Newt and Breaton pushed the creatures back as they retreated into an alcove. "They're everywhere."

"Keep cool," Newton reassured him.

"Like you? Yeah right. We're not gonna last long without some help!"

Newt looked to the North, "speak of the Devil…"

Scott flew through the air and sliced the Deadite's head with his bat. The detatched head pummelled the zombie and both the attackers collapsed. Breaton and Newt looked out from their hiding place, "Scott? You're alive!"

"How does everyone know me?"

The rest of his team appeared behind him, "sorry guys no time to explain. We got to help…"

Another Deadite exploded from the inside and Payne landed on all fours. Arrow and Izzy picked her up again, throwing her bullet-style through another monster. They paused for breath, "well, well. It's the Offenders."

"Hey Arrow, guys, gals." Tank waved at them.

The Substitutes crowded around Scott, "woah…it's really you. You're actually here!"

Scott cowered, "who are you all? And how do you know me?"

Arrow whispered to Niko, "he doesn't remember us?"

"Nope," he replied, "I don't know hat the hell happened to him but it's seriously messed him up."

"I went to the lava shop!" Scott said chirpily.

"Lava? You got taken to the Deadite realm?"

"Yeah…but then I got sucked down another plug hole!"

Tankini thought, "a portal? How long have you been away?" She checked his watch. "How could we not notice? Its says here its November 1st."

Payne nudged her, "so its been 2 months for us and only…1 day for him."

Niko sighed, "no wonder he's cracked. Fighting all those monsters, 2 months gone in a day and literally going through hell to get back here."

"We'll split up," Tank, "Substitutes – you get Scott out of here and we'll find the b…"

A horde of Deadite soldiers flew overhead firing energy blasts at the survivors. They were separated back into their normal teams by the streams of power. The teams went their separate ways – the Substitutes headed to the main road and the Offenders continued to the epicentre of the attack.

Unsurprisingly the team discovered a large concentration of zombies in the area. They hacked and shot at the horde but defeat was inevitable. Just before they were slaughtered the creatures were commanded, "STOP!"

The team looked up in disbelief as the commander of the zombie troops stepped out of the shadows and into plain sight. They stared silently…except for Niko, "oh no fuckin' way!"