From stone to flaming red.

XII

"Red!" Chloe's voice echoed from afar as Red was trying to catch her. "Chloe?" Red asked. "Red help me!" Chloe said as she was running away from Red. "Stop running." Red said. "I'm not running." Chloe said as she appeared out of nowhere behind Red. She turned around and flinched. "You were late Red. You let me die." Chloe said as her voice echoed. "I'm dead Red. You failed. You didn't protect me." Chloe continued. "No. No stop." Red screamed. "You were late." Chloe said. "You were late Red." Chloe repeated herself. "No! Stop it! Stop!"

"Make it stop! STOP!" Red screamed as Uma and Mal looked at her from the table. "Stop please stop!" She was moving around and screamed. "Red! Red wake up!" Uma approached her and shook her to wake her up. "Stop!" She said as she woke up and sit herself up quickly. She was panting and her back was sweaty. "It was just a nightmare." Uma said as she caressed her back. "God. Oh my god." Red said as she rubbed her eyes. "Was it the same one?" Mal asked her. Red looked at her. "yes.." Red said. She had been getting the same nightmare over and over again during the whole night. "Did you sleep at all?" Red asked the two women. "Yes for a bit." Uma said. "I have an awful feeling about this." Red said. "Everything is going to be okay. Everything will go as it was planned." Mal said. "It was just a dream." She added. "What time is it." Red asked. "10:00pm." Uma answered her. "We should get ready." Red told Uma. "We have two hours ahead of us." Uma responded. "It's safer to be there earlier." Red said as she started getting anxious over her last nightmare. "Red. It was just a dream. We won't be late. We will get ready in half an hour okay? I will go get the swords." Mal said while she was standing up.  She took the keys from the training room and head out. Uma looked over at Red who was playing with Chloe's ring. "we're getting her back. I promise you." Uma tells Red.

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Mal started the car after she threw the swords in the trunk. Red was looking at the time over and over again. Its was 11:00pm. They would be at wonderland in about half an hour. "Okay. Are we ready?" Mal said. Uma nodded as she looked at Red. "hey. It's gonna be a get in and get out. Nothing will go wrong." Mal told Red. "Yeah. You're right." Red said as she tried to hype up herself. "Hey um. Can I ask something?" Red said. "Whet if the spell doesn't work?" Red asks. "We appear and fight him off. But if the spell doesn't work it must mean he has some anti-spell potion which only works once for each person. So if the first time doesn't work. I just have to spell him on my own." Mal said. Red sighs and looks at her hands. "It will work. Don't worry." Uma said. "Let's roll." Uma says. They get in the car and drive off. Red was thinking of all the possible things that could go wrong. She tried to get her mind off of them but always failed. She thought about each move. the plan had to go perfectly. No mistakes being made. She was getting Chloe back and everything would be over. Mal and Uma were talking about that one time Uma had taken Ben. They laughed about it and made jokes.

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"we're here" Mal said as she stopped the car. They parked somewhere hidden so Ace wouldn't see Mal and Uma. They hid behind some rocks ready to take action if anything went wrong. Red took a sword and placed it around her waist. "like we said. Do not give him anything until she gives you Chloe." Mal said. Red nodded. She looked at the time. 11:58pm. "Okay I'm going in." Red said as she went to the rabbits whole.

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"What a pleasant surprise." A voice said out of nowhere as Red was walking in a dark alley. "I got your things. Nobody has to get hurt from this." Red said. "where is Chloe." Red told the voice that was hiding in the darkness. Suddenly the lights opened and revealed Ace with Chloe kneeled down in front of him. She seemed weak. She had bruises and her head was injured slightly but enough for blood to run down to her beautiful face. He had tight her mouth with a cloth and her body with ropes that were hurting her. Red sighed when she saw her and tried to hold back her tears. "I have to admit your little friend is feisty." He said as he pulled the ropes tighter making her groan out of pain. "Stop! You're hurting her!" Red screamed as he smiled and let her go. "so. Where are my things." Ace said. "I have them here with me." Red responded. Ace smiled as he started walking towards her. Red gave him a look. Ace laughed and took Chloe from the ropes while he was hurting her and brought her over to Red. She dropped her as she groaned with pain. Red looked down at her as she sighed. Chloe looked her in the eyes and nodded to her to not give him the spell book and the pocket watch. Ace brought out his hand. Red signed him to untie her. He sighed as he cut the ropes with his sword. Chloe falls to her hands as Red grabs her with one hand and hands Ace the things. They look at each other and Ref pulls Chloe. She held her as she pushed her. "Chloe I need you to go outside." Red told Chloe while Ace laughed. "Red.." she said as she was weak. Red looked over at Ace who hasn't pushed the pocket watch's button yet. Uma and Mal tried to take Chloe sneakily but...