Author's Note: The next bit. EX's body is a essence of intimidation. Also the third POV swaps to someone's problem.

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(An hour or two later brought to you by the author being untied)

 Iskall's POV:

 It took a while for the others to arrive causing the three of us to stand up and greet them. Tango and Joe were probably not used to wearing helmets, so the two had taken the helmets off in order to see the world clearly and not through a color gradient.

 " We're sorry for being a bit late ya'll...." Joe (EX) spoke in a calm manner. He was also using the way he normally spoke despite it still having a British accent. Mumbo told Joe he had no need to apologize.

 Tango looked around and ran a hand through his brown-ish blond hair, " Where's Evil X and X at?" he questioned as he moved to fix his black vest.

 I pointed down to the cage we were next to. The group of four looked down at the cage and grimaced at the sight of Joe's body.

 " Is Void alright?" Joe questioned as he cocked his head to the side. I nodded slightly, " Just some scrapes and bruises. You'll most likely feel them when you swap back, so be prepared for that." I shook my head as Joe nodded.

 Tango sat down on top of one of Grian's chests, " What about X though? Didn't he say that he with you guys? Heck, where's Biffa and TFC at for that matter?" he put a hand to his chin in thought. 

 Grian explained what happened between X and his brother causing Joe's and Zedaph's shoulders to droop. Tango's and Impulse's shoulders did the opposite as Impulse balled up his fists.

 " That son-of-a- MMMPH?!" Joe had slapped his hand over Impulse's (Zedaph's) mouth. The two men looked at each other.  Joe narrowed his red eyes causing Impulse to nod in silent agreement as Joe took to his away and crossed his arms.

 Impulse moved behind Zedaph with a nervous twitch. Joe sighed, " The only perk that this body has is calmin' others down through intimidation...." he shook his head, " I don't want to scare nobody...." he leaned against the wall. 

 " You aren't s-scaring anybody." Impulse (Zedaph) nervously twitched as he held on to Zedaph's shoulders. Joe let out another sigh, " Yeah I did. I just spooked you...." he mumbled with an ashamed look. Zedaph and Impulse went to reassure Joe that he did nothing wrong as Tango shook his head.

 Tango stood by the three of us, " Joe had this next to him when the two of us woke up." he held up a black book. Mumbo's eye glowed as he shook his head and took a staggering step back. I looked at my own eye as Mumbo moved his hand up to it and shook slightly. Grian quickly grabbed a hold of him.

 " That book is...... How do you explain this Iskall?" Mumbo looked towards me as I raised my eyebrow. I thought for a moment as the answer came quickly " Your eye, my eye, is glowing because that accursed book is radiating with powerful energy. " I explained with a snarl towards the book. 

 Grian took the book from Tango and dropped it into his inventory. The energy seemed to have lifted because Mumbo stood up straight as the eye stopped glowing.

 I looked back towards Evil X and noticed that he had fallen asleep. He was frowning and twitching, " No...no...no....no...." he was mumbling as some tears had started to form as he breathed heavily. 

 Mumbo walked over to the caged man and kneeled down next to the cage. He looked back at us, " We need to wake him up!" he frowned as everyone looked at each other. 

 " How though?" Grian questioned as he kneeled down next to Mumbo. I moved to the other side of the cage. 

 I moved my hand through the bars and started to gently shake Evil X, " Skinny arms." I answered smugly as Grian frowned, " Those are my arms though." he smirked as we both chuckled. This laughter stopped as I continued to shake Evil X's sleeping self.

 The hermit-possessing man jumped awake and tried to bite at my hand. I yanked my arm out of the cage with a panicked yelp. 

 " Don't fucking touch me!" EX (Joe) shouted as he stared at me with an animalistic look on his face. I crossed my arms, " You were having a nightmare....." I told him causing EX to look down, " No I wasn't..... Leave me the hell alone." he spat as he tried to get up, but his body refused to move due to the injuries and weight of the chains.

 The three of us sadly looked at each other and walked towards Python when he called us all back to the center of the base. 

 " Alright.... We need to find the book that swapped us all and figure out the spell to get us back." Python (TFC) sighed as he rubbed the bridge of his nose awkwardly. I looked towards the others as Mumbo backed away with Grian holding him. 

 I nodded at this sign and brought the very book out. Tango explained to the others that Joe and him woke up with it nearby. 

 Python took the book, " We can't simply just use this...." he sighed as he fixed his glasses. Stress looked down at him in confusion, " I know the book has incredible power, but why can't we simply find the spell to fix us?" they questioned.

 I coughed, " The spell that EX used easily backfired making him swap along with us. What could the counter spell do to whoever casts it?" my arms crossed as I spoke. Stress (Biffa) gave me a sad expression.

 " We need someone with strong magical connection to casts the spell, and if something went wrong we need the rest of us ready for action." Grian spoke as he held Mumbo up. Python (TFC) looked at the two and immediately dropped the book into his inventory.

 Grian helped Mumbo stand up. The two looked at each other and sighed.

 " So, we just need to wait for X, TFC, and Biffa to return before we talk about the way to get us back then?" Tango (X) questioned as the rest of us nodded. 

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 No POV:

 X sat alone on the beach close to Grian's base. He thankfully got there before Tango's elytra broke, and the tears had fallen from his red eyes.

 " X Sumis!?" he heard Biffa (Stress) call out for him as he lowered his head deeper into his arms. Biffa soon landed on the sand behind him and walked up to sit by his side.

 " I don't mean to be rude, but go away Biffa...." X sighed as he felt a hand on his shoulder. X looked up to Biffa's eyes, " I'm not going to leave you X...." they whispered as X looked away.

 The two sat there on the beach for what felt like a day, but it was really a few minutes. Biffa stood up, " What your brother said was awful man...." they mumbled with a shake of their head.

 X had lifted his head and ran his hand through his hair, " but you shouldn't carry that burden all on you. He said something stupid...." Biffa held their hand out to X and X took it gently. 

 The swapped hermit sighed, " You're..... You're right....." he whispered under his breath. X was incredibly hurt by the words spoken to him by his own flesh and blood, but there was a mission at hand that should come first before he tackled his own feelings. 

 X needed to get everyone back to normal.

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 More No POV:

 Evil X laid there in the cage. His body was on fire as he looked out the small bars of his cage. 

 The stupid, stupid hermits had all gathered away from him giving him some peace. Why would that Iskall guy dare wake him up? 

 He didn't care about him. No one did for the matter.

 All EX had ever known was being thrown around by the others. His glowing eyes made him standoff-ish, and his cracked skin that radiated with dark energy was also bad. The good news was that that 'Joe' hermit was actually maintaining the dark energy within him well.

 EX wouldn't admit this out loud to anyone other then the voices that clouded his mind, but he was afraid if that 'Joe' guy were to freak out and experience stronger emotions. He hoped that the world wouldn't do that to him. In fact, he prayed to those watching him that it wouldn't happen.