Mileah Athelia was greeted back into reality by those words, words that normally would have either meant nothing or had more of a happy substance to them. Today, however, those words sewed together only presented themselves as negativity itself. She got up of course, and frowned as she forced her limp and exhausted self upwards; glancing around the Old Mansion for a moment.
(Goodbye Old Mansion.) Mileah thought as she picked up her bag and made her way outside.
From there, the tomboy leaped onto her portable skateboard and now began to race her way to the airport. She had to hurry if she didn’t want Edward to catch her. As Mileah went onward, Sapphire sent a message to TomahawkMan.
[MSG @: TomahawkMan]:
“Hey Toma, Miles and I are making our way to the airport. We’ll see you there.” ~☆Sapphire
“Oh, tell Dingo to not ask Miles about anything that has occurred the past few days. She’s starting to hallucinate and see things, so just be careful with what you say to her. ~☆Sapphire
Sapphire sent the same messages to Aine, Tabune and Hikaru, of course edited with their names instead of Dingo and Toma; to then go back on guard duty. So far, so good. Edward was nowhere in sight. How long would this last?
Every time I try to walk through walls
More walls appear
What’s the point of feeling love for you
When you don’t believe I’m here?
What’s the point of trying to raise your voice
If no one ever hears?
Every time I try to pull you close
You disappear
Maybe I’m a ghost
Just a whisper in a puff of smoke
A secret that nobody knows
No one will ever hear
Or maybe I’m a ghost
Specter on a wrong course
Thorn without out a rose
Something people fear…
Mileah constantly walked the house throughout the night, crying an endless stream of tears. She still could not believe what happened, nor did she want to believe it. Pat was spirited away, and Mileah was too fearful to help him. The image of the passed out flower child in her father’s arms, haunted her mind.
Thunder soon boomed, lightning flashed, crashing through the sky, causing the teenager to flinch in fear. As she went downstairs to get herself some chocolate ice cream to possibly cheer her up, lightning flashed again showing an image of Pat.
“Why didn’t you save me? Why did you let your father take me?” He said softly despaired, “How could you do this to me Miles…? How could you do this to me?!”
The tomboy soon became paralyzed in fear as she backed away. Her father did not kill Pat now did he? As she inched further backwards, another familiar voice came within earshot, sounding just as ghostly as Pat did in front of her.
[”Mileah why? Why did you do this to us? If you just surrendered to your father, none of this would have happened. Now we’re both suffering because of you!”]
Mileah slowly turned and behind her and screamed; the sound echoing throughout the household. It was her mother who she saw.
“I never wanted this to happen–!!” She cried as she moved more towards Pat’s direction, “I never wanted Dad to do this!! I never wanted for you and Pat to be taken away!! I just wanted to have friends and a better life!!”
She soon bumped into the wall, pinned between it and Pat accompanied by her mother. They both gave themselves sinister eerie grins, suddenly becoming more demonic. Mileah had nowhere else to go, and could no longer scream in fright. The terror snatched the sound making it nonexistent. She was doomed.
“Maybe we should torture you for all you caused… And besides, nobody will care about you being gone. The world will be much safer without you~” Pat mused, “Right Mana~?”
[”I agree. Goodbye my pathetic excuse for a daughter~. I hope you’ll enjoy your newfound hell!!”]
Mileah’s heart accelerated, sweat raced down her entire body, her hands and legs shivering, and her head pounded like a beating drum, as her eyes frantically looked at the two individuals. She had to do something, and in that moment, she only could do one thing.
“NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!”
Immediately afterwards, another voice came. One she knew that rang hope in her ears. The figure came into view, her sword out as she rushed over.
{{”MILEAH!! MILEAH ARE YOU ALRIGHT?!”}}
With that, Pat and Mana were gone, leaving only Mileah and Sapphire in the hall. The tomboy latched on to Sapphire and sobbed, her sweat and tears falling on the NetNavi’s shoulders. Whatever occurred had only worsened her NetOp’s condition.
{{”Miles… what happened?”}} Sapphire whispered quietly as she patted Mileah’s back softly.
“P-P-Pat… Mom… they were going to t-torture me… They said it was all my fault this happened, and that if I just surrendered to Dad n-none of this would have happened–!!”
Sapphire cringed, knowing the feeling all too well. Mileah must have been hallucinating due to all the stress put on top of her. The only problem was how to fix this; for she did not see the two people mentioned when she arrived. Would there be a way to fix this?
{{”Mileah it’s not true. None of this is your fault. Your mind is haunted by all these negative thoughts, and they became “alive” due to all the stress you have been taking in. In simpler words, you were hallucinating. You know Pat and Mana would never say those things. They love and care about you.”}}
She carefully lifted Mileah off her shoulders and made their eyes connect. This needed to be understood by the chocolate haired female, and Sapphire wanted to make sure it was understood.
{{”Now Mileah, you’re not going to surrender to your father. If you do, this’ll show that what he’s doing is okay. You have to show him defiance. You can’t let him win.”}}
Mileah stared at Sapphire disgusted. Her stomach felt sick from all the words mentioned. It churned rapidly, squeezing all of the remaining hope out of her.
“Sapphire there’s no other way–!! If I don’t give in, others will get hurt!! No one is safe with me!!”
{{”It’s not you that’s causing this, so don’t ta-”}}
“YOU DON’T KNOW ANYTHING DO YOU?! NO ONE IS SAFE WITH ME!!!!! EVERYONE WILL BE HAUNTED, TAKEN, OR HARMED BECAUSE OF ME!!! DAD WANTS ME, NOT ANYONE ELSE!!! I HAVE NO REASON TO STAND HERE AND CONTINUE TO MOVE WHILE MY FATHER PICKS OFF PEOPLE ONE BY ONE!! I AM THE REASON WHY EVERYONE IS SUFFERING!!! THIS IS ALL MY OWN FAULT!!!”
SMACK!!
Sapphire had swept her hand across Mileah’s face, tears now running down her own face. She had enough of this negativity.
{{”MILEAH ATHELIA THAT IS COMPLETELY WRONG!!! YOU DID NONE OF THIS, SO STOP!! YOU SHOULDN’T NEED TO TAKE THE BLAME!!! THIS IS ALL YOUR FATHER’S DOING!! YOU CAN’T LET EDWARD WIN!!! HE WANTS YOU TO BE LIKE THIS AND CRY!!! HE WANTS YOU TO SURRENDER!! WE ARE NOT GOING TO LET HIM WIN!! WE WILL STOP HIM, AND SAVE PAT AND MANA, DO YOU UNDERSTAND?!”}}
Mileah stared brokenly at her navi. All of these things swarmed her mind, what was right and what was wrong; the slap made these things more complicated. What should she do? Sapphire sobbed silently, staring into Mileah’s shattered eyes that streamed tears, and it was then she knew.
“…I’m sorry. You’re right…”
A hug soon approached Sapphire, a genuine one, nice and warm, their hearts aligned, beating in synchronization.
“We will figure this out… I’m so sorry that you had to deal with my blackened heart.”
{{”…Just don’t ever give up okay? Even when things are rough… Those are the words the Miles I know told me. So please, live by those words. For everyone’s sake…”}}
Silence soon filled the room, as the Temporal Duo hugged it out, their tears painted the floor, and tiny smiles were exchanged. They both knew fighting yourself was one of the hardest things to do, but with a friend, it was a bit easier…
It had been a little while after hypnotism incident; two days to be exact. And although he felt bad for how he was harming his daughter, Edward knew he had to continue. Mileah would never listen to him, not even from the start of this whole act. He knew it would take forever to snatch Mileah away due to all of her nosy, stubborn, vexatious, and meddling kid friends. This had to be stopped, but the question was how? A small idea same to his head, and the ghost floated over to Mileah’s house, slipping inside her bedroom and faced her PET.
(This is going to be very strange… but it’s for the best. It’s for Milly’s sake.)
Soon Edward typed away a message at Pat, a very convincing one at that, while Sapphire slept comfortably in Sleep Mode.
Message @ Pat: Hey Pat, I need some help… I had a nightmare regarding these hauntings and I need someone to vent to. Can we meet at the park you took me to? -Mileah
With the message all believable to a T, he sent the message and made his way to the park. This had to work, for if he got Pat, Mileah would soon come to follow. After all, she cared too much for this young boy. If she was able to help Pat, she would do ANYTHING to protect him….
(Soon Milly, soon you’ll be mine. And I won’t let these mere, albeit, strong kids get in my way!)
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After being chased out of her home, Mileah and Sapphire were stuck inside their old mansion safe haven with the mysterious Hikaru. As the night faded away, the two went back home, leaving the mansion. Sapphire send Forte a small text, needing to vent to someone outside of Miles. She had enough to worry about.
Message @ Forte: Hey Forte, whenever you can... can you come to my PET? I need someone to vent to... ~☆Sapphire
{🎀};— (ง'̀-'́)ง @ Edward "Fight me, you undead prick!"
At first, there was no response. Silence responded back dominantly, until bone chilling air filled the room. A red mystifying mist appeared, which soon swirled around rapidly. Soon the mist formed Edward Athelia, who glared at Amy rather furiously. He did not like the “undead prick” comment she made.
“̡̢͠Y͢ǫ̵́ư̸̧͡ ͘͠͏̧d̸̀͟͠͏ą̴͜͜r͢e̷̢ ̛͏̶͠ç͏̴҉ḩ̴̨͘a̸͘͝͠l̨̨͞l̴̷̷̡é̛̕ń̶͏̨̨g̢̧͞͝è͞ ̡͞ḿ͢͞é?҉҉̧͡”̸̕ Edward bellowed as he floated over towards the pinkette, his eyes glowing almost as if they were on fire, amber all over the outside part of his eyes.
He clenched his fists as if he was preparing for a fight, for it seemed the ghostly father would not hold back or have any mercy.
