[hello my readers! It's been a while but here is chapter 15 of 6 Ways to Oblivion. I will not neglect this story again so I doubt we'll end up with another long wait. I have not added any of the newest OC's yet but I have plans for them. from now on it may not be possible for me to add more OC's as we are so far in. also, to answer your question on a different story's review Kenikitten. I did get a guess for what Lebewohl meant from you but I wanted to find the German word for goodbye and it happened to be the same! Also yay 100 reviews, ironic that #100 was a character submission... Anyway here we go!]

Twisty and Trippy awoke to the sound of rain hitting the sides of their glass room. If it wasn't for the sudden chill in the air they would have stayed but they were unable to return to sleep. Trippy brought her notebook as Twisty brought her doll and the two entered the house. From what they could see, everyone.

"Hey Twisty, you wanna try making breakfast for everyone again" Trippy asked.

Twisty looked to her sister.

"Ok… but umm… I don't think we did very good last time, Remmie had to take over" said Twisty.

"That's ok, we'll do much better this time, Remmie won't have to help us" said Trippy.

"Ok then" said Twisty happily.

The two spread out through the kitchen grabbing whatever ingredients they could find. After a short time and only knocking one bag of sugar to the ground the two had their ingredients.

"So what are we gonna make Trippy?" Twisty asked.

Trippy walked to a nearby shelf and pulled out a cook book. She ran her eyes over numerous recipes until she found one that looked good.

"Oooh, how does this sound Twisty. Breakfast pizza" said Trippy.

"Mmm that sounds good, let's make that Trippy" said Twisty.

The two looked into the book for a recipe for pizza dough and began to follow it. The first thing they did was fill a bowl with flour which Twisty succeeded in dumping all over the floor.

"Twisty, be more careful" said Trippy

"Ok" she replied.

They added the yeast and water as well as a few other ingredients until thy finally had their dough.

"What next Trippy?" Twisty asked.

"We need to roll it out" Said Trippy grabbing a rolling pin.

"Wait… we should make two, there's a lot of people here" Twisty suggested.

"You're right. I'll make more dough, you can roll this one while I'm doing that ok?" Trippy asked.

"Ok" said Twisty.

Trippy began to make another bowl of dough while Twisty started rolling the dough.

"Umm… sis, I don't think it's working, the dough is sticking too much" said Twisty.

Twisty looked to her to see almost the entire ball of dough stuck to the rolling pin. Trippy approached her and removed most of the dough from the rolling pin.

"Alright, just try to make it into a big circle with your hands" said Trippy.

Trippy returned to her work as Twisty did her best to shape the dough. After a bit Trippy finished her dough and began working on it as well.

"Trippy, why won't the dough stay still? Every time I let go of it, it shrinks again" Twisty said.

"keep stretching it, it should stay eventually" said Trippy.

The two worked their dough until it finally took shape. Needless to say the dough had no identifiable shape afterwards but at least it was flat. they returned to the book and began to pick out the ingredients they needed from the pile they had dragged out. They followed the directions as best they could but hittable with the eggs. after the toil they finally managed to get the pizzas into the oven.

"Yay, we did it!" said Twisty excitedly.

Trippy examined the kitchen to see the mess they had made.

"Umm… we should clean this up before everyone wakes up" said Trippy.

"Whoa! What happened in here?" Chunky asked as he entered the room.

"Chunky! What are you doing up!" said Twisty alarmed.

"Getting breakfast, were you guys making something?" Chunky asked.

"Y-yea, pizza" said Trippy.

"Awesome!" said Chunky.

He was ready to return to the living room when he found himself compelled to help the two clean up their mess.

"Umm… you guys need help with anything?" Chunky asked.

"Well…" said Trippy looking at the mess and watching Twisty try to return a carton of eggs to refrigerator.

Chunky sighed as chivalry took over and forced him to help them clean. The mess took a while to clean but the trio finally managed it.

"Mmmm. Trippy, these pizzas smell good" said Twisty.

"Oh crap! I almost forgot about them, excuse me Twisty" said Trippy hurrying over to the oven.

Trippy removed the pizzas with an oven mit and set them on the counter to cool.

"Whew, that's done" said Trippy.

Chunky stared at the oddly shaped pizzas. Trippy noticed this and blushed.

"I'm an awful cook" said Trippy.

"Well… it smells good, I can't judge it until I've tried it" said Chunky "So what are you two doing up already?"

"The rain woke us up" said Trippy.

"Really… yea, come to think of it this is the first real rainstorm I've seen since the flood. I guess it's supposed to go on all day" said Chunky.

"Really? Awe Twisty and I were gonna go out for ice cream later" said Trippy.

"Awe yea, I could go for some ice cream to. Maybe you guys should cut the pizza now?" Chunky suggested.

"Oh yes" said Trippy.

Trippy grabbed the pizza cutter and began cutting. Eme's music could be heard playing from the basement and Twisty moved to the hall to listen to it. Everyone seemed to be waking up.

"Oh, I hope people like this" said Trippy worried.

Twitchy sat in her room, staring intently at her numerous samples and going crazy trying to figure them out. She began shoving candy into her mouth in hopes that the sugar would stimulate her mind. She heard someone enter the room and she turned her head to see that it was Twisty.

"Morning Twitchy. You look tired, are you ok?" Twisty asked.

"I'm fine Twisty, I was up for a while trying to figure this stuff out" said Twitchy.

"Oh, umm… well Trippy and I made food if you want breakfast" said Twisty.

"You guys made breakfast? Alright, I'm starving" said Twitchy sliding out of her chair.

The two made their way out of the storage and split off in the hallway as Twisty approached the basement. Twitchy suddenly felt a bit lightheaded and dizzy but quickly recovered as she made her way to the kitchen.

"Eme" Twisty called from the top of the stairs but received no response.

Twisty made her way down the stairs deeper into the music. She approached the couch Eme was reading on and poked her.

"Eme, Trippy and I made breakfast, do you want any?" Twisty asked.

Eme looked to her.

"Oh, sorry Twisty, yea I'll be up in a minute" said Eme.

"Ok" said Twisty.

The raccoon made her way back up stairs and entered the kitchen just as Remmie and Midnight made their way down the stairs. It seemed that everyone had gotten up and made their way to the kitchen. After a brief period of time everyone had gotten their pizza. Some stared, puzzled at it, especially since it was cooked by Trippy and Twisty. Chunky boldly took the first bite and was surprised to find that it was edible, good even.

"Wow, pretty good you guys" said Chunky.

"Thanks" said Twisty blushing.

Trippy was surprised to hear this.

"Really, th-thanks" Trippy said.

"Wow, you guys were actually able to make something edible, I'm impressed" said Midnight.

Most of the others agreed aside from the few who kept their opinions to themselves, if they had one.

Lisa's house had just finished their breakfast and everyone was doing what they could to keep themselves occupied for the day.

"So you're feeling better Skyler?" Thorn asked.

"I told you already, I've healed up fine, the real question is how are you feeling, you just woke up yesterday… you know you could have gone up and sang yesterday without me, I was fine" said Skyler.

"That wouldn't have been any fun with you just gawking at me from the audience when you could have been up there making a fool of yourself" said Thorn.

"Thanks" said Skyler with a laugh. "so… this has been on my mind for a while. You're so defensive around Rose, you know she's gonna find out eventually right?" Skyler asked.

"Oh please, Skyler not you too" said Rose.

"I'm serious, I see how you are, you would welcome her knowing who you are, your face seems to light up every time your cover's about to be blown. Then you force a scowl and do whatever you can to keep it hidden" said Skyler.

"Look, Skyler if you don't mind, I've had this conversation with enough people" said Thorn.

"I know, I know. But you're too defensive, it's almost like you refuse to hear anyone out in fear that you will be convinced. I'm not trying to tell you to do anything. Just do what you think is right" said Skyler.

Thorn was silent.

"Excuse me, Thorn, Skyler. Umm… would you guys like to try these. I know you just ate breakfast but I wanted to make these. They're spinach rolls, my mom taught me how to make them. They have spinach and cheese in them" said Belle holding a platter of spinach rolls in front of them.

They both took one and ate them.

"Wow Belle, these are pretty good" said Skyler.

"Thanks" said Belle blushing and staring at Skyler.

Thorn's eyes locked onto Belle's blush.

"Oh umm… Hey Lilith, Liliiith" said Belle moving over to her.

"How long were you two with each other?" Thorn asked.

Skyler thought for a moment.

"You know, I still can't remember… wait… there is something. I remember a room somewhere, she was there, so was someone else… I can't remember too much but I think it was another raccoon… that's about all I can remember" said Skyler.

"you'd better not be lying" said Thorn.

"Wait, what! I can barely remember anything, why would I be lying!" said Skyler.

"Oh umm, sorry, never mind" said Thorn, turning her head away with a blush.

In the basement Thunder sat leaning back in his chair with his feet on the table. With business concluded he really didn't have much else he wanted to do. He picked up a picture of Alexis and stared at it. He could hear the others prancing around the dance room and got up to close the door. His eyes wandered the room, every trinket telling a story. Some painful, others glorious. He stared again at the picture In his hand wishing the image in it was beside him right now. He placed the photograph onto the table and stared at it for a moment before grabbing his weapon and a coat. he made his way outside the room and looked over to the three in the room. Glitter performing tricks for Araya and Ansom watching them. He threw the hood over his head and made his way up stairs.

"Hey, where are you off to?" Lisa asked after seeing him.

"Petunia's house" said thunder.

"Wait a second Thunder, could you bring these to them" Belle said handing him a large bag of spinach rolls.

Thunder took them and made his way out the door.

Belle wandered around the house trying to find people to share her spinach rolls with when she noticed Candy sitting in Lisa's chair in a slump.

"Hey Candy, do you want a spinach roll?" Belle asked.

Candy glanced over to her and took one.

"Is something the matter Candy?" Belle asked.

The sugar glider glanced to Belle again and sighed.

"I'm alright Chimes" said Candy.

"Really?… you look sad" said Belle.

"She's just all winy cause she can't fly around anymore" said Jilly laying against his pack.

"Knock it off franky" said Candy.

"C'mon sad sack, the rest of us get along just fine without flashy powers, I don't see why you can't freaking handle it" said Jilly.

"How am I supposed to protect people from people like you if I can't do anything" said Candy.

"As you can probably guess I really don't care, I take care of my problems by blowing them to hell, ha ha ha" said Jilly.

Candy ignored him and looked away.

"It's ok Candy, I still think you're amazing" said Belle wrapping Candy in a tight hug.

Candy smiled and returned the hug. She could hear Jilly laugh and she gave him a dirty look.

The rain picked up a bit as Thunder made his way to Petunia's house. Without work there was nothing blocking the problems that everyone was facing out of his mind and a suppressed concern had begun to form. They rain didn't bother him in the least but the sound of footsteps behind him made him edgy. He prepared his weapon and spun around prepared to strike only to see a familiar face.

"Reuger" said Thunder.

"Thunder, what are you doing out here?" Reuger asked while dropping his fighting stance.

"I could ask you the same thing" said Thunder.

"I'm off to Petunia's house, see'n if anyone there's in the mood for a game of cards, it's been pretty dull at home lately" said Reuger.

"Winding down from the excitement huh? Same here" said Thunder.

"Yea, a bit more than I had been hoping for, almost ran out of meds in that cell, that wouldn't have been good. So where are you off to?" Reuger asked.

"Same place as you, think I'll take you up on that game of cards too" said Thunder.

"Alright" said Reuger.

The two began making their way to Petunia's house.

"So has the military moved out?" Thunder asked.

"From what I can tell, yea, they've been pretty much taking it easy since the disaster they suffered, good to see Sky made it out ok" said Reuger.

Thunder said nothing to that.

"Thanks for the help though, I don't know what Sky had in mind… I thought he changed, but he hasn't, which is good" said Reuger.

The two approached Petunia's house and knocked on the door. As it was, Petunia answered it.

"Reuger, Thunder, what are you two doing here?" Petunia asked.

"Stopped by for a visit" said Reuger.

The two removed their boots and coats and placed them just inside of the house. Everyone seemed to be keeping themselves entertained, especially Dubble playing with Silver. Torch looked over to them.

"Hey, Reuger, Thunder, how's it going?" Torch asked.

"Wet, that aside, I'm pretty good" said Reuger.

Thunder locked his eyes onto Alexis and made his way over to her.

"Hey thunder, how have you been?" Alexis asked excitedly.

"Not bad, you?" Thunder asked.

"Just fine, it's been pretty lively here today, despite the rain" said Alexis.

"I see, well it's good to see you're doing good, things have been pretty dull for me back at Lisa's" said Thunder.

"Let me guess, no work left for you? You should take a break Thunder, you did a lot to help everyone in the past few days, you deserve it" said Alexis.

Thunder smiled.

"Well, at least you're still around" said thunder.

"Hey Alexis, you wanna play pickup sticks with me and Silver?" Bubble asked.

"Sure. Glad to see you Thunder" said Alexis.

Reuger sat on the couch and began watching TV with Torch and Kurt.

"How's it going Reuger?" Kurt asked.

"Good, hey Petunia, did you get a new couch?" Reuger asked.

"No, that was Flaky's old one, I had to get it for those two" said Petunia.

"How thoughtful" said Kurt.

"So what, you just drop in to say hi?" Torch asked.

"Well, I came to see if anyone was up for a game of cards, but I'm just gonna relax for now" said Reuger.

Reuger's eyes fell to Torch's peg leg and his expression changed.

"Wha, the leg? Don't worry I'm pretty used to this thing now" said Torch.

"Umm… yea… so how have things been here in Happy Tree Town… aside from that crap we've been dealing with the past few days?" Reuger asked.

"Pretty good, I feel bad that I haven't really been visiting my sister, I'm sure it'd make her happy… So about Sky, it's been bothering me, is there something wrong with him?" Torch asked.

"He's got allot on his plate it looks. Aside from that, he's still the same old Sky I remember" said Reuger.

"Well that's reassuring, I was afraid he'd changed, capturing civilians defiantly wasn't like him" said Torch.

"Yea, I still don't know what that was about… but I'm sure he had his reasons… Enough about that though, things are looking up now" said Reuger.

"Yea it is, good thing too, I was getting sick of all that" said Torch.

In the storage room Keni worked with Laurel and ayb

"So how's it work'n?" Laurel asked.

"Great so far, I think I finally got it right this time, it hasn't exploded once yet" said Keni.

The trio worked together to rearrange things to make the room a bit more cozy.

"That's good, you said you went back to the lab to look for us… how did it look?" asked Ayb.

"Awful Ayb. It was flooded, junk was scattered everywhere, the only thing that I think was working in there was the flood pump, and not completely either" Keni ranted.

"Seriously!… all that work we put into it… do you think we'll ever be able to return there?" Asha asked.

"Well there isn't really much to return to, the town's probably still underwater anyway… besides, we need to find Robby before we think about that" said Keni.

The three sat down on a couch and relaxed.

"Find Robby huh? Do you have any idea where he is?" Laurel asked

"If you guys don't , I don't" said Keni.

"Did you even try to look for him yet?" Ayb asked.

"C'mon Ayb, you know that I would if I could… the only information we have is that he was taken" said Keni.

The small group found themselves concerned.

"Oh yea, Keni, how did you end up here anyway?" Ayb asked.

"Oh that… well, when I came to after the flood I had a note with me telling me to take the train to Happy Tree Town. Everyone else that was with me had them too. We made our way to the nearest train station and came here" Keni explained.

"If you came straight here after the flood then how did you get your stuff?" Laurel asked.

"I hade gotten what I could out of the lab for one thing. The rest of it was just with me when I woke up, mainly the pieces to the shelter" Keni explained.

"How did silver get here?" Laurel asked.

"I don't know, she was dropped off on the doorstep" said Keni.

Back at Remmie's everyone did what they could to keep themselves occupies, a task bit more difficult for Remmie's crew. Most of them sat bored in the living room watching Remmie, Chunky, and Twitchy play video games. Tiny and Midnight had been drowning their boredom in whisky and had finished their initial complaining.

In their glass room sat Twisty and Trippy, both had been feeling the same way as the other. Neither had felt comfortable since the flood and the chaos they had been enduring with the others had started getting to them.

"Trippy, do you think we'll ever be able to go back home?" Twisty asked.

Twisty was silent for a moment before she spoke.

"Of course, we just gotta wait for the town to clear up and we can go back and rebuild with everyone else" said Trippy.

"Are you sure Trippy?" Twisty asked.

"Of course" Trippy replied.

"Ok" said Twisty.

"What are you two wining about in here?" Midnight asked entering the room.

"Midnight. We were just talking about how we're going to rebuild the town when it clears up" said Trippy.

"Were ya… ha, live'n in the past. I hope you aren't getting your hopes up, that town is gone and it's only gotten worse there since the flood" said midnight.

"I know… but it was our home, don't you wanna go back?" Trippy asked.

"I don't get tied down like that, I'm content living wherever, as long as there's plenty to keep me occupied" Midnight explained.

There was a knock on the door which surprised Remmie as he had doubted anyone would want to be out in this weather. He paused the game and made his way to the door. When he opened it he found a dripping Flaky and Toothy standing before them. Toothy wore a dark poncho while Flaky wore a yellow raincoat.

"Hey, what are you guys doing here?" Remmie asked.

"We lost power, Flaky came by and we decided to pay you a visit. How's everyone doing?" Toothy asked.

"Ah, a bit of wining earlier but we haven't had any other problems since. I guess everyone's doing alright. You never want to do something more than when you can't do it" said Remmie.

"Yea, I know what you mean" said Toothy.

The two made their way inside and removed their rain gear then sat beside Chunky and Twitchy and joined them in their game.

"So have you heard any word from Cuddles?" Chunky asked.

"Nope… all we can really do is wait for him to turn up" said Toothy.

"You know, this is supposed to escalate into a thunder storm later" said Flaky.

"Cereal! Well that's lousy" said Twitchy.

"Really, awe man, I need to get a new pair of headphones too" Eme complained.

"Your not serious… screw it I'm going skating, I just don't give a fuck anymore" said Tiny.

"Umm… are you sure you want to do that… you might catch a cold" said Flaky.

"Well it beats sit'n in here all day, see ya" said Tiny bringing his skateboard outside.

At Petunia's house Reuger finally had managed getting a poker game going. He also gave Flippy a call and had him join them. They played for a while before finding themselves falling off the topic of gambling.

"Who's leg am I bumping into?" Torch asked.

Everyone at the table looked at one another but nobody responded. Torch kicked harder before being struck with a sharp pain in his foot. After a grunt he pulled his leg out to see Silver's myth latched onto his foot.

"Damnit, Keni! Come get your daughter!" Called Torch.

Keni made her way out of the storage room.

"Bubble, I told you to look after him, silver let go, let go of Torch's foot Silver" Keni ordered.

The wolf turned her eyes to Keni and let go.

"Sorry about that torch" said Keni.

"That was my last foot, nah, it's fine Keni" said Torch.

"Well that's good… bad Silver" said Keni.

"Torch hit me with his foot" wined Silver.

"He was under the table for god knows what reason. I thought I was kicking Flippy" said Torch.

"Come on, it's time to feed you anyway" said Keni bringing her into the storage room.

"So you three were in W.A.R.?" Andy asked.

The three veterans expressions changed, for Reuger and Torch, it had become story time.

"Yea, we were actually, same squad even" said Reuger.

"Yea? Who was your commanding officer?" Andy asked.

"I was" said Reuger.

"You're sit'n me? Well you are field marshal I guess" said Andy.

"I wasn't during the tiger wars. I was almost picked at random really, most of the regiment were drafted civilians, believe me, they never expected us to survive, let alone return as war hero's" said Reuger.

"Huh? I always thought Flippy here commanded" said Andy.

"Yea, you might think that now, but truth is, Flippy was awful, and I'm not just saying that, but some of the drafted soldiers were better than him" Torch explained.

"Oh c'mon Torch, don't talk like I'm not here, I wasn't that bad" said Flippy

"let's see, some of your screw ups… well there were a couple times at the shooting range that you forgot to load a clip, not to mention the safety was still on. In fact, there were a couple of battles that turned out the same way. You had a very hard time making your bed. You even left our ammo bag behind once" Torch explained.

"Well at least I never got captured" said Flippy.

At that, Reuger's expression faded slowly into despair. His eyes turned to Torch and then down to the table.

"Awe jeez… sorry" Flippy apologized.

"Awe damnit Reuger, don't start-" said Torch before he was cut off.

"I shouldn't have let that happen" said Reuger.

"Reuger, c'mon" said Torch.

"Damnit, I'm such an idiot… how did I… why the fuck am I so stupid" Reuger growled to himself.

"Damnit Reuger you're not stupid, you had no way of knowing we were walking into a trap" said Torch.

"I should have seen the signs. If it wasn't for my god damn fuckup you'd still have two legs" said Reuger.

"That was then Reuger, how many times do I have to tell you it wasn't your fault, and even if it was I would forgive you" said Torch

Reuger fell silent but continued staring at the table. In fact everyone did for a moment.

"Sorry i brought it up" said Flippy looking down.

"Don't worry about it Flippy… think I'm just gonna go" said Reuger.

"Oh no you're not. The rain is supposed to get even worse. You're gonna stay here for the night" Petunia ordered.

Reuger was again silent for a moment.

"Alright… well then, we might as well finish this game" said Reuger.

Nearby sat Rose. Listening to their conversation reminded her of her own issue. She grabbed hold of the item beneath her shirt and looked down to it. Her mouth formed words but she stayed silent. Alexis noticed this and grew curious but stayed where she was.

The rain had begun falling harder and the sky began growing dark. That aside Tiny still enjoyed skating in this weather. He had gone to a park on the edge of town to use at his leisure. He found a stone edge to the park that would make for an excellent grind. He readied himself at the furthest end, picked up speed, and hopped onto it grinding his way down the rail. As he neared its end hid board tilted too much and dug into the grass launching him into a large wooden post. He grabbed his head and got up, backing away from what he it. What he seen however was a horrible, yet familiar sight. The post was a large wooden cross with a lifeless Tree friend bound to it with a white rose growing from it's mouth it was unidentifiable in the dark.

Lisa's house was relatively quiet. Lilith was relaxed in the hot tub with Araya and Belle while the others sat and watched television. Ansom sat. his fur slightly bristled and his scythe by his side.

"What's the matter with you?" Dubble asked.

Ansom didn't respond right away.

"I don't know…" said Ansom, he was clearly on edge.

Dubble gave him a nasty look.

"If there is something wrong you should probably tell us what it is" suggested Candy.

"I would if I knew" said Ansom, his head turned to Araya.

"Whatever, some people get tense when they can feel a storm coming" said Dubble.

Ansom sighed uncomfortably.

"Is something Wrong big brother?" Araya asked.

"No" Ansom said calmly.

Lilith looked out the window beside the hot tub. It was dark but she could see flashes of lightning. The door swung open to reveal Thunder returning from Petunia's. he removed his rain gear and carried it to his room in the basement.

"Whew, glad he came back when he did" said Lisa.

"Yea, shit's start's to hammer down out there now" said Lilith.

Sounds of thunder were readily approaching and the wind picked up. Lilith noticed shadows when the lightning flashed that sparked her imagination but paid them little mind.

"Was this what it was like when you guys got flooded?" Lisa asked.

"Believe it or not, it was actually a lot harder, plus the waves from the ocean were pretty bad" Thorn explained.

"Glad Happy Tree Town is so big… well, at least spacious. it would take a bit for the sea water to reach here" said Lisa.

Remmie's house was quiet aside from the faint sounds of Eme's music, the game that was being played, and the storm brewing outside. Midnight was asleep on the couch and Twitch had somehow run himself ragged despite no one having seen him today before now. Twitchy felt a sense of lightheadedness again and paused the game.

"Is something wrong Twitchy?" Flaky asked.

Twitchy closed her eyes. The darkness of her eyelids flashed with a light blue flurry. It was subtle but she felt her mind open. She could hear something, it sounded like wind maybe? Hr head felt cold as if the heat was being drained from her brain. The noise grew louder. It had begun to sound like a voice, it sounded like a faint chuckle at first.

"Twiiithcyyy Twiiiitchyyyyy, hmm hmm hmm, it's nearly time Twitchy, it's nearly time, hmm hmm hmm hmm" sounded the voice.

In a flash of light Twitchy was awake, laying on the floor.

"Twitchy! Are you alright!" Toothy asked concerned.

Twitchy took a minute to regain her composure.

"That… what the hell…" said Twitchy.

"What happened?" Chunky asked.

"I… that was weird… I heard someone, at least I think I did. Did you guys say anything to me?" Twitchy asked.

"Depends, did you hear a what the hell, what's the matter, or who paused the game?" Remmie asked.

"No, someone told me it's almost time" Twitchy said.

"No, no one said that" said Chunky.

"Oh… it was probably a dream but… it didn't feel like one… I don't know what it felt like" said Twitchy.

"He he he, sounds like Twitchy's going insaaaaane" said Twitch.

"Shut up Twitch. C'mon Twitchy, let's get you to bed" said Remmie.

Remmie and chunky helped Twitchy return to her room just as the front door swung open.

"Shit, shit, shit, guys, I have to tell you something. You remember that cross thing that we found that dead guy on. Well I just found another one by the park near Nutty's house. I don't think it was anyone we know but they had the roses around them" said a dripping Tiny.

"Another one, that's horrible!" said Eme.

"It was friggin nasty as shit" said Tiny.

"You smell like booze, are you drunk?" Toothy asked.

"Who cares! I friggin saw it, the same thing as what we seen in the park!" Tiny shouted.

"Well we can't go out and check it tonight, the storm is brutal" said Chunky

"Fine, I'm just tell'n ya it's there" said Tiny.

After a little while the houses began settling in for the night. At Petunia's, in the storage room, sat Keni and her friends.

"So about Robby" Laurel mentioned.

"Yea… I take it we are all thinking the same thing" said Keni.

"Yea… but are you sure. We have no idea where he is and it's raining horribly" said Laurel.

"I know, bu what choice do we have, sitting here won't help us find him, and the rain will be a perfect cover for us, that way no one needs to follow us" said Keni.

"Sounds good. We're better off looking on our own" said Ayb.

"But what about the kids, we can't bring them with us" said Laurel.

"No… but they seem to like Bubble, they should be fine with him until we get back" said Keni.

"So what do we want to do, we can't exactly take the shelter with us, it'd be too cumbersome for a search" said Laurel.

"Then we leave it here, we take a few things and manage. We all know how to survive in the wild, we should be fine" said Keni.

"Yea… well as long as we have a plan we should be fine. Do you have something that can tell us how to get back here then?" Laurel asked.

"Yea, there's something in the shelter that tracks where it is, we should be able to get back here just fine" said Keni.

"So when do you plan on heading out?" Ayb asked.

"As soon as we get packed" Keni replied.

[There you go, Hope that was worth the wait. I'm trying to improve on how I've been making characters act, let me know if the feel of the story has changed any or gotten better… or worse. Also I'm a bit rusty with Twitch and can't seem to get onto Flipped Out Soldier's account, did they leave? Anyway, I think that's all I have to say for now, R&R. feels good to be back on this story again]