Mike woke up in a strange place, he looked around, his eyes still hazy until he saw his mother beside him holding his hand. "Oh my you're finally awake!" She said, hugging him and wiping tears from her eyes. "Mom what's going on, where am I?" Mike asked. "You're in the hospital, you've been asleep for three days" "WHAT?!" He yelled surprised. "Yes, well, after you said you were going to go do your homework, you went into your room and fell asleep. When I called you for dinner, you didn't answer, I was worried and so I knocked on your door. You didn't answer then either so I assumed you just fell asleep on your desk doing your homework since I noticed you were tired and I just left you be. Then the next day I knocked on your door for school, I just figured you were still sleeping so I tried to open the door to wake you up but it was locked. I had a very uneasy feeling, so I went outside and climbed into your room through your window and tried to shake you awake, but...nothing. I called 911 and they took you away in an ambulance. The doctor told me you were in a full coma and that they didn't know how long exactly it would last. I was so scared for you!" She looked at her son's mortified face and felt bad for making him feel guilty. "Oh forget it, the point is is that your awake and safe now!" Just then mike gasped and became manitoba. The doctor's were monitoring his pulse and brainwaves and they all of a sudden spiked. Manitoba began to sweat. "NO, WE'RE NOT… WE'RE NOT SAFE!" His eyes became bloodshot and he started blinking wildly, frightening his mother. "Mike...is that you? WHO'S TALKING RIGHT NOW?!" "It's me, manitoba!" He started hyperventilating. His mother tried to calm him down and patiently waited for him to start breathing normally then he spoke. "Mom...urgh...you need to get away or he's gonna-" just then he cupped his hand over his mouth and bit his lip. His mother started to back away nervously. "DOCTOR, DOCTOR HURRY!" The doctor rushed in and brought some men with him. The man held his arm down to inject him with a sleeping medicine as he started to struggle wildly, the other men held him down so he wouldn't squirm. "NO DON'T PLEASE I'M NOT SAFE WHEN I'M ASLEEP, I HAVE TO STAY AWAKE OR ELSE HE'LL-" and then the needle went in as he started to close his eyes slowly, he looked back at his mother with tears in his eyes and attempted to reach his hand out to her, begging. She cried with her hands over her mouth as he finally calmed down and fell asleep. "There, he should only be under for a couple hours, I promise…, your son is going to be ok." He told her, trying to calm her down. She was hysterical and ran over to her son.

Manitoba had woken up in mal's room which was covered in gruesome pictures, he tried to scream when he saw the pictures that had him in it. Stabbed, over a fire, bleeding out, thrown in a volcano, decapitation, everything. The gag stopped him, he was also handcuffed. He was only on the bed so he could easily just run out of the room, he got up but quickly fell, what the-. He looked up and saw mal holding a needle, the same needle that was used to put him to sleep in the hospital. This time instead of fear, he displayed anger. Mal was surprised but got over it and his face turned to a smirk. "Heh. So manny, still got some fight left in 'ya?" Mal chuckled and manitoba just struggled. Manitoba tried to muffle a few threats but once again, the gag stopped him. Mal shrugged and finally took the gag off but closed the door first. "MAL, YOU SON OF A BITCH!...WHERE'S MIKE?! WHERE'S EVERYONE ELSE?! WHAT DID YOU DO TO THEM?!" "That's an awful lot of questions, I'd be more worried about you right now." Manitoba wasn't even thinking about what was going on, but was more focused on something else. "WHERE...IS...MIKE?!" "He's fine, of course and...well...actually, he's right here hahaha!" Mal opened the door and mike walked in. Manitoba thought he was saved, "MIKE! MATE! IT'S GREAT TO SEE 'YA!" At first he felt relieved but then remembered the position he was in and frowned with a serious gaze "…, Mike, you need to get away from that dingo…". Mike just stood there, silent. Manitoba knew something was very wrong. He looked up and saw that mike...didn't look like mike, he had those evil dark circles under his eyes like mal's. "...Mike…?" Just then manitoba took a swift kick to the gut from mike to get him to shut up. "Mike?" Manitoba then directed his attention towards mal. "MAL, WHAT DID YOU DO TO MIKE?!" Both mal and mike smiled, manitoba was truly worried for mike when mal began to laugh maniacally. "MIKE, C'MON CAN'T 'YA HEAR ME?!" Mike just remained silent as an evil grin spread across his face. "I can hear you loud and clear, manny and frankly...I don't like it." Mal looked at mike with a smile, the two nodded as if reading each other's minds and grabbed manitoba by his shirt. They began to drag him away toward and into the hall. Mal let go, leaving mike to do the dragging as mal started disabling traps. Manitoba started to claw the ground while he was cuffed, his legs were still numb though. Mal began walking at the same speed he was being dragged. "This is what happens when you break your promises." "But I didn't say a word!" "I saw you running in the wrong direction, I also can read body language perfectly. While we were playing, I kept my eye on you, you were clearly thinking about what I had said, I know what betrayal looks like." Manitoba sighed and a question popped in his head. "Where are the others?!" "you're going to see them right now." Mike answered bluntly as manitoba looked up. He knew something horrible was about to happen so he began to focus extremely until all of a sudden *POP*, a small flash of light blinded the two and manitoba disappeared, mike and mal were shocked. Mal knew exactly what happened… Manitoba took control. Mike noticed mal getting nervous, "mal, what happened?" He calmed down and put both hands on mike's shoulders to look at him face to face. "Manitoba's gonna tell on us and then they'll try to get rid of me...meaning we won't be able to play together anymore…" "WHAT?! I CAN'T LET THAT HAPPEN! you're my best friend, mal." Mal smiled, "don't worry mike, no one is gonna separate us, I'll handle it." This made mike smile. "OK, mike...you check up on the others, make sure none of them have escaped and I'll deal with manitoba." Mal grinned maliciously, showing his sharp teeth, mike smiled as well and his teeth began to sharpen like mal's. "This is just like playing soldier, isn't it!" Mike giggled, "yeah!..now MOVE OUT!" Mal commanded in an imitating voice and giggled as well, then the two split up. Mal pulled up a mobile seeing mirror so he could watch manitoba carefully.

~At the hospital~

Manitoba shot up from the bed gasping for air. His mother was far more than concerned, "manitoba?...". Manitoba looked down at his mother. "Yeah...listen...it's about...HIM, that devil!" His mother paused in breathing. "M-M-M-MAL?! What about him?" Manitoba paused and looked away. "WHAT IS IT?...WHAT ABOUT MAL?! TELL ME!" She yelled as she shook him to make him look her in the eye. "...Mike...he's….gone bad…". Tears were welling up in her eyes, hearing this questionable news, "what do you mean, "gone bad'"? "I mean...he's with mal now." She was absolutely frozen and then… His eyes turned black, the dark circles appeared as did his sharp teeth and flap of hair over his eye. This wasn't her baby boy anymore or manitoba, and she was now afraid for her life as she's now speaking with...mal. "WHERE'S MIKE?! YOU WILL BRING MY BABY BACK...RIGHT NOW-", "he's not yours anymore...he's mine." "What're you talking abou-" "I mean he's not your son anymore...he's MY friend. You can't separate us...you...wench…". She stepped back in shock. He then yanked the small tube from his arm that was connected to the blood pack and turned it on her. She quickly brought her arms up to at least cover her face, knowing what was coming to her, she had no time to run or duck anyway as he shot blood all over her. The men from before came bursting in. Mal jumped from the bed, landing beside his now blood covered mother who was shaking in fear. The men started after mal to catch him and hold him down but that quickly drew into attacking him, he dodged it all and made it to the hallway, where everyone was staring at him. He was running toward the stairwell, passing everybody in the blink of an eye. When he got into the old concrete poorly paint-jobbed stairwell he heard the announcement: "LEVEL 4. CODE BLUE, RUNAWAY PATIENT! SMALL BOY DARK HAIR WEARING PATIENT UNIFORM, I REPEAT. CODE BLUE!" Mal started to get nervous and decided to slide down the railing (It'd be MUCH faster than just running down them). "It's awfully fun causing trouble isn't it!" HA! Mal thought aloud. He was sliding and sliding the whole way, and laughing all the way down. "It sure is fun making havoc! I'll teach mike how to do some of it later HAHAHAHAHAHA!"