Mal had hatred in his eyes, D sneered, mike was ready to attack and 'get rid of' this being of evil. When mal and mike charged, D merely jumped out of the way as the two bonked heads and chuckled. Mal immediately realized that simple brute force wouldn't do the job at all, weapons are practically useless and shields are too heavy, the lighter the less protection they give. He knew strategy was everything but then remembered his failure last time due to D's powers of telepathy, in fact, D's hearing all of this at the moment. "I CAN READ YOUR MIND WHENEVER I CHOOSE, MAL!" Just think random thoughts and act at will! He whipped his head to the side where mike was, "MIKE, THINK OF SOME RIDDLES!" "Wha-" "JUST DO IT! I HAVE AN IDEA!" He had thought of the plan in just a millisecond before D could even properly hear it to react until mal began uttering and thinking random words, "Duckmongoosemonstertruckgrillmedicinetoastdarkhospitalrestbarbequegoodtallyamsaveliquidnessicarrydumbstuckfailyouleftsignloner!" D was dizzy with confusion as mal took the opportunity to open a very small portal to the darkness that he could barely fit through, by the time D noticed mal almost all the way through and the portal began to close behind him, he dove after it but mike blocked his path and the portal closed. D was about to punch mike but he grabbed his arm first and bent it back including an indian burn. When D put his other hand on the what looked like a large black dome with visible purple electricity surrounding it like static and only those born there may enter, an outsider has to be escorted. Though for some reason D couldn't created another portal for himself despite being the darkness HIMSELF! Meanwhile mal was running through a long hallway and oddly enough, mirrors began to appear on both sides and they seemed almost like an animation as though each image was a frame, he chose to ignore as he saw a turn coming up and he started questioning why he was running. He remembered the conversation D had with bue while he was possessed:
I-is that…-? "A fragment of your soul, I put it in there to preserve the body."
Mal ran faster, he saw a door and smiled with a laugh out of happiness and excitement. But when he entered, it wasn't what he was expecting; A big octagon room with no doors that'd go further, when he walked nervously inside the door slammed behind him and he tried to remain calm even though he was freaking out on the inside. Looking at all the mirror walls around him they didn't show his real reflection, his face looked calm but...the mirrors didn't, each was the exact same face he'd make when horrified and scared mixed together. He was scared now but wouldn't let it show on the surface, however, the mirrors did. Mal ran back to the door that slammed behind him but there was no knob so he went for the edges and pulled but the minute he tried pushing...the mirror broke, shattered to pieces then all the mirrors broke but when mal looked back at the broken mirrors, they had a different image. Mal, D, and bue, all the mirrors only shattered into the three parts. He heard footsteps coming from behind him and he just knew it was another illusion, there was the feeling that it'd be bue's image but was D's as he walked up to him, mal didn't care anymore. When the fake D came up to him and put his hand on his shoulder, something shocked him and all of a sudden memory after memory began to flood back in. It didn't take long before they ALL had returned and he turned over shaking and horrified, the illusion disappeared and mal just fell over shaking and upset at the things he saw. By the darkness, D started to chuckle until it turned into a simple laugh then became maniacal, frightening mike. He fell down holding his stomach then thought of something quickly and formed a very small seeing mirror only he could see...the portal in mal's bedroom was still open. The second he left the mirror, he bolted to the hallway as fast as he could. Mike didn't run, "Guys...NOW! He's coming!" Svetlana heard him and went to the front, ready for D, when he came he just jumped right over her, surprising her then vito was about to punch him in the face, he simply dodged grabbed his wrist and flipped him over. He continued down the hall and was about to make it to mal's room until chester came out of the room and knocked him out with the cane. Everyone looked at chester in shock, THEY couldn't do anything but He could and did. Everyone gathered around the unconscious boy and knew exactly what each other were thinking, mike was the one who broke the silence. "Should we really keep him here or send him back to the darkness?" "Mike...he IS the darkness, if he stays then we're all in serious danger." But mike remembered why they all were hesitating to begin with, "Mal. We gotta wait for him to come back out...though why'd he go in the first place?" "Myeh I bet it had something to do with that bue girl!" Chester finished. It made a lot more sense now, he looked down at D who looked more like a sleeping baby then an unconscious psychotic villain, mike turned to the mirror portal with curiosity. "Take him to the board room, get restraints." They were hesitant about touching the evil little 'thing', mike wasn't looking at them when he gave his orders but since he didn't hear footsteps walking away, he turned to them with a serious glare. They were starting to get a bit scared of mike and immediately picked up D carefully and went toward the board room. He closed the door so he was in mal's room alone with no more distractions and walked up to the full length mirror which had become a portal to the darkness, he wanted to try a few things while he had the time. So mike put his hand on the portal mirror and focused, he wanted to see the outside so he could make sure his body, his personality, and zoey were okay. It wouldn't change, he was getting frustrated but made use of the seeing mirror and decided to find mal who was coming to the breaking point. Seeing this, he decided not to speak to him knowing that his friend could shatter at any moment, if he WERE to talk to him he'd think he was crazy by hearing voices and would freak out at any change of scenery or the appearance of another person growing weary of D's tricks. Mal would lose it so, reluctantly, mike focused the mirror toward a presence that he felt. The scene had changed to reveal a room that seemed familiar to him until he remembered with sickening flashes of small moments he had in there playing through his mind like an old projector. He moved the angles around multiple times then, he felt the presence again, and he saw a body…. "Bue?" There was something above her that seemed to just be hovering, a small yellow dim orb. He thought about jumping in but….saw some tiny rocks float up in front of him realizing that mal must've flooded the place. Mike was wondering what was going on and how she was still technically alive, he had a feeling D was a part of that, knowing his feelings for her. If he couldn't change the mirror to another place besides the darkness then it wouldn't go away and remain an open entry way, he didn't quite have the strength to fix this, knowing it was hopeless he went to check up on the others. Before he could reach for the knob vito talked to him, MAN WE NEED 'YA HELP HERE, HE'S AWAKE! Mike sighed in annoyance and boredom as he ran out of the room and down the hall to the board room. There, D was, strapped down to a table but the restraints were breaking. Mike still was annoyed and bored while he calmly walked over to the table, looked at D with cold eyes and put his hand down on the table hard. The restraints went from dark brown to a glowing pink which forced his arms and legs down and they seemed to have a tighter grip than before, whereas they were at the very first buckle which would be the tightest latch but apparently not. Thinking mike was seemingly turning evil, he chuckled, "What's so funny?...", "oh nothing just that you-...WHAT?!" He exclaimed when he saw mike's eyes which, surprisingly were still brown, shocking D. Everyone else was just as surprised thinking that mike's new coming seriousness was turning him bad. "I'm merely being a leader...it's MY mind, is it not?" "HUH?!" Everyone asked in shock, even D who was starting to take over his mind. "But you...you're… only 8, BELOW 10 at the very least and already you-" "No matter what age I am…, you're all still younger than me, it's my mind, my body, and…-" Mike started then paused and looked straight at D, "-My soul!" The whole area was quiet. "I got some knowledge from you guys as well. While D..IS the oldest-" He smirked when he turned to face the rest of them. "-I only learned from him when he first left the darkness...which was a year ago…-", "A YEAR?!" "-Yes, a year, he stayed hidden though for a long time...doesn't mean I didn't see him and picked up a couple tricks by practice and copying, now it's simply observation which doesn't take long depending on how often it's used." D's smirk faded. "And D…, some of those powers you've displayed have been seen so many times that..".I eventually got 'em down, that's how i communicated with my other personalities though it was a one-way conversation we could still communicate. Mike told him through thought, surprising D further...he didn't respond. The others couldn't hear him after he stopped talking. "Now...how come I can't move?! Why haven't my powers-", "-been drained." Mike finished his sentence only with his own words, "Huh?" "Those restraints don't repel...they absorb, the more power you use the weaker you'll become." Mike told him. "Sounds kinda like those chinese finger traps." Vito stated, "yeah...somethin' like that." Mike said with a continued bored look, D was getting angry and simply struggled with his own strength instead of resorting to his powers. "I need to go check up on mal, see ya." With that he ran off to mal's room, D smirked. When mike left, his hand was no longer on the table where he was being restrained and the restraints turned back to brown and he knew that their effect had worn off. The minute mike was out the door he forgot about the power he had with the restraints, mike immediately opened the door again and saw D standing so calmly in the doorway acting as though he'd been there for hours, he turned to look at mike and yawned. Mike wasn't afraid though, he simply meant business, his eyes were still brown making D curious about wether mike has some sort of new power. Mike grabbed his hand and they started running to mal's room together, a lot of confusion and questions were running through D's mind.
It was a little difficult to find a spot to end this chapter since I always type ahead and forget about paragraphs...as you may have noticed, by the way, should bue be brought back or stay dead, I'm at the point in which I could go either way.