Type D-Mensions

ENGAG1NG WITH MY DEMONS

OUR HEROES SMASH INTO THE WOODEN FLOOR BOARDS OF A STRANGE AND BARREN ANIMATION STUDIO (AVA'S POV)

"OW!" I yell loud enough for everyone in the building to hear, "JEEZ! That hurt!" I start calming down and get to helping the others. I lift up Jac and Maya, of whom seemed completely fine with no scratch on either one of them. The studio starts shaking, as if we were experiencing an earthquake. We all start summoning weapons: I had a lead pipe that was laying on the floor right next to me, Jac formed a triangle with his hands to prepare to summon an anime character, and Maya crossed her arms to prepare to use her reality warper abilities. Then they look down, as black dots the size of hands spawn everyone on the floors of this wide animation studio we stumbled into. We watched as ink tentacles started rising and waving around.

We all ran to safety. We tried the front door, but it was locked. We were gonna try running, but we all got tangled by the tentacles. We struggled with all of our might, but it was suppressing our powers to our base forms. Suddenly, I notice a crack on one of the floorboards. I start moving the hand I have the lead pipe in, but it wasn't budging. I saw the opportunity and I bashed my head against the pipe. The tentacles lost their grip and I slipped it through and threw the lead pipe at that crack, which caused the whole floor to collapse sending us plummeting to a dark void.

PLAN IN ACTION (AVA'S POV)

I wake up in a dark, black void much similar to the one we fell into, but everyone was gone again. This time however, I heard crying. It sounded like...D'Andre. At the same time, tears were forming on my face, as if I was psychologically linked to him. I looked around and started feeling his guilt. His pain. His suffering. It felt depressing. I started seeing flashbacks of moments he's hurt others, Cole, Jac, Maya, and even me. I could tell how he was feeling. He felt guilty for all of it.

I started following his cries, but I could only stumble from what was going on in my head. He even started showing flashbacks to his failed missions, before he turned into D-Manifest. TMNT. Miraculous. Ninjago. He feels guilty for all of it.

I finally make it to see a vulnerable D'Andre curled up in a ball on the supposed base of this location. "I failed big time!" He kept saying on repeat for a full minute. I try to get closer to him, but he just started saying, "I tried so hard to protect everyone, but I'm failing. I was never ready for this! I never should've brought Ava here either! She doesn't deserve this! I wish this was all over, but because of my stupid brain..."

I couldn't take hearing him put himself down like that. I walked up to him, sat down to his left, and laid my head on his left shoulder. "Why say all of those things instead of your accomplishments?" I ask him, which surprises him. "You've not only managed to complete your goal of saving me, but you've managed to help us gain vital information. You informed us on what's going on and now we have a plan to fixing you. All we need now, is you."

"You...do?" D'Andre asks me.

"Well, we've come so far to not." I remark. I started feeling his happiness and his appreciation. He was feeling excited and joyous. I felt in the moment, so without thinking, I raise my head up, turn to him as he turns to me, we lean into each other and SMOOCH.

We kissed.

I heard someone calling my name, as we kept our lips together.

"AVA! AVA!"

We started dazing into each other's eyes, as those voices grew louder and louder.

"AVA! AVA!"

We start feeling the moment even more now, but before our tongues start touching each other's...I wake up.

"AVA! Are you ok?!" Jac yells to me. Maya was standing right next to him looking concerned.