Mary had just started out the door of the Pain Room when suddenly
Paul appeared in front of her, causing her to automatically jump back.
Although they had just defeated Dr. Gottreich and Mary knew deep down that she had no reason to fear Paul anymore, he response upon seeing him was pretty much automatic after all this time.
Paul growled at the sight of the little girl and her pals. Bad enough that he hadn't managed to dispose of the loser's baby and the hag but now to have to deal with this brat as well.... He advanced on Mary with his fangs flashing. He was sure that he had enough energy left to get rid of the little pest once and for all even if he couldn't do anything else. And, he thought with a smirk, if anything happened to the brat it would devastate the anteater. That would pay him back nicely for getting in his way and trying to protect that baby and the hag.
Suddenly he heard a bell ringing, the sound of soft childish laughter echoing in each peal. With another growl, Paul looked angrily around the room to see which one of the brats was daring to laugh at him. If they thought that he was going to let them laugh at him then those twerps had another thing coming!
Mary found herself giggling at the expression of anger on Paul's face. She reached out and started to ring her bell gently as well in time with the ringing of Mona's bell, her fears of Paul fading away with the sounding of the bells. She felt herself giggling again. Why in the world had she let him scare her in the first place?
"Stop that, you little brat!" Paul yelled at the sound of Mary giggling at him. How dare that brat laugh at him! He was the one who was supposed to laugh at other people!
"Go away, Paul." Mary said softly between giggles. She stopped ringing the bell for a moment and waved her hand towards the pile of dust that had formally been Dr. Gottreich. "Dr. Gottreich is gone!"
"Yeah, so you better go away now before someone hits you with a bell too!" Susan said, joining in with the girls in laughing as Mona gleefully waved her hand towards the now smashed tank, making sure Paul noticed it was gone.
Paul shoved past the girls, staring in slowly growing horror at the shattered tank. "What did you brats do?!" He shouted as he rounded on the two girls, his energy rapidly fading now. Paul looked at the tank once more, feeling something foreign to him, fright. He suddenly felt his knees buckling as the last of his energy slipped away, the floor rushing up to meet him. No! This couldn't be happening, not to him! He was too powerful! Too....
"You really should have been nicer, you know." Mary said gently as she approached Paul ringing her bell once more. "It's time for you to go now, Paul."
No. Paul tried to block out the sound of that blasted bell,
knowing what was going to happen now. No, he wouldn't let that blasted brat take him, send him into the light!
What happened?" Suddenly Paul vanished, causing the group to jump back in surprise. Peter looked over at Mary with a slight bit of worry.
The boy didn't seem like he was in any condition to be a threat but they didn't need to take chances, not when they were so close to success.
"I don't know," Mary whispered as she looked with concern at where Paul had fallen and then vanished. What had happened with Paul had felt different than what had happened before when she had called people with her bell but... The bell felt different now though, so maybe she had called Paul to cross over after all. She hopes so. Okay, Paul had taken great delight in tormenting her and hurting people but still, she hoped he had been able to cross into the light and find peace. Maybe he would be happier there, away from Dr. Gottreich.
Suddenly Mona tugged at her arm, motioning towards the door. Mary forced herself to snap out of her thinking on what might have happened to Paul and back to the present situation.
"Come on," she said as they started out the door and down the hallway, both girls ringing their bells as they walked. She really, really hoped that they hadn't missed Dr. Lona having her baby. And wasn't Elmer's father going to be so surprised to find out that he was a grandfather. Mary started to softly giggle just thinking about that reaction.
Although they had just defeated Dr. Gottreich and Mary knew deep down that she had no reason to fear Paul anymore, he response upon seeing him was pretty much automatic after all this time.
Paul growled at the sight of the little girl and her pals. Bad enough that he hadn't managed to dispose of the loser's baby and the hag but now to have to deal with this brat as well.... He advanced on Mary with his fangs flashing. He was sure that he had enough energy left to get rid of the little pest once and for all even if he couldn't do anything else. And, he thought with a smirk, if anything happened to the brat it would devastate the anteater. That would pay him back nicely for getting in his way and trying to protect that baby and the hag.
Suddenly he heard a bell ringing, the sound of soft childish laughter echoing in each peal. With another growl, Paul looked angrily around the room to see which one of the brats was daring to laugh at him. If they thought that he was going to let them laugh at him then those twerps had another thing coming!
Mary found herself giggling at the expression of anger on Paul's face. She reached out and started to ring her bell gently as well in time with the ringing of Mona's bell, her fears of Paul fading away with the sounding of the bells. She felt herself giggling again. Why in the world had she let him scare her in the first place?
"Stop that, you little brat!" Paul yelled at the sound of Mary giggling at him. How dare that brat laugh at him! He was the one who was supposed to laugh at other people!
"Go away, Paul." Mary said softly between giggles. She stopped ringing the bell for a moment and waved her hand towards the pile of dust that had formally been Dr. Gottreich. "Dr. Gottreich is gone!"
"Yeah, so you better go away now before someone hits you with a bell too!" Susan said, joining in with the girls in laughing as Mona gleefully waved her hand towards the now smashed tank, making sure Paul noticed it was gone.
Paul shoved past the girls, staring in slowly growing horror at the shattered tank. "What did you brats do?!" He shouted as he rounded on the two girls, his energy rapidly fading now. Paul looked at the tank once more, feeling something foreign to him, fright. He suddenly felt his knees buckling as the last of his energy slipped away, the floor rushing up to meet him. No! This couldn't be happening, not to him! He was too powerful! Too....
"You really should have been nicer, you know." Mary said gently as she approached Paul ringing her bell once more. "It's time for you to go now, Paul."
No. Paul tried to block out the sound of that blasted bell,
knowing what was going to happen now. No, he wouldn't let that blasted brat take him, send him into the light!
What happened?" Suddenly Paul vanished, causing the group to jump back in surprise. Peter looked over at Mary with a slight bit of worry.
The boy didn't seem like he was in any condition to be a threat but they didn't need to take chances, not when they were so close to success.
"I don't know," Mary whispered as she looked with concern at where Paul had fallen and then vanished. What had happened with Paul had felt different than what had happened before when she had called people with her bell but... The bell felt different now though, so maybe she had called Paul to cross over after all. She hopes so. Okay, Paul had taken great delight in tormenting her and hurting people but still, she hoped he had been able to cross into the light and find peace. Maybe he would be happier there, away from Dr. Gottreich.
Suddenly Mona tugged at her arm, motioning towards the door. Mary forced herself to snap out of her thinking on what might have happened to Paul and back to the present situation.
"Come on," she said as they started out the door and down the hallway, both girls ringing their bells as they walked. She really, really hoped that they hadn't missed Dr. Lona having her baby. And wasn't Elmer's father going to be so surprised to find out that he was a grandfather. Mary started to softly giggle just thinking about that reaction.