~Mike's side~
Manitoba, vito, and svetlana were preparing for battle against The Darkness. Chester was with them...only...he was by the wall sleeping…(I can't find much use for chester..If you guys can find something for him to do, post it in your reviews.) They had their game faces on and were ready to charge until they heard actual gunfire. They all turned to look where the direction of the sound was and saw a huge explosion and a mushroom cloud appeared. It was in the direction of mal's side. This worried manitoba greatly but then snapped out of it as the darkness was coming closer but at a much faster pace. It was vito who finally took command, "CHAAAAAAAARRRRRRRGE!" Vito yelled running head first toward the huge looming cloud of total night and lightning that hovered over the dry, hard, cracked, dusty ground. Manitoba and svetlana had no choice but to follow. Then they all stopped when they heard a cannon being fired and the sound of another explosion as they saw a large dust cloud rise up and flew away with the wind. Manitoba was curious and suspicious at the same time but shook it off as he tried to come up with a real strategy. He looked at his gun and then looked over at vito as he began to shoot at the black menacing mist, dubbed as 'clouds'. After he took his first shot...he got electrocuted by lightning. Svetlana turned to face manitoba with the body language she showed was telling him basically… 'do you have a plan?' Manitoba had a very unsure and nervous look on his face...but then ignored svetlana's worried look as he just shrugged and ran back toward the hall where they came from, svetlana was alarmed and surprised, had he lost his mind? Manitoba started to work his strategy as he first contemplated as to why and how the darkness came after them. He knew that it was coming from the direction of mal's side, it couldn't of been mal and D only thinks about murder so he must of sent it after us. But what attracts darkness...it doesn't have a mind of it's own and the limit of it's capability of movement can only be that it's been merely pointed at a single area/target. And what's the purpose of darkness or at least D's purpose...to kill and destroy the light. An idea light bulb popped up above his head. "VITO STOP SHOOTING! SVETLANA COME WITH ME!...YOU TOO VITO, HURRY!" They rushed over immediately. Then they saw manitoba's signature cocky grin, knowing of absolute success, and wondered what kind of trick he had up his sleeve… "Guy's...run back to the hallway by chester…-" The two exchanged confused glances which was then directed at manitoba, the grin still stuck on his face as his eyes grew more serious. The darkness was closing in on them… "WHAT'RE 'YA WAITIN' FOR...MOVE!" They looked at each other for a millisecond before obeying his orders without a second thought. As they stood by chester, they saw manitoba focusing with his gun down and his arms up until...a force field started to come up and surround them, meanwhile manitoba kept his focus until the shield was fully up (he's on the outside of the field). He turned to face the darkness which was coming dangerously closer to him...he focused again and created his own sun, and it was actually floating in his hands. This made the darkness move back until it realized it wanted to destroy the light that seemed to be hurting it yet also attracting itself to it. Manitoba's grin became more sly as he slowly held his arm back that was holding the enormous ball of pure blinding light and threw it as hard as he could, he aimed it at mal's side hoping to give D a taste of his own medicine by bringing his darkness back to get 'im.
~On the outside~
Bue was in the bathroom spraying her hair to keep it up like mike's. "Geez, how does mal do it?It refuses to stay up. GAH! THIS HAIR IS RIDICULOUS! I miss my long locks. " Mike's mom had walked by the bathroom where bue was while she was talking about this. Her face turned to annoyed that she had been fooled. She is NOT gonna get away with this…."DINNER TIME"! She yelled by the door as she heard bue fall to the ground with a thump. "YOWCH! THAT HURT!" Bue yelled as she picked herself up off the ground and rubbed her head. "WE'RE HAVING LEFTOVERS…-" "UH… THAT'S FINE..I'M NOT HUNGRY" Bue replied shakily. "Oh no I insist...at least try some of my gumbo." Bue began to panic… "...Uh just gimme a minute and I'll be right out." Bue closed her eyes and tried to communicate with the others by sending a seeing mirror to mike's side and the only one that wasn't busy battling or doing anything really, was...chester…. When she yelled through the mirror, it woke him up. After he calmed down, bue explained the issue and chester understood. He disappeared and then bue took his place. She found herself sitting in front of the hallway with svetlana and vito staring down at her, confused. "Bue vhat are you doink here?" Svetlana asked. "Yeah, shouldn't 'ya be ova' there at mal's side?" Vito wondered. Bue sighed, remembering that she had a seeing mirror rigged to follow D from a long distance. she saw everything that had happened with mal, mike, and him. She looked away as she began talking to herself about the situation. She didn't care too much that it turned out that D created her instead of mal. She then had a disgusted look on her face when she remembered how D kissed her hand. Svet and vito just looked at her with a bizarre look, wondering if she'd gone insane or not.
~On the outside~
Chester walked out of the bathroom rubbing his head as he went toward the kitchen, he smelled some delicious gumbo. His mother wasn't looking while she warmed up the leftover soup on the stove. When she turned around and saw chester...she just looked away frozen in anger and whispered under her breath, "Why that little-" She went over to the table that chester was sitting at holding two bowls already filled and handed one to chester. She had put the hot sauce in his bowl again on purpose. "WHYEYHEAHE! WHA-WHE-HEHY WHY, WHAT'S THE BIG IDE-" "TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON IN THERE FOR REAL, I KNOW THAT THAT 'BU-WHATEVER LIED TO ME! NOW SPILL! OR SO HELP ME…-" His mother was about to finish her sentence of interrogation...at this point she was holding him by his shirt and had dragged him close to her face. Until...his eyes changed and she heard that girl's voice again. "Let's try this again, shall we?" Bue said yanking her hand off of her shirt, she was gripping her hand so tight it almost broke, the look on her face was of complete impatience and annoyance. Then she let go of her mother's arm and her face changed to one of a happy playful child. "I'm bue….MAL'S nice personality." Her mother was absolutely terrified of the little girl but snapped out of it when she heard that she was a personality of...mal. "Wha-what do you mean?" First bue grabbed the hand that didn't have a red mark from her grasp and shook it quickly, similar to their first meeting. She shook her head slightly and the hair that she was working so hard to keep up, fell over exactly right over of her eye as her dark circles returned. She looked back up at her, now, fearless mother, determined to get some answers. For some reason she felt proud of her mother, knowing she could handle the news. There was a pause as bue's eyes turned crimson once more, her mother was slightly stunned at first glance but just got over it, growing frustrated with her long silence. "WELL?!" "...Mike...is dead…". Her mother stepped back a little in shock but bue (still holding her hand.) gripped her arm and twisted it but only to get her to focus, showing that there was more to tell. "For now-" "what are you talking about...is my son alive..or-". Bue just looked bored now as she looked away and blew her hair flap up, to reveal her other eye. The woman bent down to a face-to-face level and her face was nothing but curious and serious. Bue stopped twisting while her mother was holding in the pain and bue spoke again. "The darkness has stolen mike's soul and mal's fightin' to get it back an' return it to mike's body. Everyone just calls him D for short...'ya know...'cause my name's short for Bueno, it's like that. Anyhoodles, the others are fighting...well...how do I put this...mike's hatred. It was a big build up from all his sufferin'. With his pop an' all. Now mike's whole entire mind has been completely split; Mal's side an' Mike's side….that didn't fair too well. So, in other words: Everyone on mike's side is fighting his hatred as in his pure anger, while on mal's side, there's a fight goin' on over who get's the soul." (I had totally forgotten bue's accent, if you hadn't noticed...it was actually gone for a while and bue talked like a normal person. for all the nitpicks out there that actually noticed this...amen to you brother, hope you're pleased.) Her mother's face, surprisingly didn't change as if to say: "That all?" Bue was shocked at her response, I guess this isn't much news for her after all she's been through...hmm..she sure does worry a lot though. Then again..I'VE never had a child…. She's a good mother, mike's lucky. I was created from evil. I'm jealous hehe. She rubbed the back of her neck. Then she thought of something and grabbed her by her bathrobe and ran her over to the bathroom mirror. It was a very large mirror which is why bue thought it was perfect. She was hopeful that THIS would make her understand because clearly...even despite the evidence..she doesn't believe her. But she has to and now she'll have some real proof...question is...is it possible for me on the outside...to control real outside mirrors...it's worth a shot. Not too sure, just goin' on a guess an' hope.