Together with Tucker we jump down the tree to enter the garden of Castello di Fiamme. A flash of pain shoots through my weak ankle, but I ignore it as I keep running towards the glass doors of the mansion. Tucker aims at one of them before shooting a bullet, breaking the glass in million of pieces and we run inside, directly splitting in different ways.

Seeing it all in real life is different than on Greyson's computer, but I manage to find my way, until I come across an armed guard that aims his gun directly at me, before ordering for me to stop.

My heart clenches when I take my knife without hesitation and throw it straight at his torso, leaving him in shock and on the ground. I pass next to him, taking back the knife and start running down the stairs. Behind me I hear the voice of Damon, and I tense realising that they are here to stop me, but then adrenaline pushes me to go even faster.

After running through multiple corridors, I finally see the painting through my eyes that are now blurred with tears, and run towards it. On my first try I don't manage to unhook it, my arms too weak, nevertheless after trying again the painting falls on the ground with a heavy thud. I spot the keypad and start entering the six letters with my shaky fingers and I hold my breath when I enter the code.

I just hope it's the right one.

A flash of green appears and I let out a breath of relief, but nothing really happens, which makes me start to panic, especially when I hear the footsteps of guys running down the stairs now.

My eyes dart back and forth between the vault and the keypad and thankfully I see three small openings on the bottom of the wall next to the vault and I figure out that these are the keyholes for the necklaces. So with one movement I remove them from my neck and enter the sliver plates into the holes.

I hear a small beeping sound, before the big door of the vault opens in a crack and quickly I push it open with all my force and weakly climb inside. As I do so, I feel a pair of eyes burning into me.

My body turns automatically around and I wish it didn't, because there, at the end of the hallway, my eyes cross ways with Jace's eyes, and pure hopelessness reflects in them. He started running faster, I look away and shut the heavy door, before he could interfere in any way and see a button that indicates "lock" that I quickly push.

A small locking sound can be heard and a second after I hear Jace's broken shouts scream desperately, followed by his fists banging against the door, begging me not to do that.

With my body shaking through my sobs, I take some slow steps away from the door, while facing it, the image of Jace's look replaying over and over in my head.

"I'm sorry." I sob clutching at my chest where my heart is in pain.

I close my eyes so hard, trying to block out all the voices that scream to me not to do any of this and when I open them again, I acknowledge for the first time the room that I locked myself in.

Focus, I tell myself over and over again.

It's separated in two spaces with a transparent glass wall, the first one being the one I am currently in and the second where a big transparent box rests on a metal block in the middle of the room. It could only contain the virus.

I take a look at the first space I am currently in, and see an other button next to the one I just pressed to lock the room.

Built into the wall next to it, is a certain hole that looks like it would fit one of the vials just perfectly. Maybe I need to put one of them into the holder and press the button ? Or should I open the box with the virus first ? Should I use both vials ?

My nerves are on the edge right now, thinking of making a mistake and not destroying the virus lingering on my mind.

I am not sure what I should do...

Someone suddenly bursts against the door of the vault, not making it bulge, but only resulting in a loud noise that echos in the room. Blake on the other side tries desperately to make me change my mind, worried if I am still alive at the same time.

"Don't try to come in !" I yell, as tears stream quickly down my cheeks. They are just making everything way more difficult for me at the moment and I can't bare it. "I am going to open the box if you try to do so and it would all be over. For everyone." I threaten unwillingly once again, trying to persuade them as much as possible.

My hands tremble as I look at the vials, nearly dropping one of them. Outside of the vault I hear my brothers and Jace yelling at each other, until Leo's voice stands out, asking them to shut the hell up.

"Magnolia !" Leo shouts and I close my eyes, only thinking that I might never see him again, which breaks my heart in every way possible. He shouldn't make this harder than it already is. "Please listen. I know you won't change your mind about doing this, so I just want you to do it right... making sure that it's not all for nothing." Leo's voice changes to a softer one, and I know that he does that against his will.

And just as he says the words, yells of disagreement fuse behind the wall that separates the others and me. I keep focused, walk closer towards the wall so I could hear Leo clearer.

"I'm listening." I say my voice trembling but I know it's loud enough for them to hear, as there is suddenly silence on the other side. Leo seems to breath in, as if relieved that I was listening to him talking and that I was still alive.

"You- you will have to put one of the vials into the wall after you take the lid off... it should be on your left side." He starts explaining, stopping for a few seconds as if he was trying to recall what to do. " Then you will have to get the box with the virus open... make sure that the door between the two spaces is left open. Are you hearing me ?" Leo asks me and I affirm clearly, asking him to continue.

"I don't know how you will react, but you need to make sure to press the button in the first part of the vault to make sure to purify the room and get completely rid of the virus otherwise it won't work and it would all be for nothing. Okay Angel ?" His voice is gentle, pain clear in it as well which is from the fact that he doesn't want me to do this. But I have to and he knows it.

"Yes." I voice, imagining them all standing right behind this wall that separates me from them, praying that it will end well. Which I doubt.

"Just know that I love you all..." I whisper, taking one last shaky breath before turning around and wiping my tears away. But seconds later they fall again and sobs escape my lips, as fear starts to take over me. I am going to die.

Never in a million years would I have thought that I would die this way. Never. I always thought I was going to die, because of Nick's or my foster dad, Steven's beating... but definitely by trying to get rid of a deadly virus that threatens the whole world.

It's going to be okay.

And here I go, walking towards the little hole in the wall, taking the lid off of the one of the vials to place it in its right place. Seconds later it disappears into the wall, as if something just got activated, so I turn towards the second part of the vault and open the heavy glass door to come face to face with the box that holds in what I call Hell.

"You fucked everything up." I speak up, talking numbly to this virus as if it was a person. " I guess it's over for both of us now."

And then I put my hand on the handle of the box and tug it downwards. It's as if pressure is suddenly released, the contaminated air of the box engulfing the whole room within seconds, resulting in a sudden ache in my lungs.

I painfully start coughing, bending in two with my hands on my stomach as nausea takes over me. My legs start trembling, fighting to keep my body up, and I feel like it's only a matter of seconds before I am on the ground unable to stand.

The faces of my brothers and Jace appears in my mind, which gives me strength and makes me just enough lucid to push the pain away, so I could purify the room just like Leo instructed.

With difficulty, I lean against the glass door and pass through the second section of the room to enter the first one, taking one step at a time. There is only a few meters until I manage to attain the button, but my left knee gives in and I fall to the ground, making the second vial shatter on the ground.

No...

I try to not acknowledge the pieces of glass from the vial as they dig in my hands and my knees, while I crawl towards the single button.

Just a few meters...

"MAGNOLIA !? LILA ? What is happening ? Talk to us !" I faintly hear Blake's voice ringing through the small vault, echoing against the walls. His worry for me so strong that it sends a shiver through my spine and I want to respond, but I keep my mind focused on the only thing that matters right now.

The purify button, otherwise I will die for nothing.

I manage to push myself up with the last strength I have, tainting the floor with my blood, and with a clenched fist I try to press the button. Through my blurry eyes, I don't see it clear and miss my attempt to press the black spot.

Come on Mags...

Weaker, I blink a couple of times to try and clear my vision, which would help me press the button this time. And then I lift my shaking wrist up, before slamming it against my target.

A sudden noise echos against the walls, followed by a mist that is released in the whole room and I feel like a certain weight is taken away from my shoulders. Because I know that I did it.

I made it. It's over.

I let the fatigue take over me, also resulting in a fit of coughs, as I crumble on the floor. I barely manage to keep my eyes open, when my head hits against the cold floor, resulting in a ringing noise in my ears. Everything around me feel so surreal, as if my body was now floating and slowly I close my eyes, giving up, and feeling as the pain from the cuts and from the virus slowly disappear.

I hear indistinct voices yelling things and I can only imagine that it must be my brothers and Jace, but I don't have the strength to understand what they are saying anymore. I feel the virus spreading in the system making me weaker and weaker by the second, and slowly darkness takes over the light, as my last thoughts linger on the one and only Jace Reed.

The first time he took me driving. Him letting me live in his mansion I learned to call Haven. The races we won together. His eyes only lighting up at the sight of me. His smirk...

And darkness.

not going to lie... I teared up while writing this.

Magnolia did it. The question is now if she will survive or not ?

I am still deciding...

Did you hope that someone would stop her before she entered the vault ? Make it all stop ?

Let me know !

Kisses xx