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nI heard that very unpleasant voice ring out throughout the entire airport. The voice filled the entire Hall of Regrets, but it seemed like me and the boys were the only that had heard it. The millions of other souls surrounding us were still moving about like there was nothing at all happening.

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"HEKATE!

" I screamed her name into the vast room.

"WHAT DO YOU WANT NOW? I AM ALREADY ON MY WAY TO YOU! CAN YOU NOT WAIT FOR ME TO COME AND DESTROY YOU? ARE YOU THAT EAGER TO FIGHT ME AGAIN!?

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nI was pissed off. Mostly, because she was preparing to attack me with the boys so close to me again. I was on guard right now too, because I just knew that these people around me were going to turn violent and attack us.

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"I WILL STOP YOU NOW AND HAVE YOUR SOUL BROUGHT TO ME! I WILL TAKE YOUR MAGIC, ESCAPE HELL, AND RULE THE MORTAL REALM!

" She yelled out at me again.

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"You are truly just like all the other megalomaniacal psychopaths. You're telling me your whole plan. You're basically going to tell me how to defeat you next.

" I laughed and scoffed at her for what she was doing.

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"NO ONE CAN DEFEAT ME! I AM INVINCIBLE! THAT IS WHY MY HUSBAND LOCKED ME IN THIS PRISON! THERE WAS NO ONE IN ANY OF THE REALMS THAT COULD DEFEAT ME! I WILL KILL YOU, TRINITY! I WILL KILL YOU AND DESTROY ALL THAT YOU LOVE!

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"Well, I simply can't let that happen now, can I?

" I almost laughed at her, but I couldn't. I needed to keep my cool.

nI started to walk toward the door again, keeping the boys close to me. That was when I felt that cold start to spread through the area again. Once again, I wrapped the boys in protective barriers so that they would be safe until I got us out of here.

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"ALL OF YOU! COME TO MY AID! I WILL REWARD THOSE THAT HELP ME WITH A SECOND LIFE! A SECOND CHANCE TO DO WHAT YOU NEVER HAD THE COURAGE TO DO BEFORE! ALL OF THOSE THAT FAIL ME WILL BE BROUGHT TO THE HALLS OF THE DAMNED FOR ETERNAL TORTURE!

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nIt was like everything in the Hall of Regret went still all at the same time. Every single person that had been speedily walking all around the airport for no reason at all came to an abrupt halt. They stood so still that they looked like statues that were going to a wax museum. Not only that, but that weird chattering chirruping noise that they were making stopped as well.

nThe hall was once creepily deafening in the noisiness that filled it. Now it was creepily deafening in the utter silence that was filling it.

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"M..m..m..m..mommy? W..what is g..g..going to. h..h..happen?

" Zander pressed his protective barrier against me as he got closer to me. This time around, the barrier was more like an invisible full body suit of armor. It was closer to their body so that they had a lot more range of motion this time around.

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"We are going to get out of here, baby boy. Don't you worry, I will protect you. I will keep you all safe. I promise you.

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nAlthough I was promising them this, I didn't truly know how I was going to get them out of here. There were so many people surrounding us that even if I put us in a barrier that I could use as a battering ram, I would most likely get stuck and overwhelmed by them sooner rather than later.

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"M..m..mommy, th..th..they are c..c..coming.

" Zachary pointed at the people that were merely inches away from us and I could hear the terror in his voice.

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"H..h..help m..me, m..mm..mommy.

" Zayden buried his face in my side while he sobbed.

nI needed to think of a solution and fast. I needed to get the four of us past thousands of souls that were in between us and the door all while also dodging the other few million people that were going to be coming my way.

nI hated to think this, but Hekate might actually win this time.

nAs I thought that, I seemed to be watching the entire hall start to move in super slow motion. It was like every movement took ages for everyone to make. Even the boys that were clinging to me were moving so slow when they turned to look up at me.

nI wasn't sure if I was going to be able to move any faster than they were, but I had to try. I had to see what would happen if I tried to move into this sea of slow moving attackers.

nThe first thing that I did was to cast another barrier. I put it up so fast that I had barely had time to think about it, and the next thing that I knew we were all surrounded. That was good. I would have hated it if it would have taken forever to go into effect, just like the way they were all moving. Thank the Goddess that I was still moving normally.

nNow that the barrier was up to protect me, as well as the boys, it was time to get us out of here. I attached the boys with magic, something I should have thought to do a lot sooner than right now. Once I knew that we were not going to be getting separated at all, I took off running with them in my arms.

nI was still moving at normal speed while everyone else was going so slow. This allowed me to move in between all of the souls that were in my way. I was weaving in and out of them and pushing them back away from us at the same time.

nEvery soul that I touched seemed to light up as I moved past it. At first, I thought it was some sort of flame that was taking root on them, starting to burn them. I hadn't summoned fire magic, so I didn't know why that was happening at all.

nThen I saw that the light was coming from within them. It looked like they were all glowing and floating in the air. I didn't know what to think about it, but I knew that it was something important. And if I had the time, I would wait to see what happened to them all.

nI didn't have the time, though, so I was still moving at the quick pace that I had been at. I moved from soul to soul, practically leaping off of them as if they were springboards or obstacles in my way.

nFinally, I was about to leap over the last soul and get to the door beyond. This was all going way better than I had planned. However, at that moment, the people around me started to move at a normal speed again.

nI felt someone reach for my foot, something that I would have been worried about if it hadn't been for the barrier that I put around us. Or I wouldn't have been worried if I would have remembered about the barrier. Instead, I pushed out toward him with my magic and felt him reel. Like the others, he started to glow and I saw that his soul actually condensed into a tiny little ball before moving very fast through the ceiling.

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"Where are they going?

" I asked the other me quickly as I grabbed the door. I saw that others had done the same thing as that man.

n'They are going to be reborn. You destroyed them with your magic, so their souls are going to be put into the cycle once again.'

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"I..I killed them?

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n'No, they were already dead. You just recycled their souls. That would be best for everyone here. It is better than eternity here.'I

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"I don't want to make that decision for so many souls. I will just leave.

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nWith that, I flung the door open and the four of us were sucked through it like we had been several times already.

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