Disclaimer: Rolling on the ground, laughing at the thought of having to write these damn things

Author's Notes: Welcome back! I hope you enjoyed the last chapter. Monkey-Leo, I used the review that you left because I thought it would be a good line for Sky to say in the story. Thank you. Now, on with the story!

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Childlike

Chapter 7: Mind Fight

It took Sky a while to climb the stairs. When he reached the top, he was already out of breath.

"No time to stop," Sky said to himself.

He straightened himself out, placed his hand on the black doorknob, and turned it; the door made creaking sounds as it opened. When the door was unlocked, Sky was able to scan the house. There was nothing in the room, and the only thing he really noticed was the dust and dirt covering the floors and walls.

Sky slowly walked inside, not really sure what to expect. It was one thing for Bridge to have a house in his mind -- which was weird -- but to have nothing in it was even weirder.

"Wasn't this a two-story house…? Where are the stairs?" Sky asked out loud.

Sky wasn't sure what to do, being in a two-story house with no stairs in it. Sky did the only thing he could think of to do.

"BRIDGE? BRIDGE! WHERE ARE YOU, BRIDGE!" Sky shouted at the top of his lungs.

His voice echoed in the empty room. Time was running out and he needed to find Bridge, and fast. A thought went through his mind as he heard a strange noise. He turned around and saw a staircase.

"I'm never going to understand this place, am I?" Sky said to himself, then walked over to the stairs and began to slowly climb them.

When Sky reached the top, he expected to see another empty room, so he was surprised to see Bridge sitting in the middle of the room, holding his knees and rocking back and fourth. He was also talking to himself. Sky tried to run over to him, but he ended up tripping over something. When he looked down to see what it was, he was shocked to see it was rope wrapped around his left ankle.

Sky didn't give it much thought. He was here to save Bridge; nothing else mattered. He reached down and untied it, then got back to his feet, slowly walking toward Bridge.

"Bridge? It's me, Sky. Are you okay?" Sky asked. Bridge looked up for a second at Sky, his face pale and sad.

"Go away, Sky," he said as he laid his head back down on his knees; Sky as taken aback by this.

"Bridge, I--" he began, but was cut off by Bridge.

"GO AWAY!"

His eyes glowed green and ropes came out of nowhere to wrap themselves around Sky's arm, wrist, and leg. As they began to pull him toward the stairs, Sky fought back as hard as he could.

"Bridge, why are you doing this?" Sky asked. Bridge was quiet for a moment, apparently lost in some kind of thought.

"Why, Sky? Why did you come?" Sky was shocked at this question.

"It a no-brainier, Bridge. I came here to help you," answered Sky.

Bridge gave a dry chuckle. "You don't care about me. You yelled and called me bad names." Tears began coming down his face, causing Sky's heart to break.

"I care about you, Bridge. What makes you say that?" Dumb question; he had answered that earlier.

Bridge looked at him for a long moment.

"You called me a psychic freak, and it hurt my feelings," Bridge said with more tears running down his face, and Sky couldn't take it anymore.

With a sudden burst of energy, he ripped the ropes that were holding him, and they fell to the ground. Sky was charging toward Bridge to comfort him, but Bridge's body shot green lighting at Sky. Sky was hit in the chest and fell on his back with a thud.

He stayed down there for a good, long moment; Bridge was watching Sky on the ground. To his amazement, Sky was starting to get up. Bridge let go of his knees and began to stand up as well, and both were up at the same time.

Bridge wiped his eyes and shouted, "LEAVE ME ALONE, SKY! GO AWAY!"

Sky wiped his forehead. "Not going to happen," he said and started toward Bridge again.

Bridge panicked and held his hand up, another bolt of lighting shooting out, but Sky was ready this time. He jumped to one side, and the lighting hit the far side of a wall, causing a little explosion.

Bridge began to back away. "GO AWAY! LEAVE ME ALONE!" he shouted, and more tears came out of his eyes.

Sky was now running full-force toward him. Bridge raised both of his hands, ready to attack him again, but before had a chance to fire his lighting at him Sky jumped at him and landed on top of Bridge. Bridge was too shocked by this to realize that he was being pulled upward as Sky forced him into a bear hug.

"It's okay, Bridge, it's okay," he soothed as he was rubbing Bridge's back.

Bridge tried to get out of Sky's grip. "LET ME GO, SKY! LET ME GO NOW!"

Sky held Bridge, saying, "Shhhh…. It's alright, Bridge, it's alright."

Bridge, at that moment, lost control and began to cry even harder. Sky, if possible, held him even tighter and said, "Bridge, please come home. Please come back to me." Sky now had tears coming down his check.

Suddenly, he felt this weird feeling. There was a flash of light and next thing he knew there was Kat, who was holding both of their hands. Sky was lightheaded for a second, but quickly got over it.

"How did things go?" Kat asked.

Sky was about to answer when Bridge started to move, and he and Kat immediately went over to him. Bridge opened his eyes and sat up, slowly looking around.

"Bridge, how are you?" Sky asked.

Bridge opened his mouth and said….

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Cliffhanger! I hate to do this to you guys, but this is where my brain stopped the creative process. Stay tuned for the final chapter in "Childlike."

Chapter 8's coming soon. Thanks for the reviews, and have a good day!