Uranometria: Mind Games--Chapter 4

This is the fourth of Uranometria: Mind Games. Oooh mama, I hope you guys like it! This is going to rock. I got more chapters coming soon.But Cass finally found the person who is messing with her mind. Hope you guys like it, thank you for your support.  And yaoi fangirls, this is for you ladies! Love you! --KatDon

Chapter 4: Mind Probe

Pythias was in Damon's house and was looking for Damon but he is shocked to see Heidi and recognized her. "So you remember me." said Heidi. That wasn't a question. Pythias was flushing, she looked prettier than that time at the concert. Heidi looked at him funny, "Say something, Pythias. Or, if you can’t say anything, stop his mouth with a kiss and don’t let him speak, either." She remarked. Pythias looked at her confused, Heidi leaned over and said, "Go on--kiss me, and then I will fetch him." Pythias looked shock at her and then replied, "What, here? At Damon's--?" "Why not? Are you ashamed of me?" "Never! But I’m ashamed to kiss...." admitted Pythias. Just then, Heidi pulled him in and kissed him in a lip lock. Heidi wants to have boys without leaving any form of emotional attachment. Basically she doesn't want to have to any responsibilities, feelings or other people to sort out. Heid is just looking for fun and won’t fall in love with anyone. But she sort of feel sorry that she had hurt someone, but she can’t find a heartfelt apology. "Do you love me, Damon?" asked Heidi. "I love you dearly, Heidi." Damon said. "Then kiss me or I'll leave." Heidi remarked. Damon watched her go but then grabbed her, "Wait. I will kiss you." He said. Heidi grinned at him, "Isn’t this good? Come, my sweet. Better late than never—and it’s never too late to change." She was in a shirt, that showed her cleavage and ample bosom but realized what he was suppose to do. "Hey, get off me, will ya?" Damon said. "Oh, my ample bosom is showing!" Heidi said, pretending to vocalizing a climax gasp. "My evidence that you have wronged me is that you condemned and disgraced yourself for taking bribes here from the Raising Dickens, and you ignored my phone calls, where I argued that they are ruined; I know the man." admitted Damon. "You wronged yourself to call on behalf of such a man." said Pythias. 

"In a time like this, it doesn’t make sense to criticize every offense." replied Damon. "I’ll tell you, Damon, you yourself have been called greedy and been accused of giving your positions to undeserving men in exchange for justice." Pythias said. Damon laughed, "Me, “greedy”! You know, if you were anyone other than you, that speech would be your last." He interjected. "Who among us stabbed the wicked for any cause of justice? Should we now dirty our fingers with lowly bribes and sell the mighty offices that we hold for whatever money we can get our hands on? I’d rather be a dog and howl at the moon than be that kind of man." Pythias demanded. Damon looked irked, "Pythias, don't provoke me. I will not take it. You’re forgetting yourself when you back me into a corner. I’m an avenger, more experienced than you, and better able to give orders." He warned. "Get lost! You are not, you Damon!" Pythias shouted. "I am!" insisted Damon. "I believe you’re not." Pythias said. "You won’t push me any further." Damon said. "Listen to me, for I have something to tell you. Am I required to indulge your rash anger? Does a madman scare me when he stares at me?" Pythias asked. Damon looked up, "You don’t like me?" He asked. "I don’t like your faults." Pythias answered with honesty. Damon managed to calm down, "Have I lived this long only to be the butt of a joke whenever you’re angry or frustrated?" He asked. Pythias softened, "When I said that, I was angry too." He said. Damon smiles at him, "You admit it, then? Give me your hand." He outstretch his hand, Pythias smiled at his friend. "And my heart too." He said, pulling his friend to his feet. 

Earlier before.....

Nice legs, a small black short-sleeved dress with a white apron. Knee-high white socks, black high heeled Mary Jane shoes, and a maid bonnet. She was sauntering down the hall as the calves of her legs are slender. She opened the door after knocking the door. "Good morning Mr. Semolina. You have lessons today." said the maid. Damon woke up, stretching, as he looked at the maid. The maid carried a folded pair of clothes and placed them on the foot of the bed. "I have your clothes here, breakfast is being prepared downstairs." said the maid. Damon looked at her and threw a vase but the vase stops in midair. "Nice, Mr. Semolina." complimented the maid. She turns around, revealing to be Heidi. "But..let's save the mind games for later, all right?" Damon looked at her and then nodded, saying: "Fine by me." Then, Heidi sauntered away. In the meantime, he was looking for Damon but he is shocked to see Heidi and recognized her. "So you remember me." said Heidi. That wasn't a question. Pythias was flushing, she looked prettier than that time at the concert. Heidi looked at him funny, "Say something, Pythias. Or, if you can’t say anything, stop his mouth with a kiss and don’t let him speak, either." She remarked. Pythias looked at her confused, Heidi leaned over and said, "Go on--kiss me, and then I will fetch him." Pythias looked shock at her and then replied, "What, here? At Damon's--?" "Why not? Are you ashamed of me?" "Never! But I’m ashamed to kiss...." admitted Pythias. Just then, Heidi pulled him in and kissed him in a lip lock. 

Damon called out, "Heidi, where are--" But he stopped when he saw Pythias kissing Heidi. He couldn't believe what he was seeing. Pythias pushed away, Heidi licked her lips and smiled. Damon glared at Pythias, "What the hell?" He demanded. "Hey, I wasn't--It's not what you think!" protested Pythias. Damon shake his head and left the room. Pythias was really angry and he left too. There was a door that opened and feet walked in. "You're late!" The instructor shouted. Damon was respectfully, "My apologies, sir. I have no excuse for being tardy." He replied. The instructor then turns to the others, "Everyone; please meet our fresh meat--Damon Semolina." He announced. Pythias stopped dead in his tracks, "What? Damon?" He thought. He couldn't believe it, Damon is here? "Please, make them feel welcome." said the instructor. Then he ordered the others to resume with the training. Later, Pythias was in the men's room by the sink. His hands washed his face as he took deep breaths. "This isn't happening....This isn't happening....Impossible!" He chanted to himself. There was a toilet flush, shifting sounds, and one of the stall doors opening. Damon walks out but stops to glare at Pythias. "Pythias." said Damon. Pythias glares back, "Damon." Pythias countered. There was a lot of competition with these guys. Damon struggled in the training, Pythias smirks at him. "What's the matter, Old friend? Not so tough isn't it?" Pythias taunted. But Damon pushed on, he managed to get stronger. Pythias was angry that Damon went up higher in the ranks by all he was trained for. Pythias is stressed over Damon trying to take the top. 

Their shoes squeaked so loud that it hurt Pythias's ears slightly. "Hello, anyone there?" Pythias called to the dark silhouetted figure. "You OK?" said the figure, Pythias was annoyed. He knew that voice, "You...What are you doing here?" He demanded. Damon stepped out of the shadows, "You look like you need a shoulder to cry on." He remarked. "I don't need your diseased shoulder to shed my problems on." Pythias snapped. Damon rolled his eyes, "Look, you don't like me and I don't like you. Let's try to get along better." He said. Pythias looked at him, he sighed. "Fine. Whatever." agreed Pythias. Damon nodded, "All right then." He replied. Then he pulled out something out of his pocket and tossed him a can of soda. Pythias caught it with ease, snapped it opened and drinks it in one gulp. "So, you having a hard time?" Damon asked. Pythias looked angry, "Why do you care?" He demanded. Damon looked guilty, "I'm sorry for what I've done. I mean, Heidi. But I think she's pretty. She's kind--" He said. "--She's talented." finished Pythias. "Yeah, but she's not too nice if you push the wrong buttons." explained Damon. Pythias scowled at him, "Like you'd know her." He muttered. Damon looked at him surprise. "Huh. Does somebody have a crush on her?" He teased. Pythias blushed, "Shut up." He whispered. Damon laughed, "It's all right, I won't tell." He said. But Pythias got up, "I'm leaving." He said, storming off. "Hey, can't you take a joke?" called Damon, apologetically. Back at the base, Damon was trying to cool down when he is hit in the head but he barely look up. Heidi was in a very long, rigid, and restricting corset, a long flowing skirt and bare feet. "So, want you think of that morning mouth to mouth?" Heidi asked. Damon didn't look up, "He's pissed of me and it's your fault." He said. "What? It's not my fault for being a floozy tart, you know." remarked Heidi. Damon sighed so Heidi went over and inclined herself next to him. 

"Do you love me, Damon?" asked Heidi. "I love you dearly, Heidi." Damon said, looking up at her. "Then kiss me or I'll leave." Heidi remarked. Damon watched her go but then grabbed her, "Wait. I will kiss you." He said. Heidi grinned at him, "Isn’t this good? Come, my sweet. Better late than never—and it’s never too late to change." She was in a shirt, that showed her cleavage and ample bosom but Damon realized what he was suppose to do. "Hey, get off me, will ya?" Damon said. "Oh, my ample bosom is showing!" Heidi said, pretending to vocalizing a climax gasp. That's when, Damon realized something: Damon called out, "Heidi, where are--" But he stopped when he saw Pythias kissing Heidi. He couldn't believe what he was seeing. Pythias pushed away, Heidi licked her lips and smiled. Damon glared at Pythias, "What the hell?" He demanded. "Hey, I wasn't--It's not what you think!" protested Pythias. Damon shake his head and left the room. "You tramp--You set me up!" Damon accused. Heidi looked at him blankly, "Sorry." She said with no emotions. Damon was so angry as he storm out to get some air. In the meantime; Pythias thought about the kiss he was given by Heidi. It was soft, tender but passionate. He thought about the first time he met her: Heidi wore silver spandex top with her midriff showing and a cleavage window, matching stockings and micro-skirt. She wears silver boots and hair extensions of electric green, neon blue, and luminous pink. Heidi was beautiful, mysterious, and talented she was. “Who is that?” Pythias murmured to his friend. Damon shrugs feebly, completely dazed. Though she does have some fans, most people have no idea who this girl is or where she's from.Who is she? She smiles and waves at her fans, "Good evening my Crescent Lambs, we have some new faces with a lot of familiar ones." She said with a wink, "Well. I'm not going to jabber all night long; please enjoy the service and the scenery...But most of all, enjoy the show!" Her lyrical coloratura mezzo-soprano singing haunts him. 

Just then, he snapped out of his reverie by his cell phone ringing and answered it. He was left in dismay when he heard Damon's voice however Damon wants to talk to him somewhere in private. So, they meet as Damon explained that Heidi is playing games but Pythias doesn't believe him. Damon explains what happened to him, Pythias laughed so Damon said something that he'll regret. "My evidence that you have wronged me is that you condemned and disgraced yourself for taking bribes here from the Raising Dickens, and you ignored my phone calls, where I argued that they are ruined; I know the man." admitted Damon. "You wronged yourself to call on behalf of such a man." said Pythias. "In a time like this, it doesn’t make sense to criticize every offense." replied Damon. "I’ll tell you, Damon, you yourself have been called greedy and been accused of giving your positions to undeserving men in exchange for justice." Pythias said. Damon laughed, "Me, “greedy”! You know, if you were anyone other than you, that speech would be your last." He interjected. "Who among us stabbed the wicked for any cause of justice? Should we now dirty our fingers with lowly bribes and sell the mighty offices that we hold for whatever money we can get our hands on? I’d rather be a dog and howl at the moon than be that kind of man." Pythias demanded. Damon looked irked, "Pythias, don't provoke me. I will not take it. You’re forgetting yourself when you back me into a corner. I’m an avenger, more experienced than you, and better able to give orders." He warned. "Get lost! You are not, you Damon!" Pythias shouted. "I am!" insisted Damon. "I believe you’re not." Pythias said. "You won’t push me any further." Damon said. "Listen to me, for I have something to tell you. Am I required to indulge your rash anger? Does a madman scare me when he stares at me?" 

Pythias asked. Damon groaned, "Oh god, must I endure all this?" Pythias sighed, rolling hie eyes. "No, a flatterer wouldn’t, even if the faults were as huge as our own." Damon looked up, "You don’t like me?" He asked. "I don’t like your faults." Pythias answered with honesty. Damon managed to calm down, "Have I lived this long only to be the butt of a joke whenever you’re angry or frustrated?" He asked. Pythias softened, "When I said that, I was angry too." He said. Damon smiles at him, "You admit it, then? Give me your hand." He outstretch his hand, Pythias smiled at his friend. "And my heart too." He said, pulling his friend to his feet. They make up. In the meantime; Heidi is wearing an off-shoulder top and a half face mask where she has to hunt her stalker done. Just then, she comes upon her stalker's house. She remember that she stopped car, her stalker has stopped outside her house. Already, Heidi is locking the door and not looking back because she’s scared. Undressing in the dark and not letting him see her, hiding from him. He’ll never know the way that what he's said has freaked her out and made her paranoid. She can’t believe he’d try and get her to do the things he want her to do, which is whatever the stalker’s demands are. He believes he knows her, but they’re wrong. He's haunting her in her dreams and she’s terrified. He got her. She can’t sleep, because then she’ll experience these nightmares. He thinks she belongs to him. He's got her cornered, so she wants him just come out and get it over. Heidi enters in her shrine-shed where she begins writing about the people at Silver Branch. The only reason why she's obsessed is because their faces are etched in her head as their facial expressions seem to haunt her. Some of the entries are creepy: "....I can't understand why aren't you interested, I am obsessed! I feel like a loser, here I am staying home all night. Waiting for you to call, you might have noticed my obsession for you. I'm a mental stalker. You won't call me for I'm infatuated. Is it my appearance?  I won't let anyone get you or let you get away....." 

Just then, she was attacked and kidnapped as she woke up in a short-sleeved black coat with faux leather detail, button-up front, and front pockets. Her stalker was nice to her and tried to make her happy. In the meantime; Damon and Pythias learns that Heidi was kidnapped as they track her down. While with his biggest fan; Heidi realize that he's insane and how her fan warn her not to go into one of his secret rooms. But temptation was so strong she could not overcome it. She then took the little key, and opened it, trembling, but could not at first see anything plainly, because the windows were shut. After some moments she began to perceive that the floor was all covered over with clotted blood, on which lay the bodies of several dead women, ranged against the walls. After having somewhat recovered her surprise, she took up the key, locked the door, and went upstairs into her chamber to recover herself; but she could not, she was so much frightened. Having observed that the key of the closet was stained with blood, she tried two or three times to wipe it off, but the blood would not come out; in vain did she wash it, and even rub it with soap and sand; the blood still remained, for the key was magical and she could never make it quite clean; when the blood was gone off from one side, it came again on the other. Blue Beard returned from his journey the same evening, and said he had received letters upon the road, informing him that the affair he went about was ended to his advantage. His wife did all she could to convince him she was extremely glad of his speedy return. Next morning he asked her for the keys, which she gave him, but with such a trembling hand that he easily guessed what had happened. After several goings backward and forward she was forced to bring him the key. Her stalker confronted  Heidi, "How comes this blood upon the key?" He demanded. 

"I don't know," cried Heidi. "You do not know?!" replied the stalker. "I very well know. You were resolved to go into the closet, were you not? Mighty well, madam; you shall go in, and take your place among the ladies you saw there." Upon this she threw herself at her husband's feet, and begged his pardon with all the signs of true repentance, vowing that she would never more be disobedient. She would have melted a rock, so beautiful and sorrowful was she; but the stalker had a heart harder than any rock! "You must die, madam," said he, "and that presently." "Since I must die," answered the stalker, looking upon him with her eyes all bathed in tears, "give me some little time to say my prayers." "I give you half an hour, but not one moment more." replied the stalker. But Heidi got a weapon ready and confronts her stalker. But the stalker was not through however Pythias saves her by defending her but the stalker was too strong. However he is stabbed from behind--much to Pythias and Heidi's shock--and the person responsible was Damon who had fainted from his own shock. He was sobbing on the floor, upset over what he did. That night, Damon got drunk at a bar and walked back to his hotel. Damon was so drunk that Pythias noticed and helped him to bed but noticed Damon was draped onto Pythias's shoulder and Pythias had to look at him to ask if he was OK. Damon looked at him for one moment and kissed him right on the lips. Pythias was shocked but then he pushed him away and gagged. "The hell just happened?!" Pythias demanded, he wiped his mouth with the back of his hand. He was disgusted by this. "What? I was given into temptation...." Damon insisted. Pythias pushed him away and cried out: "Stay the hell away from me!" He went away as Damon called out, "I wasn't trying to start shit, I was curious." Later, Damon was in his room as Heidi had a grin on her face. 

"You saw it?" Damon asked, annoyed as it seemed. "All I gotta say about that is one word: Hot." said Heidi. "Shut up." Damon hissed. Heidi simply giggled a little. The next day; Pythias woke up, stunt at this. He was fazed, but suddenly he could hear drums so he got ready and hurried to the training. "Pythias! You're late!" shouted the instructor.  Pythias panted, "I apologize, sir! I have no excuse for being late." He said, saluting. The instructor nodded, "All right, get down to training with Semolina." He said, pointing over to Damon who was waiting. "Sir, I'm sure he has better things to do..." complained Pythias. But the instructor barked louder, "Don't protest, do as I say!" Pythias sighed in defeat, "Yes sir!" He responded back loud and clearly. He hurried off to Damon, "You look like crap, Pythias." remarked Damon. "Keep your trap shut!" Pythias said. The two of them spar against each other. Once it was over; Damon looks at him and asked, "What's wrong with you? What? Heidi making you all weird again?" said Damon, sarcastically. Pythias blushed,"No! Like I care what you think." He snapped. "Geez, you guys are acting like an angry marriage couple." Seeta shouted jokingly. Damon and Pythias glared at her, "Dream on!" Damon called out. "Get over it!" hollered Pythias. Damon felt weird around Pythias, he somehow had some weird feelings for him since of last night. He didn’t expect it to happen and it wasn’t his idea but because he was so drunk last night, it gave him the confidence to kiss a boy like Pythias and not feel awkward about it. She was never and isn’t a lesbian. Damon was just wanted to try to get a taste of how it feels like to kiss a boy. He worries that would label him as being 'not into girls'.

Heidi wants to have boys without leaving any form of emotional attachment. Basically she doesn't want to have to any responsibilities, feelings or other people to sort out. Heidi is just looking for fun and won’t fall in love with anyone. But she sort of feel sorry that she had hurt someone, but she can’t find a heartfelt apology. Damon and Pythias team up with one another alongside with Heidi who is wearing an ivory dress with lace-up front, bell sleeves, lace detail, and chiffon skirt. They were to take on a mass murderer. While this horrible operation of blood and insanity has made the three of them intense around one another. However, Heidi was confronted by the mass murderer and almost loses her mind. She killed the mass murderer as she begins to cry and laugh at the same time. Damon and Pythias looked at her, "Um, are you're OK? I'm not sure--" They place a hand on her forehead but the two friends suddenly saw visions in their mind. Heidi try to push them away, "Let go of me! Ah!" She gasped. But Damon didn't, nor Pythias, he could see images in his head that were memories: A girl happy smiling and playing. Another memory shows of that happy girl crying as she tries to cover her ears from the screaming coming from downstairs. A third shows a man screaming as the girl cowers and whimpers. The man shouted at her. "What the--?" Damon thought, "What is all this?" Heidi thrash about violently from her friend, "Stop it!" She cried. "Get out, GET OUT! GET OUT OF MY HEAD, STAY OUT OF MY MIND! BOTH OF YOU!!!!!!" More memories invaded into Pythias and Damon's head, they saw a massacre with fire. Damon was horrified, "Ah...What...?" He thought. "Stop this..." He saw in his mind of people burnt to death. Pythias was tormented by these memories too as he screeched, "AUUUGGGGGGGHHHHHH, WHAT ARE YOU?!" Suddenly, a telekinetic force killed all of the incoming Pretas! Heidi passed out in horror as Damon and Pythias escaped while escorting her. Meanwhile; Cassandra was called in as Mimir found the person who did this. It was Androcles and Yvain, Cassandra was shocked and was horrified to figure out that they both have telekinesis! Cassandra begin to have flashbacks of them both. 

Androcles and Yvain glared down at her. "You....!" Antrocles growled. "....Casandra Endymion." finished Yvain. Cassandra gasped, "What the--No, it can't be!" She knew who they were! "Yeah, Big Bad from Bronze Branch! What's the matter, scared?"  taunted Androcles. "I'm not scared of you, not both of you." replied Cassandra, she turned around and walked away proud. "Hey Cass, wanna see something really scary?" called Androcles. Cassandra laughed with no humor in her voice, "Like hell." She hollered back. "You know a place called Decimus Manor? I heard it's pretty haunted there." said Androcles. Cassandra turned to him, "What makes you think I'd go there?"  She snapped. Androcles smirked, "You really do like a challenge don't you? I heard there's ten little kids there. But be careful, there's three monsters living there." He said. "Ooh, I think I'm going to wet my pants." mocked Cassandra, turning away but Androcles was still persistant. "Why don't you find it? It's on 10th Indian Street." He called out. Cassandra smirk at him, "10th Indian Street? I'll see what I can fine." She said with sarcasm. Later on, Cassandra was going back but heard Androcles and his friend, Hijiro, chuckling over the place they lured Cass to go there. They laugh at how those ten kids of how funny it was when those kids died under different circumstances. When Cassandra heard this, she was shocked and angry at this, she dared not to admit that she went there which they will get the last laugh out of her. She decided to go after them with a plan. However, Thalatte had something in mind and gave Androcles, Hijiro, Yvain, and Maud anonymous tasks: This Preta took women as hostages to its lair in a cave, luring warriors from nearby towns to save the damsel in distress. After entering the cave, the warrior would see the woman and rush to her side. Once he was close, the woman would turn into a Preta and torture the warriors and giving them to Thalatte. 

Cassandra stood and let herself be laced with the new laces. But she was laced so quickly that she lost her breath and fell down. Not long afterwards in the evening Brother 10 came back at how how shocked they were when they saw dear Cassandra lying on the ground. They lifted her up, and, as they saw that she was laced too tightly, they cut the laces, then she began to breathe a little, and after a while came to life again. Annis offered to comb her hair properly. But Cassandra felt the comb in her hair than the poison in it took effect, and she fell down senselessly but Brother 10 looked and found the poisoned comb. They taken it out when Cassandra came back to life. Cassandra reached over for an apple but she hardly had she a bit of it in her mouth than she fell down. But Mimir came by as he reached his hand over Cassandra's throat, and a piece of the poisonous apple came out. And before long she opened her eyes and came back alive. She didn't know what was going on however Cassandra continues to be tormented by an unknown person with telekinesis like her: The first thing that happened was when Cassandra was telekinetic pushed into a wall. Her fingers put high above her head against the wall, Cass's legs spread apart and her feet back, causing them to stand on her toes with the weight of the body mainly on her fingers. She managed to break free but she knew it wasn't over yet. The second was she walked into a chamber and all of a sudden, she is trapped. But then the lights flicked on and off until it was pitch black. She couldn't see however she could hear voices and it drove her insane. But she found the exit while walking aimlessly in the dark. The third thing that happened, she was subjected to noise: holding her in a room where there was a continuous loud and hissing noise. 

She begin to lose her mind almost when she thought she saw Bael, Asmodeus, and Decarabia but held it together as she managed to get out alive. Cassandra goes through the fourth step where she is depriving of sleep! She couldn't sleep because she was too scared of nightmares of the three Pretas she saw before. While in the chamber; she is subject to a reduced diet during her stay! Poor Cassandra never even thought of such a thing, that it was not her mother at all, but a wicked werewolf, to pretend that he was the werewolf as the lady herself. "Come and sit down beside my bed, dearie," wheezed the werewolf, "and let us have a little chat." Then the disguised werewolf stretched out his large hairy paws and began to unfasten the basket. "Oh!" said Cassandra, "What eyes you have, Mom!" "All the better to see you with, my pet," grinned the werewolf. "What great arms you have, Mom!" Cassandra said. "All the better to hug you with," said the Wolf. "And Mother," gasped Cassandra, "what great sharp teeth you have!" "All the better to eat you with!' growled the Preta, springing up suddenly at Cassandra. But just at that very moment the door flew open, and Jack and the others rushed in with their weapons, and killed the Preta. She wakes up and still hear the voices in her head from yesterday. Cass will never forget whoever did this to her and she will revenge one day. Cassandra and her team were taking a day off. They went 'sand surfing' at some desert like theme park. They relaxed as they had a good time. "Well, that was fun." said Cassandra, lying beside the sandy sea. "Yeah." said Echo. "Man, that was tough."  admitted Jack. Cass smiles, nodding. "I know." She said. 

During her time, she and her team were nearly ambushed by a strange telekinetic force and almost died but they survived. Cass and the rest of Brother 10 wanted to know who would do that. In the meantime; Cassandra stresses herself into finding out who is hurting her friends and her! She research everything in Moneta but couldn't find a thing. She was already losing her train of thoughts. "Why did it have to be this? Who are you? Why do you hide in the darkness and listen to my private thoughts?" She thought. Cass will find the son of a bitch, even if it's the last thing she'll do! And she was keeping her promise, she's going to find them both and kicked their asses. No more Miss Cassandra Endymion, now she was mad and she knows who she's going to take it out on! 

Uranometria: Mind Games--Chapter 3

This is the third chapter of Uranometria: Mind Games. Inspired by many things; including Within Temptation, Gilgamesh and Enkidu from the Epic of Gilgamesh, Code Geass, the singer Kerli for Heidi, a shout out, and a dream of Fairy Tail last night. LOL! Enjoy! --KatDon

Chapter 3: You Only Live Once? Never Too Late!

There is a mysterious girl with long, almost waist-length white blonde hair. She was in a white straitjacket with the restraints of straps, zippers, and a high collar capable of gagging the wearer is loosen and the long sleeves that flare outwards closer to the cuffs are also not tight and is loosen up. She wore no shoes as she begins to sing 'Frere Jacques' to herself: "Frère Jacques, frère Jacques, Dormez-vous? Dormez-vous? Sonnez les matines! Sonnez les matines! Ding, daing, dong. Ding, daing, dong." She stops for a moment and sings it to herself in English, "Are you sleeping, are you sleeping, Brother John? Brother John? Morning bells are ringing! Morning bells are ringing! Ding, dang, dong. Ding, dang, dong." Though she does have some fans, most people have no idea who this girl is or where she's from.Who is she? She strutted down the step while she wore silver spandex top with her midriff showing and a cleavage window, matching stockings and micro-skirt. She wears silver boots and hair extensions of electric green, neon blue, and luminous pink. She smiles and waves at her fans, "Good evening my Crescent Lambs, we have some new faces with a lot of familiar ones." She said with a wink, "Well. I'm not going to jabber all night long; please enjoy the service and the scenery...But most of all, enjoy the show!" 

Later at night; Heidi was lying in bed as she thought about her past life: Heidi's mother was very supportive and helped her do her hair. Her mother made her feel like a superstar by putting makeup on her. Little did she know that Heidi would become world-famous. "It's okay to be confident with yourself, The Lord made you a perfect for a reason. It does get better when you learn to love yourself." Her mother used to say to her young daughter. "Mother, I have to admit, this relationship isn’t very pure. I'd probably got into it too quickly, and this guy is not very clean per say." She said, "Every person has good qualities and bad qualities about them. However, I don't care about this; I just wants him, no matter how good or bad of a person he is. I wants him to be delicate but at the same time I want it rough. I know I'm thinking recklessly and not seriously caring or contemplating the extent of how damaging a naughty tryst would be! He and I could be perfect together because this love is like a romance of two people who shouldn’t be together, we'll be great as Romeo & Juliet....Yeah, die young. Like that would happen." She said that last part with sarcasm. Then she spoke again, "I want his craziness....He can’t leave me, not now. Without him, I have no reason to live—he is the torch that warms my heart and brings happiness into my life. He brings my dead spirit to life."

Earlier before....

Cassandra and her team were taking a day off. They went 'sand surfing' at some desert like theme park. They relaxed as they had a good time. "Well, that was fun." said Cassandra, lying beside the sandy sea. "Yeah." said Echo. "Man, that was tough."  admitted Jack. Cass smiles, nodding. "I know." She said. During her time, she and her team were nearly ambushed by a strange telekinetic force and almost died but they survived. Cass and the rest of Brother 10 wanted to know who would do that. In the meantime; These are the tales about Damon, Pythias, and other people with such struggling lives. How Damon and Pythias were back from the dead for another chance in life to make things right for them. Damon was a slim young man. He is an attractive person, being quite popular with the girls. Damon's skin is pale, almost white, and has big golden brown eyes, which are slightly covered by his deep-black hair. Pythias is different; he has reddish brown face-length hair that is slightly spiked. He has eyes of teal. He has fairly regular build for a person his age; Pythias has olive-brown skin complexion. Both boys are very beautiful, each of them are nicknamed respectively. 'Snow White' is Damon's nickname for he is quite beautiful when he sleeps, despite his pale and dark haired traits, and 'Sleeping Beauty' as he too looks beautiful while he sleeps. Seeta was one of the struggling people that was known as 'Rapunzel', she has black hair and light brown skin. She had eyes that shimmered like the night sky or the waters from the sun's rays. She wore different clothes than any other girls. Of course, she had to follow tradition of wearing her hair in headscarves or veils to show modesty. But she can't help to feel to be like other girls. She didn't want to break rules, she wanted to have liberation and let her hair shine in the sun. 

"My life....It was once so beautiful but then it turn bitter when my father was killed in a car accident....How my stepfather ruined me. I was cheated out of my childhood for a private practice--Between me and that bastard. My mother knew about it but didn't do anything about it because she was victimized too. What the hell did I get myself into?" Damon rummaged around, looking for something and he found it--A gun! He stood there, gaping at it for a moment. But he heard the door unlock and hid the gun in his coat pocket quickly. There he was, the man that traumatized him all those years. "Oh, Damon. I'm surprise to see you here." said his stepfather. "Um, yeah....I have to--get some things before I go." replied Damon, a little too hastily.  His stepfather looked at him before speaking to him, "Damon? Can we talk?" He asked. "There's nothing to talk about." snapped Damon. "I'm sorry about what I said--What I did--I just--" said his stepfather, taking a step forward towards him. Damon managed to back away from him. "Please--Stay away from me!" He warned. "What's the matter? I just wanted to tell you how sorry I am, I don't want to touch you--Just talk!" insisted his stepfather. "I'm here to get the rest of my stuff. Not talk to you--You sick freak!" said Damon, loudly in a harsh tone. "I'll never hurt you again, Damon, and not your mother either." said his stepdad. "That's what you said when I was a kid and I believed you! But you did it again and AGAIN AND AGAIN UNTIL IT BECAME A HABIT!!!" yelled Damon. "Damon?" A soft female's voice whispered. Damon looks and he can see his mother standing in the doorway, looking tired and fragile. 

"Mom!" Damon gasped, "Please, don't--" Tears welled in the poor woman's eyes. "I love you, Damon!!!!" His stepfather cried, he was about to run to him but Damon quickly pull out the gun from his coat pocket, "GET AWAY FROM ME!!!!" He cried. The gun went off with a bang! "I killed the son of a bitch....But why do I feel so empty? I'm numb, I can't believe I have empathy for this sick man. And yet I hate myself for what I done. I'd do anything to see my mother again. But she's gone before I was. I hated her family that oppressed her and got her that sick man that I killed. They should've done something but they only cared about was the money! They never cared for me or for mother. I'd do anything for a second chance, to get retribution for my sins. But hey, as they once say, 'You only live once.'......But I don't want to die, I want to live. I WANT TO LIVE!!!!!" His full name is Damon Semolina. He was found dead at the age of 18 years old. He was now in the morgue. Just then, someone came in but it wasn't a funeral attendant or an undertaker. It was a young lady with long white blonde hair and white skin. She wore vintage style dress with chiffon overlay, polka dot print, sheer puff sleeves, sheer lace detailed peter pan collar, ribbon tie & peep hole neckline, gathered bust detail, fitted bodice and inverted pleated skirt. She wore high heels as she walked towards Damon's corpse, looking over at him. She removed the sheet from him and kissed his cold lips. Damon's body shook and he woke up with a gasp. He looked around to see he was alive. He smiled and begin to giggle maniacally a little, "I'm alive...I'm fully alive." He said. Damon then was gone from the morgue. 

"The last years of my life were pretty much a blur. I just wanted the bullies to leave me be.  Nobody didn't help me or never cared for me. They didn't even protect me, or talk to me, or ask me how I feel. I couldn't take it anymore, I had to do something about it--even it kills me. Heaven, have mercy on me..." Pythias was in the stall of the boys' bathroom, fiddling with a grenade. He has two look alike alter egos--One in a heavenly white attire and the other wore an unhallowed black attire. "So, what are you waiting for?" asked Dark Pythias. Pythias shrugged, "I don't know, I just--I'm having second thoughts." He admitted. "Second thoughts? About what? You want them to pay right?" Dark Pythias asked with disbelief in his voice. "Yeah, but...." Pythias said slowly, Light Pythias spoke up: "He's saying we could've told someone--Someone that would have listened and helped us!" "Not us, him! Idiot, c'mon--This is do or die." Dark Pythias snapped. "What if I don't want to die? I'm young and have a future ahead." Pythias replied. "Nobody even gave you encouragement to begin with, so what's there to live for?" Dark Pythias reminded. "He could've been a poet! An artist, anything!" Light Pythias exclaimed. "Stay out of this, what are you--his district attorney? Our guy is human and has a voice y'know. SO SHUT YOUR FACE!!!!" yelled Dark Pythias. "WHY DON'T YOU BOTH SHUT UP?! GEEZ, I'M TIRED OF THIS ANGEL AND DEVIL ON MY SHOULDERS CRAP!!!" "Hey loser, get your ass back to class!" One of the bullies demanded, snapping Pythias away from his imaginary friends. The stall door went clack, it opened with a squealing squeak. The grenade clicked and there was an explosion that frightened everyone.  

"I just wanted to end the pain, to make friends, and have a bright future. Maybe have a girlfriend, get married, and have kids. A better life, perhaps. Change the world. My family--their all dead. My father was burnt alive, my mother was stabbed, my little brother drowned, my older sister bled to death from her eye, and the rest of them all died from being buried alive, or maybe I never met any of them. Besides, I have nothing to live for, it's all gone. Evaporated. Turned to dust. And I'll be forgotten. I'll fade away, I'm an outcast, who is conned from out of life. Lord, let me live. Give me air to breathe, let me be remembered, I want to be remembered. I don't want to live once. I want to live more than once. I want to live, I WANT TO BE REMEMBERED!!!!!" His full name is Pythias Kullervo. Pythias's corpse was in a coffin, where he succumb and died to his injuries. There was no one to attend his funeral, he was forgotten as well as the other one, the bully, who had barged in. Just then, the doors open and a girl strolled in. It was the same girl in the vintage style dress with the inverted pleated skirt. Her back of the dress has a zip closure. She walked to the coffin of Pythias, opened the coffin, and kissed the cold lips of the boy. Pythias's carcass shook and he woke up with a harsh, soft gasp. He's alive, he was revive. He looked up and said, "Thank you, Heaven." Then, he was gone. Gone from the coffin, gone from the empty church. Gone from the life he once had and now he can begin. 

"Life is so boring. I hate being isolated all month from this bull-crap. I want to do something, something crazy and that I won't get in trouble for it. I want to shoot, at a shooting range. I want to get a tattoo, I want to cause havoc at the mall, play loud music, take a ride to the city, start a catfight, punch somebody for no apparent reason, get kicked out for bad behavior, and get revenge. Swear like a sailor, hallucinate with psychedelia, get drunk, cut and dye my hair any multi-color like pink or red. Get naked--OK, not really. I want to go somewhere with friends. I want to be independent, win a trillion dollars in cash, be sexy but not raunchy. Break a hole in the wall, sing, dance, ride a unicorn, swim with mermaids, fly with fairies, run with vampires, howl with werewolves, cast spells with witches of love and peace. I want to be a ballerina, a doctor, an actress, an activist, a singer, a musician, a poet, an artist, an exorcist, a choir girl, a preacher, a rich girl, a magician of illusion, a party girl, a daydreamer, a dictator without any lies or causing trouble for people as well as create peace. Be a 'good' dictator and I mean for real. I want to ride horses, swim under a waterfall, roll around in leaves, lay in the snow and make snow angels. Watch the cherry blossoms bloom. Anything to get out of the isolated yet bored lifestyle I have!" Seeta lives with her overprotective mother name Benten that is concern for her naive attitude, her stepfather Ramesh Oddr is a cold yet reserved and jerk off man that had a bad relationship with his father that abused and oppress him. Ramesh's son Ferko is a sassy and witty but kind young teenage that is wise beyond his years. Ferko and Benten are irritated with Ramesh and Seeta's bickering. Ramesh loves to instigate his stepdaughter a lot and he is immature as well annoying. 

Rather than being the mature one, Seeta likes to instigate her stepfather about how he is more like his father. Ramesh gets into a fight with Seeta and they don't speak to each other. She had to stay home for awhile. Feeling guilty while home alone; Seeta went back to her room, and tried not to be upset, but the tears would gather in the pretty eyes, and trickle down the sorrowful little face. "What are you crying for, little lady?" asked a voice. Seeta raised her eyes. Then in a moment she knew--it was the girl in the vintage dress! "All I ever wanted--" began Seeta; then her sobs stopped her. "To go to other places," finished the girl. Seeta nodded. The young lady told her to go into the garden and bring the largest pumpkin. Second is to trap mice from the pantry. Third task was to get a large rat in the rat catcher, fourth was to get six lizards. Soon the pumpkin, the mice, the rat, and the lizards each turned into a fancy vehicle, coachmen, a limo driver, and other great things. Seeta was so excited that she couldn't speak. However she forgot she wore her maid clothing and tries to ask but before Seeta could realize what was happening, the fairy's wand tapped her lightly on the shoulder, and in place of the shabby frock, there was a gleam of satin, silver, and pearls. The gown was white as snow, and as dazzling; round the hem hung a fringe of diamonds, sparkling like dew-drops in the sunshine. The lace about the throat and arms could only have been spun by fairy spiders. Surely it was a dream! Seeta put her daintily-gloved hand to her throat, and softly touched the pearls that encircled her neck. "Come, my dear," said the mysterious girl, "you are terribly late." The girl gave her diamond-like shoes to wear. Seeta was told to not stay long before her family would get home and the outfit she was wearing will disappear. She obeys and went out to have fun. She went to the mall, to the city, and to dance. But sensing her mother, brother, and stepfather coming; her pretty outfit fades as she is in her normal clothes and in a better mood.

But couldn't help but wonder who this girl is that helped her. Who was this girl? The mysterious girl in the vintage dress is a singer name Heidi. No last name is given for her but she is known for her strange fashion. In art books of herself; she wears the strangest things and there's even pictures of herself. She wears headpieces of butterfly frames, bows and ribbons, skull on doilies, and an encased skull on the side of her head. Her facial decorations has teardrop kinds that are below her eyes. She wore her signature neck piece of a ruffled choker with a bow. Heidi wore a bow with a brooch around her neck, she sometime wears a diamond key, and her name in 'bling' as people would call it. In the spotlight, her hair changes over time from blue to purple by dying it. However she avoided having her hair shown as white blonde for some strange reason. As an artist, she wears over-sized studs and studs and spikes. The rings she wears is a gun ring, a doll head ring, and a spike ring. But never her favorite white and pink ring. The shoes that she wore while in the public eye is all different kinds: One shoe pair is black bow high heels, another pair is of laced open side stilettos, a third pair is laced pink pumps, a fourth is of black studded and chained ones, a fifth is a pair that is ribbon, and a last pair is over-sized platforms. She wears shoulder pieces, makes outfits out of toilet paper and garbage bags as well as a broken bird cage. Her latest outfit is of her in a panda dress. While alone, Heidi wore a cerulean blue knee-length dress, with a white pinafore apron on top. Underneath her dress, she wears a white petticoat, white stockings, white knee-length pantalettes, black strapped Mary Jane shoes and a black bow in her hair.

Damon has a strange dream: He was sleeping in a coffin, in somewhat of a sleep-like death. There was a girl who came into the forest, and saw the coffin on the mountain, and the beautiful boy within it. She then lifted the glass as she leaned over and kissed the boy's cold lips. Before long she opened her eyes, lifted up the lid of the coffin, sat up, and was once more alive. He woke up with a start, however he is shaken with fear over this nightmare. At the same time, Pythias had a dream too: He saw in his dream that there was a girl came into a chamber all gilded with gold, where she saw upon a bed, the curtains of which were all open, the finest sight was ever beheld -- a beautiful boy, and whose bright and, in a manner, resplendent beauty, had somewhat in it divine. She approached with trembling and admiration, and fell down to kiss him. And now, as the enchantment was at an end, the boy awakened and looking on him with eyes more tender than the first view. That boy was him! Pythias woke up with a start. One day they meet face to face: Pythias saw Damon sneaking up to the master bedchamber and asks a stranger to find out who he is and where he is going. The man tells Pythias that Damon is the hired assassin. Whatever Damon desires, he takes—no one can withstand his power. Realizing that he was hired to kill the master in his bedchamber as well; Pythias is outraged and decides to enter to challenge him, sure that no one, not even Damon, can defeat him. When Pythias enters, the people of the city are amazed to see a man who is as splendid as Damon himself. They crowd around him, hailing him as a knight. Pythias defiantly plants himself on the threshold of the assigned victim’s bedchamber and blocks Damon when he tries to force his way in. 

Locked together in combat, the two men fought through the streets. The windows break and there was damage as they fight. Pythias, who is stronger, eventually got the upper hand on Damon to the ground. Pythias stands over him with a smirk on his face. "Impressive. You win!" Damon announced. Pythias was satisfied by this, "Yes. But I think you did good as well so don't think all is lost now." He complimented. So Damon and Pythias became friends. Heidi is lying in her room as she looked at a magazine. She was in a white straitjacket with the restraints of straps, zippers, and a high collar capable of gagging the wearer is loosen and the long sleeves that flare outwards closer to the cuffs are also not tight and is loosen up. She wore no shoes as she begins to sing 'Frere Jacques' to herself: "Frère Jacques, frère Jacques, Dormez-vous? Dormez-vous? Sonnez les matines! Sonnez les matines! Ding, daing, dong. Ding, daing, dong." She stops for a moment and sings it to herself in English, "Are you sleeping, are you sleeping, Brother John? Brother John? Morning bells are ringing! Morning bells are ringing! Ding, dang, dong. Ding, dang, dong." But she is called in because she has a show tonight. Heidi sighs, "Duty calls huh?" She puts down her magazine and leaves the room. At her concert; Damon and Pythias are surprised to see so many crazy fans. "Have you seen fans this crazy?" called Pythias. "No, not since in my days at operas and classical concerts." Damon hollered back. The opening music sounded so much like beat box yet ethereal sound. It went on for about several minutes. Damon and Pythias wasn't so excited and crazy like the other fans in the crowd. 

Suddenly there is new music in the air. Someone is strutting down the steps, the crowd looks as they looked startled. Damon and Pythias  are disconcerted by this vision of the figure. It was Heidi, she wore silver spandex top with her midriff showing and a cleavage window, matching stockings and micro-skirt. She wears silver boots and hair extensions of electric green, neon blue, and luminous pink. Heidi was beautiful, mysterious, and talented she was. “Who is that?” Pythias murmured to his friend. Damon shrugs feebly, completely dazed. Though she does have some fans, most people have no idea who this girl is or where she's from.Who is she? She smiles and waves at her fans, "Good evening my Crescent Lambs, we have some new faces with a lot of familiar ones." She said with a wink, "Well. I'm not going to jabber all night long; please enjoy the service and the scenery...But most of all, enjoy the show!" She begins to sing her song. When she sing; Heidi has a more lyrical coloratura mezzo-soprano. She sang songs that were metal, rock, goth, doom and symphonic sounding. It sounds awesome! After several songs later; Heidi can see Damon and Pythias in the crowd, she calls at them. “Hello boys, want to come up?” She said in a feline alluring tone. Damon and Pythias glanced at each other with disapproval smirks before looking back at Heidi, Pythias smiled nicely to cover up his smugness. “Thank you but…I don’t dance.” He called. Heidi pretended to looked disappointed, she sneered at Damon, “How about you?” He said. Damon looked at her with disbelief, “What?” He gasped. Heidi took him by the arm, “Wonderful. Come on up.” She said. Damon sighs, smirks at Pythias, and heads up to the stage. 

Damon went up as he gets a chance to be next to Heidi, who begins to sing a slow song on her piano. Damon seems to like her music, it sounded amazing. Just then, there was a sizzling sound was getting louder and then figure shapes were lurking in. These creatures were Pretas, they lunged and attacked the crowd, which panic ensued. One fan cried, “RUN!” Everyone ran away from the snakes as Damon and Pythias looked ready to fight. Just then, one of the Pretas attack Pythias, who wrestles with and Damon tried to save him. “Can somebody explains to me what’s going on?” stipulated Pythias. During the chaos; Heidi sauntered over as she motioned the Pretas to fall back, which they comply. Pythias stared at Heidi, who walked over to him and touch him as he fainted. Damon is shocked, he looked up. "What did you do?" He commanded. "I just put him to sleep, he's resting and he will be sleeping to save his energy." explained Heidi. Heidi ambled towards Damon looked at him, touching his arm. “Are you OK?” Heidi said with a soft, timid voice. Damon is surprised that she wasn’t so dangerous. That tone of hers sounded harmless. It sounded so sweet! “Thank you.” He said in a reserved voice. Just then, Damon felt a hot pain in her shoulder, A Preta strike him and Damon faded as everything went black. Now, Damon woke up as he felt dizzy and looked up to see Heidi, who is now wearing a sleeveless, high collar black uniform with a gold trim. There she has a long, adorned red sash worn around her waist. She wore black gloves with long white and gold high-heeled boots. Damon can see underneath her outfit; Heidi wears a cropped sleeveless white turtle-neck and white boy shorts. 

But he saw that the TV is watching Heidi. When the ceiling fan is activated, everything else spins. In the kitchen scene, the walls are a forest. The oven is a freezer and the freezer is an oven. The windows are brick walls. Snow is coming out of the underside of the umbrella. Her bed is a pile of stones. Her tears float up and the bird is upside down. She smiled down at him, "Hi there--" She said, "--Snow White." Damon sat up, he looked up. “What is this? Is this your room?” Damon demanded. Heidi looked around, “Yes, they are. Guess we got off of the wrong foot didn’t we?” She remarked. Damon narrowed his eyelids into slits. “I know you…Yes, you are Heidi, am I right?” He asked. Heidi smirks, “At your service.” She said with a suave genuflect. “I’ll bet I took good care of you, Damon. Pardon my amusement, but how is your mother's family burnt in that awful explosion?” said Heidi with a sadistic grin. Damon look back, “Oh! You saw that?” He asked. Damon remembered that he had killed his mother's family--The conceited, selfish family that treated his mother like a scapegoat and like she was nothing. Not even family. So Damon avenge her and took down the bastards as well as the heifers in this horrible clan of the wealthy jerks. "So, you're Princess Charming." Damon remarked. "Yes, so dear boy, did you want me?" purred Heidi. Damon sighs, moving away. "Why did you save me? Revive me?" He asked. "I save you and Pythias...Or should I call him Sleeping Beauty?" Just then, Pythias woke up to meet his own comrades. Their names are Hjalmar and Orvor. He works for The Raising Dickens Clan --An organization of anti-Semetic bastards, they have no in touch with society, and worse--they kill those with different piousness and different background. Pythias decides to work with them, but really; he's going to watch them succeed and he will kill them once they do something completely insane. 

In the meantime; Damon listens to Heidi's story: Heidi came from a small town in Kvenland, around the time the world most likely felt off to her. Her hometown is kind of obscure. The smallest of the countries, it’s known for little, which includes being a former state, and being the first country to now use online voting. In this aspect, Kvenland is secret due to few people knowing where it is on the map, so Heidi can claim it’s this candy land, and know one can call her out on it. because it’s secret. It is a secret at its core for its gems, and it is Heidi’s fantasy land, her escape from her creepy little town. The funny things she are saying is the beginning of her music, inspired from her upbringing in this strange land. Damon is researching on his next target--A triad boss. While he does his research; Heidi begins to undress in front of Damon, who has his back turn, but when Heidi told him to look at her. Damon turned but he freaked out and looked away when he saw Heidi in her lingerie. Heidi sauntered over and draped her arms around her neck. "Tell something, do you want to love me or the fame that I'm associated to?"  She asked. Damon sighs, shaking his head. "I got a different question, do you want to be part of the plan or strut in that lingerie all the time?" He asked. Heidi looks at him, "What do you mean by that?" She asked. Damon smirks as he glance over at her. At a club; Heidi’s had a little too much alcohol. As she’s drinking more and more, she’s remembering less and less, but it’s okay because it’s all fun. "If things aren’t exactly going great, just dance." She thought to herself. Having drunk so much alcohol, not only is Heidi unable to locate her drink, keys, or phone. Not a big deal, actually — she’s going to find herself someone else for tonight. 


But Heidi gets kidnapped by a group of supermodels who drug her and then sell her off. Heidi wakes up and is sitting on a white throne in a brightly-lit white room. Heidi is looking at herself in front of a mirror and lying in a bathtub. Just then, two women pull Heidi out of the bathtub, rip her clothes off and force her to drink a glass of vodka. Heidi is wearing a faux-polar bear hide jacket. She walks towards the man, who watches Heidi. Heidi has a look of indifference on her face and removes her jacket and sunglasses. Suddenly, the whole room spontaneously combusts with the man still sitting on it, and Heidi looks at the flaring flames in a sinister way. Damon watches this as he snickers in delight, "All according to plan." He said to himself. Pythias was later at the crime scene as he couldn't believe that the main target of Raising Dickens would be burnt alive in such of a combustion. He believes Damon had something to do with this. Back at the secret base, Heidi was lying in bed as she thought about her past life: Heidi's mother was very supportive and helped her do her hair. Her mother made her feel like a superstar by putting makeup on her. Little did she know that Heidi would become world-famous. "It's okay to be confident with yourself, The Lord made you a perfect for a reason. It does get better when you learn to love yourself." Her mother encouraged her young daughter. Heidi looked in the mirror as she struck a pose and hugged her mother happily. Back in reality; Heidi is talking to herself. She pretends her mother is listening, 'if' she's even listening which she is not aware of yet. 

"Mother, I have to admit, this relationship isn’t very pure. I'd probably got into it too quickly, and this guy is not very clean per say." She said, "Every person has good qualities and bad qualities about them. However, I don't care about this; I just wants him, no matter how good or bad of a person he is. I wants him to be delicate but at the same time I want it rough. I know I'm thinking recklessly and not seriously caring or contemplating the extent of how damaging a naughty tryst would be! He and I could be perfect together because this love is like a romance of two people who shouldn’t be together, we'll be great as Romeo & Juliet....Yeah, die young. Like that would happen." She said that last part with sarcasm. Then she spoke again, "I want his craziness. I'm feeling lonely and depressed until he came and made me feel alive again. He can’t leave me, not now. Without him, I have no reason to live—he is the torch that warms my heart and brings happiness into my life. He brings my dead spirit to life." Damon, later, was at a dinner party bored but he tried to look attentive. However, he saw someone there. It was a dark haired girl and she looked so pretty. "Who is the girl on the arm of that lucky knight over there?" Damon asked one of the guest. The guy looked at the direction he was pointing at. "I don’t know." He admitted. Damon felt his heart beating with excitement at her, "Oh, she shows the torches how to burn bright! She stands out against the darkness like a jewel. Her beauty is too good for this world; she’s too beautiful to die and be buried. She outshines the other women like a white dove in the middle of a flock of crows. I never saw true beauty before tonight." He thought. 

Damon walked over at the girl and took her hand, the girl looked at him. "Your hand is like a holy place that my hand is unworthy to visit. If you’re offended by the touch of my hand, my two lips are standing here like blushing roses, ready to make things better with a kiss." He said. The girl looked at him, "My good man, you don’t give your hand enough credit. By holding my hand you show polite devotion. After all, roses touch the hands of people." "What? Don’t people and roses have lips too?" asked Damon. "Of course, why wouldn't they?" said Cassandra. "Then don’t move while I act out my prayer." Damon said. He leaned over and kissed her cheek. The girl flushed, she went away. "By any chance, can art thou tell me thy name?" Damon inquired. "My name is Cassandra." said the girl, and it was--Cassandra Endymion. She went away and Damon watched her go. In the meantime; Pythias watched from the bushes with Hjalmar and Orvor as they talk about the people they work for. They are the biggest jerks that anyone will ever meet and how much they have a lot of nerve for doing all this. Just then, Hjalmar spoke up with a soft yet excited whisper, "But wait, what’s that light in the window over there? It is the east, and she is the sun." They were talking about Eulalie as she stood by the window, with her hand on her cheek. "Look how she leans her hand on her cheek." whispered Hjalmar. "I wish I was the glove on that hand so that I could touch that cheek." whispered Orvor with a sigh. Pythias was astounded by this beauty. Her hair, her skin complexion, everything about her was so perfect. 

Eulalie sighed, "Geez." "Speak again, my bright angel. You are as glorious as an angel tonight. Should I listen for more, or should I speak now?" thought Pythias, "Good Lord! I feel so Shakespearean." "The thing we call a rose would smell just as sweet if we called it by any other name." whispered Hjalmar. Just then, Orvor tripped and gave the trio's position away and Eulalie confronted them again, "How did you get in here? And why did you come? If any of my comrades find you here they’ll kill you because of who you are." Pythias showed his respect by bowing to her on one knee and he then spoke to her bravely, "I’m sorry I caused you so much trouble. I care about you a lot. Please let me be your servant so I can help you. You’ll be killing me if you don’t." Eulalie looked at him with shock, turned away and then she said with nervousness back at him, "...Well, it's a good thing you can’t see my face because it’s dark out. Otherwise, you’d see me blushing about the things you’ve said to me tonight. I would be happy to keep up good manners and deny the things you said." "Then, forget about good manners." suggested Pythias with a warm smile. The next day, Damon and Heidi had another assignment, Damon was going after a mob boss who is hurting girls. He's been clouting and touching them. Damon will get the chance to pounce him and take his life to avenge other girls. Damon plays to use Heidi in this operation. He was watching the boss, while waiting Heidi. Then, Heidi enter and Damon turns around to see her wearing strapless corset V shape top with frilly trim and back lace-up detailing and a black tulle tutu skirt. She wore over the knee thigh high tights as well as high heeled pumps. 

"Well, hello there, Heidi!" Damon greeted. "Here I am at your service, Damon." said Heidi. Damon smirked, grabbed her shoulders and pulled her close. "Heidi, you’re the best I’ve ever known." He said. "What?" Heidi looked at him suspiciously. "Don’t think I’m flattering you. Ever since I’ve been a free agent in my choice of friends, I’ve chosen you because you take everything life hands you with calm acceptance, grateful for both good and bad." explained Damon with a grin on his face. Heidi smiled with wit, "Thank you." She said. Damon explained his situation by seducing him and then letting Damon taking him down. "Watch him closely. And afterward we’ll compare notes on him. Before we strike." He explained. Heidi nodded after hearing the plan, "I’ll watch him closely. I won’t miss a trick." They were watching him and Damon smiled in a sensual manner, "My lady, should I lie in your lap?" He flirted. Heidi looked at him with a weird glance, "No." "I mean, with my head on your lap?" said Damon, winking at her. Heidi giggled, "Sure, why not?" She said. Damon laid on her lap with content, he looked her over-the-knee thigh high tights down her legs to feel how smooth they are. Heidi caress his hair and watching him looking at her high heeled shoes. "You’re in a good mood tonight, Damon." She noted. Damon stopped as he looked up, "Who, me?" He asked. "Yes." said Heidi. But they had to act now, they had a bad guy to search him and destroy him. In the meantime; Cassandra stresses herself into finding out who is hurting her friends and her! She research everything in Moneta but couldn't find a thing. 

She was already losing her train of thoughts. "Why did it have to be this? Who are you? Why do you hide in the darkness and listen to my private thoughts?" She thought. Cass will find the son of a bitch, even if it's the last thing she'll do! 

Uranometria: Mind Games--Chapter 2

Hey guys, I have the second volume of Uranometria: Mind Games. Hope you guys like it. I made it sound good. Sounds eerie, I was inspired by Five Nights at Freddy's...Well, since I had nightmares about it for the first time. Geez! Anyway, enjoy! Don't get too scared now. --KatDon

Chapter 2: There Were Ten....And Then There Were None

A man opened his book and begin to recite the poem called 'Ten Little Injuns': "Ten little Injuns standin' in a line, One toddled home and then there were nine; Nine little Injuns swingin' on a gate, One tumbled off and then there were eight. Eight little Injunshappieest under heaven. One went to sleep and then there were seven; Seven little Injuns cuttin' up their tricks, One broke his neck and then there were six. Six little Injuns all alive, One kicked the bucket and then there were five; Five little Injuns on a cellar door, One tumbled in and then there were four. Four little Injuns up on a spree,One got fuddled and then there were three; Three little Injuns out on a canoe, One tumbled overboard and then there were two. Two little Injuns foolin' with a gun, One shot t'other and then there was one; One little Injun livin' all alone, He got married and then there were none."

Cassandra looked in one of the room to see ten little boys having dinner but it ends up badly as she watched in horror as one of them choked to death as nine kids watch in horror. The nine kids couldn't sleep of what they saw but they finally went to sleep and one of them was found with their throat torn open. The eight couldn't stay in each of the rooms however one of them didn't believe there was something wrong here and decided to sleep but he never came out of his room. Seven waited, while they wait; they cut up some fruits and vegetables. One of them cut his hands by accident and bled to death. Now there were six of them as they were trying to probe a beehive. But one of them got stung by a lot of bees and he drowned into the river for he couldn't swim. Five left as they got lost in the woods but one of them caught by a hermit as he was never seen again. Now, four went by the sea as a whale came and swallowed one of them. Three went to another forest which was forbidden and was mauled by a bear. Two were lost and no place to go, they were dehydrated and try to find water. One of them died from lack of thirst and one was left. But in his devastation; the last threw himself off a cliff, and then there were none. Cassandra was terrified as she tried to leave but to her shock; they were chasing after her. They sprinted at her, Cassandra tried running faster as they kept chanted, "Great green globs of greasy, grimy gopher guts, Mutilated monkey meat. Dirty little birdie feet. Great green globs of greasy, grimy gopher guts, And me without my spoon..." Cassandra was running so much that she tripped and fell, she landed on the floor hard. 

Just then, she turn around as the three monsters advanced on her while singing, "This poor girl, she was fun. She went and saw there was none. With bodies hitting the floor, one by one, this poor girl will die with them some." However Cassandra uses her mind powers, pushing them away. Cassandra reached for the door and opened it as she rushed out. But more bad things happen her. The first thing that happened was when Cassandra was telekinetic pushed into a wall. Her fingers put high above her head against the wall, Cass's legs spread apart and her feet back, causing them to stand on her toes with the weight of the body mainly on her fingers. She managed to break free but she knew it wasn't over yet. The second was she walked into a chamber and all of a sudden, she is trapped. But then the lights flicked on and off until it was pitch black. She couldn't see however she could hear voices and it drove her insane. But she found the exit while walking aimlessly in the dark. The third thing that happened, she was subjected to noise: holding her in a room where there was a continuous loud and hissing noise. She begin to lose her mind almost when she thought she saw Bael, Asmodeus, and Decarabia but held it together as she managed to get out alive. Cassandra goes through the fourth step where she is depriving of sleep! She couldn't sleep because she was too scared of nightmares of the three Pretas she saw before. While in the chamber; she is subject to a reduced diet during her stay!

She escaped but was shocked over what happened! In the meantime; Norna watches in horror as her friends and crew are being beaten by the Pretas. She finally snapped, charging at the Pretas, she tackles at one and wrapped herself around on one of them from behind. The Pretas suddenly screamed while Norna's head was buried in its neck and wouldn't let go. Turan and the others stopped to watch this with shock and horror! Norna took down the monster, whose throat was torned up. Norna's face was bowed to the ground, Turan could't believe what she saw. "Norna?" She asked, "I--" Norna lifted her head up slowly, but her face looked different. Everyone was terrified with frozen amazement to see their comrade's new change: Norna's face was almost sallow, her eyes glowed of a reddish yellow, and her hands were like razor-like talon hands. Lips twisted and stained with blood. Turan was too frightened to move, "Norna?" She gasped. Norna looked ashamed, "Go." She hissed in an ethereal and harsh tone. Turan was too scared, Norna then shouted: "GET AWAY FROM ME!!!!" Her voice was diabolistic, more harsher. Then, she ran on all fours--Hands and feet--Norna felt hot tears flowing from her eyes. She was so ashamed of herself. Turan didn't know what to say or what to do. How did this happen? What occured such terror that happened? What kind of terror....Let's go back, back to the day that happened......

Earlier before....

There was a little boy chained to a wall as a 'toy' to sate a monster. The poor boy looked up, he was trembling with fear. "Wanna play? We'll have fun--Just you and me!" A sickening sweet voice squealed. The little boy begged for mercy, "Please! Don't do this to me!" But that person didn't listen. The first thing that happened to the boy was that he was pushed into a wall. His fingers put high above his head against the wall, the boy's legs spread apart and his feet back, causing them to stand on his toes with the weight of the body mainly on his fingers. The boy then suffered from branding on his skin and mutilation. The second was he was trapped. The lights flicked on and off until it was pitch black. He couldn't see and he felt like he was being violated. It hurt him so much, he couldn't stand it anymore! He cried and cried, begging to stop but he could hear laughter. It drove him insane. The third thing that happened, he was subjected to noise: holding him in a room where there was a continuous loud and hissing noise. The boy begin to lose his mind almost when he thought he heard creepy singing but held it together as he managed to get out alive. Through the fourth step where he is depriving of sleep! He couldn't sleep because he was too scared of nightmares of what he went through. While in the chamber; he is subject to a reduced diet during his stay! "Help me!" He cried. Just then, he doesn't having enough strenght any more to think, he is too tired from what it is he is suffering from. He naturally concludes that he's going insane. Then he heard the song of the tormentor's voice singing like a lunatic, "One little, two little, three little Indians. Four little, five little, six little Indians. Seven little, eight little, nine little Indians. Ten little Indian boys......Ten little, nine little, eight little Indians. Seven little, six little, five little Indians. Four little, three little, two little Indians. One little Indian boy." "Stop!" cried the boy. Then, his tormentor fell down with fear. He was killed by a telekinetic force and  became anew. 


It was all a flashback in her dream; Thalatte mentally torn by her past. Due to what happened, time and time again sews herself shut after trying so hard to help. It’s emotionally damaging her. Because Thalatte cares so much she can’t help but, help. However, her inner conscience tells her she cares too much. Scars have the strange power to remind others that their past is real. When people get intoxicated with masochism, they sometimes just want to be left to their own devices so they can deal with their problems alone. It’s driving her crazy that she can’t help herself. Thalatte went through so much pain that she resorted to cutting herself, and her physical scars remain as a reminder of the relationship she was in. Thalatte has tried hard to change him. Because Antrocles could never change his ways she had to cut him off. So now she has to move on. No matter how much she tried to keep him from under her skin so much that it is tearing her to pieces. Once she gets her revenge; Thalatte will see him and his friends squirm. In the meantime; Yvain is reading part from a book: "Come into the garden, Maud, For the black bat, Night, has flown. Come into the garden, Maud, I am here at the gate alone; And the woodbine spices are wafted abroad, And the musk of the roses blown. For a breeze of morning moves, And the planet of Love is on high, Beginning to faint in the light that she loves on a bed of daffodil sky, To faint in the light of the sun she loves, To faint in his light, and to die....." He stopped to see Maud nearby, "Did you write that for me?" She asked. Yvain smiles, "No, it's written by Alfred Tennyson." He said. Maud looked disappointed, "That's a shame, will write something for me one day?" She asked. Yvain nodded, "One day, I will. Promise." He said. Maud beamed with pride. 

Just then; Yvain and Maud could hear someone humming so they saw Ophelia balancing herself on the sidewalk as she sang to herself in a pretty but eerie sound to her voice, "Miss Lucy had a baby, His name was Tiny Tim. She put him in the bathtub, To see if he could swim.He drank up all the water, He ate up all the soap, He tried to eat the bathtub--But it wouldn't go down his throat. Miss Lucy called the doctor. Miss Lucy called the nurse. Miss Lucy called the lady, With the alligator purse. In came the doctor. In came the nurse. In came the lady, With the alligator purse. 'Mumps' - said the doctor. 'Measles' -said the nurse. 'Nothing' - said the lady with the alligator purse. Out went the water. Out went the soap, Out went the bathtub, that wouldn't go down his throat. Out went he doctor, Out went the nurse. Out went the lady, with the alligator purse. And now Tiny Tim, Is home all better, With his throat cleared up, And bubbles no longer there." Yvain is interested to know who she is and hid himself to get a better look at her without being seen. Ophelia sense someone was there so she turned and looked into the shadows. "I know you're there, don't be scared." Ophelia called out. "I'm not scared." answered Yvain simply. "Then come on out." Ophelia urged gently. "What if you get scared of me?" asked Yvain. "I won't." promised Ophelia. Yvain hestitantly comes out of the shadows as he reveals himself. Ophelia didn't look scared, she did look surprise though. She ogled at him before finally saying, "I know who you are." Yvain looked at her with slight nervousness, "Who am I?" He asked in a cool tone. Ophelia smiled, "You're an angel!"  She exclaimed. Yvain looked at her with total confusion. Maud watched Ophelia curiously and Yvain begins to talk to her, soon he could see how innocent she is as he was ashamed of what he is so he couldn't tell her. 

Meanwhile, later on; Cassandra was walking but didn't see where she was going. She was reading research on a group rivaled with Silver Branch--They were called Bronze Branch. She has never heard of these people. However, she crashed into someone--or two rather--But when she looked up, Androcles and Yvain glared down at her. "You....!" Androcles growled. "....Casandra Endymion." finished Yvain. Cassandra gasped, "What the--No, it can't be!" She knew who they were! "Yeah, Big Bad from Bronze Branch! What's the matter, scared?"  taunted Androcles. "I'm not scared of you, not both of you." replied Cassandra, she turned around and walked away proud. "Hey Cass, wanna see something really scary?" called Androcles. Cassandra laughed with no humor in her voice, "Like hell." She hollered back. "You know a place called Decimus Manor? I heard it's pretty haunted there." said Androcles. Cassandra turned to him, "What makes you think I'd go there?"  She snapped. Androcles smirked, "You really do like a challenge don't you? I heard there's ten little kids there. But be careful, there's three monsters living there." He said. "Ooh, I think I'm going to wet my pants." mocked Cassandra, turning away but Androcles was still persistent. "Why don't you find it? It's on 10th Indian Street." He called out. Cassandra smirk at him, "10th Indian Street? I'll see what I can fine." She said with sarcasm. Just then, Cassandra encounters with Thalatte who also dared her to go in there. Cassandra refuses but Thalatte gives her a card with Thalatte's number on it. She was in her room as she thought about it so she decided to go there. Cass found the house on 10th Indian Street. Thalatte was there with her and asked her, "Are you sure you want to go in there? It looks pretty scary." "I've seen a lot of scary stuff. What do you think I am? Afraid?" Cassandra said. "Are you really going to be that brave?" Thalatte asked. "Going once.....going twice...." challenged Cassandra. "All right! Fine, fine, fine! You rescue her, she's saved and your souls are mine!" Thalatte said. Cassandra nodded as she jumped in but Thalatte mocked her, "Oooh, almost forgot. You'll die from all those bastards in that haunted place--What a twist that'll be huh?!"  She called. 

Entering inside; Cassandra looked in one of the room to see ten little boys having dinner but it ends up badly as she watched in horror as one of them choked to death as nine kids watch in horror. The nine kids couldn't sleep of what they saw but they finally went to sleep and one of them was found with their throat torn open. The eight couldn't stay in each of the rooms however one of them didn't believe there was something wrong here and decided to sleep but he never came out of his room. Seven waited, while they wait; they cut up some fruits and vegetables. One of them cut his hands by accident and bled to death. Now there were six of them as they were trying to probe a beehive. But one of them got stung by a lot of bees and he drowned into the river for he couldn't swim. Five left as they got lost in the woods but one of them caught by a hermit as he was never seen again. Now, four went by the sea as a whale came and swallowed one of them. Three went to another forest which was forbidden and was mauled by a bear. Two were lost and no place to go, they were dehydrated and try to find water. One of them died from lack of thirst and one was left. But in his devastation; the last threw himself off a cliff, and then there were none. Cassandra was so scared, she couldn't believe this was happening and decided to search more; trying her best to be brave. But she learns of other creatures known as Pretas. Pretas are these horrifying monsters who have humane sharp teeth and eyes like glass. They are demonic looking creatures of unsymmetrical jaws all jagged and looking more like an angular fish on land. Three monsters reside; the names of them are Bael, Asmodeus, and Decarabia. The three of them are Pretas as they begin to chant a song at Cassandra over and over again: "Great green globs of greasy, grimy gopher guts, Mutilated monkey meat. Dirty little birdie feet. Great green globs of greasy, grimy gopher guts, And me without my spoon..." 

Cassandra was terrified as she tried to leave but to her shock; they were chasing after her. They sprinted at her, Cassandra tried running faster as they kept chanted, "Great green globs of greasy, grimy gopher guts, Mutilated monkey meat. Dirty little birdie feet. Great green globs of greasy, grimy gopher guts, And me without my spoon..." Cassandra was running so much that she tripped and fell, she landed on the floor hard. Just then, she turn around as the three Pretas advanced on her while singing, "This poor girl, she was fun. She went and saw there was none. With bodies hitting the floor, one by one, this poor girl will die with them some." However Cassandra uses her mind powers, pushing them away. Cassandra reached for the door and opened it as she rushed out where a shocked Thalatte was waiting. "No way in hell you're still kidding, nobody could have survived that!" She exclaimed. Cassandra was panting, in between, she gasps out: "Just....did!" Then she leaned over and demanded, "Don't! Tell! ANYBODY!!! GOT IT?!" Thalatte nodded and Cassandra left. Later on, Cassandra was going back but heard Androcles and his friend, Hijiro, chuckling over the place they lured Cass to go there. They laugh at how those ten kids of how funny it was when those kids died under different circumstances. When Cassandra heard this, she was shocked and angry at this, she dared not to admit that she went there which they will get the last laugh out of her. She decided to go after them with a plan. However, Thalatte had something in mind and gave Androcles, Hijiro, Yvain, and Maud annonymous tasks: This Preta took women as hostages to its lair in a cave, luring warriors from nearby towns to save the damsel in distress. After entering the cave, the warrior would see the woman and rush to her side. Once he was close, the woman would turn into a Preta and torture the warriors and giving them to Thalatte. 

However, Yvain was smarter as he and Androcles stunned the beast with their powers and, using their immense strength, strangled it to death. Thalatte was angry at this defeat but she didn't stop there. For Androcles and Yvain then confronted another Preta, where their powers cut off each of his heads they found that two grew back, an expression of the hopelessness of such a struggle. However, Yvain came upon the idea of using a fire to scorch the neck stumps after each decapitation. Androcles cut off each head and Yvain cauterized the open stumps. Seeing that they were winning the struggle, Thalatte sent a large crab to distract them. But Hijiro and Maude crushed it under their feet. A third Preta was terrifying. Whoever dared to look into its face ended up being turned into stone. Hijiro and Maud held a mirrored shield for them, to see a reflection of the Preta’s face and to avoid being turned into stone. Finally, The Preta saw its own reflection from the shield and turned to stone. Now, Androcles used his telekinesis to behead it. They were faced with a fourth Preta inside of a labyrinth. Inside the maze; The duo were faced with the fourth Preta where it had horns on its head which they grabbed and kept on twisting the great head from side to side. As the animal grew weak, Androcles gave one almighty tug on the head with his mind, turning it almost right around. The Preta's neck snapped, it gurgled its last breath and fell to the floor with an enormous crash to the ground. Thalatte was shocked by this and enraged so much that she freaked out, "I can't believe this badass duo! I sold every freak and they don't even break a sweat!!! I mean, what's it going to take to get rid of them?!" She was pulling the ends of her hair. She was biting her nails. She has been cutting her skin but she moaned pleasurely. She pounded on the walls. She would likely be in this pain without complaining until she is torn away from Androcles! Thalatte wants to feel this pain and that’s why she closes her eyes and slowly moves to some other place. Thalatte thinks that there’s no way to mend her soul and that fear is too hard to handle.

Cassandra found a sign that said, 'Stand Here' and stood and let herself be laced with the new laces. But she was laced so quickly that she lost her breath and fell down. Not long afterwards in the evening Brother 10 came back at how how shocked they were when they saw dear Cassandra lying on the ground. They lifted her up, and, as they saw that she was laced too tightly, they cut the laces, then she began to breathe a little, and after a while came to life again. Annis offered to comb her hair properly. But Cassandra felt the comb in her hair than the poison in it took effect, and she fell down senselessly but Brother 10 looked and found the poisoned comb. They taken it out when Cassandra came back to life. Cassandra reached over for an apple but she hardly had she a bit of it in her mouth than she fell down. But Mimir came by as he reached his hand over Cassandra's throat, and a piece of the poisonous apple came out. And before long she opened her eyes and came back alive. She didn't know what was going on however Cassandra continues to be tormented by an unknown person with telekinesis like her: The first thing that happened was when Cassandra was telekinetic pushed into a wall. Her fingers put high above her head against the wall, Cass's legs spread apart and her feet back, causing them to stand on her toes with the weight of the body mainly on her fingers. She managed to break free but she knew it wasn't over yet. The second was she walked into a chamber and all of a sudden, she is trapped. But then the lights flicked on and off until it was pitch black. She couldn't see however she could hear voices and it drove her insane. But she found the exit while walking aimlessly in the dark. The third thing that happened, she was subjected to noise: holding her in a room where there was a continuous loud and hissing noise. 

She begin to lose her mind almost when she thought she saw Bael, Asmodeus, and Decarabia but held it together as she managed to get out alive. Cassandra goes through the fourth step where she is depriving of sleep! She couldn't sleep because she was too scared of nightmares of the three Pretas she saw before. While in the chamber; she is subject to a reduced diet during her stay! Poor Cassandra never even thought of such a thing, that it was not her mother at all, but a wicked werewolf, to pretend that he was the werewolf as the lady herself. "Come and sit down beside my bed, dearie," wheezed the werewolf, "and let us have a little chat." Then the disguised werewolf stretched out his large hairy paws and began to unfasten the basket. "Oh!" said Cassandra, "What eyes you have, Mom!" "All the better to see you with, my pet," grinned the werewolf. "What great arms you have, Mom!" Cassandra said. "All the better to hug you with," said the Wolf. "And Mother," gasped Cassandra, "what great sharp teeth you have!" "All the better to eat you with!' growled the Preta, springing up suddenly at Cassandra. But just at that very moment the door flew open, and Jack and the others rushed in with their weapons, and killed the Preta. She wakes up and still hear the voices in her head from yesterday. Cass will never forget whoever did this to her and she will revenge one day. In the meantime; Thalatte is stressed over something as she babbled to herself: "My Androcles, he's an angel, Only he ain't got no wings. He said I was the sweetest thing, That ever lived or died!!!"  She stopped to giggle maniacally to herself before continuing, "My Androcles's tall and handsome, My boy's pretty and slim; But the only thing that satisfies him, Is a good big damn game.....!" Meanwhile; Yvain was writing in his notebook but he heard rustling and closed his notebook as he prepared himself but jumped when the figure jumped in front of him and smiled. It was Ophelia!

"Oh, I remember you!" Ophelia said with delight. Yvain is shocked, "Um...How are you?" He said. "What are you doing here?" Ophelia asked happily. "Uh, writing?" answered Yvain in a questioning tone. Ophelia looked at him with happiness, "You write?" She said, Yvain nodded. Ophelia grinned and pulled out her notebook, "I write too!" She said. Yvain looked at her with surprise, "Really?" He asked. Ophelia opened her notebook, there she had such perfect and nice handwriting. Yvain is nervous about letting himself trust her. Yvain explained he is not sure on trusting other people and doesn't agree with her suggestions. "Why not?" asked Ophelia. "I can't ask a stranger I don't know on my writing." Yvain admitted. "You're not a stranger, you are a fellow writer like me!" Ophelia protested. "What do you know about writing?" Yvain asked. Ophelia looked at him, "I know that you and I have a great friendship. You don't have to be scared." She pleaded. Then she had an idea: "Well, how about you and I write?" asked Ophelia. Yvain look stunt. "What?" He asked. Ophelia sounded excited. "Yeah!" She squealed. Yvain wasn't amused, "I'm sorry, why do you want me--?" He said. "I mean, whatever you want to share then I won't tell anyone and we can give each other criticism." Ophelia started to ranted but Yvain begin to cut in. "Whoa, whoa. Slow down. I'm sorry. I --!" Yvain started to say, however Maud whisper to him, "It's all right, Yvain. Make the girl happy." And so he accepts. In the meantime; Turan, Norna, and the gang were on a mission to check the House on 10th Indian Street and went in. But they saw the ghosts of children and the reinactment that Cassandra saw. Turan and the others is terrified. Just then, the Pretas appeared!

Norna watches in horror as her friends and crew are being beaten by the Pretas. She finally snapped, charging at the Pretas, she tackles at one and wrapped herself around on one of them from behind. The Pretas suddenly screamed while Norna's head was buried in its neck and wouldn't let go. Turan and the others stopped to watch this with shock and horror! Norna took down the monster, whose throat was torned up. Norna's face was bowed to the ground, Turan could't believe what she saw. "Norna?" She asked, "I--" Norna lifted her head up slowly, but her face looked different. Everyone was terrified with frozen amazement to see their comrade's new change: Norna's face was almost sallow, her eyes glowed of a reddish yellow, and her hands were like razor-like talon hands. Lips twisted and stained with blood. Turan was too frightened to move, "Norna?" She gasped. Norna looked ashamed, "Go." She hissed in an ethereal and harsh tone. Turan was too scared, Norna then shouted: "GET AWAY FROM ME!!!!" Her voice was diabolistic, more harsher. Then, she ran on all fours--Hands and feet--Norna felt hot tears flowing from her eyes. She was so ashamed of herself. Turan didn't know what to say or what to do. She just couldn't believe it! That night, Androcles suffered from a nightmare: There was a little boy chained to a wall as a 'toy' to sate a monster. The poor boy looked up, he was trembling with fear. "Wanna play? We'll have fun--Just you and me!" A sickening sweet voice squealed. The little boy begged for mercy, "Please! Don't do this to me!" But that person didn't listen. The first thing that happened to the boy was that he was pushed into a wall. His fingers put high above his head against the wall, the boy's legs spread apart and his feet back, causing them to stand on his toes with the weight of the body mainly on his fingers.

The boy then suffered from branding on his skin and mutilation. The second was he was trapped. The lights flicked on and off until it was pitch black. He couldn't see and he felt like he was being violated. It hurt him so much, he couldn't stand it anymore! He cried and cried, begging to stop but he could hear laughter. It drove him insane. The third thing that happened, he was subjected to noise: holding him in a room where there was a continuous loud and hissing noise. The boy begin to lose his mind almost when he thought he heard creepy singing but held it together as he managed to get out alive. Through the fourth step where he is depriving of sleep! He couldn't sleep because he was too scared of nightmares of what he went through. While in the chamber; he is subject to a reduced diet during his stay! "Help me!" He cried. Just then, he doesn't having enough strength any more to think, he is too tired from what it is he is suffering from. He naturally concludes that he's going insane. Then he heard the song of the tormentor's voice singing like a lunatic, "One little, two little, three little Indians. Four little, five little, six little Indians. Seven little, eight little, nine little Indians. Ten little Indian boys......Ten little, nine little, eight little Indians. Seven little, six little, five little Indians. Four little, three little, two little Indians. One little Indian boy." "Stop!" cried the boy. Antrocles woke up with a start, revealing he's topless which shows off his pectorals which is hairless and has a six pack. But he brushed off the nightmare as nothing.

In the meantime; Yvain begins to read a poem in his book, "Ten little Injuns standin' in a line, One toddled home and then there were nine; Nine little Injuns swingin' on a gate, One tumbled off and then there were eight. Eight little Injuns happiest under heaven. One went to sleep and then there were seven; Seven little Injuns cuttin' up their tricks, One broke his neck and then there were six. Six little Injuns all alive, One kicked the bucket and then there were five; Five little Injuns on a cellar door, One tumbled in and then there were four. Four little Injuns up on a spree,One got fuddled and then there were three; Three little Injuns out on a canoe, One tumbled overboard and then there were two. Two little Injuns foolin' with a gun, One shot t'other and then there was one; One little Injun livin' all alone, He got married and then there were none."