Scar woke up after a long sleep. It was about noon. Jeez I was asleep for a while. He was well rested though. Before he went to sleep he told Bdubs to check on Mumbo and Grian before lunch time. He stood at the window of his base and took in the view. He saw Bdubs running to his door. Nice timing. As he walked to the door to let him in Bdubs had already broke the door down and sprinting to him.

"Scar! They're gone! All of them. Mumbo, Grian, Ren and Iskall. Gone!"

Scar was at the makeshift hospital tent in seconds and as Bdubs said, they were gone. He studied the area and noticed grey liquid on the floor. He dabbed his fingers in it. It was cold. He raised it to his mouth and licked it. Gross. It had a familiar metallic taste. Blood? But it was grey. His eyes widened as he looked at Bdubs.

"I know what happened to Ren but I can't say the same for the rest of them."

"We should ask people if they have seen them anywhere." Bdubs said in reply.

"Good idea.

Scar took out his phone and messaged that question and waited for a response. Pretty soon everyone had replied expect for Iskall, Grian, Ren, Mumbo and... He paused. Wels. That's odd. Did something happen to him as well. Most people hadn't seen anything except for Etho. Apparently he saw them travelling as a group to Wels base. That confirmed it. Wels was apart of this. He suddenly has a hunch he did not like. He looked a Bdubs.

"We need to get to the town hall, now."

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"Where the heck did Grim go?" Iskall asked to the group.

"No idea" Mumbo replied, confused.

The gang sat around a campfire in the woods although Helsknight sat way closer then everyone else. He hated this damn cold. His old world was a lot hotter. Fiery hot. It was nice.

"I'll look for him." Hels spoke up and walked away. As he left he heard Grian mutter under his breath. "Are you sure we can trust him to go out on his own?"

"It'll be fine. If he knows what's good for him." Iskall spoke back. Hels walked through the woods. The moonlight glistening through the gaps in the trees and many different mobs enjoyed the area. Only passive mobs though. For some reason no aggressive ones. As cold as it was away from the fire he needed a excuse to get away. He couldn't stand these pathetic humans. As he walked along he thought of the quiet silence. It's been a while since he has experienced it. He usually has to deal with Wels thoughts, he was worried that they would've just switched places and he would have to deal with him but Wels was nowhere to be heard. He thought about how it all started. He remembered the voice that spoke to him, lazy, casual and just not what he expected from the gods he looked up to. The complete opposite actually. It made him angry. As he thought about it he vowed that he would end them. He didn't care how immortal people said the were. He would end them and rule this messed up world himself. He paused and noticed the tips of his fingers were on fire. That's new. He willed them to extinguish and it worked. As he strolled along he heard the sound of a animal whimpering. He turned towards the sound and saw Grim crouched over a rabbit. He watched as he ripped the small animal's head off to kill it. He then ripped open its chest and pulled out its heart. He then opened that to reveal a silver orb. It's soul. He put it in his mouth and swallowed, making a sound of relief. He looked over and saw Hels.

"What do you want." He was covered in blood which contrasted against his grey figure.

"To come get you."

"Listen, I'll go when I want. I'm not under his control unlike those pitiful creatures Grian and Mumbo."

"I know but we have got to do what he wants to get what we want. You want souls and I want to make everyone suffer." Hels replied in a annoyed voice.

"Jeez that's dark." Grim stated.

"You're the one that's literally covered in blood."

"Yeah whatever, let's just go."

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The architects were discussing plans when Hels and Grim returned.

"Our friend here was off grabbing a bite to eat if you know what I mean." Hels said.

"Souls?" Mumbo asked.

"You bet"

"Ok now I'm confused." Grian spoke up. "Why does he need you if he can just get souls himself?"

"Well idiot, these souls are gross and don't really satisfy myself. The souls I prefer are..." Grim paused. "Less than legal."

"Oh." Grian scooted away a bit.

"So, what's the plan?" Grim asked Iskall.

Iskall smiled. "This is where it gets exiting. So our mayor, Scar has a safe in the town hall and this safe is full of iskallium. I recently came across a small vial. Even that small amount was enough to bring Helsknight with us. Now imagine fifty shulker boxes full of that stuff."

"And what do you plan on doing with it" Hels asked.

"Well as I was discussing with Grian and Mumbo here, if we get Mumbo to build a... How do I put this?" He thought for a second. "Special machine I should be able to grant us immortality."

Grim's eyes widened. "Holy crap, that's big."

"It really is." Grian said. "So we three think we have a plan now. Iskall?"

"We do. Mumbo will stay in a hideout I designed quite some time ago. There he will work on this machine. I would love to help but I have other work to do. The rest of us will go to the town hall. I expect Scar to have caught on by now so Scar and probably Bdubs will be there. Hels will deal with Bdubs." He turned to the knight. "You will likely overpower him but do not underestimate him. Understand?"

"Yeah sure."

"Grian and I will take Scar. The plan is we will both overpower him and while he is weakened Grian will distract him and I'll get to the safe. Meanwhile Grimdog will stand watch."

"Oh, so I get lookout duty?" Grim said angrily.

"Just don't let anyone in. You can take anyone's soul who try's." He smiled. "Ladies and gentlemen, the heist has begun!"

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All done!
I just want to say thanks to anyone that bothered to read this story. As of now I've got like fifty reads, which to be honest is fifty reads more than I thought I would get. I guess what I'm trying to say is I really appreciate it and I hope you enjoy this story.

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