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Kry grins as Tyrek tries to walk away. Now that Fyte wasn't in danger and Tyrek has his back turned he could now attack and hopefully put the man unconscious and even better, he couldn't pause time to run away. Kry steps past Fyte and says "I thought I said that no one was leaving or going to become a test subject. I wouldn't try and run, or I will have to break more bones than just the ones I am about to break now Tyrek." With that he punches the air and causes a blast to come right towards the teacher, even the building started to shake as it traveled towards the man. He wasn't trying to kill the man, just knock him out or break a few bones to where he couldn't move. He couldn't let the organization walk away with a time bender now could he.

Kry laughs a bit as Kry blocks the attack and speaks again "Well then I guess I gotta kill you huh? I mean better off you before you try to attack us someday." He says as Kry becomes blurry to everyone including Fyte "Goodbye Mr.Tyrek." Kry grins and cocks his arm back slowly "You wont be escaping this, not even with your little metal wings."

Palian let the child's hand slide into his, curling his longer fingers around her smaller ones gently. He even let her lead him along, though he already had a sense of where they were going. She looked familiar, on a level that could not be explained.

"I do not know him," he admitted, though he felt a tensing in his gut at the admission. Then the house came into view, and his focus sharpened. Turning to the child, he patted her head with his free hand.

"Yes," he said. "I was created to protect and that's what I'll do." His azure eyes darted up at the window, seeing the shadowed form of the girl he was here to save. With a sigh, he looked one last time at the child, squeezing her hand softly.

"You stay here." Then he let her hand go and walked to the front of the house. After a relaxing crack of his neck, Palian squared his shoulders and stepped through the front door.

The command shuttered through the building, its power almost forcing him from the realm altogether. It was her head afterall, but he wasn't about to give up. If he failed now, he may as well not exist. This realization helped him work his way up the steps, pushing through the power she exuded. Palian did not say a word as he got to the landing, eyes scanning unimpressed at the decayed surroundings.

At the end of the hall was a door, beyond it, his goal. She knew he was here, although maybe not why. Palian knew all too well, the tricks a tormented mind could implement. He used plenty of them himself. Knowing this, he stayed silent, knowing she would not trust anything that he said. At least not yet.

He stood on the outside of the door, listening to her scream and shout. Saying he wasn't real, but at the same time she said he was dead. The contradiction was enough to make him smile.

" I cannot be both," he murmured to the door, letting his hands rest against the dry rough barrier. "If I am real, I can die. If I am not, then I cannot. So, if I am not real, how can I be dead?" As he uttered this he pressed his cheek to the door, between his hands. Then with a breath, he slipped passed the only thing that separated them.

"But if I was real, then my dying would not be your fault anyway," he finished as he raised his head to see her crouched on the floor.

As he listened to her words, Palian let his eyes close, his head tilting to one side. He took in all her words, all her claims, all her fears, letting her pour them out into this so small a space, her last refuge. The only place she had left in an otherwise abused and destroyed mind. But just like the faint sign of life in the connection they shared, he found just a spark of hope. A small glimmer within her that didn't believe these hateful words, no matter how earnestly she screamed them. As he focused on this nearly extinguished sliver, he fed it the only word he knew would help.

"No." He did not argue with her, nor point out the futility of these musings. Until she was out of this room, where she could bond again with her innocent self, she would only continue this spiral. He was certain it was the only way to undo the damage done to her mind. The only way for her to truly be freed from her own entrapment.

With dramatically slow strides, he worked closer to her. Then, before he could be within touching distance, he shifted his angle so that he walked around her to the window. He purposefully did not touch her as he reached out and opened the portal.

"Out," he said to her crouched form in a simple tone, not commanding and devoid of menace.

Looking up at him with confusion she continued to stare at him. She didn't understand, why couldn't he just leave her alone. Why did he always show back up after everything happened. Slowly she stood up and looked at the portal. "You're coming to right?......now going to just randomly leave....or disappear?" She asked turning to look at him again. She gripped her fist and looked down at the ground. She didn't want to do this, she didn't want to do this to herself again. What was the point, she had lost everything.

Suddenly she felt her feet moving. The upset witch couldn't understand, and was confused. As much as she knew the truth for some reason she still felt something. For some reason she felt like she had some reason to live for despite everything that had happened. Something doubted her mind would go back...even if she controlled her body again.....if she could get just a sliver of herself through...couldn't she just fix it all.

The thought came with a plan, a simple idea. Yet it could grow into so much more.

"There nothing I do is in randomness either." With that she pushed him through his own portal. "There is nothing left for you here. This was my sanctuary...and you thought you could just break in. This might be the realm you live in, but this is still my domain." She didn't want this anymore, How could she just let someone in, Tsukiko knew her childish self trusted him, but for all she knew it was another trick. Waving her hand she watched as the portal closed.

"There....I did what you wanted...are you happy now..."

"Yes my child, very good. I know it hurts now, but it's for the best." A figured appeared beside Tsukiko. The inner witch that was freed when Tsukiko lost control of her body. Wrapping an arm around the girl a smirk appeared on her face. "Now, shall we continue our lesson on how to keep those pesky thoughts out?"

Tsukiko looked up at the woman, she looked like a more mature version of herself. Letting her shoulders drop she looked out the window. Gripping her fists tightly, wondered what was the dream and what was the reality. The little girl was still standing outside waiting for her and Palian to return. Tsukiko couldn't let her inner witch corrupt what was left of that little girl. She held the hope she needed, that they all needed. Holding her hand up to the glass she darkened the realm, hiding the little girl. 'If your out there.....if it's really you....please protect her.' Closing her eyes not knowing if the link was still there...or if it had died. She wasn't sure how long she had been locked away here, but she hadn't let her hope die.

"I know it hurts now, but I'm here now. Really who else do you need. once father see's how much you've grown, he'll take you back with open arms. Maybe if your good, he'll get Ryo to come visit you, that'll be wonderful won't it."

Tsukiko didn't reply to the witch, instead she kept her hand on the glass. Wanting to be free of her prison, but knowing the damage it could cause. "Yes.....maybe we'll see him again..." The words were for the witch, but she sent them to the little girl. Knowing she was scared, and feared the darkness that was engulfing her. Yet Tsukiko had long sense realized that darkness was what kept her safe.