Back for Blood

Back for Blood Part 2

Author note: Grian is worried, Mumbo might be jelly, and Taurtis is scared. Ellen's fine btw. I just thought it would be kind of weird for the story to start off with Grian meeting his ex in front of Mumbo.

Taurtis POV

I was plunged into nightmares as soon as I passed out.

Sam stood in front of me, killing all our friends. Dom, J, Pete, Silly. He laughed as he tore the knife out of Silly's broken form.

Yuki stepped up behind him. Her eyes were glowing red.

"Wait, my love." She whispered. "You can kill soon enough." Sam wrapped his arm around her waist.

"Alright. But if we see Taurtis, he's dead." Sam spoke gently.

She nodded. "Anything for you, my beloved rabbit." The stood on her toes and kissed Sam's cheek, as the limp corpses of my friends lay around them.

I gasped and sat up. Where?..

I was in a bed, in a weird building. Round, made of white concrete and glass. The ocean swirled around, and a turtle poked its head towards the window and looked in. Then it swam on.

A firework above me caught my attention. I looked up and saw Grian, with that guy he came with earlier. They landed beside my bed.

"Hey. How you doing?" Grian asked gently, sitting on the edge of my bed. His friend stood behind him, worry glinting in his eyes.

"I'm fine." I lied. "How's it been going with you? Gonna introduce me to your friend?"

Grian smiled slightly. "This is Mumbo." His voice trailed off.

I raised an eyebrow. "That all?" I asked.

Grian sighed. "Alright, my boyfriend. Happy?" 

I weakly grinned. My throat hurt from the bruises that Sam had left, and I winced in pain slightly.

Grian noticed. "You alright?" He asked. I nodded.

Mumbo pulled out a small, red vial. "I have some healing potion." He said as he handed it to me. I drank it greatfuly.

The Hermits watched, concern lighting their gazes. 

"Okay." Grian said, as I finished. "I think we need an explanation. What happened?"

I sighed. I really didn't want to relive the past few weeks.

"Alright." I caved in.

"A few weeks ago, Yuki came back."

Grian shot up in surprise.

"Who's Yuki?" Mumbo asked.

"She's a person we went to school with." Grian answered. "She's also a phsycopathic murderer, who killed several of our friends. She tried to commit suicide, but I guess she didn't die."

I laughed coldly. "No, she didn't die. Sam came home from school one day with Yuki. I told him to get her out, but he didn't listen. Sam hid her at our house, and he slowly went insane under her influence, like before.

"But this time, it was worse.

"She came to school with him one day, and..." I broke off.

Grian placed his hand on mine. "You don't have to go on." Mumbo's eyes wandered to where Grian's hand met mine.

I shook my head. "I'm fine. He killed Soul in class, Carl and Freddy after school, and Invader in the evening when she tried to stop him from hurting Silly."

"He also killed Mr. Dorito, though I can't say I'm sad to see him go. And I'd also guess he and Yuki killed Pete, because he hasn't been at the station or around town for days."

They stared. I looked down at my hands, still slightly red from the blood.

"Sam tried to get me to join him, but I didn't. He tried to kill me." I gestured to my throat. "But Ellen stopped him.

Grian winced at the mention of her name.

"Who's that?" Mumbo asked.

"Ellen... Sorta... Kinda... Dated me for a bit." Grian awkwardly admitted.

Mumbo was quiet for a bit. "So where is she now?" He asked.

I shrugged my shoulders, which hurt a bit. "I don't know. She got me here, then left. Said there was somebody who could bring me back."

Mumbo frowned. "Do you know anyone who can do that Gri?" He asked.

"No." I could tell Grian was thinking.

Another person flew in. Warm brown hair, green eyes, fair skin. He looked a bit like Sam honestly. The thought made me shudder.

"Hey Wither!" Mumbo called. Wither ran up to us.

"Hey guys. What's going on?" He asked.

"Unless." Grian stopped. 

"Wither." He asked. "Bit of a random question, but can you summon portals?"

Wither nodded. "Yeah, but it's draining. I usually pass out afterwards. Why?"

A smile formed on Grian's face. "Because now we have a way to get to Akademi High." 

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Grian POV

We stood in the shopping district. Wither was getting ready to summon the portal.

I looked over at Taurtis. "We'll get through this." He nodded but didn't seem reassured.

Mumbo stood beside me. He was watching us. I got the feeling he was a bit uncomfortable.

After much debate among the Hermits, we decided that Taurtis, Mumbo, Wither and I would go and try to stop Sam. A lot of people had volunteered, but we were the ones chosen.

"Okay." Wither's voice brought me to my attention. "I'm ready."

He placed his hand on the ground and muttered a few words in a language I didn't understand. In front of him, a rift of darkness opened up.

We all jumped through to face Sam and Yuki once and for all.