“Deeper? Are you crazy?!” Devyn asked. “He will have our heads if we refuse…”
“You head back to the door… stay hidden…” Andre said. “I’ll search for a little while longer…”
“Are you sure?” Devyn asked. “I’m sure… now go… hurry…” Andre said, pushing Devyn in the
direction he came from.
“Now to continue going deeper into the dark…” Andre said, heading deeper into the fifth floor.
“Where could they be…”
“Where would what be?” Arrinor asked as he appeared. “These?” The blueprints suddenly
appear in his hand. “I know you're falling back on the deal…” Arrinor said in anger. “You can
have these… but… you’ll have to go through your deepest fear…”
“And what is that?” Andre asked. “This…” Arrinor said before leading Andre into a dimly lit room
with his mother tied to a table. “Andre?!” Andre’s mother cried out. “Andre, is that you?”
“Mom!” Andre ran down to his mother’s side. “How did you get down here?!”
“I got a text from Adrian and came to see everything for myself…” Andre’s mom explained. “I’m
sorry… I shouldn’t have followed, but I did because I was worried and now…”
“Mom… you were worried… you had a right to follow…” Andre said. “This is all my fault… Now
you're here… and Adrian’s dead…”
“Andre… you kept looking for your younger brother and there is no fault in that… there are
consequences, but it’s okay…” Andre’s mom said. “You just wanted to have closure on
Matthew’s disappearance…”
“I found him in the end, but now I’m about to lose the rest of my family in return...” Andre said
with tears. “It’s okay… just escape from here and keep him safe…” Andre’s mom said. A knife
suddenly impaled Andre’s mom through the heart. “Mom!” Andre called out in tears.
“Take these and continue to suffer…” Arrinor said, handing Andre the blueprints. “This is why
you're trapped down here… you belong in hell…” Andre said, grabbing the knife.
“Oh… So he says…” Arrinor said, teasingly. Andre raised the knife. “Sweet Dreams…”
Moments later…
“Devyn, we have to go now!” Andre said, running with the blueprints in hand. “Why?!” Devyn
asked. “The place is coming down!” Andre yelled as the room behind him fell apart.
“Run!” Andre called out. Devyn opened the door and started to run up, Andre followed while
jumping over big holes in the floor.
Moments later they made it to the entrance to the basement and ran out. “Phew… What
happened down there?” Devyn asked. “I did it…” Andre muttered. “You did what?” Devyn asked.
“I snapped after he killed my mom…” Andre said. “I killed him and now this place is coming
apart…”
“We have to go now…” Devyn said, as the darkest end of the hall started to crumble. Devyn
grabbed Andre’s hand and started to run.
Towards the entrance, stood the rest of the group. “There you guys are!” Apollo called out. “We
have to go now!” Andre yelled. “This place is coming apart!”
“How?!?” Cadet asked. “I took the life of the dream demon…” Andre responded. “You killed
Arrinor?!?” Olympia asked. “Oh geez… Let’s hurry…”
The entrance to the realm suddenly opened. “We have to go through!” Apollo asked. “Everyone
quick!” One-by-one the group jumped through the exit, leaving Andre, Devyn, and Cadet in the
realm.
“We are almost there!” Devyn called out. “OOmph!” Andre said, tripping. Devyn reached the exit,
not realizing Andre was not right behind him. “Andre?” Devyn called out.
Devyn suddenly looked over and saw Andre on the floor. “Andre!” Devyn yelled, before looking
up. “Watch out! Spider behind you!” Devyn shouted. Andre got up and turned around. “Oh
shoot!” Andre shouted before running. “Both of you, get out!” Andre shouted. “Now!”
“I can’t leave you!” Devyn yelled back. “Cadet, get him out!” Andre commanded as he ran. “I’ll
be fine!”
Cadet nodded and pushed Devyn through the exit before exiting himself. “Now to deal with
you…” Andre said, turning around. Andre looked in the remains of his bag and pulled out the
spear he used to free Jordan from the demonic clown. “Eat spear, you freak!” Andre shouted,
tossing the spear at the spider before continuing to run.
The spear hit the spider and slowed it down enough to be swallowed by the crumbling realm.
“Andre hurry!” Jordan called out from the other side of the exit. As Andre finally reached the exit,
something grabbed his leg and pulled him down. “Ack!” Andre exclaimed before realizing the
librarian. “BE QUIET!” it shouted. Andre looked at the portal. “So close…” Andre said to himself.
“BE QUIET!” the librarian creeched once more.
It suddenly hit Andre that things might not turn out okay for him. “Sigh… Guys, take the
blueprints!” Andre shouted before tossing the blueprints through the exit. “And… take care of
Matthew…”
The librarian suddenly started to pull Andre farther from the exit. “Andre!” Devyn shouted.
Suddenly Devyn jumped back through the exit and ran towards the librarian with a shovel he
had found near the campsite. “Eat this!” Devyn said, hitting the librarian.
Devyn then helped Andre up and through the exit before the remains of the realm finished
collapsing. “It’s over…” Andre said. “The realm is gone and with it… four others…”
“We were one death away before Arrinor could have been released…” Cadet said. “Let’s get out
of this forest before anything else happens…” Jordan said. “Agreed… I just want the comfort of
my own bed…” Connor said.
“Time for us to go home as well…” Matthew said to Andre. “What about you guys?” Andre asked
Apollo, Olympia, and Cadet. “We are going to stay with Laney until we are done being
repaired…” Olympia said. “Well they are…” Cadet said. “Where are you going?” Jayce asked
Cadet. “I’m going with Andre and Matthew because they’re still going to need to be watched over… Well Matthew at least…” Cadet said. “You both still have school and we can’t have you
sacrificing your education to take care of Matthew…”
“I promise.. We’ll also get you and Axe separated…” Andre said. “Laney will use the blueprints
to recreate me for Axe..” Cadet said. “For now… let’s just get home and I’ll release him for a
bit…”
“Not before we pick up our little brothers from their babysitter…” Andre said. “Wait… Is Ricky
and Austin okay?” Matthew asked. “They're fine… They started school and Jaycen and Kayden
are still babysat…” Andre informed Matthew as the survivors walked out of the Dreamscape
woods. “Let’s never come back here again…” Andre said. “Agreed…” Devyn said.
The End!
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