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Rikku stared as the two ran towards the shed. "Wait guys!" She followed, but Joey beat her to the chase and tackled Sasha. From there she simply stared.

It doesn't matter! You could have gotten her killed and us killed! he thought. You can't just go off and run towards her voice! Joey backed off of Sasha. He couldn't really help her up so he nodded towards BJ.

((Idk what to do about Ashton.))

Taqui kneeled down on the ground looking up at Ashton. "Please you have to try something." Taqui could feel herself fading. She would have to leave Ashtons mind soon or else she would face an even greater challenge; Death.

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Joey looked over at Damon. He had disappeared from sight. Should we just go in then? If we don't do this now I don't think we will ever get an opportunity like this again.

Rikku frowned in attempts to come up with something. The odds in her mind were stacked painfully, in which both senarios could end in both success and disaster. Wait for Damon, and their attempts would be more strategic, but the chances of getting to her in time would dim greatly. Go in, they'd be more likely to save her, but with such a lack of strategy...was it worth it?

She thought back to Delilah. Though the memory of her was vague, she saw the pain in her eyes. Pain and desperation, as if she were lost. She didn't want her to lose her life with questions gone unanswered in the way they had, or she at least assumed they had.

Frowning against her better judgement, she grabbed her wand with a tight fist. Literally throwing said judgement into the corner, she took a step foreward.

"I say we go in now, or else we'll regret it." ((I like that idea best o3o))
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Ashton stared painfully at the darkness as Taqui disappeared. His last bit of hope completely escaped him, as another ounce of debris from his mind fell right next to him. What to do? Where to go? There had to be some way to know, some way to get out and for it to be the right way...

He forced himself to his feet. Acting on his gut, and not his so-called "powers", he ran in the direction that was closest and didn't look back.

Taqui screamed when she was pulled out from Ashton's mind. She turned around to see what had pulled her out. What she saw was the black form from Ashtons mind, holding a purple whisp of color that was connected straight to Taqui. He had pulled her out just in time. "Why did you save me?"

((silent you are playing the demon until he becomes a part of taqui literally))
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Joey walked a little bit into tunnel and transformed back into human form. He took out his wand and grasped it firmly in his left hand taking a hold of Rikku's hand with his right.

The demon gave a sly smirk. "But of course," it said. "If I let you die, I would die along with you. What's the fun in that?" Watching her stare in disbelief, and sensing she was preparing to add something along the lines of her being able to get out in time, it added "and besides, a chunk of debris was about to fall right on you. You would have died if I had waited two seconds, so you should be thanking me."

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Rikku smiled sheepishly, closing her hand around Joey's. She then let her face fall to a straight, blank state, and looked straight ahead.

"C'mon, lets go." They all walked straight ahead, in the direction of their destination.

Taqui looked up at the demon. "Well thank you. But now Ashton is close to dying. What about him?"

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Joey could notice that it was getting darker. He wondered if everyone else could see as well as him. Then he noticed a huge metal door at the end of the path. "Guys theres a metal door at the end. It looks pretty heavy"

"Well...that determines," the Demon said slowly. Even as a figment of pure evil, it knew how and when to come up with the best words. "He'll get out just fine, if he finds his way. He seems rather perpetuated by his true abilities, or lack thereof, however. So...it all determines if he has the guts to get himself out." It could tell she would go into a frenzy about this, but he personally didn't care. Ashton was weak. If he was gone, there'd be one less air-consuming blob of flesh on the Earth, and one less obstacle controlling his new host.

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Rikku stared at the complexing metal door. She tried her hardest to sense its presence...was it bewitched? She knew the spells for both senarios, but would prefer to use the first, giving that's it's the more quiet of the two.

"Hey...does that door look bewitched to you guys?" She looked back at the others, hoping that, with their increased experience of the magical world, they would be able to tell the difference.

Taqui stared at the demon in disbelief, but she trusted that Ashton would make his way out somehow. "So will you take me as your new host or do I have to prove to you that I'm worthy? Hmm?"

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Joey stepped forward. He looked all around the door and finally saw a small opening on the door. It was for a key. "We need a key. Ancient looking if this door really is that old." He looked around but didn't see a key. "Rikku, can you mold a key from this rock to fit this hole?" He tossed a medium sized rock her way.

Rikku grinned brightly as she caught the rock. She entirely forgot about that approach.

"I think so." She walked over to the door, right to the opening. She cast a minor spell--an analysis spell, and easily made a blueprint of the key in her mind. She then went on to making a key. They were both very complex spells; ones she had found in a library book with "Year Seven" scrolled neatly in the corner. It took several months of practice to get it right, though without homework it would have only taken a few weeks.
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The demon smirked widely. "But of course, you would. But you already have. I've seen your abilities and how you work. No doubt, you've proven yourself much more than you ever could."