Author's Note: Kidnapped is almost done. Things are bad in this part. This part also has some world building theories (whether or not they are true may be confirmed in a later story).

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 Mumbo's POV:

 I woke up to the sound of howling. The howling was followed by crying as something, a deaged person perhaps, crawled their way underneath the bed. Ren's angry growling followed afterward.

 Okay Mumbo Jumbo, it looks like you aren't going to get to sleep in. I pulled my tired self into a sitting position and opened my eyes.

 Ren was holding a thrashing Doc in his arms. TFC was looking over the angry creeper-let while Void was playing with a small plush version of X. 

 Stress was in the corner with Zee, Rik, and Iskall. The group of four were comforting a scared Price that was nuzzling himself against Rik's chest. The piglet's tail was thrashing around as he started crying into the nine year old.

 Grian, X, and Joe were on the other side of the bed. I raised my eyebrow at them. Joe looked up and raised his finger to his lips. I nodded and slowly moved off of the bed to join the trio. X holding onto the same plush that Mighty was sucking on earlier. 

 X looked under the bed, " Come 'ere Mighty... Doc didn't mean to bite you.. He was just...." X went silent, " ....p-playing." he mumbled out. 

 I was about to ask Grian what exactly happened when a foul stench of blood hit my nose. I forced my T-shirt up to my nose and shuffled uncomfortably awake from the bed. Grian noticed this joined me by my side. 

 " Mighty was just drinking out of a milk bottle. " Grian whispered as he fixed his glasses. I gave him a questioning nod as he continued. Grian looked up at Doc, " Doc crawled over and gave Mighty this animalistic look before biting a small chunk in the larger, thicker part of her tail. " he frowned as my eyes widened. 

 Grian looked towards Price, " The poor kid started to have a panic attack, so Rik started to comfort him. Stress, Zee, and Iskall are there for mental reassurance." he finished as I nodded again while taking in the information. 

 Mighty let out a whine, " Mighty, come on.... You're going to lose more blood if you keep moving your tail..." X sighed as he wiggled the plush's paws. This action caused the toddler to poke her head out. The small thing's eyes were watering.

 X picked Mighty up and held her gently. Joe took this opportunity to look at the hybrid's tail and legs, " Doc took out a bit of her leg as well.... " Joe frowned slightly, " Eh, it's more of just a bite to her leg, but still...." he corrected himself with a grimace. 

 The admin and American both got up. X looked towards Ren as he held a now panting Doc. The small creeper had calmed down to the point where Ren was able to study the inside of Doc's bloody mouth.

 Ren sat Doc down into his crib. The dog's tail was between his legs as he looked over at Joe, " Can you bring me a hot rag? I need to clean Doc up." he questioned as Joe nodded and headed over to a chest. Joe fixed his glasses to his face while walking. 

 " Hey, X?" I looked up at X. The admin tiredly looked over at me, " Hmmm?" he raised his eyebrow, " How's the cure coming along?" I questioned as X repositioned the crying hybrid. He explained that it was finished, but it needed to be tested. 

 " I could probably test it." Tinfoil muttered as he laid Void down into his crib. Void wiggled underneath the blanket. He was nuzzling plush X's head. X nodded at this and carried Mighty down the stairs. Joe gave Ren the rag before descending down the stairs as well. 

 Grian and I looked at each other, " Why would the snake guy do this?" I questioned as Grian got up onto the bed. I sat down next to him. Grian was cleaning his glasses with his little, red cloth, " Well, it's just a theory Mumbs, but you know how there is all that fog below Central?" he questioned as I nodded. 

 " My theory is that that snake guy came from the rest of Woltria; the part of the world we never see." Grian smiled as he put his glasses on. I blinked at him. There's land underneath Central? If there was land, then why hasn't Mighty talked about it.

 I leaned forward and rested my arms on my legs, " So, you think this snake guy came from below?" I asked as he nodded. Grain leaned against me, " It's my only theory... We don't even know the full area of Central; it could be the size of a whole planet for all we know." he sighed as I nodded. 

 Iskall came back over to us, " Price is asleep." he whispered as he crawled into Grian's lap. The small Swede leaned against Grian and started to play with some toy grass blocks that he had. Grian decided to join in as well. 

 Before I knew it, I was alone with my thoughts again. I looked over at TFC as he and Ren started to talk. TFC was mumbling about how he was going to try the cure, and Ren was giving him a worried look as he cleaned Doc's slightly bloody face. 

 Rik was on the beds and was talking in a low voice to Price. The pig hybrid was nuzzled up against the kid. Zee was on the ground coloring in a notebook with Stress next to him.

 " Hey Stress?" Zee looked up at Stress. This caused her to look up and clear some hair out of her eyes, " Yes love?" she questioned with a small tilt of her head, " Can I be the next to turn back? I wanna go home...." Zee spoke with a low voice. Stress gave him a sad smile, " Sure you can buddy...." she sighed.

 We all continued to sit around and wait for Joe, X, and Mighty to come back up the stairs before we continued.