Her head was hurting like hell and she starts to see black spots with her left eyes. She took her handbag and start searching in it. Since her last visit to her doctor, she had been searching for it and was lucky, by lack of a better word she called it lucky, to find the owner of the box. Her fingers touched the cube and closed her hand around it. Like a samurai would pull out his sword, she pulled the box out of her bag. She raised the box at eye level while whispering: "The Lament Configuration, the Lemerchand's Box. "

Her finger touched the top of the puzzle box, in circular motion. Here she was, with the box she had once hoped never to see again and yet was confronted by for the fourth time in her life. The first was when her father claimed his uncle's house, after the latter went missing after one of his many sinister exploits. The second was only a few months later. A doctor who was obsessed by the toymaker's legacy. Her final confrontation, until now, was when her treacherous husband tried to get rid of her. In all occasions, she had been concentrating on one thought. Survival. But this time, there would be no way out. This time she had chosen to do this. She pressed on a button and the box started to change its shape. It started to twist and turn and she put calmly and carefully on the ground. A bright light filled the room and almost blinded her. It was so bright, it started to hurt. This could be better over quick. As four figures appeared from the light, she almost felt relieved. She looked around and noticed it was the old gash. Pinhead in the middle, the female cenobite and the fat one on the left and the ugly one on the right. She was almost forgot how terrifying they were. Not that she was having second thoughts, she had thought about this for a week, since the diagnosis.

Pinhead looked at her and started smile: "Kristy, at last, we see each other once again! I knew you would come back."

She looked angry at him, an expression of pure hate. "You bastard!"

"What is it this time? Which bargain will you propose this time. Another soul that escaped us? Someone you want to pay out?"

"No bargains this time. I just want some information."

"And what do you give us?"

"My soul! I pledge my soul to you! I have only one question!"

"The Female stepped forward, taking a curved knife from the leather belt. "No more bargains, It's time to play."

Pinhead raised his hand towards her, commanding her to stop. To Kristy's gratification, she noticed a disappointment on the face of Female Cenobite while Pinhead didn't even look at her. He only look at Kristy with that terrifying smile, as he continues:"Go ahead!"

"When did you do it?!"

She was almost crying but trying to prevent that, as she didn't want to provoke them.

"You'll have to be more precisely."

"The brain tumour! When did you do it?", she yells at him, fighting the tears and trying to keep control over herself while the memories returned to her.

It was one week ago, for months her head had hurt like hell. Sudden light flashes almost caused seizures. She had to visit a doctor. It was from then on, things went downhill. The doctor was shaking when told her, he would sent her to a colleague, an oncologist. The diagnose devastated her world. According to the CAT-scan, she had a huge brain tumour, which had spread over her complete brain. She started to cry when the oncologist asked her to sit down and told her that, based on the scan, she got another month or two to life. He almost start to cry himself when he told her that it was incurable, that the tumour get been there for too long. It was then she realized what had happened. First, she bought a gun, but found her unable to commit suicide, not since she knew there was another way. After 3 days, she had found the Vagrant. She asked him about the box and shortly after that, she left his house (a hovel which was barely habitable) with the box and after killing him with the gun. She did know it would be futile, that he would return but was all about sending a message. She had planned this day for a week. Placed her car near the water and left a suicide note on her desk in which she claimed she would have jump in the Thames. The housekeeper would find the note when he came for the rent.

"The seed was planned after our first meeting."

"Why?"

"Remember the first time we met? Off course, you do. You gave us your uncle in exchange for your freedom. Or when we gave our souls to save you for Dr. Channard. Or that time you bargained your soul with the soul of 5 people? You always had potential, you just needed the proper motivation and I have it to you! Now, your soul belongs to us!"

"So be it!"

Pinhead was surprised by her reaction. It had only occur a few times that he came to claim someone who was so calm. She had accepted her destiny. She had become the powerful soul whose potential he felt years ago. She was much stronger then her uncle, her father or her husband ever was. And she knew her destiny would completely differ from theirs. It was on that moment he realized she would be a great addition to the army of Hell. As he opened the portal to Hell, she passed him without even looking at the other cenobites. While she entered the Labyrinth, he would have sworn she was smiling...