Author's Note: I will be not doing anymore Deadman Wonderland for a good while. In order for me to do Deadman I have to be in a certain mindset that isn't healthy as most of you can get a bit of a guess if you have read any of the chapters especially the earlier ones 1-4. But I will be doing more Wizard Chapters and within the next month I'm going to be releasing a little thing on my account telling you what other fanfic's I'll be writing as well as giving a summary of each work as well as when they will be getting worked on. There will be alot of Wizard books including a Hyper Battle, Taisen War, and a separate but final Wizard Book to wrap up everything. So look forward to that. I should have that list uploaded by the end of the month. Anyway enjoy this chapter and thanks for all of your support and happy reading.


(Travis's Viewpoint)

I watched as I saw Robin take the bullet for her mother and while watching I grabbed a spell ring and scanned it.

"Teleport, please."

In a quick second I was at her side picking her collapsed body up off the ground as Sarah began to despair. Robin's eyes quickly closed.

"ROBBBBBIIIIINNNNN!" Mark roared as he ran towards the Ghouls and started viciously assaulting them. I didn't know what to do but then I heard Sarah say something.

"Get her…Hospital…" She said.

"Teleport, please."

I scanned the ring again as I teleported Robin and I to the hospital and when we arrived everyone was scared or shocked of seeing someone dressed like me holding a soon to be dead woman in my arms. I looked at everyone in the room, "PLEASE! SOMEONE GET HER TO A ROOM! SHE'S BEEN SHOT! PLEASE ANYONE!" I said as a doctor came out of the room next to me to see Robin bleeding on the floor. The doctor had long blonde hair, white skinned, blue eyes and stood at my height.

"She's bleeding out. You! Get me a bed ready we need to get her stable." The lady said. I scanned my ring again as tears started running down my face and I went back to the battlefield. When I got back there was only two Ghouls left and Sarah's situation was getting worse. Mark was growling all over the place which showed that he was clearly upset. I watched him grab one of the Ghoul's by its throat as she stabbed his Dice Saber in its chest. He had the Buffa Mantle on which gave him more strength. The last Ghoul had its spear raised and before it made impact with Mark, Mark spun in a circle having the Ghoul's spear land in its ally's chest. When Mark circled till he was behind him I watched as he grabbed the back of its head and twisted it until you could hear a loud snap. The two Ghouls exploded and turned into spell circles that went inside his belt.

"Mark…?" I said confused as Mark was breathing heavily and angrily. This wasn't like him to get this upset in a fight. I almost felt fear to even approach him. He then while standing in the spot where he killed the Ghouls pointed at me.

"Save Sarah. I'm going to kill the Phantom." He said in a very demanding tone.

"Mark what's wrong with you? You've always kept your head cool in a fight. This doesn't seem like you." I said back to him in a worried tone.

"GO! NOW!" He said as I looked back at Sarah whose cracks were almost connected to each other. I ran to her side.

"I can't lose my daughter. I can't lose that part of me again. I was just trying to keep her safe…But now she's gone…I didn't want my last thoughts of us be fighting…I can't hold on…" She said as the cracks began forming faster than before. I raised her left hand and grabbed an Engage Ring and slid it on her finger.

"Robin is still alive right now. She's at a hospital getting taken care of. But you need to be strong and survive this. There is still a chance that she will pull through, and if she does I'm sure Robin would love to see her mother by her side. But you need to stand up and fight this first. I know that all you've done was to protect but you weren't alone in this. Me and everyone around me has protected her when you aren't around. You should see the things she's able to do when she works at it. If you can't stand up for yourself then I will lift you up. I will become that crutch for you." I said as I flipped the levers on my belt.

"Travis…What should I do…?" She asked me as her voice was beginning to break. As I moved her hand to my belt I then responded back.

"Let me protect your hope." I said to her.

"Engage, please."

A red spell circle appeared over her body and I dived right in.

(Mark's Viewpoint)

Once I saw Travis enter Sarah's Underworld I leered back at Doppel. "It's time for the massacre." I said as I reached for my ring holder. I grabbed a ring slid it on, and then scanned it.

"Chameleo! Go Cha-Cha-Chameleo!"

A green spell circle appeared over my right shoulder as the face of a light green chameleon with its tongue sticking out appeared. I slowly began walking towards the Phantom. "Manuela, this Phantom has a key around its waist. I'm going to get the key and I need you to go find Shawn. He's a few hallways down from here. Travis and I cleared the entire area of the Ghouls. Go get Shawn and come back here." I instructed her. I then walked over to one of the spears and kicked it towards her. "Use that as a way to defend yourself in case you run into any Ghouls we might've missed. You know how to use that don't you?" I asked.

"Yea I know how to use it." Manuela responded.

I watched as she picked it up. "Don't think that you'll be getting these keys very easily Primordial One." Doppel said as he had purple mist appear around him and turned into me. He then ran towards me with two sickles in his hands as he went to slice at my hand I raised my hand and grabbed his wrist and when I did, I spun around his left side holding on his hand and twisted it as you could hear a snap. When Doppel looked back at me I raised my fist and punched him onto the ground. I raised my sword to stab him in the back of his head but he transformed again into a giant stone. My blade bounced out of my hands and went flying backwards and then I felt pain in my legs as the Phantom kicked me causing me to fall sideways onto the ground. When I hit the ground, the Phantom as a boulder jumped up into the air and was going to land on me but I quickly rolled to safety.

When I finally recovered from my roll I watched as Doppel transformed again into a bunch of Ghouls that began to swarm me. I started to whipping them using Chameleo's tongue. The tongue started to phase through the Ghouls. "What the hell? My attack is going right through them!?" I said as I tried to think of a different approach. But when I tried to think of something all of the Ghouls circled me with their spears raised. "One of these has to be Doppel. My whip didn't hit all of them so if I strike at the real one the others should vanish." I thought as all of them began to rush me with their spears. I quickly fell onto my back and when I began falling I went invisible and rolled to the left of the small circle. When I did I rolled through a few of the Ghoul's bodies. I then stood up as all of them began looking all over the place…except one who was staring at the spot. "Got ya buddy." I said as I ran through the Ghouls and did a variety of slashes until I made the Phantom hit up against the wall. I then dropped my sword as I started violently punching Ghoul in the face. When I was done I grabbed the Ghoul from the back of its head and smashed it into my knee a couple of times. Then while keeping my hand on the back of its head I grabbed its chest and spun it around and slammed its face into the wall. I then kept smashing its face into the ground and while I was doing this the Ghoul transformed back into Doppel. I then turned his back around so that he could face me.

"My FACE! Fwat Yu do vat foor?! Yull Pvay vor vat!" Doppel said with a swollen look on his face. I picked up my saber.

"Don't worry there will be more where that came from. I'm going to make your death a very suffering one and when you are on your knees begging for mercy then I will kill you." I said as I went invisible again. Doppel was looking all around for me but couldn't tell where I was. I appeared behind him as I struck at his back with my elbow and then did a barrage of punches from his lower back up to the neck. I then circled around him as I started doing left and right hooks at his jaw. I then raised my right foot and kicked him in the jaw and you could hear a loud crack as it finally gave in. I then did a roundhouse kick into his chest as he got sent flying all the way to the other end of the room. I walked over to his body and picked Doppel up using Chameleo's tongue that was wrapped around his neck and proceed to slam his back into the wall multiple times as I began yelling. While I was causing Doppel pain I was receiving flashbacks of all the fun I had with Robin as well as the times I wouldn't be able to spend with her because of what would happen if she died. I was causing cracks into the wall and you could hear bones snapping in Doppel's body.

"COME ON DOPPEL! WHY DON'T YOU TRY USING ONE OF YOUR TRICKS TO GET OUT OF THIS ONE! WHERE WAS ALL THAT MENACING BRAVADO YOU HAD GOING FOR YOU?! YOU CERTAINLY HAD WHEN YOU TRIED TO KILL SARAH AND ROBIN! WHERE IS IT NOW!" I roared. I then heard Manuela's voice.

"MARK STOP IT! This isn't like you! You need to stop!" She said. I then felt like someone brought me back down to earth. My anger quickly vanished and I released Doppel from my grip. Doppel couldn't even move but was barely hanging onto his life. I turned around to see Manuela stricken with fear as she was looking at me. "Just finish him already." She said to me. I then took my Chameleo Ring and Lion Ring and put them into the slots on my belt.

"Chameleo Mix! Cha-Cha-Chameleo!"

My saber grew bright green and I walked over to Doppel who was just barely moving from me as I raised my sword and stabbed it into Doppel who turned into a yellow spell circle and went inside of my belt. After that I picked up the key that was left where Doppel once was and handed it to Manuela. "Here go find Shawn. He is two corridors down." I said to her as she started walking away.

"Mark…Are you going to be okay?" She asked me.

"I'm fine I just got a bit carried away." I said to her as she slowly began walking away from me and then broke off into a jog. I looked back at Sarah's who's body went from rapidly forming cracks to a very slow pace. "Travis, bring Sarah back." I said as I fell to the ground and watched Sarah's condition. "Because I won't be able to as I am right now." I said as tears began to roll down my face.

(Travis's Viewpoint)

Once I went through the spell circle I appeared into what looked like a cemetery that was on the BGSU campus. There was a small group of people standing around a gravestone. When I walked up to them I saw the name Thomas Meade on the headstone. Looking around the group of people I saw two other people standing a bit far away from the rest. The two people were Robin and Sarah. Robin was just a teenager wearing all black as well as her mother. I walked over to see Robin broken and crying and when she finally began to stop her tears I watched Sarah bend down and put her arms around her daughter.

"No matter what, I will protect you. I won't let anyone hurt you and I will keep you safe from harm." She said. Robin broke free from her mother's embrace as she began to run towards her father's headstone and when she did I looked back at Sarah. "Please…Don't leave me…"She said as her voice began breaking up. She stretched out her hand towards Robin, "I can't lose you too." She said and then a giant crack formed in front of her and a Phantom burst out from the cracks. The Phantom struck me in the chest sending me flying about twenty feet away from my original spot.

"Oh you sneaky bastard." I said as I chuckled. I grabbed one of my rings and flipped the levers.

"Dragorise, please."

I shot out a red spell circle into the sky as Dragon came roaring out and went to strike the Phantom but went right through the monster. I had gotten a better look at the Phantom. It was a Phantom the size of a 10 floor building. The Phantom had two black wings and a tail with a heart attached to it at the end. A black leotard that covered from it's waistline to half of it's giant chest. The face was pale white skin with bright blonde hair and yellow demonic eyes. The creature wore something that looked like a baggy skirt made from human flesh. The Phantom began giggling and for the first time ever.

"Ha Ha Ha Ha. Nice try human but you are going to have to try a lot harder if you want to take me down. But I do love a man who puts in effort. Maybe when I break free from this host I'll keep you around as my adorable little slave. My name is Lilac, the Succubus Phantom, mind if I have the name of my new slave?" She asked in a seductive tone.

"Since when do they talk in their host's Underworld?" I wondered as Dragon tried to attack from behind but when he did she grabbed him without even looking and raised him up in the air and slammed him on his back onto the ground as purple cracks then started forming around him. "Also I thought I destroyed the Succubus Phantom? So how come she's reappeared as Sarah's Phantom?"

"Tsk tsk tsk. Can't you see that I'm busy doing something here you annoying pest." She said as Lilac raised her foot and stomped down on Dragon's throat hard. Dragon was thrashing about trying to break free but couldn't move and I could tell was having a very hard time breathing.

"I need to do something to free him." I said as I reached into my belt and grabbed my sword gun and pulled back on the black thumb and scanned a ring.

"Big Shooting Strike!"

I raised my gun and pointed it at Lilac's foot and fired as a bullet about twenty feet wide zoomed towards her. The bullet ended up going through her leg but did no damage. It looked like it went through a mirage. "If I remember correctly Succubus make illusions as a way to fool the mind of their victims. But I need to know what illusion she is making me see or how it works because right now Dragon's going to die and I can't afford to lose him." I said trying to think of a way to get Dragon out of this situation.

Lilac then looked down at Dragon as she began to hunch over him. Dragon tried to claw at her face but couldn't even reach her. "I think it's time I ripped you to shreds. You're in the way and a nuisance." She said as she raised her hands and began using her claws to rip at Dragon's chest. I started firing bullets at her but for some reason these bullets actually hit her instead of going through her like she wasn't there. I then saw Dragon reach out to swipe at her face but his claws went right through her.

"My attacks landed on her but didn't do anything, but when Dragon went to swipe at her his attack didn't work? I need to figure something out." I thought. I then had an idea that was a bit of a long shot. "Lilac's eyes! What if her eyes cast the illusions?" I had a chance to do something and I grabbed my Teleport Ring. I flipped my levers and scanned the ring.

"Teleport, please."

I quickly vanished and appeared right on the back of her neck. "If she can't see me then I can't fall for her illusions." I said as I grabbed one of my rings from my belt. I then walked down the back of her neck until I arrived at the top of her spine. "Hold on Dragon I'm about to free you." I said as I flipped my levers again and turned my gun back into sword mode.

"Big, please."

A red spell circle formed around my wrist and moved its way up past my sword. My hand and weapon became enlarged and I jumped up into the air and when I started falling I stabbed my sword into Lilac's back. Once I stabbed her I started falling down her back with the big sword and this caused her to step off of Dragon and move backwards yelling in pain. She started shaking her body side to side which caused me to let go of my sword and it sent me flying away from her.

"DRAGON! GET OFF THE GROUND AND PICK ME UP!" I screamed as Dragon began breathing again and flew off to stop me from hitting the ground. Dragon positioned himself into the direction I was flying and when I saw him I began to land on his back. I flipped myself over in the air and when I got close to him I landed by rolling on my shoulder and then got back up.

"Thanks for that save. How did you get past her illusions?" Dragon asked me breathing heavily still.

"Her eyes. If she looks at us she can easily cast an illusion to make our attacks not connect. So I figured if I teleported to where she can't see me then I could do some damage to her that would get you free as well as make this fight a bit easier." I said. We both watched as Lilac finished screaming and thrashing around in pain.

"I'll kill you! You won't be lucky a second time!" She roared.

"I think it's about time we finished this fight." I said as the cracks started forming around Sarah's Underworld. "I don't have much time to beat Lilac. Everything is going to come down to my next attack. I'm going to have pour a lot of mana into this are you going to be ready for this Dragon?" I asked.

"Do what you have to do human." He replied.

I then took out a spell ring and flipped the levers on my belt. "Okay here goes nothing." I said as I scanned the ring.

"Copy, please."

Once I removed the ring and casted the spell I created at least a dozen replicas of me and Dragon in the Underworld. "You think that a dozen of you are going to do anything to me!" Lilac challenged. I then had all twelve us of started swarming and attacking her. All of us were going right through her body and nothing was making any contact. We kept swarming her and I took out another ring during the barrage of attacks we were doing.

"Small, please."

I ended up making only me and Dragon smaller as we dashed through Lilac and had the other copies keep her busy. I then had one of my clones stop attacking and that caused the others to halt as they all stayed afloat in front of her.

"I think it's time we finish this." My clone said as all of them took out rings and scanned them.

"You must be joking! No matter what spell you use, you can't put an end to me." Lilac said.

I canceled the spell that made me small and we returned to our normal size. Lilac then noticed this from the corner of her eye and when she looked back I already started scanning my next ring.

"Light, please."

I sent out a giant blinding light towards Lilac and it caused her to go blind. I then watched as my replica's used the Kick Strike ring and bombarded her all over the place. I then followed suit with my own attack.

"Very nice! Kick Strike! The Best!"

"Finale." I said as I hovered into the air and Dragon transformed his body and became encased in fire. I guided myself down and kick Dragon into Lilac's head as the giant Phantom exploded. I reverted back to my human form right after with only a little mana to keep me awake. I kneeled to the ground trying to breathe and get my strength back. I then watched as something rolled right next to me. I looked at it as it was a giant purple gemstone that had some black coming off of it. "What is this?" I said as I picked it up and the moment I touched it I saw something that looked like Lilac screeching at me from inside. The black mist that was forming around the stone quickly vanished and the bright light the stone was emanating faded away.

"This is a surprise." Dragon said to me.

"What the hell was that all about?" I said to him.

"This is the first time I've heard of it, but when a person becomes a Gate they generate a magical stone that takes the form of other Phantoms that have already existed but changes the Phantoms forms amongst other things. Normally when the Gate despairs, the magical stone is then released from the Underworld and ends up in your world. But something like this is extremely rare for our kind. The Gate has to have a very strong need to hold onto their hope than most Gates. These types of Gates are exceptionally rare because if they overcome their despair they normally still have the Phantom but it becomes them while they are still human. Basically the Gate is given a special ability that is tied to the essence of their Phantom. It's similar to how you have me when you overcame your despair. The same would be with Chimera and Mark as well. But there is only one Gate who has overcome their despair in this situation. Also the human still being human, can never transform into a Phantom. The little bit of power they possess is taken from the Phantom itself." Dragon explained.

"Wait you're telling me that there is a human who has powers of a Phantom but is still human in my world? Wouldn't they be able to become Mages and help fight Phantoms with us? The more people we have the better right?" I asked Dragon.

"Sadly for you, no. Like I said those people only have an inkling of mana, they wouldn't be able to cast or use spells very effectively. Plus the only way to use our powers is by having a belt and the only belts that are available is White Wizard, you, and Mark." Dragon responded back.

"I'm taking it you know who this one person is don't you?" I asked curios to his response.

"I do not. But I know what color stone you must find. The magical stone is black. Find that and the user is not that far away. As long as the person stays close to their magical stone, then they can use whatever ability they have. Now goodbye human." Dragon said as he flew threw a red spell circle and I quickly escaped the one next to me as I reappeared in the damp cell room with Sarah, Mark, Shawn, and Manuela. Sarah had passed out and everyone stood next to me as Mark helped me carry Sarah to safety. Manuela had mentioned that she found the exit to the place when looking for Shawn. We had her guide us out and when we came to the exit and went through it we emerged from what was a door that people used to survive through the rage of a tornado.

"So this entire underground cellar was a tornado shelter?" Mark said a bit surprised. We then looked around to see that we were right behind the Presbyterian Church which was located right across the street from the Bowling Green Police Department in the downtown area of the city.

We made a phone call to get an ambulance to take Sarah to the hospital and when it came to pick us up all of us rode in the back and everyone was silent for the ride. We were all thinking about everything that had just conspired. I called DJ and told him that we were going to the hospital.

"Sarah has collapsed and Robin was shot. Based on where she got shot I'm worried that she won't pull through." I said tired from using up almost all of my mana in that last fight.

"Don't worry she'll pull through. I'll make sure of it." He responded back.

"You'll make sure of it?" I asked confused.

"Don't worry about it. Also I'll be bringing someone you know over. How do you feel about Rachel coming over to the hospital?" DJ asked.

"I'd love for her to come over. I haven't stopped by at Grounds for Thought for a long time now. Maybe she can make some donuts for us? I should really stop by and see her more." I responded back happily. It had been a long time since I've seen her since I've been busy with Phantoms and training Manuela how to fight so she could protect herself when I'm not around which that regimen I have had to put her through has been really time consuming.

We finally arrived at the hospital and Sarah was rushed into a room that was conveniently located next to Robin's. While the doctors were checking up on her I went into the next room to check up on Robin. She was in that blue dress garb that the hospitals used and had a needle in her arm with blood going into it. Robin wasn't looking really good and her heart monitor was just barely beeping as the lines on it were just barely rising. "Robin please survive." I said to her as I grabbed her hand. I then heard the door behind me open and someone was walking in.

"Hahaha. This is funny and sad at the same time. Is this the first time you're losing someone so close to that you know that you can't save?" A familiar voice said in a very chipper tone. I slowly turned around and fear began to overwhelm my entire body. Standing there was Amber Wild, AKA Medusa. Amber began to slowly walk crossing her feet with every step as she walked up to me and put her hand on my chest and started moving it down and then back up to my head. "You're looking good after surviving that hell down in the cellar. Why are you so shocked to see me? Why are you so afraid?" Amber said to me with that wicked expression on her face.

"You're supposed to be dead. I was told that Casey killed you in when that factory struck you down. How the hell are you still alive?" I said back. Amber began having a chuckle as she heard this.

"It's going to take more than just throwing about ten tons of metal onto my body. Granted it took a while to get back up on my feet but I was not put in any mortal danger. I see that you got yourself a new bitch though. But last I checked I didn't officially break up with you that makes me a bit, how should I put it…A bit mad." She said as she grabbed my throat, spun me around and pinned me up against the wall as she lifted my body up a couple inches off the ground. "I want you to understand one thing Travis. Your life is mine and no one else's. If I have to prove it I'll kill not only Robin but all of your friends. So I suggest you break up with that skank in the next room unless you want me to kill her too." Amber said as she then threw my body onto the ground. "Maybe I should prove to you how serious I am by ending Robin's life right now. You don't have enough power to even fight back and you're just barely able to stand as it is right now." Amber said as she slowly walked towards Robin's bedside with her back to me. I tried to get up as Amber took out a knife from her pocket and raised it up over Robin's chest.

I slowly got up and started to try and move but before I even put one foot in front of the other I heard something zoom past me and it hit Amber in the back of the head and I saw DJ zoom past me and grab Amber by her hair and was thrown across the room. "You stay away from Robin." DJ said with a serious look on his face. Amber got up off the ground as she slowly started to walk away.

"This isn't over Travis. I will see to it that one of your friends die, no matter the cost." Amber said as she snapped her fingers and a purple mist appeared around her as she vanished. Shortly after her vanishing act, Rachel came into the room with a Grounds for Thought bag that was huge and came up to me as she gave me a hug.

"Oh my Lord! Travis it's so nice to see you again. Are you okay? You look like you can barely stand." Rachel said as she helped me to a chair. All three of us sat down as DJ asked me some questions.

"I thought Amber was killed. What was she doing here?" DJ asked concerned for my well-being and Robin's safety.

"She survived having a factory dropped on her. She is pissed that I'm with Manuela and is trying to get me to fall for her again by taking the people I care about away from me. I don't know why she showed up now and it's not a good time either. Robin's condition is getting worse and the doctor's upon our arrival said that she might not be able to pull through. They were able to get the bullet out but it was placed in a dangerous spot that could kill her. The doctors are afraid to perform surgery because it might end up killing her but have been doing their best at trying to have her body naturally heal it up for them. What's even worse is that her heart rate has been slowly declining. I don't think she is even going to make it. Everyone else is in the room next door as Sarah is recovering." I explained with my hands over my face as I was about to break.

Rachel wrapped her arms around my shoulders as she held me close to her chest. "Travis everything will be okay. Remember when I would take you to church after you lost your parents? Like I told you back then I'll tell you now. The Lord will walk with you through this pain. When you can't stand, then you must kneel. Kneel and pray for the Lord's guidance. He will not fail you." Rachel said as the pain and thought of losing Robin was starting to build. Rachel then began citing a prayer while holding me as I started to break down a bit. When she was done she helped me stand and we began walking out of the room but DJ stayed behind.

"DJ are you coming?" I asked him as my tears stopped rolling.

"Yea I'll be right there." He said as we walked out of the room.

We went back to see my friends in the next room. When we got back Sarah was still asleep as well as everyone else in the chairs that surrounded the bed except for Mark. He was looking at Sarah's bed with a sad look on his face. I went and sat right next to him.

"We almost didn't make it out this time. We need to get better at fighting Travis. I can't afford to lose anyone else anymore. I don't want to be alone again." Mark said as a single tear ran down his face. I put my arms around him and gave him a hug.

"I don't either man. I don't want to lose anyone else. I don't want to go back to those dark days where it was just me. Having these powers brought me friends that I consider my family. I don't want to lose that." I said. Rachel then put the bag of stuff she got from her store down.

"I think we all need to cheer up right now. It's not good for us to be depressed. I brought us all Cheerio Donuts. It's a white glazed donuts with Cheerios so we can stay happy! Why don't you two dig in and try to look on the bright side of things." Rachel said as she pulled out the donuts and Mark started to dig in. Rachel then pulled out a little box from the bag and handed it to me. "Plain Sugar, right?" She said as she handed me the donut bag.

"You know me too well Rachel." I said with a bright smile on my face as I reached out for the bag.

"I would hope so, since you're like a son to me." Rachel said with a tendered expression.

Mark got up as he started to walk towards the door. "Hey where are you going Mark?" I asked him. He then turned around and looked at me, "Was DJ with you Rachel?" He asked.

"Yea he's in the next room." Rachel said.

"I'm going to go check up on him. Make sure he's alright. He's already lost one friend; I want to be there for him in case we all lose Robin." Mark said. I then got up and followed him to the next room. I was worried about how DJ would take to Robin's death since he lost Marshall Lee last year. Once we walked to the next door we looked through the window and saw DJ standing over Robin's body with his hand on her head. We walked through the door hoping that she hadn't passed.

"Live again." DJ said.

When we had walked into the room we heard the flat lining of the monitor and then we saw a black aura over his right hand that was on Robin's forehead glow and this made us stop in surprise as the flat line started to make a loud pinging noise and Robin began gasping for air. "What the hell?" Mark said shocked. DJ was startled as he turned around.

"How long have you guys been here?" He asked a bit scared.

"We just walked in." I said to him.

He then looked like he started to calm down, Robin was a bit freaking out as Mark and I went to calm her down. "Where's my mom!? Where am I?!" Robin kept saying over and over.

"Robin its okay your safe. Your mom is in the room next to you. We are at Wood County Hospital. Just lie back down and breathe okay?" Mark said. Robin laid back down as she started to calm down. DJ came up to me and placed his hands on my shoulder and whispered something in my ear.

"I will explain everything later, as I'm sure you have a lot of questions but right now let's just put it to the side for right now." He said.

"I do have a lot of questions but right now is not the time or place." I said as we started to celebrate Robin's recovery. Mark went to the next room as he gathered everyone to come see Robin. Everyone other than Rachel had showed up. Rachel wanted to stay by Sarah's side in case she awoke. Robin immediately began socializing with all of us and Mark and I got her up to date on everything since we got to the hospital.

"I don't know why but I'm really starving. I could really go for some Chinese food or some pizza." Robin said. DJ automatically pulled out his phone.

"Well then you're going to love this. The owner at Bamboo Garden was willing to give us a deal on some food if you fully recovered. What does everyone want?" DJ asked us all.

"Oh! Oh! I want a large thing of Chicken Dumplings!" Shawn said.

"Give me six of their egg rolls! As well as two bottles of their orange juice!" Mark said.

"I'll take their Shrimp Lo Mein large size with some of their Chinese Donuts." I said.

"I'll eat Travis's food. But Can I get a bottle of water on his order?" Manuela said as she smiled back at me and sat up against me and rested her head on my shoulder.

"Let's see it's almost two in the afternoon? How about I get their Lunch Special. I want their Kung Pao Chicken with a can of Mountain Dew and Fried Rice." Robin said.

We then all looked at Karina.

"I think we should've had Karina go first. Her stomach is like a black hole." Mark said jokingly. Karina began to feel a bit embarrassed.

"Oh come on I don't eat that much." Karina said.

"Uh huh. Says the girl who ate at least sixty dollars' worth of food and two hours later said was still hungry." Shawn said jokingly.

"For your information it was only $57.75." Karina said back.

"We should totally have her try the South Side 6 Challenge. I feel like she would win the $666." DJ said as a way to encourage her to do it.

Karina then was thinking of what she wanted from Bamboo Garden. "Hmmm maybe I'll have 3 of the General Tso's chicken. All three of them just normal spicy. I'll take a bottle of Barqs Rootbeer to go with it." She said after thinking awhile.

DJ then called the store and placed all of our orders. DJ said he was willing to pay for the entire meal but Jackie gave him a fifty percent discount and said he would have our food sent out to us.

All of us spent time talking and enjoying our fun time with each other. Rachel had come into the room as she gave Robin a hug and happy that she was doing well. Rachel then joined in on the conversations we were having. Rachel then spoke up having something to say. "Travis I never had a chance to thank you for what you did for me." She said to me.

"Huh? What are you thanking me for?" I asked curious to know what she was going to say.

"For saving my life last year twice. One from that thing that looked like you, and the Phantoms in this hospital. It took DJ a lot to convince me to come back here after being told what happened here." Rachel said. Everyone in the room went dead silent. Other than DJ everyone else looked at me wondering how I would handle this situation.

"I…It wasn't…umm…" I didn't know how to respond to her and then she put her hands on my face.

"Please no matter what you do don't lie to me. I'm very proud of you for what you are doing in this town. All of you guys. Do you know how proud I am of how much you have grown up this past year? When your parent's died three years ago and you became legally emancipated, you wouldn't let anyone in. You kept everyone at arm's length and the only people you ever accepted into your life were me and DJ. You always had this fear of being around people because of the pain they could bring. But DJ has told me already that since you became this mage who protects people's hopes, you've grown. You've let people into your life and they have made you grow into something spectacular. Yes you've had a couple of bad ones but that didn't stop you from being there for other people. When I heard this I felt like you were my son. I felt so much happiness for you. Look at all your friends you've made that are in this room. Look at the girl that rests her head on your shoulder." Rachel said. I then looked around me as everyone reached out and patted my shoulder.

"Travis, you gave me friends and helped me get over my brother's death." Karina said.

"You made my life more lively as well as making business at my shop increase. That goes for Karina as well." DJ said.

"You gave me friends as well and everyone here sees me as a person instead of an annoyance. I for once feel like I belong somewhere. Plus I am making rings for you to fight against the Phantoms. Because of that I have a purpose in my life." Shawn said.

"You saved my mother's life twice as well as mine. Because of you I still get to live with my mother." Robin said with a big smile on her face.

"Babe, you were there for me as well as everyone here when my sister Maria died. When I despaired you saved my life and helped me stand back on my feet. You even taught me how to fight so I can be strong and to protect myself." Manuela said to me.

"I got my childhood friend back. Which was something that I thought I would never have again." Mark said.

"And with me watching over you, I finally get to know what it's like to have a son. All the lives you have saved make me so proud of you." Rachel said as reassurance.

The pressure of hearing all this made me look at the ground and then I looked back up as a tear began rolling down my face. "This is a lot for me to process." I said to all of them. For once the giant hole that was left in my heart from my past was quickly closing. We then heard a knock at the door.

"Oh hey umm sorry if I'm interrupting but I have a giant order of food for this room?" A light brown skinned guy with long hair said at the door. DJ told him to come on in as he had one of the hospital carts filled with food. When he did come in we could tell that there was a big wide white deli cake that said "CONGRATS ROBIN." Written on it in blue icing. I then got up and walked over to the man.

"Holy crap what's the cake for?" I asked with my eyes widened.

The man then spoke, "Oh my boss said something about a person who recovered and had this cake set out in case she was able to pull through. Oh I'm sorry my name is Shane Cotter." Shane said as he introduced himself.

"Shane? Wait wasn't there a guy who was white with glasses and wearing an orange and black hoodie at Bamboo Garden?" I asked him. Shane looked at me greatly confused.

"Um you know now that you mention it I think there was. I'm not sure though. I do know who you're talking about but my memory is kind of fuzzy on the whole thing. It's almost like I am forgetting something important. Oh who's signing for the food." Shane said as DJ walked over and took out his wallet.

"How much for the food?" He asked.

"Umm your total is $26.50" Shane said to him.

DJ took out a Thirty-five from his wallet and handed it to him., "Go ahead and keep the change as a tip."

"Wait? Are you sure? That's a big tip you're giving me." Shane said with a shocked look on his face. DJ then had a look on his face like he just remembered something.

"Oh you're absolutely right here take this too." DJ said as he handed him a ten dollar bill.

"I uh don't know what to say. Um this is a big tip sir." Shane said to him. DJ finally convinced him to take it and Shane waved at us as he left. We then took the food out of the bags and we all started eating. Before Robin got her food we put the giant cake on her bed. DJ then took the lid off and then grabbed an envelope from his back pocket and handed it to Robin.

"What's this?" Robin said as she took a pink envelope from his hand.

"Today is January 11th right? That means today is also your birthday." DJ said. Everyone as if we had practiced this began singing happy birthday to Robin. Then while we were in the middle of singing we heard the door opened and we stopped as the song kept carrying on with Sarah just walking into the room. She was a bit tired and was stumbling a bit into the room. She finished the song as she came up to Robin and gave her a hug. She was crying as she hugged her daughter.

"I'm so glad that you're alive. My baby girl." Sarah said. Robin hugged her back tightly as they both began shedding a few tears.

"Mom I'm so sorry for my behavior. I know you're just trying to keep me safe and that's all you were doing. I've been selfish and cruel to you. If you want me to stay as a police officer I will, just as long as you don't leave me." Robin said. Sarah then kneeled next to her bed.

"I accept your apology sweetie. But I want you to live your life. I want you to be happy. If you really want to pursue being a reporter then I have a connection through the police force to get you started and I can give you a very good recommendation to even get paid well. I will also give you an honorable discharge from the force." Sarah said to her.

"Can you give me time to think about it? I was being very forceful back in the cells and I want to be able to make this decision knowing that I didn't force you." Robin said to her mom.

"Of course sweetie. Take all the time you want. Let's talk the rest about this later. It's your birthday and everything and you already have a big spread of food here. So let's just enjoy this moment we have okay?" Sarah said as they finished making up.

"Okay everyone we all love our touchy moments but this chinese-zechhian something or other isn't going to eat itself! Also MAYONAISSE FOR EVERYONE!" Mark said as he somehow pulled out little packets of mayo and started chucking them at us.

"How the hell did you get all of those packets in your pocket?" I said to him as packets were spread all over the place.

"A true magician never reveals his secrets." Mark said.

"He grabbed them from the container downstairs when-." Shawn said but wasn't able to finish as Mark put his hand over his mouth to keep from him talking.

"Like I said a magician never reveals his secrets." He said as he stared at Shawn.

All of us began to laugh as we all dug into our food and started eating. Hours went by and the doctors came in after we were done celebrating saying they were going to keep Sarah and Robin over night to make sure things would be okay. DJ and everyone started to pick up the mess we had made and said goodbye to Robin and Sarah as we all went back to DJ's house ready to enjoy the rest of our night. I ended up taking Manuela with me somewhere as I told her about what Mark and I had seen.

"DJ said he would talk to me about it later. But those powers were clearly mana that a Phantom gives out." I said worried.

"Babe, he said he would talk to you about it. Plus DJ has been our ally since this all started. I highly doubt he would be a Phantom. By what you said it sounds like he saved Robin's life. Phantoms take life, and he could've easily taken Robin's or let Amber take it." Manuela said to me.

"Dragon told me that there is a special Gate that overcame their despair but they aren't like me or Mark who can cast spells very effectively. They can't fight and their power is extremely limited. Plus it seems like their Phantom is dead and only their essence is pretty much left. Dragon also said that only one human has been able to overcome an ordeal like this, because this type of Gate has to have a very strong tie to their hope than what normal Gates have. Do you think DJ might have been this special Gate? It's just so confusing." I said trying to make it all make sense.

"Travis just wait okay. DJ will come to you and talk about it. Have faith in him okay?" She said to him.

Manuela then gave me a kiss, "Let's go back home. Everyone is probably waiting for us." She said as we hopped back on my bike and sped off to home. While we were speeding off back home I had this strong feeling in my gut that something terrible was coming. What I didn't know at the time was that it already was starting.