Am I Doomed To Be Alone?

Nightmare

My Pov

It was happening again. I was having the same nightmare. I stood in front of Father's mansion. My legs were shaking and a knot was developing in my stomach. I didn't want to be here. I'd rather be in school or detention than here.

"Numbuh 0.6!" a voice exclaimed. I snapped my head around to Numbuh 0.5, Constance, who we at times called Connie. "Stay focused."

"I'm trying, Numbuh 0.5, but it's hard. You all know how this place scares me to death." I said. I felt a reassuring hand on my shoulder. I looked to see Numbuh 0.2, David.

"We know Numbuh 0.6, but this is a chance for you to face your fears." David said. I nodded, swallowed my fear and we charged into the mansion. I spent several days examining the mansion's structure and learning where possible traps could be. Thankfully I did, since Numbuh 0.3, Ashley, set off one.

"Look out!" I cried. I tackled her to the ground, just as three spikes shot up from where she had been standing.

"Thanks, Numbuh 0.6." Ashley said. We proceed deeper into the mansion. We were getting closer. I knew we were because the amount of traps were increasing. I made the mistake of taking a wrong step and causing a large, steel weight to drop down toward me. I felt someone tackle me from behind and pushing me out of the way just as the weight made contact with the ground. I looked to see Numbuh 0.4, Lenny.

"Are you all right, Numbuh 0.6?" Lenny asked.

"Yeah. Thanks, Numbuh 0.4." I said. Soon, we came toward six different corridors. Our leader Numbuh 0.1, Bruce, made the decision that would lead to the most horrifying thing to ever happen to us.

"Alright. Everyone, choose one corridor and inspect it thoroughly." Bruce said. We each picked a corridor and hurried through them. I hurried through, looking through each of the rooms carefully and going onto the next room. I stopped to catch my breath.

"Something's not right... This all seems too easy." I mumbled. I heard a clatter behind me. I grabbed the handle of my B.U.B.B.L.E.W.A.N.D, pressed the green button and switch, pulled out the wand, turned and swung it. Small, green bubbles of goo shot from my wand and hit the wall. My wand was designed to where I could select six types of bubbles(goo, hot sauce, chocolate, water, gum and soap) and selected four different sizes(small, medium, large and gihugic). I looked to see that Father's cat had bumped into a table and caused the vase on it to move. I sighed. That's when I heard yelling and struggling from further down the hall. That was my team. My feet grew wings and flew down the hall. I found myself in a lab.

"Well, well, well. If it isn't little Erika. How wonderful it is to see you." an all-too-familiar voice said. All types of chills and shivers went up my spine. I turned around and saw a devil himself, Father.

"I'd like to say the feeling's mutual, but I was taught not to lie." I said. That cause him to get angry. He flared up and started yelling.

"Oh, that's right! Little Miss Smart-Mouth! I've had it up to here with you! You were my first test subject of my Delightfulization Chamber, but apparently it didn't have any effect." Father said.

"Of course not. The power on it was weak enough for me to resist it." I said smugly.

"Yes, I know. But, I've fixed those mistakes and improved the chamber!" Father exclaimed. I looked and saw the Delightfulization Chamber and the fact it looked different than before. I jumped away Father and had my weapon at the ready.

"Yeah, but you're not tricking me into that thing again." I said. That's when Father started laughing maniacally.

"I don't have any use for you anymore! I've found even better test subjects." Father said. He pointed at the chamber. I looked and saw something that made my heart halt. My team was inside of that thing!

"NO!" I screamed. Father shot a fireball at me, knocking me against a wall.

"You had your chance to be a perfect and delightful child, but now... you're going to sit there and watch as I turn your little friends into my delightful children!" Father exclaimed. He pulled down the lever, turning the machine on. Father knocked my weapon away and kept me pinned to the floor, while I heard my teammates and best friends scream in pain. Tears started streaming down my face. Suddenly, the machine started sputtering and shaking uncontrollably. My friends screams intensified as the lights of the chamber grew brighter. I managed to kick Father off me and ran to the chamber. I saw David's face appear in the small window.

"Erika, stay back!" David yelled. I came to sudden halt. "Don't come any closer! If you come any closer, you could turn into a Delightfulized zombie or worse!"

"But, David-" I started, but he stopped me.

"Never give up! Don't ever give up! Keep fighting! Don't let the adults win!" David said. That chamber became cloaked in light and exploded. I was forced back and slammed into a wall. As my consciousness faded, I saw a large shadow coming toward me.

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I woke up and follow myself in a large, luxurious bed. I looked and saw I wasn't wearing my Sector Z attire anymore. I was wearing a blue nightdress with dark ribbon lining the top and waist, puffed sleeves and lace lining the hem. I touched my he'd and felt bandages. I thought at first I was back at the treehouse, but then I realized this wasn't my room and these weren't my PJs. I got out of bed, only to fall on the floor. I started crawling to the window. I grabbed the windowsill and pulled myself up. I looked out the window and saw I was in Father's mansion.

"What am I doing here?!" I cried. I heard the door behind me open. I turned and saw Father standing, arms crossed and looking smug. "What happened to my team? What did you do to them?!"

"Now, now. Your siblings are just fine. In fact, they're the one's who have been taking care of you these past couple of weeks. Kids, your sister is awake!" Father said. I looked at him confused, but then my confusion turned to horrified shock. I saw my team appear in the doorway. However, they had changed. Each of them was paler with icy, light blue eyes. David's hair was covering his eyes, Lenny was wearing a football helmet and Constance had her hair in braided pigtails and wore glasses. They were all wearing school uniforms; the boys wore blue uniforms with gray badges, red ties and brown shoes, and the girls wore white sailor-like dresses with sky blue stripes and matching scarfs with white Mary Jane shoes and pink socks.

"Hello sister. We are so glad to see that you are well again." they said in perfect unison. I slumped to ground. My best friends... the people who had given me hope and courage... the people I loved more than anything in the world... had been Delightfulized. They walked over to me and embraced me. I tensed up and shivered. They let go of me and left the room. Father walked over to me and knelt down.

"Now listen. You can either live here and obey my rules or leave and never see them again." Father said with a warning tone. I didn't say anything. I just silently nodded my head. "Good. Now, get dressed. It's time for lunch."

I snapped awake and screamed. I panted and looked around. I was still here. I looked at my clock and it read: 6:30. I might as well get up. I got up, put on my robe and went to the bathroom. I took a shower, dried my hair, got dressed and went downstairs to the kitchen.