Remnant shuddered as he walked along the barren streets with five of his fellow party members.

"Is something wrong, milord Remnant?" Noa, the Heaven's Knights leader, asked.

Remnant paused and looked back at the wielder with light brown, almost pink hair. "N-no, milady Noa! I'm…just a little cold."

Bael, the founder and former leader of the Heaven's Knights, shrugged. "It is getting late."

Noa and Bael both had the party members try to call each other by medieval titles more often to show more respect. It wasn't a rule per say, but Remnant was fond of it and tried to stick with it.

Noa smiled. "If you want, we can stop for tonight and head back to the refuge."

Remnant looked at the others for a moment before looking back towards a dilapidated warehouse about five yards ahead. He could tell something was off.

"No…let's keep going a little more," Remnant spoke. "We're close…they may be in that building."

Earlier, the party had split up into several groups of about four to seven to hunt down Black Bloods around a specific sector of Daybreak Town. However, one group failed to report in at the time each team was supposed to return to the refuge outside the ruined villages. Two members from each group were assigned to a rescue team to try to find the missing team. They had been searching for about two hours now, with nothing to bring back except sore feet.

The group went to the deserted building and cautiously walked beside the wall. Remnant poked his head slowly around the corner. Seeing nothing, he continued around until he reached the wooden door. Saxs, a flirtatious blonde who was dating Noa, approached the door and studied it.

"It's been forced open…" Saxs noted, almost to himself. "You're right- they were here, and it looks like it was recently too."

Maya, the dark brown-haired energetic fighter of the Heaven's Knights, quickly scaled a pile of rubble and looked around. "I don't see any Black Bloods nearby!"

Remnant and Noa both looked at each other before Remnant materialized his blue Keyblade, Memory's Pain. Noa nodded once and materialized her Keyblade as well.

Saxs materialized his Sleeping Lion Keyblade before putting his hand on the door. "You guys ready?"

Remnant and the others nodded, and Saxs kicked the door down.

Heather, the spirited young female fighter with white hair, sighed and shook her head. "You know we could've just opened it milord Saxs."

The suave teen looked back with a smile. "True, but it wouldn't have been as fun!"

The room inside was dark with the only light coming in from the broken doorway and a few cracks in the boarded up windows. There was a fine layer of dust on the tattered remains of furniture and the floor, along with a faint smell of…

"…blood?" Remnant muttered.

Maya sniffed the air and scrunched her face in mild disgust. "Ew..."

"Whatever happens," Noa warned the six, "stay alert. We don't want to lose any more members today."

The other five nodded and cautiously entered the abandoned building.

(End of Part 2)