SORRY FOR THE LONG ASS WAIT *o* Did NOT mean for it to be that long! Something called school and it's rotten friend life knocked on my door then broke into my house when I didn't answer DX And I hope you enjoy this chapter, because I personally hate it.

The bassist helped 2D stand on his own.

"Are you okay? Did that fucking bastard hit you hard?"

2D coughed. "Y-yeah." 2D doubled over slightly. "My stomach is feeling a bit better now."

Murdoc folded his arms. "If you don't feel good we can wait for a while."

2D shook his head. "S'all good, really." He stood up straight.

Murdoc and 2D approached the second door. Murdoc's hand reached out to grab the doorknob. It seemed to have stopped short on its own, and it trembled slightly as it wavered over the door.

He broke out in a sweat. Though he didn't want to admit it, he was slightly fearful of what lied behind this door.

Whatever it was, he knew it wouldn't be good.

He finally swallowed his fear and latched onto the doorknob…

And screamed out in pain as an electric current coursed through his body.

He couldn't let go of it, and if he attempted to move a muscle, it felt as if they were starting to melt.

This has to be another hallucination. Murdoc tried to convince himself. I know Hell, and Hell wouldn't have something as simple as this…

The bassist growled and gripped the doorknob tighter until the sensation of his nails piercing the palm of his hand brought him back to reality. He looked back to see 2D looking at him with a bewildered expression on his features. He rubbed the blood leaking from his hands onto his jeans and commenced to opening the door in front of him.

They stepped into a diner. Everything was white; white walls, white counters, white everything. It was so white that the scene seemed to hold a hazy dream-like glow.

But Murdoc wasn't dumb; he knew this was a nightmare.

The red appliances contrasted against the stark white countertops.

Murdoc cocked an unseen eyebrow and walked up to a window, but only saw the blurred sight of a blue sky.

"It's too bright. Can't see a damn thing." He said to 2D.

When he didn't receive a reply he turned around to see the singer nowhere in sight.

"2D? 2D?!" the bassist called frantically. He hadn't even heard him walk away.

Murdoc turned around to search for 2D when he bumped into the diner lady he lost his virginity to.

"Woah, watch now sweetie." She said playfully.

Murdoc felt different emotions run through his veins, one in particular was foreign to him. But at the moment only 2 were dominant; anger and fear.

"You…" He said as he shoved an accusing finger in the latter's face. "What have you done with Stuart?!"

The diner lady, whose nametag read Sarah, smirked. "I haven't done anything with your precious little singer."

Murdoc grabbed onto the front of her uniform. "Tell me; what the fuck happened to him?"

"I'll tell you once you be a little nicer." She spat.

Murdoc growled and let go of her.

"You seem tense. You want anything?" She asked sweetly. "It's on the house."

The bassist decided to play along and nodded his head.

Sarah walked behind the counter and motioned for Murdoc to come over and sit.

Sighing, the bassist walked over and took a seat.

"What would you like?"

Murdoc glared at her but stopped and gritted his teeth. "Gimme some whiskey."

Sarah smiled and hollered for someone named 'Earl' to bring it. She leaned in close to Murdoc's face.

"So, how are you?" She asked.

"Pissed off, no thanks to you." He snapped.

'Earl' called her to retrieve the drink in the kitchen. The diner lady turned around and walked to the back

Murdoc cocked an eyebrow and took note of the fact that 'Earl' never took a step outside.

Sally returned with his drink in hand. "Here you go hun." She said with a smile.

He picked the drink up and swished it around inside the glass. "You know," Murdoc started. "I might be crazy, but I'm not stupid."

Sally tilted her head to the side. "What do you mean?"

"I know my alcohol well enough to know that this-" He lifted up the glass. "Is too thick and cloudy looking to be whiskey." He poured the drink onto the counter and bowed his head to smell it. "It even smells different." He lifted his head and glared at Sally. "So, what did you mix in here? Roofies?"

Sally smirked. She banged her hand on the counter and once too-bright diner turned black. Black veins grew and spread down the walls. A couple wrapped around Murdoc's wrists and ankles.

"You're a smart one." She crawled on top of the counter. "Smarter than you were when you were nine."

"I'm tired of playing your fucking games. Tell me where the Hell my singer is!"

Sally jumped off the counter and pointed towards the kitchen doors, which opened to reveal 2D with thick veins wrapping around his hips, wrists and neck. Blood dripped from his mouth and his eyes were half lidded.

"Help me." The singer rasped.

"All you have to do is relive the experience you had when you were nine to get him back."

The bassist growled. "No!"

Sally smirked and walked to where 2D was. She touched his face from behind, causing him to wince and jerk away from her touch.

"It would be a shame if something were to happen to him, wouldn't it?" Sally said.

Murdoc bent his hand and clawed the veins restricting him and was free in the blink of an eye. He dashed towards them and pushed Sally away. He ignored the caked up black blood under his fingernails and clawed the singer from the veins and helped him stand on his feet to make a run for the door that reappeared. As they were running a vein wrapped around Murdoc's ankle and dragged him away from his goal.

"You've seemed to have gotten more disobedient since I last saw you." Sally smirked as the veins enveloped the bassist's body tight and brought him closer to her face. "This is my diner, and what I say goes. If I want you, I get you."

Murdoc growled at her and bared his teeth. "Over my dead body you bitch!"

The veins began oozing blood.

"Careful Murdoc. I don't want your blood pressure to get too high."

The veins made their way down to the front of Murdoc's pants. His eyes widened and he tried harder to get out of the iron grip.

Being preoccupied with torturing Murdoc, Sally hadn't noticed the singer sneaking up behind her with a broken shard of glass. Just as she was about to turn around to deal with him, 2D thrust the makeshift weapon into Sally's heart. She burst into black flames and disintegrated into ashes. The veins disappeared, freeing Murdoc. He collapsed onto the floor and got back up unsteadily.

"L-let's go." He murmured.

He and 2D commenced to walking out of Murdoc's memory, fearing what lied next.