Author's Note:

 *Mighty is curled up next to an ornament with a tiny S and Q inside; the hybrid's tail is wrapped protectively around it with a sign against her, " Some more little hermits.... Probably just going to do Grian and False unless an idea comes for the others when they die.... Enjoy. "*

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 Zedaph's POV:

 Zzz... 

 ZZZZZzzz... 

 Sniffle.... 

 " Ahababa?" 

 Wha...? 

 " Aaaahbababa?" 

 A small thing grabbed a hold on my face as a heavy weight climbed onto me. I opened my eyes slowly. I looked into a pair of red eyes. My whole body tensed up as I forced myself to sit up. The toddler rolled off of me and laid down at the other side of the bed. 

 " Mrrrrr...." the blond toddler purred at me and licked  at his tail. I frowned, " Tango? But you and Impulse should be all gray and dead..." I mumbled as a small weight was against my shoulder. I turned my head towards a small Impulse in his black and grey creeper shirt. 

 Impulse nuzzled against me, " Hi Zeph...." I sighed as Impulse sat down next to me. I sighed at my small friend, " What happened to you two? I saw the death message earlier today." I moved Impulse's hair out of his soot covered face. 

 " We die.... and we ended up in grave y-yard... then Doc show up and try to take us somewhere..." Impulse mumbled as he recollected what happened. Impulse leaned off of me and crawled over to Tango, who had started to fall asleep on top of the blankets. Impulse laid next to the demon, " Doc take us to weird place, and we see the others that were... dead but like us..." he started to slow down as he rubbed his head. 

 Impulse went on to discuss how he and Tango had their blood taken from Doc, and how Grian was studying how they were acting. Tango eventually got incredibly bad and burned the two before grabbing Impulse and teleporting them here. 

 I looked down at Tango as he purred and wagged his tail. The hermit slightly woke up at the mention of his name before falling back asleep. Impulse hugged against Tango, " Mr Doc n Grian were mean... The others didn't mind though... Ren told us to stay and be safe, but we didn't listen to him." Impulse almost sounded proud in getting away from Doc and Grian. 

 " You shouldn't have ran away though Impulse... What if you two got hurt?" I questioned as Impulse tiredly huffed, " We wouldn't.... Tango knew what he was doin'..." he mumbled as he started to drift off. I sighed as I took a blanket that they weren't sleeping on and wrapped them up in it. 

 This was.... Well, I don't really have that great of a way to describe it. Why would someone make the Demised people young? What purpose did that serve? Why was Doc even in the grave yard? I sighed as I leaned back against the bedframe. I had only been awake for a few minutes and everything has gone to insanity. 

 I stood up and stretched. I needed to call Doc and see what exactly was happening. The room was cold as I walked over to my dresser and picked up my communicator. After typing in Doc's number, I leaned against the wall with a sigh as the call picked up.

 " Hello? Zedaph?" Doc's voice came from the other side with a sigh. I explained to him about what Impulse relayed to me. Doc let out another sigh, " My head still hurts from that fire... Look, Grian and I got what we needed from them... Just... keep Impulse and Tango hidden from the others. We're still trying to find a way to change everyone back that doesn't require all of us to turn young." he hissed. We both exchanged goodbyes as Doc hung up. 

 I sighed again as I looked towards Tango and Impulse. The two were shuffling around it their sleep until Tango started to thrash and kick. Tango's nose started to flare up as he kicked around. I frowned as I approached the sleeping demon as fire came out of his mouth in a short burst. 

 Yes, I did yelp in surprise and leap back. Well, okay, I may have almost toppled over too, but that's not as important. I sighed as I continued to walk to Tango and pulled him from his the fort of blankets that I built. 

 Tango's body was steaming as he started to shake. A small whine escaped from him as he kicked at me, " Tango, Tango please cous... I got you..." I whispered to him as I hugged the small demon. Tango coughed out some smoke as I sighed and carried him to the bathroom. 

Tango was still shaking as steam continued to rise off of his skin and baggy clothes. I laid him down in the tub causing him to slowly stop shaking. The demon opened his eyes and started to scratch at the wall of the tub. He squeaked as his tail shook.

 " You were having a nightmare Tango and almost on fire." I calmly explained as Tango's ears lowered. He whimpered as he tried to climb out of the tub but fell back down just as quickly. Tango clawed at the walls and whimpered.

 " Impaba!" Tango whined as his ears went back. A small flame came out of his mouth as he stared at me pitifully, " I know that you want to go to Impulse, but you need to cool down, okay?" I told him as he whined more. 

 I looked at Tango as he sat up and started to bite at his tail, " Look, do you want to play in the water?" I motioned to the tap as Tango sniffled. Tango slowly nodded his head as he mumbled tiredly. 

 It took a few minutes, but I got the little demon out of his very much tattered and ruined clothes. The water flowed around Tango causing his body to shiver as his tail thrashed. I cleaned the dirt and soot off of Tango's body. He thrashed around as he panted, " Mrrr..." he purred slightly as I managed to get him clean enough to see his face again. 

 Tango's tail shook as I put some shampoo into the tuft of brown fur, " Mrrr...." he put his cheek onto my arm as his tail shook more. I finished cleaning the inside of his ears, " Alright, here's some toys while I figure out what to do now..." I put some rubber ducks into the tub causing Tango's ears to perk up. 

 The little Tango played with the ducks as my communicator beeped. I looked at the incoming message from none other than Docm, " Hey, so, Iskall and Grian managed to convince Netty, Martyn, and Bigb to help with the growing army of little hermits. " he typed with a small smiley face on the end. Doc also told me that he would drop Tango's and Impulse's new clothes off in a few minutes. I typed back and told him that I'd be waiting patiently. 

 ((Timeskip brought to you by dead!Impulse standing in front of a tied up TFC)) 

 I got Tango dried off and dressed him in the onesie that Doc had sent over. Tango crawled around as his ears twitched, " Mrrrr." the onesie had some small slits in them that caused some steam to flow out. 

 I carried Tango back to the bed and set him down. Tango sneezed and whimpered as he flopped down next to Impulse. Impulse was still fast asleep with a little twitch occasionally. I finished the little Impulse out of the blankets causing Tango to hiss.

 " I'm just going to get him fixed up..." I reassured the demon causing Tango to hiss again. I gave him a plush causing Tango to curl around it while hissing. It took a few minutes, but I got Impulse cleaned up from the soot that he was covered in. 

 Something was off with Impulse though. He had many scorch marks that caused him to twitch when I cleaned them out. After I finished, I got little Impulse into his new clothes causing him to twitch slightly. The hermit didn't wake up the whole time I was cleaning him up. 

 I carried Impulse back to the bedroom and laid him back down onto the bed. Tango reattached himself to the sleeping Impulse. I covered the two back up in the blankets causing Tango to purr and nuzzle Impulse. Tango was out like a light once Impulse was back with him. 

 I sat back down onto the deck and sighed. Who could've done this? I can't even trust Doc right now despite the small bit of help I got from him. I want to turn Tango and Impulse back, but I don't even know where to start. 

 The best thing that I can probably do is watch after my friends and make sure that they don't get hurt. I sighed as I laid back down in bed tiredly. I yawned as I slowly closed my eyes again. The last thing I saw before I drifted off again was little Tango and Impulse wiggling over  to me and sleeping against my sides.