The doors creaked open in the old house, as Christohper was trying to unlock another door.
"what the...." Bryce said as he jumped back from a door that swung towards him.
"PUCK!!" Jessica yelled, as she started pushing open all the doors. "PUCK!" She screamed, as she saw him laying on the ground. At first she didn't notice the others laying scattered on the floor.
Chris ran to his sister and started to shake her. Bryce nudged the other two people with his boot. He didn't want to touch a dead person, if they were dead that is.
"You guys, he won't wake up!!" Jessica says, with tears in her eyes.
Dwayne started to move, and opened his eyes. Without getting up, he looks over to see Shadow and Rachel. He crawls silently over to them, as Chris continues to shake Rachel.
"Rach, Rach...it's me Chris, you have to wake up now." Chris says as he checks to see if she is breathing.
She opens her eyes and Chris and Dwayne sigh in relief.
"How are you feeling?" Dwayne asked her, as he touched her arm where the red welt still was.
"Ok I guess." She said and then leaned against her brother for support. Standing made her dizzy.
"Does anyone have any matches, or a lighter." Shadow asked, as she stood against the fireplace. She felt like she had to vomit or pass out, she hoped the feeling would not overcome her.
Rachel notices a new doll on the mantel. Her first instinct is to tear it up, but she decided to take it and put it in her pocket. The other dolls were a different story, one by one she started to tear the heads off. Dwayne followed suit, there had to be atleast a hundred of the things.
Bryce threw Shadow a lighter, not knowing what she needed it for. In a few minutes one of the draps was on fire.
"What are you guys doing??" Jessica screamed, as she tried to fan out the fire.
"Help me with Puck, we have to get him out too." Dwayne, said to Chris.
The flames started to spread quickly across the room, as all of them escaped safely downstares.
"We have to put it out...this place is too beautiful to burn." Jessica screamed at Shadow. "This is arson you know."
"I don't think this house will be missed." Dwayne said, as they exited the burning building.
"Is he dead?" Jessica asked, as they guys laid Puck down at the end of the drive way.
"We don't know." Rachel said, as she held Shadows hair back so she could vomit in the bushes.
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All that was left of a reminder for Rachel was Puck on a respirator and the ugly scare on her arm. Other than that, the whole thing could have been a dream. She watched and listen to the bleeps and the whirling noise the respirator made. Puck had been on life support for a month now. The doctors had no idea why he had come to this point, there was nothing physically wrong with him.
She sat staring at Puck, not noticing someone come in behind them.
"Hi there." The voice said. She turned to see Dwayne standing in the doorway.
"Hi" Rachel said, smiling at him.
"Any changes yet??" He asked as he took a seat on the other side of the bed.
She shook her head no. He sat there frowning.
"Whats wrong?" She asked Dwayne.
"I really came looking for you, Chris said you would be here. I have something to show you." He said, and stood up.
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They left the hospital, and started passing familiar streets as Dwayne drove slowly. In a few minutes they came upon the ruins of the old house they had burned to the ground.
"Hey you guys!!" Jessica says running up. "Park the car and come check out what I am doing!!" Jessica opens Rachel's door, and hugs her like they were best friends.
"What's going on??" Rachel asks, as she watches the bulldozers take away the chared remains.
"I'm rebuilding. The house was so beautiful." Jessica said laughing.
Dwayne and Rachel look at each other in horror. "You have got to be joking!!" Dwayne said, holding onto Rachel's hand.
"Joking?? I don't understand, why would I joke? Anywayz, I came into some money. And when Puck comes out, I thought I would suprise him. I can't wait to tell him about the baby!!" Jessica says, jumping up and down as if she were doing a cheer.
"Baby??" Dwayne says more than asks.
"Yes, a baby!! Ohhh, you can't tell yet. i am only like a month along." Jessica said, as she waved at one of the cleaning crew men.
"WOW, look at the time.. Um Dwayne, I need to go get my car from the hospital. I've got things to do, and people to see." Rachel says, as she says good bye to Jessica and almost runs back to the car.
They drive away in silence, Dwayne breaking it half way to the hospital.
"Pucks baby?" Dwayne says quietly.
"How much do you want to bet that it isn't his?" Rachel says, as she twiddles her thumbs nervously.
"You think He can come back??" Dwayne asked her, hoping she would say no.
"Through a son, and that house probably. He was evil Dwayne." She said, as they pulled into the parking lot. She looked up to Pucks window, and decided to visit again.
They walked back into the building together hand in hand.
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All that was left of Puck was a shell, Rachel thought as they watched all the tubes, blinking lights and respirator working.
"I really hate to see him this way." Rachel said, as she brought the doll of him out of her bag.
"I didn't know you had that." Dwayne said, as she handed him His last doll.
"I almost got rid of it that day. I keep remembering what Sharlette said about the dolls. How if we break them apart, the spirit is set free. If there is another world, the world we went to. I wonder if he could go back?" Rachel finished. She was confusing herself. "I mean...." She said, but Dwayne interrupted her.
"I think I understand." Dwayne said, as he handed the doll back to her. "He was dead there though, wasn't he?"
"Well, no not really. He only created an illusion, just as before. Remember how Anna and Sharlette burned at the stake??" Rachel said, as she placed the doll on the bed. "Look at us, are we afraid to say His name??"
"I'm not taking any chances." Dwayne said, as he stood up to look out the window. "Jessica is coming up." he said, and Rachel put the doll back in her bag. She didn't want Jessica to see it and want it.
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Jessica appeared in the door way with a dozen red rozes. " Do you think he can hear me?? I really want to tell him now about the baby. I can't wait. I feel so bloated!! And I thought for sure I could feel it move a few minutes ago. Is that possible this early??" She asked, as she sat where Dwayne had been sitting.
If it were His, it might, Rachel thought.
"I thought if the baby is a boy, we would name him Senica or Sinata. I'm not really sure what would go well with my last name." She said, as she bent to kiss Pucks forehead. " I don't usually listen to my dreams all that much, but they lead me more to Sinata. It's different, so maybe.
"Whats your last name?" Rachel asked.
"Gras." Jessica said, as she stood up. "Well, I have to go...overseeing is fun." She said laughing. Jessica practically bounced out of the room.
"That was a quick visit. Whats wrong?" Rachel said as she saw Dwayne had turned a ghostly pale.
"Gras is her last name. Sinata would be the first name. Rach, think about it." He said, and sat on Pucks bed in front of her.
She thought for a moment and then realized it was Sargatanis backwards. It sent chills for her, as she stood up. Both of them stared at Puck as she took out the doll. "You don't just come up with a name like that." She said to Dwayne.
"If you let Pucks soul free, do you think it will find Anna and Sharlette??" Dwayne asked her.
"There's only one way to find out." She said, as she started to pull at one of the arms.
"And if he has actually heard everything we have said in here...that would be great." Dwayne said with a short laugh.
As one of the arms of the doll came off, an alarm sounded off on a monitor. A nurse ran in the room, followed by Jessica who had been waiting for an elevator.
"Whats happening!!" Jessica cried. "NO PUCK, you can't leave me now you bastard!!!"
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Rachel and Dwayne made their way outside, leaving the dreadful scene in the hospital. Both of them knew what had to be done, and they had to finish it. She tore off the head, and the doll started to disinegrate in her hands.
"What should I do with the dust??" Rachel asked, as Dwayne put an arm around her waist.
"Let it blow in the breeze." Dwayne said, as both of them blew into her hand.
It wasn't the end for Puck, or for any of them. It was only the beginning.........