Author's Note: The se co nd g ro u p h as f all en. H o pe w as n't with them.... H o w s ad.

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((In all seriousness though. The final story should come at some point with the Evolutionists. I wonder how they ended up swapping)) 

((I hope ya'll are enjoying these odd ideas from my mind. This story is technically important to the overall story because of the EX no POV stuff)) This website honestly makes me feel better about writing things))

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 Price:

 We all stopped to find Mighty sitting on her throne. She sat there hunched over slightly and was staring over at a large wall of black ooze. 

 I led out a gasp.

 The hermits!

 X, Tango, Mumbo, Iskall, and Grian were all frozen in the wall of ooze. 

 Mumbo was holding Grian tightly in his arms. They both had ooze covering their mouths as they floated in the ooze. 

 Iskall was bounded to the wall and hung upside down.

 X was just floating around with his helmet next to him.

 Tango was clutching his tail.

 I narrowed my eyes. There was something else off about the ooze the five were stuck within.

 Blood.

 Blood was floating around each of them. The red substance was primarily floating around Mumbo, Grian, and Iskall; however, X had some blood floating out of his mouth. 

 " What the hell?" Rik questioned as he crossed his arms. The four of us looked towards Mighty, " Welcome to h e ll..... " she grinned as black ooze dripped down from the walls in front of the door. 

 We were locked in. 

 Mighty got off her throne and walked over to us. She looked over towards the hermits, " I really should hide them better. It ru ins t h e re v e al...." her voice grew twisted.

 I watched in frozen terror as Mighty dropped to the ground unconscious as a solid black snake-like creature with rainbow hued eyes and sharp purple horns crawled out of her heart area.

 The creature towered above us. Maybe at seven or eight feet tall? I.... I don't know.

 " The.... The reveal wor-works out pretty well.... I'd say." Ash grinned awkwardly as they grabbed a hold of Jas's hand. 

 The creature frowned as they held up their clawed hand. I closed my eyes as a brief pain in my chest began to surface. I fell against the wall.

 ((On e h ou r l a t er..... T h e st umpt fo ur s wap back, but they too are  sl ow ly be ing en c ased into the o ozy wall))

 I tried to move, but my body felt stuck to the wall. I opened my eyes and looked down at my fuzzy legs and hoof hand; I missed this part of me.

 The bad news was that I was slowly being encased within the black sludge that had encased the hermits.

 " P-price?" Jasmine wheezed as I looked over at her.

 My heart sank. Rik and Ash were already frozen in a running position. Jasmine would soon be encased as well.

 " Jasmine..... " my voice was hoarse as I looked sadly at her. We both looked towards the creature that swapped us back to our own bodies.

 The demon, the thing, the whatever was holding Rik's leg in its claw, " He had such a lame excuse for getting rid of a leg. Protect his fr ie nds? He's honestly better o f f l e a ving th em to rot."

 I growled as the creature looked over at me. It smirked at me, " Oh, you heard that? H o w s a d...." it mused as I tried to free myself from the ooze. 

 The creature walked over to me with a growing grin.

  Its smile widened to ridiculous lengths as its eyes swirled with its.......

..... with its.... 

...........almost soothing.......

.. ....comforting.....

....It... It feels good to sleep..... I should just let the ooze take me, right?

 " PRICE!!??" Jasmine shouted shaking me out of the trance I was forced into. I let out a yelp as I looked over at her. I breathed heavily and looked down as the ooze was crawling up the side of my face now.

 I let out of wheeze and spat out the ooze that got into my mouth, " Jasmine.... th-thank you...." I gagged as she nodded, " Price.... You need to stay awake... We need to hold on until someone, anyone, gets us out of here...." she whispered with a quivering voice.

 I frowned, " No one is coming for us Jazzy.... We're all stuck here...." I closed my eye as the ooze went over it. Jasmine frowned at me, " You can't give up hope Price...." she shook the ooze off of her head.

 The two of us looked at each other in brief silence. I let out a wheezing cough, " What hope could I have left Jasmine? The hermits have been captured, Ash and Rik are frozen, you and I are becoming frozen.... Who is left to save us?" I asked her as she went silent.

 Jasmine let out a sigh, " You can't give up hope...." she kept telling herself over, and over, and over again. I watched in pained silence as Jasmine was overtaken by the ooze. 

 This left me all alone with the black beast itself.

 " You have given up hope...... How l o v e l y." it grinned as I held my head low as the ooze went over my mouth. I stared blankly at the creature.

 I couldn't protest.

 I couldn't scream.

 I couldn't try.

 I couldn't hope.

 I just watched hopelessly. The creature frowned, " You Stumpt people were less entertaining than the hermits; however, you do provide new decorations to this d r e a r y p l a ce." it shook its head as it floated away.

 " The Evolutionists will come soon. They may be a bit more difficult to get here because of how bad their p o r t als a re. It a n n o y s me g r e at ly...." the creature was rambling to itself now, " It may lead to some of the other hermits getting here t ho u g h... You boys a n d g ir l seem r a t h er lonely in you r b ig c a ge." it disappeared into one of the oozing walls.

 I looked down at Mighty as they attempted to stand, but her leg bended awkwardly, " ...." they feel back down and passed out again. There was blood mixed with the black ooze coming out of 'em.

 I finally closed my eyes as a dark void of sleep enveloped me fully. I managed to get one more look at my friends before there was nothing but blackness.

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No POV:

 It had been a day or two since Joe was brought by EX, Zedaph, and Impulse to Biffa's home. Joe had woken up, but he was highly delirious to the point where he couldn't decipher faces.

 " 'Eeyyy Niffa...." Joe slurred as he reached his hand out to Biffa. Biffa returned to Joe's side as he finished off his breakfast.

 Joe let out a tired laugh as he looked around the room, " Yer house.... ish nice ya know that?" he mumbled. Biffa nodded again, " Thanks Joe.... Go back to sleep. Can you do that for me?" Biffa asked as Joe nodded and turned away. The American quickly fell asleep.

 EX frowned slightly, " How did he do that?" he questioned causing Impulse and Zedaph to look at him. Zedaph raised his eyebrow, " Do what exactly?" he questioned as EX crossed his arms.

 " Calm down so easily? Go to sleep so easily?" he questioned with a small nervous twitch. Zedaph stood up causing EX to shrink back slightly; he hasn't sat down in the past few days.

 " Do you get nightmares?" he asked as EX took a step back, " No?" he muttered as he finally allowed Zedaph to come near him.

 Zedaph lowered EX to the ground with a small, warm smile on his face. EX crossed his arms over his legs, " You should rest EX.... We're here for you.... " he mumbled as Impulse joined in, " Kr-Zed has a point." 

 Impulse leaned against Zedaph tiredly, " It may seem like we're all enemies with you on camera Void, but we all care about your well being." he sighed.

 EX wanted to believe this and deep inside he did. He laid down with his helmet off of his face. The tired 'evil' brother curled up with a blanket laid gently across him. He fell asleep immediately. 

 There wasn't much to his dream except the words that he has heard echoed through the shadows time and time again during this adventure he trapped himself within.

 " T he s tor y IS F A R F r  O m o V e R."