Working With Phantoms

Forever Free

Sheila's POV

The group entered the Metaverse and looked around.

"Hey, Fwoosh, what about Akira's gang?"

"They left already, I assume. Hey, what's this?"

Madran picked a small four-leaf clover charm and Sheila instantly recognized it.

"Wait, that's Ann's! What is she doing here? Butterfly?"

"I, uh, might have given her the app."

Sheila glared at him.

"Why?!"

"Butterfly has a method to his madness."

"Well, that, and I saw what had happened, and saw Ann's potential, and I simply wanted to grant her the ability to make Kamoshida answer for what he did."

"Ugh, fine, let's go."

Philemon transported everyone to the Safe Room and they began to run around.

"Oh, hey, Akira and company are here, including that Morgana guy. They're just, uh, kinda across the castle."

"Oh. Hey, Butterfly, do ya know any Safe Rooms near them?"

"Hmm. Yes, I do."

"Wait, I have another signal. It's awfully human..."

Madran's face changed to that of shock and Nightingale shook her head.

"Ann? Hang on..."

Madran appeared to contact Ann.

"Halt! This is a dangerous place. Leave at once!"

"W-Who are you?"

Madran deepened her voice a bit and Nightingale snickered.

"I am a resident of this palace. Foolish humans like you have nothing to do with this place. Begone!"

"Why is the school like this-"

Ann screamed and Sheila instantly looked nervous.

"Hey, can I, uh, get her?"

"Yeah, I guess. Go the way I'll give you as you go along, and you should be fine. Um, everyone else, let's go to Akira."

Sheila separated with Madran and went after Ann. Along the way, Madran gave her instructions.

"Ok, go left! You'll have to face those shadows, so be careful!"

"Ok!"

Sheila snuck up behind a shadow and executed a similar ambush that Madran did, and quickly silenced two Incubuses when she began a fight.

"Gosh, these guys are weak."

"Yeah, the abundance of weaker persona-users kinda brings their power down."

"True."

Sheila ran along and made it to the main hall.

"Ok, I'm picking up a path leading to the center of the first floor. Go head that way, please!"

"You bet, Fwoosh."

Sheila began to make her way through a few heavily decorated rooms, with paintings showing Shadow Kamoshida and other important figures within the palace depicted on them, as well as an abundance of shortcuts that Madran told Sheila about. Eventually, after a few short shadow fights and random fooling around, Sheila was told to stop by Madran.

"Hey, I'm picking up Ann's signal again, and she's being accompanied by plenty of shadows. Hey, Butterfly, can bless and Hama spells hurt normal humans?"