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Chapter 8 - Chapter 7: Till My Blood Runs Dry

Photography flashes can be seen on the screen, the Mayor of Cydonia walks towards the podium as the camera flashes aggressively became more frequent, even more when He steps behind the podium, numerous mics can be seen leaning towards him as he sets the paper he's holding by tapping it on the podium

"1 day after the Massacre

I announce with a heavy heart that

An estimated more than 20 shootouts have been recorded

Rescue teams have been working tirelessly

6 out of 10 lifeless bodies were found for every shootout, from both gangs involved

Tens of hundreds of civilians are already injured from these shootings, yet there are tens of civilians who have lost their lives between crossfires.

Civil unrest such as these will certainly take a toll on Cydonia's gleaming light, and corrupt it into a disgusting pit of darkness

This is the work of the Eyes of Charlotte… or whomever they may be, needs to be stopped

For violence is never the answer"

「PAUSE」

The view zooms out to reveal that all of that was just a recording from the news earlier

One of the priests walks towards the tv screen blocking its view "it's been 2 days since this attack, and the pontiff is nowhere to be seen. I'm sure some of you got ideas on where he could be staying"

One of the nuns raised their hand as the priest implied

"No, whatever rumors you have in mind, it will not help"

The nun pulled her hand back down as the priest continues

"Even crumbs of information will help"

One of the nuns raised her hand

"I saw him talking to a blonde girl in the bus last evening"

The priest points at her "Now that's what I'm talking about! Is there any way at all that the woman is familiar to you?"

"Um… No, but she looked very pretty, like one of those old school movies stars"

The room suddenly murmured quietly as most of them are starting rumors

"Now now, let's not start any fires here" he suddenly looks at Zephyr.

He seems to be looking nowhere, as if he's lost in his thoughts

"Young Zephyr, since you're the pontiff's right hand servant; may you have any idea about the pontiff's whereabouts?"

He's still staring in the blank space

"Mr. Aguila!"

Zephyr frantically darts his head towards the priest "Huh?- Wha?- Oh- come again brother?"

THe priest clears his throat "I was asking if you know Kremidal's whereabouts?"

His eyes darting around his surroundings only to find out that everyone in the room is looking at him, waiting for his answer

"Well… Erm… I honestly don't know"

"Really? Surely you have a clue, since you were with him after the Casino Hotel incident"

Zephyr's face switches from being confused to being sharp as he crosses his arms "Brother, are you implying that we were the cause of that incident?"

Priests implies "No, don't get it wrong brother! I'm not blaming you nor Kremidal from that incident, Kremidal made it abundantly clear that it was because of the drunken rage of other gambling addicts in the Casino-hotel"

Zephyr raises his lip while he asks "Then why bring it up in the first place?"

"Since you were the closest to Kremidal outside of Poppy, I'd figure you'd know"

Zephyr expressed with hands in a stern motion "Then why have you gathered us here exactly?"

"Because a first class relic was stolen yesterday!"

The people murmured even louder as panic is audible within their whispers

Fah Huo Hu stood up and said "Shut it! Right now is not the time for rumors, we need leadership." He looks at Zephyr "Zephyr"

His eyes jutted wide as he heard his name, only to find out the Fr. Huo Hu is talking directly to him "right now we need your guidance"

His head darts around looking at everybody "ME?!" he says as he points to himself.

"Yes, since you're his right hand man, we will have to take orders from you"

Zephyr instinctively stood up as his hands were raised to the height of his stomach "Wawawawawait! Hold on a second! We have to think about this, isn't it a bit too sudden to turn me into a pontiff?!" He said as sweat began to bud on his forehead

The priest presenting the news recording said "I'm sorry but we really need a figure to guide us, a competent one. If Kremidal trust you then surely we can"

"I-" His view pans toward everyone who's looking at him "A- Alright, I'll see what I can do"

An audible sigh of relief can be heard throughout the room - Zephyr asks the priest who presented the news recording "So what's our briefing?"

"Great, let me just send it to you through text" He pulls out his phone and checks the list "Hang on let me make some adjustments" He types a little on the phone, as audible tapping can be heard

*ding* Zephyr's phone rings, and as he opens the message, he soon discovers that this is one long-ass list, his eyes widen each downscroll he does, his face turned into a horrific expression as he begins sweating bullets. Father Huo Hu pulled him aside

"Come on everyone, let's cheer Zephyr on for the time being!"

The group clamored as they walked closer to each other all the while shaking him to celebrate, Zephyr's face was turning blue as sweat can be seen all over his face.

Meanwhile in the church clinic, Claire and Poppy were both confined in the same room but two different beds. A nun enters the room and gently wakes up the two of them

Caire wakes up as she felt the sunlight shine on her face, she cracks her neck and stretches her arms "*yawn* Hmm… What time is it?" the sun made her eyes look like sapphires as her deep blue irises became a vibrant baby-blue

Poppy on the other hand rises half of her body like a vampire, while her eyes are squinting filled with tear crusts, they crack everytime she blinks. Her hair all ruffled up by the pillows as some of her hair was even in her mouth "Wuh? Huh?" dried saliva on her cheek began to flake off as she looks at the nun that entered the room

"Goodmorning ladies, the doctor will be here to check-up on you two"

The doctor steps in from the doorway, he seems to only be wearing regular clothes, albeit despite his young appearance he's dressed like an old man

"Good morning girls - both of you seemed to be in a deep sleep" He looks at Poppy "Well, she certainly enjoyed hers, how'd both of your dreams go?"

Claire, still having the sunlight light up her face "I had a nightmare about my sister"

Poppy slowly turning her head at the doctor before she said "My dream was awesome"

The doctor looked at her and asked "Really? Do tell!"

"I dreamt that I gave my worst enemy cancer, then watched his children watch his body get lowered into his grave"

All of them expressed genuine horror along with the doctor breaking the silence "Oooookay… Any way, the reason why I'm here is to do your daily check-up, I wasn't really able to yesterday because there was an influx of patients from other hospitals"

He pulls out a plastic bag, inside it was a flat wooden stick. He pulls out one of his flashlights"

"Alright now say ahh"

The both of them opened their mouths, as both of them moved their uvula while it was open

"Looking good, okay now stare at the light for me?"

He pulls out his flashlight, pointing it on their eyes

"Uh huh, good now look upwards, very good. Now please raise your arms towards me and do this motion" he raises his pinky and his thumb as it alternates from each hand, the both of them did it correctly, though Claire had a few hiccups

"Alright keep them raised" he began to push their arms downward. Poppy's arms went all the way down while Claire's didn't even budge

"Whoah, your pectorals are pretty strong for your age"

"Thanks I've been working out since I was little"

Then he turns towards Poppy "Honey can you move your toes for me?"

Poppy's face visibly struggling as her toes don't seem to move, the doctor looks at it closely, then he pokes Poppy's calves

"Can you feel them touching miss?"

Poppy shook her head "No, I don't think so"

"Hmm… We need to run a few more tests, how about you miss Phoenix? May I check your bloodbags?"

Claire says nervously "Er- sure thing"

He squeezes the bag then looks at the tube, then he begins pressing on Claire's arm, observing the blood travel under her skin "Oh! Ms. Phoenix, I like the significant improvement you're showing, but the both of you still need to stay here while we run a few tests. So if it'd be okay if I invite the both of you for a laboratory test in my Clinic?"

Claire said "I'm cool with that"

Poppy exclaimed "Whatever it takes to get me walking again!"

"Sister, will you please kindly assist Ms. Poppy" The nun, bowed in agreement as she headed to fetch her wheelchair.

Meanwhile at the relic vault

Zephyr and a few other guards are inspecting the missing first-class relic walking alongside each other circling the vault

Zephyr checking the shelves inside the vault, despite the room being well lit, he points his flashlight towards the relics - as its see-through covers collect dust "which one could it be, there's so many here that I can't even keep track of the relics"

One of the guards suggested "Sir, is there any information on the CCTV footage on which shelf is tampered?"

"No the three of us have to stay here, we should have eye in all directions right now, so stay sharp"

The guard behind them, checking the shelves as he notices the prominent skull encased in glass with gilded gold, as he whispered to himself "Skull of St. Josephine" the dust cover made it look like a veil; the guard saw the both of them a few steps away, thus he tried to catch up to them.

The other guard told Zephyr "sir I urge you to check the CCTV footage for it might lead us to know who took the relic, we don't even know which relic it was!"

Zephyr looked at the guard slowly, looking as if he just discovered something new "You know what? I think we should check the CCTV footage to actually know which they took and who took it!"

Both of the guards visibly irked from what they've heard as they looked at each other, as you can see the phrase in their eyes: 'We're so cooked'

Zephyr pulled something out from his pocket, it's a card including his credentials, and at the very center is a qr code, then he hands it to one of the guards "Here, I'll be at the command center if you need me, just scan the code and add me on your socials so we can keep contact" then he leaves the vault closing it for good, whilst leaving the two guards inside.

Meanwhile in the Doctor's clinic, Claire was waiting near the laboratory, her bloodbag already unplugged - she sits and waits while watching short-form content on her phone. She hears the door open right beside her. The humming of the machines from the laboratory can be heard as the door opens, emerging from it is Poppy, a nurse, and the doctor. The humming of machines are quiet shut as the door closes behind them automatically.

Prominently, Poppy looked particularly gloomy

"Alright Ms. Puffins, is there anything you'd like before we leave the clinic?"

"I'd like you to shoot me right between my eyes"

The nurse gasped while the doctor looked surprised "Now now, no need to feel down. I will tell Kremidal that we will find ways for treating your damaged nerves"

"No… just kill me with a scalpel already"

Claire notices this, as she approaches the three, she reaches for Poppy's cold hand then holds it with both of her hands. As felt the warmth, Poppy begins to look up as she looks at Claire expressing a comforting smile, Poppy couldn't help but smile either as her eyes get squinted by her cheeks.

Claire's eyes darted towards the doctor and asked "What's the news doc?"

The doctor stuttered "She- I have to say with a heavy heart that, Ms. Puffins might be able to walk again"

Claire's jaw dropped along with her shoulders, then she caressed Poppy's cheek with her hand as she felt her tear smear across the top of her fingers, then she suggested "I think it's better for us to stay in the church clinic - for now that is."

During the ride back to the church, Poppy still looked gloomy while the doctor looked at Poppy through the rear mirror with his eyes visibly concerned, Claire was holding her hand the whole time, comforting her.

Fast forward to the church's confinement room. The doctor assisted Claire in plugging in her remaining blood in the bag and also by pushing Poppy's wheelchair all the way to the clinic they're staying, there they said their goodbyes as the doctor went on his way to leave the two of them be.

As Claire closes the door, the room feels eerily silent, through the window artificial rain begins pouring once more.

Claire walks herself towards her bed as she passes Poppy, she sits down on her bed "Oh it's pouring again, lucky we came home just the right time, ain't that right Pops?... Poppy?"

As soon as she turns around, she sees her, drowning in her own tears. Sobbing as she's trying to catch her own breath, wallowing in sorrow as she covers her face with her own thick long hair, then she shakingly wails "I'm so fucking dumb, this is all my fault!" then she grips her hair and her clothes tighter as she covers her face even more.

Suddenly behind Poppy's shoulders she feels a warm embrace; then she feels a chin leaning on top of her head, she looks up only to find out it's Claire. While Claire sees her face full of tears and snot smeared around her cheek.

Claire wraps her arms around Poppy's shoulders from the back of the wheelchair.

She wipes her tears away as she said with a nervous tone "Y'know, when something bad happened to me when I was young, Kremidal would comfort me like this, it's been long since I felt a hug like this"

Claire, still with a smile on face , said "my back's getting kinda tired, can I let go now?"

Poppy still caressing her arms "Just a little more"

Meanwhile in the command center, a guard alongside Zephyr were checking the numerous screens hosting the footage of hidden cameras all around the church. Currently: they're checking on the vault cameras, waiting for the moment of the crime.

I shit you not, the thief is wearing a cardboard box COMPLETELY concealing their identity. You can see by the female guard by her side, looking baffled on how comically efficient the thief is hiding their identity, by using black armwraps to conceal their skin color as well.

After stealing; a vial of pope's blood, a tooth of a widow, and a rib bone of a shepherd. The thief quickly got away, as it seemed that one of the staff members have let the door not fully locked

Zephyr punches the table "Goddammit! This is getting us nowhere!" After punching the table, it made the mouse bounce into the air, clicking on impact, and defaulted the camera in the vault, allowing it to show the present footage.

It revealed that one of the guards that Zephyr was with earlier at the vault, attacked the other guard knocking him unconscious.

The impostor proceeded to take the skull of St. Josephine. "Oh shit" Zephyr whispered

The guard behind her said "Isn't that the most expensive relic?"

With a raspy voice he aggressively said "Yes!"

And then she nervously said "Isn't that supposed to be delivered within this week?"

Zephyr looked at her sharply as he snarled "Yes! Oh my god woman!Stop reminding me! Do you think I need a running commentary on how utterly screwed I am right now?"

The female guard cautiously steps towards him "Sir, with all due respect, if the guard who stole the skull was the one standing right here with us, we need to—"

"Shut up and follow my orders!" Zephyr snapped, pointing a trembling finger at the screen where the armed guard-imposter was now exiting the vault. "Eyes up here! You women are always so worried about the wrong details!"

He scrambles to grab the mouse, clicking frantically as the cursor shakes every time he tries to focus and point which direction the thief is going.

"Sir, the thief is in the east wing, headed towards the clinic area!" the guard said, ignoring his insult and pointing directly at a blip on a secondary monitor.

"The clinic?" Zephyr rubbed his temples. "Why the hell would they go there? Are they trying to steal a rusty old thermometer?" He scoffed, his panic making him arrogant. "It's fine. It's too far from the exits. They'll just hit a dead end."

The guard holds his shoulder to notify him "No sir, this could potentially lead to a hostage situation!"

He looks at the keyboard, only to see one of the buttons encased in acrylic that labels "Lockdown" immediately flipping the switch open and slamming his finger onto the big red button

Alarms set off all over the church, with each room locking down, keeping the rooms safe yet inescapable.

Zephyr swats her hand off from his shoulder saying "I gotta get there fast, come with me!"

She frantically looks back and forth from the monitors to Zephyr "But sir, who's gonna keep watch?"

"Just come with me and lock this room!" The guard frantically grabs the keys, while Zephyr left the room first as he gets the head start while the guard was left to lock the room

Meanwhile at the clinic

Claire was attending her online classes, while Poppy was watching short-form videos through her phone. She is watching but it looks as if her eyes aren't absorbing any second of it, then suddenly.

The alarm has been set off as it says "Safety lockdown imminent, please stay calm" it catches the attention of both of them as the alarm says its warning over and over again, as the doors slowly closes. But then they hear heavy footsteps coming towards the doorway, and both of them sat up from the bed.

Right before the door slowly closes itself shut, a man slides inside the room; he was in a guard uniform - his back was turned against the girls as he says "You okay girls? No need to panic, security's has got this all covered"

As soon as he turns around the relic is wrapped around his arm, thus prompting Claire to question "Dude- I mean- Sir, what are you holding?"

"Oh this? Ah it's just a gift for my mom, she likes macabre stuff-"

Suddenly a knife flew towards his face, nearly dodging it, grazing his temple "What the hell is wrong with you?-" He notices Poppy's face as it looks familiar to him "Wait a minute… "

Claire darts her head towards her "Dude what the hell?"

But Poppy points at the man with finger guns, in a motion where she closes the hammer, the knife stuck to the wall explodes.

Zephyr and the guard were waiting on the elevator as the hears this explosion, the the both of them looked at each other and said the same time "That's definitely Poppy"

Dust and rubble spread across the room along with the area around it. Inside the dust cloud, the guard-imposter reeled back coughing violently as it's heard across the room along with the giant hole punched near the door.

He rose from the dust, then suddenly scurried around the room as he whispered "Shit! Shit! The relic! Where the hell is it?" suddenly he spots it on the floor lying sideways, surprisingly the glass did not break along with its golden base, but the skull was missing. He stood up to look around as the dust began to increasingly settle down.

He does see the skull, but it's wrapped around an arm. Once the dust fully settled down; it revealed that she wrapped her whole torso around the Skull of St. Josephine. The majority of her long hair was scattered on the ground as its bright pink hue contrasted sharply with the gray rubble around it.

The impostor roared in frustration and proceeded to yank her hair up using his whole body weight. The impostor lifted her up with his own brute strength. Poppy closed her torso tight, as the relic was securely wrapped on her chest using her arms. Due to her paralysis, her legs just dangled around whilst being held up by her hair.

The impostor spat "Gimme the skull you freak!" Then he shakes her violently, with each tug causing her to squeal in pain. Poppy simply squeezed tighter, letting out a strained, muffled sound of pain and defiance.

Claire rising from the rubble, with a little bit of blood on her forehead - stood up with her back arched. Dust was on her hair, including the pajamas she's wearing. Looking towards her, she sees the guard dangling Poppy by the hair, as he struggles to pry the skull from her. She tried rushing towards them, but the impostor had a plan.

Once she approached them inches away, the impostor pulled a double barrel shotgun, as he wrapped his meaty arm around Poppy's neck. "Don't come any closer!" He proceeds to shove the gun barrel on Poppy's face "Or I'll paint this room red!"

Silent tension ensued as Poppy squealed her throat out "Claire, never give him the skull!" the impostor continued to tighten his grip, thus silencing Poppy "Can it pinky! Tell your friend here to let go of the skull and I'll leave you two be so this'll be all over!"

In a nick of time Zephyr opens the lock down door, the loud roar of the metal door catches the attention of the impostor, as he turns around to see the guard and him. "Ah pontiff, I didn't know you visit patients"

Zephyr snarled "Let her go"

"Ooooh scawy, or what pontiff?"

Suddenly Claire slimes the the impostor-guard with a mean punch to the nose, thus letting go Poppy, but due to the prolonged time of having her scalp stretched, she lost consciousness but since he let her hair go she was slowly regaining it

Zephyr looked surprised thus shouting "Hey! What do you think you're doing?"

The impostor was on the ground as blood on his nose began to pour, Zephyr noticed that the gun was away from him, yet farther from Zephyr. Since the impostor was on the ground Zephyr sprinted towards him, but it was too late. The impostor grabbed the gun first and shot him on his knees twice, thus felling him to the ground. The female guard rushed towards Zephyr's aid, but then the impostor tried to pull a fast one towards the female guard. But he was out of bullets.

Suddenly he was socked by Claire on the jaw this time, but she couldn't knock him out, as just groaned standing up. While standing he sucker kicked Claire on the stomach. It made her slide backwards as she maintained her posture, but she was hunched down as her painful groan turned into a quiet giggle.

All of them in the room stopped what they're doing

While Claire's giggle got louder and louder while she straightens her posture then bends backwards as she sharply inhales she said "I have been itching for a moment like this!" while her eyes are locked in towards the impostor.

Zephyr still on the ground tells her "Yo female! What the hell do you think you're doing?"

"I'm saving your ass you misogynistic prick!"

While she was looking at him, the impostor pulled a fast one, but Claire was able to parry it - changing its direction. Claire clicks her tongue: "Do you mind?" then she punches him in the gut so hard that you could see the skin stretch along the fist.

While the two were starting to squabble, Zephyr; still lying on the ground, he groaned to the guard "Lady-guard! Get Poppy to safety, I can walk this off don't worry!" With one of his legs busted, he limps towards Poppy's wheelchair, but he notices that the Relic is still ripe for the taking.

The two are still fighting, as the guy keeps throwing haymakers left and right, Claire simply bobs and weaves underneath them, inching herself closer to him. But the height disadvantage was glaring, as she struggled to close in the gap due to the length of the impostor's arms. But when it was Claire's turn to throw punches, she couldn't reach him all because little backsteps were all he needed to avoid her strikes.

She's visibly getting frustrated, even worse all he needed to do was to push her to back her off. The fight resets, as the both of them whiffed their strikes. Within the moment of calm, they began to think - but Claire charges forward, she pulls her arm as the impostor is expecting a punch, but it wasn't a punch; Claire spun her own body and unleashed a back kick, leaving the man hunched down to her waist. Wasting no time; Claire threw a mean knee straight to his jaw.

The man ate that knee like a champ, so he threw a straight at Claire who was in a compromised position, she closed her eyes accepting the strike. Blood splattered from her face as the punch directly crushed her nose. She felt like she's breathing funny, so she just simply aligned her nose back on.

"Whooo! For a grown ass man, you hit like a little bitch! But I gotta admit that straight turned my brain into a milkshake!"

With the impostor squared up, he panted "What the fuck?! What are you made of? Metal?"

Claire charges in as she shouts "Less talking, more squabbling!"

The impostor throws a mean haymaker but she just weaves under it, throws again and whiffs. She punches him in the gut left and right, thus lowering his head, hinting the perfect opportunity.

The impostor stepped back again, but this time she stepped on his toes to stop the front foot. Swinging really hard, it hits him right in the jaw with his foot still stuck under Claire's toes. Rattling him; Claire proceeds to throw a roundhouse at his head thus making his stance wobbly, but he's still got some fight in him, then Zephyr comes from behind and grabs the impostor by the arms from the back.

Then Claire kicks him in the nuts - hitting Zephyr's along with it, he wheezes "What the- why?"

Both of the boys dropped on the floor, but Zephyr snapped back and grabbed the man again and yelled "What are you waiting for? He's open!"

She charges in, as she jumps in the air aiming for the impostor's balls, and stomps them with all her weight as the impostor screams in pain as Claire says "Oh hoho no, I'm not done with you!" She jumps and stomps on him again and again and again, with each stomp the impostor lets out a wheeze, you can even hear his twins squish under Claire's feet. As soon as she's done he vomited on the floor as the vomit just splashes on his own face, including Zephyr's face

"Aw gross!" He quickly lets go of the man and stood up "Godammit I just got this sweater-vest cleaned

Claire stood there, panting as the blood on her nose still oozes down to her lips, she tells Zephyr "I *pant* think you should call for backup"

Zephyr responded with a dazed tone "What makes you think that?"

Claire suggests "Based on experience, impostors don't work alone"

Suddenly they heard loud metal bangings at the main hall of the church

Zephyr looks over in that direction and asks "Can you keep an eye on him?"

"Sure, but it's gonna cost ya" She said condescendingly

Zephyr clicks his tongue, and throws his pocket change towards her "You females are always so greedy"

He immediately sprints through the punched hole, as he comes to a screeching halt to pivot towards the elevator, but it's about to close. So he sprints even faster as the floor underneath him cracks with each step - just inches before the elevator door would close he launches himself, just barely getting crushed by the door.

He hits his back on the elevator walls, as it plays calming pop music. He stood up to tidy himself and took off his sweater-vest, as he threw it aside with a revolted expression.

As the elevator goes down towards the floor where security's room resides, on the way down, he looks at the elevator window, he sees the crowd of people trying to get out of the church, in the frightening realization that these faces look familiar. That's because these people are the very gang members they captured due to damaging the church and its inhabitants as he says to himself

"Fuuuuuuuuuuck… we are so cooked" He pulls out his phone - fighting for his life as the elevator slowly moves downward, he frantically pulls his phone from his pocket and quickly dialed the Command Center Guard from earlier

"Ma'am how's Poppy?"

Hear breath can be heard panting while she speaks in the call "Everything's doing great with her; she fortunately gaining consciousness, but I wasn't aware she was paralyzed.

Zephyr with a startled voice yelled "WHAT?!"

Meanwhile at the command center she recently placed Poppy on the central chair, and she keeps slapping Poppy in the face to make her fully conscious; still she panted "But we need to address the elephant in the room! Look below!"

Back to the elevator, Zephyr looking at its window sighed sharply "I'm looking at it right now woman! Any bright ideas in that head?"

"I was thinking of calling all the guards in front of the church entrance before hell breaks loose!" she frantically said as her slapping Poppy up can be heard in the phone call.

"I got it!" Zephyr yelled

"What is it boss?" the guard asked

"Let's call all of the guards to the front of the church entrance before all hell breaks loose!"

The guard dropped the call

Suddenly the elevator lights went down, then it shook violently

Zephyr spans his arms to the wall to maintain balance, then he hears one of the cable snap and whip the

He quickly opens the shaft to check what's going on,

As he opened he sees someone wearing full black clothing down to the fingertips, with a ski mask covering their face and a cardboard box behind them, then Zephyr says

"YOU!"

The masked figure smiled at him, as they pull out a large cable clipper and snipped the remaining cable that suspended the elevator.

Immediately the elevator drops at lethal speeds

As it hit the ground it exploded into a chunks of deformed metal - rolling through the dust was Zephyr, as he used his kinetic energy to cushion his fall.

As he stopped rolling, he looks upward to only see the mob of captured gang members standing right before him. There should be at least tens of them. Due to Zephyrs reputation of being Kremidal's right hand man, they recognize him immediately as most of their faces scrunched in anger, as some of them even cracked their knuckles

Meanwhile in the church clinic, over the rubble the impostor tries to get up, but then Claire notices the skull is still right beside him, she remembered that Poppy and Zephyr seemed to value it a lot, while beside her is the glass cover and the golden base .

She quickly grabs both items and sprints towards the skull of St. Josephine - right before she could grab it

But the impostor grabbed her by the neck, as it made her let go of the items she had wrapped around her arm.

Then the impostor used both hands to lift her by the neck, then choke slams her on the ground as he lies over her body; his knees pressed against her arms as she tries to kick him off instead.

Yet the longer she struggled the more she would lose consciousness - tears began to leak and her face slowly turns blue while her vision darkens for every second.

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