Chapter 7
The team ran through the halls of the hospital, where pandemonium was reigning to which utter chaos ensued, and found the doctor.
"Is Barbara still here?" Kyra asked.
"My hands…" The doctor held up his crippled hands, screamed, and ran off.
"I'll take that as a 'yes'?" Kyra ran into the room. "Alright, what do we do now?"
Tech went over to the bed. "Uh…BARBARA! Hey, Barbie, wake up!"
"That's not gonna work." Everyone turned to see Barbara standing in the doorway. "I can't wake up, I have to hide."
"From what?" asked Willis.
Zara looked down the hall. "From that." They all looked to see the monster coming down the hall. Zara then heard another crash and whirled around to face the other way and see what was left of their evil doubles coming down the other side of the hall. "It's them."
"They're here?" Kyra cried. She looked, too.
Zara took off her jacket. "I'll deal with this." She tossed the jacket into Duck's arms and walked out into the shadows in the center of the empty hallway. "Glad you guys showed up. I'm having a really bad day."
Evil Ace got out his sword.
The monster hissed.
"Ooh, scary monsters! You know, there are worse things in this world than you guys." She walked into the light. "And I'm one of them." She started to attack. She kicked the monster in the face and it knocked her back into the wall. Evil Ace jumped at her, swinging the sword. She grabbed it and head-butted him, taking the sword and snapping it in half. She threw the blade at him, piercing him in the heart and banning him from the illusion. The monster came at her again, so she grabbed it and threw it into Evil Slam and Evil Duck and Evil Rev, crushing them and banning them from the illusion. Evil Lexi and Evil Tech were now coming for her, so she made sure they were cornering her and then jumped up as they attacked and grabbed onto a pipe in the ceiling, swinging up and away from them so that they hit each other and banned each other from the illusion. She swung her feet at Evil Kyra and kicked her in the face, knocking her back into Evil Zara and Evil Zack and banning all 3. She fell back down on the floor and saw the monster coming for her. She pinned herself to the wall and let it slide past her and into Evil Sandra, Evil Lindy, and Evil Jake. She then proceeded to scissor-lock Evil Arra's legs and knock her to the ground, banning her. She fought off Evil Byron, Evil Darryl, Evil Orion, Evil Valerie, and Evil Willis. Now, all that was left was her, Evil Trinity, and the monster. She got in front of a fuse box and ducked as Evil Trinity punched at the wall where her head had been. Evil Trinity was electrocuted and then gone. Zara looked at the monster and threw it through the door to Barbara's room. She kicked it, knocking it into the wall and out. Zara looked at Barbara's astral body. "It's not dead. You have to finish it." Barbara looked at the monster for a few seconds and then reluctantly stepped toward it. "No more hiding." Barbara smiled and reached out…
The next thing anyone knew, a blinding light was surrounding them.
Lexi and Trinity were back in their normal clothes.
Kyra's battle wounds were all gone.
Zara was human again.
Lexi looked over at Barbara's coma body to see that it was stirring. "Guys! She's waking up!" Everyone turned to see Barbara open her eyes.
Barbara sat up in bed. "I just had the strangest dream. And you guys were all there… Who are you people?"
Everyone laughed.
"I think we've done a good day's work, guys," Kyra said, "Let's head home." She smiled at Barbara, who smiled back, and they all started to leave.
Zara stopped them in the hallway. "Wait! There's something I need to do before we leave…"
Kyra half-smiled. "Do what you gotta do."
Zara ran off.
"Man, what was that?" asked Brody.
"All our nightmares came true," said Jeff, "WHAT DID IT LOOK LIKE?"
"Wait, Deirdre's nightmares weren't coming true," said Cassandra. She looked at Deirdre. "Why is that?"
Deirdre hesitated, then sighed. "Alright. I guess you guys can hear this…I'm immune to magic like that. Tyler and I both were. Had been ever since we drank from the Pool of Skatha back in 2727."
Cassandra's eyes widened. "But you—"
"—are just in your 20's? Yeah…that is a story for another time." Deirdre walked off.
Cassandra stared after her. Deirdre wasn't human!
Zara walked up to Zack's bed again. "Hey, Zack. Long day. Big nightmare fest…in real life. I wonder if yours were mixed in there. I know mine was. I hope I don't lose you." She took his hand. "It's already been too long without you…I need you." She let go of his hand and sat down next to him. "Can I tell you a secret? I think Duck likes me." She smiled. "And I like him back. Hard to believe, huh?" Zara didn't seem to notice Kyra standing in the doorway leading to the hall. "There. I admit it. I like Danger Duck and I think he likes me back."
Kyra smiled. So that's what he was trying to tell us when Zara was in that grave. He likes her! And she likes him back! But, wait…they don't know! Hmm…I wonder about Tech and Trinity… She started thinking and ran off.
Zara sighed. "I gotta go." She left.
She didn't know that Zack's nightmares had been mixed in there…the Evil Zack trying to kill her wasn't part of Kyra's nightmare…it was rising in real life…
TO BE CONTINUED…
Whoo-hoo! Finished another one. It was gonna be all about the team fighting the doubles (which is why it's called "Double Trouble"), but then I decided to base the story off of a Buffy episode. Anyway... Ha-ha! Duck's scared of clowns! Ooh, Deirdre's not human... Yay! Duck and Zara like each other and so do Tech and Trinity! Uh oh, Zack's turning evil... Read on!
