<So I was going to have a scheduled, huh? Well that lasted all of two days before it changed. Anyways, you all have my blessing to remind me that I have schedule so that I get better at using it. Anyways, enjoy this!>

Alastor made his way down to Varity, unaware of a massive shadow following him. Making the now familiar rout down to the lower dungeons he thought about the entire situation he was now in. You see he and Varity had made a plan, that plan was for Alastor to deliver a potion in gas form which would quicken the time which it would take for the Hermits to wake. He had just potion and was ready to put it to use.

Now why was he helping people he once had tried to kill? Simply; they'd let him live, Fallacy wouldn't. Because as overly prideful as he could be, even he realized that the group of servermates were the only chance he had at getting out of this situation alive.

Squaring his shoulders he walked down the cells, seeing the cell belonging to Varity coming into view. The contained deity thrilled softly as they saw him. "Ah! Lâche, I see you finished the potion already?"

Alastor gave a sharp nod at that. "Yes I have. Do you want me to use it?" After receiving a nod of conformation he turned around to the cell with the sleeping group of Hermits and Evolutionists, but just as he was about to throw the bottle he faltered. "Varity? Are three of them missing?"

The owl hummed, clawed finger tapping against the wall of their cell. "Three of the Hermits are indeed missing."

"How?"

"I let them out." Chirped Varity brightly, smoothing down some of their breast feathers. "A demon, creeper and zombie. Odd trio, aren't they?"

"Yes they are, I suppose." Mumbled Alastor absentmindedly, eyes still focused on the empty spaces. "But how did you let them out?"

"I have no idea." Said Varity, making the wolf in front them whirl around with a shocked face.

"What do you mean you have no idea?!" Shouted Alastor. "You're the one who did it!"

"My dear Lâche, magic is not a truth I can explain." Chuckled the tan owl, their feather ears twitching in amusement.

The blond growled, tail swishing in agitation. "I meant by what means you let them out. You could have just said "magic", ya fuckin' bird."

Varity let out a quiet laugh before motioning for the former Vex to continue with what he was doing. The blond did so, and with a quick flick of his arm the gas filled bottle hit the floor of the cell, filling the room with smoke quickly.

The bottle wasn't the only thing to hit the floor though, as Alastor's back painfully made contact with the floor when a massive dark purple clawed paw slammed into his chest.

The masked man's breath quickened as a large draconic head leaned forwards, blowing hot puffs of air into his face.

Alastor was terrified. Because he was face to face with someone who's had a lot of names, but for simplicity let's just call him Rook.

Rook, the shadow of a person Grian "Xelqua" Void once was.

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Tango dangled his feet merrily as he waited for his two companions to come back from their hunting trip.

The three escapees had traveled for about a full day before deciding it was a good idea to set up camp, they didn't know if there was permadeath in this world or not. Tango had been assigned setting up camp, and Cleo and Doc on hunting.

He'd just made a simple little hut with beds and lighting, nothing fancy but good shelter. He was just happy they'd left some coal behind for torches, or else he'd probably be screwed.

It didn't take as long as he had expected for the other two to get back, just a few minutes before eleven if he had to guess. And they were lucky it would seem, as the two's weapons seemed to have seen better days.

He jumped down from the huts roof with a surprising amount of grace, much unlike most of his previous jumps. What? They'd left him alone for four hours, what else was he supposed to do?

"Hunt went well?" Asked Tango, tail swishing lazily behind him as red eyes watched the two of them.

"Yeah! We should have food for a few days at least." Smiled Cleo. She interrupted Tango before he could say what was on the tip of his tongue. "And yes we accounted for your increased appetite."

He nodded at her in relief. "Thank you."

"No problem. Also nice hut." Complimented Doc, looking up at the little build with appreciation. "Looks good."

"Why thank you!" Grinned Tango, giving a half bow to his friend. "I made it myself."

Cleo snorted at their antics before moving inside to get their meat cooking, so they could hopefully all be done by morning. She still couldn't believe they were out of Fallacy's grasp, out and on a mission to get to Lady War. They were literally looking for War! Who would expect that to be how their life turned out like.

"What do we know about War?" Asked the zombie once the other two got inside.

"Lady War is said to be an armored, feminen, tall, broad, and a drake hybrid if legend is to believe." Recited Tango, as if he was reading off of a text. "It's speculated that their ride creature is a griffin, the bird part is assumed to be that of a falcon."

"And you know this how?" Asked Cleo, a bit shocked at the amount of knowledge her demon friend had.

Tango shrugged. "Old school project."

Doc rubbed his fingers on the bridge of his nose. "What kind of school did you go to?" He then turned to look at Tango and noticed the smirk on the red eyed man's face. "Never mind, don't answer that."

The blond deflated a bit at that, but didn't look very bothered by it at all.

The three decided that it was a good time to go to bed now, so they could use the most sunlight of the day for their travels. Though it was a long time before they fell asleep, all for similar reasons.

That reason being what was going to happen to their friends. I mean they were all still with Fallacy trapped in their minds to see the horrible things done to Grian. And what would happen once they all woke up? What would Fallacy do to them then? Those thoughts, or things like them, echoed around the three's heads as they started up at the ceiling.

I shouldn't think things like this, though Doc with a growl, as long as they went to War they could do something about Fallacy. And once

Fallacy was gone they could work on healing. His breathing shook as though about it, there was going to be so much healing of all kinds after this. Emotional, physical and psychological. Hell, they'd probably have to make a new word just to describe it all, because that would probably be necessary when an over sized dumb reptile by the name of Falla-fucking-cy was involved.

He sighed. He hoped for Fallacy's sake that he wasn't allowed into the afterlife after their death, or Death would be seeing what will happen to someone who dies in the afterlife.

A light tap on his arm brought him out of his thoughts. Turning to the side he saw Tango looking at him with questioning eyes. "Hey can we sing Rocky Road to Dubline when we're walking tomorrow?"

Doc blinked at him. "...What?"

"Can we sing Rocky Roa-"

"No, I heard you the first time." Groand Doc. "But why do you want to sing it?"

"Why not?"

Cleo shifted in her bed, turning to them. "He has a point Doc."

The cyborg sighed and let his skin arm fall over his eyes dramatically. "I fear I won't be able to stop you, even if I tried."

Quite cheering filled the hut as the younger two celebrated their victory. Sleep came easily after that, thank the heavens, which means they were well rested for the next day.

And Cleo and Tango did indeed sing the next day, and much to their amusement Doc actually joined in with it. Though he demanded they do German drinking songs next. A demand they agreed to.

-<[«»]>- Scene change -<[«»]>-

COWARD

(Pleads of mercy, crying and empty apologies)

WOLF

(Whimpers and whines, ears and tails flat and down)

VEX

(Traitor, abandoner)

PREY

(A snap of bone beneath his claws, a cry of anguish as pain blossomed from his paw.)

<Do I feel bad for the cliffhanger? Hah! Nope. Now I wanted to do some art for this, but my phone is being wack is that won't happen. Anyways next in line will probably be a one-shot, and after that I'll work on the first chapter a new book, revolving around Grian and Scar's turn to the dark side, a bit more, and then of course New Dawn comes next. But that's about it! Stay safe and have a wonderful time everyone!>