Snakes in my hair? It’s more likely than you think. - Chapter 14：Goodnight, Juno

Somehow, Juno manages to make it back to her hospital bed as soon as Eve leaves.

She just lies there for a long moment, trying to process everything that happened. It’s so much more quiet now, maybe because it’s night, but it’s almost as if she woke up from a bad dream.

The quietness doesn’t last long.

The door suddenly bursting open, gives her another shock!

But the haggard appearance of the nurse is even more shocking!

As he turns on the lights, she quickly notices scratches all over his face, his glasses are crooked and what might be a coffee stain on his shirt.

“Juno are you okay?”

“Nurse Pures? What happened to you? And Yes… I am.”

“Well, you might not believe this but-”

//Just try me.//

“One of the other nurses heard a loud noise coming from your room but when she went to check she got attacked by a giant bat!”

//Things really can get weirder.//

“A-a bat?!”

“Yes! Strange right? It even attacked me too. Ugh. Seriously, how did that thing even get in here?” this is the most frustrated she’s ever heard him.

//Could it be…?//

“Wasn’t um the barrier being fixed or something?”

“Ah, yes but I don’t think this bat was “normal”, someone either conjured it or enhanced it. Unfortunately, it disappeared before I could trace it back to someone.”

//Eve! It was probably her. So that’s how she sneaked in? That was her distraction? Seriously?//

“Ugh, I spilled my coffee all over my shirt too. I’m a mess. Oh sorry, anyways are you okay?”

“Um,”

//Not at all!//

“Y-yeah, the noise she heard earlier much of been because I fell from my bed! I just had a really bad dream but I’m okay now.”

He raises his eyebrow, “And then you tied your hair up?”

“Oh, haha yeah. Just because my life is crumbling down doesn’t mean I have to look like it is!”

“Juno.”

“No really, I’m doing better now.”

“Are you sure?” he’s frowning at her, almost like he can see through her lie. His glare is intimidating but there’s no way she can tell him the truth!

“Y-yes!”

“Alright.” he still looks doubtful and suspicious of her but then deflates and continues with, “I’m done for tonight but if something happens please call one of the other nurses.”

“I will. Haha. Goodnight!”

//Please leave already! Please leave so I can cry in peace.//

“Hm. Goodnight, Juno. I’ll see you in the morning.”

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Once he’s gone, Juno does actually cry. But since she’s so exhausted, it’s only a few tears before she finally falls asleep.

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“It must be done, I cannot leave my children so weak.”

“But just one?”

“One should be enough to save all. I was.”

“I know but what of your enemies?”

“I am stronger than all my enemies combined.”

“What about P̷̡̧̢̡̢̢̢̨̨̛̛̛̺̞̳͍͍̹̟̬͈̻͕͔̘̖̹͉͓̤̞̺̫̗̣̻͉̣̼͖͎͎͉̤̠̭͍̺̙̝͔̳͓̲̤̟͉̫̳̦̯̬̦̮̲̝̭̻̪̈̑͂̓̓̓̅̏̔̄̌̿̋̎́͛́̈́̈́̾́̿̈́̿̄̊̃̓̀́͒̎̏͊͂̀̒̓̒̿͗̾̄̏͒̍̽́̀͌́̈̾͑̑̈́̌̆͑̓̐͐̉̀̒͋̈́̀͗͑̍̐̊̍̕̕̚̕̕̚̕͜͝͝͝͝͝͝x̶̢̡̧̢̢̡̛̪͚͍̹̞̹̩̙͖̠̮̝̟͇̩̩͖̠͉̳͍̭̼̣̻̫̩̠̠̠̱̘̞̼̗̫̰̀̃́̏̍̐̉̂̒͂̀̌̓̈́̈́̿͌̋̆͑̐̊̈̏́̒͘͜͜͜͠ͅͅs̷̛̛̿͑̽́͒̒͛̈̆̍͐̆̆̋́̽̀̐͌̎̂́̈́̂́̂̎͋͗̐͐̈̓̂͊͊̽͐̃͝͝͝͝͝ ̛̯̊̍͐͒̈́̑̔͆̈͗̓͌̓̉̆̔̈̄̏̓̔̈́̃̄̒̓̈̿͆̓͐͗̈́͘̕̕͝͝x̵͑̐̐̈́̊̋͒̏̉̒͐̎͊̿̓-*̢̧̡̛̛̛͕̲̥̯̯̰̮̞̥̗̠̭̼̣̻̫̜̦͖̼͍̘͉̳̺̤͓̙̝̝̲͈͕̹̲́́͋̓̈́̑̋̅̽̊̎̆̏̐͂̆͋͋̄́̈́́̀̀̓̆̍̋͗͒̿̋͊́̿̎̃͋̀̏́̆̄̈́͘̚̕̕̚̕̚͜͜͠͠͠͠͝͝͝͝x̵̨̨̨̡̨̡̢͍̝̳̥̬͖͈̻̖͚̣̙̩͓͕̦̘͖̘̫̠̮̻̩̪̣̲̪̼̳̲̺̙͔̝̣̤̝̠̳̣̼̫͉͚̻̣̙̩̘̥̙͖̳̬͈̰̜̜͔͉͇̱̹͚͓͎̪̲̣͇͇̯̜̲͙̤̞̯̗̾̊̇̎͂͗͌̋̎̓̈́͒̒̔̀̓̽͊́͐̑͆͗̃̓͋̚͘͘͜͝͠͠͝͠ͅͅ?”

A bitter laugh, “He is nothing. Not anymore.”

“You are right as always my a̸̢̨̧̢̨̖̩͇̟̫̮̬͓͖̙̺̪̠͈͎̮̬̜̦̘̗̦̩̩̹̫͙̪̖͉͈̠̙̳̝̮͚͉̣̳͙͑̌̈́̾͊̚͜͜͝ͅLad̶̩͖̟̳̩̩̯̼̮̩̝̙̦̮͕̭̥̜̣̘͕͙̙͍̘̪̀̈́́̃͝ͅy̵̛̛͇̗͕͓͙̹̖̦̭̳͇̦͓̬̽͋̉̿̔́̋́̂̈̑̓͑̌̈́̽͗͆̅̚̕̕. Although, this lowly one cannot help but worry.”

“Do not worry about me.”

“Will we leave you, forever?”

“I am sorry Ņ̶̴̴̸̶̴̶̴̴̴̷̸̸̵̴̶̡̡̨̧̧̨̡̛̛̮̠̙̦͉̹͔̲̲̺͙̫̖͈̹͇̳̥̭̤̤̫͍̳̳̰̹̼̙̣͎̪͉̣̻̳̭̝͈̖͍̼̪̰͔̼̜͚͈̯̻̞͇̜͈̱̮̘̦̙̻͚͉̟̳͈͚̗͔͖͕̱̮͉̗̭̬̹͈͓̬͍̐͛͒̉̅̾͛̃̅̆̓͌̊̓̐̄͐͊̆̀̃̄̾̑̐̅̑͆͆̑̊́͌͒͌͂̂̐͒͛̇̐̇͊̓̏͂̀́̂͛̒̾̏͐̿͐̿̆̓͑̈̃͆̔̓̒̓̎̃͗̊͛͂͛̊͊͋͐͒̃̊̂͑̑̏̄̎͋̉̆͋̔͒͂̓̈́̽͛̐̒̎̑̽̚̕̕̚̚͜͝͠͝͝͠͝ͅo̷̔̔̌̀̓́͘͘d̴͎͊̔̒̆̇̀́̆̾͂͒́̈͆̕͝ơ̵̞̈̃͒͐̽̀̓̎̽͑̈́̈́̚͝͝’̴̢̝͙̹̖̱̹̦͈̥͓̳̬̉̀̇͐́̂͝ R̷͚̥̠͖̟̤̆̎a̸͇̞̪͔͔̮̱̞̙̳͔̘̪͘c̷͉̏̓̒̇͊͝ą̶̨̡͈͇͎̬̖̫̬̐̇͛͑̓̈́̾̓͒͂̈́͋͛̈́͜*ŗ̶̬͙̈́̋̓͑̂͂̓̽̈́̿͂ͅr̶̢̨͙͉͕͇͖͉̘̟̼̱̲͍̬̤̄̈́͆́͗̆̈̉̄̽̀̎̐̒̃̓ȩ̸̘̟̘̉͑̊̍͑̈́̌̒̒́̊̇̆̅͜͜a̵̖̣̓̾͝͠ṣ̵̞̮͍̥͔̹̅̒͊̈́̈́̔t̸͔̭͍̮̙̖̼̫͕̖̮͋̂͜a but we must part.”

“I understand.” (I do not.)

“You will pick eleven of the others.”

“Yes. You can’t go alone, you must bring who you see fit. Twelve of you will be powerful. Twelve for one shall be enough.”

“This isn’t going to be easy for me. I am choosing you to go, not because I don’t love you but because I know you will protect them well. We will part but that does not mean our connection will be gone. Our bond is unbreakable.”

A figure cloaked in white presents themselves in front of the Throne.

They bow before the Goddess.

“You may speak.”

“Pardon the interruption Ḻ̸̦͙͇̈́́̏̑̔̂́̀͑͒͊̎a̵̹̺̔̅̍̀̉̚d̶̨̛͇̯͎̦̯̪̤̬͎̫̙̤̥y̶̷̴̸̶̴̴̶̶̸̶̶̶̶̴̵̸̶̵̵̶̵̸̶̴̴̷̶̴̵̸̸̸̸̵̸̴̷̷̶̸̸̴̸̷̸̵̸̷̶̶̸̷̶̵̶̵̴̸̴̢̡̡̧̢̢̢̢̨̡̢̡̡̡̧̨̡̡̧̢̨̧̧̢̧̨̢̨̡̧̢̧̧̧̡̢̢̧̨̨̨̧̡̨̡̡̨̡̡̨̨̢̢̧̧̨̛̛̛̛̛̛̛̛̛̛̛̛̛̛͙̘͚̮̼̫̺͓̦̤̥̟̯̼͇̙̮̠͇̟̟͕͉͚̳͖̗͙̮̼̘̞͓͚̭̞̻̭̻̻̦̣͎̰̥̗͉̬͚̼͖̺̝̮̱̼͇̯̬̫̦͈̥̘͍̯̞̮̰̖͍̟̰̥͇̤̞̥̪̤̻̘̲̜͉̬̰̬̹̬̠̲͎̞͖̻͖̫͓͚͙̪̤̼̮̻̯͈̱͉̮̥̝͉̥͙͚̳͚̦̦̙̠̩̯̹̖͓̣̜̞̗̝̝̥͔̥̙͖̞̺̪̦͍̘̥͔͉͖̮̟̜̖̹̬͍̪̙̲̝̦̜̘̳͈͇͕͎̠̳͚̟͔̤̠̳̭̖̺̼̙̤̫̘͙͙͇̮̼͈̪̦͉̞̼̹̖͎̞̥̲̯͎̲̭̰͍̱̯̩̺̬̗̘̠̭̙̙̰̭͚̺̩͓̙̩͚̣̮͓͕̼̰̲̠̭͖̹̮͙̜̰͓̮̟͙̥̰̰̯͔͕̤̥̗̦̠̖̪̠̣̟̮̮̞̦̞̜̦̥̟̝͎̬̮̰̤̙̟͕͍͔̖̖͇͎̯̣͕̯̬͖̲̫̮̫̖͉̫̺̲̪͈̣͕͓̰̖̰̝͙̳͓̭̝͙̱̲͍̠̗̭͈͓̼̲̳̬̮͕͙̦̻͙͎̮̹̻͓͎͙̝̭̪̥̻̤̙̬̲͙͕̯̮̱̥͖̻̪͉͚̜͓̜͖͚͍̯̼̪̻̞͈̠͓̖̱̟̭̰̩͖̗̫̭̗̟͚̼̜͎̱̮͔͍̱͈͇̲̦̝̞͓̱͓̥̱͓̙͖̜͈̹̳͚̣̬̺̺̟͙̻̯̯̥̣̰̙̞̩͙̺̼͓͔̥̙̗̺̭̥̞̥̪̯̰̹̙̖̜̙͔̳͎͎̰̬͈̺̘͍̻̫͈̲͈̜̖͎̰̻͔̫̘̳̞̖̣̲͈͖̦̪̪̞̬͚̗̥̦̙̜̯͍̥̤͇̗̝̳̮̮̜̦͍̤̮̞͖͇̹̙͕͓̩͖̣̺̹̩͇͖̪̰̙̻̮͖̰̣̆̿̎̾̐̾͛̓͐͒̉̏͊͂̐̓͂̽̓̒̀̆͗̏̏̈́̃̀̽͛̅̀̎̌̂̉̆͌̋̇̉͛͂͑̍́̉̀͌͊̊̿̒̿́͌͐̈́̌̂̈̒͋̃̔̉̈́̀̌̍̎͆̅̿͐̓͊̿̀̀͋͐̋̉̄̏̑̀͗̃͌̉́̈̏̂̐̀͆̈́̊̊͌̀̓͑̇͒̀̿͆̄͐̑͗̌͛͒̾́̂̽̆̃̏͛̾́̆̔̈́͑͋̐̈͆̈́͊̎̄͂́͂͑́͂̽̌͂̂̈́́̐̒́͑͛̐͒̅̾̾̈̈̄̀͋̂̾̇̋̈́͒̉̄̄̅̎͌̐͗̔͂̈̇̈́̈̌̾̏͋̆̔̇͌̋̉̎̌̿͑̊̽̆͋̈́̄̿̇̂͗̎̄̒̋͊̀̐͛̋̂̀̓̅͒̎̓̉̈́͒̑̋̈́̈́̇̋̿́͐͆̋͆̆̃̓̂̈́̈́̿͌̅̾̃̂͆͑̐̇̄̓̔̉̀̔̔̌̅̇̾́͗̅̉̽̐͑̐̌̈͐̈́͑̍̓̎͗̽̍̄͌͛͒̍͌̉̑̌̾͆̊̄͒̏̋́̀́͑͂̽̓̒̃͆̅̊̀́̓̀̏̏͗̀̒̉͗̉͗̉̈́̿̓͛̇̍̅͌͗̇̉̈́̋̈́̇̊́̇͐̀́͂̅̀̒͋̈́́̒̋̂̈́̍̽̊͑́̓̾̑̌́̒̏̾̌̎͛̈́͆̓͋̀̌̑͊̓̐͂̐̈́̄͋̆̀̈́͆͊̆̀̆̑͂̑̇̉̔͐̇̎̉͗͛̓̾̐̍̇̀͒̅͒̓̎́́̌̒͂̇̿̈͊̽͐͗̃̔͛̍͗̃̎̌́̉̂̐̐͋͆̍̉̊̈͆͂͂͊̏̓̀̃̍̑́̆̿́́̊̈̓̀̀̏́͐̅̆̾͗̇͆̌̓̎̒̀͗́͊̉̈̔̂̂̓̃̎̑̂́̿͐̒̄̐́͗̊̍̆̓̑͛͒̄͒̄̍̈́̅͋̿͊̉̂̄̾̀̊͗̓́͛̾̌̆̎͒͋̉̿̾̽̽̽̍̿̊͛͑͒̾͗̔̄́͛́͊̅̿̀͌͂́͗̀̽̎̀͒̅͗̓͊͗̃͋̌̂̓͂̾̆̃͑̋̈́̓̋̿̌̋̎͊̂̏̿̓̀̀͑̆͂̎̈́̑͂͋͒̀́̿̽̈́͗͒̐̊́̕̚̕͘͘̚̕͘͘̚̕͘͘͘̕͘̕̚̚͘͘̚͘̕͘͘̕̚̚͘͘̚͘͘͘̕͘̕̕͘̚̚͘̚̚̕͘̚͘̚̚͘͜͜͜͜͜͜͜͜͜͜͜͜͜͜͜͜͠͝͝͝͠͝͝͠͝͠͠͠͝͝͝͝͝͠͠͝͝͠͠͝͝͝͠͝͝͝͝͠͝͠͝͠͝͝͝͠͝ͅͅͅͅͅͅͅͅͅͅͅͅͅͅͅͅ ̴̛̛̛̛̦̫̻̞̫̬͌̔̓͑̈́̀̅̑͗̐̿̽̍̎̓̈̊̈̌́́̈̾͂̿̎̂̓̎̓̀̽̅̇̓́̈́̉̓̆́̽̋͛̆͌͆͗̓͂̎̈́̀̒͐͆̆͘̕͜͝͝͝͝M̶̡̧̢̡̡̧̨̢̧̼̘̗̩̙̗͔͍͈̙̩̣̱̜͕̲̱͉̞͓̯͔͍̹͎̦̞̠͉̗͍̳͓̘̟̟̼̩̭̳͚̲̣͗̈͜͜͜͠ͅē̷̡̢̧̡̨̢̡̛̥̫̖̻͉̗͎̟̲̦͓̩̩̱̜̘̺̖͓̻̼̟̟̳̘̙̞̲̖̝͕̲̟̯͚̘̳̫͉̗̩̺̔̃́̌̒͌͜ͅͅḑ̷̨̻̤͇͇̣̹̟̥̙̳̺̘̀̽̓͂ͅͅͅǘ̷̡̺̦͔͚̺͔̻̣̝̻̤͚̈́̃̆̒͆̏͛̊́̒̔̍͌͋̎́̆̑̐̂̈́̑̄͊̊̐̽̎̈́̎̄̕̚͠͠͠͝͝s̸̨̢̨̧̛͕̮͙̙̭͚̥̙̣̩̼̟͚̜̞͈̯̪͎̙͔̗͙̰͉̥̪̻̟̱̹͕̭̼̻͇͍̺̠̠̺͔̑͛̆̈́͑́̂̍͆͑́͛̿͗͋̇̏̈́̐̓̎́̔̅̊̔̀̃̌̓̎͒͊̈́̊̆͐̎̆̔͌̆̐͂̚̕͜͠͝͝͝͠͠͝ͅa̶̡̡̧̨̡̢̲͓̳͈̰̱̻̬̞͎͓̻͓͚̮̱̺͓̣̟͖͈̯͖̰̙̦̹͙̠͇͔̙̯͕̱̬͙͎̹̬͖͗̅̅̆͂̌̑̓̇̀̉̌̌̄͋̍̏̇́͆̚ͅ , but Thḝ̷̡̨̞͓̳̞͉̈́̃͊̋̓̍͒̐̓̏͛͛̎͛̀̆́̓̅̿̕͝͝͠͠͠͝͝ Ǒ̷͖̘̹͎͙͖̰̹̲̖̜̻̗͎̳̤̰̟͙͓͒̉̃͘͜r̵͙̲̋͛̓̌̀͗̐̅̀̒̆̂̊́́̈͋͘̕͝͠acle is here.”