Chapter 24
Everyone had been sent off to their targets. First off, Reina. Reina was sitting against a large tree, she had recently been crying because she knows what has happened to her sister. Rebecca's portal had ended up a little while away from the tree. She'd landed in a bush beside the nearby lake.
"Goddamn it!" Rebecca muttered, standing up and brushing herself down.
Reina heard the noise and stood up, walking over to investigate, "Rebecca?"
"No. The flying spaghetti monster!" Rebecca yelled, hands on her hips,"Of course it's me!"
"What are you doing here?" Reina asked, it was good to see that Rebecca still had her humour.
"Well, this was all my idea and I'm here to..." Rebecca paused before unsheathing her sharpened sword,"Destroy you!"
Reina took a step back, "Becca, we've went through this! We don't want to hurt each other."
"But I do wanna hurt you!" Rebecca stated, eyeing Reina.
"Don't you remember when we were younger?" Reina asked, looking up at Rebecca.
Rebecca took another pause,"Yeah... We were best friends and you..."
"I've apologised for what I did, Becca." Reina told her,"I mean before all that."
"You don't know how it felt... To be abandoned by the one person that you thought you could trust!" Rebecca yelled, falling to her knees, tears falling from her eyes.
Reina bent down and went on her knees,"At the time. There couldn't be two creativities.. I'm sorry for my actions Becca."
"I just wanted to help..." Rebecca whispered, grabbing onto her sister.
Reina held onto Becca, stroking her hair,"I know.. But that was the past, we still have so much more to do."
Rebecca was surrounded by a white light and she returned to her normal self.
Reina smiled softly and stood up, offering a hand to Rebecca,"You're my sister and the past will not change that."
Rebecca took Reina's hand, hugging her,"I love you Reina..."
"...Mira?" Reina asked in a whisper.
Rebecca nodded,"I'm sorry..."
Reina let out a shaky sigh, "They'll get out of it."
Reina was trying her best to stay positive but Rebecca saw how upset and scared she was.
"I know they will." Rebecca said, placing a hand on her sister's shoulder before making a portal to their room,"Let's go home."
Reina nodded, walking through the portal with her sister. During this, Serenity was sitting in bed with Laura, who was fast asleep, both of them unaware of what was going on. Suddenly, Serenity was transported into a dark room. She tried to look at her surroundings but it was way too dark for her to make out anything.
"Is that too dark for you?" Asked a familiar voice,"Here's some light!"
A spotlight appeared next to Serenity, blinding her temporarily. She instinctively turned away from the light.
"Mira?! Is that you?" Serenity asked at the voice.
The light was still on so she didn't look back at it. Serenity opened her eyes to see a big shadow monster and immediately covered her face.
"Ahh!" Serenity screamed,"Mira! I'm scared!"
The shadow disappeared and Paranoia showed up, "Sup dad! Miss me?"
"What do you want?" Serenity asked, trembling.
Paranoia clapped her hands and the scenery changed, they were now in area filled with cliffs.
"Nothing much, I've been sent to hurt you. Yadayada~" Paranoia stated.
"Will it change your minds if I say, 'Please don't'?" Serenity asked, slightly hopeful.
Paranoia shook her head,"Nope! But.."
"But?" Serenity questioned, adjusting her glasses.
"Since I'm nice. Give me a reason why I shouldn't." Paranoia crossed her arms.
"Because you are a very nice person and you care about Erin's wellbeing?" Serenity said, unsure of what she was going to say.
"That sounds like Mira.." Paranoia admitted,"But not me!"
She flew up in the air and done a twirl before landing back on the ground.
"Aw..." Serenity sighed, disappointed,"Ok... I guess I'm ready."
Paranoia shrugged and raised her hand, but.. Nothing happened.
"You know.. I always wanted to be like you." Paranoia admitted.
"Well, I really shouldn't have split dark and light sides back then... That's what caused all of this... I'm sorry..." Serenity apologized, looking down.
"Sorry doesn't cut it!" Paranoia shouted as she put her hand down. "I used to think that I wasn't good enough for anyone.."
"Come on then... Do what you want... Hit me, change me into Immorality, as long as everyone else is ok..." Serenity told her, holding her arms at her sides.
Paranoia shook her head,"That's the thing. I can't, and I don't know why!"
Paranoia's wings started to turn a faint purple.
"I think I know why~" Serenity said, her hope returning.
"Care to explain?" Paranoia asked, her hair returning to her original colour.
"Take a look at your hair and wings." Serenity told her, winking.
Paranoia looked at her hair and wings, "What the.. Why are you doing this?"
"It's not me! It's a certain somebody who is coming through again!" Serenity explained, walking closer to Paranoia.
"That's impossible. De made sure we couldn't-" Paranoia cut herself off.
"Couldn't what?" Serenity asked, tilting her head to the side.
"None of your business!" Paranoia snapped, before a flash happened and Mira was back.
"Oh my god, I am so sorry for talking to you like that!" Mira apologized.
"It's fine! It wasn't you!" Serenity said, walking over and hugging Mira.
Mira hugged Serenity back before telling her,"They have the kid.."
Serenity paused as the shock set in.
"Let's go to sleep... Amare will be able to save her. She's the only one who can." Serenity whispered, taking off her glasses.
Mira nodded and teleported them back to their room. Serenity climbed into her own bed as Mira changed before she to climbed into bed. A few minutes had passed and Lynne was sitting on her bed holding her knees as Audrey appeared in a cloud of smoke.
"Hey Lynne!" Audrey said as the smoke cleared.
Lynne turned to her sister's voice,"Jae I-"
She cut herself off as she realized that her sister was replaced by her demon.
"Let's just say that... Jae is gone..." Audrey stated, teleporting Lynne to the dungeon,"Forever!"
Lynne looked around, realising she was in the dungeon.
"Audrey! You know better than this!" Lynne reminded her.
Audrey giggled before saying,"Enjoy your stay~"
Audrey then causally walked out of the dungeon, locking the door behind her. Lynne ran up to the door but she was too late. It was already locked.
"Fuck!" She yelled before she walked back to the middle of the dungeon.
Lynne took out a folded piece of paper from her hoodie pocket. It was a song she'd written.
"Well, I'm probably going to die here do might as well sing..." Lynne thought, unfolding the paper.
Lynne leant against the dungeon wall and began to sing, "Cover my eyes.. Cover my ears.. Tell me these words are a lie~.."
A few years fell from Lynne's eyes. These tears fell to the floor and created an illusion of a happy Jae, flying with her small wings.
"It can't be true... That I'm losing you! The sun cannot fall from the sky~" Lynne yelled at the illusion, standing up.
"Can you hear heaven cry?" Lynne asked as she looked at the dungeon door.
"Hey! Queen De wishes-" Audrey began, walking in only to see Lynne singing.
"Tears of an angel?~" Lynne sang, looking up and not noticing Audrey.
Audrey's eyes returned to Jae's. She knew this wouldn't end well so she ran out of the dungeon, slamming the door behind her.
"Tears of an angel~" Lynne repeated this part at least three times.
Lynne took a few breaths as she fell to her knees, a sudden dizziness had come over her.
"Stop every clock... The stars are in shock...The river would run to the sea~" Lynne sang weakly as the illusion came over and helped her up.
Lynne watched as the illusion stepped back.
"I won't let you fly! I won't say goodbye~ I won't let you slip away from me!" Lynne announced proudly.
Audrey had flew to a nearby hill so nobody could witness her change back.
"Can you hear Heaven cry?" Audrey called to the sky, her horns disappearing.
Lynne couldn't stop herself from crying.
"Tears of angel~" She sang, looking at the roof.
"Tears of an angel?~" Audrey asked, her wings shrinking and some parts turning red.
"Tears of an angel!~" Lynne yelled, her wings came out.
"Tears of an angel?~" Audrey repeated, turning back into Jae.
"So hold on!" Lynne shouted as she looked back at the door.
"Be strong!" Jae shouted, jumping up and starting to you back to the castle.
"Everyday, hope will grow!" Lynne started walking around the cell, looking for another way out.
"I'll be here, don't you fear!" Jae sang as she arrived at the back of the castle where there was a secret passage to the dungeon.
"Little one! Don't let go!" Lynne called out to Jae, using her old childhood nickname that she had given her.
Lynne fell to her knees, knowing all hope was lost... Suddenly a familiar face pushed open the door. It was Jae!
"Cover my eyes... Cover my ears... Tell me these words are a lie~" Jae sang, walked over to her sister and teleporting them both to their room and falling asleep.
About ten minutes later Mystique teleported to where Jae and Lynne were. She kissed Jae's head before using an orb to enter the Mindscape and walked to where Laura was sleeping. When she found Laura she wrapped a cloth around her mouth and teleported them to another dungeon cell. Laura was awoken by the sudden teleporting but couldn't see who had taken her. Mystique saw how Laura was squinting at her and decided to be kind and place her glasses on her face.
Mystique waved at Laura in a sort of friendly manner,"So you don't know me, but.. Hi!"
Mystique walked backwards, examining the cell.
"I prefer the silence over being kidnapped by a..." Laura wasn't sure what Mystique was, her wings were throwing her off but she determined what she was by looking at her eyes,"A Yandere..."
Mystique smirked, twirling around,"In the blood and flesh."
"This isn't usually how I spend my nights." Laura stated, removing her hands from the weak ties around her wrists,"Now, please explain to me why I'm here."
Mystique dropped her smirk when Laura got out of the ties,"Well.. I was sent to hurt you!"
Laura sighed,"This happens every time there's a villain!"
Mystique put her hand over her heart, "You'd class me as a villain? I'm offended."
"No shit Sherlock! You're working with the enemy!" Laura yelled, she usually didn't lose her temper like that.
"In all honesty. I really didn't have a choice." Mystique said as she shrugged her shoulders.
"Care to give me any information on the enemy before I figuratively 'own' you?" Laura asked, standing up.
"Hmm.. Their name begins with the letter 'D'." Mystique leant against the wall.
"Both of our known enemies begin with the letter 'D'." Laura stated, crossing her arms.
Mystique rolled her eyes, "Then.. The next letter is 'E'!"
"The next letter in both of their names is also 'E'." Laura pointed out,"You really aren't good at this, are you?"
"Ah, I don't believe I've seen her since Erin's teens and early adult life..." Laura said, adjusting her glasses.
"Well, she's back. And got recruiters. I believe that she sent Paranoia out to get.. What's her name? Oh Serenity? Is it?" Mystique asked slyly as she looked at Laura.
Laura used her telekinesis to hold Mystique in place in the air,"Tell me where she is now! I need to have a civilized chat with her!"
"Civilzed chat? What are you, 90?" Mystique asked, crossing her arms, not caring that she was in the air.
"No, I'm... I'm like thirty something!" Laura stated, keeping Mystique there,"Now, speak!"
"Hmm.. Nah, I'd rather not." Mystique said, looking away from Laura.
"What do you have to lose?" Laura asked,"You're stuck and even if you do get out, I'll get you again."
Mystique rolled her eyes,"Put my down and maybe I'll consider it."
Laura stared at Mystique for a few seconds before setting her down slowly.
Mystique leant against the wall again, asking Laura, "What do you want to know?"
"I want to know where Depression is.' Laura said, getting impatient.
"Last time I saw her, she was in the woods. But I can tell you that she is definitely not there anymore." Mystique stated.
"Hmm. She's probably with Deliah in the castle..." Laura muttered.
Laura then threw a bottle of white liquid at Mystique, surrounding her in a white light. Mystique turned back into Elaina.
"Thank you! Okay, now that I'm back... Who are you?" She asked.
"My name is Laura, also known as Erin's Logic." Laura told her,"You must be Jae's girlfriend Elaina, correct?"
Elania nodded before saying, "I know that some of the others are back to normal. Let's just hope that Paranoia is back to normal."
"You and me both..." Laura whispered, teleporting back to her room.
To Laura's relief, both Mira and Serenity were asleep. Knowing that they were safe, Laura took off her glasses and got into bed. Elaina teleported back to Jae and Lynne's room and climbed onto Jae's bed, falling asleep. While all of this was going on, Erin had been trying desperately to bring back Kasey or Katie. After another failed attempt, or so she thought, Erin looked down at the ground.
"Please bring back one of my angels..." Erin prayed, holding her hands.
Shortly after Erin had said the prayer. A large blue flash came from behind her. Deception had came..
"Wow. You really are desperate, aren't you?" Deception stated, crossing her arms.
Erin turned around, surprised that her spell had worked.
"Deception?" Erin asked, looking at her controlled child.
"In all of her glory." Deception smirked.
Erin started tearing up,"I just want everything to go back to normal..."
"Oh, lord. Why are you crying? You don't need to cry over a simple thing." Deception crossed her arms.
"I'm crying over my children!" Erin snapped, wiping her eyes.
"If it makes you feel any better, Jae is back to normal." Deception said simply.
"At least I can look after two kids..." Erin muttered, staring down Deception.
"Hm?" Deception asked,"I never heard you properly."
"I said that at least I can look after two kids and have them not be corrupted!" Erin shouted,"Was that loud enough?"
"Crystal. Now, do you know why your kids are corrupted?" She asked, walking over and looking up at Erin.
"There's a lot of reasons that could be true, should I list them?" Erin asked, not letting her eyes leave Deception.
"We got time." Deception said as she raised a brow at Erin.
"Alright. Evil scientist father, Demon rituals, Experimentation, Deliah, Depression, Their own depression, vunerability..." Erin listed the reasons.
"Sounds about right." Deception backed up. "Got a question for you. Know about this?"
Deception lifted up her sleeve, showing a burn mark.
"No." Erin said, not recognizing the injury,"That is unless Oakley did it without my knowledge."
"You should've known about what he did." Deception said as she put the sleeve back down.
Something odd happened though, Decpetions eye went from yellow to.. purple?
"Uh... De? You're eye has um... Changed colour?" Erin said, pointing to Deception's eye.
"There's a pretty moon there to." Erin stated,"Wait... How?"
Deception shrugged her shoulders, "I'm just as confused as you are."
"That's strange... Usually you're never confused. Which demon has caused this?" Erin asked, looking around the room.
A young demon who was dressed in purple came out.
"Hello~ I was sent by De because Deception was taking forever." She told them as she crossed her arms.
"Who is you?!" Erin questioned,"Are you a side that I didn't know about?"
Deception started to talk. "This is th-" Before Deception could say anything else, the demon raised her hand, turning Deception back to Kasey.
Kasey fell to the ground while the demon smirked,"Step two.. Tick."
"Answer my question, bitch!" Erin yelled, looking as intimidating as possible.
"I'm a demon. There, you know!" The demon said as she walked up to Kasey, who had passed out.
Erin stepped in front of Kasey, blocking her from the demon.
The demon hummed. "Protective. How lovely."
The demon then teleported out of sight. Erin began looking around the room, not letting her guard down.
Kasey finally woke up and sat up, "Dad?"
"Yes?" Erin asked, turning around to look at Kasey.
"Is my eye still purple?" Kasey asked, out of everything she could've asked, she asked about her eye.
Erin looked closely before saying,"Yes, yes it is."
"What does it mean?" Kasey asked another question as she stood up.
"Don't ask me, I ain't gotta clue." Erin replied, shrugging her shoulders.
When Erin said this, the demon showed up behind her and tapped her shoulder,"Boo!"
"Ah, fuck!" Erin yelled in surprise as the demon took over her.
The ends of Erin's hair turned purple as did her eyes.
"Get out of her body!" Kasey shouted at the demon who had taken over Erin.
"But I don't wanna!~" The demon whined,"You know, when you always used to ignore your Dad, it really hurt her."
"We've made up." Kasey stated.
"Doesn't take back the tears shed and the cu-" The demon was cut off by Mystic,"Get out of my body, bitch! I was here first!"
The demon immediately fell out of Erin when Mystic yelled. She quickly teleported away, knowing who Mystic was.
"There we go, here's your dad back!" Mystic said, giving Erin control back.
Kasey hugged her dad as she apologized,"I'm sorry.."
"It's fine Kasey! Now, to bed with you." Erin stated, patting Kasey on the head before walking to her own room.
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