~Sigh... I guess I understand what you are all saying. The ending didn't really do much for me either. I rushed it a bit cuz well I wanted to move on to other stories and stop everyone's Bitching!!!!! Jk. Haha. Anyway you all should thank my girlfriend. If she hadn't agreed with ya I wouldn't have written this epilogue. Though it is a bit confusing and raises something towards a MAJOR hint at some kind of sequel (which may or may not ever come into existance.) It should help you come to terms with the fact that I am one devious bastard.... Muahahahahaha.~

Epilogue: Door Unopened

The Professor wathced the heart monitors intently. All of them flickered but didn't flatline. What could be going on? As if a higher power decided to answer his question a blidning flashed of light exploded in the far corner of the room. A strong force blew papers and equiment everywhere. The Professor fell to the ground and shielded his eyes from the light. When it all cleared Ray stumbled and fell onto the ground bleeding. He was clutching his chest and staggering back and forth. He fell to his knee and the Professor ran to him. He wrapped his arm around Ray's waist and walked him to a stainless stell operating table not far away. Ray choked in pain and grabbed his chest again. He howled as he dug into a large wound and ripped a metal spike out. Blood leaked out from his chest onto the table and ran down into a think puddle on the floor. The Professor grabbed a handful and bandages and worked as quickly as he could to seal the wound. He was about to cut Ray's shirt off when Ray grabbed his coat collar and pulled him close. In a low voice he spoke.

"Get them out of the fucking machines now!!!"

Ray let go of the Professor and fell back smacking his head on the edge of the table. He twitched and went unconscious. The Professor ran to the machines and typed furiously at the controls. A bolt of lighting exploded from Blossom's headset and sent him flying back into the wall. He smacked into the wall and slid down clutched his heart. He gasped for breath and staggered to his feet. Electricity surged around the controls and his eyes became filled with anger. He ripped an axe off of the wall and hoisted it above his head.

"Give me back my girls you deamons!!!"

He smashed the axe onto the control panel and it exploded in a fury of sparks and fire. He was thrown back hard and blacked out shortly after...

Buttercup blinked slowly. She reached up and rubbed the side of her head before rolling to her side. She felt support leave her and she smacked hard on a tiled floor. She blinked again and her vision finally returned. She staggered onto her feet and grabbed a metal table. It took her a moment to realize it but she was back in the lab. Her hands immeadialty went to her arms and chest feeling for the hideous worms. She sighed with extreme relief when she realized she was fine and free of the torment. A scream broke the silence and she turned to see Bubbles gripped her face screaming. She thrashed around pounding her feet onto the table making loud hollow noises. Buttercup ran to her and grabbed her shoulders trying to calm her but Bubbles just yelled out.

"NO STOP! LEAVE ME ALONE! LET GO! IT HURRRRRTTTTSSSS!!!!"

"Calm down God Damnit!!"

Buttercup reached back and backhanded her sister hard. Bubbles stared up at her blankly before wrapped her arms around her and holding her tight. She sobbed hard and kept repeating she was so scared. Buttercup finally got her calm and got a chance to look around. She was really back in the lab. Blossom was lying peacefully on one of the tables, Ray was....

"What the hell?!"

Buttercup ran to Ray and felt his neck. There was pulse, at least he was alive. He was unconscious however so she turned to find the Professor. She gasped when she saw him. He was lying unconscious in a pile of rubble. The machine that had sent Bubbles and herself into the nightmare world was still smoking and sparking slightly. But she ignored it and ran to the Professor. She knelt and tapped his face slightly. He woke slowly and murmered someting inaudible to her. His eyes fluttered open and he saw her.

"Oh thank god."

He hugged her tightly and she hugged back. She fetl another body move close to them and realized it was Bubbles. They all held each other for a long time before The Professor asked them a question that had been burning in the back of his mind.

"Is Blossom...?"

Buttercup shook her head and a voice came from behind them.

"She's gone I'm afraid. Her mind has been fully seperated from her body. It is now dead."

They turned to see the Professors Glyph standing. The Professor stood and looked at the glyph's face intently.

"You..... you're me?"

"Precisely Professor Utonium."

"But.. how could she die?"

"I made the mistake of having you send the girls in through her dream. Through the dream in which she was powerless. To really save her, you should have sent them whole. Through the portal."

"So... It's to late?"

"I'm afraid so..."

"No... We can still save her."

Everyone turned to see Ray stumble off of the table. He was clutching the table tightly for support and blood was trailing down his arm creating a small puddle on the floor.

"We can still make her live..."

"You are willing to go back in to save her?"

"I'm willing to die for her... I will not accept that she is gone.. "

"To do that Ray. You will have to venture into the depths of the Nightmare World. And travel through doors that have never been opened by a mortal being."

"I'm not mortal being."

"He won't be going alone."

Buttercup walked over to Ray and crossed her arms.

"If they go, I go."

Bubbles walked over and stood next to her sister. The glyph smiled.

"Then she may just be saved."

"But how will they save her if they failed before?"

The glyph turned to the Professor and smirked.

"They will have help."

"From who?"

"How much Chemical X do you have left......."



~Ooooooooooh Cool huh?! Now before you all start screaming for a sequel let me say something, there will be one. It will be called "Eternal Spiral", but you wont get to see it for a while cuz I want to finish X before I even come up with a plot for that one. See you all soon, and check out my other stories will ya?! I'm not just a horror writer you know.~