Beetlejuice stared at the spot where Lydia disappeared. It couldn't have been that simple! Call her name three damn times, and suddenly she was safe at home? It wasn't fair!
Besides…he hated to admit it, but he actually felt kind of good when she thanked him…for saving her.
The thought hit him hard. He didn't save her! No…he just…made sure the sandworms didn't eat her! Yeah! Because he wanted to do her in! Yeah!
But what was that "hero" bit you just played, rescuing her from her fall?
Damn it, even his subconscious was working against him! Was it such a bad thing after all? She was pretty hot…
"But she'd never go for a guy like me!"
Lydia stood in front of her mirror, three days later. She had recounted the story to Adam and Barbara over and over again, and they made her promise not to tell her parents. But now…remembering the Neitherworld…she had a sort of feeling to go back…
"Back? Lydia, shut your mind up! You don't want to go back to that world! Back to that insane place! Back to…him…"
But somewhere inside, Lydia did want to go back. So she reached deep into her mind and tried to recall a four-line phrase…