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[b][u]Seventh Floor: The Laboratory[/b][/u]

"Lute's right," Lucien forced a smile though it was clearly strained. "We'll get out of this, go get ice cream and everything will be grand." He wasn't sure if he believed his own words, he could feel his heart thumping against his chest and to be honest, he wanted to run away as well. The summoner couldn't tear his away from Dr. Dream's prone figure, and all the blood...

Everything was caked in blood, and while it fascinated him to some degree, he understood that if they didn't get out soon the walls and everything else could be painted with [i]their[/i] blood. The thought sent a shiver up his spine. "We'll be fine," he didn't seem like he was really there. The monsters, the twisted reflections, everything that had happened to them felt so surreal. Lucien placed a firm hand on Syed's shoulder and repeated what some of the others had already voiced out. "He could've things, it could've been something else."

Atlas stood there, numb, frozen. He probably would have been stuck in a daze if not for Lute suddenly leaping up to yell.

Their questions were nothing but a dull buzz in his ears. Doctor dream, someone he and Lute had known for quite sometime was dead, covered in what looked like fresh blood, and to make matters worse, the man blamed both Marcus and him. The magician cleared his throat and took a moment to compose himself. "I...I don't know, but this is the last floor, there's nowhere else to go." Atlas frowned, "maybe he left behind a message." The man's voice grew desperate. "There has to be some kind of clue," he began pushing through fallen chairs and desks and made his way to the doctor's computer.

Xan was kneeling beside Dr. Dream's corpse, dumbfounded. They had shared a pleasant lunch with him, but here he was covered in so much blood, cold and dead. It didn't feel real, thought to be fair, nothing after those horrid dreams did. "How do we fix this?" There was no point in trying to be logical. "What if we can't fix this?" How were they going to put an end to this nightmare?

There was a curse followed by a crash. Atlas had backed up into a closet, causing a few test tubes and beakers to come crashing down.

[quote=A note from Dr. Dream]
I have you right where I want you.

None of you will be leaving this lab alive. The dream eater's power shall be mine alone. Research, haha, this gem will grant me everything I will ever need. The coliseum, the garden, those dreams, they were my doing and you, your nothing but my guinea pigs. You're all going to die but don't fret, it'll be in the name of science.[/quote]

"It's a trap!" He couldn't believe his eyes, couldn't believe what he had just read. Atlas began cursing profusely. 

"Amy! Xan!" Lucien stared with wide eyes, as the corpse's eyes shone red. A devilish grin lit up his face and slowly, he staggered to his feet. 

A voice that sounded more like static filled everyone's heads, "toying with you was fun, seeing you all cry and scream...it makes me feel [i]alive[/i]. He ran a hand down the side of his face, raking his nails into his cheek. Dr. Dream tore away at his own skin as black ooze seeped out of his wounds. He no longer resembled anything human.

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Xan backed away, nearly knocking into Amy when she had.

The dream eater grinned from ear to ear, "you both die first!" It merely raised an arm, but it sent both girls flying across the room. "Give me fear! I taste it in the air, and it is delicious." The creature licked at its lips before clapping both hands together. The room swirled in and out of focus before the scenery changed completely.

The bloodstained laboratory disappeared completely and the guilders found themselves in a place of floating cogs, pipes and upside down staircases. It looked like the inside of a clockwork tower of sorts. [b]"This is my world."[/b]

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The guilders found themselves on different pieces of floating cogs and gears. Lucien looked down to see nothing but darkness, it made him feel sick. 

Xan picked herself up and winced, still winded and sore from being tossed. "Amy, are you alright?" her eyebrows furrowed in concern before she gaped at the change in scenery. They were so high up and there seemed to be nothing but emptiness below.

"You piece of sh!t." Atlas leaped from cog to gear, disappearing as he jumped and appearing somewhere else, looking even more furious.

"Feed me your anger, your sorrow, your anguish! It only makes me stronger!" The gear Atlas had landed on began to fall and but thankfully he had managed to latch onto a pipe and not fall to his demise. The dream eater smiled before he began to transform. He became a distorted and ugly thing that vaguely resembled their greatest fears. However, it was such a mishmash of different things that a part of the dream eater looked like nothing but a garbled mess of sewn together parts and pieces.

"I am what you fear." He raised his arm and the black goop gave way to reveal a canon, he fired the first shot.

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