Disclosure~ You know the drill.
Part 3
Everyone stared at Mimi as she continued to sob into her gloves, yet the silence was almost deafening. Matt was the first to speak shattering the fragile silence that held them.
"Mimi, you have been having the same dream as me?" He asked in almost disbelief
She looked up from her gloved hands, tears stained her face, "not quite.....I've been having a similar dream from the other side."
Matt had a thousand questions plaguing his mind but none of them would surface enough for him to speak, he continued to look at Mimi who in turn kept her gaze steady on him. Suddenly Mimi stood up and looked to the others who also sat speechless and turned without saying a word and sprinted off into the woods.
"What the hell was that about?" Tai asked stunned
"I'll go after her." Sora said getting to her feet.
"No!" Matt said firmly, "I will." And with that he too, ran off into the forest after the girl.
"Mimi!" Matt yelled
No response
"Mimi" he tried again
Still nothing.
He continued to run, listening to the twigs and leave beneath his feet. The forest was dense with little light. The light that did manage to break through the closely grown trees only speckled through in small patches and did nothing to really illuminate the forest.
Matt ran through bushes and shrubs getting stinging scrapes and cuts as he went, but still no sign of Mimi or even any trace that she had been there. He stopped for a moment to catch his breath, looking around he saw that everything; every tree looked exactly the same as when he entered. He had been running for a good ten minutes and knew almost beyond any doubt that he was a faster runner then Mimi, he should have caught up to her by now, even if he hadn't she should of at least been able to hear his cries for her.
"Mimi!" He screamed this time, tired of this chase and of the dense forest that now surrounded him. "Mimi! Come on! Let's go back!"
Nothing.
Stillness.
Matt's temper was quickly beginning to flare and he could feel a slight headache beginning in the back of his head, slowly creeping its way up to his forehead.
"God damn it Mimi! If you wanna stay out here, be my guest!" He yelled out to her, to the trees, to anything that could hear him.
"Dammit Matt, just stay where you are or keep chasing after her, but don't drive her away even further or you may never be able to find her." He thought to himself.
Feeling slightly defeated and over exhausted from lack of sleep Matt slide down the side of a nearby tree and rested for a moment closing his eyes tightly as if trying to wish away his oncoming headache.
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Mimi had stopped as well, hearing Matt's cries for her, she decided not venture further for fear that she would get completely lost. It was bad enough that she was becoming lost in the head, she didn't need to become physically lost as well.
She was just so confused, all this time she thought the dream had been her own and yet in reality she had been sharing it with Matt, just from a different perspective. It all confused her so much, making her mind spin. She just needed to be alone, to gather her thoughts. She wanted to go back and talk with Matt, but then there was a larger part of her that cried out for her not to, to be alone, to think about things on her own instead of running off to find someone to rescue her as she often had in the past.
She sat down on the soft ground and began playing with the dried fallen pine needles that blanketed the forest floor. There was just so much to think about and it was all so confusing, why would they be sharing the same dream, what did it mean?
Mimi could feel her eyes getting heavier and heavier and she looked at the pine needles in her hands. It seemed like so long ago since she had had a restful sleep, what would it hurt to take a little catnap now? Mimi looked at the ground for a moment before stretching herself out carefully as not to dirty her clothes. Before she realized it she was fast asleep.
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Matt was still sitting slouched against the massive looming tree, his eyes shut tightly as he concentrated on his headache. He had slowed the rhythm of his breathing down, his eyes no longer squinted and for some reason, by some force of will he was extremely relaxed, drifting, drifting deeper into the darkness in his mind.
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When the haze lifted and Matt's vision cleared he was standing in a room, dark and dank, the walls lined with heavy candles. In the corner of the room was a figure curled up on the floor, he recognized it immediately as Mimi. His heart pounded frantically as he ran to her, wondering why she was here and where here even was.
She moaned softly as he placed his strong hand on her shoulder and shook her gently. "Mimi?" he said softly. She moaned again. "Mimi, are you alright?" He asked.
Mimi's eyes fluttered open and she looked at him questioningly, "Matt?"
Matt smiled slightly that she was ok, or at least appeared to be, "come on, can you stand?"
Mimi nodded slowly and stood as Matt helped her to her feet.
"Matt? Where are we?" Mimi asked unable to hide the fear in her voice.
Matt shook his head as he surveyed the room again, "I don't know Mimi, I just don't know." He looked back at Mimi who was now trembling and put his arm around her.
Mimi looked at Matt for a moment and smiled, she always could count on matt to make her feel better, but standing so close to him, even at this moment made her heart skip a few beats.
Suddenly the candles began to flicker around the room as the door across from Matt and Mimi opened. Matt quickly scouted Mimi behind him as some sort of attempt to shield her as a cloaked figure stepped into the dank stone room.
"And how are my two little lovebirds feeling?" The figure asked in a voice that almost spoke in a hiss.
"Who are you?" Matt demanded
The figure laughed at Matt's anger despite his current situation he felt the boy still brave, yet foolish. "No need to fight this Matt, I am the one in control. I have big plans for you two."
"Wh.what do you want with us?" Mimi asked the trembling had now reached her voice.
The figure once again laughed, which raked against Matt's nerves at this point. The figure whoever he was couldn't just answer a question, he had to laugh first and his laughter could not be explained as a chuckle or even a hearty laugh it was insane, high pitched and soulless.
"Just spite it out! For God's sake just tell us what you want us for!" Matt screamed no longer being able to control the rage and even the fear that were now building within him.
The figure abruptly stopped laughing just as suddenly as he had begun, "my, my are we angry Yamato?" He asked the condesending tone very evident in his voice.
"you're damn right I am angry! What the hell do you want with us and where the hell are we and just who the hell do you think you are dragging us here, kidnapping us like this. You have no right!" Matt yelled as he edged closer trying to see beyond the cloak to see this creature's eyes.
"I think you are forgetting that you are in no position to demand answers from me, you are merely my pawns. But I will answer this as I am sure you will ask. You and your girlfriend here will help me destroy your friends." The figure said as he took a step closer to Matt and Mimi, who in turn took a step back.
"What makes you think that we will help you destroy our friends for you?" It was this time Mimi who spoke up.
The figure shook his cloaked head in irritation as he continued to walk towards the two. "Questions, all these questions!" he bellowed. "I have spent the last few days probing your minds, controlling your dreams and seeing what makes each of you tick, so to speak. Your pathetic human minds, capable of so much yet so fragile, so easy to manipulate, to control. You will be my warriors, you will do my bidding and there will be no more questions."
With that the figure stopped for a moment and then turned around leaving the room, slamming the heavy door behind him.
Matt and Mimi stood for a moment, still holding their breaths. Matt stepped forward closer to the door in which the figure had left.
"Matt?" Mimi yelled
Matt quickly turned back to Mimi, "Wha.." But was cut off as he too noticed that all the candles were going out one by one until no candles were left burning and the room was now pitch black. Then slowly in the center of the room a small red glowing orb appeared, growing bigger and brighter with each passing second.
"You are mine" a voice boomed and the orb began to envelop the room.
Matt saw the red light and heard for one split second Mimi screaming his name. Then nothing.
To be continued.....
A/N~ OK, don't know how this really is but I have had this horrible case of writer's block and my mind feels so blank, hope it was at least decent and if it was then I will make an attempt for a sequel.
