The Cursed Prophecy

== The Cursed Prophecy  ==
=== By W!tchyW!tch and Axoltol Idiot ===
==== Sequel to The Crimson Prophecy      ====
===== Book 2 =====
   
= Chapter 1: Maxwell Sharpie  =
“I loved James Bond. I loved the movies so much, I would force my sister, Emma, to watch them with me. I think she even eventually started to like them. She’d say, ‘Maxwell! Let’s watch this James Bond movie!’ Sometimes. But I was mostly the one to say that to her. 
“Sci would always let us stay up late playing or watching the movies. He would occasionally join us too. I was 10, Emma was 13, but we still got along. I wanted to be a spy when I grew up. Badly. It was my dream. Emma always said, ‘You can be anything you want to be when you grow up, Max!’
“Sci always said, ‘Not sure if it’s possible, but if anybody can make it possible, it’s you!’ 
“But Mother and Father always replied, ‘Maxwell, get out of those silly dreams of yours. When you grow up you’re becoming president of tech and stocks just like your father. Now stop watching James Bond and go study!’ 
“I wanted to be a spy so badly. Imagine; sneaking around, fighting bad guys, blowing stuff up! It would be awesome! So I decided to do something I regret, to prove that I could be a spy. In the daily broadcast, it said in the abandoned nuclear power plant, there was an Emby. An Emby was a ruby and an emerald formed together. It was one of a kind. My mother and father wanted it badly but they couldn’t have it. So I decided to get it for them so then I could prove to them I was born to be a spy. 
“The nuclear power plant was off-limits, though, so it was perfect to prove I was a spy. If I didn’t get caught. One night, Emma and I were watching a James Bond movie and Emma had fallen asleep. Sci had gone to go charge. I was the last one up. I put on my black t-shirt, my black shorts, and black boots. I opened the door and it was cold out. So I put on my black coat. I was still cold since I was wearing shorts but I didn’t care.
“If James Bond could do all that stuff I could do it too. Before I left I hugged Sci’s charging body and gently hugged Emma. Then I wrote a note. 
‘Dear Family, 
‘Hi! I decided to go out and prove I was born to be a spy. I'm going to the nuclear power plant to get the Emby. I love you guys so much. But if James Bond can do all that stuff, then I can too. I’ll see you guys later. Bye! 
‘Love, 
‘Maxwell 
I opened the door and peered back at Emma one last time. 
“‘I love you, Emma. Goodbye,’ I whispered. And I closed the door. I grabbed my hoverbike and went off. 
“I went about 500 miles an hour. I got there in a couple of minutes. I landed and set my bike down on the ground. There was a fence around the whole place. It also had barbed wire. I climbed the fence, when I got to the barbed wire I used my coat sleeves to get past. My coat was very puffy so I didn’t feel anything but it still got shredded. Then I jumped down. I speed walked over to the entrance, when I got there it was locked. Luckily I knew how to pick locks. 
“I had brought my lock picking kit with me and I worked my magic. The door opened and I walked in. I looked around for a while, that's when I found a mine. The mine had crystals and all sorts of gems growing out of it. It almost blinded me. It was that bright. 
“I walked deeper into the mine, staring at the beauty of it all. Then there it was, the Emby. It was an emerald with rubies growing out the side. I stepped closer and closer. It was on a stand surrounded by all sorts of science equipment. I grabbed a beaker full of little jewels and made the switch. There was no doubt that they would have booby-trapped it. I put it in my pocket and walked out of the mine. I was surrounded by the government. They took me to jail. Instead of calling my parents, they made an announcement.
“‘Attention all citizens: One of your fellow people has gone and tried to steal the Emby. We caught him but it was too late. Maxwell Sharpie is DEAD. The gases in the mines were too strong for him and he died. We are very sorry to bother you,’ they said.  But...I wasn’t dead. I was in jail. Alive. I tried screaming and screaming but nothing happened. Now here I am, 3 years later. 13. In jail,” I said. 
“So that's my story. What's yours, Skully?” I asked my friend Skully. “Oh wait, you're not alive.” 
I guess I'll just wait to get out someday. If I ever get out.
= Chapter 2: 10 MILES (Emma) =
We were running. Running from the people who control us. The people who watch us. The people who were trying to get us locked up in jail. The people who announced my brother's death. We were running from them. The government. They had decided to go past city limits. I was running faster than ever before. A clear image popped into my mind. It was a flashback. It was Christmas, snow everywhere, and cold outside. 
Mother and Father were in their office, working. Or just avoiding us, as usual. Sci had gotten Maxwell a new James Bond movie, as it was a new release. They had decided to start making new ones since we have the best technology right now. It was on a penny. 
All you had to do was flip the penny 3 times in a row, and boom, whatever James Bond movie you wanted to watch would appear on the TV screen. It was James Bond: The Return, which just came out the day before. He was so happy. He wouldn’t even let me open the rest of my presents. He grabbed the coin in my hand and ran to the TV. He flipped it 3 times in a row and it played. 
Sci went to go make us hot cocoa with marshmallows and gingerbread people. We sat on our couch and snuggled up together. It was the last Christmas before…
Then I snapped back into reality. 
The government now had megaphones and was trying to get us to stop. I kept wondering why I should keep going. If I got caught, Mother and Father would kill me or unknown me. If I keep running, I'll never be able to go home. 
Do I keep running? Maxwell… he’s the reason I have to keep running. He would want me to keep going. I had to keep going. The government was getting farther away from us; we were getting away. But then I heard a loud thump. 
“Owww!” Cleo yelled, holding her ankle. 
“Are you okay?” Lilligan asked frantically. 
“My ankle! I think I twisted it!” she cried. 
“What do we do?” I asked. Griffon kept looking at Cleo and the government. 
“Uh…” he started. Griffon ran back and picked up Cleo, and started to run with her in his arms. We ran, farther and farther. We ran till we couldn’t anymore
Lilligan was walking somewhere into the trees, and we followed. We were moving into the tree to avoid them. Lilligan found something; a trap door, perhaps?
We ran inside and shut the door. We could hear the government on top of us, like we were still running, looking for us. “We could just hide in here for a little bit,” I said, hopefully. 
“Good idea,” Flynn said. 
“So are you going to let go of me, or…” Cleo began, looking at Griffon. Griffon just straight out dropped her on the floor. 
“Ow,” she groaned, trying to stand up. She fell again.
We just sat on a rug in the cave. There was lots of stuff just in the room. 
“Is this… blood?” Axel asked, looking at the red-stained carpet. 
“Either that or juice,” Cleo groaned. I didn't care, I just wanted to get out of there.	
We sat there for a long time; it felt like forever. We heard the door open. We were not alone. And whoever that was, they sounded big and dangerous.
= Chapter 3: Prison (Maxwell) =
    	Dangerous. The world is dangerous. Especially in this city. Especially when you’re 13 in jail. Yep. This is my life. My daily routine is to wake up, have a daily chat with Skully, they throw slop literally in my face, I try to gather whatever is edible, then I just roam around my cell. I’ve never even been out of this cell since I got here. 
Except for that one time when I tried to escape. It was a few days after I had gotten in jail. It was cold. Everything was cold and dark. It was nighttime. There was some old rubble in the jail cell, they looked like dark grey rocks. I smashed the lock on the door. I tried to be as quiet as possible as I tiptoed through the halls and corridors. 
But I was too busy trying to be quiet when I knocked over a whole stack of crates full of weapons. Then there was a moment of silence. I stood there for a minute, not knowing what was going on, then an ear exploding siren went off. The boring grey halls lighted up with red. The stomping feet of wardens and guards everywhere. I was frozen for another few seconds. 
Then I snapped back into reality. I ran faster than I ever had before. My purple hair blew behind me. I ran down the hall. But there was a dead end. I turned around and the wardens and guards were surrounding me. I backed against the wall, knowing pleading I was innocent was no use. Then, they taped me. I was paralyzed. Then they grabbed me by the back of my shirt collar and threw me back into my jail cell. 
They threw me in and my face landed on the rubble, giving me a humongous scar on my left eye. It hurt more than the time I broke my leg. I gave up on trying to escape, I didn’t want to get killed as a punishment for trying to get home. I woke up today with a frown on my face, as usual. The world seemed brighter and more colorful. Like one of those old tie-dye shirts from the 1960s. 
“What’s that?” I screeched, thinking I heard something. I kept looking around. Nothing. 
“Why don’t you try escaping again?” asked Skully. 
“No! Don’t you remember how I got this scar?” I quickly responded with. 
“But do you even remember your life before? Don’t you remember your family? Don’t you remember…” He began, as the world started spinning, “Emma?” 
Then all the colors swirled up in the middle of the room, and it disappeared. Skully was no longer talking to me. “Emma…” I began, “My sister…” 
The room was silent for a moment, or so it would seem. I started to hear whispers everywhere. 
“Escape…” A whisper began, louder than the others, echoing through my cell. “You need to escape…” 
The whispers came to a stop. “Escape,” I repeated. “I need to escape.” 
My eyes started twitching, my head too. I started laughing. “ESCAPE!” I yelled. 
All I did was laugh and yell. Laugh and Yell. It never stopped. I laughed and laughed till my head popped off. It quickly grew back.  I knew I was going insane. I could hear it in my voice and seeing how I moved, I was going insane. I had gone insane. 
Going insane is crazy if you can’t tell, with all the screaming and yelling. After a long time, get tired and just fall asleep because that is what happens. You wake up, cry, yell, go to sleep. Wake up, cry, yell, sleep. The same thing happens over and over again, Day after day. I was on the first floor of the building. That was where my cell was. 
Since no one ever really got in jail the building was never upgraded into a modern building. There was plenty of rubble left all over the cell. I had an idea. I grabbed a piece of rubble and dragged it vertically down the cell wall behind me. 
Over and over again. In the size of me. “C’mon Skully,” I said, “We’re going to escape. Then...We’ll find Emma. No matter what it takes.”
   
= Chapter 4: Out Of The Darkness (Emma) =
It was not a monster, and it was not an animal or the government. It was a person.“Hide! Scramble!” I yelped. We all ran to cover. They finally got back to their bunker. Who were these people and what were they doing here? I hid under the chair. Not knowing what, or who was there.
“Did you hear something?” One said.
“Just the rats.” One other said.
“Are you sure Ferguyen? I mean, when do we ever find rats here?
“We don’t but the only other thing that makes sense in rats. Think about it, The only Red Eyes that aren’t here are those stupid rebels. And who and what else could find us?” So that's how Lilligan found this place. It was dirty and gross, I can't wait to get out of here. I hid under a table and it got hot fast for some reason.
I'm always bad at hiding and seeking because I was always found first, But I'm always good at seeking. Somehow I looked down in my arms, and I thought I was missing something. I heard a yell coming from one of the other people in the room.
“WHAT IS THAT?” I heard them yell. Sprout! We forgot to hide him! Should I run for it? Of course, I should! I ran out and rolled onto the sprout, hugging him tightly. 
“This is my cat!” 
“A Non-Red eye! How did you get here? Who are you? How did you-” One getting cut off.
“Give it a break, just state your name and purpose.” The other said anger. 
“I’m-I’m Emma. I’m here because-because-because….” I stuttered.
“Well? Spit it out!” The first one yelled.
Then all of a sudden Cleo popped out of the closet, then yelled, “She’s here with us! So leave her and us alone!” 
“Your a-” one started
“Rebel…” The other finished.
“I’m not the only one!” Cleo exclaimed as the others jumped out of their hiding spots.
“Sorry, we needed a place to stay and hide from the government,” Lilligan said, showing sympathy. I mean Lilligan is not wrong, we did come here without thinking.
I thought I would just have to figure a way out of this predicament myself but instead, it looked like I would not have to. Sprout, being the cat that he is, just meowed like always. I could hear one of them say, “Explain yourselves,” But we just stared at each other for a long time. We heard someone come down but then it stopped. 
No one was there. Then the room started to glitch, and it was just dark. We just snapped back to reality. “What the freak is that?” Axel said. 
We didn't think about it that much, but we just wanted to know who everyone was. We all sat down in a circle, I could tell that the others tried to distance themselves from Sprout. Poor Sprout, been through so much in yet so little time.
“So, who are you? And what is that thing you are holding?” One said.
“This is Sprout, he's a cat, and we came here to run away from the government” I exclaimed.
“And we’re not criminals!” Cleo added.
“Shut up,” Axel responded.
“Alright, we are The Red Society and we live here. I guess you can stay here for now. I'm Ferguyen, and that’s Aster.” They seemed nice but let's just hope it stays that way. It felt odd being the only “Normal” eye here.
“We should probably stay the night and come back in the morning,” I said happily that we had a place to stay for the night.
There was a second of silence until the other red eyes said something. “Just try to get comfortable,” Ferguyen said. 
“I'm going run out to the market,” Aster yelled, climbing up the ladder. Sprout jumped from my arms and started to climb the ladder. 
“Can we come?” I asked. 
“In we you mean you?” Grifton said
“What?” I asked
“We have been there a lot, we are going to stay here,” Axel said
“Same, my leg hurts,” Cloe added.
“Ok! Well, Sprout and I will check it out.” I said as I picked up Sprout and climbed up the ladder.
“Oh, that poor girl is going to be dead in a second,” Ferguyen said, knowing that I could hear him. 
= Chapter 5: Confinement (Maxwell) =
“EMMA!” I would cry for her every day. 
I would cry for her for a few hours. I missed her. Mother and Father never really cared for us, Only Sci did. Sci, Emma, and I were like our own little family. Emma and I hung out together almost every second of every day. I loved Sci so much but I loved Emma the most. Sometimes I would cry out her name so much that I would see a hallucination of her. 
She would be the same size she was last time I saw her. I know she’s taller now but that's the size I remember her as. She would always have Space Ball hair and her black earrings. She had her white shirt on with her blue overalls and her white socks with old-fashioned black mary janes. 
Every time I would hallucinate, she would either be jump roping or giving me advice and we would have weird conversations. Like, Why Mayonnaise is the best condiment and how it’d be funny to watch Sci do karaoke, anything crazy like that. It's sad and lonely here and I have a feeling that I'm not getting out anytime soon. 
But, If I keep scraping this wall I’ll be out soon. That's all I can hope for! Dig and dig, And dig some more. I’ve dug so much but I've only dug a fourth of the wall. But at least I'm getting somewhere. I decided to make a plan for when I get out. Wherever I get out I'll run out. I’ll run home as fast as I possibly can. 
When I get home, We’ll all reconnect and rejoice. We’ll be a happy family again. I couldn’t wait to see Emma. She was probably taller, she would be 16 by now. I think. It’s hard to tell the time in a cell. In jail. I might be 13. I don’t know how long I've been here. I could’ve been here for a month, a day, a year. Maybe I was never here. Maybe this is all a dream. Maybe I'm in a movie or a book. Or maybe none of this is real. 
Then my hand started to look funny. I stopped scratching the wall and looked at myself. My hands and feet had turned into purple tentacles, and it was hard to see but I think I had grown a beak and I think my hair grew big and turned red. Then the whole room started turning Tie Dye colors. 
“Hello Again, Max.” Said a deep raspy voice that I knew belonged to Skully. I turned around to face him.
“Hey, Skully! C’mon! We gotta get rid of this wall!” I said to him, He shook his whole body. He was only a skull after all. 
“No…” he bellowed. 
“WHAT? Why not? You’re the one who convinced me to do this!” I screamed, confused and angry.          
“Because I can do it for you…” He said as the wall shook. 
Pieces of it started to fall out of the wall. After a few seconds, the wall was fully gone. Then the place started to glitch. I could hear yelling and whispers so I grabbed Skully and started to run. As I was running I looked at my surroundings. I was in the middle of the city. It was dark out. I’d say around 10:00 PM. 
I ran through the streets looking for my house. As I was running The world lost its tie-dye color and my hands, hair, and mouth turned back to normal. Then I saw it. The building with my penthouse on top. I ran inside the building. There were some Robots. 
“ID PLEASE.” A robot near the door said. I ran towards the stairs and slammed the door open. All the robots were chasing me. 
I guess you needed an ID. I ran up. My legs started to burn and hurt but I kept going. Finally, I was at the top. I opened the door and slammed it shut. I locked it and turned around. I was in the backroom of our Penthouse. Tears started to fill my eyes. I was finally home. I ran upstairs to my room to get changed. I wanted to surprise the family but I didn’t want dirty old clothes. 
I opened the door to my room and everything was where I had left it. I opened my drawer and grabbed a black t-shirt, grey shorts, white socks, and black tennis shoes. I quickly changed into them. Then I remembered something in my closet. I opened it up and there it was. My favorite hoodie. It was yellow. It was always super big for me but when I tried it on it fit just perfectly. 
I guess I did grow into it as Sci said. I ran downstairs to the living room. Mother and Father were sitting there, reading the newspaper. “Mother...Father…?” I said, tearing up. 
Mother and father lowered the Newspaper just below their eyes. “Maxwell, you're alive?” Mother asked. 
“Yes, Mother! I’m alive! I never died! I was in jail and I escaped! I'm back!” I yelled. 
“How great,” Father said. 
“Where’s Emma and Sci?” I asked. 
“Probably in the Crimson Waste.” Mother sighed, “She betrayed us for those Red Eyes.”
Then I realized, those Red Eyes. I saw them at the jail. They’re the ones Emma’s with. I stared, thinking about everything. 
“Come now, son. Sit down and Uhm Uhm whatever it is you want.” Father said. 
“No,” I said quietly. 
“What?” Mother asked, setting down the newspaper. 
“No,” I said, angrily. 
I walked out of the living room. I heard Mother and father calling my name. As I walked out to the garage to get my bike I was thinking of everything that had happened. I hopped on my bike and started flying to The Crimson Waste. If Emma is friends with them, then they’re ok. How do I know? Because I know my sister like I know my mind, and I trust her. 
= Chapter 6: The Market (Emma) =
I could hear the market from a mile away probably, it was so loud and half-packed! Were there this many red eyes? This may have been going on for years but god. Aster asked if I wanted to wear eye contact to make my eyes look red so I would fit in. But of course, I said no. But now I regret not saying yes.
About half the place just looked at me like I was the government, which I was not! I hate the government, 100% against it at all costs. I probably should have just stayed at the bunker but Sprout wanted to tag along so we tagged along. Was it the fact that I have a cat or that I’m green-eyed that people are staring at me? 
I just questioned it for a minute and continued. It seemed kinda scary but I wasn't! Then after 5 minutes, we stopped. “We need food from the market, the food part is just down there. But it gets pretty tense and I don’t think you’d be able to handle it. Stay here and I'll be right back.” Aster said. 
“Ok, I'll stay right here!” I said as he ran off. I just stood there and looked at everything. Then I heard something behind me. 
“Excuse me, dear…?” I heard. I looked behind me and there was this little old woman. She was running a stand and I was in front of it. 
“Uh-” I said. 
“Would you like to buy something?” She interrupted. 
“I don’t have money so…” I stuttered. 
“That’s fine, Deary! Just look around. Please? I rarely get any customers anymore. You don’t have to buy anything, just look around please.” She begged. 
I nodded since she seemed desperate. I walked closer and looked at everything. There were necklaces and earrings and bracelets and all sorts of jewelry. Then in the corner of my eye, there was something shiny. I turned and there it was. A charm bracelet. It was made of gold and silver colored threads with a crescent moon charm, a 4 leaf clover charm, a snowflake charm, and a shooting star charm. 
It was so cute. I couldn’t help myself to get closer. I took it off of the thing it was hanging from and held it up. I don’t know why but something about it seemed….special. 
“Would you like that bracelet?” She asked, “You don’t have to pay, you can have it!”
“Are-Are you sure?” I asked. “I could ask my friend if they have any money for me to borrow!” 
She shook her head. “Dear, you are unlike the others. If anyone deserves this bracelet it’s you.”
“Thank you so much,” I replied. I put it on and it was perfect. I liked it. Then Aster came out of nowhere and startled me. 
“Hey, Emma! Where’d you get that bracelet from?” He asked. 
“Ah! Sorry, you scared me. I got it from that stand behind me.” I said. There was a moment of silence. 
“Emma...there is no stand behind us…” he said, confused. I turned around and the whole stand was gone. 
“But…” I began, confused. 
“We should get back.” He said, starting to walk back. I started to walk back too, but I was thinking of that little old woman and the stand the whole time. 
We walked back from all the mess to the bunker. It was weird being underground. It was supposed to be dark but there were so many lights and lanterns that only some parts were dark. Then we finally got back to the ladder. 
We climbed up the ladder and got back into the office. Everybody looked tired. They were tired. Flynn had fallen asleep, cuddling with Axel. It was honestly really adorable. Cleo and Griffon were laying against the couch, both asleep. But neither of them was close to each other. I ship them. On the chair Lilligan was sitting up straight, awake. 
“Hey, Emma!” She said, waving. 
“Hey! What are you doing awake?” I asked. 
“Waiting for you.” She said, sleepily. T
hen she sat on the floor and patted the spot next to her. I sat down next to her with Sprout in my lap. I told her about the bracelet and the little old woman. She paid attention to each word I said and stayed awake. Then eventually she drifted off to sleep. Then My eyes slowly started to close. I fell asleep.
I may have just been sleeping but I could still feel Sprout on my belly. It felt nice with Sprout on me, he purred and it felt nice.
= Chapter 7: Factions From Far Away (Emma) =
The dream felt so real. I heard weird music. Like...Ah! The end credits to the Series of Unfortunate Events movie! I read all the books and then watched the movie. I’ve always had an interest in the past. I looked around to see someone. Then the world glitched for a minute and then stopped. The girl was running from a black shadow. I took a step forward and I fell through the cold, black, water. 
When I fell it was like your ordinary fall, but then I stood right back up again, automatically when I fell through it. It was really weird. When I looked around all I saw was a black void. I was still standing in that black water, it got colder with every second I spent in it. I didn’t want to take a step forward though. I mean, I wanted to so badly but what if I fell into it again? I stood there for what felt like hours. 
Then all of a sudden I started to hear whispers. Then weird ghost-like creatures slowly came up from the water. Multiple of them. All around me. They just flew up in the air, or void or whatever. They had 3 holes, 2 for the eyes and 1 for the mouth. A weird arm thing was covering their mouths. Are they the ones whispering? Of course, they are covering their mouths. I thought to myself. 
Then one whisper became louder than the others. “EMMA…” 
It would echo. Over and over again. I kept turning around. Trying to find the loud whisper. It echoed and echoed. “EMMA….HELP…. RUN….” 
That's the only words I could hear. A black shadow jump scared me, I screamed and started to run. As I was running I could see my friends screaming for help. It's just a dream. I said to myself. Just a dream. But it felt so real. Just a nightmare. 
“WHO ARE YOU?” I yelled out, “WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?”
I tripped and fell. Then the black shadow went right for me. But passed by me like I was a pointless leaf. Some white person appeared in the distance, and the black thing started to chase after her. 
“DON'T HURT HER!” I yelled getting up. 
I ran after it, the world glitched again and the light and dark became me and Maxwell when we were young playing tag out in the garden. The younger Maxwell walked my way, then he stopped in front of me. He was facing me. Then the world glitched again and Maxwell looked older. He was outlined instead of colored in. He had his favorite yellow hoodie on, but it fit him. It was outlined with yellow. He had his grey shorts on, outlined with grey.
His black tennis shoes with white socks, both outlined with their colors. His peach skin was outlined with peach. His...purple hair. It was outlined with purple. He looked older. So much older. He had a scar on his eye. He looked surprised to see me. He slowly reached out his hand. I stared at it. Then I reached out for it. Right when we touched he glitched and I felt the wind. The wind turned him into a million pieces and he blew away. 
I kept trying to reach out to him. “That can’t be it…” I cried, “That can’t be!” 
I fell to my knees, in tears. “That can’t be it...It can’t be…” I whispered. 
Then I woke up. Was that a dream? It felt so….Real though. I looked around and Aster was still up, cooking something I can tell. It smelled so good but nothing like the city food. I just layed there, trying to sleep but I can’t. I just watched the ceiling, nothing much up there but I couldn't sleep. I could hear talking after a little bit. Whispers, they probably don't want us to hear. 
“What are we going to do?” Aster said. “The government is coming to check everywhere tomorrow!” 
Tomorrow? TOMORROW? What can we do in that time?!?! “Don’t worry, we will work things out.” Ferguyen responded. Don’t worry? I’M WORRYING!
They were coming towards us so I just closed my eyes and faked sleep. Like it was my house, it wouldn't make a difference. Where are they going? To rat us out? They just stepped on the latter. Are they leaving? What are we going to do? I questioned myself for a min. Are they leaving us? I heard a whisper. 
“⋔⍜⎍⋏⏁⏃⟟⋏.” It said, What? It sounds like...I can't put my tongue on it... “⋔⍜⎍⋏⏁⏃⟟⋏” It continued. 
What is it saying? I thought and thought. What was it saying? What was it saying?!?!? Mount- mountains! They want us to go there! But...who’s saying this? Where are these whispers coming from? I sat up, looking around more.  
Guys!” I whispered around the room. “Get up, We’re leaving now.”
“What?” Grifton exclaimed, but more sleepy. 
“What are you talking about? It's almost midnight for goodness sake!” Cleo yelled mad. “I need my sleep, you know!” 
I could tell she was mad and didn't want to get up. “We have to run, the government is coming and I think the others are going to rat us out. We don’t have that much time, something tells me we need to go to the mountains.”
“The others would never do that!”
“I wouldn’t be too sure about that, I mean, they rat us out every time we steal something from a vendor.”
“I’m going to believe you but it's almost impossible to get up and out of here in time!”
“If we go now it's not going to be impossible,” I yelled at them. “Come on! We got to hit the road!” 
We all got out of bed as fast as we could. Cleo of course didn't want to get up so we had to force her out. We all climbed up the ladder and raced out. It was us against time.
= Chapter 8: Finding Emma =
I was so tired. The Crimson Waste is a huge place. I had been riding my bike for hours. My legs burned and I was sweating buckets. My legs were starting to go numb. It was starting to get dark out. I kept riding. It eventually got so dark out I couldn’t even see. I decided to land. I twisted the handles in different directions and the hoverbike slowed down. It slowly started to move down. When I finally got to the ground I could barely walk. 
There was a big rock near where I landed. I crawled over to it and laid against it. It was so dark out. I still had Skully in my arms. I set him down next to me. The world got colorful again. 
“So you’re finally awake, huh, Skully? Well, I'm going to bed now so you chose the wrong time to wake up.” I sighed, exhausted. 
His whole head turned back, down to the ground, while the bottom of his mouth stayed put. All of a sudden his voice bellowed. “Sleep for an hour, wake up and you’ll get devoured. Sleep for a day, your sister will decay. Sleep for 8 hours, Just listen to what I say.” 
I was confused as his head went back to normal. “What do you mean?” I asked. 
Weird blue swirls came out of his mouth and eyes. As they flew up they looked like spirits or ghosts. The whispers came back as they flew out of him. “JUST LISTEN TO WHAT I SAY.” They whispered, flying up and away. 
Then the world lost its color once more. “8 hours huh?” I said, “Hoverbike, set a timer for 8 hours.” I said, drifting off asleep. 
In my dream, I saw Emma again. I was just standing there. Looking at her. I put my hand out to her. To see if she was real. She put her hand out to touch mine. As soon as our hands met, she disintegrated into a million pieces and blew in the other direction. All I was left with was a void of black. Then all of the sudden I heard the timer go off. Along with some additional noises. I woke up to see 2 Red-Eyes trying to steal my bike. 
“HEY!” I yelled, getting up. 
One had a mohawk. Black roots and purple were the rest. They were both wearing punk rock clothes. The other one had long brown hair and bangs. Both had pale white skin. They tried to hop on my bike but it was no use. As I got closer to them they panicked and ran. 
“THAT’S RIGHT! YOU DON’T MESS WITH MAXWELL SHARPIE EVER!!!” I sighed. 
I walked back to the rock and grabbed Skully. I hopped back on my bike. I tried to turn it on but it wouldn’t work. I guess those Red Eyes messed it up. I like the Red Eyes. I always have. It’s not their fault they were born that way. But sometimes, Red Eyes can be a pain in the butt. “Welp. I guess we’re walking somewhere.” I groaned. I was not in the mood. 
I just wanted to find Emma. I hadn’t seen her for years. I decided I would walk the way my bike was facing. So I walked forward. It seemed like I had been walking for almost an hour. I was hot, sweaty, and I had probably burned a million calories by now. I looked down at skully. The sun had made his head feel crazy hot.
All of the sudden, I saw some shadows. They were slowly walking the way I was, they were in front of me. They didn’t know I was there. Then They were hiding behind a big rock. I walked to the side of who they were looking at. They looked ready to attack. A girl. Pink hair. Green Eyes. Pale skin. I found her. My sister. Emma. 
= Chapter 9: Finally Together Again (Emma) =
The gang and I finally stopped walking to take a break. We had left immediately and we had walked away from The Red Society for an hour. Then we had gone to bed for a few hours. We had just started walking again. “Ok guys,” I began, “When we get to the mountains we should look around. And a question, what are the mountains here like?” I asked. 
“Very little snow, barely cold, and pretty high up but easy to climb,” Flynn said, softly. “Very high and scary.” 
“He’s just scared of heights like the cat he is.” Axel teased “I’m not even a little scared.”
“Am not! You are!” Flynn yelled back.
“No, you!” Axel continued to fight.
“I'm not a cat at all!” 
“Yeah right,”
“Stop Teasing me!”
“HISSSSSS,” Sprout hissed.
We looked over Sprout’s way. 2 men. 2 Government men. I was standing right next to Sprout. My eyes widened and I took a step back. I tripped because of a rock. I was on the ground, trying to crawl away. My friends yelled out my name. I was scared. Petrified. I couldn’t move. 
The first one was standing right in front of me. About to grab me. The other was standing behind them. All of a sudden The first one was kicked in the face by a blur and fell to the ground. I stared at the first man. He was slowly getting up. The second one took a step forward before falling to the ground. 
Behind him was a boy. A boy with purple hair. A boy with a scar on his left eye. A boy with blue eyes. A boy with a yellow hoodie and grey shorts. A boy named Maxwell Sharpie. My brother. All of a sudden both men were up. Staring at him. About to attack. He smirked. He ran towards them and kicked the first one in the stomach and punched the second one’s nose. Maxwell was holding something in his arm. 
He set it down in front of him. A skull. The men looked a bit nervous. “SKULLY GO!” He yelled nothing happened. 
“SKULLY! WHY DO YOU TALK TO ME WHEN I DON’T NEED YOU BUT WHEN I NEED YOU YOU WON’T TALK TO ME?” He yelled out again.
“Whatever.” He sighed. He ran towards them, ready to fight. He ran towards them, about to punch when both the men turned around and ran away. 
“THAT’S RIGHT!” Maxwell yelled out. “MESS WITH A SHARPIE AND I’LL MAKE YOU PAY!” 
He grabbed a rock and threw it in their direction. Maxwell turned towards me. I could tell my friends were just standing there. He held a hand out to me.  I slowly grabbed it. He helped me up and he let go of my hand. I stared at his face. Trying to analyze it. Trying to see him.  
“Maxwell…” I began before he interrupted me. 
“How do I know you’re my sister?” He growled. “Because if this is a trick from the government, your minds are sick.” 
I was silent for a moment. “Because…” I began, I realized something. 
“Sharpies Write their destiny.” His eyes lit up. It was our family logo. We had made it up when we were younger. “And it’s in permanent ink.” He said.
We stopped and hugged each other. I could tell tears were forming in both our eyes. He was up to my shoulders. I grabbed his shoulders and looked at him. “I thought….We thought you were...you were….” I couldn’t even spit it out. 
“More of the government's lies.” He sighed, smiling. “I’m just glad you’re ok.” He said.
All of a sudden Cleo popped into our conversation. “So uh, who’s this?” She asked. I faced them. 
“This is Maxwell Sharpie. My brother.” I said. “What happened to you, Maxwell? What happened?” I asked. 
He sighed and walked to a rock and slid down against it. 
“Well, after I went to steal the Emby it was successful. But when I got out of the mine that held it The government surrounded me and I was sent to jail. I don’t know why but they pronounced me dead. A few days after my arrest I tried to escape but got caught. When I was thrown back into my cell I hit a pile of rubble that gave me this scar. 
“A few days ago, maybe a week. I had a…Let’s say an awakening to escape. So I escaped. I went to our house, talked to Mother and Father who said you went here. I took my bike and flew here. Then I went to bed. When I woke up 2 red eyes were trying to steal my bike and ended up damaging it. I walked for a while until I saw those men and I saw you.” He said, in a calm voice. 
He sighed and wiped some sweat from his forehead. “Oh, Max! I want to introduce you to some of my friends!” I exclaimed. I walked towards everybody. “This is Cleo! Leader of The Rebels. This here is Lilligan, a.k.a, My girlfriend! This is Griffon. Don’t talk to him. He gaslights people. This is Flynn and This is Axel! They’re dating.” 
I was so excited to see Maxwell. “Nice to meet you.” He said. Then I stared into his eyes and they flashed. 
“Oh boy.” He said. 
“What?” I asked, worried. 
“The colors. Don’t you see them? They just made everything look like a tie-dye shirt from the 1960s.” He said. I shook my head. What was he talking about? Then he turned his head over to the skull. 
“So now you talk to me huh? Well, that’s Emma. What do you mean you already know who she is? I talked about her but you never met her! What do you mean you’ve already met her? You were in my cell when I first arrived and you never left until now! God, you are confusing.” He exclaimed. We all stared at him, confused. 
“Maxwell,” I began, “Who are you talking to?” 
He looked at me. “Skully. That skull. Do you want to say Hi? He claims you two have already met. I would usually not trust him but he told me to sleep for 8 hours and not a second more and that saved your life.” 
He casually said. He turned his head over to my friends. “Oh…” He started, “I’m glad you 5 followed my advice.” 
I looked at my friends. “We saw him at the jail. We stopped to see him. We asked if he wanted to get out but he went psycho on us.” Lilligan said, slowly. 
“Bye Skully.” Maxwell waved. I titled my head. “The colors are gone. For some reason, he only talks to me when the colors are here.” He said. 
What had happened to my brother? 
= Chapter 10: The Door (Maxwell) =
I stared up at Emma. She looked confused and worried. “What?” I asked. I stood up, grabbing Skully. 
I needed to stretch. All of a sudden the world glitched. I looked around. Everybody was still there. Everybody was staring at me. Then I saw a door. “What’s that?” I asked, pointing at it.  
Everybody looked in the direction I was pointing. “A door?” Cleo asked. 2 stands came up from the ground. Each near the door. 
The colors came back again. “Skully...why are you talking to me again so soon?” I asked. He wouldn’t talk to me this much daily. 
“THE BRACELET AND I GO ON THE STANDS. PUT US THERE BEFORE THE WORLD IS IN THE WRONG HANDS.” He bellowed, but in the deepest voice I ever heard him in. 
“Emma…” I began, “Do what The Skull says.” 
She looked at me in confusion. “Put your bracelet on a stand RIGHT NOW. Skully’s voice changed in a not-so-good way.” I slowly said. 
Walked over to the stand and put Skully on the right stand. “Maxwell-” She began. 
“Emma. Listen to me. I know you can’t hear him. I know I might have gone insane. But I need you to trust me.” I said, turning to face her. 
I stared into her green eyes. The same eyes I hadn’t seen in years. She sighed and took off her bracelet. She walked over to the stand. Her friends followed her and stood all around us. She set it on the stand. The stands and door shone bright blue light. The stands lowered to the ground. I grabbed Emma’s hand and squeezed it tight. 
“Emma,” I started. The door looked like it was about to explode. “I know I've gone insane. But It was worth it to see you again.” 
All of a sudden the door exploded. We were all blasted back. Everything was white for a second. All you could hear was ringing. When everything was back to normal, I sat up, still holding Emma’s hand. She sat up too, as well as Cleo, Lilligan, Flynn, Axel, and Griffon. The door was opened. What was inside it was a white void. I helped Emma up off of the ground. We all walked towards the door. We stared into it. Emma and I looked at each other. 
“Sharpies write their destiny,” I began. 
“And it’s in permanent ink,” Emma finished. 
We nodded at each other and jumped into it. I could hear her friends yell out her name. When we landed we were in a giant castle. It had stone floors, stone walls, and waterfalls on both walls. Then behind us landed Emma’s friends. Lilligan jumped down first. She ran to Emma and hugged her. When Lilligan looked at me I gave her the “If you hurt her you will pay” look. She nodded. Then Axel was next. He stood still and held both his arms out. Then Flynn was down and Axel had caught him. He set him down. 
He grabbed his hand and walked next to me. Griffon landed next to and caught Cleo and set her down. It was clear they both liked one another. They walked over to us. Their eyes widened. We all turned around. Behind us, was a being like no other. The God Eye.
== The End ==
=== Of book 2 ===
===== To be continued... =====