I paced the room and nervously bit my fingernails.

"J…I-I'm sure they're fine." Rei tried to reassure.

"Oh yes that makes me feel so relaxed." I say sarcastically.

"Micheal. Get a grip. If they failed their mission they did it nobly."

I sucked in a sharp breath. I've been trying to deny their deaths for the whole time they've been gone. It's been hours. At least...I think it's been hours. Time is weird here. Suddenly, two of the doors slammed open like a strong gust of wind had blown them open.

"What the hell?!" Growls Scar.

France walked out of one door in his light blue pirate outfit I remembered from an episode or two. Sebastian walked out in a cleaner version of his suit, a smirk playing on his lips as he walked through his other.

"Francis! Sebastian!" Rei shouted happily and grinned widely as he ran over to them and hugged them.

It was kind of comical because Rei was shorter than both the demon and nation but was bear hugging them like a wrestler.

France laughed, a genuine laugh and not his usual 'honhonhon'. Sebastian on the other hand looked like an angry and semi confused cat. His eyes were narrowed and his teeth were gritted together in a grimace.

"Good to be back, mon ami."

"Yes very good...now please let go, this suit is very expensive."

I laughed as Rei let go and apologise quickly.

"I hate to burst everyone's bubble but...where's Kyoya?" Scar said.

Silence clung to the room.

"Are...you...serious?!" I bellowed.

"Michael, that's enough." Sebastian warned in a tone as cold as iron in the snow.

"I-I agree! I might be worried about Kyoya but Francis and Sebastian did come back! That's good, right?" Rei questioned.

"Right...you're right. Sorry I'm just-this is so stressful."

"Oh believe me mon ami it isn't just messing with only you."

"...By the God of Ishval…" Mumbled Scar.

"What? What is it?" I ask frantically.

He points at a door. I remember it as the door Kyoya recognized as a door he knew. A black knife with a dark green and bright gold hilt is stuck in the door like someone threw it with a note skewered by said knife. I walked over and noticed the red ink drip-drop writing from the conference room. That felt like centuries ago.

"Kyoya is safe. The only way to get him back is to reach the last hallway. To get to the last hallway, you must figure out this riddle. The last hallway leads to the center where others will be waiting. Now for the riddle:

Eyes of damned, Hair of light

Have gone through their ravaged fight

But be weary all of ye of your party

For the end of your journey will not be taken light heartedly

To find The Shadow King you seek

You must use to weapons to you unique

For they are the keys to open the door

But are you ready to meet bloody gore?

Hidden to all who carelessly walk past

Often seen by those who finish last

Woven by glamour and gold

And written in the many languages of old

Is how to open along with the key

A book and your weaponry

Are you ready to fight

Against the King of Shadowed Night?"

I read. A chill ran up my spine and the room felt suddenly colder.

"What the shit does that mean?" Scar grumbles, breaking the wall thick silence.

"If only we knew…" Sebastian mumbled.

"Wait! Wait wait wait wait wait! Most of it is rather simple except for the key lines 'Hidden to all who carelessly walk past, Often seen by those who finish last'! Who was the last person to appear in our group?" I shouted excitedly.

The blond nation's deep sapphire eyes shined with knowing. "Rei!"

Rei looked very shocked like he was going to fall over. He adjusted his red glasses nervously. "B-But I haven't seen anything."

"True, you haven't. But glamour is an old English term. It was a magic used by fairies using what they called the Mist to shield their homes and other things from mortals. I use it every once in awhile." Sebastian supplies.

"It's probably in here. No pressure kid." Scar uncharacteristically reassures, slapping a hand on Rei's back.

"Yeah Rei I know you can do it!"

Rei smiles sheepishly. "I'll try…"

Rei walked around the room, biting his thumb nail nervously. He stopped at an uncovered door part of the wood paneled wall and narrowed his eyes.

"Here. I'm pretty sure this is it."

He placed a hand on the wall and a flash of purple came from the wall. Wind from nowhere whipped around the room and I noticed Rei's eyes glow a bright purple, his whites and all. I stepped back and noticed what had appeared.

An obsidian black door with many different colored locks faded into existence. Rei's eyes died in their purple but it made me nervous.

He smiled shakily but his legs wobbled.

"Why don't you sit down, comrade?" Erwin suggested, taking one of Rei's arms and leading him to a part of the room to rest against a wall.

There were five locks, each colored differently. One was a dark velvet red with black chips in it with a slit keyhole, the second was steel and another glowing light blue metal with a long, wide and deep looking keyhole. The third was a bright angry red with bone white chips inside the metal and looked like almost a bookshelf keyhole. The fourth was an lapis lazuli blue with bright purple swirls in it and a circular keyhole. The fifth was mostly a deep sapphire blue but it had glowing ruby red and pearl white diamonds in it and had a keyhole about the size of a pencil eraser. The fifth was pure black with shimmering rainbow lights in it. It had a hook instead of a lock.

"Alright, weapons are the key right? So if we put our weapons in our designated locks, we should be fine." I rationalize.

Scar is the first to act, sliding his book into the red and white lock. Erwin slides the blade of his sword into the steel, gold and light blue lock, Rei jammed the muzzle of his pistol into the lapis lazuli and purple swirled lock, Sebastian slid one knife into the red velvet lock, France did the same as Rei with his rifle and I, though I don't like to admit it, reluctantly hung the book bag I had obtained on the hook.

It feels like centuries since I was in that meeting room.

The locks vanish, along with the items, in a flash of light and only a dark, thin hallway is left.

"Well...shall we go in?" France asks.

"We've gotten this far, can't really turn back now." Smirks Scar.

I take a deep breath. "Well then looks like we have no other choice."

And together, we plunged into the unknown.