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While the name does not exactly sound that intimitating, El Casa de The Mastermind is a very horrific place... to get to. First off, The Mastermind's mansion is hidden twenty feet below ground in the deepest and darkest sewer system. Do not think that The Mastermind lives in sewage though for underground The Mastermind has built a luxurious mansion. This mansion is guarded though by foul traps like spikes rigged to pop up when they feel the weight of people walking on top, walls that close in on you, and the worst possible death... trap doors that when you walk in, you cannot get out and water is let loose into the solid room where you will most definitely die by drowning.

The mansion itself is magnificent. Furnished and decorated much like a Gothic castle on the inside, El Casa de The Mastermind is a perfect place for one to hide and never be discovered. Inside the mansion there is also a training room, hospital like area, and sleeping chamber for Mythos, The Mastermind's protege and assassin.

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An hour or so had passed before The Mastermind walked briskly into the room where Mythos lay dying. A masculine scent trailed him and his imposing shadow would surely draw his servant’s attention. He slammed the spiked oaken door behind him and flicked a switch to his left. A dim light bulb buzzed and flickered to life and perfected the dark and cliché setting.

The Mastermind began to pace around his servant’s body. Blood had cleared paths down the side of the miserable metal slab that served as a hospital bed. These tributaries pooled both on the top of the slab and down at the base of it. Surely he’d waited long enough.

The room stayed silent for several moments more. The poor servant was probably scared to death of speaking first while his master simply looked down with loathing and despise. Finally he bent over Mythos’ ear and hissed, “A simple task, my child. You’ve handled more difficult adversaries than Sophomore James Cross.” His breath tasted rotten – most likely a side effect of his becoming a rat earlier. He could only imagine how it smelt. The man stepped away from the wounded one. In a sudden commanding, powerful tone he ordered, “Explain yourself.”

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Nobody really knew if The Mastermind was a man of emotion or not. He hid it all behind his mask. Nobody would ever know how The Mastermind reacted to the name of ‘Mr. Wyong’ behind that mask. Perhaps a smile, perhaps a face as dead as one could imagine – perhaps no face at all. The only notable reaction was vocal.

He remained silent for moments until finally, pensively, he repeated, “Mr. Wyong.” Moments more passed. “And do you know what it was that Wyong and Spaldwin shot you in the defense of the average college student?”

MYTHOS

BANG!

In a loud and sudden explosion, Mythos and Mary appeared in a small study. Mythos shook his head, which was now pounding because he had had to concentrate so hard in order to transport from the cove to where they were now. And just where were they now? They were in the Mastermind's Liar. As Mythos massaged his head fear suddenly took hold of him.

He should not have brought Mary here, but this was the safest place. Mastermind would be outraged if he saw someone else besides Mythos here. Mastermind would kill Mary and Mythos could not have that. But why did Mythos care so much about Mary? This just was not right. Mythos was doing everything Mastermind had taught him not to. Mythos was letting emotions get the better of him. But how could he not? The Mastermind had wanted Mythos to gain allies, but in order to gain allies he had to talk to people, make them trust him, and make sure that they were just as reliable. Mary was not just a tool to the Mastermind's succession anymore. Mary was a strong, independent, beautiful, smart, and talented individual and Mythos was starting to fear what he was feeling deep down inside of him.

He suddenly came to a realization that he was directly on top of Mary, having fallen down after the transportation. His face was so close to Mary's that he could feel the warmth of her face radiating onto his. He looked deep into her eyes and held his gaze there, but then an alarm in his mind went off.

STOP!

And just like that he got up off of the ground and offered his hand to Mary. "We must hurry. We do not have a lot of time. We escaped a dangerous situation and now have landed into an even more dangerous one. Let's go." Mythos ordered in a monotone, uncaring voice. He needed to get back to the way Mastermind had trained him to be. Mythos could not care about Mary like he did, it would not help him in the long run. He also knew that whole fact that Mary now knew he had powers and it was only a matter of time until she brought that fact up.

MYTHOS

Mythos looked Mary straight in the eyes. Ever since he had met her he had been trying to control to urge to touch her in any way possible. He wanted to be near her and he had this horribly pressing that he could not get rid of, but thinking about it now there was no reason for Mythos to tell Mary anything. The Mastermind's common sense was at least still with Mythos in some sense. Though why Mythos would bring Mary here was beyond him. It was the first place he could think of and back at the cove, his mind had been all over the place. What was happening to him?

Nonetheless, Mythos had broken one of the most severe rules Mastermind had given him. It was forbidden to bring anybody else to the Mastermind's liar unless the Mastermind himself had ordered it, and even then that person would usually end up dead. Mythos feared the worst. He had no time to answer her questions and he knew he shouldn't, but something made him want to tell Mary everything. He wanted to tell her what he had been through these past couple of years. He needed... a friend... but the Mastermind was Mythos's friend and the only man he could trust. The Mastermind had told him what the world was like. The world and the people inhabiting it was cruel and immoral. Mythos was helping Mastermind save the world, but nobody could get in the way of this and Mythos knew that Mastermind would see Mary as a hindrance. Mastermind would kill Mary.

Mythos looked at Mary and for the first time, fear masked his entire face. "There is no time. I must get you out of here now Mary... now!" He grabbed her hand and looked into her eyes again. His insides twisted once more. What was going on? He needed to snap back to reality, but he needed her to understand that he was not just throwing her away. He would find her again. He promised himself that. "I'll tell you everything Mary! I will find you. You deserve that much. But he will get you... my master is unforgiving. He will kill you. We must leave now! Please... take my hand and keep as quiet as possible. We can be away from here in only seconds."

MYTHOS

Mythos now wished that he had concentrated on any other place but here. It had been such an impulse though. Whenever he got into trouble he would transport back here, but he should have thought a lot more about somewhere else to go considering someone else had been with him. If the Mastermind figured out Mythos was here though and saw this girl with him, there would be no escaping Mastermind's wrath.

Mythos did not what else to do, but he feared for Mary's life. Suddenly he started to do something that felt so unnatural to him. Mythos started to plead. "Mary please... I cannot tell you everything... but you are in his liar. The Mastermind's liar. I am sure you have heard of my master. He has terrible power and he will kill you. If he is mad enough my master will kill me as well. The Mastermind's will is always carried out. We must flee from here. Now!"

MYTHOS

Mythos drew in a quick breath and sighed very heavily. He looked at Mary and tried to smile. He was glad she was finally listening t reason. They needed to get out of here as soon as possible. Mythos next said something that had seemed so alien to him that he had wished he hadn't said it right after the fact. He said, "Thank you."

He put his hands on Mary's shoulders and moved in close to her and closed his eyes. He couldn't go back with her. Mary was doing something to Mythos's mind and Mythos didn't think he could take it anymore. The Mastermind would definitely kill Mary if she was found here. Mythos knew what he needed to do. "I want you to think Mary. Think about any place in Delmor you know is safe and then tell me where you want to go." He let her think about that while he prepared for what would come next.

MYTHOS

He didn't know what came over him at that moment, but the way Mary had been looking at him and the words she was saying caused his heart to feel like it was being stabbed multiple amounts of times. He knew it was not safe for her here but he had wished with all his might that it was. She seemed a little weighted down by all of this and Mythos wanted to help her. He put his hands on her shoulders and suddenly felt himself getting closer. His face pulled in close to hers and before he even thought anymore about it, his lips touched hers. He held them there and then using his mind power, willed Mary to be transported to any building in the north side of Delmor. He felt his grip on Mary loosen until it was no more. The transportation had worked. Mary was gone.

"I promise Mary. I will find you." Mythos said to himself in the silence of the study, hoping that she had made it out to somewhere in the north okay.