glad you are here. I have missed you" Kara tries to touch Gwen's shoulder who shrugs her off.

Gwen crosses her arms, seeming to now sense the Coldness in the air. " Gwen..I never meant for you to get hurt.." Kara tries to grab Gwen's shoulder again but is shrugged off yet again. " Don't touch me.." Gwen cries in a broken voice.

" I want to make things right Gwen. Just tell me how to do that.." Kara pleads, knowing that Gwen could walk away right now and she would never see her again. She couldn't let that happen in the same way it happened with Gabriel.

" You loved him. You always did, You never truly cared for me" Gwen stares down at the ground. She felt so vulnerable. All she had wanted to do was to return to her Love every since the confrontation with Aurora.

" I do love him. I do. But I also loved you too.." Kara explained, trying to comfort Gwen.

" You thought you loved me. If you loved me..you would have..we would have.." Gwen begins to cry, prompting Kara to go around around her so that they could be face to face.

" We would have what? " Kara asked as she reached forward to wipe the tears from Gwen's cheek.

" It doesn't matter Kara..I hope you are happy with him " Gwen swipes away Kara's hand.

" Gabriel is dead .." Kara answers, as a look of shock crosses Gwen's face.

" He died, trying to save me. I was taken to Outworld..by..I don't even know. I went through so much there. You were there with me..along with Jack and Pierce. There was so much pain and realizations that I had whilst there. The most important, being that I had tried to move on with you, leaving unsorted feeling for Gabriel. I can't take that back and I would do anything I could to fix it. I truly would" Kara begins to cry as well.

" I know you hate me. And if you walk away right now, I won't stop you. But just know, that I can't go back to you. Gabriel's death weighs heavily on my heart, and I still love him. It wouldn't be fair to you. I will never make that kind of mistake again. A mistake that costed you not only your life but also your heart" Kara pushes past Gwen's defenses and hugs her tightly, who stood in silence.

" I have been doing nothing but messing things up since I first arrived here. I've promised to fix things time and time again and only made them worse. But I am truly ready to start making things right. And whilst I would do anything to give you the love that you deserve, you have to understand that I can't offer it to you. I have been divided and that costed so much. " Kara hugs Gwen tighter, scared that she would be pushed away.

" Hear my words Kara " Gwen says softly, but pain stricken. " If this is truly how you feel..then fight for him. Find a way to get him back and never let him go. Because if you do, then what you have done to me, the sacrifice I am willing to make for you, will have been nothing" Gwen didn't move, her body couldn't. She wanted too so badly but she was frozen. Locked deeply in Kara's embrace.

She knew, long before she died that her and Kara could never be together but she had tried with her best efforts to change fate itself. Letting Kara go, was the hardest thing she has ever had to do but she knew it must be done. Gwen wrapped her arms around Kara finally, bring her even tighter against her " Thank You Gwen" Kara sobs onto Gwen's shoulder, tears streaming down her breast.

" Let me Go Kara " Gwen asks as Kara finally releases her embrace and stares Gwen in the eyes, feeling thankful for having ever meeting someone so kind and loving.