Rough draft scene of a big event....

[From POV of Alena]

She stepped in front of us, spreading her arms wide. She smiled sadly at me as she challenged Lyri...

"I'm the one that you want, since I was on that job where Flynn Williams killed your family. I killed them. Kill me, not them!" she announced.

"Ash...Why are you lying-" I demanded, trying to stand back up. "Don't-"

"Don't worry, I got this," she told me.

"I'm not worth it," I said firmly. "WE AREN'T WORTH YOU DYING FOR!" This time, it was like my voice was combined with Akita's. I felt her desperation as she shrunk further away from control.

Lyri must've known that it was a lie. There was no way she didn't, but she killed Ash...Kaito came in time to save the rest of us, though...His face when he saw Ash...It was like he instantly crumpled into himself.

"What did you do...?" I whispered as I held her in my arms while she was dying. I felt her take her last breath, and knew she was gone despite all we did to protect her, to keep her alive, to stop her from bleeding out. I was the one in control when she told me that she did it to protect us all, and that it'd be better if she was gone for the future. I had screamed when she took her last breath, knowing that I had failed. That was NEVER going to happen again. After all, she was the one who had kept me from killing everyone. She was the one who made Akita happy. She was the one I always knew had my back. And I had failed her.

"I promised...her...to make sure that you wouldn't do something...stupid...even if I did something stupid instead...I wanted to...save you for once...I will save you again...don't worry...I'll see you again," she had told me. Now she was gone, and things were starting to break in the family...But...I had a feeling she would fulfill her promise to see us again. Akita believed her, so...I did too.

[Akita's POV]

I still see her sometimes, my dear friend Ash, but I missed her so much...I'd see her again some day, I knew that. I didn't remember her death, but I missed her so so much.. I was so tired of people dying...

But sometimes...she came to visit me, when no one was around. It still hurt that she was gone, but I could still see her...And sometimes I wished to know about why she died. After all...I knew she died for me...but I didn't reme,ber, and that made it all the worse. Alena reassured me that I was worth it, but I knew it was a lie. She hated herself for letting Ash die. I knew it. After all, she was part of my mind.

I sat outside, looking at the photos on my phone of us all together. She really was the one who brought us all together. Me, Raven, Mae, Azora, Leo, Ivy, Kaito. Ash brought us all together. She was the one person who always was able to help me regain control...The one who could help me with the alters, with the panic attacks. Plus, she was so amazing, the light in every dark time. She was my best friend. Then...she died. He others wouldn't tell me what happened but I knew it was bad..."Ash...What did you do?"