X's avatar fell to Melody's side, barely daring to breathe. No. It couldn't be. She couldn't be...

There. A pulse. He let out a shuddering breath. But it was faint. Too faint. It hardly seemed like she was there at all. In fact... X's avatar reached out with his mind, confirming his suspicions.

"She's been taken to the Land of Dreams," he said grimly. 

Nameless frowned. "The... what?"

"A place of pure Light, just as the Void is a place of pure Darkness. In it is contained everything that ever was."

"A place of pure Light? That doesn't sound too bad," Nameless remarked. "Should we be concerned?"

"Yes. Not everything that ever was is nice. And besides, there are... rules. You can't bring things back from there, not if they belong there. Melody doesn't, not right now, but if she's away from her body for too long..."

Nameless nodded, understanding. "So how do we get there?"

"That's the problem." X's avatar clenched his fist and slammed it against the ground. "There are a few ways, but they all take too long. If we don't get to her before some of the nastier things in there do..." He couldn't finish the thought. 

"There has to be a way," insisted Nameless. "We're Narrators! Nothing's impossible."

X's avatar gazed at Melody. It looked... wrong, for her to be so still, all her life and energy gone. He couldn't let her die. No matter what.

He lifted his head, making eye contact with Nameless.

"There is one way," he whispered.