Chapter 8-

Dusty and Felix: Damien's Request

"Are we… home?" Dusty asked. He looked around the room. "It's my room!" he shouted in excitement.

"Nope." Felix said. "Look." He pointed out the window. They were still in the abyss.

"But the room isn't dark." Dusty said. The lights went out. "Great!"

"Hey, at least there aren't any ghosts!" Felix shouted with joy. "I mean nobody here died, right?" He jumped onto the bed. He smiled and shut his eyes. He waited for a reply from Dusty. He opened one eye. "Right?" He asked in fear.

Dusty was standing in shock. "Remember when you asked if Damien will attack?" Dusty asked.

"Yeah." Felix replied. He sat up in the bed. "What are you implying?"

"Damien could be anywhere in this house…" Dusty explained. "What if he…"

"No Dusty! Don't say that!" Felix shouted. "Why would he?"

"Well it makes perfect sense!" Dusty shouted. "Why didn't I put this together before!" he asked himself. "He left all those notes containing numbers and they lead us from place to place." He sighed. "He wanted to drag us here."

Felix looked to Dusty in shock.

"He wants us to become a part of this world." Dusty explained. He sat on the bed. "It's only a matter of time before he…" A noise came from outside the room. "What was that!"

"Dusty! He's here!" Felix squealed. "Save me!" He hid behind Dusty.

They both sat on the bed in fear, waiting to see Damien.

"Dusty." A ghostly voice came from the door. Damien appeared in the room.

"No! Damien what do you want!" Dusty shouted.

Damien handed him a note.

"What?" Dusty asked. He read the note. He looked to Damien. "You can't be serious." He sighed and grabbed the cell phone on his desk.

"What is it?" Felix asked.

Dusty laughed. "You wanna know why Reiko wouldn't listen?" He asked. "They're deaf Felix!"

"What?" Felix asked. "Reiko wasn't deaf."

"No Felix!" Dusty shouted. He put the phone to his ear. "The ghosts are deaf and can only communicate through a damn phone!" He said in frustration.

They both listened on the phone.

"Dusty… I… I need… I need to… I need to tell you…" Damien explained.

"Oh wow!" Dusty shouted. "Are you stupid!"

"Dusty… I…When I got trapped… in the… abyss." Damien continued. "I couldn't stand being away from my… brother."

Dusty looked in shock. "What… do you mean?" He asked Damien in fear.

"Dusty… I want… I want you and… Felix… to become a part… of this world." Damien explained.

"Umm that's really uh… nice Damien." Dusty began. "But uh… no thanks." He smiled in sarcasm.

"Yeah I'm gonna have to refuse too!" Felix explained.

Damien gave a sinister laugh. "Now here's the beauty of it!" He shouted. "You two don't have a choice." He vanished.

"Where… Where'd he go!" Felix shouted. He looked around the room.

"Join us guys!" A voice shouted.

"No Damien!" Dusty shouted. "Why are you doing this!"

"I want you back Dusty!" He shouted. "I want us to be brothers again!"

Dusty looked around the room. "We'll always be brothers Damien!" He shouted. "Dead or alive!"

"No!" Damien shouted. "It's not the same!" He slapped the phone out of Dusty's hand.

Dusty ran to grab it. Damien attacked him.

"No!" Dusty shouted. "Felix!" He shouted, struggling. Felix ran and grabbed the phone.

"Damien!" He shouted. "You and Dusty will always be brothers!"

"No! It's not true!" Damien shouted. "He… He forgot about… me!"

"No! He didn't!" Felix shouted. "Ever since you disappeared he's been doing nothing but looking… for you!"

Damien looked to Felix and then at Dusty. He dropped Dusty to the floor. He backed away.

"Dusty give me the phone!" He shouted. Felix ran over and handed him the phone. "Damien!" Dusty shouted. "I never forgot about you!" He stood up. "I've spent every day looking for you!" He looked to the floor. "We didn't know what happened! We didn't know where you went… you just… disappeared!"

Damien looked directly to Dusty. "But I…"

"We'll always be brothers, but we can't be together cuz… you're a part of this world and I'm… well I'm in the real world." Dusty explained. He began to sob. "You're… the best… brother anyone… can ever ask for!" He cried. "And I was grateful to have you as mine!"

Damien looked to the floor.

"We'll be together someday, but that day isn't… it is… not for a long time!" Dusty shouted. "Please!" He said sobbing. "I just wanna get out of here! Me and Felix!" He dropped the phone and fell to his knees, crying.

Felix walked over to Dusty and put his hand on his shoulder. "Dusty…" He said.

Damien looked toward the door. "There… is… a way… to leave." Dusty looked up. "That is… if you're… willing to… trust… me!"

Felix grabbed the phone. "Yes! Anything!" He shouted. "Just please!"

Damien sighed. "Follow me…" He went through the door.

Dusty looked up and Felix. "What does he mean?" He asked. Felix shrugged. They both walked to the door. Dusty opened it. They saw Damien walking down the hall. They both followed.

"Don't follow too close…" Damien explained. "I'm… warning… YOU!" A strong vibe strung off of Damien.

"What the hell!" Dusty shouted. "What's wrong with you!"

Damien laughed sinisterly. "Don't follow too close or too far behind!" He explained. "I'm still not forgiving you…"

"Wha… WHY NOT!" Dusty demanded. "I thought you understood!"

They continued to follow.

"Okay, Dusty I'm like in panic!" Felix shouted. He looked above their heads. "What the hell is that!"

They both had a sort of line graph above their heads.

"What the!" Dusty shouted. "Damien!" He demanded. "Damien what is this!" He shouted, pointing.

"That's… your… fear meter!" Damien explained. "You're in the… red!" Damien stopped. "Jump out… this window!"

Dusty looked at Felix and back at Damien.

"Are you crazy!" Dusty shouted. "I'm not jumping out there!"

Damien laughed. "Fine, then stay and become a part of this world." He smiled.

Dusty gulped. He and Felix walked to the window. "Do we… do it?" Dusty asked. Felix shrugged.

"I don't want to!" Felix squealed. "But if we don't… He'll make us a part of this… this…" He stopped and looked above his head and back to Damien. "Is this a videogame!" He demanded.

Damien snickered. "What? That's crazy!"

Dusty looked to Felix. "What?"

"Dusty! There's no way that it's possible to come into a world of darkness, have these so called fear meters above our heads and be attacked by these ghosts that carry SOLID OBJECTS!" Felix explained.

Dusty looked to Damien. "Yeah! Are we in a game!"

Damien shook his head. "NO!" He shouted. "Now do you wanna get out of here or not!"

Dusty looked to Felix. "Well I... uh… let's see." He peeked into the abyss. "Do we wanna jump?"

Felix looked to Dusty. "NO!" He looked back to see the lady in red behind him. "Oh my…" He jumped backward into the abyss.

"Felix!" Dusty shouted. He jumped in after Felix.

Damien's Request COMPLETED!