This is my first fanfiction so please go easy on it. If you like the story I'll keep chapters coming. If not keep it to yourself, please don't hate on it. If you find any errors, whether it be spelling, grammar or anything else please just let me know. I've been reading many of the fanfictions on this site but I just wanted to add my own to them.

Disclaimer: I do not own the Underland Chronicles or any of the characters, save the ones that I will be adding. Both the Underland Chronicles and the characters within belong to Suzanne Collins.

-Ssi


Gregor finished the last stitch in his arm as he looked up to see Kyle and Zoey's expressions. Zoey was breathing heavily while staring intently at her lap while Kyle gave Gregor a look that implied disbelief. Hazard had left the room after about a minute of the story so he could see Luxa, and Mrs. Cormaci had tried to help Gregor stitch himself up as best as she could.

"I mean you almost have me convinced with the vampire tanned girl, but honestly? You can't expect us to believe that you would go back to someplace like that willingly?" Kyle asked as Mrs. Cormaci dabbed a wet washcloth against Gregor's stitches.

Gregor sighed, "No matter the circumstances of our meeting, I care about the people down there. They are my friends and I do anything for them."

Kyle blinked his eye's slowly and inhaled, "it's a bit much to process, watching you fight Seth and his goons got me suspicious of you being some secret teenage spy, which of course was ludicrous but still made more sense than this!"

Zoey looked up and Gregor could see the water in her eye's as though she were about to cry. "You should've called the cops or something Gregor, they drafted you into a war you should never have been a part of for some sadistic laughs of an old bum that thought he could see the future! You should've told someone who could stop them."

"The cops?" Gregor laughed, "do you really think New York cops would've done anything if I told them that there were giant rats under the city? They would've thought I was nuts and locked me up for sure. It started as a quest to get my dad but when the final day came I was the one that chose to stay. I was the one who chose to try and help my friends. That was my choice. And of all the choices that day that I wish I could go back and change…staying was the one I know I would always choose."

"I'm sorry Gregor, stay if you want but we can't get caught in this. My parents are already infuriated. I can tell them you're planning on staying here but we can't stay with you." Zoey said as she diverted her eyes from Gregor and started towards the door.

Gregor tried to follow her but Kyle grabbed his uninjured shoulder, "Let me go talk with her, I promise we won't tell anyone, but that's all I can do right now."

Gregor sighed and nodded his head. He knew all he could do now was wait until everything had unraveled itself the way it would eventually end up doing anyways.

Mrs. Cormaci wrapped Gregor's arm in gauze before telling him to get some rest and that she would let him know when dinner was ready. Gregor walked into the guest room to see Luxa still sleeping while breathing quietly. Hazard had curled up next to her on the bed but kept his distance to make sure he didn't aggravate her injuries.

Gregor pulled an armchair from across the room next to the bed so that he could sit beside Luxa. Leading back in the chair Gregor closed his eyes and listened to Luxa's breathing. Each of her inhales was sharp and pained while each of her exhales was slow and calming. Gregor listened to the contrasts of her breathing as he slowly drifted off into oblivion.

Running through the empty streets of Regalia, Gregor could begin to hear people's voices as he chased after Vellac. Gregor vaulted over another stone railing as Vellac sped to inhuman velocities.

"Please, O' Warrior, take mercy on me," Vellac taunted Gregor in a nonchalant, sarcastic tone.

Gregor panted as he slid under a stone table and sprinted faster. Growling under his breath, Gregor had all the resolve in the world to gut Vellac like the animal that he was. Gregor continued to chase after Vellac as he entered the stadium. The voices hit him like a truck as Gregor staggered and tried to focus on his surroundings. No one was in the stands of the stadium but it looked as though all of Regalia stood around the large cavern. The crowd spread apart to make room for Gregor and Vellac. It wasn't until Vellac had made it directly to the middle of the crowd before he spun to face Gregor and drew his broadsword theatrically.

"You are no match for me and we both know it, you may act as though being a rager makes you invincible but it does not. You have been using that crutch long enough, it was only a matter of time before someone kicked it out from under you," Vellac sneered at Gregor before charging him.

Gregor unsheathed his sword with only milliseconds to spare before he blocked the incoming attack. Finally Gregor was close enough to get revenge on the man who had slain Luxa in cold blood. Gregor's vision started to fragment as he could see every point of weakness on Vellac. But Gregor's eyes widened as he realized he could see far more than just Vellac's weaknesses. Gregor could see the weaknesses of every single Underlander in the stadium. That's when Gregor's vision went pitch black.

When Gregor's senses came back to him, he became overwhelmed almost instantaneous. The bodies lay around him as the blood pooled around the ground. Vellac lay dead in front of Gregor... Along with every other person in the stadium. Gregor buried his face into his blood soaked hands to block out the view of his victims scattered around the floor. The blood was rising higher and higher forming a red lake throughout the room. It raised higher and higher up to his waist as Gregor's clothes become sticky from the mess. Gregor's mind turned to Luxa as the blood touched his chest. He could see her violet eyes in the darkness. Wishing he could've seen her one last time, Gregor felt the blood reach his mouth and begin to flow down his throat. Gregor began to choke and cough as he tried to get a full breath in.

Gregor's eyes fluttered open as he took a couple deep breaths of air. His head was buried into the covers. Luxa's fingers were pressed against his temple. It had been over a week since Gregor had brought Luxa back up to the Overland, and unless Gregor was meeting any Underlanders in the laundry room to talk about how the war bellow was going, he was basically by Luxa's side for all of it.

Gregor lifted his head and gazed around the room. The shades were shut but rays of light creeped in from the cracks around the winder leading Gregor to believe it was still daytime. Gregor's mind drifted to Kyle and Zoey. He hadn't seen either of them since they had stormed out of the apartment but considering no cops, nor his mother, had come knocking on the door, Gregor could only assume Kyle had stayed true to his word and told no one. Still, it would only be a certain amount of time before someone realized that he was no longer where he claimed to be, and when that time came Gregor knew for sure that his mother would never let him out of her sight again.

Gregor looked down at Luxa as she slept. The stiches in her side seemed to be holding rather nicely although seeing as she hadn't moved in nearly a week there really wasn't any reason that she wouldn't've moved. Luxa looked quite peaceful in sleep but it was in contrast with her blood stained gown that she still wore that was ripped over where her stiches were.

Gregor looked behind him to the other bed that he and Mrs Cormaci had brought into the guest room. Hazard was fast asleep on it, buried into the pillows. He hadn't spoken much since Gregor had brought Luxa to the Overland. Much of their time was devoted to sitting beside Luxa and listening to Mrs. Cormaci trying to cheer both of them up.

That's when Gregor heard a knock on the door of the apartment. He could hear footsteps outside of the room moving towards the door to unlock it. The door creaked open and Gregor could make out a familiar voice, "Hi, are you Mrs. Cormaci?"

"I am, and who are you?" the woman asked in a defensive voice.

"Sorry, I am George, Gregor's uncle. His father just wanted me to come ask if you'd seen him recently, his mother has been going crazy because he's been in New York with some friends for a week. So… well yeah I guess she thought he may have come here." George finished out of breath.

"Oh it's so nice to meet you, no I haven't seen Gregor in years now. Didn't even know he was in town," Mrs. Cormaci said in a fakely happy tone.

"Ah then I am so sorry I bothered you, I better be on my way. I've got a long drive home," George replied somewhat miffed.

What happened next caught Gregor completely off guard. Luxa took a deep breath in and she opened her eyes. Gregor tried to grab her but was too slow as she tried to spring up out of the bed. Gregor could hear the stiches in her rip right before he felt a splatter of blood hit his shirt.


Here is the actual chapter 14, again I am so sorry with how long this took to get up i promise i'll have a much shorted pause until my next chapter. I meant to have this up much sooner but real life knocked me down and then stepped on my face a few more times than i would've liked. As always please rate and review. Any and all feedback is welcomed.

-Ssi