SailorStar9: After getting Chapter 13 out, this is Chapter 14 of this fic. (Sighs) Guys and girls, is it too hard for you to leave a review, instead of just putting this fic up on your favorited list and story alerts?

Disclaimers: I own nothing, except for the plot bunny and the main pairing.

Chapter 14: Real Nightmare

"So, you're awake, Goddess of Winter." Brain II greeted the stirring water mage. "Today is a birthday, for today is when you will become one with the 'Infinity Clock', it is the birth of a new world. I welcome you, Lady Tula. Cry! Scream!" he taunted, his magic turning Ami's dress into rags. "But no one will come here! My body…" he was forced to back off when his Darkness magic was repelled by Ami's Immortal Blood. "Why? What is this? I see…" he realized. "The power of the Immortal is a positive force and it's very difficult to combine it with my own Darkness Magic…. Damn you, Winter Goddess" he roared. "But you will be mine! The 'Infinity Clock' will devour you!" laughing manically, he left the weeping girl alone.

"Gray…" Ami whispered. What the… her eyes widened as her memories grew fuzzy. Why can't I remember?

"Congratulations on the restoration of the Infinity Castle, Brain II." Klodoa praised.

"It's been tough on you, huh, Klodoa?" Brain II asked the staff.

"No, no." the talking stick corrected. "All I did was follow Master Zero's orders. That being said, we've progressed this far because of Master Zero's favourite thing; your skill. I'm impressed, as always. And on top of that, this smart alec brat. It's also impressive how Imitatia used her."

"Michelle…" Lucy, now crucified onto the 'Infinity Castle', looked at Imitatia "Tell me… Why…?"

"My name is Imitatia." Imitatia replied. "Not Michelle. Stop making me tell you that."

"We have a Celestial Spirit Mage." Brain II added. "And we have sealed off the Immortal's thoughts. The endless nightmare will begin… The biological link takes powerful magic to work," he explained. "So if it's severed by the Anti-Link, the advance of time on the body and mind becomes extremely slow as a reaction. Then, the person sleeps for 100 years. It's a sort of sacrifice so that we'll be able to control the 'Infinity Clock'."

"That's just like treating people as tools!" Lucy retorted.

"So what?" Brain II shrugged.

"I'm doing this for your sake, Nee-san." Imitatia stated. "It wasn't all a lie."

"Let's can the chatter." Klodoa cut in.

"Brain, let's get started." Imitatia reminded.

"Good idea, Imitatia." Brain II agreed. "Lucy Heartfilla, very shortly, it will be time to say farewell. The endless nightmare is beginning." He declared, starting to merge Lucy with the 'Infinity Clock'. "Chaos… Cover the whole world… We shall now greet the time which will never dry! Never ruin! Never end! You shall become one with the girl who possesses Immortal Blood, and eternity will become perpetuity! The eternal lingering which had not existed since life forms were first born! Who do we give gratitude for this joy to? God? There is no God! If we are to praise one anyway, he will now be born! 'Infinity Castle'!"

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