No sooner than I had said those words, Goggle snatched the gun out of my hands and told me to call Jupiter.

"Don' be stupid." Goggle said firing off a shot and missing before scrambling down the rocky cliff.

I was mad, him leaving me behind like this as if I'd get in the way. Was this the only reason I was on this godforsaken cliff? To be the bitch and call for help? Previous frustration and other mixed feelings took over. "Fuck you Goggle!"

Geez, first fucking Lizard now Goggle. First what?, my subconscious brought up. Well, I kicked a rock off the cliff in my agitated state, I don't know!

Holding up the clunky walkie talkie, I called the rest of the men up. "Jupiter, I found one."

That's right, I did it, Goggle was a little too distracted but I was on top of things...okay, I might be getting a little too self-righteous for my well-being.

It didn't take long for him to respond. "Where?"

"Goggle's trying to get him, I'd say half a mile from the village." Binoculars at my feet, I could only see the figure of Goggle running towards something.

Hearing nothing else from Jupiter, I reached down to grab my binoculars back up-

"Hey!" I shouted in surprise when a strong grip got around my ribs and lifted me up in the air. The thick arms were close to the bandages but that God awful smell was so much worse than the little pinpricks of pain.

Aw, geez. "Let go!"

I squirmed around kicking at the legs behind me and trying to worm my arms out of the strong hold. This fucking guy, well I assumed it was a male, just snorted and huffed trying to keep me still. I turned my head as far as I could and met something that scared me more than Lizard's face the first time. The face reminded me of Cyst's but more like a rock, like The Thing from Fantastic Four.

"Lemme go, you ugly son of a bitch!" He put me up higher than him so his face was closer to my lower back. Sticking my leg out in front of me, I reared it back with more force and got him right in the balls. Nowadays, I wasn't above cheap shots like that I thought when he let out a choked yell and his arms loosened the slightest bit where I took my chance in getting free.

Quickly grabbing the ax, I swung the blunt end where his face wasn't so roughly textured but he managed to slow it down with his outstretched hand.

"Let-go!" I grunted kicking his arm so he could let up the tight grip I'd already experienced. Damn, what the-is he glued to this or what?

"Je', Jen!" Huh? I continued in my tugging as my head whipped around before landing on Pluto running towards me like the big idiot he is, half-ready to face plant onto the hot dirt.

I half registered the fact that maybe I should let up on my tugging a bit when the guy suddenly let go. The weight of the axe plus with how hard I had been pulling made me back up quite a bit. The weapon dropped from my hands and I struggled to catch my balance when the heels of my shoes met nothing but air.

"Whoa!" I felt myself falling back and my arms were reaching forward for something to grab.

I was filled with sheer panic and practically cried in relief when Pluto pulled on me and I gained my footing. Oh God, I went to my knees and was close to hugging his legs when he left to go to the other guy who had tried running away. Emphasis on 'tried'.

Pluto managed to hold him down faster than I ever could've and got him in a chokehold. Taking a deep breath, I stood up and smiled shakily.

"Uh, thanks Pluto, really. Come on, let's take this guy back home." I said, grabbing the axe and delivering a swift swing to the mutant's head.

Pluto dropped his unconscious ass and I was quick to wrap my arms around him. He looked down at me with that dopey grin and the adrenaline running through me caused me to reciprocate it.

"Thanks, man!"

We had wasted no time when the guy went down. I had first insisted to Pluto that we tie him up with something and he obliged by taking a small role of twine out of a pocket. It wasn't rope but it had to do for now as I knotted then double-knotted his hands together then his feet.

The walk back was kinda slow, understandable since Pluto was carrying back that guy and he was considerably heavier than...Cassie. Damn, if I was honest, I hadn't really thought about her and Danny since that first day here. Someone had mentioned something about them being taken away but I couldn't exactly remember, I rubbed the back of my neck in thought feeling the heated skin.

Could it have been Hades they were sent to? My scattered memories gave me a shaky sense of confirmation over that one fact. Maybe but it's not like it really mattered, I wasn't affected by their possible deaths and if I wasn't involved, then there's no way I would worry over it. A little callous of me, I guess, but I had bigger things to worry about than the fate of a couple of wannabe bitches. Mild curiosity took a backseat as we finally passed the first houses of the small compound. I always felt the safety as soon as I reached that certain point, meant no immediate danger.

A/N: Hate how I ended it this chapter but it's been too long!