Author's Note: So now we check in between Ju and Qi. We get to see more about the main plot. I can't wait to see where it goes for the rest of the season. Meanwhile, the Halloween special is now finished. All I have to do is work on the extra for Edge of Wonderland and wait for Sunday. I don't know what I am doing for this fice on the day after Halloween just yet. I will have to see what moves me. For now, enjoy this week's match.

Match Eighteen: Two Tribes:

-Ju-

We met up at the China World Hotel where she was staying. I couldn't tell the rest of the clan where I was yet. There is something that I have to know. I sat in the café, looking around. There don't seem to be many people here at now.

I pulled out my phone. Hey, I got a text from Yao. I tapped the screen.

"Hey, baby, where are you now?" he wrote. I smiled and tapped the screen to reply.

"Secret meeting. Can't talk now. I will call you when it's over," I wrote. I stared at the screen before I hit send. I'm so sorry, dear. I can't tell you what I am planning to do right now.

I shoved my phone into my bag. A waitress walked up to my table.

"Can I get you anything to drink?" she asked.

"Just some coffee, please," I said. The waitress took down my order and walked away. I looked out the door.

-Qi-

"Ready to go?" I asked. Noelle nodded once.

"Okay," I said. I turned to the door.

"You sure about this?" I heard behind me. I glanced to see Noelle with her eyes narrowed. She held her spear by her side.

"Yes," I said. "The others want this. It's the only way to appease them." Noelle picked up her staff by her side.

"Very well," she said.

"Thank you," I said. I bowed my head and walked out the door. Noelle followed behind. She means well, but sometimes she can take her protection too far. I don't blame her given how mother brought her up. I don't think I've even seen her smile. I looked over my shoulder as we walked down to the elevator.

"How come I never see you smile?" I asked. Noelle didn't answer. I just shrugged to myself. We're going to have to work on that later once this is all over. I chased away another thought that kept running in my head. No, can't think about that now.

Two women meet up in the hotel café. Ju sat at her table when she heard the footsteps approach her table. She had her phone in her hand, about to make a text. The clan leader about smirked to herself.

"I was starting to think you weren't going to show," she said. Ju looked up to see Qi and Noelle standing over her booth. She shoved her phone back into her bag.

"Sorry to keep you waiting," Qi said. "May I take a seat?"

"Sure," Ju said.

"Thank you," her cousin said, bowing her head. Qi slid into the booth and sat across from her. Ju turned to Noelle.

"You can sit down too, you know?" she asked. The black woman didn't respond. She seemed to be glaring at her. Ju just shrugged.

"Suit yourself," she said. The clan leader turned to her cousin. Both women sat silently at first.

"How many of them are there?" Ju asked.

"Six," Qi said.

"So you and who else?"

"My dolls."

"Your dolls?"

"Yes. They were my companions when I was growing up."

"Is Noelle-?"

"Yes."

"Thought so."

"What all do you want to know?"

"Everything."

"Are you sure you can handle that?"

"I'm being stalked by a coven of witches. I can take whatever can be thrown at me."

"Fair enough. How much do you know?"

"I've read the document and saw the videos."

"So the surface level."

"Surface level?"

Qi shook her head. "There is so much that you don't know."

"Then tell me."

"Heh."

-Qi-

Isaac was my first doll when I was five. Lottie was my doll when I was eight. Phillip was my doll with I was thirteen. Ray was my doll when I was sixteen. I had another one before Noelle, but I can't remember who they were. I just know their voice in my head. All of my dolls were the ones who saved me. If they hadn't come into my body, my mother would've taken over mine in that ritual. Noelle would be my last doll.

I remember the first one to come back. At first, I thought it was a dream. I was in my room alone when I heard the door closing. I looked up but saw no one in the room. Somehow, I wasn't afraid. A little smile came across my face.

"Isaac," I said. I couldn't see him, but I knew he was there. I ran over and hugged him.

"Where did you go?" I asked. I froze as I let go.

"Isaac? Where did you go? Isaac? Isaac?" I asked. Suddenly, I felt a strange sensation in my chest. I backed up to the place I was before. Everything was going to be fine. Everything was going to be fine.

From then on, it didn't really feel like I was living my life. I know that I am present for it, but I feel like I am not the one in control. I believe my dolls are the ones living the lives that they never had the chance to. Did my mother ever know? Did she ever suspect a thing? I don't know. She never said anything if she did.

It was because of my dolls that she is the one dead and not me. If they hadn't entered into my body, she would be the one living my life and not me. For that, I am grateful. Now, I have to make it up to them and stop another from going down a dark path similar to mine.

I finished my tea when I finished my story.

-Ju-

I couldn't believe what I was hearing. I mean, I knew it was bad, but I never pictured it being this bad.

"Are you okay?" I asked. Qi glanced over at me. I don't think she's ever heard anyone ask her that before.

"I'm fine now, thank you," she said in a calm tone. I couldn't even reach over and pick up my coffee cup. There was only one thing that I could ask.

"What do we need to do next?" I asked. Qi already had her wallet in her hand.

"Let me meet with the rest of your clan first," she said. I didn't have to think about that, but I still had some conditions.

"How long are you in town for?" I asked.

"As long as we need to be," Qi said. I reached over and picked up my coffee cup.

"Give me three days," I said. "It won't be easy, but I can talk to everyone and work something out."

"Fair enough," my cousin said, shrugging. She paid her bill and walked out of the café. Noelle followed behind without saying a word. I sat back in the booth. Somehow, I didn't feel like I was going to regret this. But why did I still feel uneasy about this?

I finished my coffee, paid my bill, and walked out of the café. Yao and the guys aren't going to like this.