"One minute until night time," said Hydrus.

"CRAP!" shouted Cancer.

"This way!" Taurus ran down the long hallway and reached for the door. It glowed blue. "Dead end!" Taurus ran back.

Team red ran down the left hallway. Then end of the hallway branched off into three sections. There was a door at the end of the left and right hallways. Aquarius and Taurus split up and sprinted down the hallways.

"Thirty seconds until night time. Tick, tock, tick, tock, the clock is ticking."

"SHUT UP!" screamed Aquarius. Then he reached for the door. It glowed green.

"OVER HERE!" screamed Taurus. Aquarius and Cancer sprinted over to Taurus. She held the door open.

"Ten... nine... eight..."

Aquarius and Cancer ran in the room and closed the door.

"That was close," said Taurus.

"I'm surprised we haven't seen very many monsters lately," said Aquarius.

"We killed a lot of them earlier, especially Moncer," said Taurus. "Maybe we killed a lot so now there's not a whole lot left."

"Moncer gets really angry. I don't know why," said Cancer. Then the lights shut off. The music over the speakers shut off too. The three zodiacs climbed into bed.

"I hate that music. It's annoying," said Taurus.

"Hydrus plays a lot of love songs and songs about friendship. What an asshole!" said Aquarius.

"I wish Hydrus told us how many more bosses and monsters we have left to fight," said Cancer.

"Me too!" agreed Taurus.

"I'm scared to find one of those magic tiles that we were told about. I wonder what they do," said Aquarius.

"No doubt something bad," said Taurus.

"Ophiuchus told us that they teleport you and stuff. I hope it doesn't teleport you in a room full of monsters," said Cancer.

"Yeah. We'll just have to be careful. Goodnight guys." Aquarius kissed Taurus before going to sleep.

***

Aries and Leo were cuddling in bed.

"I missed you," said Leo.

"I missed you too," said Aries. Then Leo started tickling her stomach. "No! Don't!"

"You're so ticklish. I'm barely doing anything," said Leo.

"AHAHAHAHAHA! I CAN'T BREATHE!" screamed Aries.

"Are you ticklish here?" asked Leo while tickling Aries' neck.

"AHAHAHAHAHA STOP IT!"

"What about here?" Leo tickled her arm pits.

"AHAHAHAHAHAHA AHAHAHAHAHAHA MY STOMACH HURTS!"

Leo stopped tickling Aries. Then Aries tried to tickle Leo. Leo looked at Aries and grinned.

"Are you trying to tickle me?" asked Leo.

"What? What if I do THIS!" Then Aries tickled Leo's neck.

"Aries this is sad."

"How are you not ticklish? Aha! I know!" Then Aries crawled under the covers and tickled Leo's feet.

"That feels nice. It's like a massage," said Leo.

Aries gave up and crawled back out of the covers. "What's your secret?"

"You see, I actually am ticklish. You just suck at tickling." Aries elbowed him. "Ow."

"Well... you suck at kissing!" retorted Aries. It wasn't true but Aries was desperate for a comeback.

"Oh really?" asked Leo who smirked at her.

"Yeah! Here, maybe it will help if you practice a bit."

Leo chuckled. "If you say so."

***

Team blue looked at each other in fear.

"NOOOOO! NOT THIS SHIT AGAIN!" screamed Gemini.

"We're locked out," said Pisces in disbelief. They were in the corner of a hallway.

"SHHHH! Do not attract attention," whispered Scorpio.

"We need to find a hiding spot," whispered Pisces. Then a bunch of wind lifted them and and pressed them against the ceiling. A small current kept them in place. The wind current started just below them, so monsters passing by wouldn't notice it.

"As long as they don't look up, we'll be safe," whispered Gemini.

"But if they see us, we're screwed," whispered Scorpio.

"EHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE."

The three zodiacs almost shrieked. Then a monster walked by. It was covered in torn black clothing with a black hood on. It laughed creepily as it walked down the hallway with a chainsaw. Don't look up, don't look up, don't look up! Thought Scorpio.

"EHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE!" The monster walked past them. No one dared breathe until the could no longer hear its footsteps.

"That was close," whispered Pisces.

Then Sagittarius walked around the corner. His eyes were glowing red and his fire arrows were ready to fly. Team blue nervously looked
at each other.

Sagittarius stopped underneath them. He looked around. He was about to look up when he heard a pair of footsteps. Sagittarius turned and saw Capricorn.

"Any luck?" asked Capricorn.

"Nope," replied Sagittarius.

Capricorn pulled a screen out of her pocket. "Only two rooms are in use. The other zodiacs should be around here somewhere." Then Capricorn turned around and walked down a different hallway. Sagittarius sighed and continued walking forward.

"EHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE!" a creepy cackle echoed off the walls. Pisces and Gemini held hands, to comfort each other.

***

Afterwards, the dead zodiacs were in space.

"Wow. Pretty stars," said Virgo.

"Why can't dream world or wherever the heck we are take us to a volcano?" asked Sagittarius.

"I guess it's random. I haven't seen the stars all around me since before we became humans," said Capricorn.

"No one died in a while. That frightens me," said Libra.

"Why?" asked Sagittarius.

"Because Hydrus and Ophiuchus are likely planning something," replied Libra.

"I'm sad that I'm dead, but I'd rather be dead than watch one of my friends die," said Capricorn.

"Is this all we get to do for the rest of our lives?" Virgo crossed his arms. "I'm not okay with just walking around these halls all the time. I promised that I'd have kids and then they will be best friends with Libby and Cappy's kids! I can't break that promise!"

The radio turned on and music started playing.

"Ugh, we're going to wake up soon." Sagittarius frowned.

"We don't get a lot of time to sleep. Aren't our bodies going to get tired?" asked Capricorn.

"Maybe the collar keeps us awake or something. But the more tired our bodies are, the weaker we'll be when we fight or friends," said Libra.

"Wait. If someone died tonight, wouldn't they be here with us right now?" asked Virgo.

"Maybe not. It takes a while for Ophiuchus to adjust the collar. If they died tonight, they'd be here with us by tomorrow," replied Capricorn.