"I- *cough* I have finally *cough* found you, Maya…" Although she looked extrely miserable, her face showed extre satisfaction and calmness. "You know, the *cough* the torture I endured was worth it!"
Yes, she had chosen to endure most of the torture because she knew that she would get to et Maya eventually.
She had so skills she could use as a last resort, and maybe if a miracle happened, she could have escaped.
However, with Uriel's unfathomable strength, there was no way of getting closer to Maya if she had tried to run away.
That's why she endured...
Slowly, Raven lifted her fragile pale palm up and touched Raphael's face that had frozen, as if in a trance, the mont she heard the na 'Maya' from Raven's mouth.
The mont Raven's palm touched Raphael's pale cheek that was covered in milky white blood, she shivered, as if a violent electric current had just passed through her.
"Maya… my na…" she muttered with so difficulty.
Slowly, she could feel a thin dark veil being peeled off of her eyes.
It was akin to a new feeling that she has never experienced… or rather hasn't experienced in a long while that she had almost forgotten about it.
"Raven… your na…" she continued in a surprised expression. It was as if she herself didn't expect the words coming out of her mouth.
*Cough*
"Uhm," Raven managed to nod after a cough. She tried her best to smile through bloodied lips. "Your na is Maya… *cough* Mine is Raven… I finally found you…"
With each word she muttered, Raphael could feel that a barrier that was trapping her inside a dark dream, was being slowly broken to pieces and discarded.
However, what gave her an extrely unpleasant feeling was the fact that the reality she was waking up to was more cruel than her dream...
"Raven…" Raphael, no, Maya muttered as more tears poured down.
Her eyes that seed cold before suddenly ward up and she quickly released her holy aura to support Raven.
Her bright silver eyes looked like two suns that have finally been relieved of the rainy clouds. She could finally see the reality that has always been hidden from her.
And although this reality was worse than a nightmare for her, after seeing the injured Raven, it was a thousand tis better than being trapped in that dream without her most beloved person by her side.
"I'm finally back, Rave," Maya said in between soft sobs as she hugged Raven tighter, causing her to cough once more.
"I'm sorry!" She quickly apologized, but Raven shook her head with a big pure smile.
She was extrely happy right now that she'd allow nothing to ruin this mont of reunion.
"I missed you, *cough* you know," Raven struggled but still spoke in a clear voice. "Maria missed you too!"
Maya didn't speak, but her face showed a look of pain and guilt. How did she allow herself to forget her family?
Even though it was one of Michael's special skills that ultimately resulted in this, she could not forgive herself.
However, although she was not quite aware yet, she is extrely lucky to rember any of the mories that Michael tried to erase.
Under normal circumstances, his actions would have completely erased those mories. However, back then, Maya had felt that Michael had so evil intentions.
And based on her intuition, she chose to voluntarily seal those most precious mories behind a veil that she created herself. That way, she managed to salvage and protect them.
Most importantly, that veil was set up in a way that it won't activate unless she was able to see one of two people; Raven or Maria.
Although that decision was solely based on trust, she never doubted that one of those two people would unlock the seal for her; that's her family, a family that would never allow her to be lonely!
Now that she thinks about it, if she had not set up that veil to protect those mories, then right now, she would not have been holding Raven between her arms like this, but instead fighting with her and causing her injuries and pain…
Just the thought of it made her feel extrely uneasy and troubled.
She was so thankful to herself for allowing herself to follow her intuition. Additionally, she was so thankful for Raven for handing her what she cherished the most: herself!
'Uhm, I must protect her with everything I have…' Maya thought to herself as she focused back at Raven.
"I missed you too, Rave," Maya finally replied while trying to recompose herself and stop her tears from flowing down like rivers.
Looking at Raven, her heart could not help but ache. This pain that was generated from her heart was many tis more unbearable than all of Michael's attacks combined.
"Your eye…" Maya cried and sniffed as she beca clear of Raven's awful condition.
*Cough*
"It's okay," the latter answered after a cough. A big smile appeared on her face. "One eye is enough for to see you!"
Her smile was so genuine and so happy that it didn't help Maya's pain, but rather made it worse.
'What did I do to ever deserve such a person working so hard just to see ?' She asked herself.
The mont that thought surfaced, she suddenly rembered Lady Luck and the nightmares she spent with her.
At that ti, she used to think of herself as an insignificant doll that had no emotions whatsoever, only by doing that could she survive the years under her.
However, the mont a certain azure haired boy appeared there, her colourless days suddenly exploded with all sorts of beautiful colours that were filled with warmth.
Although she started looking forward to being with that boy each day, he himself was not satisfied with being trapped and used like a tool.
'Sorry little girl, I am not strong enough, I can't help you…' the azure haired boy had said with a look of guilt.
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