"What took you guys so long? Did you get lost?"
"I didn't see you there, Adelheid."
"That's because while you two may have feet that beat the ground, two of us have wings that slice the air. We've been watching and waiting...without a sound."
"Seriously. Rumour, who you just met a few hours ago has been given the opportunity to see you in angelic form, but not me, Adelheid. What gives?"
"The right moment has never presented itself with you, but don't worry. Your time will come."
"You have proven you can master the sky, but can you master the fall? There should be a rock with rope around here somewhere. I just got to brush away a few…. FOUND IT!! The rope is a little old and worn, but it should hold. If we go down one at a time, we can make it."
"A little old? This thing looks like it could snap at any minute. What? Do you suggest we climb down?"
"Oh yes. My home is not for all people."
"Umm....Uh….I can't breathe."
"Rumour, what is it? Talk to me."
"You four go down, I'll stay up here. Who knows who might sneak up on us."
"Rumour, no one followed us here, as far as we know. Now what's really going on. Your face is as if you have seen a ghost."
"It's just memories. The fresh air should help blow them aside."
"Come on girls. Let her catch her breath. I'll go down first to see if it's still standing, and then one by one you follow me."
"Standing? My memory may be a little faulty, so refresh me what happened here?"
"I'll tell you once we make it down."
"How deep is the hole?"
"Ask Rumour. See you soon."
"Did he just…he didn't even use the rope. It's as if he had no emotions nor consequences."
"Just wait until you'll see what's down there. Then you'll understand. Adelheid, you're next. Here's the rope."
"I don't need it. I can teleport."
"Then there were two!!! Adelheid, you want to go first?"
"Ummm….age before beauty is what I always say."
"Suit yourself. Hope to see you down there."
"Now Summer, there are footholds, but they are slim. For the most part you will have to transition down by touch and sound. I'm sure Wolf will be giving you directions as well, but the hole is so wide you will barely hear him. Trust me."
"Is there anything else?"
"Try not to singe the rope with your breath. Adalyn still needs to get down with it."
"I'll do my best."
"HAVE YOU REACHED THE BOTTOM!!!"
"WHAT DID YOU SAY?"
"I said, 'HAVE YOU TOUCHED GROUND? ARE YOU OK?"
"I'M OKAY. IT'S A BIT DARK DOWN HERE THOU…OHH. THANKS. NEVERMIND. WOLF OPENED THE DOOR. I WAS STANDING ON HIS PORCH!!"
"Welp, Adalyn, ready to take a swing?"
"Okay. It's just like walking down an up escalator but backwards."
"You have some weird things in the future!!!"
"That may be so, but please tell me that you at least have made Safety harnesses?"
"We have, but did I have one on when I climbed up?"
"Judging from your expression, I would...."
"NOOOO!!!! That's what you were going to say. Now here. Times a ticking."
"What if I fall?"
"The ground 'll break you!!!!
I'm just messing with ya. Wolf will catch you. Just don't look down. Ready?"
"Baley!!!!"
"Baley on!!!"
"CLIMBING!!!!"
"Climb on!!"
"There they are. Let's go."
"Waaaaaaghhh!!!!!.....I got you."
"Rumour wasn't kidding when she said you'd catch me. My foot slipped causing me to flail my arms. That resulted in….."
"Shh!! Their is no need to explain. As a member of my pack, I'll always protect you."
"WOLF!! WHAT UH…WHAT'S THIS Bedsheet covering in the back room?"
"You weren't supposed to…."
"It's an EMOTIONLESS!!!!! But why is it here? I thought your dad built the only machine."
"See that."
"Care to explain? You dad was a demon, that's why he could build it. You're just a man."
"The Emotionless…..is just a machine. Anybody can build a machine. It's more about who the machine is built for.
Adalyn!!"
"What? I'm sorry. I didn't….oh. Oh yes!! That's my que.
Demons are extremely powerful. As such, they all pretty much have the same characteristics to go around. No, I am not talking about physical, but more of how they function. You can ask any Demon literally to make you become whoever you want both in the laws of physics and outside of. Once you ask for something though, Demons then only demand three things in return. One: they ask you to forsake Jesus and only believe and worship them. Two: they ask that you build something in honor of them. For Jesus, He used to ask people to build an altar to Him before He could bless them. In this case, the Emotionless is the structure that the Demon has requested be built whenever someone asks upon him. Third: They ask of you to make a sacrifice. In Jesus' case, it was usually to spill the blood of a dead animal until it ran over the side. Speaking of now; this demon asks you to step through the 'altar' and sacrifice yourself. You'll be stronger, faster, and all around better, but also will be a living walking dead for the rest of your life. The choice is yours."
"Thank you, Adalyn."
"All she did was explain how easily it can be made. She didn't, however, explain why you have it."
"You want to know the truth?"
"You preach it."
"Adalyn can testify. It can be hard sometimes to show emotions, but it can be even harder to not not show emotions. You try your hardest not to show certain emotions just so that the others can shine through. It is not easy by any standards."
"Easier to make a basket then miss a basket on purpose just so others can have their spotlight. I get that. What I don't get though is that since it takes a way stronger talent to miss on purpose, why then give up your natural talent all together just so that you can now have a…way better shooting average. Is it worth it?"
"You all act as if I just created the most horrifying device known to man, and I haven't once considered the consequences. You know what…just drop it."
"We can't. Only a 'pure' such as a Christian, Exor, or Hopegiver can. In this case, a Hopegiver is the only one who can destroy this heartless and cruel device that you made."
"That's it!! I came to you girls to find love, and all I find is more strife and hate towards me like I am the bad guy. You're no different than my brother Shadow. You say I have no heart? He….has no heart. Maybe it would be better if I didn't as well."
"Wolf, what are you doing? Don't turn that machine on. I'm warning you. Don't you…"
"Who are you to stop me? If you indeed do love me, then show it now. If you love me, you won't stop me. You know you can't anyways. Is this not what you want, anyways."
"Wolf, we don't want…."
"You want me to destroy my brother, my father, and all of Dreamworld; but I can't do that if I am still grieving and sad. It would be better if I was a mindless tyrant so that I would have no feelings when I obey your orders."
"WE don't think of you as a Tyrant. Remember, you said we were a pack."
"Yes!! We 'WERE', NOT ARE!!! Wolves are so adaptable that whenever one decides to leave the pack, unlike a human who struggles to find someplace to go; wolves can survive just as well alone then with others."
"You may be happier, but then what's the point of love if you are the only one?"
"I don't need love. I was never shown it and it doesn't run through me. Survival does."
"THAT'S NOT TRUE!! YOUR FAMILY MAY NOT HAVE LOVED YOU….BUT I DO!!"
"I know that voice."
"Turn off that machine and step away from the podium. If God wanted us cloned, then He would've made known His ways. Seeing He hasn't…makes me wonder why.
YOU TOLD ME THAT…REMEMBER? AND I STILL WENT AHEAD WITH IT ANYWAYS. Please don't make the mistake I did. I had to kill myself in order to regain the years I lost."
"Wolf, here, Take my hand. We'll help you down."
"Girls, step away!! This decision has to be his and his alone. He's already taking the first step inside. You couldn't stop him even if you wanted to. The demon has grabbed hold and is pulling him in. The only person that can stop him is Star."
"Star, please."
"Wait!!!"
"But he's…."
"I said wait. Trust me.
STAR, WILL NOT COME AND HELP YOU WOLF, UNLESS YOU FIRST SHOW THAT YOU CAN HELP YOURSELF!!!"
"My foot's stuck!!! I can't move it."
"YES YOU CAN. YOUR MIND IS PLAYING TRICKS ON YOU THINKING IT IS PARALYZED BUT IT IS NOT.
THIS IS WHERE YOU PROVE MIND OVER MATTER. DOES THIS DEMON CONTROL YOUR MIND…. OR DO YOU? See, for me, although I made the choice myself to be cloned, I wasn't ready for what truly happened. When I took my first step, I had no free will to let go. Father pushed me in when he saw that I tried to struggle. If you really wanted to be cloned, then you would have done it in secret. Don't be like a thief who steals in the night because he is too afraid to do his deeds during the day. God sees both deeds and says what is done in the dark will be brought to the light. Nothing goes unseen. You may not love me, but you do talk a lot about your God? If you love Him, then you'll know what's right.
That's it. Take it slow now. Walk down gently. I knew you could do it. You have grown up since last I seen you little brother. Got yourself quite a team this time as well."
"Wolf, are you ok? Everything will be fine."
"Let's see here. You got an ambitious feisty author, a young angel who dreams of one day living amongst the people creation that God has made. Tell me, how you liking it, little girl?"
"Get your hands off me."
"Don't bite me now. Wolf, she's definitely one of you. That brings me to the next biter. We have the lovely Summer. The Last Dragon. Then last but certainly not least, we have Mrs., nosey little prick who knows way more about angels and demons than she's letting on; I give you Adalyn. For the future, little girl; get your peeping eyes out of other people's privacy."
"I'll take my eyes off of you if you promise that God will take His peeping eyes off of us. I didn't think so."
"You got yourself quite the team, Wolf. You are stepping up in the world. Your first two bouts, you only picked people you knew and had a deep connection with. That was your problem. You put too much trust in your friends and wasn't ready to see who else was out there. Look, what you get when you open your eyes and just…. view!!! You got yourself quite a crew. Really, I'm impressed. Mom would be proud."
"Don't say that name."
"Oooo…. the only person who ever loved you was killed. Now you don't know what to do. News flash, I love you. I've always loved you."
"You have a funny way of showing it. Every time we meet, we fight. If it be your goal to train me to be as tough as you; that'll never happen. Why? I'm already the toughest I can be, so thank you. Truly."
"I never want you to be like me, I never wanted it."
"You know you can't beat me. You lost too many times to show it. I have proven I'm just as good as you."
"And I want you to be better!!!!!
Star, go break the machine. I don't want to fight you brother, but together I can help you reconnect with the family. We can save this world…. not destroy it. In order to do that, I have to cut off all your exits. See ya around, tiger."
"Heeyaa!!!
Aaaaghh!!
Adalyn, can you help me with these last few hits?"
"But I'm just a Pure. I'm not a Hopegiver."
"You don't need to be dead in order to inspire hope. Come here."
"Star, why are you on Shadows' side? Love has blinded you!!"
"Heeyaa!!"
"It's not love that blinds you, but hope."
"Heeyaa!!"
"You can't hope for what is unseen, Star."
"I thought we came back here to instill love in Shadow, not hate. You are no better than the Christians who pursued you. Once you found out that Shadow is in his prime, then that means he is just as powerful as ever. That means he's dangerous. Deep down inside, you want this war. I'm trying to stop it. Who's the villain now?"
"STAR, YOU COMING?"
"COMING, SHADOW!!!"