Okay folks here's the next chap……I'm sorry but there will be no replies to the reviews at the end of this chap….I'm sure you guys don't read the story just to see the replies and if you do…then…I don't know…..I guess I'm sorry….I hope you enjoy…Daytime smiles
Psyche began meditating to begin her journey. Sonar gasped and bent close to her.
"Before you go, I think you should tell the Doc about this." Sonar whispered in her ear.
Psyche opened her eyes and glared at Sonar. He shrugged his shoulders. "You really should. Maybe he wants to take this opportunity to observe you while you're using you're powers this way, or something. This is big stuff after all."
Psyche got up and left the room and headed to Doc Mercy's office. Sonar had a hard time keeping up with her. Psyche barged into the Mercy's office.
"Mercy!" Psyche yelled out.
Mercy looked toward the door. Psyche looked determined. "What's wrong, Psyche?"
"Nothing. I just have a bargain to keep up. I'm just letting you know, because Sonar told me to."
Mercy looked behind Psyche. Sonar just walked in out of breath. "She's going to try to free someone 552 has."
"Psyche, that wasn't part of the deal you made with Jumba. Don't jeopardize yourself by doing more than necessary."
"Well, it's part of the deal now. I'm going. Now, do you want to observe me or something or what?"
Mercy thought a moment and told Psyche to wait until he got Jumba. Mercy thought he might be interested in seeing this in person. Psyche sat impatiently in the nearest chair.
"Well, hurry up and get him. I don't have all day you know."
Mercy left the room and walked down the hall. Sonar put his hands on his hips and turned to Psyche.
"Have you thought this through? I don't think you have."
"Believe it or not, I did."
"But you kind of randomly decided to do this like two seconds ago! What thought have you put into this? ...I mean do you know what kind of dangers you're going to face?"
"Yep. Sonar, you're acting like an old lady, you know that? This isn't the first time I've been to Thoughtland, you know. But, if you really want, I'll tell you what I think is going to happen. First, I'm going to go to Thoughtland and find this guy's mind. Then I'm going to break the bond that 552 has on him then purify his mind space of all the negative psychic energy in it."
"Negative psychic energy?...In minds?"
"Yeah, that's how you get nightmares. Hmm…" Psyche thought for a minute. "Uh oh."
"Uh oh? Uh oh isn't good, Psyche? What do you mean uh oh?"
"I forgot about demons?"
"Demons?"
Psyche stood up and pointed to her head. "Yeah, demons in your mind." Sonar had a confused look on his face. Psyche groaned. "Grrr, do I have to explain everything?"
"It would make things easier if you did." Sonar said, irritated.
"Demons…Come on…You know…Things you're scared of."
"Fears?"
"Yea, fears."
"Why don't you just call them fears?"
"Well, they're fears when they are out of the mind and you're feeling them. But when they are just in your mind waiting to come out they are called demons…You see?"
Sonar held his head in his hands. "Okay, Psyche, you really need to specify. When you said demons, I thought you meant monsters."
"They're that too. I can see a physical form of them in people's minds. They can be big really nasty monsters."
::: Like you?::: Sonar thought.
Psyche chuckled. Sonar looked confused. "What are you laughing at?"
"I heard that." Psyche said, smiling.
Sonar rolled his eyes and then tilted his head slightly. "Well, maybe you should reconsider this trip and fight 552 when you're ready. Hey, maybe if you kill 552 then 555 will be set free afterwards. Did you think about that?"
"You just don't get it do you? I've already proclaimed his freedom. I have to get him out right here and now." She said overly dramatic.
"Alright. If you really have to…" Sonar stopped talking. Jumba and Mercy walked into the room.
"It's about time!" Psyche said impatiently. She stood up and waited for Mercy to tell her where to go. He pulled out a clip board and told her to sit in a chair with arm rests in the middle of the room. Mercy put some circular sensory pads on Psyche's head to measure her brain activity while she used her powers.
Psyche grinned evilly at Jumba. "Prepare yourself to see what top rate genetics and true evil genius-ing can really do."
Mercy smiled at Psyche for complimenting him. Insulted, Jumba crossed his arms and sat nearby. Psyche took a deep breath and began thinking.
::: Okay Psyche girl, no messing around. You need to concentrate. Don't let anything distract you. You are the most powerful experiments in the lab. Nothing is going to get to you. You can take whatever comes your way. YOU ARE INVICIBLE.:::
Sonar tapped Psyche in the shoulder. She grimaced and opened her eyes. He smiled at her. "Hey Psyche, if you die, can I have your laptop?"
Mercy yelled at him for jinxing Psyche. Jumba just laughed. Psyche looked at Sonar angrily.
"When I come back, you are going to get the biggest beating. You hear me?" She said.
Sonar chuckled nervously. "I was kidding." He said, sheepishly. Psyche narrowed her eyes and Sonar held his throat as if to protect it. She looked up and shook her head.
:::Okay, let's try this again.:::
Psyche closed her eyes and left for Thoughtland. She first made her way through the empty abyss known as Limbo. In this place there is only darkness and no way up. She looked on her back and her white wings appeared. These wings only appear on her back when she is not in reality, because they are her only means of getting around since there is no ground to walk on in the dimension. She drifted through Limbo and moved into the dimension of Thoughtland.
When she entered, she paused and smiled. Psyche was always taken aback at the beauty of this place. Everywhere you looked there were blue skies. In Thoughtland there were also white clouds every now and then. That's where minds of new babies of reality were created and where the minds of the dead go to be reformed to become new minds. Also, around here are big black bubbles. These are the mind spaces the hold peoples' minds. There a billions of them everywhere in every direction. Now, all Psyche needed to do is find 555's mind space. She smiled.
"No problem." She said. Psyche held up her hands and concentrated on feeling psychic waves. She needed to feel the right one to find 555's mind space. After all there are as many mind spaces in Thoughtland as there are people in reality, but Psyche was an expert by now and found it in an instant. "That way." Psyche muttered to herself. She pointed and began flying in that direction.
"Okay. Let's see." Psyche reviewed the plan. "I'm going go into his mind, tell him I'm going to help him, break the bond, and set him all free and stuff."
In no time at all, Psyche reached 555's mind. Inside, it was a dark place that didn't seem to have anything going on. (A/N: This is NOT an insult. Read on to understand the meaning behind this comment.)
"Why isn't he thinking?" Psyche asked out loud. She then shivered. The air was thick with negative psychic energy.
"His thoughts must be suffocated by the negative energy. He can only think what 552 will let him. I'm going to need a bit of help cleansing this place."
Psyche closed her eyes and soon two ghost-like experiments appeared next to her, a male and a female. These creatures are faint extensions of Psyche's mind. The male's name is Foresight and the female's name is Hindsight. They helped Psyche see things that she misses and they're pretty useful for combat too, if the situation calls for it.
"Foresight, watch my back. Hindsight, time to clean up." Psyche said. Her hands began glowing.
"Wait, we need to find 555 first. We have to see if he needs help before we clean his space."
"I think that goes without saying." Psyche laughed. She put her hands at her side and they stopped glowing.
The three of them began walking around the mind space looking for 555's mind. They soon can across a small figure sitting on the ground with his chin to his knees and his arms around his legs. He had an angry look on his face.
"That's him?" Hindsight asked.
"Yep." Psyche answered. She slowly approached him.
"Psyche, don't forget his AT Boundary. It's really weak and you could accidentally rip through it. That would really hurt him."
"I don't think I have to worry about that much. I'm sure 552 has done that already."
"Psyche." Hindsight whispered in a low tone.
Hindsight sighed. Psyche stopped walking. She was close enough to talk but far enough so she wouldn't touch him all at.
"Good evening." She called out to 555.
He looked up and an enraged fire burned in his eyes. "Who are you?" He asked angrily. There was a slight hint of worry in his voice. "What are you doing here?" 555 stood. "Get out!!!"
His AT Boundary began to come near Psyche. She quickly flipped backwards and the boundary stopped where Psyche had just been standing. Psyche looked at the boundary and felt its power, or more specifically lack thereof.
"No wonder 552 got into his mind." She whispered to Hindsight. "This guy is easy prey."
Hindsight shrugged her shoulders. Psyche turned to 555. "I'm not going to hurt you. I want to help."
"Bull! Get out of my head! I don't need any more problems. I've got enough trouble with a certain demon of the underworld."
"I'm going to get rid of him, but first I have to help you. Lower your AT Boundary."
"How do I know you're not lying? How do I know you're not some hallucination sent by 552 to torture me some more?"
"You're just going to have to trust me."
"Yeah right." He said sarcastically. "Like I'm going to trust something that could possibly be a figment of a monster's imagination. NOT HAPPENING!!"
Psyche sighed. She tried again to try to convince him but it was no use. At that moment, a creature of darkness was stirred from his rest. He felt a disturbance in the thoughts of one of his preys.
"Who dares enter the mind of one my victims?" He saw into the mind space of 555 and saw him arguing with Psyche. :::Well, well, well, if it isn't the drunk.::: He thought :::Here to take my victim from me, are you, child?::: He chuckled to himself. :::As much as I would love to see you attempt to break my bonds on him, I can't have you meddling in the affairs of my prey.::: He thought to himself.
He turned and raised a hook. Out of the darkness the surrounded him, a monster grew that looked like no other creature known to the living. The creature stood on all fours and smoke came from its mouth as it exhaled. 552 smiled a toothless grin at his creation.
"Go hell hound. Incapacitate her mind, then go into reality and bring me her to me. I must have a word with this girl."
The monster roared and left the darkness. It was soon in Thoughtland and on its way to 555's mind space.
"Man, he's stubborn. I don't know what 266 sees in him." Psyche said in frustration. Hindsight chuckled a bit.
Foresight was looking on at what everyone was doing. He watched carefully for any danger that might manifest itself inside the space. He soon began sensing something coming. Foresight turned and looked at the wall of the mind space, envisioning what was headed this way. His eyes widened.
"Psyche!" He called out.
Psyche began to stop chuckling with Hindsight, "Yea, Fore."
"Something big is coming." He said, floating next to her.
A serious look appeared on Psyche's face. "How big?"
The monster appeared and roared so loudly it seemed to shake the whole mind space.
Foresight stared at the monster. "Very."
Psyche narrowed her eyes angrily at Foresight. The monster towered over Psyche and the others. It stared down at then with flames in its eyes. Psyche sighed in frustration.
"Great, now we have to run."
The monster reared up on its hind legs and brought his front paws down hard, shaking everything. It took a deep breath and spat out a fire ball at Psyche. She gasped and quickly dove to the side. The fire ball missed her but not by much. Psyche stood up and began running. The monster chased her, shooting fire balls along the way. Hindsight floated next to Psyche as she ran.
"Psyche, it's a demon."
"YA THINK?!" Psyche yelled.
"What kind is it?" Foresight asked, floating to Psyche's other side.
Psyche felt the heat of a fire ball nearly hitting her. "Pyrophobia."
"Since when are you afraid of fire?" Foresight asked.
"I'm not. But I am going to get knocked out if one of the fire balls hit me and I'll end up in Limbo. If I'm there, that won't help 555, will it?"
"Okay, avoid getting hurt. Got it." Hindsight said.
All of a sudden, Psyche stopped running.
"What am I doing?!" She asked herself. Psyche sucked in a deep breath, spread her wings and soared upwards. "We have to find a way to kill it. Every time the fireball misses us, it's hitting the walls of the mind space and if they hit too much it can end up hurting 555's mind."
"Well, from what we've encountered before, all demons get their power from some place. We just have to find it and cut the demon off from it." Hindsight stated.
"But usually that kind of power comes from a traumatizing memory and 555 doesn't seem the type to be scared of fire." Foresight said, in a confused tone.
Psyche giggled. "I'm glad I got rid of most of my traumatizing memories." She crossed her arms and looked around. "I'm sure this fear wasn't created from a memory."
Foresight and Hindsight looked around. Then, Foresight saw a tear in the mind space. "Look!" He said, pointing up into the air.
"I thought as much. 552 created this thing and he's feeding it power from the tear." Psyche said.
"So, we seal the tear and have ourselves an easy kill." Foresight said, punching his palm.
Psyche smiled evilly. "Okay you two, distract it." Psyche flew down to where the tear was, while Foresight and Hindsight did their best to distract the demon.
Psyche floated down to the tear and smiled. "Here's some halation for you, 552." She said knowing he could hear her. She held up her palm which began glowing and sealed the tear. Psyche quickly turned to the fear that was still chasing Hindsight and Foresight. "Now, for you."
"Ok you know that drill. Foresight, watch my back! Hindsight, come with me!" She shouted. Foresight and Hindsight flew up to her side. The demon watched the three of them growling in anger.
Psyche and Hindsight flew together back to the demon. Foresight watched from the air. Psyche put her hand, which was still glowing with psychic energy into the center of Hindsight's ghostly form and sent a bit it psychic energy through her. Hindsight's form began to materialize into a sword made of brilliant light. Psyche tightened her grip on the hilt of the sword and dove faster towards the fiery entity. She was on the monster faster than it could react. In a flash of light, there was a crimson scar across the monster's chest. The fear roared in anger as Psyche touched down behind it. The demon turned its hulking form around. It reared back on its hind legs, preparing to attack. Suddenly, the scar across its chest began to glow with the same white light as Psyche's weapon. The creature's attack was interrupted by the excruciating pain it felt. The monster staggered back, still on its hind legs, the light growing ever brighter. As the light grew ever brighter, Psyche grinned evilly. Suddenly, the fear was consumed in an explosion of white light. Psyche let go of Hindsight and she returned to her normal form. Foresight joined them and they began cheering.
552 angrily watched this from the darkness. ::: If you want something done right…::: He began making his way to Thoughtland.
Psyche looked at 555 and saw that he had a very faint glint of hope in his eyes. She smiled at him and began to approach him. At the moment, Foresight gasped again as he felt something very powerful approaching again.
"Uh, Psyche, something's coming and it's a lot more powerful than a fear."
"It must be the parasite." Psyche smirked. "I can take him."
Foresight chuckled nervously. "Um, Psyche no you can't. You used too much power taking out the demon. You need a rest."
"You don't want to pass out from lack of energy and end up in Limbo for forever." Hindsight added.
Psyche looked back at 555. Foresight knew what she was thinking. "Don't worry Psyche. He's not going anywhere."
Psyche sighed heavily. "Fine, I'll go."
555 couldn't really hear what they were saying, but he did make out the last thing that Psyche said.
"What are you doing?" 555 asked a bit angrily.
"I have to go." Psyche called back to him.
555 looked angry. "Go? You said you were going to help me. What is this?...You say one thing then do another. This is trogshit. Don't go." He demanded.
"I have to for now. Don't worry. I'll be back for you." Psyche blew 555 a kiss. "Take care." And in a blink of an eye she disappeared as fast as she came.
The kiss Psyche blew turned into a small ball of light and floated to 555. It harmlessly phased through his AT Boundary and floated near his head. It grew bright and 555 put his paw up to shield his eyes. He suddenly felt his right hand become warm but not burning. It was almost soothing.
Suddenly, 555 awoke in his hibernation bowl in an empty room in the lab. He looked at his right hand and saw that the burn mark placed there by 552 was gone. In it's place a very small blue circle. He put the circle out of mind. 555 was preoccupied with a strange sensation. For the first time in five years, he felt closer to peace than he ever did before.
552 entered 555's mind space. His mind's eyes were closed since he was awake in reality. 552 approached him and noticed his insignia was gone.
::: She severed my link to him…::: 552 was becoming very irritated. :::She's becoming more and more of a nuisance. :::
552 left Thoughtland and appeared in reality in front of 555's hibernation bowl. 555 stared into the face of the monster that kept him prisoner for over five years and for once felt no pain. 552 placed a paw on the glass and attempted to reinstate his control on 555. When he did the blue circle began glowing and 552 retracted his hand from the glass. He stared at his hand and saw that some of it was burned off. A low growl arose from deep inside 552. Within his mind he saw Psyche return to her body and cheer.
::: We will be meeting soon, child. Enjoy your tiny victory while it lasts.:::
He stared at 555 and saw rage in his eyes. 552 grinned
::: You have truly no idea what you have set free. :::