Author's n o t e: T ango.... Tango.... T a n go... He's h ar d to c a t ch, but he is e asy to follow...

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 Iskall:

 I watched as X typed in some information. He looked at the monitor and typed faster than Doc when he's hacking into something. 

 X's eyes glowed a deep purple; it swirled with the stairs and galaxies from the universe above. I leaned back as X narrowed his eyes as they returned to normal. X shook his head as a yellow and red orb appeared on the screen.

 " I've got him..... Wait..." X cocked his head to the side. I tried to lean forward, but a sudden exhaustion swept over me, " What's wrong?" I questioned as X shot up and closed the device.

 The admin hurriedly put his device away, " Tango is coming in too hot... He's going to bloody crash if I don't get up there!" X looked down at me. I nodded and forced myself up against my body's screams for rest.

 " Let's go." I muttered as we hurried up the stairs. Netty decided to stay behind and watch after the others. When we got to the roof, X pointed out towards the sky. A red blur was zipping through the clouds and approaching us fast. 

 X opened up his inventory, " Iskall, do you have some sli-Iskallium on you?" he questioned as I nodded. I brought out the jiggling material and threw it at him. X caught the material and made a huge pool of it on the ground. X then raised his arms into the air and jumped. 

 The red blur noticed us and opened up his wings. Tango was trying, and I say trying, to slow down and come in for a landing. 

 Tango flailed as he crashed into the slime. He breathed heavily as he returned to his normal self. The demon looked up at up with his eyes darting around. 

 "  Is... Is it behind me?" he asked cryptically as I pulled him out of the iskallium. It stuck to his tail as he shook it anxiously.

 X and I looked out each other, " Are you talking about what I think you're talking about?" X questioned as Tango nodded. Tango rubbed the iskallium off of his tail as I gathered it all back up.

 " That... monster that trapped us within that ooze wall? Yeah." Tango breathed heavily, " I was... doing some research when that thing attacked me." Tango frowned. X looked around, " Alright, everyone get back inside. I'll set up the defenses for the base." he ordered as the two of us nodded.

 I shook the iskallium into my inventory and walked tiredly down the stairs. Tango followed behind me as his tail twitched, " Hey, Iskall? " I looked back at Tango. The hermit had his arms crossed. My eye flickered again, " What?" I questioned as we kept walking.

 Tango's tail twitched again, " Who's exactly here right now?" he asked as we reached the bottom. I yawned and shook myself off, " Well, there's you, me, X, Netty, Mumbo, and Rik." I told him. The fur of the tip of Tango's tail fluffed up as he nodded silently. The hermit's hands clenched and unclenched as he crossed his arms.

 I raised my eyebrow as we entered the room were the others were. Tango looked towards Rik as his tail flickered slightly. He gave Rik a sad look as he went to sit down in the chair that X was in earlier. 

 Tango looked over at Netty, " Hello Miss Netty." he greeted as Netty tiredly looked up. The evolutionist took a sip of her traveling mug of water, " Hello Tango. I wish we were exchanging greetings on better terms." she frowned as Tango nodded in silent agreement. 

 Netty sat her drink down as her ears twitched tiredly. She looked between the two of us curiously, " Where is Xisuma?" she questioned as I pointed towards the stairs, " He's locking down the base. Turns out that we aren't safe out there." 

 Tango explained that exactly what he told me. Which wasn't much, but it gave the idea that he exploring. Netty frowned at him, " What are we suppose to do?" she questioned as X came down the stairs.

 " We... We think of a plan. We need to find the rest of Stumpt and EVO. I tried contacting some of the offline hermits, but Joe said that no one could log in and help us." X explained with his arms behind his back. 

 I tried to sigh, but I started to cough. The others looked at me as I breathed heavily, " So, we're basically sitting ducks?" I questioned as X shook his head. The hermit sat down on the floor, " Nonsense. I think I can get a portal open to take us to Woltria. That place could be dangerous, but I don't that that monster would even think that we'd go there." he explained.

 " That's a big gamble X. Normally I'd come up with something that risky, but hearing it come from you? Well, it's almost insane." I admitted with yawn as I slowly laid down on the couch. I yawned and curled up as my eye fully shut itself off.

 X sighed as he ran a hand through his tangled hair, " I know it's risky, but I don't really know what else to do." he sighed. The three of us looked at each other, " Well, I'll help you prepare." Tango mumbled as he stood up.

 The hermit shook his head, " Oh no! We are safe in here for the next couple of days. Right now, we all need as much rest as possible." 

 I yawned as X took out a blanket and threw it over me, " In the morning, I'll start figuring out how to get that portal open." 

 That was the plan, and for right now, we all got to nuzzle down and sleep in beds with warm blankets.