My boyfriend pressed the red button again, and the hologram vanished. I snatched the device off the table and grabbed Enoch's wrist.

"To my room. Now."

Soon, Scarlett, Stanley, Enoch, and I were in my hospital room. I released my grip on Enoch's wrist and practically shoved the tiny device in his face. I asked him point-blank what this device was.

"Duh. It stores and shows holograms that you can design," Enoch declared. "I took a picture of Scarlett and a picture of Stanley when they were sitting and hugging another individual and made it seem like that they were smooching." He puckered his lips, and I slapped his face. "Ow!"

"How come the hologram of me and Stanley look so real and nothing like a hologram?" Scarlett asked, tapping her foot.

He rubbed his cheek. "Another helpful feature that the hologram device has. I used color filters. It was very easy to convince Margie that you and her boyfriend were cheating on her. She could not see the device because it was so small. Margie really assumed the worst."

"That is not true," I defended myself. "Yes, I considered it to be possible that my own sister and my boyfriend were deceiving me, however, I did suspect that you were behind it somehow. That is why I returned to the hospital. I wanted to warn Stanley and my family in case that you harmed any of them."

"Oh, please. I would have hurt the ones that you love regardless of my crush on you."

My sister slowly strolled up next to me. "You have a crush on my younger sister? That...that is why you set me and Stanley up so that we could take your fall. How dare you!"

She grabbed ahold of his shirt, and I separated them and reassured her that I would handle this.

"He is a Monster Protector like me, sis. He is just obsessed with me."

Scarlett uttered a low growl and brushed dust off her dress. "Is that so? In my opinion, he should not be a Monster Protector at all. Not until he stops obsessing over you." Her body shivered. "I cannot believe that maniac has a thing for you."

"How am I not surprised that you called me a maniac?"

"You are a psycho. That is why."

"Only a person who is not a Monster Protector would believe that all Monster Protectors are crazy. Like what you thought of your sister."

Stanley walked up and stood on my other side. "What should we do with...what is his name?"

"Enoch McCall. And I already made up my mind how we are going to punish him." My lips curved into a wide smile. "We are taking him to his mother. She is a Monster Protector too."

It is a good thing that my brain memorized the location of the hole that Enoch had forced me into because that is where the four of us went to. Stanley used his powers to make special handcuffs for Enoch and was in charge of not letting him escape. Scarlett asked me where we were heading, and I said to a hole. That led to an interesting conversation.

"When you say a hole, do you mean potholes?"

"Scarlett, potholes are banned in Forlot," Stanley commented.

"It is just like the bunny holes that you saw back at home, sis," I said.

"So bunnies created this hole?"

"No. It is a deep hole."

She gasped. "There are big bunnies?!"

I could not help but laugh. "No, no, no. It is a secret hideout belonging to the Monster Protectors. I am guessing that they created the hole."

"...oh." Her cheeks turned red in embarrassment.

We reached the hole, and Stanley, Scarlett, and I peered down at it.

"There is no ladder," Stanley stated the obvious. "So how do we get down?"

"There is only one way to reach the bottom," I said. "We have to jump."

I knew that Scarlett would protest at the idea...so I pushed her, and she fell. Fell. Fell.

"Maaaaaaaaaargie!"

Gee. She was going to let me have it once I got down there.

I motioned for my boyfriend to take a leap, but he said, "Ladies first."

I smiled at his generosity and made a daring jump. Gravity immediately pulled me down. Down. I landed on both of my feet and rose. I was expecting Scarlett to give me heck for pushing her, however, she was too busy. Busy with what, you may ask?

How about tending to our cousin?

My sister was kneeling by an unconscious Margaret and wiping the dry blood that was on the middle of her forehead. I joined them and dropped to my knees.

"What happened to Margaret, sis?"

"I am not sure. I found her like this."

Then we heard groaning. It was Margaret. She was waking up.

We helped her sit up and asked her if she was alright and how she ended up here. Margaret rubbed the top of her head and moaned in pain.

"Gosh...my head hurts..." She noticed us. "Margie? Scarlett? You were kidnapped too?"

Stanley and Enoch joined the party. Stanley must have overheard my cousin because he said, "Margaret? You were kidnapped?"

She slowly nodded and covered the spot where the dry blood had been with her palm. "I was kidnapped and brought here. When I would not cooperate, they hit me, knocking me out." She hissed in agony.

"Margaret." I kept her from lying back down. "Who did this to you? Who kidnapped you?"

"I...do not remember."

I eyed Enoch suspiciously. "Did you kidnap her?"

"Nope. I was with you."

"Is that another one of your lies?"

"He is telling the truth, Margie," a voice defended him. It was the voice of the first Monster Protector.

McKinley stepped out from the darkness, and along with him was Skylar.

I stood. "Thank goodness that you are—"

Margaret cut in. "They did it. They kidnapped me."