"I'll explain everything once we get you home. I promise you'll see her again."
"How?
What did you do?
....Answer me.
WHAT DID YOU DO?"
"Are you two safe?"
"Again, I am so sorry that I ran away."
"Kain, now's not the time for lament. These Creatures will use your fear and sadness to their advantage; so please...cry later."
"Where's my Jacklyn?"
"Yeah, where's her Jacklyn?"
"Girls…Girls…
Stephanie, Ariel...…it's fine. I'll just fuse her back together when we get home.
Serenity...Serenity...can you hear me?"
"......Why don't you just use a phone?"
"Can you bake a cake?"
"Uhhhh...A victory cake?"
"More like an extraction cake."
"...Who's it for?"
"...Jacklyn."
"And who am I cloning on?"
"Uhhhh…"
"Ruby? Who am I cloning…."
"I'll make somebody."
"Uhhhhhhhhhh..."
"What did you just say, Ruby?"
"....Looks like the cats out of the bag."
"It's ok, Rainbow.
Better they hear from me."
"Better we hear from you…what?
Can you really make people?
So…..so...…..you could just make me?"
"You could create your own Sentient army?"
"Ummm.."
"Ruby, I don't think they are taking the news as expected.
They seem happy that you are able to create life."
"Maybe...…We should keep it at this happy stage for now.
Yes, I can create life; and yes, Ariel; I will bring your friend back."
"But you don't even know her.
Hmmm.
…She won't be the same."
"Yes she will.
Serenity will turn me into her, and then Elwin will pull us both apart using her fire."
"Wooo….wooo. …You didn't say that was in the mix. I'm not going to burn you.
...Not again.
Can't you just...….."
"As Ariel said. She wouldn't be the same."
"Then why not have Serenity make you a cake, and not her?"
"Because if she were to bake me a cake, then I would lose my powers; further losing Jacklyns life that I am holding inside of me.
If she bakes her a cake, then it will pull her out of me and make us switch.
Before we completely switch, I need you to aim fire at us the moment you see her starting to appear and me starting to fade behind her."
"Like a turntable."
"Somewhat.
When you see both of our forms hovering in mid air and Jacklyns starting to replace mine; then you fire."
"But wouldn't both of you still be stuck in….you know...…Transit?"
"Huh?"
"The Loop?"
"What?"
"The Void?
…..You know…..the Inbetween? What happens when you teleport and before you can reach door number two, I pull that door away? You are now stuck inbetween two worlds. Your physical body on one side, and your dreamy body on the other. You would…."
"You watch too many horror movies, Sister.
Get that out of your brain.
Those are all what we think will happen, but no one knows what actually happens."
"And you do?"
"..Welll…..no.
But....I have faith it won't.
Besides; if I do get stuck, I will regrow and teleport back on Chopped, my homebase.
Nothing to worry about."
"You act like you've done this before, Ruby? Have you?"
"Welll…..…again...…..no."
"Oh no.
I am on a team of 'Trust' and 'Hope' is what we do, but no practical logic has gone into anything."
"Ariel, we are not a team. We are a family."
"And as such...we will figure it out together."
"Seems more like blind luck to me."
"Call it what you will. I call it a Roller Coaster."