Author's Note: More information on the Stumptverse prehermit meeting. The next pre-hermit!Stumpt that I do, that I will say, provides some detail to Rik's reasonings and their transportation.

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((Takes place a few hours before Prison Piggy))

 Rik's POV:

 My whole body burned as I slowly tried to get up. A weird, burning pain was in my head as I couldn't move any part of my body. What is happening? Why... Why can't I remember anything? 

 I managed to open one of my eyes. My neck ached as it was horribly strained from my head hanging down. I breathed heavily as I looked around the grey-bricked room. It looked like green vines hung down from the walls as I sat in a cold, iron chair. 

 My body continued to hurt as I tried to escape my binds. I breathed heavily as I lowered my head, " W..." my throat ached as I coughed out what looked like blood on my bare leg. I looked at the blood and remained silence. Whoever did this to me, they drugged me to the point where I can't move at all without being in destructive pain. 

 " You are awake..." a voice caused my skin to crawl. I tried to look towards my kidnapper, but my whole body hurt even more. A masked figure with a robotic eye walked in front of me; he had a really bad limp in one of his legs. 

 Struggling to move again, the ropes were digging into my arms as I whined. The man looked at me and lifted my head, " Your neck is pretty bruised.... " the man spoke as he cut the binds around my legs. The guy forced me to stand up and walk over to the wall. 

 " Wh...." I choked again and shook my head. The man sat me down onto the ground and studied the multiple injuries I was sporting. He shook his head with a snort, " You put up a pretty bad fight before you passed out." he lowered his eyes as stood up, " I'll be back with some food later." he left the room. 

 I.... I'm not going to stay here. I.... My head hurts real bad... I need to get home to the others, but I don't even know where home is now. I breathed heavily as I forced my back against the wall. My legs shook as I got up. 

 I forcibly carried my wounded self and leaned against the door in order to open it. My whole self burned as I walked towards the stairs. 

 I walked down the stairs and breathed quietly as I walked. I could hear my kidnapper talking to himself in a nearby room; his voice was angry and shaky.

 " I've got both Price and Rik here...  I wish I knew where.... I wish I knew where Ash and Jasmine were." The man mumbled. My heart sank as more memories came flooding back into me. I tried to block out even more of the pain as I thought about what this guy was doing to Price.

 Should I find out...? 

 N.... No... I need to get out of here. If I can get to Ash and Jasmine, we can get to Price and beat this guy... 

 I dragged my body and continued to make my way down the twisting hallway. Everything was spinning as I forced myself to continue. My mind became all fuzzy as I reached a door with some light on the other side.

 ((Unknown timeskip brought to you by Grian dancing with his parrots))

 I can't.... I can't remember what happened... This world isn't the same as the old one. Monsters... I got shot by.... skeletons? Skeletons.... They chased me down... The zombies and spiders ripped into me.

 It... Where am I? Why am I walking now? Where was I going? 

 Ash and Jasmine.... I needed to

 I needed to... 

 A light...

 A light in the distance. S-some.... Some sort of facility....? My body burned from the spider bites, and the arrows dug into my arm and let the blood pool into me. I breathed heavily as I forced my body forward. 

 I could see someone in the distance... A man.... It was late at night, but he was working. I tried to scream out for help, but I choked on my blood ridden spit. I managed to get close enough for him to notice me.

 " RIK?!"

 Ash...

 Ash ran to me as I collapsed to the ground. I stopped thinking as my eyes started to close again. Ash picked me up, " Rik.... Rik please stay with me!" he yelled as he carried me inside... 

 I blinked as blood seeped from my mouth. I coughed out what felt like my guts as my eyes closed again. 

 " Jasmine, Rik.... Rik is barely breathing.... He needs help..."