"Sam? Rena?" After entering the 'terrifying' door, it had been proven to be pitch black. Hoping to find some sort of light, or at least help, Axis had started calling for his sister and her friends. "Iaso?"

He edged alond the wall, feeling with the tips of his fingertips. But, all of it felt the same, smooth granite under a fine layer of broken brick.

"Samuel!"

Sam knew when somebody meant that they wanted her there now, ecspecially when they used her real first name.

down a hundred or so steps.

"I'm tired of walking."

I ignored her.

"I'm ready to go to bed."

I continued to ignore her...

"Can we please turn back?"

"NO! And stop complaining!" I yelled, whirling around on my shoes.

Rena had long since then sat down against the wall, huddled into a ball, shivering.

It wasn't that cold.

"Something doesn't feel right here."

"Yeah, I'm starting to feel it too Sam."

And there we go. Stupid Xingese boy defending her.

"Oh come on, the door's right over there-"

There was a crash behind the door. My ears pricked up.

"I'm not going." Rena announced, crossing her arms.

I shrugged and pushed open the door, hoping that Iaso would get the hint and follow me. He did.

Axis

"I'm tired," he muttered, swinging his arms from side to side. After walking for two hours, who wouldn't be.

A second later there was a crashing sound and he jerked his head up. "Rena? Sam?"

There was a whimpering noise and Axis ran up the next few stairs, trying to find the source.

"Rena?"

"Axis? Is that you?"

He jogged up a few steps to see the blonde sitting down with her knees pulled up to her chest. There was a flashlight sitting next to her, facing the ceiling. At closer inspection you could see she was crying. "Rena, what's going on?"

"Iaso and Sam went through that door to see what was going on. They've been in there for a while and I don't think they're Ok."

"Ok, well, be careful, I'll go check."

Sam

We are going to die a slow and painful death.

This thing... it's not a humonculous, or a human, it's just a creature with a vendatta against all of our parents, making us, the children, the targets.

It's like all of the humonci's feelings wound up into this person, making it really just...

that.

"Well, I guess Rena was right to stay behind," laughed Iaso.

I wanted to send him a look that said: 'no freaking kidding.'

"Would this Rena be the one who is the colonel's daughter? The one who carries the philosphers stone?" It's voice was slithery and sick.

"N-no."

It's smile widened and I took a step back. "Well, this certainly makes things intresting. Hello dear Axis."

"Hello."

Axis slammed the door closed and came into the dim light. "I'm sorry to hear that your dieing."

"Nobody said I'm dieing."

"At least not yet."

Axis pulled out a gun, loaded it quickly, and placed his hand on the trigger.

He didn't shoot.

What the -

"Hey! You got the wrong target!"

In that split second that the creature turned around to see who was screaming, Rena jumped down onto it's head, wrapping her legs around it to keep it still. "Ok, go ahead and shoot it!"

There was a bang, and it was all over.

Thank god.

Author note: Next chapter is end chapter. Axis, Sam, and Rena are going home. And I'm going to try and do at least a little Iaso X Rena fluff. At least.

Well, I'll be glad when this is over. I still have alot more ideas to write down. Maybe I'll go and write some Soul Eater...