As I entered Lisa’s mind, I began to notice a change of scenery. Like in my own mind, my displaced form was shadowed over my human self. The area around me was like an abandoned kingdom. Buildings were empty, windows were broken, and there were cracks in the walls and cement. I seemed to be in some sort of shopping district.

“So, Lisa’s mind is a castle? Hmm, considering how experienced she was with the mind, she may have made her consciousness into a fortress. Of course, when she’s not insane it’s probably not abandoned.”

“You’d be right about that.” I stopped and turned, not expecting to see anyone here. At first I thought I would see Lisa, in her maddened glory. But instead, I saw a little girl with black hair, black eyes, and tan skin. She was wearing a smaller version of the dress Lisa always wore, but it now had straps over her shoulders. She also had that pin with the crossed out circle in her hair, and she held a black rose.

“Um… hi?”

“Hello! My name’s Lisa! I’ve never seen you around here before, are you new? Did you come to help me find everyone? Oh please say you have! It’s gotten really lonely without everyone else. What’s your name anyways?”

“Uh, Metal. My name’s Metal.”

“Metal? That’s a weird name. Oh well, so how come you’re here mister? Are you here to help me find everyone?”

“Find everyone?”

“Uh huh! All the other Lisas that used to be here. There were a lot of us. But then, when the scary lady stormed the castle and took over, everyone suddenly disappeared.”

“Disappeared? Scary lady?”

“Yeah, the scary lady. You know, the one with the empty eyes? She used to be locked away in a far away mountain, but then one day she just showed up here. Then one by one everyone started to disappear. The other Lisas tried to calm me down, but then they left too. I’ve been trying to find them, but I just can’t!” She looked down at the ground, sounding really sad.

What the hell was going on here? Other Lisas? The scary lady? I was super confused by this point. I had expected to find a destroyed, messed up mass of chaos with Lisa somewhere in the middle. What I got was a destroyed kingdom, and some mystery along with it.

“Um… well I’d love to help kid but-”

“You would?! YAY!” She ran up and hugged me before she dashed off before stopping to motion for me to follow her, then running off again. I shook my head and ran after her.

“So, what is this place?”

“This is our mind.”

“Our mind?”

“Oh, sorry, I meant Lisa’s. This is a place she created so she could have a better defence for her mind and a good way to handle her memories. Unintentionally though, she created people like me, copies of her past. Every time a year passes, a new one forms, in the same state of mind and body as she was at the end of that year. Anyways, she also made this place to seal away the scary lady.”

“And she is?”

“The one that gives us our mad modes.”

“Ah. So, whenever Lisa get into a mad mode, the scary lady takes over?”

“Nope, she’s just released for a long time, around a couple years.”

“A couple years? But Lisa’s never-”

“Passage of time in here is very different then it is out there. A minute in the real world is a whole year here.”

“Huh, well I guess that makes some things easier. So the scary lady has never taken over?’

“She used to sometimes a really long time ago. But then Lisa stopped her and sealed her away for good. But now somehow she broke out. The only reason why that could happen is if something bad happened and Lisa can no longer keep the scary lady in check.”

’Well, I’ve got a pretty good idea why she couldn’t this time.’

“Anyways, the scary lady started making the other Lisas disappear. Now I’m the only one left.”

“Why hasn’t she gotten rid of you?”

“Because in order to keep Lisa alive, one of us has to be around.”

“How come she didn’t choose someone younger?”

“I don’t know. The scary lady is kind of cocky, so maybe that’s why.” I nodded.

“So, anything I can do to help?”

“You can help me stop her!”

“That's what I planned to do from the start. Alright, scary lady here I come!”

“Be careful though! The scary lady isn’t limited here like she is out there! If we wanna beat her we need help!”

“And who, might I ask, could help us?”

“Someone that’s been here ever since the scary lady came here. He should be strong enough to assist us.”

“Alright then, lead the way.” She turned a corner, and headed for the city’s exit, with me close behind. And so we set off, to find the one that could help us beat Lisa.

You know, after this all blows over, I'm making sure this situation never happens to us again, we are far too easy to posses. I don't care if I have to destroy Lisa's mad modes to do it, and I know that they are basically the only things that have allowed her to fight powerful opponents and survive. But if this was what they could do to her, to all of us, they had to be destroyed.

But I wasn't just about to leave her defenceless against guys like Nightmare or Xram. I had another plan to help her with that. I knew a good few people in the multiverse that would be willing to help us out with that particular issue, I had been earning favours over the course of my time there, so I've got a few things up my sleeve if needed.

I noticed that the younger Lisa was having trouble running, most likely weakened due to the mad mode Lisa attacking. So I grabbed her by the waist and threw her onto my back where she wrapped her arms around my torso and wrapped her legs around my waist while still holding onto the flower in her hand. “Which way?” I asked while running at a faster pace.

“Towards that mountain over there!” She answered while pointing to a mountain off in the distance.

“Alright, hang on!” I had quickly learned that I still had my speed in the mindscape, so that allowed us to progress at a much faster rate. I couldn't reach mach speeds without my engine, but I could still clock in a couple of hundred miles per hour with my legs alone.

But as I began to pick up more speed I felt the ground shake and some of the buildings began to crack, the cracks seeping with darkness. “Oh no! She's starting to turn everything dark!” The little Lisa exclaimed. “We won't be able to get him up in time to save Lisa!”

I came to a screeching halt and set the girl down, confusing her. “You hurry on and get whoever it is taht can help us, I'll head back and hold off the mad mode until you get there.”

“But you won't survive on your own!”

“I knew that when I came here now go!” I ordered before speeding off again. The girl looked as if she was about to protest but just gave me a look of worry, a look I knew all too well from the real Lisa.

I zipped through the streets of the abandoned kingdom, dodged dark cracks in the road that appeared suddenly, having them appear at a faster rate as I got closer to the main castle.

“Don't even try to stop me, I will get my sister back even if I have to die to do it!”

Author's Notes:

You guys should be able to guess who it is that will help them.

But can you guys guess what Metals sacrifice will be! Its not death, but something else