~3rd POV~

"Holy sh-"

"Grian! Oh no...no... no... no..." Mumbo yelled as he quickly scurried over to the others side.

He quickly stumbled to the floor allowing himself to collapse onto his knees in front of the others motionless body.

"Grian?" Mumbo whispered, completely oblivious to the growing crowd around him.

His hands swiftly but gently lifted his head off the ground in precise movements that no one had ever thought he was capable of. But this was important to him. This meant the world to him. This was delicate.

Grian's skin was ice cold, it felt as though it had turned to porcelain yet still... skin? It felt to lifeless but yet it pulsed with energy. Throughout it was cracks that seeped with the magenta ooze of the 'Rift' .

"Grian please wake up...." The ravenette's voice was quickly littered with pauses and hiccups as tears slowly fell down his face... then he moved.

"M-Mumbo?" Grian's voice was rasp, his throat sounding swollen and raw, it cut through the silence like a knife. Yet no one dared to speak incase he spoke again and was left unheard.

"Hey... hey! Y-yeah I'm right here. You're ok...." Mumbo's voice was gentle yet still full of hicks and hiccups.

Grian didn't respond back he just nestled into the other's suit shirt, his eyes not daring to open, scared of what he'd find. Scared that it was all a trick. All a cruel mind game he was being placed into. But he didn't really care... as long as it felt real, it was real.

"We should head back to Pearl's... the others have probably either burned it down or really are concerned by now." Impulse pointed out from behind the ravenette, he seemed to have the red eyed blonde passed out on his back.

"He's right. We also shouldn't be to close to that thing...." X sighed as he ushered the small group out of the cavern.

~Grian POV~

"What's the chance someone's dead?"

"Pretty high."

"Didn't Ren and Jevin tie Doc to a chair when we were leaving?"

"I think so?"

"Why were they up at this hour?"

"It's Ren and Jevin."

"Fair."

The voices quickly faded away as an overwhelming ring settled into its place. I thought it would pass. Just a simple little ring then it'd be gone in a few seconds. But it didn't pass. It just got louder.

Everything was dulling away as the ringing engulfed everything in my mind. I couldn't even hear myself think anymore.

ℸ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ ╎ᓭリ'ℸ ̣ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ᒷリ↸ ̇/ᒷꖎᑑ⚍ᔑ. ℸ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ ╎ᓭ 𝙹リꖎ|| ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ʖᒷ⊣╎リリ╎リ⊣.

リ𝙹∴ ||𝙹⚍'∷ᒷ ╎リ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ╎∷ ⍑ᔑリ↸ᓭ. ∴ᒷꖎᓵ𝙹ᒲᒷ ⍑𝙹ᒲᒷ.

Those last few words seemed to linger, words I had been told countless times during an era of my life I wish to never come back to. The language I wished to forget. And the stupid promises they had guarantied me. But of course, it was all a lie.

Nothing more than a facade that kept the Admin from getting suspicious, well until they crossed the line. It truly is sad though. The fact they only stepped in when an Admin went missing.

"╎ ∴ᔑリリᔑ ⊣𝙹 ⍑𝙹ᒲᒷ ᒲ⚍ᒲʖ||... !¡ꖎᒷᔑᓭᒷ..." Those words were uttered aloud and gained a decent few questioning glances.

"∴⍑ᒷリ ∴ᒷ ∴ᒷ∷ᒷ ||𝙹⚍リ⊣ᒷ∷... ʖᒷ⎓𝙹∷ᒷ ℸ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ ᔑꖎꖎ ⍑ᔑ!¡!¡ᒷリᒷ↸. ℸ ̣ ⍑ᔑℸ ̣ ∴ᔑᓭ ᔑ ᒲ⚍ᓵ⍑ リ╎ᓵᒷ∷ ℸ ̣ ╎ᒲᒷ... ⍑⚍⍑..." I continued to whisper weakly to Mumbo, as though he understood the words I said, though I knew for a fact no one around me understood a single thing I uttered. But that's ok... I always liked talking to myself anyway... it's nice.

ᔑꖎ∴ᔑ||ᓭ ꖌリᒷ∴ ||𝙹⚍ ∴ᒷ∷ᒷ ᔑ ℸ ̣ ᔑꖎᒷリℸ ̣ ᒷ↸ 𝙹リᒷ... ᔑリ↸ ᔑ⎓ℸ ̣ ᒷ∷ ᔑꖎꖎ ℸ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ ℸ ̣ ╎ᒲᒷ ||𝙹⚍ ᓭℸ ̣ ╎ꖎꖎ ∷ᒷᒲᒷᒲʖᒷ∷ 𝙹⚍∷ ꖎᔑリ⊣⚍ᔑ⊣ᒷ?

╎ℸ ̣ 'ᓭ ᔑリ ⍑𝙹リ𝙹⚍∷! ᒷᓭ!¡ᒷᓵ╎ᔑꖎꖎ|| ⎓∷𝙹ᒲ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ⎓╎∷ᓭℸ ̣ ᔑリ↸ 𝙹リꖎ|| 𝙹⎓ ╎ℸ ̣ 'ᓭ ꖌ╎リ↸...

ʖ⚍ℸ ̣ ╎ ⊣⚍ᒷᓭᓭ !¡ᒷᔑᓵᒷ リᒷ⍊ᒷ∷ ↸𝙹ᒷᓭ ꖎᔑᓭℸ ̣ ꖎ𝙹リ⊣... ↸𝙹ᒷᓭ ╎ℸ ̣ ̇/ᒷꖎᑑ⚍ᔑ?

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Why do I keep making these at like 11pm when I have class the next day- anyway! I've somehow managed to keep a daily upload schedule so we're trying to keep that going! Hopefully?

~Word Count: 767~