Disclaimer: Mina is the pen-incarnation of myself, and therefore my own, but RHPS was made before I was even conceived. Ew, ew. Born. Before I was born. Don't need to think about my conception. Eugh... (No offense, mom and dad.)

Mina looked around the brightly coloured room. Under a low balcony running from one side of the room to another was a large, red control panel taking up nearly an entire wall. From the doorway the various dials and switches looked quite legitimate. From the doorway. Upon closer inspection Mina noted labels including, but not limited to, "Transmorgiphier", "Mignumeter", and "Project 69D".

"So.. I'm guessing it's the one called 'Breath of Life alpha'."

"Such a clever girl,"

Mina released her grip from the arm she had been using to drag the not at all 'quite light' body through the house. Without looking down at the lifeless face, Mina approached the control panel.

"Ok, so... how does this work?"

"Well, you do in fact need my body-"

"Yes, I'd guessed. I'll get to that. How does it work?"

"Do you see the tank in the middle of the room? Of course you do. You will place me into that tank, turn the wheel on the control panel, then twist the valves above the tank and touch my skin somewhere to "direct my soul", you might say. Then you wait."

Mina raised an eyebrow to no one.

"That sounded a bit simple... up until the "direct the soul" part. How does it know not to take my soul?"

"Trust me. I did build the thing, darling."

She sighed. Of course, she thought. "Well, let's get it over with."

She turned and walked back to the limp body on the ground where she had left it. She picked up an arm and continued to drag. At the edge of the tank she carefully positioned herself, then closed her eyes and lifted the body up and into the tank, dropping it once she was sure it would land inside.

"Gently! I'd like everything to still be working when I get back in there."

"Yeah, well..." Mina turned to the control panel again and located the wheel.

She knelt down beside it and began to turn. Sparks began to fly above the hanging unit with the mentioned valves on it. Mina stood and quickly approached the valves, turning the knobs to open each one, causing rainbow coloured something to begin to stream into the tank. She reached down and touched one finger to Frank's arm. Here it comes... she thought. She prepared herself for some kind of mental pull, similar to the one she had felt when Frank's mind had entered her body.

Suddenly, it was dark. The sparks stopped. The rainbow stopped flowing. Mina pulled her hand away.

"What happened? It didn't work. I wanted it to work. Why didn't it work?"

"Believe me, I'm just as mystified as you are. I think -"

A loud crashing sound broke into the conversation, followed by an even louder crunching sound.

"What the hell is that!" Mina yelled. She dashed out of the room and down a set of stairs next to the elevator she had used to come up. The noise grew louder as she reached the front door. She opened it and looked out. Her jaw dropped.

Yay, cliffhangers! I wanted to get this out to compensate for the long wait between chapters 2 and 3. This is probably the second to last chapter. In case anyone was wondering, "Mignumeter" is a reference to the ancient Greek word "mignumi" (transliterated, of course) meaning "I have / am having sex."

Yay, people getting references! How about: This one goes to 11... (No one ever seems to get that one. It saddens me.)