One Eyed King Rebirth 2 Chapter 34 - We must Survive!, a Hyperdimension Neptunia + Tokyo Ghoul/東京喰種トーキョーグール Crossover fanfic

Chapter 34 - We must survive!

This was not what he had been expecting to do today.

Vent couldn't help but chuckle in a self-mocking fashion as he stood against both the gleeful Yamori, who was already hunched forwards, and a bored looking Seidou. He had always known in the back of his mind, ever since the last time he had forced the Jason Ghoul before, saving the alternate version of Hinami's father, that this fight would be inevitable.

Yamori never forgot a face, nor a scent. This had been proven when he had spent dozens of Manga chapters looking for Rize after she slighted him, settling for Kaneki when he found that he was a One Eyed from her scent. He would have memorised his scent from their last encounter, and wouldn't stop hounding him till he got his hands on him.

Whatever would happen after that would NOT be fun… for anyone but Yamori that is.

And Seidou, Seidou may look bored right now, but once he realises that Vent was trying to limit his Kagune usage as much as possible, then he would be on him just as much as Yamori would. That guy was certifiably insane at this point in time, and since Amon wasn't around to help him it would be up to Vent to protect his comrades from these two if it were the last thing he had done. He probably was just bored of all the exposition that the author was making to set up the tension in the scene.

His Vier in Sword Mode, Vent held himself in a defensive stance, pumping Negatron through his veins to enhance his body, giving it a faint aura of power. The winds lightly blew around him, gently gushing forth from his position to the enemy on the opposite side.

"Let's get this over with." Seidou finally spoke, groaning in annoyance as he stepped towards his opponent, Ukaku Kagune erupting from his shoulder while his Kakugan formed. "This'll be boring; idiot's trying to suppress his RC Cells."

'Shit, he noticed already?!' Vent cursed in his mind, while Rasen threw a temper tantrum in his head. Not exactly helping matters, but the male paid little attention to him. He was too frustrated to care. 'Look like I'm not as good at hiding it as I thought, I'll see if I can hold out long enough, but-'

His thoughts halted when he saw Seidou already at him, his Ukaku in blade form. Quickly he blocked it, gritting his teeth at the weight behind the blow. It was enough to make his feet dig into the ground, causing several centimetre deep craters on the ground. 'Tch, Not using RC Cells… so, this is the difference, huh?'

Using RC Cells for so long, Vent usually had less difficulty in handling Ghoul blows like the ones from Seidou. He could normally shrug them off and dish them just as much. However, thanks to the unpleasant news from Rasen with the fact that he was suppressing his RC Cells, he realised just how different it was to fight Ghouls without a sufficient RC Cell count. Was this what it was like for humans to fight Ghouls?

He could sorta understand the difference between humans and Ghouls, now.

Also, it made sense, in a way, that Seidou would notice something like that. As a Ghoul whose 'awakened' he would know how RC Cells behaved better than normal Ghouls. Plus he was once a Ghoul Investigator, so he had access to an advanced education in regards to RC Cells as well as their functions.

Finally, the two separated, Vent stumbling backwards a couple steps, but thanks to Negatron he managed to retain his balance. He gripped Vier and charged forth; swinging at Seidou's left shoulder once he got close enough. His attack was blocked when Seidou put his Kagune, now in its feathered wing form, around the space in front of him. Seidou then hardened his Kagune into crystal, alerting Vent as to what he planned to do next.

"I always liked being CLEAR AS CRYSTAL!"

With that cry, Seidou unleashed a barrage of Crystal Shards at close range, almost like a shotgun blast. Vent barely erected a Negatron Panel in time, however he had been blown back by the force as compensation for the attack's failure to impact on his body.

As he slid to a halt, jabbing Vier into the ground to halt himself, his instincts screamed at him to dodge. He glanced upwards to see one of Yamori's Tentacles coming down on him for an overhead impalement. He quickly raised Vier, revving it to max, which produced a constant stream of sparks from the chainsaw segment. He then brought it down on the Tentacle, resulting in a large shockwave upon their collision.

Instincts screamed at him once again, and Vent sensed a danger behind him. His eyes shrank to the size of pupils as he glanced behind him, noticing the maniacal smile on Seidou's face as he brought his Ukaku blade down on him.

'Shit!'

"VENT!" Nepgear called out in horror when she heard an explosion from near their position. She held her Gunblade in a read stance when she glanced in his direction, seeing nothing but smoke and dust where the three fighting Ghoulish beings were positioned.

She was then brought back to her own fight when she barely blocked Underling's pipe in time. "Heh, you're opponents over here, dimwit!" she yelled, laughing mockingly. She then dished out a scissor kick, which Nepgear hovered back to dodge while raising her Gunblade and firing several laser rounds. Using her Ghoul speed, Underling managed to dodge each one with ease. "Hah, now that I'm not restricted, you broads don't stand a chance!"

"Aw, shut it!"

IF had yelled that out as she blocked and parried the blows from a White suit Ghoul, 2 more of his buddies running in from both her left and right flank. She quickly ducked, dodging their punches before putting her hands on the ground and making a rising helicopter kick, tripping the three Ghouls over. Three loud THUD sounds accompanied the success of her offensive, electing a small smirk from the brunette.

However, that was not to last, for one of them managed to shield the back of his head with his right forearm at the last minute, keeping him from becoming dazed like his two buddies. He quickly reacted, reaching out and grabbing one of IF's legs before she could react, electing an "ah!" from her. Lifting her into the air, the Ghoul repeatedly smacked IF against the cube-built ground they stood on, a total of 10 times, before tossing her away.

On Compa's end, she stuck the closest to the Mascot, lending fire support when needed. The Ghouls had tough skin, so her shots didn't affect them as much as normal monsters would. This proved itself once again when she saw IF go down in the previous paragraph, her eyes widening in horror at the brutality shown by the Ghoul species. "Iffy!" she cried out, raising her Syringe to fire at the Ghoul. "Leave her alone, you big meanie!"

She unloaded a round into the Ghoul's back, sending him stumbling forwards, but not enough to completely stun him. The Nurse squeaked however, when she saw that his two brothers had gotten up and now were making a beeline straight for her, like two rugby players neck and neck for the rugby ball. No matter how many shots she unloaded on them, they didn't stop their advance, filling Compa's heart with a rising sense of fear and dread.

"Oi, quit harassing my Wifeys, busters!"

Fortunately, her saving grace came in the form of RED, who flying kicked one in the side of his head, knocking him over and into his buddy, sending the two into a crumpled heap onto the floor. Compa beamed at the redheaded wifey seeker as she gave her a thumbs-up. "Thanks a bunch RED! You saved me!"

The said girl grinned back, reciprocating the gesture as well. "Hehe! No problem, that's what RED the Wifey seeker is all about-OOF!"

Before she could continue, RED was beset when a Ghoul ran up behind her and grabbed her by the waist in his large hands. He hoisted her up into the air and prepared to give her a good old fashioned pile drive, indicated by how he had arched his legs. "Hey, lemme go, only my Wifeys can get this close! You're not on the wifey list!" she yelled, trying to get him to let her go by repeatedly kicking at his hockey mask.

Recovering from her recent attack, IF looked to RED and saw her situation. "Oi, you bastard!" she yelled, running up to him with the speed she was called the 'Windwalker of Gamindustri' for and launching a spinning roundhouse kick to the back of the head. "Let go of her!"

"Yay, you saved me Wifey Candidate!" RED shouted in joy as she was dropped by the Ghoul, who fell to the floor in a daze from her attack. While these Ghouls did have harder skin cells than normal humans, that didn't make them immune to blunt damage, it seemed. It wasn't a sure fire solution, but it was the best thing that those who were just normal humans had to offer against those fuckers.

"I'm NOT your Wifey Candidate, RED!"

"Not yet, but you'll soon accept it, my lovely, ehehehehe…!"

"… I'm already regretting saving you."

The smoke cleared, and Vent grimaced as his injuries healed over. His arm had almost been severed by the shoulder, a lot like how Seidou once damaged Tatara during the latter's final moments in the manga. Fortunately his Ghoul regeneration was fast and strong enough to reconnect his arm and repair the damage while his form had been concealed by the smoke.

'Tch, this is going to be way harder than I expected…' Vent couldn't help but admit to himself. That last strike had hurt like a bitch, but he'd managed to avoid a lethal blow at the last second. If he hadn't, his head would have been split open, and he didn't want to test if his regeneration could handle that.

In any other situation, Vent would have resorted to his Kagune, since fighting 2 high-rank Ghouls like Seidou and Yamori would require him to get serious. It was practically a means of survival at this point, since both Ghouls would not relent on their attacks. They will not hesitate to strike him down should he show any weakness, that was just how they were.

Yamori prayed on the weak, despising them. In his mind, might makes right, that was how he governed the white suits after all.

And in Seidou's case, he looked down on others in his deranged insanity, demeaning them when he finds it appropriate… which is almost every time they fail at doing something.

'Master, look out!'

'!?'

Like a siren's scream, Rasen's cry was loud enough to jolt Vent out of his thoughts, just in time to look up and see a thorny Tentacle about to impale him through his head and out his back. Fortunately for him, Vent managed to pivot to the side to dodge it, swinging Vier, which was in Sword Mode, across its side. The damage dealt wasn't major, but it did force the Tentacle to recoil back to its wielder's side. That wielder being a rather irked Yamori, who looked like Vent had smashed his favourite toy. "You'll pay for that one, kid!"

With that crazed yell, Yamori gave a loud war cry, breaking into a sprint towards him while his Kagune lashed out like dual bladed whips. Vent managed to block and parry most of the slashes, and when Yamori was close enough, the teen switched Vier to Scythe mode. He swung once horizontally from the right, and Yamori parried it, sending the other Tentacle to his stomach from below.

Vent responded by stabbing the rear tip into the Tentacle's tip, using it to hoist himself into the air and launch a straight flying kick into Yamori's face. Said Ghoul managed to block in tme with the first Tentacle though, wrapping it around his leg by the ankle. "Heh, time for some whack-a-mole!" he bellowed, laughing evilly as he raised Vent to the air. He than proceeded to smack him into the ground repeatedly, the style looking eerily reminiscent to the referenced arcade game.

WHACK!

Eventually, Vent managed to switch Vier to Sword Mode, pumping Negatron through it so he could stab it into the ground to keep him rooted in place. Yamori's eyes widened as he grunted, trying to pull him up into the air to continue his little 'game'.

Shame he couldn't succeed as Vent pumped his body with as much Negatron as possible, using immense physical strength and, with a mighty roar of exertion, Vent managed to flip his body into a forward arc, pulling Yamori into the air and down to the ground with a massive WHAM! It caused a large explosion of dust and debris to form, breaking the colourful ground below.

Using Vier, Vent slashed himself free of Yamori's Kagune, forcing it to retract to him as he spun around, not getting a chance to breathe thanks to Seidou using his Ukaku in Blade form to strike. The two weapons remained in a deadlock, grinding away against each other thanks to their wielders, who were staring each other down with looks that could kill. "Heh, even without your Kagune, you're still putting up a fight!" Seidou boomed. The previous boredom on his face had long since been replaced by his previous psychotic glee.

"tch! Glad-URGh- you are… having… fun!" Vent shouted back, exerting effort into pushing Seidou back before switching Vier to Gun mode and launching a single Meteor round towards him. Seidou morphed his Ukaku into its Tentacles form to sack the ground below him, propelling him into the air above the round. He then launched the Tentacles down towards Vent's position, who managed to roll out the way.

Sadly, Vent had to duck under a Tentacle swing, this one coming from Yamori as he charged into the scene, shoulder tackling him and sending Vent flying. He crashed onto the ground, landing on all fours after repeatedly bouncing along it. Glancing upwards, Vent glared heatedly at the two Ghouls, his fury rising through his system. 'Goddamnit… fighting these two is way tougher than I expected.'

"Hey, what Are you doing?! Shit head, that guy's mine!"

"Shut up, half breed, don't think you can shout at me, and get away with it!"

Though, he had to sweat drop when he saw the two Ghouls arguing about that recent attack. 'Well, guess their teamwork could use some… okay, a LOT of work. Though, it could make sense, given their dominating personalities… they're bound to clash. It's a surprise they lasted this long without arguing.'

Well, he wasn't about to use this to his advantage, note the sarcasm there. Vent slowly got to his feet, groaning as he readied his Vier once more for battle. Things weren't looking good for him, and in his opinion, this would only get harder as time went on. 'I don't know if I can take them both out at once, then there's the Mascot to consider…' he thought, growling.

'… We're boned.'

'… I have little energy left to spare on you, right now.'

"This is getting kind of sad!" Underling bellowed with a laugh, jumping at a downed Nepgear who was on one knee. She swung 2 Tentacles at her head, but the CPU Candidate managed to avoid them by ducking. She then took to the skies, blasting several laser rounds at her direction. Underling however, swiftly deflected each round by flicking her Kagune outwards, nullifying her attacks.

'This isn't… this isn't good! Ngh!' Nepgear gritted her teeth in concentration, barely avoiding a vertical Tentacle slash. Underling then cried out as she smacked her Kagune onto the ground to propel her after the CPU Candidate, swinging at her rapidly with both her Pipe and her Tentacles. This battle had been going in Underling's favour the moment she had resorted to combining her Pipe and Kagune together to form vicious chained combos. At the rate they were going, they were sure to lose this fight. That couldn't be allowed to happen, it just couldn't! 'I have to find an opening!'

Nepgear swiftly raised her Gunblade to block a Pipe strike to her head, before ducking under a Tentacle whip. She strafed to the sides, avoiding 2 more that tried impaling her from overhead, before aiming her Gunblade with the hope of blasting Underling in the face.

Shame that she was too late.

"Got you, bitch!"

Just as Underling bellowed that, a Tentacle strike slammed into her in the face, making Nepgear cry out as she was sent crashing into the ground with a large smoke cloud covering her form. Her lone Kakugan eye widened in absolute glee as Underling laughed madly, launching a series of strikes against her enemy with her Kagune. It constantly slammed down on her position, a yelp accompanying each strike to let her know she was hitting her mark.

BAM!

By the time the dust cloud finally faded away, Nepgear was revealed to have been indented into the ground, swirl marks replacing her eyes. Her form had been beaten, bruises occupying and cut in several places, blood falling from those cuts.

"GEAR/NEPGEAR/WIFEY!"

Her friends called out to her from their positions, which gave their opponents the openings they needed. IF cried out when a Ghoul slammed into her, knocking her down to the ground. She tried to get up, but she was pinned down by a bunch of White Suits, holding down her arms and legs in special locks. She growled and snarled while attempting to break free, but to no avail. "Hey! You guys get your hands off me!" IF exclaimed, though she received no answer.

"Iffy!" their resident Nurse called out in alarm, seeing her current predicament with an expression of horror and dread. Images assaulted her mind about what could possibly happen next, something she had to prevent quickly! "Don't worry, I'm coming!" Compa tried to assist, but one of the White Suits managed to grab her from behind and restrained her, holding her up in the air while forcing her to drop her Syringe. "Hey, you meanies! Lemme go, lemme go, lemme-"

She never got a chance to finish as one of the White Suits went up to her and delivered a Ghoul enhanced Punch to the abdomen, knocking the wind out of her as Compa gasped, saliva being spat from her lips. She could hardly breathe from that hit, black dots dancing across her vision as she slowly began to lose consciousness. 'N…Noooo…' That was her last thought before unconsciousness claimed her, Compa's form slouching in the White Suit's arms.

"Um, this looks bad! Like, really bad, Venny!" RED exclaimed as she and Vent jumped backwards, landing before the Mascot. The remaining White Suits slowly advanced towards them, hunger and gluttonous growls escaping their lips while Seidou and Yamori hung back. For what reason that was, neither of them knew, but hey they weren't going to look a gift horse in the mouth. "This looks bad, doesn't it?!"

Vent growled, nodding in confirmation of RED's worries as the two faced off against the approaching Ghouls. Things were definitely looking worse for them. Things looked like they had fallen into the enemy's favour, they were now outnumbered, out gunned, and the only members of their Party that could still fight were both him and the redhead.

'Hey, when you refer to RED as a redhead, do you realise you're unintentionally making a Pun?'

'Rasen, so help me I do NOT need any smartass comments from you right now!

'Oh, I know! I was just trying to lighten the mood!' Rasen cheerfully chirped, not caring about the rush of annoyance that Vent sent his way. 'Anyways, looks like we don't have much of an option here, master! We have to use our Kagune.'

No matter how much he tried to deny it, Vent knew Rasen was right. The Kagune was his best bet to escape this situation with his comrades lives intact. He had been glad that they hadn't decided to cannibalise them right then and there while they were out, but how long would that last? He couldn't take the chance, although even in this situation, Vent hesitated on releasing his Kagune.

'Goddamnit, Vent!' the teen cursed himself. 'This is no time for you to be a wuss! You gotta use your Kagune for your comrades! Since when the fuck did you allow your fears to blind you to what's really important?! You don't want them to end up like HER, do you?!' in Vent's mind's eye, a vague silhouette appeared within a white void inside his mind. The Silhouette stood there motionless for a short moment, before everything was turned red, with the sound of splattering filling his consciousness.

A man's maniacal, mocking laughter echoed through his mind, before going silent.

"Looks like you lost, you broads!" Underling bellowed, smirking victoriously while her Kagune flicked about behind her, reflecting how excited she was. "Finally, the bad guys have won! We should win more often! Now, hand over the Mascot or die!" she yelled, though mentally she hoped he would refuse as to give her an opening to pound his arrogant face in.

She wasn't disappointed.

Vent shook his head vehemently, while RED aimed a furious glare at the Ghoul horde. "Hell to the no! I'm not letting you have the Mascot, even if the last of my blood is burnt to gas! I'd rather die than give you what you wanted, Underling!" he yelled back, grinning as he insulted her with the Party consensus nickname.

Yea, insulting the enemy when they both outnumbered, and outgunned him, plus with his mental restrictions on his Kagune, MAYBE wasn't one of his brighter ideas. But maybe

That seemed to piss the woman off, wiping the smirk off her face and replacing it with a dark glare. "Ugh, stop calling me that!" she yelled, shaking a fist towards him. "Well then, I'll gladly be enjoying pounding you into a pulp! Let's go, guys-!"

"ICE COFFIN!"

Along with a slightly distant war cry, A huge blue ice glacier suddenly rose from below, knocking Underling, who couldn't dodge in time, into the air while her 'lackeys' managed to escape the attack radius in time. All of them eyed their temporary leader while she fell to the ground with a THUD, her Rinkaku managing to encroach itself below her to soften the fall.

Yamori raised a brow at this development, not showing much interest since he heard the voice, disconcerting it to be female. Not like he liked girls much anyways, the broke too easily for his tastes. Especially that one woman other he tortured that time in front of that white haired one-eyed.

Seidou dropped his jaw at the sight, his eyes almost bugging out of their sockets. "Huh? What the heck is with this superhero bullshit?! Cliché! I call cliché alert here!" he then turned to the 'grunts' as he called the white suits, his eyes furious and insane. "Wo was it?, huh? Which one of you fucktards triggered the cliché superhero last minute save, tag, huh?!"

None of them answered, mostly because they were too busy wondering who the hell it was themselves.

On their ends, Vent and RED's eyes almost flew out their sockets when they saw the glacier literally go 'surprise, bitch!' and wallop Underling in the face. "Oh-oh-oh!" RED blinked before bouncing up and down on the spot. It almost made the male doubt her sanity for a moment, as she pointed towards the Glacier with shining eyes full of recognition. "I know that I know that! It's from those two!" she exclaimed in joy and relief, much to Vent's now new dominant emotion: confusion.

"Those two?"

"She means us, dummy!"

"Hello…"

The sound of two childish voices, due to how high and soft their pitches were, drew his, and everyone else's attention to the entrance to the Mascot's location. Floating in their HDD forms, were Rom and Ram, both of them having joined their staffs together and had them pointed in their direction. Both of them had different expressions on their features: Ram looked annoyed, especially when her eyes fell onto the downed Nepgear's form, but they soon shifted to excitement and-was that worry he saw in her eyes?- when she looked over in his direction.

Rom however, was looking at the rest of the people here, the ones that were down more so, with a look of intense worry and nervousness. She shuddered in discomfort at the sight, something that made the One-Eyed Ghoul tee cringe with sympathy. He figured a young kid like her wouldn't be used to seeing such a scene before, since monsters, considering that could be the only thing they'd have experience fighting against, would just vanish when they were defeated.

Ghouls didn't, thus from some of their injuries blood could be seen in some areas.

"And who the hell are you, brats?!" Seidou shouted as he whirled around to face them, his Ukaku switching to Blade mode as he pointed it threateningly at them. "Go ahead and scram to your mommy's, she'll likely wanna change your diapers!" he sneered, a mocking smirk on his features, mixed with his previous anger.

"Hey Vent, you alright?! We came to save you and that weak girl, Nepgear!"

"We came to help…"

Both Candidates completely ignored the angry remark that the Ghoul gave, both before and after his statement to their arrival. They focused their attention on Vent, who kneeled on one leg with his breathing heavy. "Yea… we're just… peachy…" he spoke between pants. Honestly, while he was a bit miffed that it wasn't something more helpful like a platoon of armed soldiers, a part of him argued that Rom and Ram's Magic abilities would counter the dense Ghoul Skin going for their enemies at the moment.

When the Ghouls made to try and attack the Candidates, the two put the tips of their Staffs together and a magic barrier, coloured blue with various power button symbols over it, formed between them, halting the Ghouls' progress. Angry roars and snarls escaped their mouths as they each manifested their Kagune, a mix between Koukaku and Bikaku for the common grunts, while Yamori hammered away with his Rinkaku and Seidou stuck to his Ukaku.

Nevertheless, the barrier held strong, but for how long was anyone's guess

While that happened, Rom and Ram floated over to their side, their HDD forms excluding a warm glow from them that signified their status as CPU Candidates. "Well, I think some gratitude for you two is in order. Honestly, we're in a pretty tight spot, as you can see." He replied with a weak smirk, gesturing to his beaten, battered party.

At the sight of them with such injuries, Rom quickly hovered over to them and raised her staff, activating one of her Skills if the way her glow seemed to intensify briefly was any indication. "Here, I'll heal you all, right now."

A bright light shone over his comrades, and Vent would happily admit that he almost gave in to his urge to hug the little one when he saw how his comrades were being healed. If he would have used his Kagune, then Vent could have healed them himself, but he'd made the choice of only using it when necessary. Like Rasen said, he'd made his choice, now he had to deal with the consequences.

Once their wounds had completely healed, the girls began to awaken, starting with IF as she stirred with a discontent groan escaping her lips. "Ugh… that's not something I wanna live through again…" she muttered in a pained grimace as she slowly got to her feet. When she finally felt her headache begin to fade with the last of Rom's magic, she looked and noticed the twin candidates, electing a surprised expression from her. "Wait, you guys…?"

"Oooooh, my head hurts…" Compa moaned as she became the next to get up. She stumbled slightly from getting up too fast, but Vent managed to catch her just in time. "Thanks Ven-Ven…" she muttered with a beaming smile, getting the male to smile sheepishly towards her. She also soon noticed that they had two new additions to the party, and her eyes comically flew open at the sight of them. "EHHHHHHHH?!" She exclaimed, making Rom jump and hide behind her sister. "What-when-why-what are the CPU Candidates for Lowee doing here?"

Ram glared at Compa as she comforted her blue haired twin, making the Nurse wilt slightly. "Hey! Don't be mean to the ones that saved your butts just now!" she stated hotly, wincing at the hits that the barrier was taking.

Vent's eyes narrowed at the barrier as Nepgear woke up, did the same thing as Compa did and got scolded from it, much to IF's irritation as she cupped her forehead with her other hand on her hip. "We're grateful for the help, really we are." He began, before gesturing to the barrier. It had already taken so many lashes from the Ghouls' Kagunes. It had already begun showing cracks throughout its form, the cracks getting bigger and bigger with every strike. "But unless you have any other bright ideas, we kinda are in a bit of a bind since your barrier won't last."

"We can just hit them till they die, like any other Abnormal!"

"No Ram… that won't work…"

At first, Ram had been all for kicking their buts from here to kingdom come, but thanks to her more logical sister Rom, she was eventually pacified. Though, she did wish to try fighting a Ghoul one day, maybe one of those white wearing guys, or maybe that black one with a blade for a shoulder. He looked quite cool, bashing away at the Barrier like he was.

Just then, an Idea crossed onto Vent's mind, his eyes widening as a metaphoric lightbulb was lit up in her head. "Oh, an idea!" he exclaimed. But, instead of talking to the girls about it, Vent twirled to the Mascot, which floated up and down while he got the feeling it was looking at him. "Hey Mascot, whatever it is will take time to be fully unsealed if you were gone, right?"

"… Yes, it will take time for the sealed to regain their full power. Why do-?"

"No time, I promise you can scold me later, but trust me this is what we need to do! Rom, Ram, do you have any Eject Buttons?"

Both twins nodded, brandishing 2 remotes with big red buttons on them. Vent grinned, excitement in his eyes as he quickly pulled out one of his own. Everyone else, getting an idea of what he had in mind, quickly did the same as Vent reached out and forcefully tugged the Mascot free from its seal, much to its shock. It tried to shout something, but Vent had already pressed his Eject button along with the rest of the Party.

In a bright flash of light, everyone vanished from the Dungeon, away from the seal, the Ghouls, and the barrier just when it came down. Underling's roar of frustration could be heard for miles.