I spent the next hour making sure that Cry didn't chew through the ropes, sitting by his side, just hoping and praying that an idea would come to mind. There had to be a way to return Cry to his normal state; there just had to be a way to break the curse. Wait a moment…
I remembered a line from a movie I had seen a while back, something about Snow White… anyway, the line said something like almost any curse could be broken by true love's kiss. If this was indeed a curse and not just insanity, it would explain why the potion hadn't worked when Jezebel had given it to him.
I had sorted out my feelings about Cry and I knew that I was in love with him, but if I kissed him, would it be enough to heal him? There was only one way to find out…
I walked over to Cry and grabbed his mask. In response, Cry tried biting my hand. I quickly pulled my hand away.
"Geez Cry!" I yelped, "Watch it!" Cry growled, sounding uncannily like a mad dog.
I grabbed Anna's dart gun and looked at the darts.
"Do these have different doses of whatever's on them?" I said, examining the first dart I found. Near the end, engraved in tiny letters were the words "Low Dose". I put that dart into the dart gun.
"I hope this works," I took a deep breath and walked back over to Cry. "I'm sorry about this Cry, it's for your own good." I said, aiming at his arm. I took the shot and the dart flew right to the target. Cry yelled once more, then he slowly began to fall asleep. When I was sure that he was under, I grabbed the mask again. The glue must have dissolved because this time when I pulled at the mask, it came off without any trouble. I was finally able to see the face of the man I had come to love.
It was strange how I had never noticed it before now, but his hair was brown, somewhere in between medium and dark brown, and his hair looked like someone had used their hand to mess it up. I tried to come up with words to describe his face but I couldn't. (AN: Cheesy… I know…)
I realized that I was staring at Cry's face; I shook my head and came to my senses. I didn't know how long the dart's sedative would last, so I had to do this quickly.
I lifted Cry's face and brought mine closer until our lips were a little more than an inch apart. I paused praying that this would work. I closed my eyes and then, I kissed him.
Almost immediately, I felt lighter, happier than I had since before we had arrived at the castle. Through my eyelids I saw a soft pulsating glow, and I felt warmth radiate from Cry.
The kiss lasted for only a few seconds, and when I pulled away, I wished it could have lasted longer. However, the glow coming from Cry was growing brighter, and I had to shield my eyes, even though they were closed. Waves of heat radiated from Cry, heating the cold castle air.
Slowly, the glow began to dim again and the waves of heat began to fade away, the cold castle air taking its place. I uncovered my eyes and looked at Cry, who was beginning to stir. I scooted closer to him and knelt by his side just before he opened his eyes, which had gone back to their beautiful hazel.
I smiled at him and he smiled back.
"Sup." he said, and I laughed and hugged him, overjoyed to hear his soothing voice once more. Nothing could ever ruin this moment.
"Well, what do we have here?" Dan said from the doorway, I turned to see him leaning on the door frame, "The lovebirds reunited once more."
I laughed, not even bothering to deny it, there was no point. Cry was smiling and laughing too. I remembered that Cry was still tied to the chair and I untied him. He got up and stretched, then he walked over to me and put his arm around my shoulder.
"Awwww," Dan said, "Cuteness overload!"
"Why are you back here Dan?" I asked.
"I came back to do my shift," he replied, "But I see that there's no longer a reason to watch over Cry, so why don't we go back to the others and keep looking for the portal?"
We agreed and gathered what we would need. I was packing some food, just in case, when someone tapped on my shoulder. I turned to see Cry with his bag, ready to leave.
"Thanks Ambrosia," Cry said, "I honestly have no idea what happened, but what I do know is that I'm back because of you."
"No problem Cry," I said, blushing a little, "I know this is going to sound kind of corny, but I felt like if I didn't find some way to get you back, I'd probably join you in the insanity." Cry held out his hand and I took it.
"I'd feel the same way," Cry said. We were in our own little world… until Dan coughed.
"You guys ready?" Dan asked.
"Yeah," I replied, and still holding Cry's hand, Cry and I walked out into the hallway.
"Why do I have a feeling this is going to get very old, very fast," Dan muttered, bringing out his sword and twirling it, "You may need your hands you two." Of course, Dan was right on that one. I brought out my sword and Cry brought out his pistol and we continued down the corridor.
After a few minutes we had found no bros or suitors or monsters of any kind. We had just begun to relax when we heard a scream from the dirt tunnel. We ran as fast as we could without tripping over the bumps and rocks on the ground.
When we emerged on the other side, we found a full fledged battle taking place between our companions and what seemed to be every monster in the castle. The prize: control over the portal.
Well, here you go, the second to last chapter that takes place in Amnesia: The Dark Descent. NO, it is not the end of the story; we still have quite a few more games to go. I look forward to hearing what you think of this chapter…
