I know it seems a bit soon, but this is the final chapter. I'm sorry, but I have plans, and they need to line up with the next story. :/

Anyway, please enjoy!

The group set their plan into action fairly quickly, splitting up as soon as they were in Nerezza. Fatch and Zeke made for Pyro, to keep the hellfire far away from everyone else. While Moon, Richard, Mosshead, Slither and DummyGirl left to find Thatch. They just wished Nerezza wasn't so massive. It was almost like looking for a needle in a hay stack. They also wished they had Septimus here with them, as he knew this place like the back of his hand.

Fatch and Zeke were slightly nervous about fighting Pyro, but again they were determined to keep the hellfire away from the others. They just hoped they found Thatch before things got bad.

The group of children rushed forward as fast as they, searching despritely for their vampire companion. They had been searching for a bit now, but no luck. They wished they could pick up scents as well as Fatch, as Moon was struggling with it greatly. Apparently Thatch was well masked in here.

As they took a sharp turn, Moon suddenly stopped, his nose twitching greatly. Naturally this had to be a good sign. Perhaps he had picked up Thatch's scent? ... Worst come to worst, he picked up a demons scent, but they would try to remain positive and assume it was Thatch.

There optomism was rewarded quickly as Moon nodded at them in determination, soon rushing off, the others rushing after him as well. This could be it, after all. They could find Thatch and get the heck out of here. The gang hadn't wanted to come in the first place anyway. They wanted to see Thatch safe of course, but they'd be lying if they said they weren't afraid. What if Pyro showed up? What if Thatch was dead? What if they got mauled and wound up dead themselves?

... They needed to stop thinking like that. It wasn't doing any good, and was only stressing them out further. Things would be fine. Things would be fine...

Finally they found Thatch, relieved to find him unharmed. However, his eyes were tightly shut, and he was shaking violently... he basically looked terrified. Slowly they approached him, careful not to startle him. The vampires head SNAPPED up when he heard the floor creek, but smiled brightly when he found it was only his friends.

" Oh thank goodness! "

Thatch whispered, looking back and forth as Richard and Moon began to undo his chains.

" Am I ever glad to see all of you! "

His face suddenly looked worried again, looking right at Slither, Mosshead and DummyGirl.

" D-does Pyro know any of you are here...? "

" No. "

DummyGirl hurried, shaking her head lightly, trying to calm him down. Again, he was clearly terrified to the core right now.

" No he doesn't know we're here. Fatch and Zeke are distracting him so we can get you out of here. "

" We should hurry though. "

Richard interveened, helping Thatch to his feet and bringing him into a tight hug.

" Are you hurt at all? "

" N-no. "

Thatch whispered, patting his friend on the back and pulling away, smiling softly.

" No I'm fine. Let's just... let's just get out of here, ok? "

The human nodded, getting a smile from Thatch's gang. As much as they didn't approve of humans, they had to admit, they were glad this human was around to cheer up Thatch. It was often hard to keep Thatch calm in these situations, and they were glad Richard could keep him calm.

Slowly the children began to leave the room, hoping they could get out of here as soon as possible. They would hate to get caught by Pyro and wind up burned alive. They feared that demon... he was even worse than Septimus was! And Septimus had actually killed Thatch once! There was no telling what Pyro could do!

As they almost reached their meeting point, they had to stop at what they saw. It was terrifying...

Fatch was down and unconscious, heavily injured and bleeding from his mouth, looking as though things would get bad if they didn't get him some help. Clearly Pyro had wanted to put an end to him. And as for Zeke, he appeared to be struggling to stay up. He had some form of energy field around him, keeping Pyro away from him, but it didn't seem like he would be able to keep it up much longer. As the force field fell, Pyro smacked him with hellfire over to the children, causing them to shriek and back up.

Pyro seemed to be pleased to see them, his hair now blazing in evil.

" Hah! So their efforts was meaningless then. "

The demon spat. Richard and Moon stepped in front of the group, being the only two with powers that could at least stall the demon. The duo nodded to each other, getting into a fighting stance.

Moon started off by summoning as much of his magic as he could, creating a swirling purple, orange, white and neon yellow vortex, and sent it hurtling towards the demon. Pyro merely smirked at this, his eyes and body beginning to glow silver, surrounding the magic and swirling it around like a rope, using it to whip the vampire child across the face. Moon yelped, his magic stunning him.

Richard glared at this, using his own psychokinesis to snag the magic whip and smack the demon to the ground. Pyro hissed, going into a mental tug-of-war with the magic. It took a few minutes, but the demon ripped the magic away and struck the human in the middle, stunning him as well.

Pyro hissed at the gang, Slither, Mosshead and DummyGirl guarding Thatch, keeping the vampire behind them. Said vampire was quaking as the demon stalked slowly forward.

" Let's end this quickly. "

The hellfire hissed, crossing his arms and allowing his hair to blaze with the unholy blue fire.

" Fork over the vampire, and everyone but him lives. "

Thatch shuddered at the tone, considering giving himself up to protect his friends. After all, the last time he was killed, Merek brought him back. Sure Pyro was a bit more powerful in the gates of hell and purgatory than Septimus was, but again, Merek was the one who brought him back. If he really was important for sealing Jose, Flash wouldn't leave him dead, right?

Before he could make his decision, he was suddenly shoved forward, falling on his knees right in from of the hellfire king. Turning, face full of hurt, he found it was his gang that had pushed him forward. They had betrayed him yet again... slowly he looked down, giving up entirely. He was going to die, and that would be that. And now he knew... his so called "friends" wouldn't even care.

As Pyro raised his hand to strike the child down a voice cried out for him to stop. Turning, the two were surprised to find it was Zeke who yelled at him, looking a bit better and full of determination.

" I'm the vessel for Juan Carlos the primal demon, yes? "

Zeke snapped, raising an eye smugly.

" I'm going to bet you'd rather have a demon than an angel. I offer up my demon cursed SOUL to you. Only IF you spare Thatch, and let all my friends go freely. "

Pyro cracked a wide smile, truly blown back by this offer. He figured he'd have to be CRAZY not to take this! Zeke was giving him the key to destroying this pathetic ball of waste that was the earth! Snapping his fingers, he opened the portal back to Deedstown through the nearest wall, as none of them could fly.

The children wasted no time in getting away from here. Richard and Moon, who had regained feeling, rushed over and picked Fatch up, rushing through the portal just as quickly. Thatch's gang quickly rushed over to Thatch, attempting to help him to his feet. However, as Slither slipped a hand under his arms, Thatch IMMEDIATELY pulled away, soon shocking everyone by punching the creature square in the jaw. As Mosshead and DummyGirl helped Slither, Thatch hissed and stomped his way through the portal, closely followed by the terrified group.

Zeke turned to Pyro with a glare, trying his best not to smirk. The demon seemed so sure...

As Pyro placed his fingers beneath his chin, Zeke could tell the demon had begun trying to collect his soul. However, when nothing came, the demon pulled away, looking confused as hell. And it was priceless.

" Wh-why can't I-? "

" Hahah! In your face, dummy! "

Zeke gloated, pointing at the others face.

" I'm a NOVIAN! A robot! I don't technically HAVE a soul! "

Almost instantly the demons hair began to burn in rage, unable to believe he'd been tricked.

" Why you no good lying, dirty, double crossing piece of s**-! "

Without warning, Zeke pulled his arm back and struck the demon in the face with as much force as he could. While the hellfire flew back, the alien took the moment to rush through the portal JUST as it closed.

Woot! Go Zeke- clever little rascal! :D

Hope this left you all wondering, btw. Like... will Fatch be ok, or how will Thatch treat the gang now that they betrayed him? Anyway, goodnight.