I analyzed the situation, listing every person, tree location, and scenarios that have a high possibility of happening. Marybell waved her hand around, controlling Rogue's every movement and sang,

"Piece by piece, we'll wear him down; make sure he can't come up.

Break off his surroundings 'til finally he's stuck.

Limb by limb, we'll tear him right apart...

So that at the end I could...rip out..." she paused and smiled menacingly "...his heart."

Rogue came charging towards me with worry tracing her eyes. Her arm shakily held her naginata as she was forced to step closer to me.

"Amus. Please..." she muttered. "Run..."

I shook my head and came closer to her. "No, I won't." Even though it was strained, I managed to smile. "Not when there's a gostik possessing you. As a Morphix, I must destroy it. As your match, I must do it without harming you."

"That's right," Marybell agreed with me. "But if you harm me, boy, the gostik with be stuck inside that girl's body, yes. Then, it will slowly begin to eat at her from the inside out."

The look on her face showed that she had attempted to smile back at me, but, in her situation, I see how difficult that could be. She only swung at me, staying silent. Of course, I dodged and ran around, trying not to die, but there has to be a way to save her. After a minute, I got an idea. Carefully walking towards Rogue, I slid my right hand out of my glove.

"Rogue?" I asked, making sure that she was still aware of my presence. When she nodded, I continued, "Okay. Now, help me out here. Try your best to get rid of your weapon."

I saw her tremble and struggle. "Amus, I ca-"

"Just try again!" I interrupted. "Just...try. Try and succeed. Just do it. But if you can't, that's okay and I'll...figure out something else."

Before I continued, I shifted my eyes to the side. Sannel was trying to protect Allois. That's right... I thought, Al has cross-telepathy. I proceeded by sending messages to him.

'Al. Take Sannel out of the forest. I'll take care of things here.'

'No, Amus. I don't think you can. While this has been happening, more of the bad guys have been closing in on us little by little.'

Hm... Wait a second... 'How did you know that?'

From the corner of my eye, I saw Allois grinning. 'While this has been happening, the people from the camp have been closing in on the bad guys little by little. Lisa and Annie messaged me telepathically too.'

I gave off a small side smile as I focused my attention back to Rogue. Her pupils seemed to grow smaller and wider as if she were fighting against herself. Then, I realized that that was exactly what she was doing...fighting against herself.

Her arms shook harshly. Considering the fact that she was holding a long weapon and I was about two feet away from it, shaking seemed extremely dangerous. I don't understand why, but something inside me knew that I wouldn't get hurt...no matter what. Rogue was in war with herself, but a certain something knew that she wouldn't hurt or come close to striking at me when I'm not ready to dodge it.

'Al. Leave now. Take Sannel with you because I'm about to do something that I can't control very well.'

After a while, he responded, 'Okay.'

Judging by the footsteps ringing in my ears, Al and Sannel finally left and I was there; facing Rogue's pained expression and scientist-lady's smirk.

The Marybell spoke, "By the look on your face, boy, I'd say you're planning something, yes? C'mon now. Spill it."

I stood still and cautiously, shaking my head slowly from left to right. Rogue continued to quiver, her teeth gritted. "Amus," she said softly. "I can't... I can't put it down."

I straightened myself out, getting ready for what I was going to do. It's a risk, because I don't know if weapons in the Morphix world do what I was planning. Step by step, I inched closer to Rogue.

Her eyes widened. "Amus, get back!"

"No!" I continued on towards her. "Stop telling me to go away because there's no way I'll obey that order."

Shakily, her arms raised the naginata up into the air as I made my way underneath the blade. "What are you doing?!" she questioned, shouting at me.

Before I could answer, the weapon sliced through the air and I stopped it between my hands. Dark red blood seeped out from my palm, but I kept my grip. I clenched my teeth as it slowly made its way through the skin on my palms.

If she uses sphal magic to turn the naginata into a ring or her staff, then I should be able to do the same... and I was exactly correct. The weapon began shrinking little by little. The pressure against my hands began to lessen. Finally, it turned into the ring.

"Excuse me, boy, but I'm going to need that ring, yes. Give it here," the woman spoke.

I wiped my blood on my jeans, put the ring around my finger, and looked up at Rogue. Judging by her stiff position, she was still being possessed. Now, she was throwing kicks and punches. I recalled the time she fought Zoelle and noticed the gap in fighting style and skill. This should be easy.

"Rogue," I called out while ducking. "Open up your right hand."

It took her a while to open it (and a bit of me running around everywhere and dodging blows), but she did it. She opened her right hand for a split second, but that was enough time for me to grab onto it.

Just like before, a white light burst between our two hands and encased us inside it.

"Amus!" Rogue exclaimed. "You did it!" Like before, our voices were muffled.

"Rogue, once we get back, there might be people surrounding us. But there are also people from the camp that will be closing in on them. If we don't control this attack, we might harm them," I explained.

She nodded, smiled, and held my hand tighter. Quickly, she came close to me and pressed her lips against mine and I was left in shock.

Before I could do anything, she pulled away and said, "Syllys."

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Hey, guys! Hey.

So... are you smiling? Are you frowning? Are you...keeping your mouth as a tight line on your face?

Coooooooooooo.......

Don't give me that look, it HAD to happen sometime. I mean, c'mon. Lez just be happy~

Yay...happiness.

and...

I'm...

Talking to myself again.

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