Soft barking started to echo throughout her head, the darkness of the inside of her eyelids spinning. The barking gradually got louder, louder to the point that she had to open her eyes to figure out what was wrong. Looking around, Angel could barely see where she was, the lights of the Capsule House flickering on and off. Blue, luminescent eyes could be seen, and the robotics hound's tongue once more met the girl's face with a bit of worry. "TOTO... Back off, I'm awake… where are we?" She asked, looking around. The events before she blacked out came back to her slowly, and standing up, Angel looked toward the doors of the House Capsule. "Come on TOTO, let's see where we are…" Angel said, walking to the doorway and pressing a small glowing button.
The doors slid open, and Angel was greeted with what seemed like a small city area, single story stores placed in a circle with a few roads away from where she currently stood. The buildings had a certain sense of age to them, as if they had not been used or simply ignored for many years. Walking out of the capsule, Angel turned and looked at the wreaked vehicle that she rode down in, surprised that it still was intact, but glad at that fact. Murmurings from within the buildings, hidden in the shadows, caused Angel to back away a bit toward the Capsule House. "W-Who's there?" Angel called out, looking around. More murmurs, and a soft chuckling caused TOTO to move into a defensive position, the robot hound's eyes turning red once more.
"Don't be afraid, they are simply surprised by your appearance…" A voice said from right. Angel turned quickly, the pistol she found in her hand and pointing over toward the owner of the voice. The owner of the voice seemed to shine with the color pink, her clothes consisting of a pink, form fitting evening dress that fit to her hour glass form. Long, pink hair flowed down the figure's head, down her neck, and to the middle of her back. The woman wore pink high heels, elbow length pink gloves, a small, pink crown, and to top it off she held a small, thin piece of pink wood.
"And Who are you?" Angel asked, aiming at the woman. Something about the woman seemed odd to Angel, and TOTO seemed to agree.
"I am considered to be a good witch by the residents of this land… my name is Linda of the North." The pink woman said, bowing ever so slightly. "And who are you?"
"My name is Angel… A good witch?" Angel questioned.
"I am actually an AI program who was created to help anyone who might need help." Linda said, smiling. "And thanks to the world wide holographic core, I can appear anywhere to someone who might need help."
"An AI witch… What do you want? Where am I?" Angel questioned, the pistol now aimed at the ground.
"We are in The Orphanage. And I came to ask if you are a good witch or a bad witch." Linda said, moving around Angel, a holographic hand tracing along the girl's shoulders.
"I'm not a witch… why would you want to know that?" Angel asked, slightly shivering at the touch
"Well… because you killed the Witch of the East." The AI said, pointing over to where the Capsule house landed. Taking a good look, Angel noticed a charred hand to the side of the capsule house, and she put her hand to her mouth.
"I-I didn't mean to…" Angel said, tears starting to stream down her cheeks.
"Don't feel bad Angel… it's alright… you probably saved the lives of many of these orphans." Linda said, sliding her arm around Angel's shoulder. TOTO let out a small growl, but the mechanical canine was defeated, it knew it, the red turning to blue again. "It's alright Orphans… you can come out now." More murmuring now, and several dark shapes came out from the stores, behind buildings, and even out of the bushes. Young Orphans, several of them wearing nothing more then dirty, dark tan pants, ripped in several places. A few of the older looking Orphans wore more clothes, and some even wore extra layers, as if to show their dominance over the younger Orphans.
One of these layered clothing Orphans approached Linda and Angel, and bowed at his waist. "From the land of the Orphans, I thank you from the bottom of our hearts for ridding us of that evil Woman… she had come here to take a few more of our village for her evil experiments." He said, shaggy, brown hair falling in front of his face. Standing back up, the Orphan looked between Angel and Linda.
"This is Othello, leader of the Orphans." Linda said, introducing Angel to the person.
"We will have a feast… for this is a joyous occasion indeed." Othello said, turning to the rest of the Orphans. A great cheer rose from several tiny bodies, and several of the Orphans ran off to prepare. Angel calmed down a bit, and took in Othello's appearance; dirty pants was similar, but he also wore an off white shirt with a large, long sleeved black shirt placed onto his shoulders with a stained violet tie placed around his neck as if it was a shall. "Come! I shall bring you to the Hall of Feasts!" Othello said, bowing slightly and motioning for Angel to follow.
Screams of horror and pain rang out from a group of Orphans, and several of the Orphans fell to the ground, fresh wounds on their bodies. Another figure emerged, seeming to glow with a dark green color; a black overcoat with greenish under-tones covered the body, a black hat with similar under-tones sat on the head, green hair sprawling down the shoulders and back. "Welcome to the Outer Zone DORTHY, I see you met Linda… wait… where is my Sister?" The figure questioned, her face searching back and forth.
"She was killed by the one you call DORTHY, much to the happiness of the Orphans." Linda said defiantly.
"Who is that?" Angel asked, backing away slightly.
"That's the Wicked Witch of the West." Linda whispered to Angel.
"What? My sister killed by this girl, how was that?" The Witch asked, in a proud unbelieving voice.
"Your sister was crushed by the capsule house… you can see the crimson nano-tech on what remains of her arm." Linda said, pointing over to the charred arm. The proud smile on the Wicked Witch's face slowly vanished, replaced with an angry scowl.
"You! DORTHY! After I revived you… you kill my sister… you will pay…" The Wicked Witch said, her body glowing more, dark green energy swirling, what little lights in the area flickering. But her face turned into a wicked smile, and she turned back to the charred flesh. "The crimson nano-tech… it still should be active… that power…" The Wicked Witch said, seemed to hover over toward the body. With a glow of crimson light, the nano-tech that could be seen before had vanished. "What?"
"That nano-tech will not be yours, you already have two different nano-tech… the Crimson will not be added to the Lime nano-tech of my late sister, and your evil black nano-tech." Linda said, walking forward with an air of defiance once more.
"What did you do to it? You are not compatible with it?" The Wicked Witch said, turning an evil hand at Linda.
"She will now have the power of the Crimson nano-tech." Linda said, smiling as she pointed at Angel. Angel looked at the Wicked Witch, and then at Linda, but a soft prick of pain caused her to look down at her arms. Fear was apparent as the crimson color slowly spread over her body, small drops of blood dripping from several of the crimson lines appearing on her flesh. Pain racked her body as she fell to her knees, and TOTO walked over and whimpered, worried for her.
"If it doesn't kill her… then I will." The Wicked Witch said, and her body flickered and she vanished. Several of the Orphans ran to the prone body of Angel, sweat beads forming on her forehead, several crimson lines on her body glowing slightly.
"Angel? Angel? Are you ok?" Linda's voice seemed to be a distant echo in her ears.
"Hurry! You three get her to the Church… we can treat her there…" The voice of Othello barely reached her. Once more, the world around Angel seemed to slowly go dark, the pain causing shadows to slowly creep into her vision until nothingness remained.