Chapter 31: Death Thirteen

While Tohka was out to find someone to help Scarlet. A stand had appeared in Scarlet's fever nightmare. A grim reaper stand, it molded every inch of Scarlet's nightmare.

Scarlet panted as her clock eye was red and bloodshot from crying as it couldn't really be seen too much with her Grimm eye. Her hands were bloody from pounding on the invisible wall. "FUCK!"

Death Thirteen showed itself to Scarlet as it was about to swing its scythe at her. Scarlet growled as she blocked the stands scythe as she roared angrily at it she could see the stand as a stand similar to Zafkiel appears behind the Grimm girl. It ticked as Scarlet's eyes glowed. "You bastard!"

Zafkiel ticked more as Scarlet was enraged at both the stand and at Demigra. It was all slowly coming together as she would soon know that her fever was causing the nightmare and that Death Thirteen was only toying with the Grimm girl. Then it happened, she heard a familiar voice in this chaotic nightmare.

"You're weak just like the rest...and you call yourself the heiress to my bloodline...pathetic, you should've burned along with Ozpin and the others." Salem's figure appeared behind Death Thirteen as she glared at Scarlet. "You're not no child of mine if you've fallen in love with someone. Grimm feel no love or emotion, they feed off of hate and anger...you put my name to shame."

Scarlet growls as Zafkiel ticked more. "SHUT UP!" She pulled out a musket and flintlock out of thin air as the puzzle was complete now. "You can't control my dreams! Nor can you control what I see!" It was clear that the Grimm girl was passed. She aimed the musket and flintlock at Salem and Death Thirteen, both guns ready to fire as the barrels glowed a crimson red. "I hope you burn in hell!"

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Before Scarlet could even fire, Jotaro and Star Platinum appeared as it seemed Death Thirteen wasn't taking any threats from Scarlet. "Coward!" Scarlet barked as she snarled. "Creating illusions to do your dirty work. Just you wait, I'll kill you where you stand!" Jotaro pointed at Scarlet as Death Thirteen's eyes glowed a blood red. Then within a blink of am eye Star Platinum started throwing punches at Scarlet. "Ora Ora Ora Ora Ora!"

Scarlet dodged as she fired the musket at the illusion of Jotaro, hitting him square in the chest as she hissed. The illusion of Salem dashed at her like a black mist and grabbed Scarlet by the throat and strangled her. Scarlet gasped and gagged, outside of the fever nightmare she was tossing and turning, coughing and spitting up blood as she clawed at her throat.

Inside her dream she was clawing at Salem's hand and arm. "F-Fuck you....mother..." Zafkiel rung loudly as the hands had been set on 6 o'clock as Zafkiel glowed as well as Scarlet. A massive dark aura pushed back Salem, Jotaro, Star Platinum and Death Thirteen. Scarlet howled as she growled as well, "I've had ENOUGH!" She shot a bullet into the air as the dream started to mold differently, Death Thirteen tried to stop it but the entire area was engulfed by darkness.

"City of devouring time!" Scarlet yelled as she had the look of hate and murder in her eyes. "I'll kill you all...!"

Scarlet knew it would eat away at some of her life force, but also knew it wouldn't inside the fever dream. She watched as hands came out of all places and grabbed the stand and the other two. "This is your end."

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Everything was quiet inside and outside, Scarlet still had the burning fever however the wet rag wasn't wet anymore it was dry, her face was very flushed and pale as she was breathing rapidly. Sweat running down her face and body.

Tohka had came back with no such luck on finding any help, but was told by some locals that ice cream would help, by time time the spirit had gotten back, she dropped everything. She saw how worse the situation had gotten with Scarlet.

"Dear Oum...it got worse." Tohka said as she quickly changed the rag and dampens it and puts it back on Scarlet's forehead head. "I won't move from this spot, I shouldn't have left. Damn it...."