"You're not telling me something." Alfred says coldly after watching the slightly older man for what feels like hours now do nothing but stare up at the ceiling above. "What is this place?"

Arthur sighs not looking away from the window above them, "Lad like Romano said it's practically hell."

"Bullshit. Hell isn't something you can just go too in the blink of an eye. It's a place where the damned go and that's only if you believe in that shit to begin with." The American growls back, "No this is a prison of…some creature's design, plain and simple. No god or demon made this place."

This peaks Arthur's interest slightly, "Oh so you're not a…what's the term you humans use…Christian?"

"I'm not an Atheist if that's what you're asking. I just don't let primitive beliefs cloud my judgment." He says with a smirk, "Although Christmas still is pretty fun but I'm getting off topic. So what is this prison?"

Now Romano sighs loudly, "Why can't you just leave it as Hell? It's close enough to it. We're all going to fucking die and there's nothing we can fucking do to stop it." He turns around on his cot muttering something that sounds like something close to Latin.

Religion is something that's always struck the Britalian as intriguing. Especially for the humans that's he's seen come and go in the silver box around him. The more powerful the faith the easier the tomb around them has been able to crush the person inside. When the first crew had arrived their Commander had been so sure that their faith and courage would see them through and he was one of the first to fall. Not to Oliver but to Louis. The Frenchman does things to the men that would make the devil cringe.

Sure Arthur's been able to keep him from destroying Romano like the others but he's powerless to stop him from taking Alfred. Alfred is exactly what he loves, powerful, young and worse of all…human. Humans are Louis' favorite kind of species, "Their minds…" He would say as he stares off into the distance on the nights Arthur is with him, "Their sanity is so easy to break…it's like once what they love is gone...they're nothing but clay in my hands. Nothing but toys to break."

"Why not…rape them yourself?" He would ask as Louis just shrugged with a cigarette dangling haphazardly from his lips.

"Why not? My tentacles find a lot of…pleasure from it."

Even now the way the scruffy man said it makes Arthur's skin crawl, "Alfred…whatever you see tonight…feel tonight just remember it's not as real as it feels and it will end by morning."

"Then will you tell me what's going on? Tomorrow morning?"

Letting out a sigh Arthur nods, "Fine but you won't like it…"

"I'll take my chances but why not now?" Even Romano turns over at this question. It's not that the other man has never thought of these questions but he figured it would be easier for him if he didn't ask, "Well?"

Arthur looks down, "Tell me something…who is Orion?"

"What?" Alfred sighs now feeling pure frustration for the other man, "Dude really? Are we going to start playing mind games with each other because sure while you can read my mind sometimes that won't even help you."

"Just answer my question."

Watching him Alfred can tell he's up to something but what it is he's not too sure of, "Okay fine I'll play for a little bit." After thinking for a moment Alfred answers, "He was a Greek huntsman that was accidently shot by the Goddess Artemis when she tried to shoot down Scorpio this giant scorpion."

"So it wasn't that Scorpio stung him?"

Blinking Alfred just stares at him, "That's another um version of the story but if you know it then why did-"

"How does the rest of the story go?"

"Really?" Alfred just groans slightly before continuing knowing he has nothing to lose, "Okay so as he lay dying from whatever was killing him, Zeus took him and threw him up into the sky to become the stars forever chasing Scorpio." After he finishes Arthur chuckles slightly, "What?"

"Very short story isn't it?"

"Yeah and what's your point? It's an ancient story about a Greek hero that died doing what he loved to do."

Arthur nods thinking as the lights around them dim, "Well…goodnight."

Sleep is the last thing on Alfred's mind but as he tries to argue he feels himself slipping into unconsciousness, "W…what the hell?" He mutters falling back onto the cot with a thud. His eyes close and the world around him goes black once again.

Arthur on the other end is watching him from the bed that's his prison. He won't be able to sleep tonight now that Louis has a new victim. "I'm sorry…" He whispers to the silence around him. "Where had I gone wrong?" He sighs as a light flickers next to him, "Mint bunny are their vital signs stable?"

The small hologram nods quickly, "Yes Arthur their breathing and heart rates are normal as well as their brain activities." It flutters around joyfully, "Is there anything else you want tonight?"

"Yes…Mint I want to try something different…"

The hologram cocks it's head slightly, "Another SOS sir?"

"No I think it's time we try to stop this anyway we can." Arthur watches as Alfred's body tenses up, "Try to break into the main terminal again."

"But Arthur…" It whines sadly it's green glow dimming for a moment, "But they'll hurt me again…"

Arthur gives him a small smile, "I know love but we have to try now don't we?"

"Yeah…" It sighs, "What should I try to do?"

It's a good question, if Mint tries to shut down the whole machine it could cause all of them to die along with it but if he does nothing…Alfred might only live a few weeks at best and that's if Louis doesn't do anything to out of hand. "Perhaps…you should try to awaken a few of the others?" It's a long shot and he doesn't know how corrupted the others have become.

"T-the others?" Mint shivers at the thought, "But they could be just as bad or…worse."

"I understand but we must try something, he and Romano need to escape before…it's too late for them now go my old friend and try for me." Mint bunny nods before vanishing leaving Arthur once again in the darkened world now very much aware of a soft rumble of a machine at work, "Damn it you fucking frog…you won't have these lads…"