The Ludicrous Escapade

We Meet Again

Five hours later, the group arrived at a large cabin of sorts. Everyone besides you was inside the building. It was nighttime, so you decided that you wanted to enjoy the chill of the air as well as the view of the snow that surrounded you.

You had your bag next to you and decided you should check on the whereabouts of the Pillar Man that had your vial. So, you pulled out a map and dropped some blood on the parchment. You began to freak out a bit when you realized how close it was to your current location. "Nononono!" You stood up to perhaps bang on the windows and alert the people inside, but a strong hand clamped tightly around your mouth and the other arm pulled you away from the window and into their rock hard chest.

"I thought I sensed you nearby." You recognized the voice as Kars. Maybe if it was Wamuu you could convince him to not hurt anyone, but you doubted you could do such a thing with the leader of the Pillar Men. "If you've been around the Stone this whole time, you have probably encountered Esidisi. So tell me, which one of your little companions did him in?"

You remained silent. His hand was still covering your mouth so you couldn't have easily answered even if you wanted to, "Oh, you'd rather not say? That's fine, I'll just slaughter all of them instead."

You shook your head viciously as he slowly turned you around to face him. You were quite surprised to see him wearing so much clothes. Not that the dark coat and hat didn't look good on him, it was just odd to not see him mostly naked.

Ignoring your struggling, he placed one hand on the wall. "I'll read the heat inside. The fireplace is lit. Four lights on the wall, two on the ceiling. Two on the desk... no three. Four humans are standing by the wall and one is by the fire place. Five humans, all Male." He moved back from the wall and smirked at your impressed albeit terrified expression. You wondered how he had found you since, as far as you knew, you no longer produced body heat unless you were trying to.

A rather large, curved blade came out of his forearm. He began moving towards the building again. You dug you feet into the snow to try and stop him from moving forward, but he simply lifted you off the ground with the hand gripping your face. He then used his blade to slice through the wall and his hat fell onto the snow in the process.

He picked up the hat and stared at it for a moment before placing it on top of your head. He then opened the window and jumped onto the window frame, admiring his handiwork. "One, two, three, four, and that's five." Unlike Wamuu, who tried to censor such gruesome stuff, Kars was moving your head around so you could get a better look at it. He retracted his blade and prodded at your cheek with his pointer finger, "How lucky, it would seem none of your friends were in this room."

Although, both of you were rather surprised to see someone still alive, sitting in a chair. "I'm hurt. I would think that after all what we've been through together we'd be friends. Right, (Y/N)?"

Kars hold had begun to loosen, but it tightened as soon as the man spoke. The Pillar Man glared at the German soldier, not liking the fact that he knew who you were.

"And you're Kars? You're fast. In just a few hours, you learned about your friend's defeat in Venice," The man you recognized as Stroheim pulled out the Stone and lifted it so Kars could see, "and that we had retrieved the Red Stone. Now you're here to take it and (Y/N) as well, it would seem. A cruel but impressive ambush." The blonde man stood up from his seat and began walking away, "My subordinates let out not a single scream before their slaughtering."

Kars stepped towards the soldier, "Five men were supposed to be in this room. I cannot sense your body temperature... why?" He brought out his forearm blade once again, readying himself in a fighting position while dropping you onto the ground.