*Huuuwhoooo...…Huwhooooooo...….Huwhoooooo.*
"You weren't lying when you said everyones down, but what you meant to say was….."
"AAAAAAaaaaaghhhhh!!!!!! Let go of me. Let go of…..mmmm…Mmmmm…..Mmmmm."
"Everyone's up!!!!"
"Use your powers to create a Trampoline. I'll....try to let everyone down slowly.
*Whooooo...whooooo….whoooo….whoooo….whooo…..whoooo….whooo*
"Darius, what are you doing? Let go of that Branch. If you're down, we are all down."
"Trust me.
Thorns, please drop my friends."
"There you go with saying, 'Please,' again."
*Phueeeeem...…Phueeeeemmm.....Phueeeeemmmmmm…..Phueeeeeeeemmm….Phueeeemmm....Phueeeeemmm…..Phueeeeemmmmm...…phueeeemmmmm*
*BIRRRSSAAACHHHHHHHH*
*BOOOOF*
"They're stable, but asleep."
"Where's Rockmonster?"
"Here's a piece of him."
"A piece?"
"Darius, he's just a human with an outer shell. Towered over everybody to help get the Thorns off of them while the rest pulled out the needles like Jacklyn asked them to."
"Thorns eventually must have wrapped around him and broken his shell."
"Where's DeathPetal?"
*Rooaaaaarrrrrrr*
*Pifff….Piff….Pifff…Pifff….Piffff*
"Charging a new trail to the outside."
"Find Jacklyn, and find Rosalin. I can't get all these people out of here on my own."
"Jacklyn…. spotted."
"Rosalin….spotted."
"Jacklyn, I'm going to need you right now. Don't you dare say the Kids outvoted you seven hundred to one, and you had no choice but to follow them."
".....But Darius, sometimes the Majority does rule."
"Not when they're a bunch of Kids."
"But I am a Kid.
You are a Kid."
"Then be the Adult. You are the only one here."
"Sorry."
"DeathPetal is clearing a path for us outwards, and I will use my powers best I can to keep the Thorns from springing back up, but….."
"Got it.
You need us to race out as fast we can.
Come on Zombie Kids.
I won't tell if you won't."
"Jacklyn, I know you don't like using force, but force is not a bad thing. Especially when using it upon someone who is less experienced. Age does not make you an adult, you...make you an adult."
"Taking advice from an eight year old now."
"What did I just say about age?"
"Sorry.
Come on, Kids. Let's move before Darius loses his focus.
I heard you crying earlier right before I yelled. What was that all about?"
"Darius doesn't feel he is being used to his fullest potential."
"But you so are, Darius. If it weren't for you, we would still be stuck."
"I'm not doing anything. DeathPetal is who you should be thanking."
"He can't talk."
"But he can walk. All of these Thorns have been mowed down by him. I am just…..keeping them down."
"Exactly. Everyone else can levitate, but levitation only works to go up."
"Not much of a win."
"It is in my book."
"I still had help."
"And you will always have help, Darius. You might not think you are better because Ruby can do everything on her own, but I am sure even she had.....has…..to have help from time to time.
You can't win a game on your own, Darius."
"I don't want to win. Never did."
"There. We made it out.
You can release your hold now, Darius.
Lolli, tell Elwin we found her Dragon and are headed home.
....Nice work, Darius. Nice work."