I'm back from DC!... And posting a day late. Fail.

This chapter is quite interesting, and it takes place before Jewels got attacked.

Don't kill me for the lateness, it's my fault. Plz, I fan.

Mitch POV: Minutes earlier

It had been a week. One full week without hearing from her. She could be missing. She could be kidnapped. For all I knew, Carmella Paige was dead. I paced back and forth in my room, my attention drawn to the calendar. It was February 3rd. She must be freezing, wherever she is. Even California was cold.

My gaze drifted over to her note sitting on my table. I observed her neat, readable handwriting. My chest ached with longing for her to be right with me. Her voice filled my head and I sighed. I wanted to know if she was okay.

"She's fine, Mitch." A voice came out of nowhere. I looked around, feeling a bit panicked. Suddenly a bright red light engulfed the room and a figure appeared. I looked at the girl. I could tell she was a girl due to the dress and long hair. "Okay, just give me a minute." She took a deep breath. "Ohmygoshyou'reBajanCandian! I love your videos!" She ran over and gave me a hug.

My jaw dropped. "And you're a mysterious woman who broke into my room. Who are you?"

She let go of me and curtsied. "Mitch's conscience, at your service!"

"You've got to be kidding me."

"Don't worry, I have experience being a conscience." She assured me. "I used to be Carmella's until she fired me."

"Carmen?" I asked in disbelief. "You know her?"

She laughed. "Of course, silly! I worked with her since September! I mean, who else would have helped her save you guys?"

"Uh..." I was extremely confused.

"Oh, am I confusing you? Here, sit down and I'll explain." I did as she asked. "Alright. So, do you remember when Carmen saw you again in Ocean City? Well, that was when I became her conscience. And then she got drugged and all that lovely stuff, and Josh had to go and ruin it by putting her into a coma. So I talked to her and told her what she needed to do, and after she saved you guys I let her know that you were alive. She actually thought she ruined the story, can you believe it? So-"

"Wait." I interrupted. "Story?"

She looked fearful. "What? What story? Your life totally isn't a story. Heh heh... I'm not an author, I swear!" I raised my eyebrows. "Um... You didn't hear any of that."

"Sure. So how does this pertain to me?"

She laughed. "Carmen used to always say that. She'd be like, 'Scarlett! You are so off topic!' or 'I don't need your help!'. That one's my personal favorite."

She said Scarlett. That must be her name. "Scarlett," I tested it out. "Why are you talking to me if this doesn't help me? In case you didn't know, my ex is currently missing. I'm just a tad bit stressed."

"Oh, so she didn't get back together with you? I see that she took my advice."

I pinned her against a wall. "What advice?"

She widened her eyes. "Uh..." The same red smoke appeared, and I couldn't feel her arms anymore. It cleared and I was suddenly alone.

"Scarlett!" I yelled.

"Yes?" A voice chimed in the back of my head. I looked around frantically, trying to figure out where she was. "I'm not a person right now, silly. I'm in your mind. This way you can't murder me."

I groaned and pounded my fists on my desk. "Go away."

"My gosh!" She complained. "All you humans are so ungrateful! I just want to help."

"If I'm so ungrateful, then why don't you leave?" I asked.

"Can't." She said sadly. "U will kill me if I annoy another human."

"Isn't U the guy who fought Solstice?"

"He WHAT?" She roared. "Oh my gosh, I am going to kill him! I thought that was some other idiot fighting Solstice!"

I laughed in spite of myself. "You have fun with that."

"You aren't getting off the hook, mister." She scolded. "Listen: Carmen has run away, as you know, and she going to attempt to take down Equinox. Alone, might I add. She needs you, though. You know how convinced she is that she can do it all by herself." I nodded in agreement, the statement being very accurate. "Although she is an amazing girl, she isn't immortal. A demon practically is." She sighed. "And I now realize that I was wrong making her break up with you. Mitch, she needs you."

My lip quivered. "Oh yeah? Then why did she tell me we were never meant to be?"

"She doesn't understand. You guys are the perfect match, just not in the way you think you are. Find the item that can help her, and you will be a great help. If you ever need me I'll be in your mind, but right now I'm going to kill U again!" She said. I tried to reply but her voice was gone. I was thinking normally again. What did she mean? What could possibly help Carmen slay a demon?

My eyes darted to the necklaces. One shell necklace from Ocean City, one emerald from me, and one locker from that creepy store. Would an anti-demon protection charm help her? I doubted that it worked because it was in Carmen's room when Taylor was kidnapped. I had no more time to ponder this because two sets of feet came crashing down into my roof.

Cloaked figures came crashing down into the room. I counted 12 before more… things… appeared. They were horrible and disgusting, covered in warts and pus-filled bumps. They had green skin, with large ears filled with gray hair.I grabbed the necklaces and charm, and stood up slowly backing away towards the door. One of the cloaked figures stepped forwards and stared at me with eyes glowing red.

"Where do you think you are going, mortal?"

It hissed. Mortal? The only person who had called me mortal was… Equinox. And she was a demon… so…

They were demons. Uh-oh.

"Mitch! What was that loud ex-" Jerome yelled as he opened the door. Looking behind me, I saw Adam and the others too. They were staring now with wide eyes.

"Miiiiiicth? Plan R?" Jerome asked, nearly screaming.

"Yes. RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN!"

We ran out the door, slamming it shut, and then the door exploded.

"We should go see what happened to Solstice!" Scarlett's voice proclaimed, echoing through my head.

"Not helping…" I muttered.

Why is my character so annoying?

I don't know, you created her.

Right. Scarlett, why did you make yourself annoying?

Stop talking to yourself. In the reviews, tell us what you think happened to Solstice!

And for those of you who didn't notice, U may have given away some of our plans... I legit yell-typed at him through PM.