insanity within wonderland.

double trouble.

It took awhile for cristel to put on the outfit, she was looking at herself in the mirror when she finally was able to wear said dress, normal size and all, as she sighed a lil with a slight itching at her own skin as well, it happens when she's anxious and thinking about stuff, and right now she is thinking about her own memories, trying to remember this place...., yet more importantly what caused it's down fall....

Yet once again it didn't take cristel long to be distracted once more, seems to be a common trait with her..., yet this one was a welcomed distraction none the less, cuz what has accidentally distracted cristel, was mirage themself, being able to turn invisible and visible can do that sorta thing, only for what seemed to take a thousand tries for mirage given some streamers and balloon pieces was still on them.

"Cristel!, oh thank the clouds and the stars above your alright!-"

now cristel was the one to shoosh them with a covered mouth by her gloved hand, as she gulped before quietly saying.

"Cloud and nimbus are outside..."

cristel said to mirage, who, despite having limited facel expressions, their ears gone down and Their smile shrank slightly..

"o-oh dear..."

was the only words mirage was able to say before a looming shadow slowly walked over, the two looked over to see..., cloud, a very...., pissed off, cloud, yet guessing from his pinkish pupils due to the red eyes, he wasnt looking at cristel, he was looking at mirage....

"why you mangy...., mendling...., pesky!...., street cat!!...."

he said, witch is rather ironic to his overworld counterpart, cartoonish in all ways and doesn't cuss much, he began walking over to mirage while he said that, slowly step by step, only stopping when he looked down when his sensers said someone is actually in front of him, when looking down, he saw cristel...., arms wide in as much of a protective stance as a 5 foot tall human girl can do at a 6 foot tall male robot...., looking straight back at him.....

"Cristel...., dear....., please get out of the way......"

cloud said, trying to use those same puppy eyes the red eyes somehow mimicked beforehand only one key word, he tried to, knowing his emotional state right now he doesn't want to hurt cristel, quite the opposite actually, same with nimbus too, but before the puppy eyes continued any further, cristel could only shut her eyes and said the one word she wished to never ever say to her favorite characters, let alone cloud or nimbus themselves.....

"n-no!....."

her sudden response seemed to surprise both cloud and mirage for a moment, one of clouds eyes glitches for a mere second yet cristel couldnt see that, cloud than took a softer yet more serious tone...

"now cristel-"

Before he could say anything else cristel continued.

"I said no cloud!....., I don't wanna say that but no cloud!......, I ain't budging......"

cristel said, cloud was frozen in place, before not saying a word, grabbed cristel by the waste and hoisted her up onto his shoulders, mirage tried getting her off of his shoulders, and somewhat succeeded in that, but it turned into a tug of war for cristel, cristel saying through gasping breaths of both pain and her lungs...

"somethings happening to this world cloud!!!!!....."

That seemed to get his attention, his grip around her ankles lossens while his eyes seems to glitch back and forth to his hacked eyes and his normal eyes...

"Cloud please listen to me....., something's wrong in this world in a very bad way...., and my only answers are to what's happening are past through this place....., but please...., in order to help it and everyone....., to help you and nimbus!......, I gotta get to cloudburst......"

Cristel said while the glitch slowly went away after awhile, and than he let's go of cristels ankles witch genlty hit the ground...

"I hope you know what your doing and dealing with cristel....., wonderland isn't the same sense your last visit......, so run......, before nimbus notices........"

cristel could only get a suttle nod before mirage picked cristel up and went out with her from a small gap that they and hense cristel can crawl out of, as they crawled out they saw cloud trying to tie his wrists to one of the bed frames, as the two began running, cristel trying to keep up with mirage before they both heard....

"MIRAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!........., CRISTEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.........."

that was nimbus, the two can already already tell this could be a chase down, so mirage picked cristel back up onto their hold and began running, and they both were right...., given nimbus came out right behind the corner of the opposite side the two were heading to turn, cristel could hear nimbus's footsteps as he gave chase at the two, mirage teleported left and right to get nimbus off their tail, before they managed to find the exit, cristel smiled while mirages own grew, yet that didn't last for long before they heard nimbus in the fair distance, mirage gently and quickly put cristel down and got in front of her to protect her, as nimbus gave chase cristel saw the knife gleaming in his hand, but before the blade made contact with metal like it might've done many times before hand..., the two heard cristel screaming.....

"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!................"

the two were stone cold silent and stone frozen when she did scream, both were afraid of looking down yet they slowly did so, and it was enough for nimbus to get unhacked for only a few moments....

the two saw that cristel had got in front of mirage to block the stab, cristels teeth grinding against each other to try and keep herself from crying, only to do so anyways, the knife was plunged deep into her arm, the one that zavy didn't break along with her other hand earlier, nimbus was stone cold silent while tears pours down his own face, his eyes just as pitch black as mirages own, yet cristel knew its only a matter of time...

"nimbus love....., l-listen please......, we're going to help wonderland......, we will try our best to help everyone......, but we can't do that if you don't let us leave......, so please for yours and my own good......, find a place you can lock yourself and cloud in......, leave a key outside if there is one and after all of this we'll come back or get someone to come back and unlock you two back out nimbus I promise......., just please......."

nimbus could only nod in understandment, before trying to get mobility to move before saying...

"l-love y-you c-cristel........"

cristel could only say in return as a response.

"Love you all too nimbus......"

cristel said before nimbus could give a teary eyed smile Before running off back to where he came from earlier, cristel and mirage doing the same at the opposite direction, cristel pulled the knife out of her arm when the two thinks they're far enough and mirage got some bandages out along with some disinfectint, and began gently spraying it onto her arm before wrapping the white fabric around her arm, while they did that, mirage asked.

"Why did you do that??....."

cristel could only sigh, knowing she can't say the full reason, but she knows one answer that's true to the fullest still.

"well one your the only one not hacked yet...., and two...., well, like I told nimbus I love all of y'all....., and if it means getting harmed in the process than so be it....."

mirage could only give a soft smile in return of that response before finishing up, the two got up, and began making their way to cloudburst....