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Chapter 8 ~ Framed It’s pretty weird to see a random person get out of a random door with blood on your forehead. Somehow, Blaize was right next to me, holding a Turkey Leg he must’ve gotten. He was now wearing a track jacket and some large boots. “Eulalia!” He gasped, trying to help me up. “Where were you and where did you come from?” “Door,” I muttered. “Well, of course you came out of a door,” he rolled his eyes. “But how…what..?” I managed to say something. I had a high adrenaline rush when I fought Drakoni, which must’ve wasted all my energy away. “I know where all the souls are.” “Back up,” Blaize crossed his arms. “All?” “Not just the ones you were with,” I continued. “Drakoni knows where all the souls are, and he’s not…he’s not telling me…” “Back up a second time!” He stopped me. “Who is Drakoni? I have no idea what you’re talking about.” Thankfully, I catched my breath. Blood wasn’t on my face anymore, but the thought was still scary, considering that beings in the Afterlife couldn’t die again. “Basically, there’s this human-like monster who can shapeshift named Drakoni. He likes to do all sorts of things like…like destroy the Spirit World.” “Oh!” He put a finger on his face like he was trying to think. “So, he’s basically on genocide!” “Um, yeah, if you say that. Anyways, I met him.” “You met him?” I nodded. “In Melanstread. I opened a door that somehow led to that place. That’s where all sorts of bad things roam. He pretended to help me, so I could help him escape. Unfortunately, I fell for it, and…” “It’s fine if you don’t want to talk about it. What did you say about knowing where all the souls are again?” “Right! So, back on Drakoni, he used all of the souls' energy to destroy the Spirit World, as I recall from history class. And back when I met him, he said he knew where all the lost souls were. I didn’t even know there were a lot of lost souls! Well, until…nevermind.” I lost focus and started to think about the time when I reported 2 lost souls to the Guardians. “Mhm.” Blaize felt concerned. “Well, it’s okay, then. Remember those 2 souls that you were supposed to bring back along with me? I remember them!...and I remember how I died.” I patted his back, trying to show sympathy, even though I couldn’t relate. “I’m sorry, bud.” “I’m alright,” he smiled. “So, you know where all the lost souls are?” “Yep! Well, kind of…no. Drakoni only knows. I…I let him escape. But it’s alright, since we’re going to find him!” I assured him that everything will be alright. “If we know where to look?” Blaize added. “If we know where to look,” I repeated in a less un-reassuringly way. “Since Drakoni is out of Melanstread, he must be somewhere around here, right?” “That’s true. What’s he look like again? A monster?” “A shapeshifting monster,” I corrected. “He can look like everything. Blaize was disappointed. “I think we can just search anywhere,” he suggested as a last resort. Chapter 9 ~ Run Blaize and I searched for hours, exhausting our so-called bodies, if we even had one. It was hard to find a shapeshifter, and it could’ve been anything. Even a whole building! “If you were Drakoni, where would you be?” I asked myself, with a finger on my chin. Drakoni said he was going to get revenge. What would he do first? Maybe destroy some Guardians? Blaize took a break for a second. “Anything he wanted..? I mean, if he wanted to kill them, where would he get weapons?” “Silly,” I ruffled his hair. It seemed more groomed than usual. “Guardians don’t die. Reapers don’t die. We don’t die!” “Then what happens?” Blaize questioned innocently. “You crumble to dust. You’re still conscious, but you’re just…gone,” I blankly stared at the block. “That’s sad.” “I know.” A coffee shop appeared in the corner, which felt nice, especially for Blaize. “Eulalia, coffee shop?” He grinned, pulling me to the area. “Wait, where are the doors?” I ruffled his hair once more, laughing. “There are no doors in the Spirit World!”