Hearts and Heroes

Routine

When you woke up in the Hub once more, you felt like things weren't the same with Mark gone, the atmosphere thick with tension as everyone wondered if they'd ever see the dark haired gamer again.

You soon found Adira, Yael, and Jessie ready to go and waiting for you by the portal, Jessie armed with defender equipment while Yael held his mage staff in hand, Adira equipped with her warrior weapons.

"I swear if this ends up being another horror game..." You growled, leaving the threat hanging in the air unfinished as you and your friends stepped through the portal once more.

"Of course it's a horror game." Yael huffed in mild irritation.

You were all inside what looked like the neighbor's house from Hello Neighbor, except everything was dark.

"Let's just go. Split up?" Jessie spoke up, gesturing to the two split hallways in front of them.

"Sure, I'll take left with Yael, you and Adira go right." You instructed before going your separate ways with Yael close beside you.

"I've got a bad feeling about this." You muttered under your breath, wishing you had thought to bring a flashlight with you to better illuminate your surroundings.

"Brother Wake Up." Yael murmured in realization.

"We're in Brother Wake Up." Yael told you with a slight tinge of fear shining in his hazel eyes.

"We'll have to find the victim fast then before the Terrorlings find us." You stated grimly.

"There can't be many places they could be hiding." Yael reasoned.

"Wait." You hissed, stopping him in his tracks when you saw a bouncing yellow light grow closer towards you and him.

"Get ready." You instructed Yael quietly as you unsheathed your sword and watched the light approach.

Yael nodded as he readied his staff, following your gaze as he flexed his fingers.

A lanky white masked figure appeared with a lantern, running towards you and Yael with the intent to kill.

It was easy to take it out since it didn't have much defense, falling after a couple of spells and attacks.

You and Yael continues down the hall and turned the corner to find a bedroom, a short girl with shoulder length black hair with the ends dyed jade lying on a bed.

You weren't sure if she was sick or not since her skin was extremely pale, freckles peppered across her face.

"Hey, are you okay?" You whispered as you nudged her, relieved to see her eyes flutter open to look at you and Yael in confusion.

"Where am I?" She asked as she eyed you warily.

"It's a long story, we'll explain once we're out of here." You promised, offering her a hand up.

"What's your name?" You prompted as she took your hand and allowed you to lift her to her feet.

"Middy. Middy Selia." She replied with a nod.

"Nice to meet you! I'm Yael." Yael chimed in.

"C'mon, let's meet up with Adira and Jessie." You interjected, starting to leave the room.

Together you, Yael, and Middy left the room and darted down the hall, turning the corner.

"Ow!" You exclaimed as you ran into something, catching you off guard and making you fall back.

"I'm glad we ran into you." Jessie joked with a light smirk.

"We found them, now we can leave." You informed them, gesturing to Middy, who shyly waved in reply.

You jumped in surprise when a portal opened up next to you and your crew, two tall familiar Brits stepping through.

"Hello there, anyone call for a portal?" Phil asked with a smile, motioning for everyone to step through.

"Hi." Dan added, awkwardly waving at everyone as they stepped through.

"What are you guys doing here?" You asked Dan curiously, pausing at the entrance of the portal.

"We've been enlisted to help figure out what happened to Jack's Hub, as well as Felix, but he's back at Mark's hub." Dan explained.

"I hope we find Jack soon." You sighed as you stepped through, hoping the Irishman and Tim were okay.

"Me too." Dan agreed, looking around the place before shivering and exiting through the portal, glad to leave the nightmare-scape behind and never have to return.