Chapter 2
Memories
"Just as I thought, changed." Steena said holding back the tear in her eye. Guldove was completely changed. No more huts or anything. Just a seaport for commerce and trade.
"Listen Steena, maybe they just relocated the shrine." Serge offered. Steena shook her head.
"There are no more dragons. All I thought about when I was a little girl was being able to see the legends and learn as much as I could about Dragons. It all changed when my mentor began to get very ill. I eventually had to replace her and keep on the legends. In short, no dragons, no shrine maidens." Kid and Serge just remained quiet as Steena looked at the shops in front of her. Serge was the first to spot the objective. He tapped Steena on the shoulder and pointed high to a hammock where a man slept lazily. Kid saw The man also and began to run up to him when Steena stopped her. Steena pointed to a shadow cat that just ran into the shadows at the foot of the ladder leading up to hammock.
"It has ta be him now!" Kid said determined to get through. Steena looked at Marcy who remained still. Serge pointed to another area and Kid and Steena looked to see a little girl with blond curly hair running into an alley.
"I know, but let's deal with Shaun first." Steena ordered. They all approached the ladder when from behind came a familiar voice.
"Where do you think you three are going?" They all turned around to see Shaun.
"SHAUN!" They all screamed at once. They went to run up to him when next to Shaun appeared The man with the red sword drawn.
"Uh huh, Shaun." The man taunted as the Shaun image went away. Steena grabbed the nearest object and hurled it up to the hammock. The man laughed as it missed shattering below the hammock. "Fools." The man bated under his breath swinging his sword weightlessly.
"WHAT'S THAT RACKET?" came Shaun's voice from high above. "HEY MISTER, NO WEAPONS POLICY!" The man hurled a thunderbolt at Shaun. Steena looked the other way as did Kid when Serge laughed.
"Oh yeah, he's immune to thunder." Serge chuckled out. Kid and Steena looked to see The man walk away angry. Shaun jumped down from where he was at and looked at Steena, Serge, and Kid.
"How did you know that?" Shaun asked carefully.
"We know a lot about you, Shaun." Steena said in her intimidating tone. Shaun looked at her dumbly before he ran up the ladder, grabbed a bag and jumped back down.
"Wherever you are going, I would like to join you." Shaun said rather quickly. Steena nodded smiling leading everyone to the boat.
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Patrick sighed looking up at the stars. He got lost in their infinite possibilities. He let his mind wander aimlessly as he watched them. Skelly rested nearby wondering how the stars could hold so much for his friend. Patrick continued his star gazing as pictures started entering his mind. A girl, two men, and finally another man lying on the ground bleeding from various major wounds filled his mind. He frowned sitting up clutching his head.
"You ok Pat?" Skelly asked concerned.
"I think I'm remembering things." Patrick responded.
"What?" Skelly asked interested now.
"I can't remember." He said slowly.
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"So tell me, what is it like to live in this place?" The man said to Miguel as he tossed a chair across the room.
"Clean until you came." Miguel said jokingly. The man gave Miguel a dirty look and continued rummaging through the wastes. He spotted a gold locket and he placed it carefully in his pocket continuing his search for his item he lost. Miguel got up and looked around. The squirrel was always two feet behind The man and was grabbing anything of taste.
"It won't leave me alone!" The man said annoyed dropping a peanut in front of it. The squirrel ate the peanut and continued to follow. Miguel laughed as he sat closer to the man.
"Listen, it looks like you found yourself a friend. Use it!" The man looked at the squirrel carefully into its black beady eyes and said slowly,
"Go bug Miguel." The squirrel ran up to Miguel, up his legs, up under his shirt all the way to the inside of his orange hat.
"Not exactly what I had planned." Miguel said dodging an incoming book.
"You are pretty good at dodging things." The man said tossing a book to the side.
"It's sad really," Miguel sighed finishing. "When everyone aims for you at dodge ball when you're a kid." The man stopped and began laughing as he picked up a ball and hit Miguel in the head.
"I could see that." The man taunted laughing with Miguel.
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"So you mean to tell me that I am from another world? PERPOSTROUS!" Shaun blared as he steered the boat to Fort Dragonia. Steena sighed as she thought of Paul. Kid and Serge continued to convince Shaun of his true nature as Steena sat at the peak of the boat. She felt two strange presences behind her and she turned to see Samantha and Catherine, Paul's older and younger sisters.
"Why are you here?" Steena asked quietly.
"We can't find Paul. He's nowhere to be found. We found Diss, but were not aloud to tell you." Samantha said bluntly.
"We can only tell you where Paul is through charades." Catherine said sadly.
"You guys have really harsh restrictions." Steena commented quietly.
"Ya. It really bites sometimes." Catherine muttered.
"Hey, what did we tell you about those words?" Samantha scolded.
"We?" Steena asked stupidly.
"Here's a hint. There's three Paul's scattered through both worlds. One is your boyfriend, and our brother. The other isn't him, acting as FATE until the computer is rebuilt. The third is a clone without Paul's enhancements." Samantha carefully expressed to clue in Steena. Kid and Serge looked at Steena and the two girls vanished.
"Why do ya look like you just saw a ghost?" Kid asked.
"I just did." Steena said shrugging them off isolating herself again.
"Hmm." Shaun said as they approached Fort Dragonia's main shore.
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"Wow, a Tiny Tim action figure. With real working cane that turns into a bazooka!" Miguel said ripping open the box. The man shook his head as he picked up another book tossing it behind him hitting Miguel's hat off. Miguel didn't care. He had a Tiny Tim in his hands as he set up a small brigade of Army Men.
"Boom. Ah! We're taking heavy fire. SHA BOOM!" Miguel said as he smiled. The man and his squirrel stared at Miguel blinking when needed.
"Um, Miguel.Never mind." The man said shaking his head pocketing a picture.
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Patrick sighed heavily as he began to resort the bones that would be his bed for now. Looking around he felt the heat against his skin and had an eerie calm come over him. He moved the last one and saw that he had made it for two people, not one. Frowning he thought about how that could have happened, especially since the only other person around never needed sleep.
"Something wrong Pat?" Skelly asked.
"Bones. I just made a bed for two." Patrick said slowly.
"Yeah so? I mean listen man I don't sleep with any guy on the firs-" Skelly was cut off.
"I know it wasn't for you and that's just gross Bones"
"If not for me then who?"
"No idea, but I think it has to do with those memories that resurfaced and disappeared."
"Alright man, if you remember anything then tell me ok? For now I'll just make my rounds and let you sleep." Patrick nodded lying down.
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"Well, to tell you the truth uh, what was your name again?" The man said embarrassed.
"Leah!" The little girl said quickly.
"Right, Leah. Well to tell you the truth Leah. I have no idea who or where I am. Maybe if you tell me your dad's name." The man offered.
"David." Leah said quicker than before.
"Hmm, nope. No bells ringing. Maybe we should take a look around here." The man offered.
"Um, Is it alright if I, um, call you daddy then?" Leah asked hopefully. The man shook his head.
"Not till I am sure. I don't want to get your hopes up. But you can call me Dave." He said. Leah smiled agreeing to the conditions. Together they got up as Leah began prancing away.
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"MY GOD THAT WAS BRUTAL IN THERE!" Shaun said fanning himself off.
"We told you this place was near a volcano!" Kid said annoyed.
"Well, let's enter the Fort no-" Steena's sentence was interrupted by an arrow. It landed three feet away from Serge's feet.
"Nobody, and I mean NOBODY, enters this place without getting through me first." Came the very clear sound of a very familiar voice. Shaun grabbed his knife and Serge prepped his Swallow. Kid drew her dagger as the owner of the voice came into full view.
"Diss?" Kid asked incredulously.
"I don't know how you know my name, but I'm not letting you in here just because you knew," Diss replied expertly hiding his confusion.
"We need to get through." Steena pleaded.
"Not until you get by me." Diss said cracking his knuckles and neck. He tossed the bow aside as he un-strapped his staff from his back. Serge dove in and was hit in the stomach and thwacked in the head as Diss whirled around with a roundhouse kick to Kid who was diving in. Shaun charged and was arm dragged away as Diss got up twirling his staff. Serge slowly got up and tackled Diss as Kid regrouped and hit Diss hard with the hilt of her dagger. Diss blew them all away with fire as Shaun looked in amazement.
"Whoa." Shaun said dropping his knife. Diss glared at everyone twirling his staff in one hand juggling a ball of fire in his hand.
"Play with fire and you're gonna get burned." Diss taunted as Kid slowly got up. Diss kicked her in the mid section and hit Serge in the back of the head with his staff. Steena sighed as she dropped her bags. She began to chant a spell when Diss charged and slammed her into a tree. Shaun looked around as he toyed with an idea. He was surprised as he picked up a boulder twice his size with ease. Diss was also surprised as Shaun grinned tossing the boulder at Diss. He shot fire at the rock but it still landed on him. Slowly however it melted away. Diss slowly got up and managed to knock out Shaun in hand-to-hand combat. Steena slowly got up and glared at Diss.
"You better step down." Steena said coldly. "I have a man who's waiting to get back to me, and you ain't stopping me."
"You can kiss my ass. I don't give a damn about your jabroni boyfriend or whatever. You ain't gonna beat me woman." Steena glared wildly as she tossed her sword to the side. She cracked her whole body as she charged at Diss. He attempted to jump over her flying tackle but was surprised as he hit face first into dust. He slowly got up and was kicked in the face hard as he slowly stood dazed before falling face first into the dirt again. Again he slowly got up as Steena kneed him in the stomach and did an uppercut to finish off Diss. Kid stood impressed. Serge stood in shock. She glared at Diss.
"Don't ever talk down about my boyfriend." She muttered under her breath. She grabbed her bags stepping on Diss walking to the fort.
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"Um, new plan." The man said to Lynx who was busy covering his eyes.
"Is it over?" Lynx said looking behind his hands.
"This was not in the plans." The man said again staring at Steena.
"Was she supposed to flatten Diss like that?" Lynx said astonished that the last person he ever thought in that group to be able to whip some ass, did so. "I mean, DAMN!" Lynx said.
"Better call that psychic again." The man muttered.
"Mrs. Leo I think her name was." Lynx informed.
"Have you ever seen a shrine maiden do that?" The man said trailing off.
"No. They only fight when they have to. And they're not supposed to hurt someone THAT bad." Lynx slowly backed away from the ledge. "You can forget me stopping them at the fort. If you want to delay them that bad do it yourself. I may have nine lives but I ain't gonna waste them!" Lynx went behind a tree out of sight as the man followed. Somehow, someway, Steena was given outside help. He had to know who it was, and how.
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Dave looked around the area. He did remember something strange about rocks. He seemed to have this fascination with them. But it was more than just a fascination. It seemed more like the rocks were calling to him. He dismissed his private thoughts for the while as Leah began to swing across a large pond. As he began to study the area a flash shot in his head. In the image was himself, a man with a strange staff, and another man juggling a ball of energy in his hands. Before he could think twice about it Leah interrupted his thoughts. He tried to recall the image, but it was no use. He smiled at Leah taking another look before they headed off to a new area.
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"Yo, Serge. You weren't kidding about these powers!" Shaun said excitedly. Kid nodded her head wide eyed giving the impression that 'she told you so'. Steena just frowned the whole way to the fort. And the inside didn't help either. It was a fort, looked just like they remembered. But no lore written about dragons anywhere could be found. It took no less than five minutes for Steena to realize the place was a fort to guard the dead of the Acacia Dragoons. Kid and Serge were busy checking the names for anyone they knew while Shaun was testing out his remembered powers. Steena sat down in a chair and checked out the grave before her. She began to turn pale white as she motioned for Serge and Kid to walk over.
"Bloody hell.." Kid whispered.
"It's Glenn's." Serge whispered back.
"Just as I thought, changed." Steena said holding back the tear in her eye. Guldove was completely changed. No more huts or anything. Just a seaport for commerce and trade.
"Listen Steena, maybe they just relocated the shrine." Serge offered. Steena shook her head.
"There are no more dragons. All I thought about when I was a little girl was being able to see the legends and learn as much as I could about Dragons. It all changed when my mentor began to get very ill. I eventually had to replace her and keep on the legends. In short, no dragons, no shrine maidens." Kid and Serge just remained quiet as Steena looked at the shops in front of her. Serge was the first to spot the objective. He tapped Steena on the shoulder and pointed high to a hammock where a man slept lazily. Kid saw The man also and began to run up to him when Steena stopped her. Steena pointed to a shadow cat that just ran into the shadows at the foot of the ladder leading up to hammock.
"It has ta be him now!" Kid said determined to get through. Steena looked at Marcy who remained still. Serge pointed to another area and Kid and Steena looked to see a little girl with blond curly hair running into an alley.
"I know, but let's deal with Shaun first." Steena ordered. They all approached the ladder when from behind came a familiar voice.
"Where do you think you three are going?" They all turned around to see Shaun.
"SHAUN!" They all screamed at once. They went to run up to him when next to Shaun appeared The man with the red sword drawn.
"Uh huh, Shaun." The man taunted as the Shaun image went away. Steena grabbed the nearest object and hurled it up to the hammock. The man laughed as it missed shattering below the hammock. "Fools." The man bated under his breath swinging his sword weightlessly.
"WHAT'S THAT RACKET?" came Shaun's voice from high above. "HEY MISTER, NO WEAPONS POLICY!" The man hurled a thunderbolt at Shaun. Steena looked the other way as did Kid when Serge laughed.
"Oh yeah, he's immune to thunder." Serge chuckled out. Kid and Steena looked to see The man walk away angry. Shaun jumped down from where he was at and looked at Steena, Serge, and Kid.
"How did you know that?" Shaun asked carefully.
"We know a lot about you, Shaun." Steena said in her intimidating tone. Shaun looked at her dumbly before he ran up the ladder, grabbed a bag and jumped back down.
"Wherever you are going, I would like to join you." Shaun said rather quickly. Steena nodded smiling leading everyone to the boat.
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Patrick sighed looking up at the stars. He got lost in their infinite possibilities. He let his mind wander aimlessly as he watched them. Skelly rested nearby wondering how the stars could hold so much for his friend. Patrick continued his star gazing as pictures started entering his mind. A girl, two men, and finally another man lying on the ground bleeding from various major wounds filled his mind. He frowned sitting up clutching his head.
"You ok Pat?" Skelly asked concerned.
"I think I'm remembering things." Patrick responded.
"What?" Skelly asked interested now.
"I can't remember." He said slowly.
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"So tell me, what is it like to live in this place?" The man said to Miguel as he tossed a chair across the room.
"Clean until you came." Miguel said jokingly. The man gave Miguel a dirty look and continued rummaging through the wastes. He spotted a gold locket and he placed it carefully in his pocket continuing his search for his item he lost. Miguel got up and looked around. The squirrel was always two feet behind The man and was grabbing anything of taste.
"It won't leave me alone!" The man said annoyed dropping a peanut in front of it. The squirrel ate the peanut and continued to follow. Miguel laughed as he sat closer to the man.
"Listen, it looks like you found yourself a friend. Use it!" The man looked at the squirrel carefully into its black beady eyes and said slowly,
"Go bug Miguel." The squirrel ran up to Miguel, up his legs, up under his shirt all the way to the inside of his orange hat.
"Not exactly what I had planned." Miguel said dodging an incoming book.
"You are pretty good at dodging things." The man said tossing a book to the side.
"It's sad really," Miguel sighed finishing. "When everyone aims for you at dodge ball when you're a kid." The man stopped and began laughing as he picked up a ball and hit Miguel in the head.
"I could see that." The man taunted laughing with Miguel.
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"So you mean to tell me that I am from another world? PERPOSTROUS!" Shaun blared as he steered the boat to Fort Dragonia. Steena sighed as she thought of Paul. Kid and Serge continued to convince Shaun of his true nature as Steena sat at the peak of the boat. She felt two strange presences behind her and she turned to see Samantha and Catherine, Paul's older and younger sisters.
"Why are you here?" Steena asked quietly.
"We can't find Paul. He's nowhere to be found. We found Diss, but were not aloud to tell you." Samantha said bluntly.
"We can only tell you where Paul is through charades." Catherine said sadly.
"You guys have really harsh restrictions." Steena commented quietly.
"Ya. It really bites sometimes." Catherine muttered.
"Hey, what did we tell you about those words?" Samantha scolded.
"We?" Steena asked stupidly.
"Here's a hint. There's three Paul's scattered through both worlds. One is your boyfriend, and our brother. The other isn't him, acting as FATE until the computer is rebuilt. The third is a clone without Paul's enhancements." Samantha carefully expressed to clue in Steena. Kid and Serge looked at Steena and the two girls vanished.
"Why do ya look like you just saw a ghost?" Kid asked.
"I just did." Steena said shrugging them off isolating herself again.
"Hmm." Shaun said as they approached Fort Dragonia's main shore.
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"Wow, a Tiny Tim action figure. With real working cane that turns into a bazooka!" Miguel said ripping open the box. The man shook his head as he picked up another book tossing it behind him hitting Miguel's hat off. Miguel didn't care. He had a Tiny Tim in his hands as he set up a small brigade of Army Men.
"Boom. Ah! We're taking heavy fire. SHA BOOM!" Miguel said as he smiled. The man and his squirrel stared at Miguel blinking when needed.
"Um, Miguel.Never mind." The man said shaking his head pocketing a picture.
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Patrick sighed heavily as he began to resort the bones that would be his bed for now. Looking around he felt the heat against his skin and had an eerie calm come over him. He moved the last one and saw that he had made it for two people, not one. Frowning he thought about how that could have happened, especially since the only other person around never needed sleep.
"Something wrong Pat?" Skelly asked.
"Bones. I just made a bed for two." Patrick said slowly.
"Yeah so? I mean listen man I don't sleep with any guy on the firs-" Skelly was cut off.
"I know it wasn't for you and that's just gross Bones"
"If not for me then who?"
"No idea, but I think it has to do with those memories that resurfaced and disappeared."
"Alright man, if you remember anything then tell me ok? For now I'll just make my rounds and let you sleep." Patrick nodded lying down.
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"Well, to tell you the truth uh, what was your name again?" The man said embarrassed.
"Leah!" The little girl said quickly.
"Right, Leah. Well to tell you the truth Leah. I have no idea who or where I am. Maybe if you tell me your dad's name." The man offered.
"David." Leah said quicker than before.
"Hmm, nope. No bells ringing. Maybe we should take a look around here." The man offered.
"Um, Is it alright if I, um, call you daddy then?" Leah asked hopefully. The man shook his head.
"Not till I am sure. I don't want to get your hopes up. But you can call me Dave." He said. Leah smiled agreeing to the conditions. Together they got up as Leah began prancing away.
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"MY GOD THAT WAS BRUTAL IN THERE!" Shaun said fanning himself off.
"We told you this place was near a volcano!" Kid said annoyed.
"Well, let's enter the Fort no-" Steena's sentence was interrupted by an arrow. It landed three feet away from Serge's feet.
"Nobody, and I mean NOBODY, enters this place without getting through me first." Came the very clear sound of a very familiar voice. Shaun grabbed his knife and Serge prepped his Swallow. Kid drew her dagger as the owner of the voice came into full view.
"Diss?" Kid asked incredulously.
"I don't know how you know my name, but I'm not letting you in here just because you knew," Diss replied expertly hiding his confusion.
"We need to get through." Steena pleaded.
"Not until you get by me." Diss said cracking his knuckles and neck. He tossed the bow aside as he un-strapped his staff from his back. Serge dove in and was hit in the stomach and thwacked in the head as Diss whirled around with a roundhouse kick to Kid who was diving in. Shaun charged and was arm dragged away as Diss got up twirling his staff. Serge slowly got up and tackled Diss as Kid regrouped and hit Diss hard with the hilt of her dagger. Diss blew them all away with fire as Shaun looked in amazement.
"Whoa." Shaun said dropping his knife. Diss glared at everyone twirling his staff in one hand juggling a ball of fire in his hand.
"Play with fire and you're gonna get burned." Diss taunted as Kid slowly got up. Diss kicked her in the mid section and hit Serge in the back of the head with his staff. Steena sighed as she dropped her bags. She began to chant a spell when Diss charged and slammed her into a tree. Shaun looked around as he toyed with an idea. He was surprised as he picked up a boulder twice his size with ease. Diss was also surprised as Shaun grinned tossing the boulder at Diss. He shot fire at the rock but it still landed on him. Slowly however it melted away. Diss slowly got up and managed to knock out Shaun in hand-to-hand combat. Steena slowly got up and glared at Diss.
"You better step down." Steena said coldly. "I have a man who's waiting to get back to me, and you ain't stopping me."
"You can kiss my ass. I don't give a damn about your jabroni boyfriend or whatever. You ain't gonna beat me woman." Steena glared wildly as she tossed her sword to the side. She cracked her whole body as she charged at Diss. He attempted to jump over her flying tackle but was surprised as he hit face first into dust. He slowly got up and was kicked in the face hard as he slowly stood dazed before falling face first into the dirt again. Again he slowly got up as Steena kneed him in the stomach and did an uppercut to finish off Diss. Kid stood impressed. Serge stood in shock. She glared at Diss.
"Don't ever talk down about my boyfriend." She muttered under her breath. She grabbed her bags stepping on Diss walking to the fort.
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"Um, new plan." The man said to Lynx who was busy covering his eyes.
"Is it over?" Lynx said looking behind his hands.
"This was not in the plans." The man said again staring at Steena.
"Was she supposed to flatten Diss like that?" Lynx said astonished that the last person he ever thought in that group to be able to whip some ass, did so. "I mean, DAMN!" Lynx said.
"Better call that psychic again." The man muttered.
"Mrs. Leo I think her name was." Lynx informed.
"Have you ever seen a shrine maiden do that?" The man said trailing off.
"No. They only fight when they have to. And they're not supposed to hurt someone THAT bad." Lynx slowly backed away from the ledge. "You can forget me stopping them at the fort. If you want to delay them that bad do it yourself. I may have nine lives but I ain't gonna waste them!" Lynx went behind a tree out of sight as the man followed. Somehow, someway, Steena was given outside help. He had to know who it was, and how.
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Dave looked around the area. He did remember something strange about rocks. He seemed to have this fascination with them. But it was more than just a fascination. It seemed more like the rocks were calling to him. He dismissed his private thoughts for the while as Leah began to swing across a large pond. As he began to study the area a flash shot in his head. In the image was himself, a man with a strange staff, and another man juggling a ball of energy in his hands. Before he could think twice about it Leah interrupted his thoughts. He tried to recall the image, but it was no use. He smiled at Leah taking another look before they headed off to a new area.
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"Yo, Serge. You weren't kidding about these powers!" Shaun said excitedly. Kid nodded her head wide eyed giving the impression that 'she told you so'. Steena just frowned the whole way to the fort. And the inside didn't help either. It was a fort, looked just like they remembered. But no lore written about dragons anywhere could be found. It took no less than five minutes for Steena to realize the place was a fort to guard the dead of the Acacia Dragoons. Kid and Serge were busy checking the names for anyone they knew while Shaun was testing out his remembered powers. Steena sat down in a chair and checked out the grave before her. She began to turn pale white as she motioned for Serge and Kid to walk over.
"Bloody hell.." Kid whispered.
"It's Glenn's." Serge whispered back.