Kendra looked at him with calmness. "Since you became free, didn't you realize the strangeness in this world?"
"What strangeness?" He blinked at her and then in the surroundings.
Kendra turned her eyes towards the young woman that stared at him with eyes filled with sick love and shook her head. "Sarah. Stop. Now."
Sarah froze and paled. "W...what are you talking about?"
"You even dare to stand in front of me and ask? Because of your love, thousands of your kind and his kind were used and dried of sacred blood to death. These people and those creatures used their blood to keep the gate between the realms open. You closed the eyes to that all. Billions of lifeforms got destroyed. Luckily, a few hundred worlds found a way to keep the others alive. But rest of them died and you let them. Happy now? Do you think that energy that made you grow huge powers will make you happy? Why?"
The young woman could feel the man next to her shaking and turned her eyes. His eyes were clear and ice cold. "Impossible..."
Kendra slowly walked towards them and sighed. "Your powers are amazing, really. But that is not a love. You killed his family members that tried to save him from the cage you specifically made just for him. His friends, his kind... Luckily his sisters are alive."
Woman's face became cold and ugly smile appeared in her lips. "Goddess Kaia. I became Goddess as well. Ruler of this place. Having all those bothersome flies surrounding my man was making me annoyed. So I let those dark ones take them and do whatever they want. I did it slowly, bit by bit. Isn't this place beautiful."
Her eyes became clouded and she started snickering. Kendra came closer and poked her head. "I'm not going to let you so easily escape your punishment. Trying to go crazy all of sudden? You think I'll fall for that?"
Woman's eyes cleared and suddenly turned black. "Too bad, you touched me. I am now in control..."
Kendra looked at her fingers and waved with them in front of the astonished woman. "So, continue. Let's talk how powerful you are in front of me?"
She stepped back in fear as her face slowly changed. "Impossible. This is impossible."
Kendra stepped forward and grabbed her head with one hand. "Now, first you and these people will be sent to the dark realm and will have to survive on your own. If you know how to use dark energy, it is possible."
She snapped her finger and the woman was enveloped into a bubble as well and joined the others. Then she turned her head towards the saint animal Goon and rubbed her head.
"Actually, you could have got out her illusion long time ago, but you let her. You are going to be punished as well. I'll let you keep the memories of what happened, so you could work on your powers and protect the creatures from dark ones in the new world. I can't enter that world yet, as your family made sub-universe to protect the creatures. I have sent them word that you will get there soon. The new world will be not perfect, but you have to work hard to make it livable. Your cousin will help you out until Mother Oyster doesn't grow her powers enough to help you create. OK?"
He dazedly looked at the woman he loved with all his soul and realized how wrong this love was. If he didn't close his eyes to her doings, maybe things would have been different?
Kendra could literally read his face and shook her head. "Love is never wrong. She loves you, and you love her, but her love became sick. Dark. Possessive. It's no more real love. The one that is warm to heart and gives you a feeling of belonging and unity. And you are same... Anyway, let's start. Mother Oyster, I hope to be able to meet you in the subspace. Love you and will miss you."
The turtle narrowed her eyes. "Don't you need my help to keep your soul stable?"
Kendra picked her up and hugged her. "No. After I'm done here I'll just let go of this physical form and will go back where Isaa is waiting for me. It must have been months now in that place."
Tsk suddenly appeared. "Months? Count years. This place is horrifying. Anyway, I told them what you plan to do and they are waiting."
Seeing only a tiny dot of light buzzing around Kendra everyone was astonished. The turtle signed. Only Kendra was not aware that only she could see and talk to them without special magic. Normal humans saw her talking to animals, and lights and creatures, but they couldn't understand.
Her true body was in the other world. Orcpetter said her real powers were not grown enough in this world to act as ultimate translator as usual. When she was not around, people didn't understand each other and had to learn other languages like any other.
But the moment she enters the world, all humanoid life forms could understand others. That how great her power was, but she is not aware of it. Mother Oyster was but happy about something else. This time she chose to use not child form, then full-grown form.
These people might think she is pretty, but if they knew how pretty she was in her true form... She looked up at the boy that looked at her with warmth and chuckled. If Kir knew that this boy might become a true problem, would he try to stop her?
But where is the fun if there is no competition? Marcus is at the moment busy with the ridiculous situation in her world. Actually, she hoped Kendra would give up on Kir and be with Marcus, but this child has set her heart to him. She made the choice.
She sighed as rainbow eyes were set in her. "I know your heart, stop staring at me."
Kendra chuckled. "And I know yours. Cethin is maybe sometimes foolish, but he is a good man. Give him a chance."
"If you want me to give him a chance, you have to let me test him. Throughout." Her eyes flashed with strange light and Kendra had suddenly had a bad premonition.
It seems she must let it happen or these two people will never accept him. "What is your plan?"
But she got no answer...