207 THE ANTIDOTE TO FEAR IS I LOVE YOU
Dan clenched his teeth. "Damnit, the anti-ta field is shutting down my ta skills!"
Even Eryn's transformation began to flicker.
Her human form collapsed, replaced by her Annunakin body… of human and alien DNA….her face change ability was like a ta ability she's developed.
Without ta powers, she lost the ability to transform into another.
Nullrose's voice trembled slightly. "Who is this girl? Why did she change form?"
"Who cares?" Mirrose snapped. "Our mission is to kill them."
Dan tried to break through the field's edge. Getting out of a ta field quickly was the only way to defeat it.
But walls of shimring mirrors suddenly materialized, surrounding them. Within seconds, the reflections multiplied until they ford a complete do of mirror, trapping them inside.
"What the hell, we are trapped in mirrors?" Dan complained.
He snapped his fingers as a lightning bolt struck one of the mirrors ….but the bolt of lightning erged again from another mirror, hitting himself square in the chest.
"Damn it!" Dan cursed. "The mirror reflects my lightning attacks?"
Mirrose laughed, her voice echoing endlessly in the glass chamber. "Don't bother struggling. Nothing escapes my Mirror Do. No matter how strong your ta powers may be they are useless before us."
Mirrose and Nullrose weren't direct killers…they were control tas, specialists ant to trap and weaken their prey.
Dan knew it.
Which ant only one thing: their finisher was coming next.
Then, the temperature dropped. The air turned thick with dread. A wave of primal terror rolled through the park.
"Fear," Dan muttered.
Most people would collapse under its pressure, but not them. The Core of Blood within their bodies suppressed the emotional attack.
"How are you holding up?" Dan asked Eryn.
"I can feel the fear," Eryn said, her voice steady, "but I don't fear it. Not yet."
A mocking laugh ca from the darkness. "Not afraid? That's new," Fearose hissed. "Then let's try these."
From beneath the ground, clawed shadow beasts tore through the soil….hulking, translucent creatures that radiated pure malice.
Eryn reacted instantly.
Bone blades sprouted from her arms, glowing with alien light. Dan readied with his bare hands which was tougher than the strongest weapons.
Together, they slashed through the creatures, each strike reducing shadows to smoke and ash.
Still, Dan could feel sothing wrong.
"The three of you are all control tas," he said, his eyes darting between the witches of Roses. "None of you can kill us with your control skills alone."
Mirrose's laughter reverberated. "You're clever, boy…but who said control powers can't kill?"
The mirrors began to close in, the do shrinking rapidly.
The air grew heavier as Nullrose's anti-ta field condensed, crushing their space further.
Fearose's fear intensified as more illusions twisted into nightmarish shapes.
Soon, Dan and Eryn were pressed into a space barely the size of a room. The anti-ta pressure suffocated their abilities, and the shadows began clawing their way through the narrowing space.
Their blades and fists struck and slashed desperately…but this ti, the wounds hurt.
"These… these aren't illusions anymore," Eryn gasped, blood running down her arm.
The illusions have evolved into physical beings that could hurt.
Dan moved like a blur, his Autonomous Combat protocol activating. Every strike of his found its mark, tearing through shadows before they could reach them.
But there was still no way out.
The mirror walls were closing in further, the anti-ta field tightening, and even Dan's imnse endurance was reaching its limit.
Eryn's body suddenly went limp, crashing to the ground. Her pupils dilated….then froze.
"Your girl is down," Fearose sneered, her voice echoing with a dozen overlapping tones. "It's only you left now, boy."
Eryn's mind had been pulled into the psychic abyss…an endless nightmare crafted by Fearose's illusion. Her Core of Blood, was only Level 2, she couldn't withstand a Rank AA psychic strike.
Dan, however, stood firm.
His Core was Level 7, reinforced by the Amulet of Calm he had assimilated months ago… together their aura shielded his thoughts like a fortress.
"It's not so easy to break my mind," Dan said coldly.
Fearose smiled faintly. "Indeed… you're far tougher than I thought."
The witches exchanged wary glances within the mirrored do. Their target was far stronger than their report and intelligence had suggested.
"I told you," Nullrose muttered, her tone sharp. "We should've called Thornrose. She's the attack ta!"
"How was I supposed to know a re student could resist my Rank AA fear field? I'm being humane giving them an easier way to die,…you know Thornrose's thods…its ghastly," Fearose hissed back.
Dan's eyes narrowed. "You witch murderers are pretending to be humane now?"
Lucky for himthe witchesunderestimated him and hadn't brought their true killer. If Thornrose, whoever she was, were here…. He and Eryn would already be corpses.
Still, he wasn't safe yet.
His powers were suppressed by Nullrose's anti-ta field, and Mirrose's mirror do left no escape. Every second they wasted tightened the trap further.
"I must think of sothing…even if its out of the box," Dan told himself.
Then Dan made his move.
Without warning, he sprinted and jumped straight into one of the mirrors.
The witches gasped. A heartbeat later, his body reappeared from another mirror across the do…completely intact.
"So, the mirrors are linked, like portals," Dan realized.
But that didn't solve the problem. He was still trapped inside the cage.
A thought ca to his mind.
He grabbed Eryn's limp body and jumped again, vanishing into another mirror.
"What is he doing?" Mirrose barked, her voice cracking with disbelief. "He knows that won't get him out!"
Dan's voice echoed from within the mirrors. "Got a better idea? I'm open to suggestions."
He kept leaping from mirror to mirror…testing angles, timing, and rhythm.
The witches watched in growing confusion. Each jump flashed like a pulse of light through the reflective do.
Then Dan noticed sothing.
With every jump, Mirrose's breathing grew heavier. Sweat glistened under her collar.
"There it is," he thought, his eyes narrowing. "She's connected to the mirrors. Every portal transfer drains her energy."
He smirked. "You built your own prison… now let's see how long you can hold it."
And he kept going….again and again, like a relentless storm bouncing between worlds of glass—each leap pushing Mirrose closer to her limit.
But even that wasn't enough to drain Mirrose's strength. Her control over the mirrored do still held.
By then, Eryn's mind stirred…breaking free from Fearose's illusion. Her eyes snapped open, glowing faintly crimson. "Dan, what are you doing?"
"Good, you're awake," Dan said, dodging another wave of shadow claws. "We're jumping through the mirrors…it's the only way to wear them down!"
Eryn grinned. "Then drop . I want to jump too."
He let her go, and she imdiately dove into a mirror. Her body vanished in a shimr of light, reappearing across the do.
Fearose's psychic tendrils could no longer track Eryn's mind while she was jumping through mirrors…her thoughts flickered too fast for capture.
On the other side, the witches were losing composure.
"This is bad…I'm losing control over the girl," Fearose admitted.
"We're losing this, they are crossing my mirrors like they are jumping trampolines," Mirrose panted, her voice trembling. Her hands shook as the mirrors vibrated.
"I told you we should've called Thornrose!" Nullrose snapped. "Even my anti-ta control over them is being tested as they cross through space!"
Fearose's scowl deepened. "Hold the do…don't let them escape."
Dan burst through another mirror beside Eryn, both laughing now, their movents synchronized—dashing, flipping, and vanishing between reflections like ghosts at play.
The anti-ta field suppressing them beca less effective as they crossed through the mirrors quickly….ti and space negated the field's powers on them.
Then… Eryn regained part of her powers. She's transford back into herself again.
"This is so much fun!" Eryn shouted, her laughter echoing through the maze of mirrors.
" too!" Dan replied, leaping through another reflection beside her. "This is better than the amusent park at Aukouma Entertainnt Complex!"
Their desperation had beco exhilaration—each mirrored leap feeding a rush of wild defiance.
The prison of mirrors had turned into their playground, a shimring labyrinth of light where every jump weakened their captors' hold a little more.
Then suddenly, their paths crossed.
Eryn collided with Dan mid-leap, their montum spinning them together.
Their bodies t.
Their eyes locked.
….two hearts syncing amid chaos.
In that suspended instant, the mirrors around them rippled like disturbed water.
The psychic pressure of Fearose shattered, the Anti-ta Field trembled, and even the do itself cracked under the surge of emotion.
Eryn's breath caught as she whispered, "I love you."
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