Hola! I'm back again. Long break and a lot of drama occurring... really. This chapter and some others coming up after will surely satisfy your hunger for more. Zora Ozbourne is mine.

Zim held on tightly to Zora's hand, fearing the worst in the dark halls ahead of them.

Ryuu kept his distance away from Gaz, for every time that he got closer, his face grew ten shades of red more than he usually should. Gaz took note of this, and purposely tried to slow her pace. That, or tried to swagger slightly as she walked, trying to get closer to him.

"Dib-stink! Just how long do you estimate that we have been wandering down here?" Zim shouted, failing to notice how his shout echoed through what seemed like forever.

Dib shifted his glasses up with his finger and looked down at his watch.

"Well, it was early noon when we went through that door, so lemme see... Holy crap! We've been down here for five hours!"

Zim snapped his head over to his direction, now shocked and angry.

"FIVE HOURS? WE'VE BEEN DOWN THIS GODFORSAKEN HALLWAY FOR FIVE HOURS! WE HAVE BEEN WANDERING LIKE IDIOTS!"

Zim pointed a threatening finger over to Ryuu, who was taken aback. "YOU! DEMON-CHILD! WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS? I THOUGHT YOU SIAD IF WE WENT DOWN THIS DIRECTION, WE WOULD BE DOWN IN THE MAIN HALL SOONER! WHY ARE WE STILL IN THIS WRETCHED PURGATORY?"

"I- I did say we would get there soon! I don't know why- I was sure this is the same hall I went through to get back last time!" Ryuu twisted around frantically, inspecting the walls in hopes that they haven't taken the wrong direction either.

Gaz looked at the candles, which were still lit in blue flames. "Are these candles always blue?"

Ryuu turned his attention to the candles. "Well, yes. The candles in the underworld each have different color, which indicates different sectors."

"Sectors? Meaning what, exactly?" Dib raised a brow, now beginning to ache with curiosity.

Ryuu turned towards them, clearing his throat. "Meaning that the colors symbolize where we are. It's like the map of a shopping mall. Blue indicates the way to the main hall, red indicates the way to the torture chambers, yellow to the rooms, like bedrooms, bathrooms, etc. Orange indicates the path to the front gates, where Cerebus resides, green where the souls of the damned and tormented are locked away, and black-", he stopped at the part of the black lit candles, his face looking like it's straining for words.

"Black is what?", Dib raised his other brow, his interest getting the best of him.

"I- I cannot say. That's as far as you will know for now. Come, we must see if this hallway will ever end soon. The main hall is not far from here, I know it!"

The continued to follow the male goth, with Gaz feverently keeping a close eye on him.

After a long silence, Gir suddenly piped up, with something nobody expected from him whatsoever.

"Maybe that Takky girl went to the hallway with black flamy thingies. Probably she thought she would find that ethery-whats-it thingy!"

Ryuu halted completely, turning towards the green dog with a face paler than death itself.

"If she did, then don't expect to see her again... ever."

They all remained in silence, now slightly frightened as to what was it that was in the black candle hallway.

"If we don't find a way out of here soon, then I will have to ask for help from a friend of mine.." Ryuu muttered under his breath, but it was loud enough for Gaz to hear.

"What friend?" she inquired with a quirked eye.

He smiled a clever smile, his sharp canines glimmered ever so in the pale blue light.

"Ever met my friend, The Grim Reaper..?"