So you know how last time I said it had been a while since I last posted a part... Wellllll.... It has now been two whole months since I've posted a new part- Woopsies... Anyways, here it is! I hope y'all enjoy and as always, remember to check out Crafty_R567's (Froggie's) version of this called The Winged Frog, our stories are posted at the same time and her's will have a different POV mine will not! Credit for the last bit of dialog of Scott's POV goes to him!

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Recap: Mumbo gets pulled away from his cru- I MEAN HIS TOTALLY PLATONIC FRIEND and also False and Stress and gets yeeted into a cell. Again. He has a minor break down but then somebody huggies him. Grian is good at fake crying for a while before X tells him to stop and they go for a nice walk to this non-suspicious wooden that's being guarded by two guards, guards are not happy and decide to do the classic gun pointing. Meanwhile, Jimmy and Scott decide to trust the stranger and go through the portal thingy into ANOTHER cell than has a casual pool of blood in the middle of it. Scott decides to ignore that and the portal closes. Scott gets angy at stranger for locking them in a cell. Jimmy asks for their pronouns and then decided that veir trust worthy. There's also a weird gun thing that happens. Scott is concern. And for Etho and Beef... wE dOn'T tAlK aBoUt EtHo AnD bEeF-

For the Mumbo POV you picked Stay awake

Other option for Mumbo could have been: Cuddle time with stranger or punch them in the balls, only to learn who it is.

For the Grian POV you picked ?¿¿?¿?¿

For the Scott POV you picked Hug the stranger and go with the plan

None of you can make me go through all the other combinations. 

For the Etho/Beef POV you picked...... SYSŢ̵̲͓̒́È̶̗̫̱͝M̶̞̽ͅS̴̼̳͒͠ ̴̫̈́͗͑D̴̘͛̑͜͠O̴̙͙͠W̷̹̦͝Ň̷̛̰͕̟͔͓̟̱̦͌̾͋͗̚.̶̢̢͔͖̯͍͎̺͊̔̌ ̴̩͚̱̳̻̳̭̑̽̽̑̈́͜P̸̛̯̹̝̐͛͆̒͒̓̊͝͝Ĺ̴͇̰̐̅́̚ͅE̴̼̖͌̀̀̈́̒Ǎ̸̲̯̳͇̈́̾S̷͇̰̮͚̝̹̾E̸̥̯̯͊̌̄̋̅ ̷̛̭̮̦̘̤͂Ţ̷͎͉͇͎̠̦̯̎͐̿̆̏̈́̄̊́̕ͅR̸͙͙̖͔͓̖̣͒͊Y̷̗̼̭̭̭̓̈͊̈̽ ̸̨̢͙̮̤̤̳͒̀͜A̵̛͇̝͋͊͆͗̃̽G̵͉̯̰̣̤͓̀͝ͅA̸̡͌̏̄̈̋̽̏̔͊̄̅͊̇͒̂̃̌̑̅̆͠͠I̴̧̡̢̞̪̱̩̳͓͚̙̠̱͕̘͍̫͈͓͍̠̙̤͈̲̖̊͜N̵̛̜̝͉̊́̆́̈́́̿̉̉̓̄̈̒̉̐̀̉̈̋̉̔͂̓͊̇̕͠ ̶͖̜̬̻̹̑̓͒̚Ļ̸̨̧̛̘͖̥̻͙̲͔̘̩͔͉̗̭̗͖͔̱̫̝̔̋͛̆̒̀̑̿̔̃̇̈́̿̎̌̊̏̎̎̈́͑́̕̚͝ͅẢ̴̢̢̛̺͍͈̫̤̣͖̩̦͑͑̋̐̈́̄̇̾͗̊͆̾̈͒̏́͌̈̓͗͌͘͝͠͝T̸̛͍̓́͑̀͒̇̚̕̕Ȩ̵̦̹̥͚̦͉͙̞͇̱̠͚̪͉̮̙̻͔̣̬̹̫̐͂͋̔̊͑͜R̷̢̢̨̖̠̹̮̠͇̤͇̙̲̫͉͔̝̭͇̪̺̱͚̥̟̤͍̾͒̾͒͌́̈́̍̃̊͂̋͑̌͛̚͜͝͝.̸̧̣͈͎̥͙̙͈̠͌͐̇̅͗͛͛͑̎̒̈̈̀́̽̍̇͛̏̑͠͝͝.̵̨̡̡̰̮͎̻̭̮̻̳͚̖̟̬͚̱̦̩̟͑̍̎̊̀͑̎͗͑͊͆̿.̴̛͉͉͍͕̬͍͎̲̘̀̎͋͊̈͐͐̍̊͐̓̋̅̈́̀̀̆́͋́̔̃͐͒̕͜͠.̵͕̣̝̜͎̥̹̟͔̟͚̑̔͆̐̄͂̀̐͜

Mumbo's POV:

        Mumbo's body felt warm and safe in the arms of... Wait who was holding him?! He managed to pry his eyes open to see a certain green-wearing cyborg hermit:

       "Iskall!" Instantly, Mumbo wrapped his own arms around his "friend", clinging to them in a tight embrace. "I'm so glad you're okay, I thought I was alone..."

      Iskall's gaze softened and they rested their head on Mumbo's shoulder. "Shhh, it's okay. You're not alone." It was so tempting to just give in to sleep, in Iskall's comforting embrace, hidden from the terrors of the outside world. He'd be safe here, he knew that.

      But he couldn't. 

      Not while Stress and False were missing, not when Grian was god-knows where or when he had no idea where to even start looking for the other hermits. He couldn't just sleep.

      "Iskall?"

      "Yes, Mumbo?" Iskall didn't lift their head from Mumbo's neck, instead mumbling into the taller's ear.

      "Where do you think they took Stress and False?" That was a good place as any to start, at least he'd seen them. But he still had that sinking feeling that he needed to find Grian... He shook it off, it was probably just him needlessly worrying, Grian would be fine. Right?

      "I'm not sure, but I assume just to one of the other cells..." Mumbo could tell that the enby was trying to hide their worry, but Mumbo could still tell.

      "Hey, Iskall, look at me." Iskall moved his head from Mumbo's neck and turned to face him directly. They were now face to face, barely more than two centimeters apart. Mumbo could feel a slight blush forming on his cheeks, but he chose to ignore it. "I'm sure they're fine. They can take care of themselves!"

      "But what if..." Iskall tried to say.

     "They'll be fine." Mumbo put a finger to Iskall's lips, and give him a smile. Iskall's cheeks turned just a little pinker, but it was probably just the light... 

     "Bu-" But suddenly, he was cut off by a pair of lips pressed against theirs, stopping them mid-sentence. But just as quickly as it was there, they were gone. Yeah, Iskall was definitely blushing now. "W-what!? Mumbo!?!" 

      Mumbo turned away, wiggling his way out if Iskall's arm, a blushing mess. "I-I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done that..."

       "You could have just asked me first, I would have said yes." (Line written by King because consent is sexy) Mumbo's eyes widened in shock as he turned back towards Iskall, who had both a smug and still mildly flustered face.

      "Wa-wait what?!"

       "Yeah, you're pretty hot." Then, they gave Mumbo another smug smirk went back to cuddling him without another word.

Choice:

Stay still (60%)

or

Try to find a way out (60%)

?¿¿?¿?¿'s POV:

      He stood there as a guard dragged a short, blonde along, stopping in front of the door he was guarding.

      "HEY YOU. DO YOU HAVE PREMISSION TO BE HERE?" The guard on the other side of the door questioned.

      The guard gulped. "I've been told by the head to collect this one. Now let me through." A good lie, unfortunately not good enough as we had been directly told not to let anyone through the door. The kid being dragged by the guard looked scared, terrified even, not quite dried tear streaks marking his face.

        "Well we were told not to let anybody through, so though luck. Move it." The other guard added some threat to his words, to make sure they got the message.

      "I think you must have heard wrong, I was told to bring him here..." You could hear the unease in his voice, he knew he'd been caught. The guard beside me and I both reached for our guns, the other guard did the same.

BANG

      And one of the guards fell dead.

POV Choice:

Grian

or

Xisuma

or

?¿¿?¿?¿

Scott's POV:

      "Alright, we'll go with the plan." Scott sighed, whether or not he trusted this "Froggie", Jimmy seemed to trust them enough (Not that Jimmy has the best self-preservation skills) and that was good enough for now.

         "Hey... Tall being in a bucket hat with an injured wing (You're welcome for that. This is literally how Froggie described......Other Froggie....?), are you alright? You look sad..." Jimmy gave vem a concerned look.

      "Uh nothing, I'm fine..." Froggie then turned back to look over at the guards, probably plotting their next move. Then, out of nowhere, Jimmy walked over to him and wrapped his arms around her, and gave vem a hug. It honestly looked really awkward since Froggie was a good three feet taller. "Oh. Thanks." Then, vey gave Jimmy an awkward pat on the head.

      "Alright, let's do this."

     Froggie gave Scott a quick nod before going over to the cell door and doing some weird thing with his hand to create a doorknob. Then, the husbands slowly sneaked out of the cell, and behind the guards.

      "HEY, WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING? Wait you're not the prisoner-" The guard, who had her helmet off, had a bewildered look on her face. "How did you get here!? Oh whatever, get them!" She commanded the other guards.

      Oh shit- "What now?" Scott turned to ask Jimmy. But he wasn't there. "Wait where, Jimmy-"

     "SCOTT!!" Scott whipped back around to where the head-guard was. Jimmy. The guard had Jimmy in a pin, a gun pointed at his head. "HEL-" He tried to cry but the guard hit him in the head with the gun.

      "Shut up." The guard hissed.

     "Let him go." Scott growled back at the guard, trying to keep his calm appearance, even if he was secretly panicking inside for his husband.

     "If you tell me where the prisoner is, I won't kill him, how about that?" 

Choic-

Tell the gua-

      A loud smack echoed through the hallways and one of guards fell to the floor with a thump, behind her stood Froggie. The second guard grabbed Jimmy by the arm and yanked him over, pinning him once more with the gun. Jimmy look horrified, and Scott was sure he looked just as frightened.

       Beside Scott, Froggie glared at the guard and stepped forward. "Let him go, and I'll go with you." This shocked Scott, why would this random stranger risk their life to save Jimmy? God knows what the guards would do with vem....

      There was a few seconds of silence before "Fine! Walk to me." Froggie lets out a sigh and goes over to the guards, once he's close enough for the guard's liking, they let go of Jimmy and shove him away towards Scott. Scott caught Jimmy in his arms with a sigh of relief, whispering sweet nothings into his husband's ear and holding him close to his chest, thankful he was okay.

      "Don't move." The guard demanded, now pointing the gun at Froggie.

      "O-oka-..." Then, all of a sudden, Froggie's eye's flutter and they fall to the floor. The guard stops in surprise, they they kick Froggie, probably to make sure he was actually unconscious. Then, all of a sudden, Froggie latches onto the guard's foot and knocks them to the ground, unconscious. Froggie then sits up, and looks back in the husbands' direction.

      "What did I tell ya? You can trust me."

Etho/Beef:

     Etho pulled Beef even closer into the hug, sobbing into his best friend's shoulder.

      "I'm sorry Beef, I'm so sorry..." Etho's voice was shaky and uneven, Beef had never seen Etho like this before.

      "Hey, it's okay, I love you..." A bit of blush peaked over Etho's mask and Beef realized his mistake.

      "What."

      Both Beef and Etho went silent, the only noise being the casual hurricane that was still hurdling towards the two. Then, Etho leaned in a bit closer, pulling down his mask. "Can I kiss you?" (Because King was annoyed at me last time for Mumbo not asking consent)

      Beef stared into his best friend's eyes, wondering if he was actually going to do this.

     "Yes." 

       And so the two hermit embraced one another, sharing a sweet kiss as the world around them when black....

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      I apologize for how that ended, there was no other alternative. It was merely the choices you made, I didn't want to change then. 

      Don't look at me like that, I gave you a chance to save them and unfortunately you did not succeed. I am sorry.

      There actually is something I can do for you, you know the two that were lost earlier on? I can free them in you wish. Just give me a minute....

Choice:

Bring Scar and Cub back 

or

Don't 

There we go. Enjoy.