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"No, Beej, come on, wake up." Lydia begged, gently shaking him. She couldn't lose him, not like this. She meant what she said about him being her family and she didn't want to face losing him. "Come on, buddy. I got you." Lydia said before trying to place his arm over her shoulders and carry him away. It wasn't easy with the height difference and him being literal deadweight.

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Yep. Maybe Charles finds them since he's still looking for that "guy in a Halloween costume ".

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Ash chuckled darkly, walking over to them, flicking their hand dismissively towards the Maitlands and the boys, sending them flying harmlessly away. Lydia couldn't move, not without hurting Beej. She watched as Ash finally stopped before them, grinning before snapping their fingers, the trio quickly disappearing.

Lydia gasped softly as they were surrounded by trees in the middle of nowhere, trembling softly as the cold air bit her. "B...Beej...come on...we have to go home...you can do it." She coaxed.

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Yep. Also, figured it was time for Fake!Ash to appear.

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"I don't think so." A voice said from the darkness, causing Lydia to tense protectively over Beetlejuice. The figure stepped out, smoke curling slowly out of their mouth from the cigarette they were smoking, pale eyes looking at Beetlejuice. "Nice to meet you again, Lawrence, darling." Ash smirked.

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I'M NOT CRYING, YOU'RE CRYING!

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"Beej!" Lydia's croaked cry rang out as she stumbled back to where she had left him. She slipped on a puddle of the black blood, crying out as her knees and palms of her hands hit the torn floor. She soon made it to his side, carefully lifting his head into her lap. "No, no, no, no. Come on, Beej, look at me. Look at me, please. Open your eyes, keep them open. I'm here...I'm right here..." She choked back tears.

"We promised each other we wouldn't leave...we promised..." She whispered, a few tears streaming down her cheeks and landing on his.

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"B...Beej is...one of them..." Lydia croaked, purple bruises starting to appear on her throat. She let out a few coughs before looking up at them. "He's finally standing up to his mom."

"What?! One of those things is his mom?!" Zach exclaimed, eyes bulging in shock.

Lydia nodded weakly in reply as the Maitlands appeared with their clone. They couldn't see the battle; she couldn't let them see the horror Beetlejuice had become. "You...You need to get them out of here. I can't leave him; he'll die if I leave."

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Unseen by the two abominations dueling, a figure appeared next to Lydia who had crumpled to the floor once BJ's mother's concentration was broken. They carefully picked her limp form up before disappearing.

"What's happening?!" Zach asked as the building shook from something. He looked over at the Beetleclone which had been with him and Nate only to see it disappear. "Hey! Where'd he go?!"

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Daaaaaamn