Sorry I haven't been right up to bat with uploading chapters. Some things happened and I lost inspiration to write, and I had a hard time deciding what all that noise should be. It kept me pondering for days. I had such writer's block, and I'm trying to build to another point. I'm sorry for all those who are reading! Please enjoy the next chapter!

Everything around us. The whole front lawn, the building, the door, even the outside of the carriage. Everything was trashed completely! The grass was missing patches like a golf field, the vines on the building were dead-looking. All the concrete steps and the pathway were chipped, and the door had dozens of scratches over it from a sword or blade of some sort. What the hell caused all of this? Whatever it is, I'm really glad Olivia sensed it. If she didn't we've would've been clobbered.

"What caused this?" I asked.

"I don't know. I've never felt anything like that before!" Olivia gasped suddenly. "ALICE! GILBERT!"

Olivia bolted towards the mansion door, her short, chocolate-colored locks bouncing back and forth as she ran. Her heather grey dress was keeping her legs from spreading as far as she wanted to cover the distance between herself and the mansion. I followed behind quickly, I didn't want her to loose sight of her.

Olivia was rushing through the mansion, it's like she's been here before. She seemed to know exactly where to go. Maybe she has been here before. We never did find out where she's from or where she lived.

"ALICE! GILBERT!" she continued to call out.

"GIL! ALICE!" I started to shout.

After a while, the places we were running seemed to look familiar. I could've sworn I saw that painting of the plump man with a half-bald head. But, we weren't going in circles. We kept going forward, going the occasional right or left when we came to a dead end. This mansion...it does seem a bit peculiar...the black and white checkered floor, the tall white columns, all the fancy picture frames. Why does it all seem familiar?

I just snapped out of my thought by Olivia's extremely heavy breathing. I rushed to her side and put my hand on her shoulder.

"Olive-chan? Are you okay?"

"Alice...Gilbert...can't find them...can't...find them..."

Olivia's hazel-brown eyes were wide, her pupils huge with worry. I was starting to get worried about them as well. We didn't see them when the whole scene outside happened about a half hour ago. But, Olivia said they would be fine.

"Alice...Gilbert...where...?"

"Olive-chan! Calm down! We'll find them. They're fighters, they can't go down that easily."

"...You're right. I need to calm down. But, I'm having trouble sensing them."

"You can sense people?" I asked.

"Mhm. I always can. Right now, I can sense you easily. But, Alice and Gilbert go back and forth. I can't feel their presence in certain places. I've been going all over trying to sense them strongly...but it kept getting weaker, or I couldn't find any place with their presence stronger than the last. I can barely sense them at all."

Olivia's eyes began to tremble. She was about to cry. I pulled her into a friendly hug, attempting to comfort her. She seemed to calm down a bit, but not too much. She was still stressed.

"It's okay. It's not your fault. Don't even try to blame yourself. You didn't know this would happen, even if you can sense things. Olive-chan, please calm down. Don't cry. We'll find them."

"But...I feel...horrible..."

"I feel bad, too. But the best thing to do is calm down. We need to be able to find them, and we will. Just calm down and we can do that."

Olivia nodded her head, her soft, clean hair moving against my skin and putting me into a slight bliss, despite the scene that was being put on. She took a deep breath, heaved it out and pulled away.

"You okay now?" I asked her.

"Yeah." she said.

I took her hand and together the two of us walked around longer, looking for Alice and Gil. Whenever Olivia got frustrated or upset, she'd squeeze my hand. I'd squeeze back to let her know I was here for her. While I was the one with no supernatural ability, Olivia led me around the mansion to try and find Alice and Gil. No matter how many times we passed that painting of the half-bald guy, or went up or down the main staircase, we couldn't find them. After a while, both of us really began to worry. Olivia was having a terribly hard time sensing them, the faintest spark off their presence being able to reach her.

"Oz, we've searched the whole mansion. We can't find them anywhere. Where could they be?"

"I don't know. Maybe they went outside the back?"

"Maybe. Let's go check just to be sure."

Still squeezing my hand, Olivia and I went out the back door to the backyard. It was huge! There was a tall garden, a little pond, a bridge going over it. There were also all kinds of sheds and tables and balconies. Hopefully Alice and Gil were back here. This place was big, so they were many places we'd have to check.

We started at the garden. All the shrubs were beautifully fresh and alive with little buds blooming here and there. There was no sign of either Alice or Gilbert there. Olivia started to get more nervous, as her palm started to become sweaty. She squeezed my hand even tighter.

We then headed towards the first shed, it was a bit small. It was a purple-brownish color, with a little window on the door. I opened the door and the inside was completely vacant. No sign of life in there in years. Maybe even older than me. I turned towards Olivia with lost eyes, and hers were sad. Still no sign of either of them. She swallowed hard, and I squeezed her hand again to calm her. Olivia took a deep breath and we walked away from the shed.

The two of us stepped slowly towards the bridge by the small pond. It seemed sturdy, but still no sign of anyone besides us was there. The pond was very clean and clear, and even had a few goldfish swimming around in it. As pretty as this was, we were still discouraged when we couldn't find any clues about where Gil and Alice were at. Olivia began to softly cry again.

"We can't find them! I can barely sense them at all! It's not getting stronger! We've looked everywhere!" Olivia let go of my hand and covered her face with both of hers.

"Olive-chan, we'll find them. They have to be here somewhere." I put my hands on her shoulders, turning her to face me. She continued to quietly sob.

"Don't stress yourself out. It's not your fault. We'll all be together again."

Olivia wasn't responding to me, she just continued to quietly cry to herself. I honestly don't know what to do with her like this. I feel like I've already repeated myself enough times for the both of us. I rubbed her shoulders with my hands, trying to relax her. She seemed so stressed out. I can't relate to her, but I bet I'd be like this too if my powers weren't working for me. What if my friends had such a low presence for me to sense? I have no idea what I'd be thinking.

I slid my hands down to hers, and grabbed both of them with my own. She looked at me with tear-filled eyes, her long, dark eyelashes bunched together from her crying, her eyes red and bloodshot.

"We'll be okay." I said with a smile.

"Oz, I don't think you get it. I can't sense them. We can't find them. Alice and Gilbert...they could be...dead. If their presences are that low..."

"Don't be crazy! They can't be! Not in only that short amount of time when we were in the carriage and they went inside the mansion. They're here somewhere."

"How do you know?"

"Because I have a good feeling inside."

Olivia was surprised at my answer. But she seemed to be more hopeful by me saying this. Her face soon grew a large smile. She wiped away the left-over tears from her eyes and we walked back inside the mansion.

I still couldn't help but feel a familiar presence from this place. I couldn't place my finger on it exactly, but it seemed so familiar. It's been bugging me like crazy.

"Oz? Is something wrong?"

"Eh? Oh no! Don't worry about it. I just dozed off a bit."

The floor beneath our feet started to rumble, causing my teeth to vibrate. I grabbed Olivia's arm to make sure we didn't get separated. We both fell to our knees, crouching closer to each other for protection. The checkered floor broke apart like an earthquake before our eyes! The biggest chain I've seen yet rose out from it. It was a real beast. There are no words to describe it perfectly, except that it's big and extremely terrifying.

Right after the chain appeared, a hole formed in the ceiling. It gave a ray of blue light, and out came Alice and Gil! How was this happening? Where did they go? The two looked pretty beat up. I'm assuming that they were fighting this thing for a while. Maybe they got lost while I was in the carriage with Olive-chan.

"Oz! Let me unleash her power!" Gil blared out to me.

I nodded, leaving Olivia where she was. I dashed towards Oz, and let him release the power of the B-Rabbit. Alice immediately transformed into the B-Rabbit, her eyes glowing red, a huge scythe appearing in her giant black paws and growing in size.

"Now this is more like it," she said to herself.

Alice charged towards the chain, hitting it, but barely doing anything. This one was a real opponent. It's bigger and badder than anything else we've seen or fought before. It's no doubt going to be a tough fight between the two chains. Alice continued to swing her scythe back and forth, darting right forward, then to its side. She kept hitting, but it barely made a bruise!

"Oz!" Gil said in the middle of battle. "If you can suppress her power, you can enhance it as well! Help her defeat that thing!"

I heard, but didn't quite understand. Suppressing power is way easier than enhancing it. You can't just get extra strength out of nowhere! I tried, but I wasn't sure how it's work. I kept begging for Alice to be stronger, to be able to defeat this chain. I kept wishing, but Alice only kept making small damages on it. Then a thought came to my mind...

"Olive-chan!" I yelled.

Olivia whipped her head to face me, her hair hitting her in the eye as she did.

"You have to help me!"

"How?" she asked.

"You have to change something! Around you! Make Alice stronger!"

"Oz! I can't!"

"Yes, you can! Please! Do it! Alice is struggling!"

"But I can't! Something bad will happen! I know it will!"

"Olive-chan!"

"I don't want to take any chances!"

"Olive-chan!"

"I can't!"

"Don't you want Alice to be stronger? Don't you want her to still be able to be your friend? Don't you want her to win?"

"Oz!" Gil hissed at me. "Don't put pressure on her like that. She's scared. She doesn't like her power. You can't force her to do something she doesn't want to!"

I turned towards Olivia. She was shaking. She was bent over, her hands on her head, pinching her hair into bunches. She was in pain. I didn't want this!

"Of course I want those things...Alice is my friend! I don't want her to loose! I want her to win! I want her to! I WANT ALICE TO WIN!"

The whole atmosphere changed in an instant. A small bell chimed in a high pitch. Soon, Alice was meatier. She was tougher, with more muscle in her B-Rabbit body. Her scythe grew in size, and her aura flowing with power. Alice charged straight forward, a visible power coming from her. She was immensely powerful now. As she charged up, the chain seemed to be in fear. With one huge slice straight down the middle, Alice did dramatic damage to the chain. It was still alive, but could barely stay stable. It was tremendously weak against her now! One more swipe, and the chain was defeated. Alice was panting form exhaustion.

I started to be happy, Alice was able to do it. Olive-chan did it. Her power is amazing! I looked her way, and saw her on the ground, looking lifeless. My smile vanished instantly, and I ran to her.

"Olive-chan? What's the matter? Look at what you did! Alice defeated it!"

"Something bad...something bad...just like last time." She began to sob again. I was confused. What could be so bad about this? This power was amazing!

A huge piercing pain was in my chest. It felt liked I was being stabbed with hundreds of knifes in my chest, it was so painful.

"Oz! Are you okay?" Olivia asked.

I couldn't answer her. I didn't know. Was I okay? I always got a pain after Alice turned into the B-Rabbit, but why did it hurt this badly? It always stopped once she turned back...

Alice was still the B-Rabbit.

She never turned back!

Alice was just as confused as I was, as well was Gil. But Olive-chan seemed devastated more than confused. She leaned forward and unbuttoned my shirt (causing me to blush a little) and gasped horribly. She was so surprised she stood up and back away horrified, shaking her head and covering her mouth with her hands. Alice and Gil also took a look and their mouths dropped open. I was scared to look, but I did anyway. I probably shouldn't have, but then again maybe I should have.

The seal on my chest was complete.

A full circle, a whole time around the clock. Not a single design missing from the decorative seal. I was so careless. How did I not notice it was so close for all that time? I was so careful before. How did I become so careless about it? I'm not sure whether it was good to see for myself or not. If I didn't, I'd be punished and I wouldn't know why. If I did look, I'd at least be prepared. After a few moments, a purple light surrounded me, Alice and the defeated chain. We were being taken into Abyss. I didn't want to! I didn't mean to! I can't go!

The defeated chain was the first to go completely underneath the floor. Alice began to sink below the surface. The was yelling for help, but both Olivia and Gil were still in shock. I've never seen them so frozen ever. Soon, I began to sink into Abyss. It was then when Olivia finally moved again. She bolted straight to me, trying to reach me.

"OZ!" she screeched, her voice cracked from her disbelief.

Even if she ran faster, she wouldn't make it. I was being sucked up too quickly. I still held out my hand for her to grab. I tried to force myself to stay above, but it wasn't very successful.

"Olive-chan!" I yelled to her.

She began to run faster, and faster, and faster. I was sucked underneath, and the last thing I remember seeing was her body sliding towards mine, her hand outstretched.

There's the new chapter. Many apologies for the wait. I had major writer's block. Now I updated, so be happy! ^^ You get another chapter from OliveBerries! I have been attempting to memorize the PONPONPON dance. That song is catchy, okay? And my best friend is moving next week, so I will most likely not upload for another few days, trying to get over the depression. I apologize ahead of time for any inconvenience. Thanks for reading my chapter! And I love reviews!