Chapter 6 - Poof!
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The voices of her family were there in the background she struggled to escape the fog in her head but to no avail, she remained in the awarded trance with no control over what was happening and it scared her. Ragdonly and a new pet were there but she didn't see Dan and she couldn't ask why. The being who did have control thou tricked Ragdonly with her voice and mannerisms and the dark fassie that was with them to head to Dr Yekyll's lab using Lila as a host she convinced Ragdonly and the others that things would be just fine.
Eleka watched over the scene unfolding guiding Lila's action with the marionette she held she knew she had all she needed to make her plans work for her. Dan laid not even 5 feet from her in his own trance but she couldn't
get him to predict anything she could decipher, all she kept getting was him mumbling nonsense.
Dr. Yekyll chuckled with glee when he seen the newcomers, he recognized the owner of the pets and he was looking forward to getting his hands on them since he'd never gotten to work with them before. This was his chance, with a false sense of security he went to work creating a new DNA mini for the client at hand and disaster struck in the middle of one of the operations and the beautiful angel quell that was in the fray of it all mutated into a hideous creature that was all too familiar after one of these experiments went wrong. Most owners didn't mind, others freaked when a special pet like Ragdonly obviously was, was mutilated this owner thou was totally off the norm and it worried even Dr. Yekyll who then asked the dark fassie if things were ok.
Nettogrof frowned realizing what he had done and said
"I don't know" he felt a twinge of something he never felt before.
He woke the two pets that had been part of the experiment and released one and then told Ragdonly what had happened.
"No, No, NO!" She cried, "I'm hideous!" "Why did you convince mom to do this?!" she asked the creature before her.
Eleka watched the response of the dark pet through Lila's eyes, and waited to see what was going to happen, she may need to find a way to dispose of another pet at this rate.
Nettogrof hung his head in shame. "I was told I had to or die" he mumbled.
"WHERE'S DAN!" she yelled at Nettogrof, shaking him. She had noticed he hadn't been around all day and now that she heard this she was scared.
"He's been taken by Eleka" Nettogrof said and added "and your mom isn't herself she's under Eleka's control"
"WHAT!" Ragdonly was freaking now she grabbed her mom with her in tow she headed back to their home, Nettogrof not far behind them.
Eleka was shocked he was a traitor! Nettogrof was turning back to the light side she could see it through Lila's eyes and it made her viciously angry, She spat her orders out like poison on her tongue,
"GET HIM!" I want him removed NOW! He's ruining everything!"
Her minions scurried off to do her bidding when she turned back to see the next scene she was surprised to see nothing. She tried frantically to see what was unfolding.
She slammed into the house only to find Tisha and Chancelyn there along with Tisha's newest family member Nitsuj. The two girls screamed at her hideousness, and Nitsuj hiccupped in fear causing the air around him to spark red and hot. It was Nettogrof that calmed them all down; telling them what happened. He then took out a single potent night shade flower, placed it under Lila's nose and she relaxed into a suspended slumber, it wouldn't last long and he knew he had to act fast.
Both Chance and Tisha listened intently to what Nettogrof had to say as he made Lila comfortable, and then asked the one question that caused confusion for them both along with Ragdonly.
"If you're one of the bad guys way are you helping us now?" Nitsuj asked
"I'm not bad, I WAS a slave to Eleka's wills until Lila took my place. I was hypnotized and controlled to take her to Dr. Yekyll's and it was then I was totally released from Eleka's inhibitions spell. Once Lila took my spot I was released and she was pulled in. Eleka made the decisions on what to do,
I just realized my stupid follies and knew I had to help I'm not bad at all" Nettogrof proclaimed in his defence as he finished.
"So don' t you think she can still see what's going on now?" asked Ragdonly
"I don't know if she can see everything but if Lila's within ear shot and alert then she can for sure as she sees through her eyes this is why I made Lila sleep, so there's no more connection right now, and Eleka won't know where we're at and there' s only one way to stop any further connections." he said.
"How?" asked Chance.
"Destroy the card" he said
"What card? said Tisha puzzled.
"Ummm... this one" he said fishing the card out from under the fridge that had fallen there the day before.
Nettogrof told them that the cards scent was a hypnotizing agent that would allow Eleka access to Lila's mind and give her control over her actions.
The same card Ragdonly had seen her owner with only a day ago. She took it to the fireplace and asked Nitsuj for some help. The Fire Ecrew was more than happy to oblige and scorched the card into a ball of flames.
The smell was nasty as it burned.
Lila screamed a blood curdling scream in her sleep, she fell off the coach, and hit the floor with a thud. Eleka's hold was for certain over. Ragdonly ran to her mom's side.
"Mom? MOM!" she cried. "Why is this happening?!" she sobbed hugging her mom.
"WHAT DID YOU DO!?" She screamed at Nettogrof.
He looked at her and said with all the courage he could muster,
"I saved her, be thankful!"
with that he hung his head and removed himself from the fray.
Lila came to and when she seen the mutated creature holding her she started to cry, she remembered what had happened.
"Oh my god Ragdonly I'm SOOO sorry!" she said as she reached up and wiped away Ragdonly's tears.
"It doesn't matter what happened, are you OK?" she asked frantically.
"I'll be fine but we have to fix things and soon" she said as she sat up to see all around her.
She was surprised to see Tisha and Chance there..."Ok first things first, Rags call Anne and Shaggy ok I think I'm gonna need some help."
She then turned to the dark fassie in the corner and smiled at him, and kissed his forehead and said "Thanks for saving me" now let's see if we can't fix this mess.
She filled Anne in on the details of what had happened and in the process Anne told her she had a costume that she could sell to her to fix up Ragdonly back to her normal self She jumped on the offer and was happy to let Ragdonly know that she would be back to normal soon, next thing was to find Dan and get him back, She talked to Shaggy one of the local guardians and a friend of Lila's who told her she could fix things once she spoke to The'logIAN.
Lila's heart and mind was set on righting the wrongs done to her family and be dammed if anyone was going to get in her way.
She received the costume from Anne and gave it to Ragdonly who knew this was what she needed.
She placed the costume on and the transformation was instantaneous and more dramatic than the 1st time. Light shot from her wings and finger tips as she hovered over the floor. When the transformation was completed Rags was charged with the energy and determination to make her family's life back to what is use to be, peaceful.
Lila never had the chance to tell Ragdonly to wait, Rags was out the door faster than a speeding bullet.
Rags KNEW where Dan would be but she needed information first, and she was damn well determined to save him one way or another. With that determination and swiftness she pushed on forward flapping her wings with all her might. She entered the darkened realm and landed at the temple of the fates.
Atropos greeted her at the door.
"We're expecting you child" she said as she lead her to the upper chamber where the others were waiting.
"Y-you were?" she stammered.
"Yessss" slithered Lachesis who then proceeded to cackle uncontrollably.
Ragdonly looked around and noticed the pot in the middle of the room with a long string hovering over it. Nearby was a hook with a pair of scissors.
in the pot was a view of things to come. Rags looked in it and saw her beloved Dantillias bound with Eleka standing over him. She cried and reached out,
Clotho stopped her.
"To touch the future is only an ability your loved one has and doing so without
guidance is dangerous."
She stated with a air of caution in her voice.
"What do I do to save him?" she sobbed as she looked down at the scene unfolding before her.
"Love him." Said Lachesis, "Hold him to your heart and let forth those feelings in all that you do"
Atropos continued "You need to trust yourself Ragdonly, we knew you'd come and all of this is planned but it's up to you to make what we have planned to follow through, we cannot tell you your future but we can guide you so that the delicate balance of good and evil remains on an even keel" she said showing
her more of the possible future in the pot that bubbled with the hate of a million minions.
"To have the dark side to take over surely would mean total destruction to us all, the one bit of information that Eleka doesn't know lies within you and the love you have for Dantillias." she said.
Ragdonly didn't know for sure what was meant by Atropos statements but knew that the woman would know what was best so asked for the guidance she needed to complete the task at hand.
"As a beacon of light your at risk here" Lachesis hisses, while bringing a dark cloak from a small closet.
"This will contain your radiance from prying eyes but you will not be able to fly"
Clotho helped her with the cloak and wrapped her in it her radiance did diminish and Ragdonly felt like she was being suffocated.
"Revealing your true nature should only come when your joined." she said over Ragdonly's shoulder, "Hold him tight and feel the power, and you shall succeed"
With a happier heart and more insight she ever expected to ever get she proceeded to Eleka's castle determined to rescue Dantillias.