"You're still alive!" Giroro exclaimed, "Good," he gave a sigh of relief. Natsumi ran up to Giroro, dropped to her knees, and came face to face with him.

"Giroro," her voice was serious, "Is Fuyuki with you?!"

He looked straight into her eyes to see fear, sadness, and something else, but he knew what she was asking for and she already knew the truth, but she needed someone else to confirm it. He lowered his eyes away from hers.

"I'm sorry Natsumi," he then felt her arms wrap around him, pulling into a hug. At any other time he would have been happy at the outcome, but now wasn't the time, this was a hug of sadness.

"Thank you," she whispers, her body lightly shaking. She dropped Giroro back to the ground and got up, rubbing her eyes, "anybody with you?"

"Keroro," he replied. She gave a slight smile.

"That stupid frog can live through anything huh?" she walked around the corner to see Keroro slumped against the wall, and was he glad to see her. Finally together, the last four headed off in a random direction, letting the strange maze guide them to whatever destination it has in mind for them. They continued to walk and walk, going in a straight line of an endless corridor. It seemed they were walking for hours on end.

"Kero! How long must we walk! My feet are getting tired!" and after a bit of time, the other three were getting tired of Keroro's complaining.

"Keroro, just…just shut up already!" Giroro growled

"But Giroro…." Keroro whined.

"We get it! You're tired and you're bored without your toys, but suck it up! We're in a war zone here!" Giroro could have strangled Keroro there and now.

"Oh my, boredom, here? We can't have that,"

All four heads swiveled to look behind them, where the Mirall, still looking like Natsumi, stood. Her face held an unnerving smile, and her eyes were cold. Giroro stepped in front of the real Natsumi, getting ready to protect her in some way.

"You!" Keroro wailed.

"Yes and you three little Keronians are in my way of our plan," she replied.

"'Our' plan?" Kululu suggested, taking a step closer. The Mirall went silent, but continued on, her mouth growing into a wicked smile.

"It's time for this game to end," the Mirall closed its eye's and snapped her fingers. Nothing seemed to happen. Giroro looked around, half expecting something to pop up and attack them.

"Nothing's happening," Keroro said, also looking around, but only could see the Mirall in front of them, eye's still open.

"Oh you think so?" Giroro turned to see Natsumi, grinning widely.

"Guys! Watch out!" The Mirall yelled.

"They switched places!" Kululu exclaimed. The three Keronians stepped back from the Mirall that stood where Natsumi stood.

"Not so fast," the Mirall snapped her fingers once more and wall came up, separating Natsumi from the rest.

"No!" she yelled, glimpsing her last look of her Keronian friends. Evil laughter echoed around Natsumi as everything suddenly got darker. Her body shivered as the temperature suddenly dropped, she wrapped her arms around her body in an attempt to keep herself warm.

"Natsumi!" Giroro banged on the wall, but to no avail. He turned slowly to see the Mirall still behind him and the other two, just grinning, "What do you want?"

"What do I want?" she replied in a sing-song voice, "Oh I want so many things like," she pointed at Kululu, "your soul to eat!"

Kululu took a step back and the Mirall smiled in glee, "you all are terrified of the outcome of your little rescue party, which ends in ruin, defeat, and a delicious meal,"

"What are you serving?" Keroro piped up at the mention of food.

"Hmm, frog legs,"

"Kero!" Keroro ran and hid behind Giroro, "Don't eat me! I mean look at me! I'm just skin and bones!" Keroro made himself deflated and tried to walk, but was too weak in his 'state'.

"Or maybe…a banana?" The Mirall step aside for the keronians to see a banana peel that that far off. Giroro knew something was wrong, and it took all his strength to stop Keroro from running over just to slip on the peel.

"I mustn't, but I must! Think of all the laughs! Laughter!" Keroro rushed out of Giroro's grip and ran with glee towards the banana peel.

"Keroro, you idiot! It's a trap!" Giroro yelled, but Keroro ignored him as he ran towards his impending doom.

As Keroro came towards the banana peel, he could hear the laughter. It wasn't happy laughter it was an evil laughter and it was too late for him to stop. He foot landed on the peel and he slid forward to where he saw a giant hole appear before him, and things with razor sharp teeth were eyeing him as he fell in. one rose up, its snout appearing through the opening and snap Keroro's body in two. Blood squirted on the grey walls. Giroro flinched back, his eyes wide. He's been in battles before, but nothing this gruesome and terrifying.

The Mirall watched with utter glee on its copied face. Kululu took this chance to get to Giroro, grabbing his arm and ran towards the hole; the Mirall's face dropped and turned to anger.

"Wh-what are you doing?!" Giroro yelped.

"Trust me!" Kululu exclaimed back.

"Trust you? Trust you of all people?!"

"Hold on!"

Kululu kept on running despite Giroro's attempts to slow down and the Mirall did nothing to stop them, just watching. Kululu saw the hole getting smaller and made a leap with Giroro screaming behind him. Soon two pairs of feet landed safely on the other side and continued to run, and Kululu let go of Giroro's arm.

"You scream like a girl," Kululu said to Giroro when they couldn't see the Mirall anymore.

"Sh-shut up!" Giroro growled.

Natsumi couldn't see much of anything, for it was pitch black. The only sound she could hear was her own beating heart and footsteps, but there was something else, something getting nearer. She shivered in the cold, but kept on going.

"Hello?" she said once again, "Giroro? Kululu? Stupid frog?" her voice echoed.

"My dear…" a voice whispered

"Who's there?!" Natsumi said into the darkness.

"Welcome to my home…"

And a pair of glowing red eyes appeared in the darkness.