Rogue Crew(Old Version)

Chapter 11: It's Time We Have The Talk

Hueco Mundo, Morning, Ashido's New Hideout

Haelth woke up feeling tired and sore from the train last night. She stretches out her arms and legs loosening up her tight muscles.

"Haelth?" A voice quietly called out to her. Haelth saw Crona getting up from his sleep bag. She looked around and noticed that they were alone. Haelth starts to sweat a bit, but she tried to hide it by smiling and acting like everything is ok.

"Oh, h-hey Crona! How did y-you sleep late at night?" Haelth asked him smiling nervously. Crona not noticing nodded to Haelth. Haelth watches Crona's movements carefully. Snap at the Hollow indicated to Haelth that Crona wasn't quite fully sane. The Hollow that Crona crippled wasn't a threat to them and good as dead but Crona kept on stabbing it, torturing it to death. To Haelth Crona didn't seem to know what he was doing and just let raw emotion took control of him like-

Drop after drop of rain ran down poor Haelth's face and back as her sister kept on punching her. She screamed and shouted at her sister to stop but her sister kept on throwing punch after punch at her. Her left eye was swollen shut and her lip split open. She saw something glimmer and saw a knife on the table. Haelth dashed toward the table and grab at the knife. She heard her sister chasing after her. She has to defect herself bef-

"Haelth?" Crona's voice snapped her out of that flashback. Crona was kneeling down next to her woth his brow furrowed in worry.

"Y-yeah I'm fine Crona," Haelth answered, she forced herself to smile, "So a-anyhow are Sora and Ashido awake?" She changed the subject to move on from this experience.

Crona didn't look like he bought the act but he answered her, "They already awake and waiting for us down in the main hall."

"We better go and meet them," Haelth said starting to walk out of the room with Crona in the toe. Which Haelth was nervous about so she turned to him and said, "On second thought Crona let's go together! Better to be together than alone. Am I right?" Haelth laughed as she rubs the back of her head. Before Crona could say anything Haelth grabs his arm and drag to the main hall.

"Let's go!"

The new base was a network of tunnels dug out in a mountain. Special stones light their way as they made theirs to the main hall. There were a couple of caves that looked like someone used to live here before. Ashido told them a Vasto Lorde and their followers used to live here but they left a few years ago, but still, Hollows tended to keep away from this place in case they come back. The main hall has a stone table and a brightly lit room.

When they got to the main hall Sora and Ashido were already there waiting for them.

"You're late," Ashido's gruff voice greeted them as they entered.

Haelth scratches the back of her head and chuckled, "Sorry about that. It's my fault. I overslept and Crona stayed behind to help me." Crona hides from Ashido's glance behind Haelth which made her uncomfortable.

"Don't get into that habit. You need to be a light sleeper if you going to survive here," Ashido pointed out. "If not you'll be easy prey for Hollows." Haelth and Crona gulped at the thought of that.

"Y-yeah but didn't you say that this place was saved," Haelth questioned him.

He sighed, "For now, but there is really no safe place in Hueco Mundo," Ashido explained to them. Haelth gulped and looked down, taking all these words in. Fear crept into her heart and she felt her heart speeding up. So she decides to change the subject before things get out of hand.

Haelth coughed so she got everyone's attention, "So Ashido what did you want to talk to us about?" She asked Ashido.

Ashido stood up from his sent, "If you guys are going to stay here then I might as well teach how to survive around here." He begins, and so trio listened closely, "First I'm going to tell you the different class of Hollows. The ones you first fought/saw are called Menos. They are weaker Hollows but, don't let the guard down around them. Some have human intelligence and I have seen some soul reapers get killed by those monsters because they underestimate them. Then there are the Gillians. They were the ones that attack in the forest." Haelth flinched when she remembers Crona's break down at the forest, "The Hollows at this stage and have beast-like intelligent but they make up for it in sheer numbers."