Cry of The Red Phoenix: Sorry I didn't update this for a while. I was working on my school work.
Disclaimer-I do not own Beyblade!
Chapter 3
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Rikku took a flashlight out and pointed at the object.
Robert lay in a puddle of blood.
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For a minute, the girls could do nothing but stand, frozen to the spot in terror. Silence descended upon them, drowning them in the pits of fear. The hall had grown eerily quiet.
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The two horrified screams teared through the silence and echoed off the cold, desolate walls of what had once been the mansion of Mr. Stanley Dickenson. The death curse, had... begun...
-Morning-
"What the hell is going on Lawyer?!" yelled an anguished Johnny clenching Mr. Lawyer's collar. The remaining teens who were either still alive or not missing stood around solemly. The teams stood silently by the newest coffin, not knowing what to say. All were worried about their missing teamates. Had Bryan, Ian, Dunga, Jim, and Spencer met similar fates? Would anyone of them still be alive? And if so, where were they? Enrique was trying to comfort a sobbing Oliver.
"It's okay... don't cry Oliver, Robert wouldn't want to see you cry..." Obviously, Enrique wasn't very good at comforting since Oliver sobbed harder.
"R-R-Robert... is... d-dead... so I can c-cry all I-I w-want...!" he choked back, defiantly. Enrique sighed in defeat.
"Ray? Do you think... do you think... Lee...?" asked Mariah uncertainly. She was pale and frightened, especially since it was her who had found Robert's corpse first in the first place. Ray sighed, not knowing how to phrase his words.
"I... hope not..." was all he could come up with.
"Me too..." Kevin put in, who had put a lot of effort into not crying. He would be brave. Be brave for Lee.
Tala was now the sole member of the Demolition Boys. He stood off to the side, away from the mourning beybladers, quietly contemplating his current situation.
Salima and Kane stood together in silence until Kane spoke up.
"Are you worried?" Salima looked up from the ground.
"About what?" she asked, in a tone that suggested she knew exactly about what he was talking about.
"About... Jim..." Kane forced out.
"...No... I'm not worried. Jim will be fine. He can take care of himself." she muttered, her tone slowly changing from confident to scared will each word she spoke. "Jim's going to be fine..." she closed her eyes and buried her face in her arms. Kane let out a long sigh.
"Yeah... he's going to be... just... fine..." he repeated.
"Are you scared Joseph?" asked Mariam after a long period of silence between the Saint Shields.
"N-No! I'm not scared! Dunga's fine! We'll be fine! Robert isn't dead! I know he isn't!" he shouted quickly, a large fake smile plastered to his face. Mariam sighed. Her little brother sucked at lying.
"C'mon, it will hurt worse if you don't accept it right now." she whispered. Joseph finally stop pretending and broke out into sobs.
"I-I'm n-not s-scared... I'M TERRIFIED!!!" he wailed. Ozuma stared away from the group and back towards the manison. Eerie shadows still covered it, although it was daytime.
"Dunga... you'd better be safe..."
The Beyblade Exterminators were in a quiet discussion.
"Something is definitely very wrong here." announced Justine, carefully scanning around. "This seems too... convincidental. What do you think?" she turned to Rain.
"I say that there is something... more to this place. Not just some stupid thing that Mr. Dickenson cooked up." she exclaimed, being one to quickly jump to conclusions. Stephanie looked deep in thought.
"But what?" she asked. Rikku frowned, thinking hard.
"Maybe what Lawyer and Wong had said earlier might give us some clue." She looked over at the last member of the team. "Why are you so quiet, Lily?" The said girl was staring transfixed at a window up at the top of the mansion, not answering.
"H-Hello? Say something, you're creeping me out!" Justine exclaimed. Lily tore her eyes from the mansion.
"Sorry... I think I... felt something... nevermind..." she said softly, looking away again, leaving the rest of her team staring suspiciously at the girl.
"We're ALL going to DIE!" wailed Kenny, thrashing around. "I DON'T want to BE here! I WANT OUT! Please! Let me out! This is all a really bad dream! I WANT TO WAKE UP!!!!!" Tyson pulled his hair in frustration.
"Kenny! Calm down! We WILL die if we lose our heads like this!" he hollered. Max nodded, trying to look on the bright side.
"At least all of us are still here!" he tried.
"ALL OF US, EXCEPT ROBERT!!!!" screeched Johnny, shaking Mr. Lawyer harder, due to the reminder. "WHAT HAPPENED? I'LL ASK YOU AGAIN!"
"I have no idea." Lawyer replied, unfeelingly, although there was a slight hint of fear in his eyes.
"HOW CAN YOU BE SO CALM ABOUT THIS???? THAT WAS ROBERT THAT WAS LYING THERE!" Johnny screeched. Lawyer glared coldly at him.
"And shaking me like that won't help you." Johnny released Mr. Lawyer, somewhat reluctantly.
"We can't do anything now, except stay together." said Kai at last leaning against the hard brick wall of the garden and crossing his arms. He had stayed quiet throughtout most of the morning.
"Kai is right." said Mr. Lawyer while cleaning his glasses. "Sorry to disappoint you all, but I can't do anything about this."
"WHY YOU!" shouted an enraged Johnny again, looking like he would like nothing more then to shove his glasses down his throat.
"Calm down, Johnny. Getting angry won't get you anyway." Lawyer responded. Johnny looked like he was about to turn down the offer until Rikku suddenly spoke up.
"Mr. Lawyer, Wong." said Rikku. "Can you leave us alone for awhile?"
"Love to." said Mr. Lawyer dryly, glancing at Johnny. He walked out of the garden with Wong without another word.
"Look, we've been thinking about this," started Rikku standing up from her chair. "We think someone is planning this whole thing."
"What do you mean?!" cried Tyson.
"Yeah! How could they?" interjected Max.
"Someone out there wants us dead. And he's starting to pick us off, one by one." stated Rikku.
"For what?"
"For Mr. Dickenson's money and ... probably for our bit beasts."
-Attic-
~Mariah's Pov
We were in the attic. I have a feeling something bad is going happen. The air was thick... with the scent of death.
The attic seemed to never end, no matter how much we walking. The hallways twisted and turned. All of us were huddled together, no one wanting to be at the very front or the very back. We pasted by many paintings of Mr. Dickenson. It felt as if the paintings were watching us.
Kevin trailed nervously at the end, lagging slightly. I guess he wasn't too fond on going out ahead like this. I turned around.
"Kevin, hurry up! Do you want to be left behind?" Kevin squeaked.
"No!" with that, he quickly bounded over, accidentally knocking over a small picture frame. I stopped picked up the photo. On it was a remarkably younger Dickenson, holding a young boy. Curious, I wiped a bit of dust off the bottom of the frame and found the words 1965 Stanley and Samuel ........ engraved at the bottom.
Dust was covering the last word. I wiped it off with my finger.
It read Stanley and Samuel Dickenson.
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"Looks like a dead end. I guess were done." yelled Tyson joyously. "Let's get outta' here!"
"I'm glad we didn't meet anything here like last time." remarked Enrique, "Don't 'cha think, Johnny...? Johnny? What's wrong?"
Johnny stood there, his eyes were completely hidden beneath his bangs.
"Johnny?" asked Ozuma, taking a few steps forward. "You okay?"
Johnny wordlessly pulled out his axe launcher and swung it, almost cutting Ozuma's hair off.
"What do you think you're doing?" shouted Ozuma, jumping back.
"Johnny?! What's wrong with you?" yelled Stephanie, who had been walking behind him. Johnny turned around, his axe raised above his head.
"LOOK OUT!!" Salima had the time to yell before Mariam lunged herself at Stephanie, pushing her out of the way.
"Why are you trying to kill us? Don't you recognize us?" screeched Tyson, running away.
Johnny lifted head slowly to face them. His eyes glowed red.
"Johnny!" yelled Kane. "What's wrong?"
"He is being posessed by a demon, like Rikku was!" panicked Justine. "Try and look for it!"
"Demon?" asked Max, looking frightened. Kai and Tala had lunged at Johnny, immobilizing him. Oliver, Enrique, Kane and Ozuma were trying to pull his axe out of his iron grip. Johnny hissed and yelled as he struggled against them.
"I... Don't... Remember... Johnny... Ever... Being... This... Strong..." yelled Enrique.
Kevin and Joseph had backed away in fright. Everyone else was either trying to look for the demons or were too scared to move. Lily however, stood off to the side, staring at something, unblinkingly.
Ray's ears twitched slightly, having picked up a strange sound...
"Hm... it sounds like... something... hitting against another surface... something... hard..." The neko-jin closed his catlike eyes and focussed on the sound in his mind's eye. The sound sounded like... tapping...? Something... long... hard... tapping...
Ray's eyes snapped open as he looked around to the source of the noise only to find a green glow. Running over, he looked more closely and spotted a group of skeleton demons. The fleshless pile of bones glanced at him with hollow eye sockets.
"I found them!" yelled Ray, shrinking back. "Skeleton demons!"
"You guys launch your blades at them, while we take care of Johnny." yelled Rikku, running away from the crazy axe-less Johnny. Tala and Kai succeeded into pushing him back onto the wall, but now had trouble holding him there.
"When he's normal again... I'm making him regret ever meeting me..." grunted Tala as Johnny punched him, in an attempt to get free.
"I'll help." muttered Kai, uncharacteristically.
Rikku fired two arrows at Johnny's vest, pinning him to the wall. Kai and Tala let go of him, immediately.
"Give a guy some warning, next time!" reminded Tala. Rikku blushed slightly.
"Sorry."
Tyson, Max, Mariam, Joseph, Ozuma, Salima, Kane, Mariah, Kevin, Ray, Kenny, Stephanie, Justine, Rain and Lily launched their blades at the advancing skeletons, smashing them to pieces. (E/N [Editor's Note] If you wanted more description on the action, you're out of luck. Sorry.)
Johnny's blood red eyes changed back to it's original color.
"W-What the hell? What's going on! ... And I demand you release me from this wall!" he commanded.
Lily groaned, "I'm sick of this already."
"Never mind that, let's get outta here!" shrieked Rain.
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-10:30-
"Now that was freaky!" said Tyson, wiping perspiration from his forehead.
"Oui...." replied Oliver, still saddened by what happened to Oliver.
-Bathroom-
Rain had just finished taking a shower. She finished dressing and was about to go back to the living room when she realized that she did not comb her hair yet. Rain took her hair brush from the cupboard and turned to face the mirror. Only to find a badly disfigured Lee staring back at her with empty sockets instead of her reflection. His face was decaying, eyes gone, and bloody dripped from his lips.
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Thanks to Neko for editing!
Neko: Yeah, you'd better! ^-~ Joking!
Cry of The Red Phoenix: Sorry it was quite short. Sorry.... Please review!
Neko: Actually it was 5 lines short then last time...
Cry of The Red Phoenix: ... Hey! Who said you could talk here?
Disclaimer-I do not own Beyblade!
Chapter 3
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Rikku took a flashlight out and pointed at the object.
Robert lay in a puddle of blood.
_________________
For a minute, the girls could do nothing but stand, frozen to the spot in terror. Silence descended upon them, drowning them in the pits of fear. The hall had grown eerily quiet.
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"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
The two horrified screams teared through the silence and echoed off the cold, desolate walls of what had once been the mansion of Mr. Stanley Dickenson. The death curse, had... begun...
-Morning-
"What the hell is going on Lawyer?!" yelled an anguished Johnny clenching Mr. Lawyer's collar. The remaining teens who were either still alive or not missing stood around solemly. The teams stood silently by the newest coffin, not knowing what to say. All were worried about their missing teamates. Had Bryan, Ian, Dunga, Jim, and Spencer met similar fates? Would anyone of them still be alive? And if so, where were they? Enrique was trying to comfort a sobbing Oliver.
"It's okay... don't cry Oliver, Robert wouldn't want to see you cry..." Obviously, Enrique wasn't very good at comforting since Oliver sobbed harder.
"R-R-Robert... is... d-dead... so I can c-cry all I-I w-want...!" he choked back, defiantly. Enrique sighed in defeat.
"Ray? Do you think... do you think... Lee...?" asked Mariah uncertainly. She was pale and frightened, especially since it was her who had found Robert's corpse first in the first place. Ray sighed, not knowing how to phrase his words.
"I... hope not..." was all he could come up with.
"Me too..." Kevin put in, who had put a lot of effort into not crying. He would be brave. Be brave for Lee.
Tala was now the sole member of the Demolition Boys. He stood off to the side, away from the mourning beybladers, quietly contemplating his current situation.
Salima and Kane stood together in silence until Kane spoke up.
"Are you worried?" Salima looked up from the ground.
"About what?" she asked, in a tone that suggested she knew exactly about what he was talking about.
"About... Jim..." Kane forced out.
"...No... I'm not worried. Jim will be fine. He can take care of himself." she muttered, her tone slowly changing from confident to scared will each word she spoke. "Jim's going to be fine..." she closed her eyes and buried her face in her arms. Kane let out a long sigh.
"Yeah... he's going to be... just... fine..." he repeated.
"Are you scared Joseph?" asked Mariam after a long period of silence between the Saint Shields.
"N-No! I'm not scared! Dunga's fine! We'll be fine! Robert isn't dead! I know he isn't!" he shouted quickly, a large fake smile plastered to his face. Mariam sighed. Her little brother sucked at lying.
"C'mon, it will hurt worse if you don't accept it right now." she whispered. Joseph finally stop pretending and broke out into sobs.
"I-I'm n-not s-scared... I'M TERRIFIED!!!" he wailed. Ozuma stared away from the group and back towards the manison. Eerie shadows still covered it, although it was daytime.
"Dunga... you'd better be safe..."
The Beyblade Exterminators were in a quiet discussion.
"Something is definitely very wrong here." announced Justine, carefully scanning around. "This seems too... convincidental. What do you think?" she turned to Rain.
"I say that there is something... more to this place. Not just some stupid thing that Mr. Dickenson cooked up." she exclaimed, being one to quickly jump to conclusions. Stephanie looked deep in thought.
"But what?" she asked. Rikku frowned, thinking hard.
"Maybe what Lawyer and Wong had said earlier might give us some clue." She looked over at the last member of the team. "Why are you so quiet, Lily?" The said girl was staring transfixed at a window up at the top of the mansion, not answering.
"H-Hello? Say something, you're creeping me out!" Justine exclaimed. Lily tore her eyes from the mansion.
"Sorry... I think I... felt something... nevermind..." she said softly, looking away again, leaving the rest of her team staring suspiciously at the girl.
"We're ALL going to DIE!" wailed Kenny, thrashing around. "I DON'T want to BE here! I WANT OUT! Please! Let me out! This is all a really bad dream! I WANT TO WAKE UP!!!!!" Tyson pulled his hair in frustration.
"Kenny! Calm down! We WILL die if we lose our heads like this!" he hollered. Max nodded, trying to look on the bright side.
"At least all of us are still here!" he tried.
"ALL OF US, EXCEPT ROBERT!!!!" screeched Johnny, shaking Mr. Lawyer harder, due to the reminder. "WHAT HAPPENED? I'LL ASK YOU AGAIN!"
"I have no idea." Lawyer replied, unfeelingly, although there was a slight hint of fear in his eyes.
"HOW CAN YOU BE SO CALM ABOUT THIS???? THAT WAS ROBERT THAT WAS LYING THERE!" Johnny screeched. Lawyer glared coldly at him.
"And shaking me like that won't help you." Johnny released Mr. Lawyer, somewhat reluctantly.
"We can't do anything now, except stay together." said Kai at last leaning against the hard brick wall of the garden and crossing his arms. He had stayed quiet throughtout most of the morning.
"Kai is right." said Mr. Lawyer while cleaning his glasses. "Sorry to disappoint you all, but I can't do anything about this."
"WHY YOU!" shouted an enraged Johnny again, looking like he would like nothing more then to shove his glasses down his throat.
"Calm down, Johnny. Getting angry won't get you anyway." Lawyer responded. Johnny looked like he was about to turn down the offer until Rikku suddenly spoke up.
"Mr. Lawyer, Wong." said Rikku. "Can you leave us alone for awhile?"
"Love to." said Mr. Lawyer dryly, glancing at Johnny. He walked out of the garden with Wong without another word.
"Look, we've been thinking about this," started Rikku standing up from her chair. "We think someone is planning this whole thing."
"What do you mean?!" cried Tyson.
"Yeah! How could they?" interjected Max.
"Someone out there wants us dead. And he's starting to pick us off, one by one." stated Rikku.
"For what?"
"For Mr. Dickenson's money and ... probably for our bit beasts."
-Attic-
~Mariah's Pov
We were in the attic. I have a feeling something bad is going happen. The air was thick... with the scent of death.
The attic seemed to never end, no matter how much we walking. The hallways twisted and turned. All of us were huddled together, no one wanting to be at the very front or the very back. We pasted by many paintings of Mr. Dickenson. It felt as if the paintings were watching us.
Kevin trailed nervously at the end, lagging slightly. I guess he wasn't too fond on going out ahead like this. I turned around.
"Kevin, hurry up! Do you want to be left behind?" Kevin squeaked.
"No!" with that, he quickly bounded over, accidentally knocking over a small picture frame. I stopped picked up the photo. On it was a remarkably younger Dickenson, holding a young boy. Curious, I wiped a bit of dust off the bottom of the frame and found the words 1965 Stanley and Samuel ........ engraved at the bottom.
Dust was covering the last word. I wiped it off with my finger.
It read Stanley and Samuel Dickenson.
________________________
"Looks like a dead end. I guess were done." yelled Tyson joyously. "Let's get outta' here!"
"I'm glad we didn't meet anything here like last time." remarked Enrique, "Don't 'cha think, Johnny...? Johnny? What's wrong?"
Johnny stood there, his eyes were completely hidden beneath his bangs.
"Johnny?" asked Ozuma, taking a few steps forward. "You okay?"
Johnny wordlessly pulled out his axe launcher and swung it, almost cutting Ozuma's hair off.
"What do you think you're doing?" shouted Ozuma, jumping back.
"Johnny?! What's wrong with you?" yelled Stephanie, who had been walking behind him. Johnny turned around, his axe raised above his head.
"LOOK OUT!!" Salima had the time to yell before Mariam lunged herself at Stephanie, pushing her out of the way.
"Why are you trying to kill us? Don't you recognize us?" screeched Tyson, running away.
Johnny lifted head slowly to face them. His eyes glowed red.
"Johnny!" yelled Kane. "What's wrong?"
"He is being posessed by a demon, like Rikku was!" panicked Justine. "Try and look for it!"
"Demon?" asked Max, looking frightened. Kai and Tala had lunged at Johnny, immobilizing him. Oliver, Enrique, Kane and Ozuma were trying to pull his axe out of his iron grip. Johnny hissed and yelled as he struggled against them.
"I... Don't... Remember... Johnny... Ever... Being... This... Strong..." yelled Enrique.
Kevin and Joseph had backed away in fright. Everyone else was either trying to look for the demons or were too scared to move. Lily however, stood off to the side, staring at something, unblinkingly.
Ray's ears twitched slightly, having picked up a strange sound...
"Hm... it sounds like... something... hitting against another surface... something... hard..." The neko-jin closed his catlike eyes and focussed on the sound in his mind's eye. The sound sounded like... tapping...? Something... long... hard... tapping...
Ray's eyes snapped open as he looked around to the source of the noise only to find a green glow. Running over, he looked more closely and spotted a group of skeleton demons. The fleshless pile of bones glanced at him with hollow eye sockets.
"I found them!" yelled Ray, shrinking back. "Skeleton demons!"
"You guys launch your blades at them, while we take care of Johnny." yelled Rikku, running away from the crazy axe-less Johnny. Tala and Kai succeeded into pushing him back onto the wall, but now had trouble holding him there.
"When he's normal again... I'm making him regret ever meeting me..." grunted Tala as Johnny punched him, in an attempt to get free.
"I'll help." muttered Kai, uncharacteristically.
Rikku fired two arrows at Johnny's vest, pinning him to the wall. Kai and Tala let go of him, immediately.
"Give a guy some warning, next time!" reminded Tala. Rikku blushed slightly.
"Sorry."
Tyson, Max, Mariam, Joseph, Ozuma, Salima, Kane, Mariah, Kevin, Ray, Kenny, Stephanie, Justine, Rain and Lily launched their blades at the advancing skeletons, smashing them to pieces. (E/N [Editor's Note] If you wanted more description on the action, you're out of luck. Sorry.)
Johnny's blood red eyes changed back to it's original color.
"W-What the hell? What's going on! ... And I demand you release me from this wall!" he commanded.
Lily groaned, "I'm sick of this already."
"Never mind that, let's get outta here!" shrieked Rain.
____________________________
-10:30-
"Now that was freaky!" said Tyson, wiping perspiration from his forehead.
"Oui...." replied Oliver, still saddened by what happened to Oliver.
-Bathroom-
Rain had just finished taking a shower. She finished dressing and was about to go back to the living room when she realized that she did not comb her hair yet. Rain took her hair brush from the cupboard and turned to face the mirror. Only to find a badly disfigured Lee staring back at her with empty sockets instead of her reflection. His face was decaying, eyes gone, and bloody dripped from his lips.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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Thanks to Neko for editing!
Neko: Yeah, you'd better! ^-~ Joking!
Cry of The Red Phoenix: Sorry it was quite short. Sorry.... Please review!
Neko: Actually it was 5 lines short then last time...
Cry of The Red Phoenix: ... Hey! Who said you could talk here?