Family reunion

"Hello brother, miss me?" Avaa smirked. She is in an all black outfit. Whatever she wears looks attractive on her, she is the sin of lust afterall, her main existence is to attract and explore dark delights.

"Come on brother, you are seeing us after many decades and you are yet to smile at us? That's a shame!" Levi mocked.

Varra laughed while Aragon remained quiet and only stared back at Damien.

"Why are you here?" Damien asked, finally finding his tongue.

Varra laughs, "I told you he'd say that, you haven't changed one bit brother, always on edge!"

"Let's talk over dinner, i made it myself, it's your favorite!" Avaa smiled.

They trooped to the dinning area but Aragon stayed behind, he stared at Damien with so much longing and opened his mouth as if to say something but only sighed and strolled away.

"Nice to see you too brother!" Damien mumbled as he followed them.

They all settled around the dining table. Like Avaa said, there was cooked corns, braised turkey, apple pie, steamed meat buns, and almond bread. There was wine too.

Avaa picks up the bowl of pie and started dishing it on her plate with a smile, "I had to learn this recipe because mother always cooked it for you!" She glanced at Damien and returned to plating the pie, "I wanted to taste how special it was, and why it had to be you and not any of us!"

She passed the bowl across to Varra who is seated opposite her. Varra put some on her plate and passed it to Levi seated beside her.

Aragon is seated across Levi, he took the bowl from him, served a small amount on his plate then he passed the bowl of pie to Damien who is settled next to him.

Damien scoffed at their pretentious act to portray a normal family reunion eating in peace and whatnot, but he decided to play along, just enough to force the answers out of them.

"Mother was a crazy bitch!" Varra laughed, "I mean after what Damien did to Gula, anybody in their right sense would throw him out if not kill him, but what did she do? She cooked and cared for him as if he were her real son!" Her smile faltered.

Levi nods, "you are right, she was really crazy!"

Centuries ago, kingdom of Ellorhia.

Hela kept pacing up and about the throne room, her heart races. She halted and stiffened her legs to stop them from trembling.

Suddenly, the doors flies open, Avaa and Levi barged in and screaming together, "Mother! Mother!"

When Hela saw Gula scooped in Levi's arms, her nightmare came true. Levi carefully placed his dead body on the floor, "Gula is… he's d…dead mother!" He stammered.

Hela cried a whimper, "oh my boy, Oh… my poor boy!" She turned away, took deep breaths and looked back at them with red teary eyes, "how did this happen Avaa? How did my son die? Who did this?"

Avaa responds in a shaky voice, "it was… it was Damien, that bastard did this to Gula. He killed him mother!"

Hela frowned, "bring him to me!"

Still wrapped protectively in Aragon's arms, Damien entered the throne room with a heavy heart, king Elvis accompanied them.

Queen Hela was seated on her golden chair, face darkened, and eyes cold full of rage, "you killed my son!?"

Damien was still shaken up and couldn't respond, Aragon did, "it wasn't his fault, he was just trying to protect himself!"

Hela glared at Aragon with a murderous gaze, "the boy can speak for himself, leave us!"

"I know mother, you are hurt, we all are! But Damien is still a child, he did what he had to, Gula was going to kill him if he hadn't stopped him." Aragon desperately explained.

Hela brings her fist smashing down the chair handle, "I said LEAVE US!!" She shouts him down.

Shocked, Aragon pulled himself together, nodded, and sailed out of the throne room giving Damien a reassuring nod.

King Elvis stepped forward, "Hela, I know you are hurt, we all are! But i can't and will not let you hurt Damien, he is MY son!"

"And what makes you think he is yours alone!" She asked abruptly.

Shocked by her question, both Damien and king Elvis sharply looked up at her.

A brief second passed, then king Elvis nodded, "you have a few minutes, say what you have to." With those words, he punched out of the room leaving Hela alone with Damien.

"Are you scared? I mean you must be, I was nothing of a mother to you!" She chuckled.

Hela exhaled sharply, finallly relaxing, "do you know how I felt when i found out about my fate? I was told that i'd have seven children of unique abilities, and one would have the gift of chaos. I was belated, a child that strong can rule the world and i was pleased at the thought, but then i gave birth to only six kids, i thought the witch was lying until Elvis brought you here, then i realized you could be the one with the sin of chaos!" She paused, sighed, and continued,

"Whenever other people die, i feel a slight headache, it swooshes and disappears instantly, but today it was different, I felt cold, and then there was this heavy weight on my chest, it was ripping through my heart, it felt like i was going to die!" She whispered, "but it was Gula all along! You killed my poor son Damien!"

Damien kept his head down, listening to Hela with guilt and regret growing within him.

She stops, recollects herself, and continues, "you killed Gula, so you might as well take his place. Who said i have to grieve the loss of a son when i can have one just like him?" She leaned, gaze leering over Damien in a slow scrutiny,

"From today onwards, no! scratch that! From this very moment, you are now my son! So call me mother, say it boy!"

Damien was frightened and shocked by her sudden change in nature, he expected her to hit him, but never this.

He was reluctant and spoke in a voice barely a whisper, "mother!"

"Louder son!" Hela commanded.

"Mother" Damien said in a normal tone.

She stands from her seat and yelled, "LOUDER!!"

"MOTHER, MOTHER, MOTHER, MOTHER!" Damien screamed.

Hela smiles, "good boy!"

PRESENT DAY

Damien flinches - the memory of that day as fresh as ever.

He closes his eyes and spoke through clenched teeth, "what do you want from me?"

Levi and Varra and Avaa exchanged glances and snickered.

Aragon who has been quiet all along finally breaks the silence, "the purpose of this whole reunion is because we've come bearing bad news!"

Aragon takes a deep breath, "our father, king Elvis, he is dying brother!"