Heya! Please PM me or review about the names I posted last ch.! Thanks. Ok without further ado….
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Spikes came out of the ground with barbed wire swirled around it. There was pools of acid scattered around the course. Rings, hoops and Trapeze bars hung from the domed ceiling. Some of the bars were on fire. Giant axes swung in low arcs between bars. Rusty nails lined the ground in some areas, weaved into ropes, on axes and on a few bars.
Glass and metal shards sat on the ground haphazardly. Like a giant just threw it on the ground not caring where it landed. Mal, Philby, and Maybeck stepped back involuntarily. Finn, Dillard and Willa just gasped. They looked at each other.
"What should we do?" Mal asked. Finn looked around gravely.
"We stop this." Everyone nodded agreement right when he finished. "I'll go." Finn replied. When no one stopped him, he ran out and looked around. Charlene was climbing a up a rope. "CHARLENE!"
Charlene stopped her ascent and looked down. "Who are you?" She started to slid down the rope. She suddenly cried out. Fin could see faint sparks coming off the collar. Charlene fell from the rope letting go when shocked. Now both hands held her throat. She didn't scream, her throat rubbed raw from electricity coursing on it and screaming in pain and falling.
"I got you!" Finn said running toward her. As he ran he prepared and lunged for her. He stuck out his arms and curled them around Charlene's semi-limp body. He curled his body around Charlene's and hit the ground on his back in a WHOOF! The air came out of Finn's lungs when he hit the ground. He staggered to his feet with Charlene in his arms and he then ran toward the door where everyone was.
When Finn ran past them they followed after they stood there stunned momentarily before they followed him. They ran into the forest and toward the cabin. "Beware forswear make this cabin invisible to all but friends." Mal said. Everyone then ran inside. Finn set Charlene on the couch and backed away.
Mal came up to Charlene and waved. The collar disappearing; Mal waved again and Charlene's wounds went away. She breathed normally when her neck healed. Her eyes fluttered open, she gasped when she saw strangers looking at her.
"Maybeck go kiss her." Finn whispered. Maybeck looked scandalized at the thought. "Do it and you both get your memory back." Maybeck nodded hesitantly. He then went up and kneeled by Charlene. They whispered in private for a little before Charlene nodded. Maybeck leaned over and kissed her. Gold light swirled around them and spread outward.
"Time to get Jess and Mattie." Finn said. Philby went to the computer and looked up the store they are at.
"Looks like the store has cameras at the entrance, cashregister, storeroom and backdoor. But I can hack in and make the cameras go fuzzy so you can go in and free them." Philby said, Finn nodded.
"I'll text you when I'm outside the door. Ok?" Philby nodded. Finn waved DIllard and Mal to follow him. They ran toward The Other Side Fortunes and Finn stopped. He sent a quick text to Philby and waited until he got a simple text back. Cameras down. Finn then pushed open the door and went inside.
A bell jingled when the door opened and two girls came out with collars and shackles on and dressed like gypsies. They came closer and Finn realized that it was Jess and Mattie. Jess and Mattie both gestured toward the table.
"Please sit." Mattie said. Everyone nodded and sat. "What would you like a fortune on?"
"Do you like it here?" Mal asked. Jess and Mattie looked at each other uneasily.
"Not really. Master forces this substance into my system so that I can tell fortunes and shocks us when we fail. Or if he's upset with something that went wrong with the other side." Jess said. She looked around again. "He has this young man as a hostage and threatens him if we try to leave." Jess started crying slightly. After a little she regained her composure.
"For some reason whenever he threatens him I get a lump in my throat and get fearful for some reason." Jess continued.
"Well. Apparently your heart remembered you loved him. Tim, that's the young man, stole your heart and you stole his in return. Your in love with him. In another life you guys dated but a curse happened that sent us to this other universe and caused us to lose our memory." Dillard explained. Jess nodded.
"If you help us we'll save him and you will get your memory back." Finn said.
"Wait if that's true then why do I still not remember anything from before?" Dillard asked. Finn nodded.
"Kiss Mattie. You love her but don't remember. When you do you'll remembered." Finn said. Dillard slowly nodded, stood up and walked toward Mattie. He leaned over and kissed her forehead. Her eyes widened slightly and a golden light shined for a little before disappearing.
"I remember. Everything." She stood up and hugged Dillard. Jess looked at them. "Well let's rescue Tim and get the heck out of here!" Mattie said. They went in back and looked around after a little they found a trap door.
"Let's try in there." Finn said. They opened the door and stepped down. As they went inside Finn ran a hand over the wall and found a light switch. As the light filled the room Jess gasped. Tim, gagged and bound, on a chair slumped over. He had bruises on his arms, head and neck. It looks to go onto his chest and stomach.
Jess ran over and ran her hands over his arms and head. her touch soft as a feather. "Knew you'd come save me." He croaked out.
"You remember?" Finn asked.
"Yup. It tortured me by remembering and being so close to her yet seeming miles apart." Tim said. "But I had a feeling that she would come save me." Jess rested her forehead on his for a little. She then tilts his chin up and kissed him on the lips. Golden light filled the room and went out from them.
"Let's get back and make a plan to save the others." Mal said while untying Tim. Everyone nodded agreement and they helped Tim up. They then ran out while Tim limped with the help of Finn and Dillard.
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