As the two were engulfed into a dark void of sleep, the puppet master threw them both down. Ava skidded across and Jason landed on his back, hissing in pain. He looked around and crawled to Ava.

"a-Ava....come on please...Ava...." he propped her up trying to wake her up. "AVA!" Roseabella screamed and ran over to help. Ava coughed up blood, this was killing her. The puppet master slammed the two saddened souls away and pulled Ava by the hair. "YOU- You cant accept death! I-I need you!" He screamed, smashing his fist on the ground. Ava barely opened her eyes. "I-it's ok.....i get to see my dad....i just need to close......my.....eyes..." She smiled gently. It started raining, perfect fit for the moment. Zachary picked her up and Ran. He ran back to the house. Jason And Roseabella followed. He bursted into the mansion and gracefully ran up the stairs. He stopped at an old room, he crashed open the door. He set her on the bed and called a doctor......

"please make it...." he whispered.

MEANWHILE
Rose fell to her knees. She covered her mouth, crying. "ARTEMIS!"
She looked down upon her sisters limp body. She hugged it, "you cant be dead. You cant be..... not now. I need you!" She whispered. Jason limped ocer and tapped her shoulder. He turned her around and hugged her. "I know you're not okay..." he rubbed her back as she sobbed into his shoulder. "IT HURTS!" She cried grasping his shirt. She didnt deserve this. She was only 13. She needed a shoulder to lean on. That shoulder was ripped away from her. He played with the strings of fate. He rewrote their story.
He had no right. This infuriated Him.
He marched upstairs. He bursted the door open, grabbing Zack. He spoke in a low,stern, gruff voice. "How dare you tamper with fate! Life is not a puppet show! You cant take those actors you dont like and 'lay them off'! They are livung breathing people!" He hit him against the wall.
"St-stop......please. D-d-don't stoop down to his level......please..."
Ava weakly grabbed the end of his shirt, her arm shaking and barely being able to move. Jason let go, zachary slid down a little. He slowly took a knife from his tall leather boots, and sliced Jason's cheek. Jason just punched him and he hit the wall.
He groaned and Jason walked to the bathroom. He searched the cabinets for bandages. He found it and wrapped up Ava's back.
She winced at the pain, Jason was so distracted with Ava he didnt notice the puppet Master got a book holder and knocked him out. He threw him over his left shoulder and Ava over his right. She hissed at the pain. He tied them to the puppet strings but this time he tied their ankles too. They hung from the ceiling like puppets in a puppet theater. Jason's body was limp, his head had a huge brusie and his lip was busted from hitting the floor.
Here Ava hung again, from the ceiling like a ragdoll, the only difference was she couldnt do anything. She was helpless.
Zacks flashback
"I wish i lived in the present, with the gift of my past mistakes"
A 11 yr old zack sat crying in the halls. The memory was killing him on the inside. His mind corrupted slowly. His sisters were here but they were terrified of him. The only thing he had was his puppets. His mother gave them to him before she passed. there was one he was told not to mess with.
"But the future keeps staring in like a bag of snakes"
Curiosity killed him. He opened the box and a puppet with crimson eyes stared at him. He touched it and he passed out. A voice reached out to him.
"You dont need them, you have me. We will be here for eachother."
That was the day he became a puppet.
Done............
Ava hung helplessly. She heard a muffled cry.
It was zack....