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Gregor was given a schedule from a young Underlander. It showed what times and places he was supposed to meet for meals, and where he had to train. He was sure that the others had gotten the same schedule, just to make sure they were all there on time so they could discuss what to do about the Bane being back. The first thing on Gregor's schedule was to bathe, which he was thankful for. He would get some time to himself and he would wash the stink from his skin and get into clean clothes.

After Boots had been taken by an Underland girl, Gregor began to head towards the bathing area closest to Luxa's room. Gregor walked into the bathroom that he knew much too well. It smelled of some kind of flower and was steaming hot. He stripped down and put his clothes near the opening of the small bathroom so an Underlander could take them and clean them. Gregor slipped into the bath and sighed. The water was warm and healed his sore shoulders and the wound on his chest. He was surprised they didn't rush him into the hospital to check how his wound was doing. Gregor washed himself with a flowery soap then got out and toweled off. He found a clean pair of Underland underwear, shorts and shirt with sandals.

After he put the clean clothes on he checked his schedule which was thankfully not taken by the person who took his clothes. The schedule told him to head to the hospital to check how his wound was doing and to check his mental and physical health. Gregor shoved the schedule in the pocket of his shorts and headed out of the bathroom towards the hospital. The halls were dark, with only a few torches lit. Gregor guessed it was almost time for the city to fall asleep. He walked into the brightly lit hospital room and was ushered to a hospital bed with a clean sheet over it.

"How be you Gregor?" the female doctor asked as she pulled on a pair of gloves.

"I'm good. I heard I was supposed to come here so you could check my wound? It doesn't hurt too badly; it probably just needs another wrap over it." Gregor replied.

"Can you take off your shirt and lay down?" she asked.

"What exactly do you have to do?" Gregor asked as he lay down on the fluffy pillow.

"I must sedate you and reopen the wound. I must make sure that no major arteries were injured," she replied as she took out a needle, flicked it, and then injected it into Gregor's forearm.

Gregor began to feel woozy not to long after she injected him. He had this funny feeling of staying awake just to watch her dig around in his body. But he couldn't keep his eyes open and he drifted into a drugged sleep from which he couldn't wake from for the next two hours.

Gregor woke up to find his wound wrapped tightly. He didn't feel any pain, and could surprisingly he could sit up. A nurse walked in with a clipboard in her hand and a pained look on her face. She looked up from what she was reading and smiled at Gregor.

"Hello, my name is Aurolet. I will be checking up on how your body works and I will take blood. Any objections?" she asked.

Gregor shook his head. Aurolet took out a clean needle and swabbed Gregor's arm then poked the needle into his skin. He cringed but didn't complain. She pulled the needle out and carefully put it on the table. Then she took out a stethoscope and put it in her ears and began to listen to her heart. She asked Gregor to count the seconds while she counted the beats. He told her when to stop listening after 10 seconds.

"Beautiful your heart sounds. Healthy and strong. The lungs sound wonderful also. Checking your nerves is the last thing I must do," Aurolet said.

Aurolet took out a small black object and had Gregor sit up. She hit under his knee and his leg jerked. She did this to his other knee and his elbows and the inside of the elbow. After she was done she gave Gregor his shirt back and reported the blood to another nurse.

"The nerves are great. You are able to leave now," she said as she walked back into the room.
Gregor pulled his shirt back on and hopped off the bed. He thanked the doctor and headed out of the hospital. Gregor took out his schedule and looked over it. It said he was supposed to go to the dining room closest to Luxa's room. He shoved the paper back in his pocket and started to walk the direction of Luxa's room. Gregor wondered if they would have let Henry there to eat with them. Hopefully not. Gregor walked into the dining room, and sure enough Henry was sitting at the table. He was tied to the chair but with free use of his hands.

Henry smirked as Gregor took a seat as far as he could away from him, which was next to Ares. Ares had his ears back and his head down, not looking or speaking to anyone. Luxa was sitting as far as she could from Henry, whispering softly to Aurora. Hazard giggled with Thalia who was sitting next to Luxa and Aurora. Mareth sat on the other side of Ares. It seemed everyone favored the left side of the table. Vikus sat a few chairs down from Henry on the right side, but didn't dare sit right next to him. Howard was sitting next to Luxa with Nike and Pandora.

"It seems everyone is avoiding Henry," Ripred said as he waltzed into the room. "You act as if he is a rat, who wants to tear your face off."

"They don't have to act Ripred," Henry chuckled. "The only thing that is keeping me from doing so are these ropes."

Ripred sat next to Henry, his muzzle stuck in Henry's face. "If you so lay one fingernail on any of the people in this room, I will personally rip your throat out."

If there were any knives next to Henry, he would have surely stabbed Ripred. But he didn't dare touch him bare handed, he knew that Ripred didn't joke around like that. Instead Henry scowled and turned to face the people on the other side of the table.

"Mareth, lose of your leg, how did you do that?" Henry asked.

"Loyalty to my own kind. You would not understand," Mareth growled.

"Well you haven't a brain if you are loyal to them," Henry spat as he gestured to everyone around the table.

Luxa stabbed the table with a large butcher knife. "You haven't any room to speak! Becoming one with vermin! If only you had smashed into a thousand tiny pieces when you hurled into those rocks! If so you would not be here. There wouldn't be anything to bring back!" Luxa hissed.

"I wish I had taken your life when I could!" Henry shot back.

Luxa sat up and grabbed her butcher knife and hurled herself across the table. There was a flutter of wings as Aurora tried to stop her. Ripred jumped onto the table and whacked the knife out of her hand with his tail, and pushed her onto her back and pinned her down with his paw. Gregor could remember how vulnerable he felt when he was in that position.

"Will you please stop bickering? If you do not stop I will throw both of you out into the arena with a couple of swords so you can battle it out yourself!" Ripred hissed.

"I am sure Henry would not mind that," Ares muttered under his breath.

"Not another peep!"Ripred growled as he motioned the waiter in who had been standing in the doorway the whole time.

The waiter quietly walked over to the table with a large platter of food. She set it down, revealing greens, warm, freshly baked bread, some sort of mashed vegetable, what seemed to be a fruit salad, a large eyeless fish, and Ripred's favorite, shrimp in cream sauce. Ripred licked his chops as he stared at the shrimp in cream sauce. Gregor loaded up his plate with goods and poured himself a small bowl of shrimp in cream sauce, Ripred watching his hand the whole time he dished it. Henry purposefully dished himself a large bowl of shrimp in cream sauce, barely leaving any for the other people. Ripred scowled at him and hissed as he took the rest of the shrimp in cream sauce and greedily gulped it down.

Gregor ate slowly, watching everyone's robotic moves. What were they so afraid of? Henry, since he was tied up, he couldn't hurt anyone. Ares kept his head low as he ate a piece of fruit, not making eye contact with anyone, especially Henry.

"This group has never been so un-lively. What ever happened?" Henry asked.

"I am finished," Ares hissed as he scooted his chair back and it fell to the floor.

"Well, I guess that means we are all finished," Ripred said.

A large man walked in with a long piece of rope. He bound Henry's wrists together so he could not fight back, then he untied him from the chair and bound his ankles, and then he threw him over his shoulder.
"I love being carried by a large man," Henry said sarcastically.

Gregor got up from his chair and walked out of the dining room. He walked towards Luxa's room where he found Ares sitting on her couch alone. Gregor walked over to the couch and sat next to Ares. Ares looked away and fluttered his wings.

"Ares, talk to me. I need to know what's wrong," Gregor pleaded.

"It is Henry. He gets on my nerves. I wish he had not come back," Ares muttered.
"Yeah, I wish he hadn't come back either. But I guess it is just something we will have to adjust to. I'm sure he won't be here long," Gregor replied.

"I know. I plan to kill him myself," Ares growled.
Gregor didn't know what to say to that. Ares had done it before; he let Henry fall to his death. But he hadn't actually shed his blood himself. Can he do it? Gregor was sure he could. Henry had done the worst thing you can ever do to a bond.

"It is late. I must rest," Ares said as he stood up from the couch and shook his wings.

"Same here, I will just sleep in the guest room," Gregor said as he walked into the guest room.

Gregor found Boots lying on the extra bed with Hazard and Thalia lying buy her. Hazard must have left early, though Gregor hadn't seen him leave from the dining hall. Gregor climbed into his bed and pulled the covers over him. He soon fell asleep into a dreamless sleep.

Gregor was shaken awake by Luxa. "We must meet in the dining room to eat," she told him.

Gregor yawned and stretched out his arms. He lazily threw his legs off of the bed and stood up. Luxa pointed to a pile of clean clothes sitting on the end of the bed and then walked out of the room as she closed the curtain. Gregor removed his dirty clothes and pulled on the clean ones. When he was finished he met up with Luxa and they walked to the dining room. Gregor sat down next to Ares again. The table looked the same as it did the night before; everyone was in the same place.

"Now, so I can actually enjoy my meal, please keep your traps shut and chew your food," Ripred commanded.
A waiter came out with greens, fruits, bread, and meat soup. Ripred seemed displeased that they didn't bring out his favorite meal. Gregor was about to dish himself a plate when a frantic woman ran into the room screaming "Rat! There is a rat in the building!"

"Somebody might want to tell her that I'm the good guy," Ripred laughed.

"This is serious Ripred! Where was it last seen?" Luxa asked.

"In the High Hall! No one is sure how it got up here," the woman said and she ran out of the room.

The group left Henry tied to his chair and ran down to the High Hall. There were a few guards trying to stab something in the middle of the High Hall. Gregor reached for his sword which was not in its hilt.

"Of course you forget your sword boy!" Ripred said.

Ripred pushed the group back and walked into the bustle. He knocked the swords out of the guards' hands and hissed them back from what was being attacked. There was whispering for a few minutes, then bickering.

Ripred looked back at the group. "It is nothing but a little Twitchtip."