Crepe gulped as he worked his way through the castle. He heard the other two arguing through the voicemail, making Crepe laugh. He finally silenced them when he was almost thrown off the edge.

"Hey, I love you both. I really do. But can you shut up for like... two minutes while I try not skating off the edge? I want to listen to your arguments." Dijon hummed.

"I have a higher price than that, dude." Crepe scoffed.

"I'll give you the toll when I'm not dying. Deal?"

"Deal." Admiral hissed.

"Actually, I have to go..." Her line went dead, causing the group to bust out laughing.

"Uh oh." Crepe smiled as Seafoam sighed.

"Morons. Are you at your gems yet?"

"Almost. I just have to get through two-three more doors. Honestly, it won't be that hard since-" Dijon went silent as Crepe reached the end of the slip and sliding. He paused.

"Dijon?"

"What's wrong?" The redhead gulped.

"Um... I have to go... big... uh... big problem in the way of me and the gem. See you at the Ranger Union. Dijon out." His line went dead at that, making Crepe pause.

"Ok... then...?" Seafoam hummed.

"Be careful."

~_~

As if the heavens heard him, he found Ice. But something was wrong about him. Why? Well...

For starters, he looked older, more towards Sven's age then Crepe's. His outfit matched his hair, which wasn't truly shocking.

Then there was his tone.

"I thought I heard someone enter."

Crepe felt every bone in his body quiver. The air was cold enough to freeze someone to death, but Crepe hadn't felt cold until he said that. It was a literal ice cube that seemed to go into Crepe's ears and shake everything.

His eyes were another thing. His eyes were darker than his usual blue ones that were supposed to stand out with Crepe's green ones. His expression was faded as he looked at him. He seemed dead but alive at the same time.

"What?" Crepe blinked out of the daze before gulping.

"Nothing... for right now..."

Ice didn't seem to recognize his tone, or anything at all, as he hummed before continuing his little "speech", which gave Crepe more things to consider weird about him.

~_~

Crepe was quiet on his way down from the mountains. The other two hadn't gotten back on as he entered the base. He flashed a warm smile as he gave the gem to the professor and headed to patrol. He stayed out until Sven came back with Isaac. He pulled Sven off to the side and told him about Ice.

"Something's wrong... I wonder what happened..." Crepe looked at the ground as Sven looked at him. "We'll get him back. Don't you worry about it."

Crepe nodded before noticing Isaac listening in. He turned to him as he hid. The duo glanced at each other before going their separate ways.