I'm completely still. What the fuck is going on?

"So you're his next victim."

I turn around and see Lyra standing in a dark void that I think once stood in for our living room. My family doesn't seem to see or hear her.

"Lyra? What's going on? What the fuck is this thing!?"

"Now you'll have everything, Silver. It'll promise you what it promises everyone, every time. The newest games, the best consoles, the best strategies and most talent, the knowledge of tricks and secrets. A family who can and will provide these things. You can play well, play forever, you would always be the best, so long as you feed it. You aren't the first one, and you certainly won't be the last. The previous one told me these exact words."

I fall on my knees, the numbness beginning to fade. I'm losing all sense of feeling, when a thought comes to mind.

"What'll happen to you now?"

"I failed to feed him. So now I have to pay the price," she says. "I didn't want it to be you, I wanted to take your place. I restarted the night several times to give you a chance to escape, but... It always found you."

"You restarted the night?"

Lyra doesn't respond.

"Goodbye, Silver," she says. She turns around, tears streaming down her face. "Maybe, if fate will have it, you and I will meet again some day."

"Wait, Lyra!" I stand up, reaching out to her. "Lyra!" The void begins to fade. "Lyra!"

I run into the kitchen.

"Child, stop it child!"

I ignore the uncle. It's been nearly a week, but I'm not giving in. I pull out the Gameboy Color.

Sweat drips down my face as air slowly moves in and out of my lungs, I'm just staring at the green screen. I hope this works. I click 'exit.'

Scenes from the previous week flash before my eyes as I scream in shock. A moment of silence in Lyra's den appears in front of me. That's it, that's where I want to go. I stretch out my hand.

In the corner the grandfather clock is ticking softly. Through a nearby set of patio doors I can see it's dark and rainy.

Lyra is parked in front of the large TV, playing something on the Nintendo 64. Suddenly, she jumps, as if I scared her by entering when me did, and turns to look at me.

"What was that?" she asks.

"It was me."

"But it sounded like-"

"I know about the uncle."

Lyra blinks uneasily at you. "I don't know what

"Do not listen!"

you mean. What are you talking about?"

I hold up the Gameboy.

"I used it to come back here."

"Stop this stop this stop this!"

The brunette looks around uneasily.

"I hear it, too. It's all right."

"How is this happening?"

"No no no no no no no no!"

"I'm starving it to death."

Lyra shakes her head in disbelief. "What are you here for? What are you doing?"

The rain outside increases in tempo, or stops sounding exactly like rain.

"I came back to save you," I say as I hold her hands.

She looks up at me.

"How did you do that?"

"It doesn't control you, it's weak. It may seem like it does, it may seem like it's all you have, but it's not."

"But it said-"

"It lies. It always lies."

"But all the- all the others," Lyra says, her voice cracking. "They're gone."

"No, we're here. We're all still here."

"Gone forever, gone forever, gone forever!"

"I made so many, my parents, my brother... I don't deserve it, why did you come back for me?" Suddenly Lyra is crying. "Why did you come back for me!?"

My arms wrap around her.

"Because you and I are friends."

Things are starting to change. The uncle — the thing that calls itself an uncle — is either on the verge of death or making a final gamble to stop either of us from leaving. Lyra is still crying.

She looks up at me. "You really came back for me? You really think we can do this?"

"It wants us to hate each other. That'll never happen."

With a sad smile, she nods.

"Okay."

"Let's go."

Still holding her in my arms, I clicked the 'exit' button.

"Come back, come back!"

High pitched screams and the newer sound of the rain floods our ears. I keep my tenacious grip around my treasure, encouraging her to endure it. Eventually, the noise all comes to a halt.

"I'm sorry you were hurting, and I did not listen. It doesn't control us, it isn't our only choice, even if it wants us to think it is. You are my friend. No more games." Glass shatters. "You are my friend, and I am here for you."

A/N: I actually wrote all of this in one day. No joke. But, I decided to post it on separate days, 'cause I didn't wanna come off as desperate. =/ So, why did I post this instead of my Gyakuten Saiban/Ace Attorney fanfiction? 'Cause I gave up Gyakuten Saiban for Lent, damn it. _ So I decided to post this to keep you guys, and myself, occupied. 'Cause I have a writing addiction, damn it. I can't sit still unless I have something to write and/or draw. Before anyone asks, I didn't include the fourth ending, because it's pretty much just the same thing as 'exit,' where you just leave your best friend and forget about them. So it was either that, or Silver's uncle gets a new job! And now that I'm re-reading this, I don't think this fic is worthy of an M rating. I'm gonna switch it around to T. ^u^; Thanks for reading (all two of you) and please leave a review. Goodbye!