5 years ago…

Roberto stands up and Maria stands up as well, both of them put their hands in the barrier almost as if they were touching, the electricity was hurting Maria but she was resisting the pain.

“Maria you are my flower...you don’t know how much I love you...you change the way I am...I was an idiot...Thank you for always being there for me…” Roberto begins to shed tears:

“Please you have to change your name in order to be free. The Vazquez family dies tonight, but your new family , the “Di Fiore” will be born because that was your last name before we got married. I always loved your name “Maria Di Fiore” meaning Maria of the Flower. You are a beautiful flower to me so please be the head of this family and protect them.”

Maria feeling a great pain cries out his name:

“Roberto you fool please don’t die I love you, I love you so much...please don't leave me alone”

“I won´t leave you. I will always be with you. You will never be alone, you have three wonderful children that will protect you, so please protect them as well”

Both of them yell at each other at the same time: “TE AMO!” (I LOVE YOU!)

Unknown…

(STEP STEP STEP)

In an empty space…a beautiful woman with red hair walks down a dark path, she only follows a pathway created by a yellow light…the woman wears a sleeveless white dress…the woman has hollowed eyes as she wonders without knowing where she will arrive…

“What was I doing? I remember that I was doing something…but what?” The woman walks down the path. Suddenly, tears came out of her eyes; “I can’t remember who I was…I feel as if I need to do something…”

At that moment, a memory strikes her mind, she looks at an altar; she is wearing a beautiful white wedding dress with silver on the borders of the dress.On the altar a young man wearing an elegant tuxedo, looks at her with a great smile. The sun shines down illuminating the glass of the angels, Roberto blushes as he comments:

“You look beautiful, Maria”

“R-R-Roberto” Maria blushes as she starches her hand to Roberto, both of them stand together as the ceremony begins. Father Clemente is the priest who stands in the altar as he is the one in charge of the ceremony.

Maria looks at Roberto; “Roberto, can you please promise me that you will stay by my side forever?”

“...” Roberto does not answer, Maria cries one more time; “Roberto?” She turns around to see his face. Roberto’s face melts reveling a skeleton face.

(GGYYYAAAHHH)

Maria falls back, frightened; “NO….ROBERTO!” The whole place crumbles as “Roberto” walks towards her, Maria moves back with fear as “Roberto” laughs:

“Maria Di Fiore…you are a stupid woman…you let me die…and now I will take you to hell with me…”

“NOOOO!!!” Maria turns around and tries to run away, however, a snake slithers and grabs her, tying her up, preventing her from moving.

(SSSSSS)

The snake hugs her tighter, Maria falls into her knees; “Someone…please…” Maria closes her eyes as the whole church crumbles.

(BBBBBOOOMMMM)

(BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP)

“Maria…mi hija…hang in there…we will save you…” Sister Griselda grabs her hand as she notices the poison expanding more through her body. Sister Griselda prays; “Oh lord…please, let them find a way to save her…”

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Rio Grande City, Mayor’s Office…

(HAHAHAHAHA)

A loud laughter can be heard in the hallways. In the Mayor’s office, the Mayor, Nathaniel Gonzalez drinks non-stop:

“Seriously, I don’t know why Darius wanted me to put all of my police force to guard a hospital for one patient…Maria Di Fiore…to be honest, I could care less about Darius’ problems, so I am just going to ignore it…”

Nathaniel Gonzalez (Age 50) is a middle aged bald man; he has overweight and brown hair on his side with a brown mustache. He has brown skin and eyes as well.

“It appears that she is suspicious about something…but to be honest I could care less either…” Alberto, who sits next to his father laughs hard.

Alberto Gonzalez is a 28 year old man who has dark skin, brown eyes, and black hair. He is a lady’s man who has a reputation of going out with different women.

“There have been several commotions happening in my city for the last few months…Darius says that I need to pay no mind to it…but the attack with the Chupacabras made me suspicious…”

“You have a point father…I am also suspicious…you need to be careful…” Alberto stands up; “Well, if you excuse me…I have a hot date tonight…”

“Now that’s my boy…living the good life…” Nathaniel continues on drinking. At that moment, a portal appears in front of him. Nathaniel immediately hides the liquor.

El Muero appears at the portal; “Slacking off from your job as always…”

“E-E-El Muerto…what do you want?”

“My master ordered me to come here…he says that you must inform all your units about an imminent attack tonight…”

“An attack from who?”

“Just do it…”

“Hey, hold on a minute…I only take orders from Darius and not you…” At that moment, Nathaniel feels hands grabbing his neck and his limbs. He slowly turns around and sees the specter's hands grabbing him:

“W-W-What are you doing?”

“Know your place…this are my master’s orders…defile me again, and you will become a specter yourself…”

“R-R-Right…I will do as you say…”

“Do not forget…” El Muerto disappears into the portal.

(CCRRAASHHH)

Nathaniel throws the bottle to the door with rage; “THAT SON OF A BITCH! ONE DAY…HE WILL PAY…”

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Ministry of San Juan

After being kicked out of the hospital…the group decided to head back to the Ministry to plan what their next course of actions would be…For that, they decided to have the conversation at the dining hall…At that dining hall, Father Clemente, Kasumi, Alejandro and Valerie sit on one of the tables…

“So then, it appears Darius is one step ahead of us…” Kasumi drinks from a cup of tea.

(PPUUMM)

Alejandro stands up, slamming his hand to the wall; “What are we going to do? I can’t just stand here and wait for something to happen?” Alejandro exclaims as he feels angry.

“Calm down hijo, I know how you feel but he can’t just go in there and storm the hospital…” Father Clemente tries to calm him down. Alejandro feels desperate:

“But why not?”

“Because, it would be against the law…and we might have more problems than you imagine as Members of Yggdrasil…We must think carefully for our next actions.” Kasumi finishes explaining.

-TCH- Alejandro sits down; “I know…but still, Valerie’s mother doesn’t have much time left…”

“Thank you Alejandro, but we must be smart about it…and for that, we must wait for Uriel…” Valerie holds Alejandro’s hand. Alejadnro takes a deep breath; “I understand…by the way…where is your brother?”

“I’m right here…”

At that moment, a portal opens in the middle of the dining hall. Kasumi stands up with joy; “Uriel, you came…ah…”

Uriel walks out of the portal with Johanna. Johanna waves at Kasumi. Kasumi gets in shock; “Johanna!!!!”

“Hey Kasumi…you’re looking pale…”

Alejandro and Valerie look at her with shock; “Why are you here, Nurse Gomez?”

Johanna smiles and hugs Uriel from behind, shocking everyone in the room; “Well, Uriel asked for my help…”

“H-H-Hey, get away from him…this is a serious matter you know?” Kasumi exclaims as her face turns red. Johanna chuckles; “Fufufu…I am serious…I will help you save Ms. Maria Di Fiore…The Scarlet Maiden…”

Father Clemente laughs; “Hahaha…so you know about her nickname…hija…it appears we will be at your hands…”

“It will be a pleasure, Father…” Johanna acts politely and with respect. Johanna looks at Father Clemente; “Father, I also came to warn you about an attack towards the Ministry…”

“So, that man is planning to attack us again eh…well then, time to get prepared…”

Uriel walks towards Valerie; “Where is Daniel?”

Valerie looks down; “He doesn’t want to help…”

“I see…” Uriel takes a few steps forward; “Now listen up…I have a plan that will save my mother and for that…I would like for you to help me…”

“HAHAHA…DON’T WORRY ABOUT IT BUDDY! WE WILL HELP!” Alejandro comments with excitement as the others nod in agreement.

“We are an Alliance after all…” Kasumi comments making Uriel smile a little; “Very well, listen up…”

Uriel and the others decided to plan what their next move would be…

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After the meeting was over. Everyone decided to go get ready to take action later that night…Uriel decided to speak with Daniel…

Uriel walks down the hallway. “URIEL!” Mariana and Abril run towards him. Mariana hugs him; “Uriel…thank you for saving our sister…we thought we wouldn’t see her again…”

Uriel pats her head; “She won’t lose control ever again…” Uriel looks at Abril; “It must’ve been tough…right?”

Abril with tears in her eyes nods in agreement. Uriel continues to walk; “I promise you that I will keep you safe…” Uriel climbs the stairs and sees Fabiola. Fabiola acts shy:

“U-U-Uriel…can you please…talk to him?”

“I will…you did a great job…thank you…” Uriel pats her head as he heads towards Daniel’s room. Fabiola “blows” steam from her head as she smiles; “I got praised…”

(KNOCK KNOCK)

Uriel knocks at Daniel’s door. However, he doesn’t respond. Uriel sighs and begins to speak; “Daniel…it's me…I feel your presence and I know that you want to talk to me…and I am fine with that…”

Uriel puts his hand on the door; “I know you don’t trust me and you blame me for this…and I am, I am responsible for everything that’s happening…however, I will do whatever I have in my power to rescue her. That’s because she is one of the most important people I have in my life…when I lost everything…she came and gave me her hand…I may not be her real son but I truly see her as my mother…therefore, I will save her…believe in me…”

“...” Daniel doesn’t answer. Uriel begins to walk away; “That’s all I had to say…”

(CLICK)

Daniel opens the door; “Hey…take this with you…” Daniel throws an object to Uriel. Uriel looks at it and notices it is a cell phone; “This is…”

“It’s a cellphone that I modified…it will be beneficial as it has some advanced features and it will be harder to break…”

“Thank you…”

“Listen, I heard everything, including your plan…and I will follow you…I will stay here and defend the Ministry…just save her…I beg you…” Daniel looks at Uriel in the eyes and lifts his fists. Uriel notices his eyes and makes a little smile:

“I will…”

Uriel fistbumps Daniel. Valerie walks towards them with a smile; “Now that’s how we are supposed to act…brothers…now then, I’m ready…”

Valerie wears a black skirt. black leggings and black tennis shoes. She is also wearing a black blouse with a black jacket, with black gloves…

“What are you wearing?” Daniel looks at her with a weird expression. Valerie spins; “Do you like it…this is my stealth mode…I will help Uriel…”

The girls look at her with excitement; “She looks so cool!”

“Uriel and Valerie…normally I would go against any dangerous situation like this one…however, tonight, I will support you…please save her…may the lord be with you…” Father Clemente walks towards and stands in front of them.

Uriel nods in agreement and opens a portal next to them; “Let’s go…” Valerie nods in agreement and both of them disappear in the portal.

“Well now…time to defend the Ministry…” Father Clemente heads to his room. Daniel looks at the girls; “Abril and Mariana…go to Estrella’s room…Fabiola comes with me…”

“Hey, don’t tell me what to do…” Fabiola follows Daniel. Mariana and Abril nod at each other and head towards Estrella’s room.

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On a building next to the Hospital…

The moon is in the sky, however, it’s covered in clouds during these rainy nights…The Alliance waits at the top of a building a few blocks away from the Hospital…

Uriel and Valerie look at the hospital; “Mother…” Valerie looks preoccupied. Uriel pats her head; “Hey, don’t worry…we will save her…”

“Sorry we were late…” Kasumi opens the door of the building. She, Alejandro and Johanna walk towards them.

“What are you wearing?” Uriel asks them. Kasumi blushes; “W-W-Well…we are in stealth mode…”

Kasumi wears her esper suit which consists of black kimono with long black socks and a ninja mask. Johanna wears a black sexy nurse suit. Alejandro is in her esper suit and ninja mask.

“So then, does it fit us…” Johanna hugs Kasumi as she says to Uriel. Uriel doesn’t respond

“Here…” Alejandro gives Valerie a mask. Valerie puts it on; “How do I look?”

Alejandro blushes and replies nervously; “You look pretty…”

“Uhmm…excuse me…what is the plan?” Someone walks towards them. Kasumi notices; “Oh Flor…come here…”

Flor walks embarrassed towards them; “Hello Uriel…”

Flor Gutierrez (30) is a beautiful woman with a curvy body, brown skin and long brown hair. She has yellow eyes, she wears black pants, with a black blouse and jacket.

“Hello Ms. Gutierrez, I thank you for being such a good teacher to our brother…” Uriel shakes her hand. Flor blushes; “No it’s nothing…besides, your brother is very smart…”

“Daniel and Flor worked together to stop a rampaging ghost…” Kasumi explains. Uriel nods in agreement; “I remember Daniel telling me about the situation…thank you for helping…”

“Well, I do owe Daniel a favor…” Flor chuckles nervously.

“Now then, Kasumi…I hope you’re ready…” Johanna walks towards Uriel and grabs his arm. Kasumi gets jealous; “Damn you…”

“You’re too close…” Uriel looks at Johanna. Johanna chuckles; “Fufufu…let 's hurry…”

“Right…” Uriel opens a portal; “I am counting on you…Valerie, be careful…”

Valerie nods in agreement; “Uriel, rescue our mother…”

“I will…”

The group prepares to take action…

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Outside the Hospital…

The soldiers and police officers guard the hospital… They relax as they do not have care in the world…At that moment, the lights surrounding the hospital go off….They prepare to take action as they see someone approaching from the shadows…

“EL ENEMIGO!! PREPARENSE!!” (THE ENEMY, PREPARE YOURSELVES)

(STEP STEP STEP)

Kasumi walks approaches them and slowly unsheds her katana; “No estoy de humor! Así que si se van ahora…¡no los mataré!” (I am not in the mood…so, if you leave now…I won’t kill you!)

“APUNTEN!!!” (TAKE AIM!)

Kasumi disappears from their sight. -SSSSLLLASSHH- Kasumi proceeds to cut their weapons and make them useless. -PIU PIU PIU PIU- The soldiers and police agents fire, trying to hit Kasumi. Kasumi with great speed continues to cut the guns, and heads towards the vehicle cutting the tires and the vehicles.

“¿En donde está? No la veo” (Where is she, I can’t see her) The agents panic. Suddenly, the agents get knocked out. -PPPUUUMM- Alejandro proceeds to fight the soldiers; “I got this…” Alejandro fights against a soldier and has a hard time.

Valerie runs with high speed and knocks the soldier one by one. She is skilled gymnastics and uses the opportunity to do somersaults, to avoid any direct hit. Valerie continues to knock at least 15 agents in a short amount of time.

(PPPUUMMM)

Alejandro knocks the soldier down; “I did it…Valerie, did you see?” Alejandro notices all of the knockout soldiers, Valerie walks towards; “I did see…good job…”

Alejandro feels as if a great rock with the word; LAME fell on his head. “Come on, let’s go” Valerie continues to advance to confront the remaining agents. Alejandro, who looks discouraged, also goes behind her.

“It seems they did attack the hospital ehh…Very well…it’s time for another obstacle…Uriel…” El Muerto, who observes everything from a distance, sends a message. Suddenly, two portals open from both directions. At that moment, spirits wearing purple cloaks, no feet, claws and skull faces charge straight towards the hospital and another bunch heads towards another direction.

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Ministry of San Juan…

(BEEP BEEP BEEP)

The alarm sounds on Daniel’s computer. Daniel notices and stands up, he walks towards the exit as he smiles with excitement; “So, it’s just as he predicted…Specters are coming this way…”

“Daniel, what’s wrong?” Mariana and Abril ask Daniel. Daniel passes next to them; “Go guard Estrella…” The girls nod in agreement. Fabiola looks at him; “Are you going to need me?”

Daniel nods in agreement, both Fabiola and Daniel head towards the exit.

Outside…

"You know…things have been crazy inside the Ministry…" Eric yawns once again. Jose laughs; "Man…talk about crazy…no wonder it doesn't have a lot of people…I wonder what happens inside…I mean, El Charro Negro is there…"

"El Charro Negro…a powerful being from hell…do you think he has a heart?"

"No…he is a demon…I doubt it…"

"Yeah…I think…Wahh…" Suddenly, Eric get taken to the sky by a specter. Jose looks at the sky; "EERRRIICCC!!!"

(RRRAAWWW)

The specters charge at Jose. Jose tries to cut the specter, but it has no effect; "STAY AWAY YOU MONSTER!!!"

The Specter grabs Jose as well; "NNNOOO!!! SOMEONE!!!!"

(BBBAANNNGG)

Suddenly two rays of red mana hit the specters carrying the guys. The two of them fall to the ground and hear a voice; "QUICKLY…GET INSIDE…"

The boys see Father Clemente and immediately run inside. Daniel stands at the doors; "And these are our guards…pathetic…"

"Hey…we couldn't touch them…what are they ghost?" Eric and Jose exclaim.

Daniel ignores them and takes out a little orb; "Uriel did say that they would pull a stunt like this…good thing we were prepared…"

The orb shines a bright red color and fires multiple mana beams. -BBBOOOOMMM- The attack destroys multiple specters at the same time, leaving only a few.

“WOW, HE DESTROYED THE GHOSTS!” Eric and Jose look at him shocked. Daniel walks back to the inside; “Take care of the rest”

(SSSLLLASSHH)

A lance destroys the remaining specters, Sister Fabiola jumps into the air and grabs the lance landing in a fashionable way; “Piece of cake…”

Two more specters attack, Father Clemente walks forward, taking out his sword; “En el nombre de Dios…descansen en paz….” (In the name of God, may you rest in peace)

(SSSSLLLASSHHH)

Father Clemente easily defeats the specters. He turns around and sees the boys; “Don’t stand there hijos…go inside now…” Eric and Jose immediately run inside; “What is happening?”

“Don’t worry about it…for now, just stay put…” Daniel puts his sphere in the ground. The sphere opens and expands to the whole Ministry, creating a special forcefield; “With this, the specters won’t come in…just relax…”

Daniel walks towards his room; “How are you doing Uriel?”

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Hospital…

Specters head towards the Hospital…The specters have the ability to steal the souls of the living and turn them into specters as well…

“TODOS…CORRAN HACIA ADENTRO!!!” (EVERYBODY, RUN INSIDE) Kasumi shouts, the specters grab some of the soldiers and steal their souls, killing them instantly.

(SSLLLASSHHH)

Kasumi defends the soldiers, the soldiers run inside the hospital. Alejandro looks at Valerie; “Valerie you need to go inside…”

Alejandro doesn’t see Valerie, all of a sudden, a spear covered in purple mana charges to the sky and destroys 20 specters in an instant leaving Alejandro surprised. The spear returns to the hand of a young maiden with purple hair.

“V-V-Valerie?” Alejandro looks surprised, Valerie towards him; “Are you alright?”

“I am…but that lance…”

“Let’s keep it a secret okay…” Valerie smiles at him. Alejandro chuckles; “I need to show her my power…” Alejandro gathers mana in his right arm and jumps into the air:

“TAKE THIS…SILVER PUNCH!”

(BBBOOOOMMM)

Alejandro releases a powerful shockwave, destroying the remaining specters with ease. Alejandro lands with style and with a cocky look turns back; “DID YOU SEE WHAT I DID THERE?” Alejandro notices that Valerie is helping the soldiers stand up. He feels a giant rock with the word; LOSER hit him with force; “Why me?”

Kasumi looks at the hospital; “Ms. Maria…”

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A few minutes before…behind the hospital…

(STEP STEP STEP)

At the back of the hospital, there were numerous soldiers unconscious…Uriel, Johanna and Flor entered through the back door of the hospital and are currently at the elevator, heading towards Maria’s room…

“Incredible…you took down all those soldiers without any fatalities…” Flor looks at Uriel impressed. Uriel looks at the numbers; “There are others I prefer to kill…”

“Fufu…you’re such a softie, aren’t you…” Johanna chuckles; “Still…you didn’t even faced them…what did you do?”

“I simply used a spell that my mother taught me…” Uriel replies as they reach the seventh floor.

(DDIINNGG)

“You two stand behind me…” Uriel orders them The door opens with 5 soldiers pointing their guns at them; “QUIETOS…NO SE MUEVAN!” (FREEZE…DON’T MOVE!)

“Rafaga del Viento Divine” (Divine Wind Barrage)

(BBBOOOMMM)

Uriel blows the soldiers away with ease. Flor moves first; “Leave the rest to me…” Flor heads towards the remaining soldier. -PIU PIU PIU PIU- The soldiers fire their weapons, however, the bullets get repelled from Flor.

Uriel and Johanna notice; “Fufufu…she has a special device that acts like a forcefield…very handy…”

(PUM PUM PUM)

Flor takes out the remaining soldiers. Uriel and Johanna catch up to her; “You’re quite skilled to be a teacher of middle school…”

“Well, a teacher must also know how to defend themselves right?”

“QUIETOS” (FREEZE) An agent points his gun at them, Flor opens her eyes wider; “No…Luis?”

“Flor? What are you doing here?” Officer Rodriguez looks at her with shock, he looks at Uriel and gets angry; ‘You…what are you doing here?”

“I came here…to save my mother…” Uriel replies with a serious tone.

“Wait…the suspect is your mother?”

“She is…now step aside…or I will kill you…”

Flor notices Uriel’s intent; “No…wait…he’s my lover…”

“Fufufu…now this is what I call an act of fate…” Johanna chuckles, Uriel hesitates and sigh. Flor turns around to look at Luis; “Luis…please move aside…we must save his mother…”

“You know I can’t do that…I was given the mission to guard the suspect and not let anyone near her…only the nun that’s inside…please turn around and leave…you will have less trouble…”

Uriel walks towards him and takes out his pistol, Luis points at him as well; “Move…”

“I can’t…” Both of them glare at each other. Johanna makes a luxurious smile; “Now then, how should I knock him down…”

Flor, feeling desperate, shouts; “Luis, please reconsider…do it for me…” Luis glares at her; “Don’t make things even more difficult…”

Luis moves his eyes, Uriel notices; “I understand…” -BBANNNGG- Uriel fires a bullet passing next to Luis, knocking his communication device. Luis smiles and fires his pistol as well. -BANG BANG BANG- Luis takes out all of the security cameras. He sighs with relief:

“You noticed my sign…that’s good…thank you…”

Flor cries and runs to hug Luis; “Luis…I knew you weren’t a bad person…”

“I’m sorry, but I had my communicator on and I didn’t want to be suspicious…anyway…” Luis looks at Uriel; “I owe you my life and my daughter's, that's why I won’t be on your way…” Luis takes a step to the side. Uriel and Johanna continue to walk; “You have my thanks…”

“One more thing, please knock me out…I don’t want this to seem like I worked with you…” Luis chuckles, Uriel smiles a little; “Very well.”

(PPUUMM)

Uriel knocks the officer unconscious. Flor grabs him; “Uriel, I will stay here…in case somebody else comes…”

“Very well…thank you…for your help…”

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Uriel opens the door of Maria’s room. Sister Griselda stands up; “I take it was you who was doing all of the commotion?”

“How is she?” Uriel looks at Maria and notices the veins have spread even more; “Mother…”

“Shall we get started?” Johanna takes out a strange device; the device has a form of a cell phone with one tube sticking out. In the tip of the tube, there are two miniature needles:

“This is an Esper tool used to extract poisons called Blood Remover; I will use this to help your mother however I don’t guarantee she will live, that is why Sister Griselda will help us.”

Griselda looks at her with relief; “You want me to use my healing at the same time right?”

“You are correct, this is going to be a gamble, Uriel do we continue with this?” Johanna asks Uriel. Uriel nods in agreement; “Please save her…”

Johanna smiles; “Very well…” Johanna activates the tool and slowly sticks the two needles into Maria’s infected arm. Sister Griselda begins to chant; “Señor por favor cura a tu hija” (lord please cure your daughter.)

A bright golden light shines from her hands. Johanna activates the device and slowly extracts the poison. Her pressure begins to increase. Maria moves, feeling pain, Uriel holds her hand and chants:

“Curacion” (Healing)

(BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP)

The markings in Maria’s body begin to disappear. Griselda and Johanna are sweating as Maria moves around, Uriel continues to use mana as well. Johanna notices the machine; “This is not good…we’re losing her…”

(BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP)

Maria’s heart beats faster. Uriel notices that she is dying and gets in shock; “Mother!” Johanna finishes extracting the poison. Sister Griselda puts more power into healing.

(BEEEEEEEEEEEPPPPPPPP)

Maria’s heart stopped. Johanna tries to reanimate her by pushing her chest for her to breathe. Maria is not responding, Sister Griselda closes her eyes to pray. Uriel holds her hand; “Mother please…”

(BBBAADDUUUMMPPP)

Valerie and Daniel feel a pain in their hearts; “MAMA…”

At the top of the hospital, a green wolf howls at the moon. As it shines a bright light. Uriel hears someone speaking; “Don’t worry hijo, she will live”

“Bellum” Uriel unleashes his crimson mana as tears come out of his eyes; “I will not let her die…”

“Uriel, what are you doing?” Sister Griselda shouts. Uriel puts his hands on Maria’s stomach; “Sanatio” (Healing)

(BBBOOOMMM)

The room shines a bright crimson light. Alejanro, Kasumi and Valerie look at the room and a powerful pillar shines to the sky. Everybody from the Ministry looks at the light from afar. Daniel with tears in his eyes, closes them; “Uriel…please, save her…”

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Maria’s mind…

Maria, on the verge of death, remembers something…something that was supposed to be lost forever…

Maria struggles with her inner demons as a snake wraps around her…choking her to death…Images of her past and present begin to flow as she looks around; “Someone…help me!”

(AAAWWOOOO)

A green wolf jumps and attack the snake surrounding Maria. The wolf bites the snake and tackles it, disappearing in the darkness.

(COUGH COUGH)

Maria coughs as she looks for the wolf and the serpent. She feels a presence behind her, Maria turns around frightened. Maria opens her eyes wider; “It can’t be…”

“Hello Maria…it’s been a long time…”

Roberto Vazquez, is Maria’s late husband. He is wearing a black colored suit, with a red tie. He has white skin, bluish hair and green eyes just like Uriel. He also has a beard and mustache.

“RRRROOOOOBBBEEERRRTTTOOO” Maria screams as she hugs him;“I miss you so much.” Roberto begins to touch her butt; “I miss you too.”

(BBBOOOMMM)

Maria hits Roberto in the head; “Pervertido.” (Pervert)

“Ay Amor, (Love) you haven’t changed ehh.” Roberto chuckles as he sees Maria blushing:

“Well, you are still a pervert.”

Roberto and Maria walk along the dark path. Maria looks at Roberto; “AM I GOING TO DIE?”

“HAHA don’t say stupid things dear… it’s too early for you to die…”

“Then why am I seeing you here? This isn’t purgatory?”

“No it isn’t…this is your mind…I came here to tell you what amazing children we have…”

Images of Valerie and Daniel appear in front of them. Roberto smiles; “They have grown so big…thank you for raising them while I’m gone…”

Maira puffs her cheeks; “Well, it hasn’t been easy you know…Valerie is too hyperactive and Daniel is crossing through a rebellious side…”

“Hahaha…all with more reason for you to live…I need to stay by their side…Also…don’t forget about him…” Maria sees an image of a young boy with blue hair, his face is errassed; “Who is he?”

“That’s Uriel…our son…”

Maria looks confused; “But Uriel is bigger now…he is stronger and more handsome as well…that can’t be Uriel…” Roberto chuckles; “That’s the Uriel that was erased from your memories…5 years ago, when our son became El Charro Negro…a new being was born from his body…this is the other Uriel…the young boy who “died” 5 years ago…”

“ I see…so that is Uriel?” Maria looks at the being waving at her, suddenly, Maria sees the older Uriel standing behind the figure. Maria feels Uriel’s mana as the background turns crimson; “This is Uriel’s mana…”

“See…our son keeps on fighting…you need to fight as well…”

Maria smiles; “You know, Uriel will always be my son, because that’s what I decided 5 years ago…”

“I see…so, what is your wish Maria?”

Maria sheds tears; “My only wish was to see you again…but now I know that it is impossible…”

“Well, you might still see me…in your erotic dreams…” Roberto teases Maria as she blushes; “Roberto…”

Roberto hugs her; “I am really proud of you…Maria…you must always be strong…do it for our children; Valerie, Daniel and Uriel…”

“I will…I promise you…because my wish is to see my children grow…besides…I have a bigger family now…” Maria looks to her right and sees the people from the Ministry including the four sisters, Father Clemente, Sister Carolina, Kasumi, Alejandro, Sister Griselda and her children.

“Esa es mi bella flor” (That’s my beautiful flower) Roberto looks at Maria and puts a serious expression; “Maria…you must warn Uriel…Darius is after an object in Mictlan…if he gets a hold of it…the Borderland will be in danger…”

“I understand…”

Roberto slowly begins to turn into particles; “I guess my time is up…”

“No…Roberto please don’t go…”

“I have to…I still have a mission to fulfill but don’t be sad…remember that you look pretty when you smile.

Maria and Roberto share a goodbye kiss as the background turns white.

“Goodbye Maria…I will always be with you…”

Suddenly everything turns white as Maria screams:

“RRROOOOBBBEEERRRTTTOOO”

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(BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP)

The bright light stops shining, Uriel falls back exhausted. Maria’s pulse returns to normal as she opens her eyes. “M-M-Mama…” Uriel sees Maria with her eyes open. Sister Griselda cries; “It’s a miracle…Maria’s alive…”

Johanna looks at her as she cleans her sweat from the forehead; “Few…that scared me a lot…” Maria smiles at him as she whispers into his ear; “Welcome home, hijo” Uriel with tears in his eyes, cries out of joy as he makes a great smile at Maria:

“I’m back, mother…”

Sister Griselda and Johanna look at him in shock. Johanna chuckles; “So you can smile…”

Maria closes her eyes, Johanna checks on her and says:

“Her pulse is normal and the poison has completely left her body.”

Uriel hugs Johanna; “Thank you…”

(BBBAAADDUUMMMPPP)

Johanna blushes; “Don’t worry, I am just doing my job…”

Maria breathes really calmly; “The Scarlet Maiden’s wish is to live a happy life with her children…”

El Muerto makes a phone call; “It appears, Maria is alive…just as you predicted master…”

“Excellent, I knew they would find a cure…you may now leave…”

El Muerto opens a portal and slowly withdraws; “Till next time…teacher…”

The news of Maria’s recovery reached everyone…with great success…Maria was saved from the lethal poison…