AlecReyes19: Pandora and Ophelia are bullies. That's what bullies do, go after people who can't defend themselves.

A-Plus Cassiopeia: Good news, you won't have to wait long for Sam to make his choice.

BookMast3r: Well them, let's see what happens.

David was falling so fast he could barely even think of what he could do to possibly save himself. He had watched many movies where a character had fallen to their deaths, and it hadn't put him on edge in the slightest. But now that he was in that exact, fatal position, he realized just how horrifying it was.

Several questions flooded his mind as he plummeted. Would he survive the fall? Would he die on impact or slowly, painfully succumb to his injuries? What was below him that could possibly stunt his fall. But worse, how would Janet get by with her older brother gone.

That final question racked his mind, and a tear dripped down his face at the prospect of not seeing his beloved sister again.

He hadn't even heard a yelp of surprise coming from below him. His thoughts had clouded his mind. Then, he felt three strong hands grab onto him and stop his fall from midair. Two hands grabbed his legs while the last one grabbed his shirt, leaving him suspended upside down in midair.

"Gah!" He shouted in surprise, and he began flailing his arms around in an effort to free himself. His eyes were shut, so he couldn't see how far he was from the ground. After realizing he wasn't dead, he slowly opened his eyes to see he was about ten feet in the air, and Sam and Janet were below him, their heads craned up at him.

"David, what are you doing up there?" Janet called out in astonishment. Sam simply had a blank look on his face as he stared up at David with a mixture of shock and bewilderment.

"Hey, what the-" David was shouting as he resumed flailing around. Something had grabbed him, but neither Sam nor Janet were tall enough to have done it, and Sam wasn't even flying.

It took a few moments for David to realize that Sam's transparent arms were what had saved him. They were currently vibrating from Sam's back as though they were struggling to hold David in the air.

"Could you put me down," David asked, not caring that his voice was trembling from fear. Sam blinked once and then released him. David screamed in shock as he suddenly went crashing onto the wet, marshy ground.

Sam and Janet cringed as David lay on the ground in pain. The fall hadn't been fatal, but David still felt like his body had been broken. Nevertheless, he got to his feet, stumbling as he did. The moment he caught himself, he panicked as he remembered who had attacked him.

"Quick!" He shouted, grabbing Sam and Janet by their arms. "We got to get out of here before the blonde chicks get us!" With that, he began dragging the stunned eight-year-old children away through the forest.

"Blonde chicks?" Sam asked as he was dragged off. Then, realization hit him. "Oh, dear..."

"Your sister is nuts!" David screeched at Sam once they were far away from where Ophelia and Pandora had attacked him. Currently, the three were at the same lake where Brenda had taken Sam the night before.

"Look, I know Mirror Isabella can overreact to certain things, but she's got a lot to deal with," Sam tried to defend his sister, but he knew it was useless. David and even Janet were sick of excuses.

"Oh sure, like sending out a mini hit squad to kill me!" David shouted, shooting both his arms up in the air.

"I'm sure Ophelia and Pandora didn't mean to throw you off that cliff," Sam reassured, trying to be calm in front of the two clearly enraged children. "I know them, and they just use fear tactics to get the point across, not outright murder!'

"My brother could have died!" Janet shouted, pointing a finger at David. "Your sister has problems, Sam!" Now she aimed her finger at him.

Sam winced at that. He knew that Janet's anger was really at Mirror Isabella, but he knew that she was also upset that he was defending her after all she'd done.

His head slumped to the ground in defeat. "You're right, she did something wrong," He admitted. "But she did it because she cares about me."

"If she cares about you, then she wouldn't be trying to harm your best friends!" David shouted, aiming a finger at him. Sam backed close to the river, and at that point, Mirror Samson materialized in the water.

"Look, I heard the whole thing, and I think you guys are being too hard on my sister," Mirror Samson cut in, leaning an edge to Sam.

David, who had seen quite a lot in those last few days, wasn't very shocked at seeing Mirror Samson again, and simply turned to face him.

"Who are you to talk, blue-boy!" He shouted at the reflection. "I could've been killed thanks to your sister and her pen-pals."

"My sister hasn't had the best impressions from you Earth-Dimension people," Mirror Samson claimed. "The few that she's ever met other than you two are those orphan kids, and most of them were a bunch of jerks. I mean, there's also this one other girl she knows, but she doesn't visit often."

"So why is she taking it out on us?!" David asked, clenching his fists. "We haven't done anything to her!"

"Well you did punch her in THAT area," Mirror Samson recalled.

"It was an accident!" David defended. "Besides, she hurt my sister!"

"Mirror Isabella doesn't have a good impression of Earth-Dimension people," Mirror Samson claimed. "I mean, us Mirror people have to hide our powers from you guys. If we get found out, we'll be treated like freaks.'

David narrowed his eyes. "You mean like you treat us like freaks?" He asked, folding his arms.

Throughout the whole argument, Sam began to think of what his sister had told him about returning with her.

"If you care about your friends, then you'll come back with us."

He knew his sister was right. After all, if he stayed with David and Janet, Mirror Isabella would just get angrier, and that wouldn't end well.

"If you want them to be safe, you'll leave them, and they won't be in danger anymore."

He thought about Amanda, about what had happened to her when he became friends with her. His siblings hadn't liked it, and now Amanda was gone. What if that happened to his new friends.

Sam knew what he had to do.

"I'm going back," He said, interrupting David and Mirror Samson from their argument. All three head snapped towards him.

"You're what?" David asked in disbelief. "You're going back to that freak of a sister."

"It's what I have to do," Sam said, trying to look confident in his decision. But he knew his eyes were telling David and Janet a different story.

"So that's it?" David said, his eyebrows furrowing with annoyance. "You're just going to let her win? You're just giving up and doing what she wants you to do?"

"I know she expects me to do it, and I won't disappoint her," Sam said. "If it'll keep you out of danger, then I'll do it." He moved away from the lake, and Mirror Samson vanished.

Janet ran up to Sam. "Sam, I know this is not what you want," She said, gripping his arms tightly. "Mirror Isabella doesn't care about you, she-"

"She does care about me, she just has an odd way of showing it," Sam said, gently removing Janet's hands from his arms. "I have to do this."

Janet squinted her eyes at him, trying to keep tears from showing. "Sam, you told me that you shouldn't do what others tell you to do if it'll end up hurting you," She reminded.

Sam's face fell, and he knew Janet had a point. But he wasn't hurting her, or David, by going back. Wasn't he doing the right thing?

"I know, but I have no other choice," Sam said, and he turned and began to leave. Janet didn't follow him; she knew it was pointless.

"Protect yourself," Was all she said as Sam left. Sam didn't respond, but he had heard her words, and they stayed with him.

They stayed with him even as he returned to his home.