A/N: Okay, guys. I have a little explaining to do for you guys. The reason I didn't update this story like I usually do was because I had gone to get help for a (disturbing/dark) mental health issue, since it got worse and ongoing Sunday, and ended up admitted into the Psych Ward for a week since last Monday. I got discharged yesterday, and I feel better. So now it turns out the problem stemmed from the obsession part of OCD - no compulsive behaviors at all -, and I'm taking medicine for it. So now I have three mental differences about me. Yep. ((I wrote three Journals, like Gravity Falls in fact, on my experiences by the way. It fared well for me. X3))
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Now then, let's roll out and read! Chapter Nineteen, come on up here! XD

A Triangle in the Stars
Chapter Nineteen: Spanner in the Works

"So... let me get this straight... you were actually trying to round us all up?" Kryptos stared wide-eyed at Xanthar, who had chased him almost all throughout the school. It was here, in the cafeteria, that they finally came to an understanding.

Xanthar made a grunting noise that could somehow be interpreted as a yes.

"Oh.. you scared the heck outta me though," Kryptos put a hand to where his heart would be. He sat on one of the tables, resting his nerves. "I thought I was gonna get hurt."

Xanthar then mimicked this action, sitting on one of the other tables. However, it made a loud noise, and soon the table was reduced to dust. The rhombic demon frowned slightly. He made a mental note to fix that table later. Believe it or not, they weren't here to break stuff. He sighed, "Gabriel is something else, isn't he?"

Another grunt, and a sort-of nod to accompany it.

"I can't believe he's doing this..." he leaned forward a little bit, drumming his gloved hands on the table, "No wonder Bill hates talking about his family."

Another nod. Xanthar must have been wishing he could speak.

But, in truth, Kryptos truly had no idea. Other than this was Bill's past coming back to haunt him and them, he didn't know. Even though he'd been Bill's friend longer than all the rest, even Hectorgon, he still felt locked out of the loop sometimes. This was one of those times. He groaned, and rubbed at his buckteeth for a second before he floated up and away from the table, clearing his "throat", "Well, we can't waste time talking. We gotta round up the rest of 'em. The ones who haven't been turned into a Cluster Demon, that is..."

Xanthar then stood up and started running, exiting the cafeteria in only a few rapid steps, once again taking on his task to the fullest. Kryptos jumped. He glanced at the dust and snapped his fingers. The table was restored within seconds, and then he levitated full speed ahead after Xanthar, shouting, "Hey, hey! wait up!"

Xanthar only sped up. Kryptos sighed slightly. "What I meant by rounding them up was not this!" he awkwardly yelled out to him, speeding up as well.

Xanthar grumbled and slid to a halt, hitting a wall and causing little crumbles to appear along it.

"Let's just take things slow and look for them.." Kryptos, when he finally caught up, eyed the cracked wall with dismay.

The purple monster slowly stomped through the place after that, looking and searching. He soon could see glowing in the distance. It could only be Bill and Pyronica! he started running towards it again. Kryptos's eye widened, before he, having fixed the wall with magic, flew after Xanthar, wondering what all the fuss was about. He didn't see anything special. Couldn't see anything special.

The glows soon faded, if they were ever there at all. Xanthar halted, realizing whatever he had seen wasn't here. This is where he saw it... wasn't it? if he had a head, he would've scratched it.

The demon caught up with him again. Instead of growing angry, Kryptos simply turned to stare with confusion at Xanthar, and then he asked calmly and curiously, with a hint of worry in his voice, "What did you see..?"

He shook. Kinda like shaking his head.

"Nothing? well, that explains it... Gabriel must be messin' with our heads..." the navy diamond, eye narrowed, rubbed at his top point, pursing his lips, which was somewhat hard because of his buckteeth.

Xanthar seemed discomforted by that idea, as he shuddered.

"You and me both, friend.." Kryptos then took to patting Xanthar on the back. After a bit, he looked around. Rows of doors were lining either side of this hallway. Perhaps maybe they'd find one of their friends in these room. And hopefully not any of those Cluster Demons. He didn't want to fight them, for he knew they were made from the Henchmaniacs who refused to cut their ties to Bill. Maybe... just maybe he'd find a way to cure them... but he had no idea how nor did he know if it was even possible.

And then he stopped that train of thought. He shook himself, anchoring himself again to their task. He digressed big time right there, and he found it to be a big problem throughout his life, even though it mellowed out nowadays, especially during Weirdmaggedon. And now he was doing it again. He slapped himself mentally, frowning.

Suddenly, all the lights turned off. Xanthar glowed bright purple, helping light the way.

"Ugh, not again," Kryptos groaned. Despite having magic, he didn't bother trying to fix this. He was sure something bad would happen if he tried. Which would explain why Bill didn't try to force the lights back on...

"Well, never mind that. Thanks for the glow, Xanthar. Let's check these doors..." and then he glanced at and made his way to one of them, frowning slightly. Xanthar followed him, silently.

"Say, to make this go faster, could you check the doors on the left? I'll check these right ones here," the diamond suggested, hand now on the knob of the door.

Xanthar immediately started on his task. His hands were way too big to open the doors the normal way, so he just smashed right through them, one by one. It was like he wasn't even looking inside the rooms. Then again, he didn't have eyeballs...

Kryptos watched. He sweatdropped. He saw the flaws right after the plan was implemented. Another sort of problem he had—little to no foresight.

He opened the door, finally, deciding that he'd chastise himself more for this after they were done. He looked inside, searched around a bit, found nothing, and then moved onto the next. His method was rather slow, but workable. Xanthar grumbled loudly, already at the end of the hallway. Some dust fell from the holes he had punched in the wall. The rhombic demon continued this method, halfway down the hallway by now.

Xanthar watched silently and patiently for him to finish. The smaller demon made it to the second-to-last door, and pulled it open. He walked in, looking around, and soon noticed a blue glow radiating from behind a cabinet. He slowly levitated over, eyebrow raised. And there was Keyhole, all huddled up, shaking all over. He squeaked when he opened his eyes and saw Kryptos.

"Hey, relax.. we're on Bill's side," the navy diamond assured him. Or at least tried to.

"O-oh? B-Bill's here?" the little demon was a bit shocked at this.

"Of course! I rushed past him one time, Pyronica too, and a boy was with them," he explained softly, eye narrowing slightly. However, like Teeth and Xanthar, he didn't seem to mind a human in their midst. He had sensed something more about the boy anyway, but was far too frightened to stop and chat with any of them.

"O-oh... but what about...?" he wanted to say Gabriel, but was a little too afraid.

Kryptos sighed, rubbing at his top point. He knew what—or, more precisely, who—Keyhole was thinking about. He replied, frowning, "Hadn't seen Gabriel since the happening in the chemistry lab..."

The demon nodded at this, before he started off another idea, "W-well! w-what if he... you know...!" again, he couldn't say what he wanted.

This time Kryptos couldn't think up an answer. He couldn't seem to piece it together, and, if he didn't have these teeth, he'd purse his lips. He sighed, "No... I actually don't know..."

He shook his head, giving up, "N-never mind!"

The rhombic demon frowned, "Hmm... okay."

He saw how much this stressed out Keyhole, so he decided not to press, even though he wanted to.

"W-we should go find Bill!"

An idea then struck Keyhole. Gabriel wanted Bill dead... so why couldn't he do it? he imagined he would become the star's right hand man after that. It was a nice thought...

But could he actually go through with it?

Kryptos read his thoughts, and raised his only eyebrow, but largely ignored it because Keyhole was unsure about it. He sighed, "Yeah... let's go find Bill. I bet he's worried 'bout us."

Keyhole nodded vigorously, "Y-yeah!"

The demon stayed staring at him for a while, before he left the room. Xanthar was still there, but the floor was cracked because he had sat down while waiting. He looked over and seemed to exude a smile.

"Hey, Xanthar! I found Keyhole!"

The loaf-like creature then hooted with joy as he stood up. The navy diamond snapped his fingers and the floor, and walls and doors, were restored. Keyhole walked out quietly. He was still mulling over that idea.

Xanthar sped over to Keyhole, and Kryptos, eye wide, immediately got out of the way. The purple creature kept hooting. He was honestly so glad to see his friend, so glad that he didn't notice his behavior...

A/N: So, here we explore another perspective. XP I hope you enjoyed this one. X3
I was Kryptos, and later on I took Xanthar while Ace took Keyhole when he appeared and Xanthar before Keyhole appeared. Again, they had little to no personality, so we did the liberty of giving them their own traits. I hope they're realistic. X3 And I hope you enjoyed! please leave reviews! I love them so much! I'll see you guys this Thursday or Saturday with the next one!