" No Elk.....No.....Not yet.....Not yet..."

Chapter 24: Darkness

Mimiru stood up tears running down her cheeks like streams of water, she walked up to Elk and looked around the ground searching for anything she could find, untill her eyes fixated upon a piece of glass. Cringing as the glass punctured her hand she picked it up and walked closer holding it as if it were her heavy blade she slashed at the vines untill they gave way and loosend their grip on Elk. He panted able to breath again he smiled gently at Mimiru as she hugged him through the vines. " I'm so glad...you're alright Elk...." She cried loudly. He nodded weakly. The sky crackled with lightning and hail fell down on them, cold and hard. Their clothes soaked. Mimiru let out a soft sigh and looked back up at Elk. " Don't worry....Tsukasa....will be okay..." He looked down at her as if he could read her every thought. Mimiru let go of him and picked the glass back up, slashing the remains of the vines that still wrapped around his body.

" Mimiru....I'm sorry...Im sorry....but..I...I've never been brave about anything in my whole life..and I...I want to help Tsukasa...so please...stay down here where it's safe, I'm going up their...to help him...can I have that glass in your hand?" He asked with a determined but scared look on his face. " But....Elk...." Mimiru began to cry again. " Mimiru PLEASE!" He shouted at her with despertation. " Fine....But when you come back...I'm going to kick your ass for this..." Mimiru grumbled handing him the glass.

He nodded and began attempting to climb the stump while Vines wrapped around him he cutted at them and jumped up using them as foot holds.

Bear looked up at the sky as he stood ontop of the building he looked over at BT who seemed a bit angry and Sora who was giggling wildly. " So...all we really can do is watch?" Bear slammed his fist on the wall. " Yeah...its up to Tsukasa to save us..only he can unlock the power inside of him..." Bt answered pulling Bear's fist away from the wall. " Only he can unlock the power inside of him...how cheesy and lame.." Sora mimicked annoyingly as he practiced jumping. " Its not lame or cheesy its the truth" Crim said angrily pulling Sora up in the air by the arm. " whatever! Just let me go!" Sora yelped attemting to bite his hand. " That's enough!" Bear yelled extremely aggrivated.

" By the way Crim....Where is Subaru?" Bear asked looking around.

" I'm not sure...she ran from me before I came here...I couldn't find her...figured...she could be ok on her own...I mean It is only after Tsukasa right? Besides she has her Axe with her." Crim looked up seeming a little worried.

" WHAT? Ran? Axe?" Bear looked shocked.

" Yeah, as soon as " The world" Started to appear here, Subaru could walk...and her Axe was found in her closet" Crim nodded resting his hand on his chin.

" So...When " The world" Appeared here, Subaru must have merged with her Character," Bear looked at him even more surprised

" Only her axe and her able to walk, her appearence didn't change at all."

" Strange..."

Cringing Elk climbed to the top looking up at the bubble, he grabbed the last vines and climbed up to look inside. He peered inside and saw him, Tsukasa lay there unconsious, hardly any bubbles of breathe escaping from his mouth or nose. " No.....I hope I'm not too late!" Elk shouted desperatly his eyes watering and his lips curling up in a depressed manor. He lept up and took the piece of glass into two hands and pressed with all his force on the bubble causing a small tear to form in the center.

" ELK LOOK OUT!" Mimiru shouted from a distance as vines wrapped tightly around him and pulled him away from Tsukasa

" I..I CAN'T FIGHT THEM!" He shouted as he struggled as hard as he could the grip around his waist tightening. " I....I.....I can't...." he whispered as his breath shortend. he looked up into the sky, but could not see anything but darkness.

" No! Not him too!" Mimiru gasped crying as she looked into the sky as a blue bubble sat directly across from Tsukasa.

" They look almost.....like....the circulatory system...the red side and the blue side...and then..the veins" Mimiru looked at them her head hurting. " why....did I have to think so deep into it..." Mimiru fell over to the ground, a vine tripping her, soon her body was covered in them, her eyelids felt heavy and she could no longer stay awake.

Elk opened his eyes smiling and touching the wall of the bubble softly " It thought that it could trap me in here...but I...I brought the glass with me....I won't stay here and neither will Tsukasa..." He smiled as he lifted up the glass and hurled it into the skin of the bubble causing the water to pour out. He placed his hands around the broken skin and pulled it appart. " I've escaped, now I can finish what I started" He narrowed his eyes and clung to the veins working his way over to Tsukasa again.

Elk looked down and placed his hand over his chest " why...does it hurt so bad....."

Making his way to the bubble he leaped foward cutting it deeper untill all the water rushed out and Tsukasa awoke with a start.

Elk pulled back the skin and grabbed hold of his arms and pulled him out. " Who....Who are you....and....why? Why do you look just like me? what is this?" Tsukasa looked surprised as clung to the vines. " uhmmm......uhmmmm... welll.....my name's....Elk....and...I'm your brother....your twin brother........" Elk looked in his eyes so that Tsukasa could trust his word. Tsukasa's eyes widened. " You really are....telling the truth...." He continued to stare in amazement.

Elk breathed hard his chest burning hotter than ever he placed his hand over it again cringing.

" Elk...whats wrong with you?" Tsukasa asked looking worried.

" My chest..it hurts so bad...I don't know why.....but...."

"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ELK! ELK! ELKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!" Tsukasa shouted at the top of his lungs as he reached over and grabbed the glass from his free hand attemting to free him. " Oh...no....oh god OH MY GOD" Tsukasa watched in horror as a vine sharpened itself and lunged itself at Elk impaling him through his chest and hand. Without thinking Tsukasa cut the vine from his back only leaving the impaled piece there, and ripped it out from his chest. grabbing hold of him he tore Elk's shirt to shreds and quickly tyed it around him where his wound was bleeding. He held him close to his body protectivly and squeezed his eyes shut as they plummeted to the ground.