"Not again..." Duncan sighs as he looks at the book in his hand. Almost all of the pages have been torn out, but on one of the few remaining pages he finds the name 'Lanable Hector' signed at the bottom. "Every time now! All these witches huts and villages are totally ransacked by this Lalnable Hector!" He throws the book at a wall, then looks at his surroundings. There are cages and blooded workbenches filling the room, along with a blood stained chest he doesn't dare to open. "I really hope Kim get back to base soon. I'm getting kind of freaked out being here all alone." He quickly leaves the home and heads out into the abandoned village. Blood can be seen here or there, but for the most part nothing seems too out of the ordinary. Still, the entire village leaves Duncan with a heavy weight in the pit of his stomach. Perhaps its the lack of testificate noise, or the sights he had already encountered in his first home invasion within the town.
"Duncan! Where are you?" Kim's voice resounds in Duncan's ear, making him wince slightly.
"I'm in a village. Hold on, I'll put a portal down." He holds up his hand and an inventory appears in front of him. He then drags a portal gun from his inventory and into his hot bar. Once he closes the inventory he holds up his hand and the gun appears.
"Hurry up! You're so slow today."
"I'm not the one running a half hour late." Duncan aims the gun at the side of a house and shoots, creating an orange portal. "Okay." Almost instantly Kim runs through the portal, a smile on her face, while the gun disappears from Duncan's hand.
"I'm not late! A wizard..."
"No." Duncan says simply, stopping Kim in her tracks. He smirks slightly, but almost instantly it fades as he's reminded of the situation in this village. "Kim, it's real bad here."
"What'd you do now?" Kim questions as she looks up at Duncan.
"It's not me! It's Lalnable Hector again!" Duncan exclaims.
"Again?" Kim frowns. "This is getting really creepy Duncan." She takes a couple steps back from her friend. "Everyone is finding Lalnable's stuff lately, and I don't like it."
"Me neither." Duncan sighs. "I'd like to find this guy so we can stop him, but..."
"I'm a little scared to meet him." Kim turns and walks up to a house. "I mean, with the experiments and the food choice..." She trails off, not needing to finish her thoughts. She opens the door of the house, but almost immediately closes it again, a sickened look upon her face. She takes in a deep breath, then heads inside. Duncan follows, and he sees why she was so repulsed. There are pieces of testificates lying about, and the wooden furniture has turned a shade of red that Duncan doesn't think should exist.
"I think we found the kitchen house." Duncan says nonchalantly as he walks in and heads to a chest off to the side. He opens it, but quickly closes it again.
"I reeeeally don't like this Duncan." Kim turns to face her friend who is grabbing a book off a book shelf. He opens it and quickly scans a couple of pages.
"I think I found a recipe book."
"Duncan!"
"No, I'm serious." Duncan turns the book so Kim can see the pages. Written on them are recipes, not for food, but for machines. "I think these are some of those machines we keep finding."
"Great. Can we just go home?" Kim walks out of the building. "Maybe I should have stayed with Hannah a little lo... AHHH" Kim screams, making Duncan jump and clutch the book to his chest.
"Kim! Kim!" He drops the book and holds out his hand as he begins running to the door. At first a block of wood appears, but it's quickly replaced by Duncan's sword. However, when he gets outside he finds no trace of Kim or what made her scream. "Kim! Where are you? KIM!" He continues to shout as he runs through the village, but all he's met with is the silence that makes his heart ache and his mind race. "KIM!" He searches every house, but there's no sign of his friend. Finally, as he's running around, he notices his portal. He runs through it, but when he arrives back at Panda Labs he finds no one waiting for him. No smiling Kim attempting to hold back laughter, no kidnapper, no monsters. He stands there, a sudden hopelessness overtaking him. As he hangs his head he spots something on the floor, a book. He quickly snatches it up and opens it, but what he finds is something that makes him wish he had never looked down. "L-Lalnable Hector..." The name falls out of Duncan's mouth. There is nothing else written, in fact the remaining pages have been torn out. All that he can see is the last page of the book, with the name Lalnable Hector signed at the bottom. "Kim..."