... "Gary...! Your face...! There's marks... and your eyes...!" screamed Ib. Gary rubbed his face furiously. "It burns! It burns!" he bellowed. "G-Gary! You...You...You're turning into a monster!" Ib screamed at the the top of her lungs, then ran away into the darkness...

Gary stood up, his legs wobbling. He felt strange, as if calm ocean waves were battling a raging storm. "This place... it doesn't threaten me anymore..." he murmured. He looked at the doll lying limp on the floor, then bent over and picked it up. "But Ib... I can get her out of here... since I am an enemy of this museum no longer..." Gary felt a small tug on his pant leg. Another doll pointed to the dark hallway where Ib had ran to. "Gary... let's go find her..." it whispered. Gary nodded mutely. It ran off into the darkness, with Gary following close behind.

Huff, huff. "That couldn't of been the real Gary... But no time to wonder about that, I need to keep moving!" Ib mumbled to herself. She spotted a door up ahead. Over the door hung a giant empty portrait. Ib walked forwards, but a giant blue doll, red eyes flashing menacingly, popped up out of the portrait and blocked the doorway. Ib screamed "NOOOO!" and fell backwards. A swarm of small blue dolls pinned the screaming and struggling Ib down onto the floor. Desperate cries of "Help! Help me!" rang out, only to be swallowed up by the thick silence.

Gary rounded the corner and saw Ib and the dolls. "Back away from her now!" He commanded the dolls. On the wall, a message appeared, written in fresh-smelling blood. "But I thought you wanted to find her? Here she is!"
Gary smiled crazily, then laughed. "Now, now dolls, this is not how you treat our special guest! Now move aside, and thank you, but I wish not to see this happen again..." He knelt down next to the still-horrified Ib. "Are you alright, Ib?" he asked gently.
Ib looked at him with eyes full of fear, anger, and hatred. "I thought you didn't like dolls... I guess I was wrong." she moaned quietly. Tears began flowing from Ib's large eyes, streaming down her pale face. She turned, and tried to enter the room again, but the massive doll swatted her out of the way. Gary smiled down at the doll he was holding. He lovingly kissed the top of it's head. Gary laughed lightly. "They are sort of cute... anyway Ib, I'm not going to hurt you... I'm the same Gary, I swear."
Ib scoffed. "The SAME GARY?! No, you're not the same Gary who protected me from this gallery two years ago! Why should I believe you about not wanting to hurt me? You could be... Mary's older brother, out for revenge! So just BACK AWAY!" Ib yelled.
"What have I done to make you think I'm different? I-I wanna go home too..." Gary shrieked back. The dolls whispered "You are home, Gary." "Yes, you're right... But Ib, I can help you. Just let me help you." pleaded Gary.

Ib stared at the floor, her brown hair covering her eyes. "Lies... lies... lies..." She looked up, her deep red eyes flashing furiously, and screamed "THEY'RE ALL LIES!" Ib took out a small pocket lighter Gary had once given her. She threw the lighter at the giant doll, and watched as it slowly burned down. Gary started laughing hysterically. Ib fake smiled at him and with a simple "Bye-bye! 3" she ran off down the hallway as fast as she could. She flung open the door, which lead to another passageway. Then she dashed off. Gary watched her silently, and ran off in the opposite direction.

Ib couldn't stop running. Her legs had turned numb. Then- Oof! Ib bumped right into a girl. They both fell down with a thump. The girl looked up. "Mar- oh sorry. Wrong person." Ib stood up quickly. "Who are you?!" she asked. The girl had soft, sugar brown hair, with large gold eyes that shone like a diamond. She wore a simple lacy tunic and dark pants. She looked about Ib's age, maybe a little older. "My name's Suzy. I'm looking for my sister. Have you seen her? She has blonde hair, big blue eyes, and wears a green frock and blue ribbon. She likes playing with the dollies. Her name is...

Mary.