Macushla Volume 3--Chapter 4

This is the fourth chapter of the third volume of Macushla, where you will all know the true meaning to the title's meaning. You'll see for yourself, enjoy! The poems are a shout out inspirations to songs you might know and I hope you guys like it! Thank you --KatDon

Chapter 4: My Macushla

There was girls saying such strange things. There was Roxanne and what she said was strange. "I salute to you Commander and I laugh because I have now an aversion to your policies it seems. Where have we gone wrong dear world? Sir we can't seem to find you anywhere out of the millions....From the deserts....To the mountains....Over prairies....To the shores.....Is this just the madness of a king? Well, you have the whole nation on all fours." recited Roxanne, "He's a bad man, Mr. Bad Man. And she had enough of him so the wolves try to dry her eyes for the bad man made her cry. But everyday I know that I may just be closer to the sea of frozen words. Words that even soldiers would lay down their swords for and they come in every color. There's a gold star on an officer. She asked him, 'Hey can you hold my song? It's the one piece that I got left so hide it well. she said." She paused and continued with reciting, "Devils and Gods now that's an idea but if we believe that it's They who decide that's the ultimate detractor of crimes because Devils and Gods, they are you and I. Devils and Gods, they are you and I. Devils and Gods, safe and inside." And she finished by saying, "Just a minute of your time....Yes I've been known to delude myself so let me put those rose colored glasses to the test. Come board this lunatic express. Is there a way out of this? If there is I don't see it. Can Heaven and Hell coexist? Not when both battle for dominance. Brush back my tears and he said 'girl, we have to soldier on. Yes girl even when we don't feel strong.' So how many young men have to lay down, their life and their love of their woman for some sick promise of a heaven." Charlotte was the second to utter the most strangest things, "Bouncing off of clouds we were, is there a love lost and found? Make it easy, make this easy. It's not as heavy as it seems, wrapped in metal and ivy. Paint it in mint ice cream. A girl disappearing to some secret prison. Behind her eyes she whispers, 'Big surprise there was no protection by this urban light. So I'm running to a constellation where they can still see you.'" enumerated Charlotte, "Somewhere down past the bridge, perhaps just a trick of the light, I thought I heard the sweetest guitar was it a rock and roll savior. I'm comin' back for more out of a black and white world. Past a shooting star. The beauty of speed. See the colors changing." The third was Maggie Mae to say things too and they sound fierce, "You think you can come around here all up in his face, all up in my world? You better know I'm at your door. 'Fat Bimbo' you said. What luck I said to be stuck in your happy family. Don't you dare I said, judge me you go and stick it in somewhere because I'm sick of hearin' it! Come and kneel with me body and soul, sweet communion. Feeling radical in cotton, purified in my satin But the bomb of the season is a velvety revolution." declaimed Maggie Mae, "Smokey Joe you're calling at the station, 'if I kill him there are complications.' I did not ask for this, 'Oh, but Love yes you did.' He said." Even the things Lalena said sounded so eccentric and confusing, "You can bring your dog, I got three. He can play the wolf for the evening if you were to get lost behind these locks. You still got your secret spell? Think of me as programmable soda, too much cherry? Baby then you can just add cola. Your dragon needs slaying....And I will bring kisses for the beast." specified Lalena shortly. And lastly was "Big Wheel turn my fantasy, don't you throw that shade on me because I've been drinkin' down your pain. I have to trust you'll know this digital ghost. But I fear there's only so much time for I knew is fading away. So it ends so it begins, I'm my father's son. Planting another seed of hate in a trusting maiden gun. Code Red you're staring at me." soliloquized Delilah. Meanwhile; Ophelia looked through the scope of the rifle from the rooftop, "Tick tock tick! Tock tick tick! In position, no detectable. Come on, come on, where are you boys? Ophelia wants to play and it ain't hide n' seek." She said with clenched teeth. When she saw Rory and the boys, she opened fire above them. "AH-HA, I FOUND YA ANNIE, PHILIP, AND ENOCH!!! YOU'RE MINE, ALL MINE NOW FOR I HAVE FRRRIENDS ON THE OTHER SIDE!!!" She exclaimed. Ophelia had to be careful not to shoot anyone there but she did it where only objects are. She prayed no one would get hurt. During this time, they were all ducking down. "Where's the shooter?" asked Dominic. "Look, up there!" Elwyn calls out. They could see Ophelia above, who waved and calls out: "Come and find me!" And she flees. The heat of the chase was on as she was being hunted. She made her way from rooftops like crazy until she reached an abandoned building! She managed to hid herself as she heard the boys talking. One of them was saying, "Where the hell is she?" The other said, "Hell would I know? I can't see in this place." She scampered swiftly and quietly towards the door as Ophelia heard Dominic said: "What is this stupid girl up to? She's crazy." Now he's asked for it! Doors opened with a hard thrust as Ophelia appears with her back turn. She turned around before she did backflips and whirls around to face the others. "What's wrong with that? It does wonders for me." She remarked. She pointed her rifle at them as she begins ranting like a lunatic: "Just a minute ago, I wanted to kill you....Now y'all wanna kill me...What should I do? I don't know....CALL THE FRIGGIN' COPS!!! Cock-a-doodle doo! I am a savage beast! Bleaugh! Hark ye, savages, move it along, or be turned into savage chops! You hear ye?!" The others looked at her funny, "One day I woke up to discover stripes on her body from DRINK ME beverages and EAT ME foods. The kids were calling colors which causes the colors on her to match. I went through a number of transformations including turning into a pill after being given one; having a virus, bacteria and fungus grow on my body after doctors discuss these as a possible cause; growing roots, berries, crystals, feathers, and a long furry tail, after being given medicine by my parents, and turning and absorbing into my room, after being advised by a spiritual counselor. Finally, an old lady persuades me to eat some lima beans and cured me! Breaking the curses of DRINK ME and EAT ME!!!!" She smiled. Rory, Dominic, and Elwyn glanced at her with awkward expressions. "You really are crazy." Dominic remarked. Ophelia grinned, "Crazy, sassy, irresistible.....Well, I wouldn't say that....What else? Ah, yes....Funny, creative, and also a mere chance of being aware of my surroundings as well as paying attention to the gut feeling inside of me." She explained. "Hmm..." Elwyn said. "Well, it's been nice playing games with ya but I gotta go. See ya!" Ophelia replied. She turned on her heel and went away. It seems the girls need to confront reason and understanding with these boys. "Genjo?" Roxanne asked. Genjo looked at her, "Yeah?" He inquired. Roxanne blushed, "Am I your macushla?" She questioned. At the same time, Tenpo demanded from a startled Charlotte, "What the hell is a macushla?" Even Seiten was confused, "What is that?" He said. Maggie Mae had it hard to explain, "Um, well...." Kenren shrugged, "Never heard of it." He said. Lalena looked at him with disbelief, "Never? Hmm...Well...." She said. Sambo almost laughed, "Is it gibberish?" He asked. Delilah rolled her eyes, "No." She said. After a moment of silence; Roxanne found the words to speak, "The word 'macushla' is an Irish inscription of....." She started to say. Charlotte explained, ".....Mo chuisle which means, 'my pulse'....." Maggie May replied back, "....As it is used in the phrase 'a chuisle mo chroí' as that is translated as 'pulse of my heart'....." She said. Lalena was flushing, "...It can also mean 'darling'...." She replied. "....Or 'sweetheart'." finished Delilah. Roxanne turned back to Genjo, "So, is that why you care about me?"

How did this occur? What does it mean? Let's turn back the page and start at the beginning to know what happened....Well then, shall we start at the beginning?

Earlier before.....

For the time being; Roxanne looked over at the skyline as she thought about her so-called reunion with Genjo: "Genjo? What are you doing here?" asked Roxanne. Genjo smiled nervously, "Came here to see you." He said. Roxanne couldn't believe it, "What happened to that letter I sent you? You cannot follow me!" She protested in a lowly voice. Genjo looked at her, "I know, but now....I don't care Roxanne." He replied. "What? What about the university?" inquired Roxanne. Genjo shrugged, "I left it." He answered. Roxanne almost screamed, "What?" She questioned. "That's what I did? So what?" Genjo said, he sounded firm and sassy. "Why did you do that? Are you crazy?" Roxanne demanded. Genjo laughed, "Crazy for you." He replied. Roxanne didn't know what was going on and it somehow made her have butterflies in her stomach once again. Charlotte recalled that she ran into Tenpo and couldn't believe he was here! "Tenpo, why are you here?" inquired Charlotte. Tenpo looked at her, "Just wanted to see if you need help." He said. Alone in her bed; Maggie Mae remembered she was in this chaos when she was hand gagged and pulled into a shadowed area, she pushed the figure who dragged her in and it was Seiten! "Crap, Seiten! The hell are you doing here? You need to leave, now!" Maggie Mae answered. But what he said next surprised her, "Not until you come and see me." Seiten remarked. Maggie Mae couldn't believe it, did he say that? "What?" She rasped. Lalena could see the memory of the midst of all this chaos and ran into Kenren and was surprised to see him, "Kenren, why in the heck are you here?" She enjoined. Kenren folded his arms together, "You needed me or what?" He asked. Lalena looked at him with skepticalism, "What's that supposed to mean?" She asked. "Because you look like you need some help and I'm here if you need me." Kenren said, offering. Lalena didn't know what to say at that, "What the.....I don't know why you're here but whatever!" She claimed. Delilah remembered her encounter with Sambo as she was shocked to see him. "Dammit, Sambo? What the heck man?" Delilah gasped. Sambo grinned like he just won a sweepstake contest, "Aren't you happy to see me?" He asked. Delilah didn't know what to say, she seemed lost for words but she managed to respond back to him, "Um....I don't know, why would you come here?" She inquired. Sambo smirked at her with a smug look on his face, "What if I tell you I wanted to see you?" He replied. Each of the girls are misunderstood, they don't know why. What is about these boys who make girls like Roxanne, Charlotte, Maggie Mae, Lalena, and Delilah so special? What are they to them anyway? Wondering what she had been up to; Genjo looked on the Moneta and saw the allies Roxanne made: Joel Mufferaw was just an ordinary young man with ambition, he has friends with him and he was a pretty good person to be around. Until one day, things change for him as Joel Mufferaw could sense someone was here! "You guys feel something?" He asked. "Yeah, this feels weird to me." agreed his friend Baz Münchhausen. Another friend by the name of Andoni Beverly was annoyed, "What are you guys getting at?" He demanded. "I can feel it too." remarked a female friend name Evangeline Gabrian. Then, there was a loud sound that went KABOOM! "Yikes! What was that?" exclaimed Joel. "A bomb? An earthquake?" inquired Baz. "This can't be real!" Andoni said. "It came from over there!" Evangeline replied, pointing over to the smoke as a voice said in Joel's mind: "Brave warrior....Board to the rendezvous point in the direction to the South, gather there for it is about to begin." Joel ran past the others as his friends call after him! Joel found a boat and went on it when he stopped to see another ship. There was another boy on the ship who looked like Joel's age! "Huh? Hey, who are you anyway?" asked Joel. "Just in case you're wondering, I was the one who made that Kaboom explosion." replied the boy. Joel nodded, "Figure it was somebody, I could tell it was your power I sensed." He said. "Not bad, they don't call me Mr. Karma for nothing." answered the boy. "Well I don't want mess with ya but you scared the crap out of us! I don't know if I can but you should know to never mess with me or you'll go boom dude!" said the boy. "I'm Joel Mufferaw, what's your name?" introduced Joel. "I'm Omere Stormalong." said the boy. Joel and Omere decides to work together. They traveled on a boat after Omere dropped his boat on an island and the two journeyed on the boat however they stopped when they saw someone near shore with broken remains of his ship. "The boat isn't working....Dammit!" muttered the guy. The guy looked leaned muscular and has dark hair. Joel and Omere stopped the boat as they decided to help him. "Hey, you look like you need help. You all right?" asked Joel. The boy glared at the two as he said, "I don't need any help, I'm fine." Joel was taken aback by his behavior, "Whoa! What's up with this guy? What the hell is his problem?" He thought. Omere calls out, "No need to get all aggressive, my friend, we just notice you might be in trouble. Want to come with us? I'm Omere Stormalong, and this is my new friend Joel Mufferaw." The boy looked at him before he admits with such a display, "Fine. Not like I want to join but I have no other choice either." He remarked, "I'm Toell Ursus." And so, this aggressive fellow came upon the boat and join the other two. They managed to reached their destination where they came across another group of three boys their ages as it seems. Their names are Pepito 'Pepe' Magarac, Gerard Heinz, and Marek Rexton! Same as ever, Joel and the other boys recruited the other guys. That's when the voice from Joel's mind spoke to the others telepathically: "Listen to the sound of my voice, your mission is to protect and serve against the monsters alongside the Chosen One." Once the boys heard this, they set off wherever the journey takes them. For the interval time; Roxanne was driving on an errand and stopped for a bit to get gas however she nearly lost control of her car. That's when she stopped and saw her tires slashed. So she decided to stay somewhere and found a sign that read "STAY THE NIGHT AT FERNHILL MANOR". Roxanne went up to the manor and knocked on the door, "Who's there?" Roxanne heard a woman call out. "I mean no harm really," Roxanne answered. "Sorry to be a bother. My name is Roxanne. Sorry I never mentioned it before. I came to take a room for the night, if the offer's still good." She looked a little concern. "Oh, of course it is, dear," said the woman, answering the door and turning the lights on. "Roxanne. Oh, that's such a pretty name, honey. Well, I'm Mrs. Fernhill. Let's get you situated. You put your name and arrival time in the book there and I'll get you a key. All the boarding rooms are on the second floor, and there's only a couple left." Roxanne was shocked to hear this, "There are others here?" She asked. This was surprising. Not a single car had been in the front lawn when she pulled in. "Oh, yes, Miss Roxanne." Mrs. Fernhill was puttering around in the adjacent room. "There's a few of us here." She came back out with a key in her hand. "Just out of curiosity, what made you come here anyway?" She seemed to brighten as she asked the question, as though relieved that Roxanne would stay after all. "Oh, it's probably just local kids getting kicks," she said. "But I found my vehicle's tires slashed." Mrs. Fernhill stopped suddenly, her face twisted with concern and worry. Then she resumed, as though nothing was wrong. "Nothing to be done for it, I suppose," she said, with a look of sadness. During the tour, Roxanne noticed how huge and big it is. "There's someone else here who has the same powers as you." said Mrs. Fernhill. Roxanne looks at her, "Who is it?" She inquired. Mrs. Fernhill glanced at her and smiled, "You'll meet that person soon." said Mrs. Fernhill. Roxanne was lead by Mrs. Fernhill. She informs her of how she will have a bodyguard. Roxanne was surprised, "I don't need one. I'll be fine." She said. Mrs. Fernhill strictly told her not to argue and accept this request. Roxanne accepts as she was staying for the night at this woman's place. After all, she wants to meet the person who has the same powers as she. While in her room; Roxanne relaxed for a bit when she decided to maybe finds something to eat around here. However while outside of her room, she saw a figure in black detached itself from the shadows of the trees and made its way to her car. Roxanne jumped up and ran at the window. The figure was tall, and seemed to be wearing a cloak made of night. She saw as its arm extended. In its hand was a long, jagged dagger. It dragged the dagger across the side of her, leaving a long gash-mark in the paint of the wall. "Hey!" she shouted. The figure kept dragging the dagger. She reached for the window to open it. It wouldn't budge! She looked for a lock, but couldn't see one. "Hey!" she yelled again. This time the figure raised its head. She could see the glint of two eyes under the hood. The figure raised the dagger, slowly, determinedly. It pointed it straight at her face. She leaped away from the window and ran for the door. A noise on the other side stopped her. Footsteps. Dragging, shambling footsteps. And crying. The sound of a person for whom deep, longing sadness is a way of life. She waited. Somehow, she just felt that she should let the old man pass before she opened the door. Before he got very far, however, she heard other footsteps, these much quicker and lighter, run up the stairs and stop near the door of her room. She opened it as she saw someone with a sharp object and chased Roxanne, who ran off in fear until she reached a dead end. But found a door and went through it as the piercing object cut through the door. Roxanne gasped. "Stop it!" hissed Mrs. Fernhill, "Go back in your room right now! You know better. Never run around with sharp objects that way to a young lady. Now you go back in there. You've got no business being out at this hour anyway." Panting out of breath; Roxanne was surprised and headed back to her room. While looking around; Roxanne discovers a horrible chamber of girls are seen in a chase of an pointless game to get a black banner while hornets bite them and parasitic worms are sucking their blood. The female victims into the chaotic storms, where they swirl into the madness. Girls are seen lying the mud while filth rained down hard on them. Two girls are seen pushing boulders at one another in a raging matter. Into another terror, There is a swampy river, where a girl is seen being tortured by demons as a person watches her suffering in delight. Girls are lashed with whips, forced to lie in a river of filth, are hung upside down while their feet are burning, forced to walk backwards blindfolded. From being awake to dreaming, at the core, which is a memory lost but it still exists elsewhere in the center of the subconscious. Roxanne is stuck in a dull routine, seeing the same old people and doing the same old things over and over again. Each day, everyone wakes up early to get a head start in the rat race, competing for money or power, but because everyone is stuck in the system, no one really gets ahead. Although everyone feels like Roxanne, sad and unfulfilled, they hold it back so that their sadness doesn’t show. Since everyone is going through life on automatic, trying hard not to think or show how sad they are, everyone thinks everyone else is fine. She wants to put her head down and pretend that there’s no tomorrow, since each day is the same as the last. Thinking about how the unfulfilling cycle will continue is too much to bear, and makes her want to drink until she forgets. The world is so mad that dying actually sounds like a good idea to and Roxanne must find her only escape. During her visit, Roxanne bears to witness the shocking depravities of the human mind as well as monstrous abnormalities of the physical body. Tragically incurable, these tortured souls spend their vile existence plagued by a nightmarish reality that mercifully eludes those who cling to their sanity. In the afternoon; Roxanne got to meet a boy with dark hair and dark blue-violet eyes. He has a serious look on his face. Roxanne smiles at him, relieved as she begins to warm up to him. "Hello, my name is Roxanne. What's your name?" asked Roxanne. The stoic young man glanced at her. Then he replies, "Toell Ursus." Roxanne nods, "Toell, huh." She said with a nod. "I'm glad you're my bodyguard, it gets scary around here when I'm alone." Roxanne replied. Toell nods, he didn't say anything else when he mysteriously vanished. She looked around when she heard a scream as she looked out the window: She saw someone fall out of a window from the other side and fall into the pool. Roxanne is scared, she runs out to save the person who fell out. However, she is chased by a masked person with a pair of large blade and Roxanne managed to escape from him. She came across a lab but she found Toell clutching his arm, blood poured from it. Roxanne approached towards him, she couldn't believe it was him. And saw he was bleeding pretty badly from his arm. "What's wrong? Are you OK?" Roxanne asked. Toell grimaced, "I'm fine. This is nothing." He said. Roxanne felt bad, "Here, let me help." She said. She managed to find iodine, white bandages to wrap around it and managed to cover the wound. While she did this, Toell stared at her in amazement. Roxanne noticed as she smiles. However, once again Toell disappeared. Roxanne was annoyed, but she explored around the mansion. She discovered many horrors: While washing her hands, she discovered blood and maggots coming out of the sink! She heard a glass break as she found some sort of fleshy, blood stained mess of an experiment from a beaker. Then, she found a taxidermized corpse in the closet and its lifeless eyes opened as it try to attack Roxanne, but she fought back and it became like straw. However, she got a dream sequence in her mind: A man was shouting, he claimed that his arm was in a lot of pain, which is gross of gangrene, and begged for some help. A person approached him and reassured him very much. "Don't worry, I want to help you." said the person. The man was put on the autopsy table and was pumped with a white liquid stuff but whatever was in that white liquid gave the man pain throughout his body up and down. He was screaming in suh agony while his arm was burgeoned because of how disgusting and withered from the abusive use of narcotics. But then, Mrs. Fernhill and that monster tries to kill Roxanne. In this moment, Roxanne thought about Genjo in her near dying fate but somehow, she was not going to die as Toell saved her from them as he burns them alive while escaping with Roxanne. Roxanne looked on in horror as she asked Toell: "Where are we going?" Toell told her, "I'm taking you with me to a whole, new world." Roxanne smiled playfully, "You are, aren't you?" She said. But she could trust him since he wasn't such a bad guy. When Roxanne and Toell arrive to their destination where she got to meet her new allies. Her first impression of them were that she found them strange but they were tolerable. They were friendly, good people and weren't so bad to be around. Once the Moneta's memories stop playing, Genjo smiled and said to himself quietly, "See? I knew you had some help."

Like Genjo; Roxanne also looked at the Moneta of the allies he made and was surprised at what she saw: There is a place called Atlas Island with four different people. A girl name Irisha Gayle and three boys: Sagon Kuebiko, Gryphon Talos & Aurick Leander. Their lives are about to change for the better: For Irisha, she came from a good family. Her mother Emelia 'Emma' and her father Henrich 'Henry' always loved her very much. However, Irisha was an only child but she was a good girl and comes off as perfect; even though she isn't. She was a chastizing young lady who never interacted with boys but she hasn't found anyone interested to her. Though Irisha is happy to be herself but people always persuaded her to go to house parties and get wasted. But Irisha was not like most people, which makes her different from the rest and likes herself the way she is. She also loves to go swimming but her mother was concerned about the stormy weather around where they lived. She also heard that a hurricane is coming here possibly. After swimming for hours; it was time to get out and Irisha looked at the pool with a faint smile, strangely bidding it a farewell. While changing in the bathroom; Irisha couldn't help but noticed in the mirror on how much of a woman she's growing up to be but fails to see the beauty but only sees a girl with a thin body and proper amples that weren't too big or two small. She then changed into cozy clothes of pants and a T-shirt. She doesn't dress in tank tops, shorts, or skirts....Unless she's out somewhere. When it all comes down to it, she struggles of being different and wanting people to love her just as she is. It was her first day of summer and she was happy to get away from those people at school--Irisha deals with pressure from peers and she couldn't understand why life was so confusing. There's many stories about the unknown, questions of why are people and what comes next in their chapter of their lives. What is their connections and purposes. But Irisha likes how she can see rainbows after a storm, rainbows are so beautiful though they don't endure struggles and conflict people go through. Some folks might look at a rainbow as a vision of color--How it represents a symbol of faith or hope. Over in their place, there's one thing for sure: In this world they all lived in; everybody was a child once. Sometimes people don't think like a grown up nor they don't act like a child but are in that spot of fine, yet clean and unspoiled in the world that makes them all forget! However, it's faith and superstition that is man-made but it is being an illusion nevertheless it can affect people in a magical way almost. The same way that hope is something that can only exist if believed and it can elevate people to do great things as it's true magic! Everyone wants to believe in things greater than itself, others ponders over implications as the sky above has been the center of myths and beliefs that involved in star-wishing, horoscopes, and stories about constellations. There's a connection Irisha has between reality and dreams, she wished that the two to match up even if it seems unlikely that they can. And she hasn't found that connection of actuality in her situation and the hope behind her aspirations, even remaining optimistic as one day that dreams and reality will become the same in one world. Irisha is a dreamer, not a lover and she's something else! She wants adventure while escaping from those that brought pressure upon her for not being like the other girls. Where she's not judged and one day, she'll find people who will be kind to her. She will be loved for who she is just as she loves herself for being her. Irisha's parents knew their daughter wasn't happy with school in the last two years and the previous two was OK--It changed when she move to higher grades. She heard about a land which was in the west and longs to go there one day if she can. In the meantime; loud noises of a storm with thunder and lightning. The captain showed up and called out, "SAGON!!!" On cue, a young teen boy and his puppy approached. The boy was Sagon. Sagon has violet eyes and spiky hair with lightness to it. He saluted his captain, "Yes sir!" He said over the stormy weather of the sea. "What do you need, Captain?" The captain nodded with a smile, "Good, you're here my boy." He said. Then, he gestured over to the crew, "Give them a pep talk and make it fast or we'll crashed. Go! Now!" He instructed. Then, the captain hurried away. Sagon went over and gave the instructions to the other sailors. Moments later; Sagon and the sailors were hard at work. "That's it, guys! Come on, take in the upper sail! Take the storm by the reins!" Sagon called out to them, they were getting wet and drenched with water spraying everywhere from the storm. Other mates came out, "Sagon! Where in the hell is the captain? Why is he making these men work?" One of them called out. "You there, stay below deck! Get away from here!" Sagon commanded. The mates didn't pay no heed, "WHERE. IS. THE CAPTAIN?" The mate shouted. "He's busy right now! You guys need to listen when he gives out orders, get back to the cabins! You're not helping us, right now." Sagon shouted. The other mates heed the words and left but things went downhill from here, no matter how hard they try--They were gonna crash! "IT'S NO USE MEN!" One of the sailors screamed, "WE'RE DONE FOR, PRAY FOR YOUR LIVES--WE'RE GOING DOWN!" Everything was a blur, the ship crashed and the next thing happened was Sagon woke up with incisions however he was alive. His puppy, Wiley, survived too but the rest of the crew are dead. Sagon was emotionally distraught, so he gave them a proper funeral for the mates and the captain. With Wiley in his arms; he said: "Well....Looks like it's just you and me, boy." Wiley wagged his tail, he barked and whimpered a little and Sagon grimaced of the pain while he walked away. In the meantime, Irisha woke up and decided to take a walk to a hill. While on her walk; she comes across a boy, Sagon, and his dog Wiley where they were lying on the grass and looking up at the blue sky. But Sagon said, "There's a storm coming, it's going to sweep things in its path." Irisha looked up and saw that the beautiful sky's yonder blue was now a dark purple. When Irisha turned back to the boy, she saw that he was already gone! So she decides to head back. As she walked back; Irisha looked up and saw that the hurricane while she was determined to get home soon. She regrets on going on this walk, it was a bad idea and she wish she stayed home. She wished that it passed or wash away like rain. But it was getting closer and nothing could stop it. She hopes she won't blow away as she saw in horror of every debris, every part crumbling and it was blowing harder and harder. Irisha managed to dodge every flying object and nearly went flying, it was so strong but she made it back home safe. However, she was horrified to discover that her house has been capsized and she managed to get in the house where she found that her parents were nowhere in sight. Irisha begin to panic a little bit, she cried; fearing that her parents could be dead. The next minute afterwards, Poor Irisha was sitting near the mailbox, thinking about if her parents possibly got caught in the storm and possibly died but she didn't want to jump to conclusions. Then, she felt a shadow upon her and saw Sagon with his dog, Wiley. "What are you doing here?" Irisha asked. "I came to help you, I also want to tell you that your family is safe." replied Sagon. Irisha's gasp got caught in her throat, "You do? Where are they?" She asked. "The Good Sorceress Fleur knows and she might be able to help us." explained Sagon. Here this was to be another day, an ordinary day until this boy came along as he will inspire her to look for majestic beauty that others wouldn't see and find them mundane. Sagon stretch his hand out, "Come with me, take my hand." He said. Irisha was hesitant at first but she knew that this boy would help her. Maybe help her to be in control of her own destiny. She took Sagon's hand, and they were off. But first before they had to go West, they stopped by Sagon's apartment where they meet two of his roommates, Gryphon and Aurick. Irisha was shy at first however she bonded fast with these guys as they stayed up late because of no power, they played spin the bottle and laugh and joking around while drinking root beer. Irisha hardly spoke for she felt excited and glanced at Sagon, admiring how beautiful and confidence he was but he probably wasn't so down-to-earth. Irisha found a place of belonging with friends that care about her. And don't judge of what she is not. The next day, when the storm was over; Irisha and her new friends stumble upon a village where the friendliest creatures of dwarves, fairies, elves, gnomes, pixies, leprechauns, and mermaids. Then, the Good Sorceress name Fleur appeared! Fleur has blonde hair so wavy with curls, she wore a tiara on her head, but her dress was something else. Her dress was ice blue, pearlized with petals covering the skirt as the bodice and skirt are decorated with sequins, it was off the shoulder with a heart shaped outline to the top. The gown looked like it was made of bubbles, like somebody took them out of bathwater and sewn them together so they won't pop. Fleur gives Irisha a pair of magic shoes called Seven League shoes to give her guidance. That's when Irisha remembered what Sagon said as she asked Fleur about the whereabouts of her parents. Fleur assured her that they were safe however they are hidden in a shelter because of all the monsters, the ones called Wendigos. As if on cue, they appeared as they terrify the residents into hiding as Irisha, Sagon, Gryphon, and Aurick were horrified to see them. Wiley barked at the creatures, which they look hideous with their horned wings, claws, and fangs so sharp. They snarled and Irisha shivered a little. The beasts demanded the magic shoes Seven League shoes, however Fleur spoke out: "It's too late, they are here and they will stay." She gestured that the shoes were now on Irisha's feet. Irisha was shocked, Sagon put an arm around her and pulled her close in a protective way while glaring at the monsters, who demanded for the Seven League shoes. But Fleur laughs, "You have no power over here you beasts, now be gone or I'll plunged a wooden stake in your hearts." She sneered at them. The Wendigos winced so they decide to accept defeat for now but cursed Irisha by the fact that many enemies will come for her. Some would kidnap her and held her in prison while others would try to kill her, or use her for lustful desires so she must keep her head down, watch her back and stand her ground: "We''ll get you, sweet blood--AND YOUR MEDDLING FRIENDS TOO!" They growled, they laughed and disappeared into smoke. Once they were gone; Irisha and her friends were told to go where the wizard Maugris resides! So; Irisha, Sagon, Gryphon, Aurick, and Sirius headed to the west! While getting to their destination; Irisha ran over and noticed that she saw a woman, who offered her hand and she took her hand, and before she knew it, Irisha was flying. The woman, still holding her hand, began flying away from the window, and so did. After days of traveling; Irisha, Sagon, Sirius, Gryphon, and Aurick finally arrived in the west! "I can't believe it, we made it!" Irisha breathed. "So this is the west." replied Gryphon. "It's so huge!" Sagon said. "And it's all green." Aurick added. Wiley barked in agreement. Irisha was so thrilled, "I've always wanted to come here." She said. It was going to be one, short day in a beautiful world. There was so much to do and to think Irisha & her friends could see the exquisite as they will stop by and see before the day is over. There was buildings tall as trees, wondrous things that Irisha and the gang has ever seen! Places are looked at such as salons, libraries, museums, and skyscrapers were a hundred or more times taller, stronger. Irisha believed she found the place she belongs, perhaps she wants to be here for good when she comes back someday too. She'll make her own decision however today she and her friends are going to enjoy this special day. People were talking about how powerful and wonderful the wizard Maestro Lattantio was. But they also talked about the evil sorceress name Shoshana. They fear for Shoshana as they pray to save them from the claws of Shoshana and the Wendigos. Just then, Fleur appeared as she said: "Fellow citizens; as horrifying as this may be, let us put this aside and celebrate. For this one day, of course! What a celebration we'll have today, let us have a celebration and finally away from the wicked because we couldn't be happier. Right here, look at what we got.." She seemed strangely bubbly! Irisha, Sagon, Gryphon, and Aurick were confused by this. Wiley whimpered in Sagon's arms however Sagon pet his puppy as a way to comfort them. There was talks of Fleur: Some say she comes by and lets the citizens she's arrived by letting out a screech as she comes out from hiding. Others say she has extra eyes that are always kept awake, her skin could shed so easily like a snake, and her skin is so unclean. Finally away from the gossiping townspeople; The gang found Maestro's palace and Irisha knocks on it. Then, the cranky gatekeeper peered over from his watchtower and called out, "What do you want?!" Irisha and the others were taken aback by the gatekeeper however Irisha spoke up, "We, um, we came to see the Great Wizard Maestro Lattantio--Have you seen him?" The gatekeeper snorted, "Have I seen him? Hell, I've been here all day so NO!!!!! I haven't seen the great and powerful Maestro!!!! GO AWAY!!!" Irisha was hurt, Sagon hated seeing his friend so upset and he turned to the gatekeeper with a glare: "Listen pal, you didn't have to shout at her! Apologize to her! She has the shoes of Seven League!" The gatekeeper glanced at him twice, "What'cha say?" He said loudly. The gatekeeper climbed down from the ladder of his tower and took a look at the shoes on Irisha's feet. All of a sudden; the gatekeeper's crankiness evaporated and changed to a new mood. He smiled nervously, "Well! Ain't that a horse of a different color!" He rushed back to the tower and opened the gate as he said, "Come in! Come, come, come!" Irisha and the gang were happy to hear this so they went in. They entered the palace where they meet a man in robes and older with a white beard. "Who are you to meet the Great and Powerful Maestro?" He said. Irisha, Sagon, Gryphon, and Aurick introduced themselves. Then, Irisha spoke of her situation so Maestro provided them with information to defeat Shoshana. Maestro told them that they must use the holy water, it is the one way to get rid of her for good. Irisha asked, "Where do we get holy water from?" And Maestro told her to get it from Fleur, so that's what she did. Fleur told the gang that the only way to defeat Shoshana is by purifying her with holy water, she gives Irisha a vial of holy water. Irisha and her friends were sent on her way until the Wendigos came as they kidnapped Sagon, Gryphon, and Aurick as they flew off while Irisha and Wiley followed them as they try to sneak in. But they are also kidnapped while brought before the evil sorceress Shoshana. Shoshana was dressed in a long black dress that hid her feet, her hair was frizzy and messy while she was a sight not to look at. Shoshana demands the Seven League shoes but Irisha begs her to release her friends but Shoshana tortures her mentally that her friends are in the dungeon where they are in deadly fights against brain craving zombies, heart eating beasts, and fear mongering monsters! Irisha fell to her knees, horrified by the thought as Shoshana laughs at her despair. "Oh mother, I'm frightened..." Irisha whispered, "I'm frightened mama." Her hand reached to her shorts where she felt the vial and remembered the holy water. Wiley bit Shoshana, distracting her as Irisha sprayed the witch with the holy water! Shoshana screeched in pain, "You cursed wretch, look what you done!" She shouted. She looked disoriented as she cried out and yelled in agony. Irisha was horrified however she and Wiley went to free Sagon, Gryphon, and Aurick from their prison. The three of them were unharmed, perhaps scratches here and there but they were OK! Irisha, Sagon, Gryphon, Aurick and Wiley escaped after setting Shoshana's castle on fire. They looked around as they didn't see Shoshana anywhere but they knew she escaped. After returning to the valley; Irisha and her friends were honored as friends. Back at Maestro's palace; Sagon was given the stone of Wisdom, Gryphon was given the stone of the Valor, and Aurick was given the stone of Faith. As promised, Irisha reunited with her family as Fleur spoke to Irisha's parents Henry and Emma about the schools in the West. Irisha made plans to see her friends as she felt like she was home! The wave is pushing them along. Irisha and her friends will always be there for one another, because they should never feel alone because they have each other's back. Irisha knew everything would be OK. Since that ordeal was over; there was a factory called The Confectionery Workshop is an utopian world full of candy galore that is run by Cozen Hoodwink where he is a top hat whimiscal man but he is looking for someone who can pass the test and be the new acquaintance for his factory. However, Cozen only invites five people for his factory! He placed five Golden Rabbits in his candy, whoever finds it will come to the tour of his factory. Only four people found it: Irisha, Sagon, Gryphon and Aurick. Feeling doubtful; Genjo is unsure about finding a Golden Rabbit however he learns a candy store has free candy and opens it where he is surprised to discover the last of the Golden Rabbit! After paying for the candy; Genjo was going to the factory tomorrow! The next day, Genjo arrived at the entrance of the factory. That's when a man in a top hat with a price tag on his hatband and a colorful suit, who turns out to be the infamous Cozen Hoodwink. Cozen is a child-like for a grown man however he was friendly. While there in the factory; Genjo discovers that this candy was different from anything ordinary! It taste rather too sweetly, too much for him that this stuff could give somebody a sugar rush or a cavity in their teeth. That's when Genjo came across a red river where Sagon thought the creek was chocolate so he reaches over but he slips as he falls into the river and it turns out the river is not chocolate but blood. There, he is encountering the twins, who laughs at his misery. However, Genjo dived in bravely and saved Sagon's life, where Sagon's Wisdom Stone guides him and he is thankful for Genjo's assistance. In a clouded dark room; Irisha skips ahead and opens the doors however she enloped in the darkness. She tried to escape but she is consumed in when Genjo saves her from the darkness along with Sagon. Using the Wisdom Stone; Sagon managed to get Irisha back and got the darkness to disappear. As he was in the reptile room; Gryphon was fascinated by the strange critters but he was horrified to find out out these reptiles weren't normal ones: The frogs were poisonous, the locusts were blood suckers, the gnats were causing paralyzing, and flies were flesh eaters! They begin clawing and biting into the skin of Gryphon, who screamed for dear life but he was saved and cured from the poison thanks to Genjo, Sagon, and Irisha--Gryphon's Valor Stone awakens and gives him heart. For thie time being, Aurick chases the figure into the room where Aurick is hit hard from the hail from above, it pounds on him and it doesn't stopped. With the Faith Stone, Aurick got out as his friends pulled him away with Genjo assisting them. After learning the truth about Cozen's devious intentions and killing his guests in the factory; Genjo doesn't trust Cozen for what he did to the other contestants so he and his new allies decided to look around. To their horror; the factory as well as other pleasuring happiness was all a big lie. The people Cozen took in were found dead as their bodies became nothing but life-size dolls! Genjo and the others were terrified but when Cozen discovers this, he kidnaps Irisha and her friends while Genjo was locked in a closet. During his captivity, she had to save her friends but couldn't help to wonder why do bad things happen to her. however he rescued himself and his friends from the claws of Cozen where they managed to trick her, and demolished Cozen after exposing his factory as a slaughterhouse! Genjo is now traveling with his new friends and thought about his own friends. After the Moneta ended, Roxanne smiled as she knew that he was doing OK and maybe she was wrong about him not capable on helping her.

In the meantime; Ophelia looked through the scope of the rifle from the rooftop, "Tick tock tick! Tock tick tick! In position, no detectable. Come on, come on, where are you boys? Ophelia wants to play and it ain't hide n' seek." She said with clenched teeth. When she saw Rory and the boys, she opened fire above them. "AH-HA, I FOUND YA ANNIE, PHILIP, AND ENOCH!!! YOU'RE MINE, ALL MINE NOW FOR I HAVE FRRRIENDS ON THE OTHER SIDE!!!" She exclaimed. Ophelia had to be careful not to shoot anyone there but she did it where only objects are. She prayed no one would get hurt. During this time, they were all ducking down. "Where's the shooter?" asked Dominic. "Look, up there!" Elwyn calls out. They could see Ophelia above, who waved and calls out: "Come and find me!" And she flees. The heat of the chase was on as she was being hunted. She made her way from rooftops like crazy until she reached an abandoned building! She managed to hid herself as she heard the boys talking. One of them was saying, "Where the hell is she?" The other said, "Hell would I know? I can't see in this place." She scampered swiftly and quietly towards the door as Ophelia heard Dominic said: "What is this stupid girl up to? She's crazy." Now he's asked for it! Doors opened with a hard thrust as Ophelia appears with her back turn. She turned around before she did backflips and whirls around to face the others. "What's wrong with that? It does wonders for me." She remarked. She pointed her rifle at them as she begins ranting like a lunatic: "Just a minute ago, I wanted to kill you....Now y'all wanna kill me...What should I do? I don't know....CALL THE FRIGGIN' COPS!!! Cock-a-doodle doo! I am a savage beast! Bleaugh! Hark ye, savages, move it along, or be turned into savage chops! You hear ye?!" The others looked at her funny, "One day I woke up to discover stripes on her body from DRINK ME beverages and EAT ME foods. The kids were calling colors which causes the colors on her to match. I went through a number of transformations including turning into a pill after being given one; having a virus, bacteria and fungus grow on my body after doctors discuss these as a possible cause; growing roots, berries, crystals, feathers, and a long furry tail, after being given medicine by my parents, and turning and absorbing into my room, after being advised by a spiritual counselor. Finally, an old lady persuades me to eat some lima beans and cured me! Breaking the curses of DRINK ME and EAT ME!!!!" She smiled. Rory, Dominic, and Elwyn glanced at her with awkward expressions. "You really are crazy." Dominic remarked. Ophelia grinned, "Crazy, sassy, irresistible.....Well, I wouldn't say that....What else? Ah, yes....Funny, creative, and also a mere chance of being aware of my surroundings as well as paying attention to the gut feeling inside of me." She explained. "Hmm..." Elwyn said. "Well, it's been nice playing games with ya but I gotta go. See ya!" Ophelia replied. She turned on her heel and went away. However, she left a spellbound look on Rory and the boys' favorite. There was a poetry class where the five girls are reading their poems. The first was Monica, "I salute to you Commander and I laugh because I have now an aversion to your policies it seems. Where have we gone wrong dear world? Sir we can't seem to find you anywhere out of the millions....From the deserts....To the mountains....Over prairies....To the shores.....Is this just the madness of a king? Well, you have the whole nation on all fours." recited Roxanne, "He's a bad man, Mr. Bad Man. And she had enough of him so the wolves try to dry her eyes for the bad man made her cry. But everyday I know that I may just be closer to the sea of frozen words. Words that even soldiers would lay down their swords for and they come in every color. There's a gold star on an officer. She asked him, 'Hey can you hold my song? It's the one piece that I got left so hide it well. she said." She paused and continued with reciting, "Devils and Gods now that's an idea but if we believe that it's They who decide that's the ultimate detractor of crimes because Devils and Gods, they are you and I. Devils and Gods, they are you and I. Devils and Gods, safe and inside." And she finished by saying, "Just a minute of your time....Yes I've been known to delude myself so let me put those rose colored glasses to the test. Come board this lunatic express. Is there a way out of this? If there is I don't see it. Can Heaven and Hell coexist? Not when both battle for dominance. Brush back my tears and he said 'girl, we have to soldier on. Yes girl even when we don't feel strong.' So how many young men have to lay down, their life and their love of their woman for some sick promise of a heaven." The second was Charlotte and she reads her poem. "Bouncing off of clouds we were, is there a love lost and found? Make it easy, make this easy. It's not as heavy as it seems, wrapped in metal and ivy. Paint it in mint ice cream. A girl disappearing to some secret prison. Behind her eyes she whispers, 'Big surprise there was no protection by this urban light. So I'm running to a constellation where they can still see you.'" enumerated Charlotte, "Somewhere down past the bridge, perhaps just a trick of the light, I thought I heard the sweetest guitar was it a rock and roll savior. I'm comin' back for more out of a black and white world. Past a shooting star. The beauty of speed. See the colors changing." Afterwards; Maggie Mae is the next to go and she decides to read it. "You think you can come around here all up in his face, all up in my world? You better know I'm at your door. 'Fat Bimbo' you said. What luck I said to be stuck in your happy family. Don't you dare I said, judge me you go and stick it in somewhere because I'm sick of hearin' it! Come and kneel with me body and soul, sweet communion. Feeling radical in cotton, purified in my satin But the bomb of the season is a velvety revolution." declaimed Maggie Mae, "Smokey Joe you're calling at the station, 'if I kill him there are complications.' I did not ask for this, 'Oh, but Love yes you did.' He said." Lalena then read a short haiku-like poem. "You can bring your dog, I got three. He can play the wolf for the evening if you were to get lost behind these locks. You still got your secret spell? Think of me as programmable soda, too much cherry? Baby then you can just add cola. Your dragon needs slaying....And I will bring kisses for the beast." specified Lalena shortly. Lastly, Delilah is reading her poem: "Big Wheel turn my fantasy, don't you throw that shade on me because I've been drinkin' down your pain. I have to trust you'll know this digital ghost. But I fear there's only so much time for I knew is fading away. So it ends so it begins, I'm my father's son. Planting another seed of hate in a trusting maiden gun. Code Red you're staring at me." soliloquized Delilah. The poem lessons are over as the teacher noticed the girls was still there so she decides to find out what is going on. "Is there something you want to share with me, ladies? Class is over." said the teacher. Roxanne nodded, "Um, yeah...I have a problem with a boy." She said. Charlotte smiled nervously, "We do." She added. The teacher smiled, "I see." She replied. "But these guys care about me too much. We don't love them but we don't know why the hell they care about us? I mean, what are we? Are we tools to them? What? I don't get it." Roxanne said. Delilah let out a sigh, "We all don't." She admitted. The teacher stared at them, "I do." She said finally. Roxanne and the girls looked up, "What?" They all said in unison. The teacher folded her arms and thought for a moment, "I would say romance but that sounds cliche. However, I think these guys are the only ones who care. I bet you have a mentor in your life but there is someone special....A macushla." She answered. Roxanne, Charlotte, Delilah, Lalena, and Maggie Mae glanced at her funny. "Macushla?" Lalena asked, "What the hell is a macushla?" The teacher just smiled, "Let me explain.....The word 'macushla' is an Irish inscription of mo chuisle which means, 'my pulse' as it is used in the phrase 'a chuisle mo chroí' as that is translated as 'pulse of my heart'. It can also mean 'darling' or 'sweetheart'."

"Really?" Roxanne asked. Maggie Mae was surprised by this, "I never knew that." She said. The teacher smiled, "Now you do, but let me ask you....Are they your macushla? Don't you think that all they want to do is help you? They don't mean harm, maybe they want to take your cold heart and defrost it into a golden piece of your life." She explained. So the girls decide to follow the teacher's advice because perhaps she might have a point! After some spectacular sight seeing, Roxanne and the girls saw someone coming and attacked them as a voice from a loudspeaker was grand standing and saying, "I believe in the book, and what it was saying, what was saying to a lost generation of phony people.....I could feel it in my bones, that I'd never see you again!" It was a grotesque with some stitches around his limbs. His face jigsaw puzzle-like mess of scars and his face was a glance that only a mother would love. His arms sport a dark armband, around his neck he wears a silver Anarchy necklace and spiked collar, and around his waist a studded belt with blue suspenders. However, only one of these suspenders is actually worn correctly, while the other dangles near his hip. He additionally wears a long, open leather jacket and black pants that are dirty with red splats of blood. It was Nelson Raymond! "Welcome to my world you're in and you are an intruder!" He exclaimed. Roxanne, Charlotte, Maggie Mae, Lalena, and Delilah were scared out of their wits but they try to stand their ground. That's when, Nelson explains that he was completely out of it: "I knew I was gonna do something big, I just didn't know if it was good or bad. Just like those phony friends who are fakers." He said. Nelson was going to kill Roxanne and the girls, but Genjo, the boys, and their allies intervene as they apprehended him. That's when Roxanne was in deep thought: She remembered how she felt someone placed his hands on her delicate shoulders and shook her gently. "Hey, miss? Are you OK? Please, wake up?" chided Genjo, softly. The girl stirred in her sleep and moaned, then she opened her eyes. She saw Genjo, startled she sat up. "You--you saw me here?" She asked, stammering. "Oh, of course." Genjo replied. "I saw you lying there, I thought for a second you were dead." The girl panicked, she pulled out a knife, she aimed at her heart and prepared to kill herself. But Genjo seized her wrist as he struggled the knife away from her. The girl didn't have the energy to fight back, she looked weary and exhausted. Well, for someone who washed up on shore; she didn't look so good. Genjo seemed upset, "What are you doing here? Are you involved with the murder in these killings? Just tell me, who are you? Really?" Genjo asked. The girl looked at him apathetically before puling out a gun. "Sorry." She said, "Time to say goodbye." Genjo looked at her, terrified. However, the girl couldn't bring herself to do it. She ran off in a panic, despite Genjo calling out: "Wait!" Too late she was already gone and Genjo couldn't help to wonder who was that girl. It was when she remembered as she tried to kill Genjo, but Roxanne looked at his face, somehow he reminds her of someone she once knew. Just then, Genjo tackles her to the ground and he seized her shoulders. He couldn't take it anymore, this was getting even more frustrating. "Kill me or not, are you going to do it? Yes or no?" He demanded. Roxanne looked at him, "I don't know....I don't know what to do, I don't want to but....You saw me...." She stammered. Genjo looked at her, "Are you scared I'll tell someone about you? Look, I won't tell anyone. Never. I'll help you out." He said. Roxanne pushed him away and got up from under him and his grasp. The memory of the party as Genjo was walking to a tipsy Seiten who was talking and laughing with people. when he heard him called out to him. "Genji, dude. Meet Roxanne." said Seiten. There was a young lady with pale skin and light hair, she looked like a normal person. "Hi Genjo." said the mysterious girl. Genjo looked at her, then he said, "Your look familiar to me." Roxanne laughed in surprise, "Really? How nice." She said with innocence in her voice. "Yeah. Sounds weird, doesn't it?" said Genjo. Roxanne shrugs, "I guess. I'm surprised." She said. Genjo knew it was her, he just knew it! Without a doubt. He went away from the party, not too far because he wanted to make a phone call to his parents about the good time he's having: "Hi mom, hi dad. I'm having so much fun here. This place... is special. I think we found ourselves here. We finally got to see some other parts of the world. We saw some beautiful things here. Friends from all over the place. I mean everyone was so sweet here. So warm and friendly. Well, it's way more than just having a good time. Something so amazing, magical. Something so beautiful. Feels as if the world is perfect. Like it's never gonna end. I hope I come back here with you guys." After he left that message, he was confronted by a creature that try to attack him and Genjo was horrified. But before the creature could do anything, it got shot from behind and fell over dead. Genjo was scared when he felt a shadow upon him. He looked up to see that it was the same Roxanne standing over him with a stoic look. "Who are you?" demanded Genjo. Roxanne smiled at him, "I think you know, don't you?" She said. Genjo was so shocked, he knew her name was familiar and it was right there on his lips: "Roxanne..." He was staring off into space then he cried out, "You can't be real!" Roxanne looked calm and casual, "But I am." She said with a shrug. Genjo pointed at her, "Your the girl that try to kill me." He claimed. "I am." Roxanne replied with serenity. Genjo looked at her with confusion which then turned to shocked, "What? You mean you're admitting it? What are you?" She stopped, then gasped as Roxanne chuckles sinisterly, "That's right." She said. "And I brought you something." She said, she reached into her pockets. "What is it?" asked Genjo with curiosity. Roxanne looked at him apathetically before puling out a gun. "Sorry." She said, "Time to say goodbye." Genjo looked at her, terrified. Roxanne looked at his face, somehow he reminds her of someone she once knew. Just then, Genjo tackles her to the ground and he seized her shoulders. He couldn't take it anymore, this was getting even more frustrating. "Kill me or not, are you going to do it? Yes or no?" He demanded. Roxanne looked at him, "I don't know....I don't know what to do, I don't want to but....You saw me...." She stammered. Genjo looked at her, "Are you scared I'll tell someone about you? Look, I won't tell anyone. Never. I'll help you out." He said. Roxanne pushed him away and got up from under him and his grasp. While getting all rowdy, a fast arm wraps around his waist, and he could feel a dampened bandanna covering his nose and mouth. Panic swells in his gut. Seiten tried to screamed but it's muffled, and he try to wriggle away from the person but her grip is like steel. "Well aren't you a hottie?" A seductive chuckle in his ear and feel a slight wrench of his hair as she pulls his head back. His body is slowly slumping compliantly into her arms from the drug. "It's always nice to have a little fun with the hot guys like you..." She said and escort him away. Meanwhile, Tenpo look up again and she's staring at him intently. "What are you looking at, you little--?" Tenpo begin, but then he leans in almost too fast to catch, and before he knew it she had him trapped in an embrace. Too dumbstruck to react, Tenpo just sit there and let the attractive girl hug him for a second before he suddenly feel a prick in her shoulder. "Ow!" Tenpo yell and throw her off of him, jumping up to see some sort of tranquilizer stuck in his arm. Tenpo quickly rip it out and throw it. "WHAT THE HELL?! WHAT THE HELL?!" Unfortunately, Tenpo stumble over the side, weak in the knees, falling but then he could feel a pair of arms encircle him. She pulls him back in. "Lemme go--you witch.." He said, slowly getting blurrier as the drowsiness begins to take over. His body feels heavy, as does his eyes. Inside he was enraged, but so, so sleepy. The last thing he heard before he fade into rest is the sound of a mysterious girl's soft whisper, "I'm so sorry..." In the meantime, Kenren suddenly feel a little pinprick in his arm. The dancers around him become dark figures and the lights blaze as his vision becomes bleary. His knees give out and he slump forward into her chest, but she catches him easily. "Gotcha!" She giggles, stroking his hair. "What the hell did you do to me?!!" Kenren screamed but came out as a slur. The world spins, and all that's left is the sound of her laughter and that cute grin. For the time being, Sambo sees a girl in a blond wig walking around in the crowd, and he follows her and brings her back to the couch where he was sitting. But the girl looked too drunk and Sambo carried her to a bed before he walked out to sleep in another bedroom. In the morning, Maggie Mae was waking up from a long night of partying. She was lost but looked around her to find things to try and remember last night. While cleaning she begins to have flashbacks of the party to show the house got trashed and sit outside. She groggily bumps into someone and that's when she turns to look and saw that boy who came across her. Sambo Kojin, who looked hungover, noticed Maggie Mae and seemed to remember her. Maggie Mae was shocked as she begins to remember where he saw him: It was late at night when Maggie Mae was walking when she could hear someone calling out to her: "Hop into the backseat babydoll, I'll show you some fun." But the girl wasn't interested. She kept walking as Sambo came up to her and put his hands on the side of her face, "You're my soul mate. I swear I just fell in love with you. You're different from the rest. I knew you were special from the moment I saw you. It's in your eyes. It's written on your face. I wanna make you happy." He said. Laughter wasn't behind him. Maggie Mae pushed him away, "I'm sorry, I'm not interested." She said, she pushed him gently however Sambo was persistant and Maggie Mae got upset as she shouted, "Can you all just PLEASE LEAVE ME ALONE?!" Then, Sambo violently assaulted her and he leaned in close as he got her trapped and the girl looked scared. "Let me tell you something, sweetheart...There ain't no man in his right mind that leaves a pretty little thing like you out here all alone." He then begin to beat her up as Genjo and his friends stopped Sambo before he could go any further. "Whoa, whoa!" Tenpo was saying, holding Sambo back from the girl who was crying. "Stop, are you crazy?" Genjo exclaimed. "Why did you do that? What the hell is wrong with you?!" Seiten demanded. Kenren came to the girl's aid, "Are you OK?" He asked. "I thought he was going to...Oh....!" Maggie Mae said, crying. She then ran off in fright. In the present, Sambo froze with fear as he and Maggie Mae locked eyes with one another before he slowly smiled slyly, "Well, hello there---" he greeted but Maggie Mae lunged at him, "AAAAHHHH!" She screamed. Maggie Mae begin to claw at him like a wild man. Trying to stop her; Sambo restrained her. "Hey! Hey!" He protested, Maggie Mae did not yield. "Calm down! Easy! Will you stop?! Take it easy!" Sambo held her fists away from him. "Who are you?!" Maggie Mae demanded. "My name is Sambo Kojin. I swear, I am not going to hurt--" He reaches over to touch her face but Maggie Mae recoiled away. "Get away, no! Don't you dare--Don't--" But she was helpless, Sambo was calm as he stroke her face. "Your skin is so soft and smooth...." He mumbled. Maggie Mae broke from her daze, she slapped his hand away. She ran off in fear! Meanwhile in a random room; Seiten woke up in a panic and looked for his stuff. To his relief, it was all there. He sighed and saw the back of a girl in the bathroom. She was wearing a tight leather nurse corset dress with fishnet stockings and garters, plenty of straps and mesh sleeves, along with a choker and a nurse's hat. It was none other than Delilah who is dancing and looked a little hungover. "You OK?" asked Seiten. Delilah turned around and glared, "What are you doing here?" She demanded. Then, she remembered. "Oh, yeah. I remember...." replied Delilah. "Well, aren't you a pretty thing?" Seiten purred. "AAAAHHHH!!!! PERVERT!!!!!" Delilah shouted, kicking him out of the bathroom and slammed the door shut! Seiten was stunned, "Damn, what a hottie but also a bitch." He remarked and stumbled away. In a different room, Kenren woke up with a splitting headache, he looked around and found his stuff was there. "I am never getting drunk again...." Kenren thought. He turned and saw a girl in an army green jacket with matching chaps, cutouts, and zipper details. She was sleeping on the sofa and Kenren looked over at the girl. He was about to reach over and undo the zipper when the girl growled, "Touch me and die." Kenren jumped back, startled. The girl got up from the sofa as she was sweating all over. "My god, is it me or is it hot in here? This stupid outfit...." She grunted. The girl was actually Lalena as she begins to strip it off but noticed Kenren staring. "Do you mind?!" She snapped. Kenren looked away, flushing. "I didn't see anything!" He said. While in a random chamber of the house, Tenpo grunted when he woke up and saw his stuff was stil there but saw a girl sleeping on the couch. She wore a black bodysuit with plunging neckline and zip front closure, faux leather brown gloves with long fringe detail and faux leather belt with matching fringe. He long hair piled high on her head. "Can you help me remember what happened the previous night, since I was most likely drunk?" He asked. "Well, I can tell you I got some juicy stuff on you buddy." The girl remarked, who turned out to be Charlotte. She smiled at him and got up to go use the bathroom to change. "Who are you and why did you drug me?" demanded Tenpo. "You won't remember my name but you will remember this pretty face. And secondly, I just want to get to know you better after seeing your address and number here in my book.." Charlotte commented. Tenpo looked back at her in horror, Charlotte let out a giggle and wiggled her fingers in a wave while saying, "Buh-bye." And blew him a kiss before walking out. Tenpo groaned, "Shit...Never trust a girl with sneaky tactics." He muttered. And now another memory: "Genjo? What are you doing here?" asked Roxanne. Genjo smiled nervously, "Came here to see you." He said. Roxanne couldn't believe it, "What happened to that letter I sent you? You cannot follow me!" She protested in a lowly voice. Genjo looked at her, "I know, but now....I don't care Roxanne." He replied. "What? What about the university?" inquired Roxanne. Genjo shrugged, "I left it." He answered. Roxanne almost screamed, "What?" She questioned. "That's what I did? So what?" Genjo said, he sounded firm and sassy. "Why did you do that? Are you crazy?" Roxanne demanded. Genjo laughed, "Crazy for you." He replied. Roxanne didn't know what was going on and it somehow made her have butterflies in her stomach once again. Charlotte recalled that she ran into Tenpo and couldn't believe he was here! "Tenpo, why are you here?" inquired Charlotte. Tenpo looked at her, "Just wanted to see if you need help." He said. Alone in her bed; Maggie Mae remembered she was in this chaos when she was hand gagged and pulled into a shadowed area, she pushed the figure who dragged her in and it was Seiten! "Crap, Seiten! The hell are you doing here? You need to leave, now!" Maggie Mae answered. But what he said next surprised her, "Not until you come and see me." Seiten remarked. Maggie Mae couldn't believe it, did he say that? "What?" She rasped. Lalena could see the memory of the midst of all this chaos and ran into Kenren and was surprised to see him, "Kenren, why in the heck are you here?" She enjoined. Kenren folded his arms together, "You needed me or what?" He asked. Lalena looked at him with skepticalism, "What's that supposed to mean?" She asked. "Because you look like you need some help and I'm here if you need me." Kenren said, offering. Lalena didn't know what to say at that, "What the.....I don't know why you're here but whatever!" She claimed. Delilah remembered her encounter with Sambo as she was shocked to see him. "Dammit, Sambo? What the heck man?" Delilah gasped. Sambo grinned like he just won a sweepstake contest, "Aren't you happy to see me?" He asked. Delilah didn't know what to say, she seemed lost for words but she managed to respond back to him, "Um....I don't know, why would you come here?" She inquired. Sambo smirked at her with a smug look on his face, "What if I tell you I wanted to see you?" He replied. Back in the present, it seems the girls need to confront reason and understanding with these boys. "Genjo?" Roxanne asked. Genjo looked at her, "Yeah?" He inquired. Roxanne blushed, "Am I your macushla?" She questioned. At the same time, Tenpo demanded from a startled Charlotte, "What the hell is a macushla?" Even Seiten was confused, "What is that?" He said. Maggie Mae had it hard to explain, "Um, well...." Kenren shrugged, "Never heard of it." He said. Lalena looked at him with disbelief, "Never? Hmm...Well...." She said. Sambo almost laughed, "Is it gibberish?" He asked. Delilah rolled her eyes, "No." She said. After a moment of silence; Roxanne found the words to speak, "The word 'macushla' is an Irish inscription of....." She started to say. Charlotte explained, ".....Mo chuisle which means, 'my pulse'....." Maggie May replied back, "....As it is used in the phrase 'a chuisle mo chroí' as that is translated as 'pulse of my heart'....." She said. Lalena was flushing, "...It can also mean 'darling'...." She replied. "....Or 'sweetheart'." finished Delilah. Roxanne turned back to Genjo, "So, is that why you care about me?" She asked. Genjo was surprised to hear this as each of his friends were too!