Thank you this time to whoever that decided to read the entire 12 chapters within a week. Also, special thanks to my youngest brother, Alton, who screams at every cliffhanger and makes a joke out of everything. (He told me that Raine should've just poked Malice in the eye and then blasted her through the sun [like Goku].)
Raine awoke with a shock to find herself in a dark room. She couldn't see any embankments nor feel them. The place gave the knowing feeling as one would get with the vast universe. The emptiness without air in this mysterious place gave a steady feeling, and she didn't need to worry, for she didn't need to breathe here. The chill of the air, slowly turned warm, as she noticed a faint, blue glow being emitted from the door in front of her. Yes, it was a door, and it was almost in the middle of nowhere.
"I wonder what's on the other side," thought Raine, before the welcoming, blue light, suddenly turned an eerie red, and Raine realized…
"No!" she shrieked. This was the doorway to and from her mind. She somehow knew that it was like the doorway where her soul entered and exited from, where heaven or hell was waiting for her.
Raine slammed the spirit-like figure of herself against the door and screamed, but there was no sound due to the fact that there was no air for the sound to bounce off of. She knew that Malice was on the other side of the door as the red light grew stronger and stronger. No sound was necessary for fear to prolong. If Malice got through to the other side, she would be a slave to her. Soul on soul, it was a fight for control.
"Someone... anything! Help me, please, please, please!" thought Raine as she could feel her feet slipping as the door was being forced. Immediately, ghostly figments of furniture began flying out from the dark and pressing against the door with her. There was an elaborate coffee table, a couch, a potted plant, and even a refrigerator! It was like an 'FBI, OPEN UP!' situation, but Raine wasn't the criminal in this crime scene.
She pinned herself more vigorously against the door, but her footing was continuously slipping. "How strong could she be?" questioned Raine. For the last time here, she screamed to Malice (but no words could be heard), "Get out, get out, GET OUT!"
[Meanwhile]
Devin refused to mop up his tears as the wind grew stronger and stronger. The wind didn't seem to blow past though, raher it seemed to be dragging them toward a centerpoint. Lightning sparked as thunder crackled. Briskly, they heard Cyndi's hypnotized figure hit the ground with a thump. Her body had seized up in the midst of slashing at Melody, and toppled. Her red eyes went wide as she was upon the ground, before she blinked several times, and they returned to their normal color. Cyndi was back to normal!
Devin watched, jaws dropping with shock, as the same happened to Eve, who was dangling in a tree, due to Candi and Tai dropping her there. Fern had gone through the same process, as Ani was still crushing her with her crayon costume.
"Hiya, hiya, hiya!" cried Ani, bopping Fern on the head with the tip of her giant, red crayon costume.
"Hey! Ouch! Cut it out!" fretted Fern, blocking more hits to the head.
Even though the sky was now dark, there were no clouds in sight, nor the smell telling one whether rainfall would come or not. The wind started howling faster and faster, and they could now hear sparks crackling, but with no sign of lightning bolts filling the sky anymore. Blud sparks appeared in the center of the field of dead grass. Swiftly, a sudden blaze of light stunned them all as the shadows were wiped away.
When Devin's vision was restored, he found a dark purple portal awaiting them. Cyndi's freedom must've caused it to appear, they were free from this place at last! Devin could guarantee that it was a portal since the last time they saw Cyndi summon clothes for Raine.
Raine…
"Raine, Raine? We gotta' go now; wake up!" Devin hoped that she would stir from her trance like Cyndi, Eve, and Fern, but the placid expression still remained frozen upon her face.
Tai yelled, "C'mon, Devin, we need to go!" Talia had already leapt into the swirling circle without asking any questions, they were taking no chances in staying here any longer.
"But we can't leave Raine here," replied Devin sorrowfully.
Tai replied, "Course we won't, smart boy. You think that I'd do the same with Candi? C'mon let's go, we can't wait any longer." Before Tai could get another word out, Candi had already dragged him halfway to the portal.
Devin ruffled Raine's hair sadly as she still remained motionless. He was carrying her out of here, whether she was alive or dead.