"Well then." Lord Chaos was standing in front of a screen, watching what appeared to be the Illusion Village. "It seems as if the time has finally come. I've got the sage, and so now I just need to harness the magic. And now that the trash is here, there is no way they can get there! Haha..." Lord Chaos smiled as he picked up a small phone.
Ring Ring Ring...
"Hello?" It was the voice of Wreckless.
"Ah, Agent Wreck. I trust that you're already did him in?"
"Um, no..." Wreckless' voice was small and meek now, as he seemed to fear Lord Chaos.
"WHAT? I SENT YOU LONG AGO!!!" Lord Chaos yelled, Wreckless probably holding the phone away from his ear.
"You know your trash? Well, if you haven't figured it out yet, they're here. On our grounds," Wreckless explained a little proudly as he heard Lord Chaos chuckle.
"Of course I know! I've got one of them as prisoner, and the others should be arriving there soon. They wouldn't just leave their pathetic friend behind! Now, where are you?"
"In the forest, right outside. One of them is seriously strong. He has Agent Shot and I in an energy hold, and we are floating mindlessly in the air."
"And you didn't think to call me?" Lord Chaos asked as Wreckless let out a small chuckle.
"No, the one had us guarded. He went for a walk, and has been gone for quite some time!" Wreckless then stopped. "He would have killed us! He had us cornered like rats..." Wreckless admitted as Lord Chaos smiled.
"Very well then. I will come and break that pathetic energy hold on you. AND THEN I'LL BREAK EVERY BONE IN YOUR BODY!"
"All right. Thanks, my Lord."
"Hehe, no. You shouldn't be thanking me! Not after I break every bone in your body..." Lord Chaos sounded pleased.
"I-I, um, all right..." Wreckless then hung up as Lord Chaos had a huge grin spreading acrossed his face. He was pleased with the way things were turning out...
_
Time: 4:11 PM
"Reema!" Karma yelled, finding it appalling that Reema had disappeared behind the so-called window.
"Relax! I'm here, inside the castle!" Reema replied as Ludwig walked over to the window and put his finger into it.
"See my finger?"
"Yeah, now just leap through!" Reema then grabbed his finger as he was pulled in.
Karma backed up, and the charged through like a reckless driver...
"OW!" Karma had jumped though, and landed right on Reema and Ludwig.
"Please, get off my leg!" Ludwig moaned to Reema as Reema stood up, the mess of their bodies becoming untangled.
"Now let's go find that dungeon!" Reema sounded excited as she tightened her grip on her axe. Ludwig stood up as he did something completely unexpected. He held out his claw as Karma looked up at him. Rather than smart remark, she grabbed it and he helped her up...
"Yeah. Let's go!" Karma said as she took off running down the hall. Ludwig sighed as Reema rolled her eyes.
"Wow, such anticipation to die," Ludwig commented as Reema then kicked him in the shin.
"Are you trying to curse us?"
"Ow! No, but you didn't have to hurt me!" Ludwig moaned as Reema took off after Karma. Ludwig started to run as well, irritated and with a feeling of worry spreading through him.
_
Time: ???
"Ah, blast. This castle is different from the one I lived in. I hate this place, it reeks of evil!" Venoma complained to himself as he suddenly stopped dead in his tracks. He hovered up, listening with anticipation.
"Hehe, hurry up!" Karma's voice came from somewhere as Venoma let himself back down to the ground. He felt a feeling of happiness go through him as he turned around, waiting for Karma and hopefully the others.
"Karma? Ludwig? Reema?" Venoma called as he awaited a reply.
"Teela?" Karma's voice came as Venoma sighed.
"No, it's Venoma!"
"Venoma? No way, it has to be a trick. We left him with the hostages!" Reema's voice came from somewhere else down the corridor.
"No! It's me, I swear!" Venoma then tried to figure out some way to prove who he was, but he then realized that they might have been fakes. "I BET YOU GUYS ARE TRAPS OF MY MIND!!!"
"So if I sock you in the face, then would you believe me?" Reema emerged from around the corner as Venoma sighed.
"Teela is in the dungeon, and she's in serious pain. I'll take you to her!" Venoma started to walk away as Karma and Ludwig caught up.
"Yeah, but what if it's a trap?" Ludwig asked as Karma shook her head.
"I doubt that. What if it's not a trap?"
"Let's ask him something that only the real Venoma would know!" Reema suggested as Karma thought for a moment.
"What do you think of Teela?" Karma asked as she smiled a mischievous smile. Venoma's face was turning a reddish color as he panicked a bit.
"I, uh, she's my friend, and I care about her a lot!" Venoma thought of an answer quick as Reema rolled her eyes.
"Guess there's only one way to find out!" Reema then held her axe as Venoma closed his eyes and appeared behind Reema. He grabbed the axe from her, as she seemed to be shocked.
"He's real," Ludwig growled as Venoma smiled. He then took off running as they followed close behind, Reema still wondering how many times that was going to happen to her.
_
Setting: Black Mind Void, Time: ???
"What did I ever do? It doesn't feel real anymore... I don't know. I could only stay if you were around; if I closed my eyes would it all go away? What did they ever do to deserve this? If it never happened, I wouldn't be here. If they never left, I wouldn't be in pain right now. You're the only reason I'm trying! They were the only reason I ever tried. Now I've got to move on, not knowing any destination? I've been wasted away, and I've made a million mistakes! I've got this thing in my head; I've been desperate since they're not here! I'M NOT AFRAID OF DIEING! I WAS AFRAID OF LOSING YOU THOUGH! I CAN'T GO ON LIKE THIS! ALL I REALLY KNOW IS THAT THEY WERE THE ONLY REASON I'M TRYING!!! If it never happened, I wouldn't be here."
Teela had been jolted awake to find herself back in the dungeon. She questioned everything she believed then, and wondered what was going to happen.
"Am I... alive? If it never happened... I wouldn't be here..." Teela then tried to stand up. "AHeeh..." She then tried to catch her breath as she realized she wasn't breathing. She wasn't suffocating either, she just wasn't breathing. It was as if she no longer needed to. Teela felt a sick feeling inside her head and her stomach. She looked in front of her to find the pile of green blood.
"Ah, shoot..." Teela sort of sighed as she looked around again. She couldn't move, and she was going to end up dead if she stayed here.
"Teela?" The door opened as Venoma walked in. "We came back for you!"
"Where is she?" Karma asked as Teela tried to stand up. Venoma walked right past her, and it seemed as if he didn't notice her.
"I'm right here!" Teela said meanly, appalled as to how they did not notice her.
"I hear her voice, but where is she?" Reema asked as Teela shook her head.
"I'm right here in front of you!" Teela wailed as Venoma then looked around.
"Where?"
"You can't see me? What do you mean?!" Teela then smiled. "This is some sort of joke, isn't it?"
"No bone-head, we seriously can't see you," Reema replied as Teela sighed.
"You guys, I don't know what's wrong with me. I completely blanked out when Venoma left, and I think I threw up a pile of blood." Teela sounded tired, and she felt nothing but pain all around her body.
"Where are you?" Venoma asked as Teela tried to move again.
"Aher... Ouch... I'm right by you!" Teela moaned as Venoma looked around. He then took another step, Teela seeing he stepped right through her.
"This isn't good..." Karma noted as Ludwig nodded.
"Is she invisible?" Ludwig then started to walk all over.
"No, Venoma just stepped right through me..." Teela sounded as if she were crying, but the pain inside of her rumbled as Venoma had a worried look on her face.
"Teela... I think I know what's happened to you," Karma announced as Teela sighed.
"Eh? That's good, could you please fill me in?" Teela joked, no one laughing. She had attempted to make a joke about her being invisible and transparent.
"You are becoming a ghost..." Karma then took a deep breath.
"I guess that would explain why I'm not breathing!"
"Huh? What do you mean?" Venoma asked as he took another step back to where he was.
"You're standing where my stomach would be," Teela complained as Venoma laughed. "I'm not breathing. There is something wrong, but it feels like I don't need to breathe!"
"It's called Ghostin, ah, something like that. Teela, the first time we met, I had questions about your fangs. I found that picture of yours, the one with your parents and you. You didn't have fangs, and so I went to ask Kamek about you. He gave me a book, which I thought was stupid, but it said stuff like this happens when you're going through this process called that ghostina, ah, thing... It drains your life force, and you're eventually going to have to start to take other people's. I think, in other words, you're becoming a blood-sucking ghost," Karma noted as Teela sighed.
"Why me? Oh well, I can't move. I'm in serious pain, and it's not doing me any good to hear things like that..."
"But if you're a ghost, how do you feel pain?" Ludwig asked as Venoma thought for a moment.
"Maybe she's not a complete ghost! Perhaps she's becoming one..."
"I think Venoma is on to something..." Teela mentioned as she then decided she'd try to treat this invisibility thing like one of her powers. Perhaps she could control it?
"Well, we have to rescue Vara!" Reema sounded rushed as Teela tried to take a deep breath, but she seriously couldn't breath.
"I'm going to at least try to be something besides transparent. I can go through the floor like this!" Teela growled as she closed her eyes, and began to concentrate. Teela thought about something she enjoyed, but even that was hard for her to do. She liked being around her friends, though, but what else?
"Well?'
"Venoma, I want you to attempt to grab my hand," Teela instructed as Venoma stood right in front of her and tried to grab something. All he got was air.
"Now what?"
"Just a minute. Just hold out your claw!" Teela ordered as Venoma did as asked. Teela then had a flashback in her mind.
Flashback
"How could you do such a thing?” An old koopa stood in front of a podium. A younger Teela Yoshi stood before him.
“I’m INNOCENT!” Teela pleaded as the mayor sighed.
“I’m sorry, but you have no evidence to back up your word. We have all the proof that you are the one who killed the three people!”
“I warn you I’m not. I’m innocent!”
“Jury?”
The jury all looked to one another and wrote something down. They handed it to the mayor, obviously the judge, as he did not frown nor smile.
“You are hereby sentenced guilty, and are to be terminated at sunrise tomorrow morning. You can spend the night with your parents, who are the ones to blame for this. If you’d never been born, we would have been better off…” The mayor then started to walk away as Teela’s parents came up to her, her mother crying. Her father obviously was in agreement with the jury and the mayor.
“I love you, Teela,” her mother whispered as Teela had tears streaming down her face.
“Let’s go,” her father instructed as they started to walk away…
End flashback