Chapter four:
Suddenly there is a scream diagonally back to his left behind him making him spin around to face that direction.
"Spoke too soon." He dashes for where the scream came from. He makes a turn almost falling as he goes around it so fast but then he slides to a stop.
There in front of him is the body of one of the younger females of Whammy's house and just past her is the portal closing.
"Damn it. Too late." He growls to himself and turns opening his own portal only to go through it to go after Nightmare Near.
The next dream is a little strange.
It's a tea party in a brightly colored room, with random objects like a turnip and a huge rock.
"Um….." Mello isn't sure what to say to this dream. He walks a little around only to find the body of one of the younger female orphans laying there on the ground dead. He freezes upon feeling the gaze of someone staring at him behind him. He spins around only to see Nightmare Near walking into the portal that he created beside himself.
"You're not getting away!" Mello growls and opens a portal only to chase after Nightmare Near once again.
The next dream he enters is a dream that has a sleeping dragon in a cave with a body of a young teen male orphan leaning against the dragon's body.
Mello barely spots the closing portal that obviously shows Nightmare Near is escaping again. "This game of cat and mouse is getting ridiculous!" He groans to himself before opening his own portal going through. He looks around himself as he skids to a stop once in yet another dream.
This dream is on the moon and it doesn't take long for Mello to spot the closing portal that is facing Earth.
He turns a little more only to spot something out of the corner of his eye making him look.
There is the body of one of the orphaned boys who is close to being a teen in about two years.
"Seriously!?" Mello growls to himself before heading through his own portal.
When he arrives to this dream he finds himself outside on the side of Whammy's house orphanage building but it looks withered as if abandoned.
He hears a twig snap in the back and walks around. He arrives only to find himself facing Rodger who is alive and this makes him stop walking. "Huh?"
Rodger looks wide eyed in surprise when he spots Mello as the other stops walking.
Suddenly Mello senses someone behind him making him turn almost a little slowly.
There behind him is Nightmare Near, who is showing anger on his face, with a knife raised to strike holding it in one hand.
Nightmare Near swings but Mello quickly moves to turn and grabs Nightmare Near's wrist stopping him.
Their eyes locked in an intense stare as they fight against each other pushing in opposite directions.
Mello blinks when he spots a small spark in Nightmare Near's eyes that disappears quickly.
Nightmare Near yanks his hand away and moves to swing at Mello again.
Mello moves quickly to the side avoiding the hit.
Rodger, who had moved to help Mello, is hit in the upper arm then Nightmare Near sends a blast of black magic causing him to be sent flying back to where he was before but this time landing so he is sitting there instead of standing.
Mello takes this moment to grab Nightmare Near's arm and he reaches towards the other knowing that he needs to try to get past the darkness. His hand comes close to Nightmare Near who is trying to get out of Mello's grasp but Mello won't give in. He can almost feel some kind of warmth underneath some kind of cold as he continues to move his hand closer to the other.
Nightmare Near suddenly sends out a magical blast making Mello let go of him to stumble back.
Mello regains his balance and he watches Nightmare Near as the others eyes narrow as well as him letting out a growl.
"You cannot defeat me! I am a nightmare!"
The ground below Nightmare Near starts to glow and Mello catches on that he is about to send a powerful blast of magic his way.
Mello finds he isn't sure what to do since if the blast hits him then he's most likely as good as dead.
Nightmare Near is about to send the magical blast!
Mello shivers as he feels power shoot through his body like lightning. He closes his eyes as he quickly uses the power throwing his arms down after bringing them level to his head as this motion causes him to bend over a little and it sends out a bright flash of light making Rodger and Nightmare Near shield their eyes.
This causes Nightmare Near's magic build up to stop.
Mello raises to stand straight and he opens his eyes.
Around them is like the flash is still there but now all that is there is them.
Near is standing there with his arms slightly against his chest as if bracing himself for some kind of impact.
On his body is some kind wispy darkness made into chains all connected as they are chaining certain parts him.
He is chained in his wrists, ankles, waist and neck. He hesitantly opens his eyes that were shut tightly with his eyes turned in the direction of Mello despite his side facing Mello. He looks a little scared though Mello can't blame him about that.
Mello takes a step closer to him then reaches out his hand. "Take my hand Near. Let me help you escape your nightmare."
Near turns his head to look to Mello and glances down to Mello's hand uncertain then he slightly turns his head away closing his eyes for a moment before opening his now teary eyes. He turns enough to look to Mello again and reaches towards Mello's hand.
Their hands link together and from where their hands are joined together there is another flash of light but this time when it fades they are back in Rodger's dream.
Near is laying on the ground with his feet facing Rodger and he seems to be unconscious but back to normal.
Mello is standing beside him looking down at him.
A darkness that almost looks like wispy black smoke escapes from Near's body forming a ball then it all seems to be destroyed with the pieces disappearing in mid-air.
Rodger looks extremely confused. "What?" He questions in surprise. "What just happened?"
Luna moves onto the scene being made from a beam of moonlight and she moves to face Mello as he looks up. "It is now over." She looks down to Near. "Having a darkness forced upon him so it would one day take control of him is quite a sad thing to see." She slightly glances to Rodger. "Sorry that I have to say this but there is a mess you'll need to take care of."
Rodger blinks but he seems to at least wrap his head around that whatever happened wasn't actually Near's fault.
Luna looks to Mello.
"I want some answers to my questions." Mello says.
"And you'll get them." Luna assures him.
The moon lets out a flash of light and the two, him and Luna, are now standing in a bedroom.
"The man should be waking up soon. He doesn't need to understand more than what he has already been told." Luna says.
"Where are we?" Mello asks not recognizing this place.
"In the place where this all started." Luna responds.
Mello turns.