House of Anubis: One Last Stand

House of Gems/House of Halls

Jerome, KT, Patrica, and Eddie all went into the shed where Fabian was leaning over Nina, obviously not handling her unconsciousness well.

"What happened to her?!" Fabian yelled at Jerome as he pushed him against the wall, getting very defensive about Nina.

Eddie and KT pulled him away from Jerome.

"Calm down there, boy wonder," Patricia shook her head.

"Sorry," Fabian apologized. "Just, your wife heading off somewhere you don't know of and then coming to find she's unconscious-it can make you a little upset."

"You and I have very different definitions of 'a little'," Jerome muttered.

"Well, what happened?" Fabian asked. "Why won't she wake up?"

"I put her in the dream state," he admitted.

"You have the dream stone?" Eddie asked.

"No...I can do it without the stone..."

"Since when?" Patricia then questioned.

"Since forever, I guess." Jerome shrugged. "I've just discovered I have more powers than I could ever think I would have. Including, the dream state thing."

"But why would you do that to her?" KT asked. "And how do you have powers?"

"I'm the descendant of Cleopatra. And I did it so she can save the others. Willow, Amber, the kids...I can't do it from inside the dream state or else I would've. But you have to trust that Nina will be fine, and that she'll save them."

"She's terrified," Eddie glanced over at Nina's resting body sympathetically. He could feel what she felt as he triggered his Osirion-Paragon-linked emotions ability. "She doesn't even know what's going on."

"Then tell her it'll be alright," Jerome suggested.

"And how do you suppose I do that?"

"You're her Osirion. You can do it, and you know that."

Eddie sighed and nodded.

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Nina carried on, nearing the castle. She faced the iron doors, fear coursing through her entire body, but suddenly, as though by a gust of wind, calmness swept over her entirety, and she felt as though everything would be alright.

It had to be from Eddie.

She thanked him silently and the preceded to unlatch the doors. They opened inward with echoing creaks, and revealed an empty foyer, illuminated in a soft, white light, but very dimly.

She crept inside, and at the top of the stairs was her clone again, motioning for her to follow.

Nina scurried up the stairs and her copy went through to the hallway, Nina doing her best to catch up. But by the time she made it to the corridor, the apparition had vanished, and she was left to explore by herself.

She walked down the hall slowly, towards the one door at the end. There'd been doors along the walls on either side of her, but she only felt compelled to the one straight ahead. The others were all locked anyway.