Rehabilitate and Adapt

Return

Someone requested I post the last chapters from the original story here so it's easier to follow along and I got sick of switching between books so this is just the last chapter of the original book. If you already read the original, feel free to skip this chapter.

Previously on Rehabilitate and Adapt...

The hermits, minus Scar, Cub, and Gria, sat around a meeting table.

Gria had vanished two weeks ago. Scar had a day after that. 

Then it hit the entire sever that, oh crud, Scar had been a shifter this entire time.

But then the question arose. What happened to their Scar? Did the shifter glitch Scar out of the server? But why didn't Scar just rejoin then?

The only sign of Gria was a broken elytra that washed up on shore. It had been rigged to explode, but no death message had popped up. 

So what happened to her?

Then came the disappearance of Cub. The war had been put on halt as hermits attempted to do research and investigate the case.

At the grind site, a bloody shovel had been found. After testing the blood, it was found that it was Cub's. 

As the hermits yelled at each other, all trying to make a point, X could be seen, investigating the coding. 

His frustration grew as he saw Scar, Cub, and Gria were still on the server.

None of them had said a thing in chat. Their communicators were all offline, either by glitch or destruction.

Then, as he was staring at the command screens, Gria's came online.

His reaction was a yelp of surprise. This drew the attention of everyone, who all went silent and looked at him and his holographic screen.

Seconds after the activity numbers popped up, everyone's communicators buzzed.

Xisuma flipped his wrist and pulled up a hologram version of his communicator. 

[Gria] hey guys, its me cub, gria broke her communicator and i fixed it

The room exploded. Everybody was yelling at each other.

Xisuma slammed down his fist, catching everyone's attention.

"Calm. Down. We will get an explanation, I'm sure of it."

The group went silent, beyond Iskall tapping the table anxiously with his pencil.

[Gria] i have scar with me as well... bring 3 elyta+fireworks to (insert coordinates)?

Wels was the quickest to respond.

[Welsknight] we'll be right there

The group rushed to gather the gear needed and headed to the location. Everyone was jumpy to what they would find. 

One by one the group set off towards the coordinates, three of them having extra elytra in their inventories.

For a while, they thought there was nothing, just ocean. Then Joe yelled something about seeing and island and everyone's attention was drawn to it. 

A thickly wooded area, the shores small, but a boat stuck in the sand was visible. They landed, Doc leading the group into the woods, all calling for the lost hermits.

"Scar!!"

"Cub??"

"Gria!!"

Someone yelled back, from somewhere in the forest, "Hi?!"

The group headed in their direction, and Ren literally ran into Scar. The tumble for a moment, hitting a nearby tree, and both burst into laughter.

The next hour was a blur of activity. Xisuma interrogated the group and did some things to double check their identities. Once it was confirmed, elytra were passed out and the group began to head off. That's when they heard it. A humming, coming from the island itself. Like idiots, the launched and investigation on the spot and began to explore.