For some reason the hallway was getting longer and longer, while mike was running he started running backwards to face D. "Are you doing this?!" Mike accused. "No, it must be something else….but it's not the darkness, I can tell 'ya that much." "...also….what happened to my personalities?" "YOU'RE ONLY NOW ASKING THAT QUESTION?!" Mike glared and became serious again, Tell me now or I'll break your arm… D was a little fearful when mike started to twist. "Knockout-gas" he told him bluntly, mike turned around with a sigh of annoyance. "LOOK, UP THERE!" D pointed ahead, mike was shocked, the door to mal's room looked as though pure dark was shooting out of it, it looked like a black and purple liquid was flooding out literally like water and it was coming right for them, mike glared at D again. "Wasn't me!" He shrugged in surprise, the odd pool of 'dark' water came crashing down and was moving fast as it almost totally filled the hallway like a large river. This time it was D who started 'participating' as he pulled up mike with one huge jump, almost hitting the ceiling and they froze in mid-air while the river flowed continuously down below them at the same flooding speed. Mike's coolness and leaderly seriousness faded when he remembered what was at the bottom of the hallway, "VITO, SVETLANA, CHESTER!" Mike yelled over the loud crashing, D grunted and snapped his fingers making a huge, thick, fully sealed, metal wall blocking the water but then it started to build up in the hallway and mike and D went to the door. Once they were in the room, mike made the dumb decision by closing the door and so the room filled in seconds, he floated to the mirror unable to keep his feet on the ground and with a red face. D was simply standing by it with his feet firmly planted and showed no sign of him running out of air anytime soon, he bonked mike on the head for his stupid move but then imagined a breathing mask for him. H-how did you, I thought you weren't able to imagine breathing masks?

Jus' did.

Why aren't YOU running out of air?!

I'm the darkness, what more needs to be said? also…-

What?

Why did you bring me along and leave the others behind?

I didn't leave them behind, I just want them to stay safe!

Suuuuure...then, what about me?

I have an idea and it requires you to help!

Why should I?

It's about both mal AND..bue.

D looked down worriedly then back up at a floating mike unable to keep his feet on the ground, he yanked him down by his shirt. Close to his face, D asked him "just what kind of idea do you have, hmmm?" He said aloud, though being underwater, mike simply read his lips. "You wanna get bue back don't you?" Mike asked, knowing how deeply D cared for her, though he wasn't lying entirely. D let go of his shirt, mike held onto the mirror for stability then some deformed, half moldy, rotting, bone showing fishes swam near them, scaring mike.

WHAT THE HECK IS THAT?!

Darkness, darkness 'chemicals' you might say.

Mike didn't bother going into details by asking anymore then he turned back to face the mirror, as did D since he had been distracted by mike. They saw bue's body, mike was worried and a little surprised, D had already knew this and was starting to wonder how good mike's plan could possibly be. His suspicions were answered, "OK, I'm gonna go into the darkness and fetch bue's body and bring it back here, then I'll go get mal outta there!" D slowly slapped his forehead due to the water pressure, there are SO many flaws with that plan...I don't even know where to start! Mike put his hand to the mirror but was hit with something sharp since his hand began to bleed though the thing that hit him wasn't visible and even in the murky water you'd still be able to see a blade of some sort. D rubbed his chin like he was contemplating something while looking down at the water filled room, then he touched the mirror nothing happened. They both were surprised for...a split second before it made a lot of sense. D IS the darkness while mike's technically a foreigner, that's right, he needs to be escorted. He looked at mike and he noticed as he quickly turned his head curiously to face him. OK, I'm bringing you in WITH ME to the darkness. D told him, mike nodded then D's face changed (not in the usual evil way) it looked even more serious than mike's. But listen...whatever you do...DO NOT TOUCH BUE! D ordered, mike sighed now knowing that D's gonna be the 'general' giving the commands, he was disappointed (being an 8 year old boy, it's pretty cool being in charge). He reluctantly followed orders however, wait a minute...what'll happen to her? and...what'll happen to me?! I just got shocked and cut from a dark mirror.

Bue's in a FRAGILE forcefield, I can't hold up forcefields forever.

That didn't answer the question about me.

You're simply…not 'dark', mal was the one who mixed the water with a bunch of chemicals.

Sooooo...what'll happen then? D paused, snapped his fingers slowly and mike all of a sudden had a divers outfit on.

What the-...

you'll probably….incinerate, purist…

WHA-?! D pushed him into the mirror and he shrieked, instead of floating like before, he plummeted to the ground. He questioned wether he was in water or not then he looked back toward the place where he came from, the mirror. The room was of course dark and was all stone bricks making it look like a dungeon with no visible chains, on the wall only really high up almost to the 50ft ceiling was a large oval that differed from the entire brutal and gloomy tone of the room since light shined through it similar to a spotlight and there, he saw D shoot out like a torpedo. He stopped short of the other wall and swam down, still in no need of air and landed in front of mike, they both had to communicate through thought now though. They both looked down and saw bue's old body in it's dimming forcefield and the very small yellow orb that was sustaining her floating just above her back and she was face down with gray blank eyes, mike was confused but D was calm. Mike…, stay here and watch her while I get mal. D thought, still not looking at mike. What if something happens and what exactly am I supposed to do?

Reinforce the forcefield, keep it going, see how it's fading…- Mike nodded in understanding and curiosity. -If the forcefield disappears…-

Then bue'll disappear.

But she was born from the darkness.

These are some pretty harsh chemicals, mal and I can withstand them but it still applies to any one depending on their strength, these are darkness chemicals so there's no hope for someone like you and your 'happy clappy' side. Mike was peeved as D taunted so he glared but with still brown eyes, there was a silence in thought between the two of them, the forcefield flashed brightly for a small second, hurting D. THAT'S SMARTS! Mike looked at him with concern, don't gimme that look! I'm fine! The forcefield, you could barely see it's color but mike knew exactly what to do in his own blind panic. He swiftly put his hands to the barrier and focused, it turned bright blue and looked like a second layer though he wasn't entirely sure if that was good or bad until D sighed in relief and….patted mike on the back, surprising him but he remained focused. I'm gonna go get mal and bring him back over here, he's probably mad so it might take a while….hang in there! D swam as fast as he could run so he shot out of the room and closed the door behind him with a flick. Meanwhile mal was in the room of broken mirrors and was shaking in a ball, traumatized. "Why do I always get the bad end of things? It's always ME!" D slammed open the door soaking wet, when he did, the mirrors were restored and showed D's time in the darkness when he was alone and was sickened at the awful memories though he did hear what mal had said right before he walked in. "...YOU ALWAYS GET THE BAD END?!" Mal looked around him and saw everything from the time that he had first left as well as bue and was scared. Seeing the whole thing he became sad and got up, turned around to face D who didn't notice, he was distracted by the mirrors showing him something he reluctantly already knew. He looked down with clenched fists that were beginning to shake as well but then...when he looked at mal he was just worried with the same look mike had. "DON'T LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT, I DON'T NEED YOUR PITY OR ANYBODY ELSE'S!" Mal ran up and hugged him, D was stunned and frozen. "I'm sorry." D just stood there silent knowing he had more to say. "I'm so so sorry I left you alone." He pushed him away, as he did, the mirror showed the moment D blew up the rag dolls and the sinister look came onto his face thinking evil thoughts, "You never cared about me, I made you and now...you treat me like dirt you little-" nice, the mirror interrupted, they both turned around and saw the moment when D saw his evil face, complimenting himself on his own looks, he recalled thinking that it was more befitting for his newly developed character and his own plans. Mal was staring down at his shoes speechless, D got mad and punched the mirror projecting the annoying images, braking it and alerting mal. He ran around the room punching all the mirrors one by one that showed his time in the darkness. Mal couldn't do anything but watch and worry. D made it to the last mirror but...it was different.

…, It showed mal, bue, and D...all...playing together, they had the bodies of 6 year olds. They were laughing, smiling, they played with the fire trucks and bue played with the teddy bears, they pretended that the bear was 'ruler of the trucks' and other times when the teddy bears were lying around, after they all had woken up from a nice warm cuddly bed, they'd make believe that the bears were pistols and fake fired at each other and giggled. They had laughed together so often, it was hard not to remember that, D however, forgot almost all of it especially the laughing. His eyes...turned...brown for the first time in what felt like a million years, mal noticed. They quickly turned red again and he punched the last mirror with all he had and it shattered much louder than the others, when he fell to his knees...there was one big shard that hadn't been broken but merely separated from the rest, mal started to walk up to him but then… the 6 year old face of bue appeared, she was giggling and smiling and her eyes glistened beautifully as they were directed at D….. He punched the shard once more, his knees and knuckles were very bloody, then he got up and turned to mal slowly. Mal saw tears well up, he knew this was the better time to hug him and so he did, D didn't care and...he hugged him back and started to cry loudly with tears streaming down his face profusely(anyone get the reference…*nudges elbows to see if they get it*... "it starts with a B- and ends with -atman), his dark circles disappeared as well as his sharp teeth. There was a pause but not an awkward one, the two stayed silent, D HURRY! I CAN'T HOLD IT UP MUCH LONGER, I NEED YOUR HELP! D had forgotten temporarily what he was doing and swiftly let go, alerting mal. I'm coming! Mal realized quickly that something was wrong, he only now noticed that D was soaked, D grabbed his arm and they ran out of the room as fast as possible. "WE ARE NEVER TO SPEAK OF WHAT HAPPENED IN THERE AGAIN! GOT IT?!" Mal nodded in question, "WHY ARE WE RUNNI-" They heard the sound of water crashing in and it was getting louder, both of them came to a screeching halt, they were in a pitch black hallway but could see every detail of it perfectly clear. The water flooded into the hallway and was coming straight for them, D swung his hand up at light speed and a dark blue glowing barrier came up though this made his eyes turn red again, mal was confused once more, but he turned good…