Hey guys, Merry Christmas Eve Eve! Before I start I just wanted to say that this idea with the guardian angels was first thought of by Angelswag24, who gets major credit for such an awesome idea. I also wanted to say that I'll be updating tomorrow, and that I hope your liking the story so far. Enjoy! :)

~PurplePenguin50~

Laney looked around. "But, but this place doesn't look any different."

"Ah, but it is. Look closer..."

Laney looked around her again. They were on main street, which was located in the middle of Peaceville. Everything seemed normal.

"There's no one here."

"Yep. It's completely deserted. Let's take a walk and check out the town shall we?" Raymond asked leading the way and motioning for her to follow. She took one final glance and caught up with him.

"Isn't the Groj that way?" Laney asked pointing in the opposite direction they were headed in. "That is why you brought me here, if you actually did bring me here."

Ray turned around and walked backwards. "Don't worry Laney, we'll get to Corey's garage. I just thought maybe you'd want to check up on the Kujira brothers first."

She just scoffed. "Yeah right, those two are probably sitting in front of their TV playing video games and eating cheese, just like always." Raymond didn't respond, he only offered a small smile and turned around to walk normally.

The two eventually found themselves in front of an old-looking building surrounded by a barb-wire fence. Three small cars were parked out front and the gates to the fence were pad-locked in at least five places. Small guard towers were placed snugly on the corners of the fence. They are manned by guards who are sitting in their chairs fast asleep.

"Ladies first."

Laney looked at Raymond as if he had six heads. "Are you kidding? There's no way we're ever getting in there."

"Nonsense, all you have do do is just walk right through." Before Laney could object he pushed her towards the fence. She put her arms out in front of her to try and brace herself for the spiky landing she would make into the fence. But it never came. She opened her eyes and looked back towards where she was. Ray was still standing on the other side, waving casually. "See? Easy peasy." He remarked walking through himself.

Laney, however, couldn't get over what had just happened. "Wait, but...I...and the fence...and..." She swiped a hand at the fence but it just phased through. "How did you-?"

He just laughed. "I told you before, I'm an angel. Your guardian angel to be exact, and I wasn't lying when I said I took you to a world where you don't exist. Here, you'll just phase through stuff. Come on, let's head inside."

Laney came out of her daze and followed him. They phased through the front door, and into the main lobby. It was dull and grey inside. Very little light came in the dusty windows and there was a sole lamp lit where a very mean looking secretary was sitting. Raymond walked past her followed by Laney.

"Don't get up dear, we'll let ourselves in."

The woman seemed to ignore them like they weren't even there, which technically they weren't.

"Can she hear you Ray?" asked Laney.

"No," he replied. "But I like to pretend."

They continued walking until the came to a cafeteria-looking room. It was filled with big, burly men in sitting at tables eating what looked to be mediocre food. Several guards were situated at the doorways while some served food to the inmates from behind the counter.

"Wait, I thought you were going to take me to see Kin and Kon, what are we doing at the Peaceville Penitentiary?"

"Keeping my promise, we're here to see Kon." Ray said pointing back towards the mess hall.

Laney looked to where he was pointing. There sitting at a table was a big guy, who she could tell was a kid. He looked exactly like Kon so there was definitely no mistaking , he looked a lot different. His hair was still messy and untamed, and he didn't have his headband. His arms were huge and bulging with muscle mass. He had a tattoo on his right arm, and a scar across his left eye. He looked so much scarier than the teddy bear she was used to.

"What happened to him?"

"Life happened to him."

"What do you mean?"

"Well, without you or the band, he eventually got tired of the same old-same old so he started committing crimes to gain his thrills. Since there was no one around to keep him grounded, it eventually got worse and worse and he ended up here, being one of the most ruthless, hardened criminals in the world."

Laney was speechless. How could her absence have caused this? Surely there must've been another cause.

"What about Kin, where's he?"

"I'm not at liberty to say." Raymond said before walking out, leaving Laney. She quickly ran to catch up with him. Outside he was walking away from the building with his hands in his pockets.

"Ray, hold up a sec!" She went to grab him and spin him around but he disappeared out of her grasp and reappeared behind her.

"What? Are you still convinced that you're not the cause of this? That Kin is more responsible than you are?"

"Kin's his brother, he's got more influence over him than I have! And anyway what happened to Kin? Shouldn't he be here along side Kon?"

"Do you want to know where Kin is?" Ray asked.

"Yes!" Laney yelled clearly become frustrated with her guardian.

"Alright, alright, sheesh you don't have to yell." he said waving his hands at her.

"Sorry." she apologized realizing how loud she had screamed.

"No, it's fine, you should yell. I'm partly deaf in this ear." he stated sticking a finger in his right ear.

"Really?"

Ray chuckled. "No."

Laney stood next to Raymond as he snapped his fingers. In a split second they were gone, only air remained where they had stood.