sk? A nd w hen I s a y “ o f D am on” y o u d on’t b elie ve
th e a nsw er, n ot if y o u’d s e en th e tw o o f u s a fe w d ays a go. B ut to u nders ta nd,
yo u h ave to k n ow a fe w fa cts .
Have y o u e ve r h eard th e p hra se
“ A ll b e ts a re o ff” ?
It m eans th at a nyth in g,
a nyth in g,
c a n h appen. S o th at e ve n s o m ebody w ho
fig ure s o ut o dds a nd ta ke s b ets fr o m p eople g iv e s th em b ack th eir m oney.
Beca use a w ild c a rd h as e nte re d th e s it u atio n.
Y ou c a n’t e ve n f ig ure th e o dds to
ta ke a b e t.
That’s w here I a m . T hat’s w hy m y h eart is p oundin g in m y th ro at a nd h ead a nd
ears a nd fin gertip s in fe ar.
All b e ts a re o ff.
You c a n s e e h ow s h aky e ve n m y p rin tin g is . S uppose m y h ands s h ake lik e
th is w hen I g o in to s e e
h im ?
I m ig ht d ro p th e tr a y. I m ig ht a nnoy D am on. A nd
th en
a nyth in g
m ig ht h appen.
I’m n ot e xp la in in g th is r ig ht. W hat I s h ould b e s a yin g is th at w e’r e b ack: D am on
and M ere dit h a nd B onnie a nd m e. W e w ent to th e D ark D im ensio n a nd n ow
we’r e h om e a gain , w it h a s ta r b all
—and S te fa n.
Ste fa n w as tr ic ke d in to g oin g th ere b y S hin ic h i a nd M is a o, th e b ro th er a nd
sis te r
k it s une ,
o r e vil fo x-s p ir it s , w ho to ld h im th at if h e w ent to th e D ark
Dim ensio n h e c o uld g et th e c u rs e o f b ein g a v a m pir e r e m ove d a nd b eco m e
hum an a gain .
They lie d.
All th ey d id w as le ave h im in a s tin kin g p ris o n, w it h n o fo od, n o lig ht, n o
warm th … until h e w as a t th e p oin t o f d eath .
But D am on— who w as s o d if fe re nt b ack th en— agre ed to le ad u s to tr y to fin d
him . A nd, o h, I c a n’t e ve n b egin to d escrib e th e D ark D im ensio n it s e lf . B ut th e
im porta nt th in g is th at w e fin ally fo und S te fa n, a nd th at b y th en w e’d fo und th e
Tw in F ox k e y w e n eeded to r e le ase h im . B ut— he w as a s ke le to n, p oor b oy. W e
ca
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