(BDub's POV)

Turning around, BDubs saw what seemed like a normal human, walk cautiously out of a white vortex.

The stranger wore some heavy vest, and had some wrist bands on his wrists.

He had blond slightly curly hair, and pale skin, a gold head band around his head, and.. red eyes?

"What are you?", BDubs cautiously responded. "Are you okay?"

The stranger tilted his head at him. "A demon. And yeah. I guess I'm alright.", he said.

Wait, what?

BDubs blinked. "Demons exist?"

The demon rolled his eyes. "Yeah. Many mortal races exist. Like, Demons, Angels, Aquarians, Humans, Hybrids, and the rare Phoenix."

"Oh."

The demon looked around hesitantly before completely stepping out of the vortex.

"My name's BDubs. Who are you?", BDubs says, trying to break the nervous tension.

"Tango."

(Xel' POV)

They finally made it.

Sort of. 

Xelqua got a tad bit tired, and got the idiotic idea to crash land.

Grian then finally woke up, and in a panic, slowed them down by flapping his own golden wings.

That... was... a total failure.

Xel and Grian got up, coughing out sand from their lungs.

"Are you okay, Gri?", Xel asked his clone brother.

Grian rummaged through his inventory, and sighed in relief when he brought out his Mood Control emerald, which was unscathed.

Grian rubbed the gem's surface furiously.

Xel looked around, at the sea, and the trees. 

A clucking sound issued nearby.

"Aw!", Xel heard Grian say. "Chickens!"

Xel looked down, and foolishly grinned.

There was a flock of passing poultry, with their adorable plump bodies and observant beady eyes.

Xelqua couldn't resist.

He picked one up and squeezed it, provoking a 'BAW BAWK!' from it.

Grian let out a snicker.

"Yup. It's confirmed. We're traveling with them.", Xel declared.

(ReptilianmC's POV)

"Ow...", ReptilianmC groaned. "Where are we?"

CreeperTest77 swayed dizzily. "Don't know, man."

Coughing from neither of them came from the ocean. ReptilianmC looked up.

A human figure with a low heat signature and dirty auburn hair with a hood over her head ran towards them.

ReptilianmC and CreeperTest77 hissed or showed their claws.

But instead of posing a threat, the human seemed.. scared.

"Run! It's come back!", she screamed.

"What's come back?", ReptilianmC hissed in rapid speed.

But they got their answer.

A black tentacle loomed above them.

"Oh my word.", ReptilianmC heard CreeperTest77 say. "What is that?"

"K-K-Kraken!", the human screamed, but pulled out a sword. 

The tentacle swiped towards them, but the human parried it.

An unearthly roar of fury ensued from the sea.

The figure's chest was rising and falling quickly, and that's when ReptilianmC noticed how scared she was.

She turned to them. 

"Go! I'll hold them off!"

ReptilianmC opened his mouth to protest, but the fierce look in the human's half hidden eyes were enough to push him and CreeperTest77 to run away.

(Mumbo's POV)

Mumbo continued roasting the steak like he had done before as a young Boy Scout.

He had been on the island for a while now, and had mixed feelings about it.

"I wonder where Ren and Iskall is..", Mumbo then thought. "I'm such a spoon. I FELL into it.", he also thought.

A rustle was heard in some nearby trees.

Mumbo got up suddenly, frightened.

"H-hello?", he called out. "Who's there? I-I'm not going to hurt you.. if you don't hurt me.."

Another human cautiously jumped out of the tree. 

He had dirty blond hair and deep brown imploring eyes. He wore a red shirt, jeans, and gym shoes.

Mumbo smiled at him, reassured that it was nobody dangerous. "What are you doing here? C'mon! Come join me!", he says with a touch of concern.

Awkwardly, the stranger sits down next to him.

"I'm Mumbo. Mumbo Jumbo. Who are you?", Mumbo introduces himself after a while.

"G-Grian..", he replies nervously.

Grian's stomach growls, causing Mumbo to raise an eyebrow.

Mumbo pulls out some already cooked steak.

"Here. Have it.", Mumbo says while handing it to Grian's trembling skinny hands.

Grian's eyes widened, but he took it firmly and took a bite.

Mumbo suddenly felt.. comforted by his presence, tranquil, even.

As the campfire crackled, and the beef over cooked, Mumbo was happy to have seen Grian.

(X's POV)

Stress, X, and Biffa walked cautiously as they surveyed the forest.

Suddenly, a loud sound caused the three of them to pull out weapons.

Well.. X and Biffa pulling out swords and Stress wielding some snowballs.

("Why do you have snowballs?" "Uh... Its all I really have. Sorry!")

At a random tree, a man with a blue shirt, brown hair, and glasses was casually chopping a tree, humming a song as he worked. His eyes glimmered a little nervously.

X walked up to him. "Excuse me, sir. Do you know where we are?"

The man jumped, but soon calmed down.

"Ah don't exactly know. I came here just a while ago, but I decided to get ready early.", the man explained with an accent.

The trio discreetly tucked away their weapons.

"What do you mean, only a while ago?", X inquired.

"Ah came through with a vortex just about... an hour ago at least."

X and Biffa exchanged a surprised glance.

The man put down his stone axe. "Ah'm guessing you did, too?"

Stress stopped tossing around a snowball. "Yep!", she happily trilled.

The man stopped for a while, and had a thoughtful expression. 

"Then have you heard what seems to be part of a prophecy?", he asked.

"A prophecy?", Biffa echoed.

"Yeah. Although ah don't know if ya'll heard the same thing as I did.", the man said. "I heard: Raging fire, stormy seas. A great evil cause many to flee-"

Stress suddenly stiffened. "Twenty two souls must join the fight, unless they fall back in the plight.", she continued.

The men stared at her.

"Wot?", she inquired in her British accent. "I heard Dusk mutter it."

The man tilted his head in curiosity, but didn't inquire further. "Lumberjack, heal the rips."

Now it was X and Biffa's turn to stiffen in shock. "Helmeted pride, hold back your tears.", X recited.

"The scarlet one will fall; take the sacrifice.", Biffa recited.

The man sighed in realization. "That's what ah thought. Follow me to my half-finished log cabin."

(Stress's POV)

They arrived.

It was indeed half finished, all right.

But already, there were two signs next to the door that read 'Joe's Cabin'

"Your name is Joe?", she asked.

Joe nodded. "Joe Hills at your service. Who're you?"

X responded. "I'm Xisumavoid, but you can decide what to call me."

"I'm Stressmonster101, but you can call me Stress!", Stress chimed.

"I'm Biffa.", Biffa also responded.

Joe nodded again, and opened the door.

"Well.. let's talk about our circumstances.", Joe said.

(Cleo's POV)

Why, oh why, did she tell the creeper hybrid cyborgs to run?

Cleo shook her head, but held off the kraken.

"When should I retreat?", she dimly thought during each swing of a sword.

Cleo gulped as her sword started to shatter, and the tentacle rose up to attack again, leaving only her fists to defend herself.