Chapter 18 - "Keeper Of The Dreamscape" Lucky looked at the Nikolas from the Dreamscape and wondered what the heck had just happened. Lucky: Nikolas, are you all… Nikolas: You! Nikolas jumps onto his feet and jumps at Lucky, causing him to fall onto the floor with Nikolas above him, choking him. Nikolas: I am going to kill you with my bare hands! Jerry pulled Nikolas off Lucky as Victor and Kevin came running in. Victor: What in the world is going on? Jerry: The Spencer Kid and his brother decided to pay a little visit and guess who just happened to step onto the platform… Victor: Oh, dear God… You must be joking. Nikolas: How the hell did I end up here, who are you people? ~"~ -[P.C.: Dreamscape]- Nikolas: How did I end up here? Nikolas looked at Brenda, who looked back at him with the same confusion. Brenda: How can you not know how you got here, Nikolas? A soldier ran up to them. Soldier: Uh, guys, we got to get moving. Brenda takes Nikolas by the arm. Brenda: Whatever the hell is wrong with you, we can figure out later! Now move it before you get us all killed! Nikolas didn't really need to be told twice. He followed Brenda out of this ice structure which appeared to have two people in it. Brenda led him to a rope connected to the structure and told him to hold on tight. Next thing he knew, they were going up into the air. ~"~ -[P.C.: As You Know It]- Nikolas was now bound and tied to a chair in the middle of the room. Kevin: This is just perfect! Jerry: Victor, are you sure the rip is widening? Victor: Sure, I'm sure! Kevin: So now what? Victor: We just have to stick to the original plan and await Miranda's order. Kevin: Victor, waiting for her order might get us all killed! Lucky: Excuse me, but could you please tell me what's going on? Kevin: Lucky, trust me, you DO NOT want to know… Lucky: So I've heard, but the thing is, I DO want to know. Jerry: Kid, let's just say it's none of your business, and leave it at that. Lucky: NONE OF MY BUSINESS? You have three of my friends and my dad prisoners here, of course it's my business. Kevin: Why don't we just tell him… Victor: No! We don't have time. Desperate times call for drastic measures. Kevin: What do you mean? Victor: Monk, you're going to have to go into the other dimension. ~"~ As Alexis and Tony drove, Alexis hit her hand on the steering wheel. Alexis: Damn, damn, damn, how could this have happened??? Tony: Do you think someone might have gotten through? Alexis: I have absolutely no idea, I got to get to Miranda. Tony: I'll go too. If there's any way I can help, I'll do it. Alexis: Thanks. Tony: Well, it's not just for you… After all, the fate of our entire worlds depends on it. Alexis: Right… With that, Alexis pressed a little harder on the gas. ~"~ Robin looked out at the rip scratched across the sky. She looked back at Miranda, who was busy establishing a link with her world. Robin: Anything? Miranda: Plenty… It seems that by us being here, and people from this world being in my world is causing the rips to widen. Robin: How? Miranda: I don't know, I try to read this but it all just looks like psychobabble. Robin: Well, looks like I'm not going to go before the world after all. Miranda: No, there's still time… Let's just try to be a little bit optimistic. Anything from Brenda? Robin: not yet… Suddenly, the phone rang. Robin picked it up and listened to the message. She went to Miranda and said, "They have Robert and Anna." ~"~ Lizzie, Sarah and Emily watched the rip from their room. Emily: Guys, we're not going to make it, are we? Lizzie: Don't say that, Em, there's still hope. Sarah: Lizzie's right. Emily: I hope so… I just wish I knew what this rip was. Sarah: Maybe it's got nothing to do with us. Lizzie: I doubt it. I bet it has something to do with so many people being in opposite worlds… Sarah: How? Lizzie: Well… *turns to face both of them* I know, this may sound weird, but what if we simply HAVE to be in our own dimensions? That we belong to our universe. Emily: Well, I think that kinda goes without saying… Lizzie: But, because we came over here, and others went over there, it got absolutely screwed up. This world needs the people in our world, and our world needs us. So, to make themselves whole again, they have to reabsorb the people… us… who left them. Emily: So, you're saying our worlds are colliding just because they need us? Lizzie: Yeah, well sort of like that. It's kind of hard to explain… I flunked science. Sarah: I don't know, Lizzie, something about that just doesn't make sense. Unknown Voice: Oh, I think it makes quite a bit of sense. They all turn to see a man, dressed in black, materialize right before them. He said, "Allow me to introduce myself… I am the keeper of the Dreamscape… I have come to fix this problem which YOU have created."