Hey, guys here's chapter 3.

Manny's POV:

I walked into the school with Minnie hot on my heels. She had screamed at me the entire way from home. School doors didn't stop her. Neither did decorum or an unwillingness to make a scene.

"MANNY!" Her voice was a baseball bat crashing against my head.

"MANNY!" Strike two.

Compared to which strike one was the gentle rustling of leaves on a spring morning. I found myself bracing for strike three like someone preparing to be hit by a comet when she crossed me up by zipping to my left and ripping my books from my hands. I stopped. Of course, I stopped. You can't just leave school books lying on the floor. So I stopped and started picking them up, one by one – Clawculus, Psychophysics, Physiopsychics, Monsters Of Modern Literature Volume VII, Labyrinths In History – and as I was doing so turned to face my tiny, hugely furious, little sister.

"I already said forget it, Minnie. I'm fine. Alright?"

She threw up her hands in annoyance.

"Why?! Why are you being so stubborn Manny? You are not fine. You almost ripped your arm off this morning. Mom had to force a regenerative potion down your throat so you wouldn't die of blood loss before the ambulance took you to the ICU. The doctor said you should be in the Intensive care for AT LEAST two day. You are not supposed to be up and walking around!" It was true. The healing process multiplies the white blood cells in the body of a monster to an almost toxic level. This forces the tissues and fur to regenerate at an impressive speed. Fixing broken bones in two hours and skin loss in minutes. Then you're hooked up to a machine that removes the white blood cells and the hospital keeps you overnight for a few days. I rolled my eyes and walked to my locker "Manny." No more strikes. She'd exhausted herself, as she will, concerning herself about me "Manny." This one was like a sad groan. And it touched me. That and the sad way she dragged her hand down her face "You're just not listening to me..."

I tried to smirk my way past the feeling, and it mostly worked. Actually, it didn't, but I can always pretend. So there I was smirking as I fumbled with my skeleton lock. It seemed to take a long time, but I finally got the locker open, then watched driftingly as she slammed it shut.

"Come on Minnie..." I sort of slurred this out because I was suddenly being carried away on this wave of dizziness.

There was a cloud coming in from the outside of my vision. My legs were trembling. My hair was damp. I groaned and grabbed my locker.

"You're only making yourself worse!"

I squeezed my eyes shut and shook my head.

"No!" I grabbed my English notes and softly closed my locker shut. Then I looked at her. I mean look at her. I must have looked even worse than usual; because she stepped back in shock.

"I don't care if I'm not feeling well, Minnie. It's the championship game today and I am not missing it for a stupid headache."

"Are you kidding me?!" she shrieks "Your putting yourself through this hell so you can play a STUPID CASKET-BALL GAME?!" I pushed her hand off and opened my locker but she slammed it shut again "You're going home" she started dragging me towards the door

"No! I don't care if I'm not feeling well, Minnie its the championship! IM NOT GOING HOME" I guess she had given up the logical side of the argument because she sent me a death glare, gripped my arm with both hands and proceeded to drag me away from my locker. If I wasn't already feeling like crap I would have blushed at how easily she had done it too. I tried to stop my body but she just kept pulling, I was about 7 seconds from reaching the front door and my heart rate exploded "MINNIE BACK OFF!"

I ripped my arm out of her grip and something snapped. I literally felt something snap in my mind. Like someone had taken a sledgehammer to my skull. I gripped my ears in a bitter attempt to stop the ringing screaming through my mind. My eyes burned. My head hurt, my body was about to collapse in sheer exhaustion. My chest burned from lack of air but every breath felt like it brought on another 20 pounds of brick. And I swore I was about to puke if this didn't stop.

'Streak streak streak!'

Like Claws down a chalkboard. The pictures, the room, Minnie all of it vanished away.

All I saw was red.

(Clawd's p.o.v)

I walked in the school with Draculaura hanging off my arm, she was going on and on and ON about shoes and the lasts fashion hits.

"And then she was all like Oh my ghoul are you crazy, and I was like I know right, these fashion sales will bring me back to life" I smiled and tune the rest of it out.

I occasionally added the usual

"Really, oh that's ripping' or 'Oh that's so Claw-some!" you know, the "Of course I'm listening but I'm really not" boyfriend routine, she glances at me.

"Clawd are you even listening to me?"

I freeze, Pink eyes met yellow

"Of course I'm listening," I say with a tiny laugh.

She slides her hands to her hips, her bottom lip puckering out as she attempts to glare at me. I would chuckle as this causes her to look even more adorable

"Really, then what was I just saying?"

I could feel the sweat roll my forehead as she eyed me up and down, I mentally ran through the things she had said. Trying to figure out where she had left off or something that would distract her long enough to pull my ass out of the frying pan. Like the new shoe sale at Screamers!

"Uh-" I could hear Manny's loud voice before I could say anything.

Her eyes travelled to Manny and I breathed a sigh of relief. Leave it to many to cause an early morning scene; I swear that monster had more energy than I did. I opened my locker and made myself look busy before she could ask me again. Manny's conversation was getting louder by the second; I rolled my eyes and tried to block out his usual morning antics. I grabbed my Casket-ball uniform and shoes when I felt Draculaura's hand grab my arm quickly.

"Clawd?" she gasped and pointed.

I was surprised when I realized it was Minnie who was nose to nose with him. I put my clothes back before shutting my locker quickly. I knew that being bulls Manny and Minnie could lose their temper very quickly. I turned and locked eyes with Holt who nodded, he unhooked his arm from Frankie and ran down the hall with me. No matter the cause it was always better to stop the fight before things escalated.

"Hey, Manny, why don't you come with me, man! We can go shoot some hoops!" Holt shouts, his hands flying left and right a mad man.

"Minnie..." he growls, not even glancing at our direction.

"Manny" she growls right back "You need to head back home and lay down!" he pushed her hand off and opened his locker but she slammed it shut again "You're going home" she started dragging him towards the door.

I would chuckle at how easy it looked too but one glance at Manny had my heart beating a smidge faster, my teammate looked like something I dug up a few days ago and buried the second after. It was fricken awful...

"Minnie back off!"

My heart stops as I watched it, too far away to stop this horrible scene from happening. He lifts up his hand and back-hands her hard. I reached him a second later and slammed him against the locker, not believing what I'd just witnessed.

"Manny!" I growl loudly.

Holt had caught Minnie, his feet slid across the floor from the force and tucked his head down before hitting the locker with a small wince. Frankie and Draculaura shrieked and ran to them both. Frankie grabbed Holt's head and checked for injuries and D grabbed Minnie from him and slowly moved her across the hall. Manny's pupils had become tiny brown dots; even now I could tell something was wrong. His fur was a lighter shade. He was soaked in sweat and his footing seemed very off as he struggles against me but just like clockwork I could feel his anger shift to me.

"Manny!" I growl I could feel my feet sliding against his strength. "When the fuck did he get this strong?"

"Clawd move" he snorts, steam blows from his nostrils and onto my face.

Holt was standing in front of the girl for protection while D held Minnie. I could tell from one glance that something was broken; the colour from her cheeks was draining fast as she fought to stay awake. Her breaths were leaving in broken pants, and I could only groan as that meant she had a collapsed lung as well. A steady stream of blood flooded from her nose and I'm betting she was one hell of a concussion. Still, despite all the warning signs, Manny fought me, trying to get to her once more.

"Manny, she's your sister! Look at yourself!" I pushed him back.

"Well she should have stayed out of my way!" he shoved me back with new strength.

I flew across the hall and into the locker, my head hit the metal with a fury and I sunk to the floor as my world spun. Holy shit! Something was definitely wrong with my teammate! Manny stumbled off the wall and went for Minnie, the girls shrieked loudly as Holt runs towards the Minotaur.

"Dude, this is SOOO not cool!" Holt yelled, dropping to his knees in a slide. His foot goes out and trips Manny before he could get closer.

Manny gasps and hits the ground, sliding across the floor and slamming into the wall. That alone should have taken him out but he gets up like he can't feel a thing. I'm guessing my face mirrors Holt's. Absolute shock. Manny lets out a cannibalistic roar and charges again, Holt slides to the left. Manny swings his fists in an attempt to grab Holt but he kicks off the locker and slides through his feet. I push off the lockers and tackle Manny's upper body, knocking Manny to the ground yet again. He growls as we slid across the floor and shoves me off only to be tackled by Holt.

My head snaps from the fight to the girls, my sensitive nose picking up the smell of blood more clearly now. At first, I think the worst, thinking Minnie's bleeding out, or worse, one of the girls but instead my heart stops. Frankie was leaning over Minnie, a switchblade and a pen in her hand as she forces the blade into flesh.

I go to call out to them, to ask Frankie what the fuck she's doing when Holts' voice interrupts "Clawd man! Don't take your eyes off the fight!" I feel myself being tackled by Holt, narrowly missing the charging minotaur We roll, narrowly missing Manny's attack, as thankful as I was for the save that now puts him in a clear path for the ghouls who were bent over Minnie's body.

Holt ignites his hand and slams it against the lockers, the purple flames fallow at am impressive speed and suddenly a hot wall of flames appears. Effectively blocking Manny's way to the ghouls but to my surprise, it's not fire at all but sounds of music. I cringe and cover my ears as the sounds morph into large glowing purple speakers and blast loud sonic rings at Manny, who throws his hands up to stop the attack but the sheer force sends him sliding a few feet back., Manny lets out a roar and covers his ears. His body trembling with- well I wasn't really sure. Rage, anger, pain, fear?

"OH, SO YOU DON'T LIKE NOISE DO YOU?!" Holt yells with glee before slamming his other hand against the locker. I hardly know what's going on with my friend, it's like his body seems to respond on its own, and my feet are moving as Manny gets up.

My eyes widen as the fire slides down the lockers like a demon, doing an intricate dance with its lover, swirling around the bodies of the speakers and morphing into one. The speakers glow and grow, expanding at an impressive rate until there my height or taller, standing in the light like beasts. You'd think the bigger they are the less control Holt would have but it seems it's the opposite as he clenches his hands into fists and sonic waves launch themselves at Manny, Spinning through the air like a mating call before wrapping around his body like dragons and dragging him down the hall.

Right into my waiting hands.

Wrapping my fists in his jacket, I use most of my strength to toss Manny back down the hallway. He goes sliding down the hall and hits the wall with a thud, I hold my breath as Holt shuts down the music. I cringed slightly as loud ringing echoes through the school and the sprinklers come on, instantly soaking everyone. The ghouls scream, though I'm not sure if it was from the cold or that the water just wreaked their outfits.

"Sorry!" Holt's voice echoes around the hallway like a guilty child "My powers aren't fire but the music moved at such a high frequency that it became insanely hot and I guess the school thought it was on fire"

I didn't stand there too long as Manny's body starts moving.

"What the hell is it going to take to put this guy out" Holt sighs and slumps against the wall, I'm guessing that took more out of him than we realized.

The sickening thought of being on my own flashed through my mind, and not wanting to waste Holt's efforts I run and tackle my teammate to the ground; Holt's body collapses to the ground as I pull my friend down the hall. He lays there in a few seconds and I roll into Manny's chest, I hated kicking a dog when he was down but I had to put Manny out. I shut my eyes before letting my fist fly. I could feel my heart breaking as I let fist after fist after fist connects with his face, the sounds of bone breaking hit my ear and a small whimper leaves my lips. After about 12 hits I pull back my fist, and open my eyes, Manny lets out a cough as blood rolls from his mouth, his head falls to the size, thinking he was down I scramble to my feet and run to Holt. My shoes sliding across the floor as I wrap my arms around my friend, I gently roll him over.

"HOLT MAN TALK TO ME?!" I yell and fight the urge to shake my friend; I didn't know what was wrong with him "Come on Holt!" I yell and bring my head down to his mouth; my heart slows a bit as I feel his warm breath on my ear.

"Clawd look out!" D screams I turn just in time to see Manny charging at me.

I gasp and grab his horns, stopping them from impaling my stomach but the force leaves me open and I go flying into the lockers, Manny's body weight pinning me there. He lets out a few swings and I feel my ribs crack as they hit my chest, I gasp and the resistance leaves my arms. Manny smiles and runs forwards, thankfully I notice this and use what little strength I have to pull him to the right. His left horn connecting with the side of my shoulder instead of my heart and I scream in pain. I could feel the warm liquid of my blood as it soaks my shirt. Manny wastes no time as he lets out a few more swings, right, left, right, left and a hard kick to the abdomen, his knee connecting with my stomach so hard that I was coughing up blood. Black spots swam across my vision as I feel my body being tossed across the hall and into the other lockers.

"No!" Frankie screams, my heart stops.

(Frankie's POV)

I don't know what happened, this morning it was a regular day of school and know I was watching my best friends fight each other in a sick twisted death match as my best friend held Manny's dying sister. I could feel my bolts sparking as I tried to do anything but freak out, D had all but lost it. Her heartbroken sobs filled the air and she tried desperately to stop the blood from leaving minnies mouth with the sleeve of her shirt. I was truly proud of her, 3 years ago she would have been down for the count but right now she was with me, well sort of, but she was still with me.

"D lay her down," I say and glance at Manny, he was being distracted by Clawd on the other end of the hall.

"Why?" D sobs but does it anyway.

"Grandfather is teaching me how to make my family," I say and run my hands down her body

"Yes three years ago!" D says but doesn't stop me, I fight the urge to roll my eyes and remind myself that she's probably losing her processors at the moment

"Do you remember when I tried to build a boyfriend and ended up with Hoodoo?" I say and chuckle quickly as she lets out a small chuckle.

"Yeah, he was totally awful" D chuckles and wipes away a few tears.

I ran my hands down Minnie's legs, hips, arms, and feet to see if any bones were broken, I sigh internally as I find they're all holding strong.

"Yes well, Grandfather found out and practically ripped my bolts out," I say and rip open Minnie's blouse, massive bruising covered her chest "He's spent every Sunday teaching me the ropes, so I have a better understanding of the human body." I glance at Minnie's gasping breaths and gently press my fingers into her ribs, her eyes widen as I'm guessing she tries to scream in pain but nothing comes out "I'm sorry but I have to make sure you haven't punctured anything" I say and her eyes close. I quickly get the end of her ribs and note that she was minor fractures but nothing punctured but the wheezing was alarming at best.

"If nothing's punctured why is she wheezing like that?" D says

"She has a collapsed lung, which means that air is getting in and pushing against her body so she can't breathe," I say and run to the nearest locker, using my stitches I wrap it around the skull lock and with a hard tug break the head in two. I rip open the locker and begin throwing things on the floor; I'm guessing this was a mansters' locker from the lack of make-up and the messiness.

"Frankie!" D all but shrieks and the tears begin again.

I glance back and my eyes widen, Minnie's face was starting to turn blue.

"Fuck!" I growl and throw more things on the ground, I finally find his binder and rip it open, the pages falling to the floor and me with it and I scramble to find what I'm looking for "Voltagious!" I yell as my hand closes around a ball-point pen.

I slid back to Minnie and rip off the end of the pen with my teeth, I pull out the tip of the pen and the ink in one go and with a little effort break the pen in half with my hands. I check the jagged edges and look at D "Draculaura you have been fabulous but I need your help with this" I say and she looks at me

"I can't!" D sobs "I can't handle this Frankie!" she sobs, her hands flying in the air. I knew from experience she was going to lose it and without even thinking I reach over and bitch-slap her.

And I mean HARD. Draculaura's head snaps to the left in a painful fashion and a struggled gasp rips from her throat. Three seconds pass before she blinks and turns back to look at me

"D! If you don't help me do this Minnie will DIE!" I snap and she looks at me with wide eyes "Please, I wouldn't ask if I didn't need you!"

She blinks a few times and nods vigorously

"Okay, I'm sorry!" D says and wipes her face

I nod and reach into my bra, my hands wrapping around the switchblade. I pull it out and flip it open, the metal gleaming in the light. I jump as the heat hit my back and loud sonic noises echo around the hallway and blow my hair in my face.

"OH, SO YOU DON'T LIKE NOISE DO YOU?!" Holt's voice yells with glee before slamming his other hand against the locker. I roll my eyes.

"D hold her down!" I yell over the noise and dig the tip of my blade into Minnie's ribs.

Minnie's eyes shot open as a silent scream rips from her throat. At least, I think it was silent, I could hear anything over the noise. Seconds go by as my body moves on auto-piolet, my frazzled mind subconsciously watching D as she struggles to keep her eyes on Minnie and not on the hole I was forcing into the Minotaur's ribs. Which I fearfully noted had stopped moving. Oh god, Minnie wasn't BREATHING! I finally break through the bone and use the other hand to slide the broken pen down the side of the blade and use my index finger and thumb to gently push it into the soft tissues of Minnie's lung. I gently pull out the blade as the hall falls silent. A dreadfully, erry silence that has me dying to look back but too scared as my mind feared the worst.

Seconds ticked by and I was drowning in the self-doubt that I did something wrong, she would be breathing. WHY THE HELL ISN'T SHE BREATHING?!

"Phhhhhh"

It was like my heart stopped as the sound of air filled the hallway and seconds after Minnie's struggled breathing. I let out a low sob of relief as my body all but collapses against Minnie's Stomach. I felt a small shaking hand on my shoulder and I glance up to see D's tear-stained face smiling at me.

"You did it" she all but sobs, I look at Minnie's face as it slowly goes back to normal. I go to answer as Clawd's voice fills the air

"HOLT MAN TALK TO ME?!" he yells

My head snaps up and we both look down the hall and Clawd's cradling Holt's body in his arms

"Oh god no!" I sob.

I didn't know what was wrong with him. Was I about to watch my first love die?

"Come on Holt!" he yells and brings his head down to Holt's mouth;

My heart stops as I instantly fear the worst; my world shatters as it feels like the floor had fallen from under my feet. I guess it was my turn to lose my shit. Thankfully D hadn't as her voice rips down the hall.

"Clawd look out!" D screams,

I felt my heart shatter into a thousand pieces as Manny's horns pierced Clawd's shoulder, his pain-filled screams. Then Manny dragged my heart through the mud as he connected Punch after punch to Claud's abdomen, I gasp and drag Draculaura head into my chest as he coughs up blood and is tossed across the hall like a rag doll. I knew I shouldn't have said anything but my scattered mind was acting before I could stop it.

"Manny stop!" I scream as Clawd's body connects with the lockers and he slumps to the floor.

Manny jerks his head to the left and lets out an angry stream of air, the nose ring moving back a forth with a frenzy. His eyes shrinking as he glares at the bud of his problem, currently lying unconscious in my best friend's arms. I try to move but it's like my body is frozen, I think that hit had wreaked something internally, I gasp and try to move again but my legs quiver and collapse back to the floor. My heart stops as I realize that Clawd's too far away to reach him in time, D shriek as she notices this too. But it's like God heard my praise and appears in the body of Holt. Who flips into a handstand, tucks his feet against the lockers and launches himself at Manny. He lands on his shoulders and grabs his horns.

"WHEN HOLT HIDE IS IN THE HOUSE ALL EYES ARE ON ME!" he yells with glee before yanking backward. This causes Manny to spin in a drunken circle and away from us. Manny lets out a loud roar and throws out his hands in a wild frenzy, trying desperately to knock Holt off "YEAH! CHECK ME OUT LADIES, HOLT HIDE KING OF THE RODEO!"

I swear if he had a hat he would be waving it around like an idiot. Holt pulls to the left and moves Manny away from me, I don't know where he was going but I'm sure it would last long

"Holt look out!" I yell but my warning comes too late as Manny slams himself into the lockers, Holts head hitting the metal and his eyes close.

His body falls from his perch in a daze and Manny reaches out catching the rambunctious DJ in his hands, his hands wrap around Holts' head and I break into a run. It was like the second's tick by as I see his hands tightening, tightening around the head of a monster I loved. Holt was too out of it to stop him.

"No!" I scream and tackle Manny, my little body doing nothing to physically stop him but it distracted him enough to let go with one hand.

I send a bunch of electricity through his arm and can't help the feeling of satisfaction as Manny howls in pain, I send another and watch as he drops Holt to the ground. The happy feeling doesn't last long as now he has both hands to grab me, I gasp as he grabs my arm trying to rip me off his back. I pull out the stitches and watch as he sends a confused look at my now dangling limb, my hand reach over and slaps him across the face, he growls and grabs me by the neck, slamming me against the locker. I chock, the air being forced out of my lungs and feel warm liquid run down the back of my head. Though that seemed like little concern as I'd lost all my air in that hit and Manny's tightening grip wasn't letting any new air in. I smack his hand gently as black spots dance in my view.

"Frankie!" D's scarred voice yells and seconds later I see a pink ball of furry jumping onto Manny's back.

D sinks her claws into Manny's back and starts biting him, sinking her fangs into random parts of his neck, I doubt it truthfully hurt Manny but it was annoying enough for him to reach up and rip her off his shoulders. This allowed his grip to slip on my neck and I hit the ground by his feet, cough bitterly as my lungs burned for air. D sheiks as he slams her against the lockers above my head and tosses her down the hall like a stuffed toy.

"D!" I shriek and let out more electricity than I had, truthfully not wanting to hurt my friend, and smile as he lets out a loud roar.

I let out a groan as my world spun; losing that much power was throwing my senses into a frenzy. Still, I knew I had to get out of here and try to crawl away, a hard thing to do as each hand moved like I was drunk. Even more so when a hard foot connects with my ribs and I fly into the very close wall with a lot of force. I could feel blood rolling down my temple and my left shoulder blade was defiantly dislocated, I scream as the delayed pain flooded my system.

"Frankie!" A male voice yells and suddenly Manny's blasted away from me with a few purple rings.

Manny lands on his back with a loud "Oomph!" and I glance up to see Holt looking at me, he was leaning against the wall in a sad attempt to look fierce. His hand was on the locker and I see two small speakers on either side of my body, I wanted to relax but anyone could tell he was standing on his last legs. The speakers vanish and appear above his head, blasting Manny back on his back but they have such little force that knocking him down was all that happened. The speakers flickered a few times before finally vanishing in a puff of smoke.

"YOU FUCKING BASTARD!" Holt yells as Manny looks at him "YOU WOULD PICK ON A DEFENCELESS GHOUL?!"

Holt had lost all his senses and was practically raging, I guess I was his last straw.

"HOLT NO!" I yell.

If this was anything like my father's rages aggravating and challenging the monster would do nothing good. Actually, it would make it worse, a lot worse as that final wave of anger would open and the person would be sucked into numbing darkness. You had to calm him down not make him angrier.

"WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU MANNY?! YOU'RE KICKING THE LIVING SHIT OUT OF YOUR FRIENDS! YOU'RE TEAMMATES! CLAWD WANTED OT GIVE YOU THE FUCKING GAME BALL! SAYING YOU DESERVE IT OR SOME SHIT! LIKE YOU HAD THIS FUCKING TEMPER OF YOUR UNDER CONTROL! YEAH, FUCKING HELL YOU DO! GET FUCKING CONTROL OF YOURSELF MANSTER OR IM GOING TO PUT YOU OUT FOR GOOD!"

And…. apparently, it was. Because just like that, he snapped, Manny lost all his shit. I barely registered the first coming at my head before everything went black.

I pulled myself off the floor and glanced around, coughing up blood as fire pooled in my chest, the warm liquid seeping through my mouth and into the ground. I blinked a few times as the world stopped spinning but sadly could only open my left eye; I'm guessing the right was swollen shut. I blinked around the semi-darkened room, the lights had been taken out by Holt but the sun was shining through the small and widely spaced out windows. My mouth dropped. The school had become a war zone. Blood littered the floor. So much that I couldn't tell whose was whose anymore.

Clawd was down; his shoulder all but gushing blood from the wound Manny gave him. His body broken and spilled across the ground like some sick twisted version of road kill. Holt was lying on the ground, his left arm bent in odd directions and I'm guessing his ulna was sticking out of his forearm, the bone lifting the arm off the ground as his hand hung limp. Blood rolled to the floor like a waterslide and I threw my hands over my mouth to stop the sob from leaving. His head was littered in bruises as blood leaked from his temple. Manny stomped over and grabbed his foot, lifting Holt off the floor like a rag doll and tossed him over his shoulder. Holt head hit the lockers and bent in an ungodly angel and blood smeared down the metal from his mouth before his upper body fell limp over Manny's shoulder, like so twisted version of a trophy.

This wasn't Manny. This was not the Minotaur we had grown up with, I quite literally, only being 3 and a half years old. He stomped down the hallway as the lockers shook; I dragged myself over to Draculaura. She had a dark bruise running over her temple, a fractured wrist and probably a few cracked ribs. I grab her shocking form and gently drag her with me over to Minnie's body, before dragging both of them under the large stairs. The tears flooded freely down my face as I wanted to save Holt but that meant that Manny would turn on us. I glanced at the school but no one was here.

We had come an hour early to practice casket-ball, Holt was down. Frankie and Draculaura couldn't stop him, Abby, Deuce or anybody for that could stop him were still at home and Clawd couldn't move! I paused and cleared my head, the only way we would get away was if we carried Minnie and I didn't want to consider the movement could cause internal bleeding. No, I KNEW it would cause internal bleeding or at least a spinal fracture as we'd most likely drop her a few times in our weakened states. I glance at D's face and one look told me she knew the same, WE WERE SO FUCKING SCREWED! I could feel the tears running freely down my face as I placed my arms over both of my friends; pulling them into a tight hug.

What was this world coming to? Ghouls give up Manster's to save their own skins? My father could rebuild me but my friends? I closed my eyes and gently touched d's cheek, I remember my father's long talks and his instruction of what to do if he ever went off the rails. I knew he never wanted me to be the one to do it but D was two straws away from losing her shit, the boys were down and Manny was going to kill someone if I didn't do something. I give D a small smile as she blinks a few times, finally registering my hand on her face, she jumps a bit and looks at me with broken eyes. I smiled and stood up

"Wait till it starts, then take Minnie into the creepateria" I whisper "flip over one of the tables and call for help" and begin to walk away

"Frankie?!" she squeaks in a broken whisper

I nod and walk out from under the stairs my heels clicking on the ground and I turn and walk to the center of the hallway, my steps not as straight as I would have liked them.

Step one: Get Monsters attention

"Manny!" I yell the bulls head snaps into my direction "LET HOLT GO!"

He growls and stomps up to me, his footsteps shaking the ground. My face cringing as Holt's lifeless body flies back at forth like fabric in the wind. My eyes glance back and I catch Clawd's look. His mouth falling open in what was no doubt a sob as he realized the stupid plan that would most likely get me killed. One he would be acting out if he could, I smile at him. He was always being a hero, now it was my turn.

And just like that, Clawd died, watching me call to my death.

Step two: Don't make any sudden movements, show beast you're not a threat

I paused as the stomping silenced, I swallowed and looked up at the beast in front of me. His body seemed to have grown, his veins in his muscles popped out like he was lifting 5000 pounds, making them more pronounced like he was on steroids. Sweat littered his face and dripped to the floor, his skin was a few shades from white. His pupils were so small I had to look twice to make sure they were still there. And I couldn't help but shudder as his breath hits my face, his massive shoulders rising with rage as he probably planned thousands of ways to kill me.

Step three: Try to interact, if good continue, if enraged run don't stay and repeat Step One. If good go to step four.

"Manny" I whisper.

Manny looks around and then at me like he's slowly realizing in actually in front of him and not a hallucination "It's me Frankie" and when he doesn't try to kill me, I take it as a sign to continue.

Step four: try to calm the beast by pulling out happy memories, these will calm the rage and hopefully allow the monster freedom from darkness. Do not make angry!

"Look, I don't know what's going on with you right now but I want to help you," I say and bite my cheek as he glares

'RULE FUCKING FOUR FRANKIE!' my mind screams at me, I let out a slow breath and try again

"I want you to think for a minute. Think back to all the times we shared together." I say as the frown vanishes "think back to the first game of Casket-ball you played with Clawd. Think back to the first time you scored that 3 pointers and won our way to the semi-finals!" I say and chuckle a bit, his shoulders had stopped heaving so badly "Don't you remember how voltagiuosly awesome that was!? The crowd cheering, the clock counting down and Clawd throws you the ball! My heart stopped when you, you Manny, threw the ball! All eyes on it as it flew through the air and Swoosh!" I yell softly and throw my hands up, I could see his pupils slow enlarging and I can't stop the smile that hugs my face "Straight through the net like you'd practiced it a million times!" I let out a chuckle and look at him "The crowd went wild! Iris went wild! Iris Clops! Your ghoulfriend!" he looks up and blinks a few times like he was having some inner war with himself "Don't you remember all the fun times you've had with Iris?!"

"Frankie?" Manny whispers in a scared tone "I can't stop him, he's too strong!"

"No he's not Manny, think of Iris!" I say as tears roll down my cheeks "think of your friends" he grabs his head and I see his body shaking. His pupils were enlarging and shirking after each second and he lets out a low whimper. Sobs shake his shoulders as he grips his head harder

"Frankie I can't do this alone" he sobs

Step five: Most important step, if all is successful reassure monster their not alone and gently place your hand on forehead. The motion allows the helper to break into the monster's mind so that the monster can latch on to and then be pulled to safety. DO NOT BREAK CONCENTRATION OR CONSEQUENCES WILL BE DEADLY as monster loses themselves instead.

I knew Manny was dangling from a metal pipe in his mind, a broken pipe that was so close to breaking.

"You're not alone Manny," I say and fight back my own sobs because I knew I had him, and anything would throw him back into a frenzy "You got to come back to us Manny." I gently place my fingers against his face, my thumb on his left cheek, my index and middle finger on his forehead, my ring finger on his temple, and my pinky mirroring my thumb so the line was straight. "Let me help you" I whisper as I break through his mental walls, 'minotaurs have less than normal monster but will worry about that later' shut my eyes and bury into his subconscious.

*inside Manny's mind*

He gasps from what I'm guessing was pain as I appear in his mind, I see Manny's body. Dangling over a pit of bubbling lava, only it's black and when it pops it shoots out a string of goo that desperately tries to reach Manny. Who gasps and pulls his leg up, the string barely missing his shoes before falling back into the pit. I lean down, my body releasing a light that pushed back the darkness.

"Reach for me Manny," I say and wait, Manny looks up with teary eyes

"Frankie?" he whispers in a broken voice like I'm so sick allusion that's here to taunt him

"It's me, Manny," I say and reach down, my mind runs through my rules and I hear dad's voice

'The old metal will creak slightly, it was a fear tactic. Designed to hold the person captive, ignore'

"Reach for me and hold on" I bite my cheek and will my voice not to crack, he lifts up a shaking hand and gasps as the pipe creaks loudly.

He shakes his head and shrieks in fear as this causes the pipe to crack more.

"This is an allusion Manny," I say and reach down more and cringe in pain as rock dug into my stomach. My hips down were cased in heavy cement to keep me from being dragged in as well but it hindered my reach "I know it feels real Manny but you have to let go of the pipe and reach for me I can only go so far" I say and could feel as his body jumps

"I can't" he sobs "I can't"

"You can Manny," I say "you go to come back to us, back to Iris"

He lets out a few more tears but puts on a frown and with one hand reached up and grips my forearm in a tight grasp. I smile and grip his forearm but the goo starts bubbling madly and many strings shot upwards and wrap around Manny's legs. We both scream. Him from fear and me from pain and the force almost dislocated my shoulder but ignoring the pain I throw down my other arm and grip his forearm.

"FRANKIE!" he yells

"Manny, you need to let go of the bar!" I yell and cry out as the go pulls him down some more, with great effort I pull him back up.

I'm guessing this was one of the reasons dad didn't want me doing this. It took a lot of effort to just hold him here and I still had to pull him up to safety. My muscles burned in pain but I'm sure this would be easier if Manny realized his death-grip on that blasted pole, it only aided in the goo's process.

"Are you crazy?!" he yells but I fight every nerve not to snap at him.

'monster will be scared, use calming words and trust your partner will make the right choice' dad's voice says

I let out a slow breath

"I know it's scary but you need to let go so I can pull you up." I curse myself as tears leak across my face "Please Manny, I need to pull you up" he looks at me "Trust me"

He shakes his head in tears

"I'm sorry Frankie!" he sobs "I know I'm only helping him but I can't. Please, just leave me here."

I could only roll my eyes, I hated to say how fucking childish Manny was being. If I had Clawdeen, Lagoona, Cleo or Ghoulia they would have been free by now. Hell, even DRACULAURA the most chicken ghoul I have ever met, Seriously she faints at the sight of her species food, would have let go in a heartbeat screaming about the power of friendship. I could feel the strength leaving me rapidly so I tried the last weapon at my disposal.

"Then do it for Iris..."

It was like I had ignited a flame in his soul, the memories broke through the darkness and played out like flat screen tv's. Manny's first date. The first time he saw her. The day she wore his colours and he walked her to class. All his memories playing out in high definitions and I knew I had him. Manny lets out a low breath and looks up.

"don't drop me," he says and let's go.

Unfortunately, D had chosen that exact moment to go to the creepatira and when the door opened a loud hell-bent screech echoed through the hall. I felt my connection break and my perch crumbling to pieces and sending both of us free falling.

"MANNY!" I scream. I stop halfway down as a harness appears on my body, stopping me but I can't help but sob as the goo snaps up and does the opposite. Pulling Manny into the pit with tremendous force I swore it killed him. His body submerged in darkness. I sob miserably as his shoe floats to the top, the mix of rubber, cloth, and dyes struggling to stay above the surface before it vanishes "NOOOOO!" I sob and miserably try to rip the harness off my body.

As if sensing danger I'm pulled out of his mind so fast I swore I had whiplash. A crack so loud it could be lightning rings through my ears and I'm hurled through the light.

*back to the present*

I scream in pain as my mind slams back into my skull, I take a few steps back in a failed attempt to steady myself. Manny snapped. All the things I said left his mind with a furry and he let out a monstrous roar. I gasp and have no time to move and his large hand swoops down and his fingers wrap around my neck in a vice-like grip, I gasp as pain floods my sense my first and then fear as no oxygen can get past my lips. I squeak and bitterly try to pry Manny's fingers open. I had so much I still wanted to do. Why did it have to end here? Why did it have to end like this? To die by the hand of someone I considered a close friend. Would I be missed? Would they grieve?

I could feel my spark going crazy as my legs dangled helplessly in the air, I tried kicking him but it did no good. He didn't feel pain right now, jut blind rage like my father had. Sparks were flying in all directions as black spots danced before my eyes. Thousands of thought ran through my head and I wanted to scream in frustration. I pause as time slows down, my heart beating 10,000 times per second. The monster in my mind was raging at me to let her out. To show Manny why he should fear Frankenstein's daughter. I wanted to for once in my life. No, I needed to. I guess I had let out so much energy that it shocked Manny enough to loosen his grip, it was all I needed to get a huge breath of air. Reaching into the deepest parts of myself I did something I swore I'd never do again.

I SCREAMED

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