Previously on Project HermitVengers:

Joe got stuck- Poor Joe.

New Years comes around, and Ren learns why you don't poke the sleeping Bdubs!

Alex has a crisis but Zed acts as a therapist friend <3

Grian gets trauma-

And we see a bit of Steve Rogers and Sam Wilson, and learn a bit of why that vaguely mentioned street was blocked.

Moving on to the Voids...

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It started as a normal conversation while looking for breakfast.

Alex and Xisuma were walking side by side, bickering and bantering as usual. Then it just... kinda happened.

Suddenly pausing, the brunet gently pulled Alex into an alley, startling him a bit.

"You know, you don't have to keep trying to avoid me, we're supposed to be a team." Xisuma said, sounding a little too somber.

"You don't have to follow me everywhere." Alex shrugged, not thinking much of the presented issue.

He didn't expect Xisuma to huff like that.

"What?"

"And you don't have to get upset when I'm trying to help."

Alex rolled his eyes a bit, "It's not really that helpful."

"... then please explain to me what is helpful to you, if you know exactly what you need."

Joe glanced over his shoulder back at the waving Cleo. "Pfft- Yeah, that last bit of pizza's gonna be gone."

"With Cleo and Ren there? Yup." Bdubs snorted, lightly tapping Joe's shoulder with knuckles. "Hurry up, Alex and X are probably hun- ...gry..."

He trailed off as he saw something across the street, his expression changing to a worried frown. Joe followed his gaze, and it took a moment to process what he was seeing.

In an alley, fortunately away from most people, were the two Voids seeming to be in a screaming match, yelling at each other things that Joe wasn't sure he wanted to know about. He and Bdubs exchanged nervous looks before either could find the words.

"Should... we do somethin'?" Joe whispered.

"I... I don't know. I haven't seen either of them yell like that before."

Looking at each other again, Bdubs went to turn around, to Joe's confusion.

"Let's tell the others- I don't wanna know what it's like to interrupt those two during an actual argument."

Seeing the two running back immediately worried the group, and their expressions didn't help. Ren stopped mid-conversation with Zed, Impulse, and Tango to look over at them, feeling very uncomfortable with the looks of panic on their faces.

"Joe, Bdubs? What's up?" Iskall asked, standing up and starting to walk over.

"The Voids- They're arguing..." Joe got out through pants. "Not like usual- like, they're mad, both of them!"

"How mad??"

"Like, fully YELLIN' at each other!"

"What can we do?"

Joe shrugged at Cleo's question. "I asked him that but-"

He looked over at Bdubs, who was too deep in thought to respond.

"-all he said was to come over here to tell y'all."

Tango fiddled with the ring Impulse had gotten him, unable to get the image in his mind of the two brothers actually yelling at each other. "Should we even ask them about it when they get back...?"

"Ask who about what?"

The group jumped, heads whipping around to look at the disgruntled Alex and oddly stoic Xisuma.

"Nothing! Hey, uh- You two like sushi? I-We saw a sushi place nearby, maybe we should all try to get something there?" Impulse said hastily, standing up and messing with the necklace Zed had gotten him.

The two just grunted in unison, then glared at each other.

Oh... Oh boy.

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Whi- No, Cub, hadn't felt this good in a long time.

When was the last time he could remember being outside? Feeling the wind in his hair, through his fingers and clothes... he'd never paid that much attention to the wind before.

He glanced at the trees and ferns, smiling as he did. He missed plants, the pretty green that reminded him of Scar's eyes, Scar's powers...

He hoped Scar was okay.

"Cub?"

Jumping a bit, Cub looked over at False with wide eyes. The two had met up after escaping, deciding to stick together just in case HYDRA tried anything.

"Oh- sorry, wasn't paying attention."

False chuckled. "It's alright, you just looked sad."

"Oh."

They kept walking in silence for a few more minutes, the quiet being both soothing and a bit awkward.

"Where'd you live before HYDRA got you?" Cub blurted out, half stuck between his own thoughts and trying to start a conversation.

Slightly caught off guard, False needed a moment to answer. 

"Sorry, I get it if you don't wanna answer."

Seeing the guy's panic, False just snorted. "It's fine, really. Man, I haven't really thought about home in a while... Used to live in the UK. Parents moved to America... a year or two before HYDRA... yeah."

"Yeah... I used to live in Illinois until I was.... Five or six? Then moved to California." Cub smiled, tugging at his thin and torn clothes. "Have a friend that's hopefully still there."

"Hope you find him, man." False said as she put a hand on his shoulder.

"Yeah... me too."

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Scar sat at his window, frowning. He didn't want to move away from California, he never did. Not if Cub wasn't going to be here. But... his parents insisted to start everything over again.

'I miss you.... Where are you?'

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What a nice healthy dose of p a i n :,) - Silva

Uhm .w. ANYWAY- Hope you've all had wonderful days, evenings, and nights- Goodbye! <3 - Medeis 

- CinnabonSys (apologizes for the shorter chapter, luckily some more... filling things are coming :>)