Hey, guys. I'm back with another chapter to this crossover. This one's gonna be a little lengthier. Please, enjoy.
"So, let me see if I got this straight. You mess up the throw for the fourth time, and you give the ball to the other team?" asked Clem.
"Right. That's called turnover." said Nick.
"Then, when you clear the ten yards, that's called first down?" asked Clem.
"Yep." said Nick.
"That's... a little confusing, as to how it actually works." said Clem.
"You just gotta play it a couple times. It'll all make sense." Judy grinned.
"Hey, guys. We're here." Danny pointed out to the group.
The group rode into view of the university, a huge building with many windows on the second floor, and on the hallway bridge connecting two separate building wings. A large parking lot stretched out from the stairs, to the gate that had signs and posters of school events still hanging from it's walls. Along the right of the wall, in big letters, were the initials, U.E.C.
By this time, Nick had changed into some warmer clothing. A dark brown coat, and a blue plaid shirt underneath.
"I'm not seeing any roofs that look like a mirror." Clem said, as the team of four rode into the lot.
"We'll head for central grounds. We should be able to see more of the campus from there." said Judy, as they rode their ostriches up the stairs.
"So, these schools. They're schools for adults to come and study?" asked Clem.
"Study. Party. Find themselves. Find out what they want to do with their lives." said Nick.
"What they do with their lives..." said Clem, in thought.
"Hey, we should check out that garage." Judy pointed to an open doorway, leading to a stock room.
"Me and Danny will check it out. You girls stay with Callus, Wart, and Scab." Nick said, as he and Danny got off their ostriches, Callus and Scab.
"What the crappy kind of names are Callus, Wart, and Scab for ostriches." Danny asked, with a look that read, 'Is that the best you could come up with?'.
"It ain't our faults Nick forgot to ask Gideon their names." said Clem.
"Callus, Wart, and Scab." Nick muttered. "I hate those names."
"Why not call 'em names like, Bunion, or Pimple, or Zit?" Danny said, rolling his eyes in his usual sarcastic mood.
"You wanna make me barf?" Nick said.
"Hey, that could be another name to give one of 'em. Barf." said Danny.
In the garage, Nick found some supplies to craft, while Danny found something just as good.
"Aw, sweet! I'm calling dibs on this baby." Danny grinned, hoisting a hand-made flamethrower. "Give ol' Betsy here a little playmate."
"Lucky." Nick muttered, sarcastically.
"Jealous much?" Danny teased.
"Let's just go check out those stairs." Nick pointed to a flight of stairs.
Heading up the stairs, the two foxes walked up to a hallway, then out a door, leading to a balcony. Near the corner of the balcony, there was a lawn chair. Next to it was a crate, and on top of the crate was a radio, a pair of binoculars, and a notepad, showing a list of dates and notes about events, and numbers of supplies.
"Carrots, Kiddo." Nick called to Judy and Clem, who were in view, below. "Looks like there was a lookout, here."
"Okay. That's a sign we're looking in the right place." Judy called back.
Nick and Danny worked their way down, and rejoined the girls, back on the birds. The group rode down further into the campus grounds. Coming at another blocked gate, they rode into a large hole in the wall, leading to another hallway, but stopped at another gate, but it didn't seem locked. Nick got off of Callus, and opened the gate. Suddenly, the ostriches started to get skittish.
"Whoa, easy, Wart. Easy boy." Judy said, trying to calm her ostrich down. "Nick, something in here is spooking them."
The familiar sound of screeching came from the second floor.
"It's Savages. Sounds like Runners." said Nick. "Clem, you and Judy stay with the ostriches."
"You sure?" asked Clem.
"Yes, I don't want them to run off." said Nick.
"I'm coming, too." said Danny, pulling out his flamethrower. "It'll give me a chance to use this bad boy."
Nick and Danny snuck up the stairs, and hid behind cover, as two beaver Runners were standing, twitching in the hallway. Six more Runners, all wildebeest, were twitching in the room next to where Nick and Danny were hiding. Nick took out a molotov he made, and threw it at the two beaver Runners. The wildebeest Runners screeched, but Danny ambushed the Savages, by opening fire with his flamethrower. The Runners were brought down in a matter of seconds, frying to a crisp.
"Okay, ladies. Coast is clear." Danny called from a window, showing the first floor.
Judy and Clem rode the ostriches to the gate, leading to the rest of the outer grounds. Judy got off of Wart, and pressed the button on the control panel, but the gate didn't open. Judy looked to see a note on the wall, and tore it off to read it.
"Guys, this note says there should be a generator up there, with you guys. See if it still works." Judy called.
Nick looked around, and found the generator to his right. Nick pulled the rope switch a few times, and the generator sparked to life, again.
"Okay, Carrots. Give it another press." called Nick.
Judy pressed the button, and the gate opened. Judy gave a thumbs up to show everything was working, again. Nick and Danny jotted down the stairs, and back on their ostriches, as they rode out into another section of the outer grounds.
"Say, Nick. I was thinking, and if I ever went to a university, like this one, I would've wanted to study to be an astronaut." said Clem.
"Is that a fact?" said Nick.
"Back when I was a kid, I had a friend who wanted to be an astronaut." said Judy.
"What about you, Nick? What did you wanna be, when you got older?" asked Clem.
"Well, back when I was a kid, I always wanted to be... a singer." Nick admitted, sheepishly.
"What?! A singer?!" Danny guffawed. "Oh my gosh, I knew it. You are a Gazelle fan!"
"I am not!" retorted Nick.
"Well, come on, Nick. Sing something." Judy grinned.
"Ah, no." said Nick.
"Come on. We won't laugh." said Clem.
"I will." said Danny.
"I don't think so." said Nick.
"Nick. Please." Clem begged, showing off gleaming puppy-dog eyes, which Nick simply ignored.
"So, you actually been to a university, Nick?" asked Danny. "I tried, but I couldn't."
"Well, I have been to a university, but not as a student." said Nick.
"Why not?" asked Clem.
"Well... me and Cassie got married, straight out of high school. Then, we had Abby when we were pretty young." said Nick.
"You never regretted it?" asked Danny.
"Not to this very day." said Nick.
"How did you and Cassie meet, again?" asked Judy.
"Okay, Carrots." Nick said, matter-of-factly.
"Too much?" Judy asked.
"Too much." said Nick.
"Hey, guys. Look over there."
Clem broke the awkwardness in the air from Nick and Judy's conversation, by pointing to the central grounds, and to an out-of-place sight. Several, small monkeys were gathered around the fountain, in the center of the grounds. However, when the monkeys saw the ostriches approaching, they scattered, and climbed up and over the main gate.
"Now, that was cool." Clem beamed.
"Yeah, a whole mess of monkeys." said Nick. "First time seeing one in a long time?"
"Yep. First time seeing them outta zoo's, too." said Clem.
"Actual test monkeys. I didn't think the Fireflies were that serious." Danny replied, jokingly. "Providing they were testing on them."
"I think we may find out, soon enough. Look." Judy pointed to something graffitied on the wall down the path.
The group rode down a small tunnel to see a Firefly insignia, graffitied on the right wall.
"Okay, this is good. First sign of Fireflies." said Clem.
Riding out of the tunnel, the group turned to the right, to see a building, with a large glass dome-like roof.
"Hey, guys. Think that's it?" asked Danny.
"Sure looks like a giant mirror." said Nick.
"C'mon, the pathway up front is blocked. We'll go down this way." Nick pointed to another small tunnel to his left.
However, the group stopped short, as another gate was blocking their way. Nick got off to see if there was anyway through. The control panel was on the right, and through the bars, he could see the other end of the unplugged cord. The generator was on a wheeled cart, in front view, but a good push away from the cord. Looking back, Nick found a doorway on the right wall.
"Okay, here's what we'll do." said Nick. Carrots, you come with me, and help find a way around this. We gotta get to that generator. Clem, you and Danny-"
"Stay with the ostriches. I know." Clem rolled her eyes. "Why don't you guys stay with the ostriches, this time? Sorry, I'm just antsy."
"We know, kiddo. Be back in a bit." Judy smiled, then followed Nick under a small gap in the doorway, made from tables that blocked the entranceway.
Nick and Judy made their way into the reception desk lobby of the campus, then up a flight of stairs, leading to a hallway, where the student dorms were. From across the hall, there was a big hole in the floor, with the familiar sight of Night Howler spores emerging from the hole. Nick and Judy threw on their gas masks, before checking each of the dorms for supplies, and a way around.
While Nick and Judy found some more crafting supplies and ammo, it was evident that the only way through was down the hole.
"Stay close, Carrots. Flashlight on, at all times." said Nick.
"I'm holding onto your mother freaking paw, Slick." said Judy, as they jumped down the hole.
The duo ended up down onto dorm floor, right into a recreation room. A vending machine, a pool table, and a poker table were in view. However, the sound of Savages. Howlers, more precise. Nick and Judy crawled through, avoiding any Howlers that limbed in and out of the dorm rooms. Any Howlers that were in their way, Nick and Judy took them down with their shivs, quietly.
The duo were nearing down the end of the hall, the exit was just on the left hall, but there was a rhino Bloomer, standing towards the right. Nick and Judy crept silently past the Bloomer, and made for the double doors, but found they were jammed. Through the windows, they saw a vending machine, leaning slightly against the door. Luckily, most of it was holding back the left door, and just barely the right door.
Nick pushed his weight against the right, but every noise he made attracted the Bloomer.
"Nick, hurry!" Judy whispered, urgently.
"Damnit!" Nick hissed, quietly.
With one last, tremendous push, Nick got the door open. Nick and Judy scrambled inside, and blocked the door again, behind them. The Bloomer banged it's head against the window, until it retreated.
Nick and Judy sighed in relief, then moved up the stairs, past the door, and back into the hallway. The duo were on the opposite side of the hole, and they made their way out into the fresh air once more, taking off their gas masks.
"Hey, guys! Are you okay? What happened?" Clem called, from the gate.
"Ran into more Savages. We're fine." Nick called back.
"Okay, the generator's right there. Come open the gate." said Clem.
Nick pushed the cart, containing the generator, over to the wall with the plug, plugged in the generator, then fired her up, bringing the power back to the controls.
"Alright, give'er a push." said Nick.
Clem pressed the button, and the gate opened. Nick and Judy got back on their ostriches, and rode further into the campus grounds, once more.
"Why would they have Savages so close to their camp, and their lab?" said Judy.
"Well, Finnick used them as a line of defense. Maybe, there doing the same thing." said Nick.
"Yeah. I guess I can see that." said Judy.
"Hey, guys. We're here." Danny pointed to the science building.
"Yep. Though, I think we might have to find another way in." said Nick, as he observed the sharp fenceposts and towers, surrounding the entrance.
"I don't get it. I thought we'd see them here, by now." said Judy.
"Maybe there all inside." said Nick.
"Hey, guys. Think that leads in?" Clem pointed to a hole in the left side of the building.
The group rode to the left side of the lab, which led to a slope in the road, down to a parking garage, only to find the gates were locked via chain. Nick got off of Callus, and found a large dumpster they could use to get over the gate. However, as Nick pushed the dumpster, the slope and the combined weight of the dumpster had pulled it away from Nick's grip, and it slammed into the gate, breaking it open.
"Welp, that works." said Danny.
"Not exactly my plan, but I'll take it." Nick admitted.
Nick pushed the dumpster against the side of a large truck, to get to the hole in the wall. Up the dumpster, then the roof of the truck, then to the roof of the garage, where several solar panels laid across the roof, then finally, then towards the hole, leading inside the science building. Nick and Danny went in first, then pulled up Judy and Clem next.
"Alright, we're inside. Let's look around." said Nick.
"Hey, Judy. Do you think it'll hurt?" Clem asked, as the group searched the rooms, and the hallway.
"What'll hurt?" asked Judy.
"Getting the cure out of me." said Clem.
"Oh. Well, Dawn didn't go over with me on how they're gonna extract it. I think they'll just take out some blood, with a needle." said Judy. "I'm sure it'll be over, before you know it."
"I had to get vaccinated, back in Boston. At school. It sucked." said Clem.
"Hey, you and me both, kiddo." Judy grinned, in agreement.
"No offense, Carrots, but it seems to me like Dawn kinda leaves a lot out with you, and you're the second-in-command." said Nick.
"I know it seems odd. I've noticed it, too. But, I've trusted Dawn, this far. I'm sure she has her reasons for not telling me everything, just yet." said Judy.
"Hey, guys! There's more of the building, down this way." Danny called, from down the hall.
The group walked out to a indoor balcony, overlooking a cafeteria, which had a tree growing in the middle of the floor.
"Yoo-hoo! Fireflies! Cure for all of mammal-kind, over here! Anyone?!" Clem called.
"Let's keep our cool, until we figure out what's going on." said Nick.
The group walked into another room, which had two elevators to their left, a pile of medical boxes in the middle of the floor, and a flight of stairs in front of them.
"I don't get it. There's no one here." said Clem, as she looked through the boxes.
"Yeah, nothing here but a bunch of medical mumbo-jumbo." said Nick, looking at a clipboard.
"Maybe, they all just packed up, and left in a hurry? The military found all, or something?" said Danny.
As if on cue, a clanking noise could be heard from the next floor, up.
"Maybe not all of them." said Judy.
"Stay close." said Nick.
The group carefully continued up the stairs, and worked their way down towards the end of the next hallway. A row of medical curtains, and a couple of work lights were in view, down at the other end of the hall. One of the lights was shining brightly in the group's direction, making them shield their eyes.
Suddenly, the light was knocked over, by some unseen force. The group instinctively drew their weapons.
"It's probably Savages, right?" asked Clem.
"No, Savages don't hide." said Nick.
The group advanced into the room, pointing to whatever had knocked the light was hiding. Nick opened a door to the right, and was greeted by a monkey, searching a trash bin. The monkey screeched in surprise, when Nick and the others walked into the next room, then ran off, followed by another monkey, that ran past the group.
"Well, at least it wasn't Savages." Nick sighed, in relief.
"Yeah, but no Fireflies." Judy said, as she kicked the trash bin, slightly.
"Well, maybe in all that research, they turned themselves into freaking monkeys." said Danny.
"Don't worry. Maybe we can find a clue here, that'll tell us something about what happened here." said Nick.
"Hey, wait a minute, guys. Maybe this can tell us something." Clem said, holding up a tape recorder.
Nick took the recorder, and pressed play.
"We just lost two more guards to Savages. Dawn and the rest of the higher-ups are about to have another meeting about the stability of the lab. All of our equipment is here. All our data. All of our personal have settled down here. I'm gonna run another test. Gotta have something to keep my mind from going insane, with nothing to do."
Nick fast-forwarded the tape recorder.
"Right now, we've got four boxes of lab equipment, all packed and ready to go. Now, the better question is, what do we do with you, guys? The board says the tainted batch needs to be put down. You know what I say? Screw that. Who else made a bigger sacrifice than you, right? I mean, if anyone deserves to run free, it's- Hey, settle down! Agh! Shit! Oh, no! It bit me. Oh, my God."
The tape recorder stopped. Judy covered her mouth with shock.
"Good thing that we didn't mess with them monkeys." said Nick.
"He didn't mention where the others went, though." said Judy.
"I know. Let's keep looking around." said Nick.
The four went into another room, where there was another door to the right, but through the window, they could see a file cabinet was blocking it. Whatever was in that room, could provide a clue to what happened to the Fireflies, or so the group's hunch was. Nick and Danny pushed against the door several times, until they finally got it open, moving the filing cabinet aside.
Inside the room, were the skeletal remains of a rabbit, wearing a Firefly uniform, a pistol in it's hand, and a hole in the side of it's skull. This had to have been the same Firefly on the recorder. Speaking of recorders, there was another one on the desk, near the remains. Nick picked up the recorder, and pressed play.
"If you're looking for the Fireflies, they've all left."
"Yeah, no shit." Danny scoffed. Judy elbowed him on the side.
"I got bit. So, I'm toast. Well, I will be, soon. Got me some time to reflect. I joined the Fireflies, just shortly after the outbreak started. Now, I'm not gonna get to see if we made it, or not. This was a group willing to do something, while what remained of the government decided to just hide us all away in ghettos. I wasn't about to just give up on our country. Give up on all of mammal-kind. Heh. That sounds trite. It felt like years, since we've had any positive reading on the tests. The last one was like, what? Two years ago? The whole operation here has been compromised, and the higher-ups have decided to abandon the university. It's as though this whole thing was a giant waste of time! I can't do this anymore. I'm not gonna do this anymore. If you came here, looking for the others, they've all returned to Cliffside Asylum, in Salt Lake City, Utah. You'll find them there, still trying to save the world. Heh, good luck with that."
The recorder stopped. Nick and Judy just shook their heads.
"You guys know where that is?" asked Clem.
"I know the city, yeah." said Nick.
"Is it far?" Clem asked, again.
"Well, it ain't close." said Judy. "I mean, on riding ostriches-"
Judy stopped, peering at something odd, just out the window.
"Carrots? What is it?" Nick said, following her gaze to whatever was out the window.
From another part of the science wing, there was a flashlight, shining in another window.
"What is that? Fireflies?" asked Danny.
Judy saw the flashlight shined in their direction, and her eyes widened, as instinct took over her mind.
"Guys, get down!" Judy said, pulling Clem down to the floor, with her.
Nick and Danny ducked, as the sound of a bullet broke through the glass, right above where Judy would've been standing.
"Geez! Who the fuck are these guys?" Clem whispered, harshly.
"It don't matter. We know where to go, now. So, let's get the heck out of here." said Nick.
Drawing their weapons, the group made it out of the lab, and back out to the hallway, where they saw a couple of badger scavengers, charging at them, with a two-by-four, and a pipe. Nick was on the first badger in a split second, taking him out with his gun, while Danny took the second badger out with his bat. The group took cover, behind a knocked-over vending machine, as several more scavengers attacked.
Nick and Judy switched roles, taking down a scavenger. The group advanced, until one antelope scavenger ambushed them from one of the nearby classrooms. Clem, however, jumped on the scavenger, and stabbed at him, several times, before he even what hit him.
The four headed back down the stairs, and back to the previous floor with the medical boxes. There were two moose scavengers were looking at the boxes, when they realized too late, as Nick and Danny took them both down, with their shiv and bat. Another moose came rushing into the room, from the hallway, but Judy brought him down with her gun, before he could land a shot.
"Y'all wait here. I'm gonna check up ahead." said Nick, as he went down the hall.
When Nick reached the door, Nick was ambushed by another antelope scavenger. Nick wrestled the scavenger, who had him by the throat. Nick tried to push him off, by the face, but the scavenger punched Nick. The sudden impact of the blow made Nick break the railing. Nick suddenly grabbed the antelope, as they both fell down to the cafeteria floor. The antelope was killed by the impact of the fall, his head smacking against some concrete blocks.
Nick, however, survived the fall, but a rebar pierced through the left of his abdomen. Nick screamed, in pain. Nick winced, trying to stand up, but couldn't.
"Oh, shit!" Nick hissed.
Judy, Danny, and Clem ran out when they heard the commotion, and gasped at the state Nick was in.
"No! Oh, Nick!" Judy gasped.
Clem was the first down a cable line, hanging from the ceiling, left from the scuffle. Judy went down next, then Danny. The three rushed to Nick's side, when the double doors behind them were being forced open by more scavengers.
"W-what do you want us to do?!" said Clem.
"Move." Nick muttered.
"What?!" said Danny.
"Move!" Nick shouted, as two raccoon scavengers came bursting through the doors.
The raccoons charged, but Nick was able to shoot one down with his revolver, whiled Danny got the other one with his bat. As soon as the threat was over, Judy and Clem turned their attention back to Nick, while Danny watched the door for more scavengers.
"What do we do?! Judy?!" Clem asked, in panic.
Judy, however, was just as panicked as Clem was.
"I'm gonna need you to pull..." Nick muttered.
"Okay, Clem! You grab one arm, and I'll grab the other!" said Judy, as she and Clem grabbed both of Nick's paws.
"On three." said Clem. "One, two, three!"
Nick screamed in agony, as Judy and Clem pulled him free from the rebar. Nick struggled to stand on his own two feet, as blood was pouring from his wound.
"Nick, are you okay?!" Judy asked, helping him keep his balance.
"Just get to the damn ostriches." Nick hissed.
"Okay, I got Nick. You guys keep a lookout." said Judy.
"I don't see anything. Let's move!" Danny said, taking the lead.
"Nick, how're we doing?" Judy asked, trying to keep him talking, so he wouldn't lose consciousness.
"I'm fine. I'm fine." Nick said.
Truthfully, Nick wasn't fine. Nick's vision was starting to become blurry, blood was bleeding out of the wound from his front and back, and his body felt heavy, like he would collapse at any minute.
The four moved into another classroom, where they hopped through an open window. Danny and Clem went first. Then Judy, while Nick balanced on the window frame. Judy took his paw and arm to help, but Nick collapsed on the floor, again. Danny and Clem rushed to his side, but then, a rhino scavenger burst in, with a shotgun.
"I see you." the rhino snarled.
The four took cover behind a desk, as the rhino fired.
"Judy, you wait here, with Nick. Me and Danny'll flank this ass." said Clem.
"Clem, wait." Judy whispered, but Clem and Danny already moved behind the side of the desk.
"Those were my friends you killed, assholes." the rhino growled. "Come on out. You wanna do this the hard way?"
Clem shot at the rhino's shoulder. The rhino turned to where Clem and Danny were hiding, distracted from where Nick and Judy were hiding. Judy shot at the rhino's shoulder, again. Stunned by the surprise hit, Clem took the chance to finish the rhino off, with a head shot.
"Okay, it's clear. Let's go." said Danny, as he and Clem returned to Nick and Judy's side.
"I'm okay. I'm okay." Nick insisted, as Judy helped him up.
"You're not okay, Nick!" said Judy. "Now, come on!"
The four continued out of the room, and down the hall, towards the main lobby. Nick lost his balance again, and stumbled onto a overtipped vending machine.
"Nick, let us help you." said Judy.
"No!" Nick insisted. "Don't wanna slow us down."
"Well, can you walk?" asked Clem.
"Yes." said Nick.
"Then fucking walk!" said Clem.
The four walked into the lobby. Nick was slowly limping behind the rest of the group, until he lost his balance, once more. Nick collapsed onto the front reception desk.
"Nick! Hang on!" Judy said, rushing to his side.
"Behind you..." Nick muttered.
"What?" said Judy.
"Judy..." Nick muttered, before falling to the floor, half-unconscious.
Through his half-closed eyelids, and his blurry vision, Nick could see Judy, Clem, and Danny fighting the three coyote scavengers. Judy and Clem took out two, but the last one snuck up from Judy's side, and whacked her, with a pipe. Luckily, Danny was on the coyote with his bat, the blade slammed into his back. The coyote fell limply to the ground.
Danny helped Judy up, then they both helped up Nick. Danny had Nick's left arm around him, while Judy had his right around her. Clem took the lead.
"Nick, I swear, when we get you out of this, you're so singing for us." said Judy.
"Heh, yeah. You wish, Carrots." Nick chuckled, weakly.
"I'll get the door." said Clem.
The four made it out of the building, but Nick slipped out of Judy and Danny's grip, and tumbled down the steps. A remaining coyote scavenger had the three ostriches by their reins, and noticed Nick. Clem shot down the coyote before he had a minute to reach for his gun. The three rushed to Nick's side.
"Are you okay?" asked Clem, concern all over her face.
"Just... get the stupid birds." Nick muttered.
Danny grabbed the reins, guided the ostriches to their owners, then helped Clem get Nick on Callus. Judy and Danny got back on Wart and Scab, while Clem sat back behind Nick, on Callus. The four took off, without a moment's hesitation.
...
It wasn't long until they were out of sight from the university, and back on the main road. Clem looked back to make sure they weren't followed.
"I think we're safe." said Clem.
Clem turned to notice Nick had gone quiet, and limb.
"Nick? Nick?!" Clem asked, frantically.
Nick fell off his ostrich, and onto the hard road. Clem, Judy, and Danny immediately got off, and rushed to the unconscious fox.
"Oh, shit! Nick!" Clem shouted, trying to help Nick to his feet. "Come on. Get up, get up, get up."
"No. Nick, don't do this! Hang in there! You gotta stay strong! Please, I- we can't lose you like this." Judy pleaded, fighting tears in her eyes.
"Hey, you heard the lady, Nicky. You do not get to quit on us, like this! You hear me?!" said Danny.
"Judy, you gotta tell me what we need to do." said Clem.
"I-I..." Judy stuttered.
It had been a long time since Judy was faced with a situation like this, and she had forgotten how to. She knew about some medical aid, but she was no doctor, she knew that much. For once in her life, Judy's mind was filled with panic, that she couldn't think straight, and had no idea what to do.
"Come on, we gotta get him up." Clem said, frantically. "NICK?!"
Whew, well guys. That'll do for this chapter. Leaving it on a cliffhanger, just like in the level of the game.
So sorry that this took longer, than normal. I figured I needed a little break, but then it turned into procrastination. Ugh! I hope this chapter makes up for the wait.
Other than that, next chapter or two will be based on the Left Behind DLC chapter, which is set between the Autumn and Winter arcs. Also, the next chapter will introduce my OC, Angel, for filling in the role for Riley. What type of mammal will she be? You'll have to wait for the next chapter. I'll try to upload more as soon as I can.
I own nothing, except a few OC's, minus Daniel. All rights go to original owners. No copyright intended. Thanks, and hope you're enjoying this story, so far. Stay tuned for more of this crossover fanfic.