Head throbbing.

Eyes refusing to open.

Bound.

Fighting.

Gagged.

Struggling.

Alone.

Scared.

Wanting to protect.

Powerless.

DG woke up her mind screaming at her. It was pitch black as she fought against her sleeping sack. Managing to free herself she ran, not really picking a direction. Everything was silent and dark. Except somewhere in her mind and the pitch blackness she could feel, something. A thought, a feeling. Whatever it was it belonged to Jeb, but he was nowhere in sight. She threw out her hands hoping to feel the muscles of his arms, or the firmness of his chest, but there was no one. She screamed his name through the night, but there was no reply.

Slumping to the ground DG crawled on her hands and knees feeling for anything unusual in the grass. Any sign of a way into the damned Underworld. Frantic footsteps behind her weren't even enough to pull her away from finding Jeb. She didn't even hear Cain trying to get through to her. He had to literally pick her up off the ground and hold her shoulders. Fright was not an emotion Cain's eyes usually portrayed, but now it mirrored DG's own fears. She couldn't tell him what she thought, it wouldn't come out.

"C'mon kiddo" Cain shook her, not hard but firmly. "What's wrong?"

"Scared" Raw's rumbling voice said from behind Cain "Want Jeb. Jeb not here."

"Then where the hell is he" Cain demanded not taking his eyes off the frantic princess

"Someone took him" DG sobbed out.

"Zero?" Glitch have gasped half panted as he tried to catch his breath

"I'll kill him this time" Cain said

"I don't know who exactly, but he's trapped. I could… I could…"

"Feel him" It was less of a question and more of a statement "Bond strong, like with Az."

"He means a lot to me. You all do." DG calmly admitted.

"Then there's no time to waste" Glitch dropped to his hands and knees searching for an opening.

Heart in her throat DG did the same. Neither could see well until Cain and Raw went back to camp, broke it down, and came back with the flashlights they had packed. Together they searched, sometimes frantically, sometimes woefully. All through the rest of the night they searched until finally exhausted all fell into a stupor.

If Zero wasn't on the top of Jeb's hit list before, he was now. The sleaze ball had taken all of Jeb's personal effects and left him in a barebones room.

"The Underworld's finest" Zero had sneered as he left his captive bound but not gagged.

Jeb sneered himself at the memory. He had screamed himself hoarse with profanities and threats for an hour after that. He just couldn't resign himself to this. Even bound at the wrists and ankles he managed to find his way around the oddly shaped room that served as his prison. Around a corner he could here quiet movements that he hadn't noticed before. As he moved closer the moving got more frantic.

A beautiful women lay there gagged and bound as he had been before. She, however, had been here much longer. It seemed as if she would have shined golden before, but now her demeanor and her looks seemed tarnished. Her frantic movements calmed as Jeb scooted closer.

"Who are you?" He whispered. She gave him a glare that could kill. "Oh right" he said blushing a bit. "Don't worry." He whispered more confidently. "My friends will get us out of here." The woman looked skeptical. "No really. My dad's Wyatt Cain." Instead of being relieved as he expected the woman rolled her eyes.

"You want to do what?" Zero's entire face seemed to twitch.

"No questions" His benefactor reminded him "I don't just want revenge on the little bitch and her friends too. This plan is much greater than your vengeful heart and mind can fathom. You'll get your own revenge and your own power, but first you need to let me play at my game."

The overall menacing aura that surrounded his dark friend chilled even Zero's blood. He had to let him have his own way, if only to get what he desired.

"And that includes…" the dark one started "Letting them all live just a bit longer."