Author's Note: I decided to just put this in the Oneshot book. This was an old idea from the past (like 2016-ish?). Anyways enjoy.

another thing: I w r ot e th is in o ne d a y. Oh g od.

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 X's POV:

 I've been studying Central Server lately. It turns out that the universe was dubbed 'Woltria' by Mighty. There was apparently more worlds then ours that branched off from this universe, but even Mighty didn't have access to them.

 There was something that troubled me with the world though.

 The stones of fire and water; the balance stones. 

 These stones were of an origin that Mighty refused to talk to me about, but she did warn me to never remove them from their pedestals if I ever went to see them. 

 I wonder what would happen.

 Would the world split apart? The servers disconnecting? Everyone getting trapped in the game permanently? Everyone getting locked out of the game forever?

 Thinking and mumbling to myself, I leaned back in my seat and looked down at my helmet. There were so many questions that are left unanswered, but I didn't want to doom my world because of them.

 " X, what are you doing up here?" Grian came up next to me. Oh, I forgot to mention that I was sitting on top of the rocket shop to gather my thoughts. I looked up at Grian and set my helmet down beside me, " Well, Gr- ee - Ian..... I've been searching Central Server." I decided to just be honest with it. 

 Grian cocked his head to the side as he adjusted his arm sling. I looked at him with cocked eyebrow. Grian noticed this and frowned awkwardly, " Now, what happened to you, friend?" I questioned. 

 The newest hermit shuffled slightly, " Well, I, uh..... I got into a fight with another hermit!" he explained with an awkward look. I lowered my eyebrow.

 Grian was a great liar at most things, but when it comes to him getting hurt. He might as well be called Oliver 'Mumbo' Jumbo. I decided to amuse him with his claim.

 " Who'd you get into a fight with?" I questioned as I stood up to look down at him. See, Grian was 5'5. This meant that he was one of the shorter hermits besides Zedaph and Stress. Mighty was also on the list of being short, but her striped ears made her 5'7. 

 The newest hermit shuffled slightly. He breathed in, " Cub? Yeah, I got into a fight with Cub." he mumbled as I placed my helmet into my bag. I smirked at him, " What was the fight about?" I questioned as Grian shuffled again, " Sahara." he answered rather quickly. 

 This conversation continued until an alert came up on my phone. I pulled it out and looked at it, " Xisuma... Someone's taken the fire stone. You, Doc, Jevin, Python, and Cleo aren't going to be effected by this mess.... " the note read.

 I showed Grian the alert causing him to take a step back. Grian let out a whimper, " What's going to happen to me?" he questioned as I looked down. I told him how I honestly didn't know what would happen. 

 " We need get everyone here." I realized as I took out my communicator, " If we get everyone here, we can figure out how to work with the inevitable." 

 Grian nodded and started to call people. I started to do the same, but my messages were being bombarded already. One of the messages was from Mighty.

" XISUMA, DOCM, IJEVIN, PYTHON, AND ZOMBIECLEO. REPORT TO THE TOP OF GRIAN'S BASE. EVERYONE ELSE FIND HIGH GROUND AND PREPARE FOR TRA-" the message was swiftly cut off as a new alert popped up.

The world is flooding

 Wait.

 Wait?

 Wait!?

 The world is FLOODING?!

 " X, X what..... X what do we do?!" Grian questioned as I watched the water start to build up. Grian's whole body was shaking. 

 Picking Grian up, I took off into the sky and flew quickly to his base. Mumbo, Iskall, and everyone mentioned in Mighty's message were there. 

 I set Grian down, and he hurried over to Mumbo and Iskall. The three of them were mumbling to each other in worry, " Where's Doc?" I heard Python question as his tongue flickered in and out. 

 Cleo crossed her arms, " I haven't seen him yet today." that would be the response from everyone including myself and Grian. 

 We all watched as the water slowly started to rise. Jevin frowned, " What's going to happen? Why are we the ones up here?" he questioned as he forced his hand to reform. I looked down to the water is it slowly started to rise. The other hermits were still out there.

 I tapped my foot on the ground.

 What was Mighty telling us to prepare for? What was going to happen?

 My thoughts were abruptly interrupted by the Architechs letting out pained cries in unison. I looked over at them. The three of them were doubled over in pain. 

 One by one each hermit started to lose their legs. Well, they didn't lose them, but it was more like their legs were fusing together to make tails.

 Grian and Iskall's tails had more of a fish-like look. Cleo and Jevin looked at each other, nodded, and cut the two men lose before rolling them into the 'ocean'. 

 I looked down at Mumbo and cut his out of his pants as well. The mustached coughed slightly as his bones finished fusing together. Mumbo opened his eyes and stared at his tail. He froze up in pain again as two little flippers grew out of his tail. 

 " Mumbo?" I leaned down next to him. Mumbo frowned at me, " This... this is happening to everyone that's not you guys?" he questioned as he wiggled his flippers. 

 I nodded at him. Struggling to roll himself over, Mumbo looked around for Grian and Iskall. I explained to him what Jevin and Cleo did causing him to nod. 

 Cleo and Jevin were staring into the water. Python was checking his communications device nervously. I dragged Mumbo to the edge, and he wiggled his little flippers until he got into the water. 

 " Is Grian and Iskall down there?" Cleo questioned as Mumbo held his breath and looked down. He quickly pulled himself up, " They're down there. Grian's having the time of his life, and Iskall is trying to get his eye to turn back on." he explained.

 We all nodded at him. Jevin sat down in front of him, " Wait, is Iskall's eye waterproof?" his eyes widened in mild panic. Mumbo placed his arms on the side of the platform. The hermit placed that Iskall's eye was waterproof, but he was in enough shock that it shut off. 

 Everyone let out a reassured sigh; Python, however, did not.  The hermit's tail twitched in irritation as he looked around. 

 Cleo and Jevin turned towards the two of us. There was a sense of small terror in each of us. Mumbo let out a whimper as he too realized what was happening.

 The world was flooded, and a certain cyborg wasn't with us.