Don't own Darksiders. Turtles. The candy not the animal. That's all. I'll see you guys at the end of the chapter.

We finally exited the seemingly endless and winding tunnel only to find ourselves surround by rocky cliffs on either side and on a narrow-ish path leading away. Old electrical wires crisscrossed above us and a strange looking blue batsy could be seen hanging upside down from one.

As we got closer, it dropped and spread its blueish wings before turning around to face us and spitting a blue fireball thingy at us. How rude! That is not how you greet guests! War taught them a lesson about manners by throwing the Crossblade at one then the other that was farther down the path. The air was then, more-or-less, cleared and we went on to kill the zombies and the one lonely batsy. I love my new ax.

Come to think of it, I never gave it a name… How about… Doombringer! Nah, Spineripper! Hm, doesn't really roll of the tongue. Mercy! No, that's already taken isn't it? Oooooh! Severance! That sounds nice. Severance…

Anyway! Now that I had a name picked out, I could catch up to the Horseman since he was leaving me behind.

The narrow path opened up into a larger one but we were still surrounded by walls of rock. Did nothing for my non-existent claustrophobia. Cars littered the remnants of a road but what else is new? Kinda surprisingly, there were still street signs and lamps - un-operational of course - lining the sidewalk.

We continued down the street, weaving around the cars and dealing with the zombies walking around. Didn't anyone ever tell these guys that it isn't safe to play in the road? They could get hit! By a sword or an ax! I mean, one minute you're taking a nice stroll down the road - looking for something to kill probably - next thing you know you're being cut in half by the Horseman War. The world is a very dangerous and unpredictable place now-a-days. And I'm chasing mind bunnies. But what else is new?

So we made it to a larger clearing at the end of the path finally. I guess clearing is the wrong word since there was still cars and stuff everywhere and the remnants of a crumbling building to our left. Anyway, soon as we got there these two weird angels came out of nowhere. I say weird cause they had black wings instead of white and were covered in what looked like blue fire. Other than that they looked like regular angels. Wonder what their deal was…

"Here he is!" one of them shouted as they swooped down like a pansy. His voice was all weird too more guttural. I got it! They're fallen angels! Correction, Fallen Pansies.

One came at Big Red and hit him with the upgraded halberd thingy with blades at both ends. The other started spinning, covering himself in the blue fire stuffs before flying at War. Big Red got hit by the first but dodged the second and retaliated quickly, bringing them both down. Also quickly, he took care of the first one by hitting him with slice after slash of Chaoseater.

"Kel Doran!" the other shouted before charging at the Horseman again.

What the Helheim does that mean?

Big Red finally had him on the ground when another corrupted voice yelled "For the black heart!" and two more Fallen Pansies showed up. Great. Now it's a party. War cut off the wings of Two and stabbed him through the chest before turning to Three and Four. He took down Three easily, not even letting him get a hit in.

"Let's finish this!" Four shouted, swiping at Big Red. And missing.

Where was I during all this you ask? Wandering around. I found some nearly invisible anvil thingy that hurt to look at with a glowing yellow light hovering above it in the building remnants and a new Vulgrim spot but that's about it.

Bout the time I was done so was Bid Red and we were on our way under a broken bridge with bats hanging underneath it. This should be fun.

The wind blew papers across our path. Old newspapers telling about celebrities, stocks, general news, and of course the end of the world but who would want to know about that? White stuff was piled up around the thick columns supporting the bridge. I'm gonna pretend it's sand instead of ashes like Sammy said. Then we got to the bats. Then we got past the bats. Then we got to the end of the overhang. It's called an overhang right? Then we got to a tunnel. There goes my phone signal.

There were walkways with rails high above the road we were walking on but they were mostly covered in sand/ash. I could also see zombies staggering around in the distance.

Just zombies? How borin. I thought, walking ahead of War with a sigh and pulling Severance from my back.

That's when we heard a huge crash and a car came flying from around the bend followed by a blue… puppy. A blue, horned, puppy… How adorable! And deadly!

I ran back to the Horseman, "I take it back! This ain't borin! Ain't borin at all!"

Big Red pulled his blade from his back as the Puppy came charging at us and swiped at him with suddenly glowing blue claws.

I tried to stay out of the way and play chop shop with the zombies as the puppy tried to claw at War who kept dodging out of the way. Was not easy. Big Red would try to run around the demon to get a better angle for attacking but it wouldn't let him and kept following him. Like a puppy! He was finally able to do some damage and actually hopped onto the Puppy's back and rode him. Hm. He also was able to actually rip off one of the demon's horns protecting its neck before it stumbled and Big Red jumped off and the whole thing started over.

I had finally dealt with the last undead when Big Red was able to get on the demon's back again. It put up more of a fight this time and staggered around as War tried to get its other horn off. It was just my luck that it came staggering towards me. It was also just my luck that I dodged it somehow only to be hit by its club of a tail and practically thrown into a pile of sand. Hasn't my stomach gone through enough injuries for one day? Then again, does it ever turn night anymore?

Hearing a cracking sound, I opened my eyes to see Big Red tear off the demon's other horn before slicing its stubby head off. I laid my own head back on the sand/ash - not really caring right now if it got in my hair - and tried to stay conscience through the pain of what felt like a couple of broken ribs. Being a weak human sucks.

"-right?"

I opened my eyes again to realize that I kinda dropped off for a bit. Big Red was standing over me and glaring down. Then again, when wasn't he glaring?

"Wha?"

"Are you alright?"

Surprise shocked me awake. That was the last thing I expected to come out of his mouth. Okay, the last thing I expected was Let It Go from Frozen but this was a close second.

"…Yeah, I'm fine… I guess." I honestly didn't know what to do. The Horseman being concerned for me was a bit frightening. I quickly got up, ignoring the pain in my abdomen, and brushed the sand off. "Yeah, I'm good. Let's move on." I went ahead and left him literally in the dust. Get it? Cause he was standing in the sand? Whatever…

Ahead there were no more monsters er whatever except a Creepy Claw hanging from the ceiling holding a block of some kind. I let Big Red do his puzzle thing while I tried to catch my breath.

He hit the Creepy Claw with the Crossblade so it would go back inside the gross mouth thingy on the roof and drop the block. Jumping up and grabbing ahold of the edge of the block, he waited for a bit for the Creepy Claw to come back out and snatch it back up. When it did, he jumped from the block to the walkway where the faint orange flames from bombs could be seen. Taking one of said bombs, he threw it at the red rocks blocking the rails on the other side of the small chasm. So I guess that was the way to go. He jumped down from the walkway and took one look at me before walking to a spot where it was easier to reach the rails.

I took that as my cue to follow.

He was actually waiting for me this time. When I reached him, he offered me his hand and - still kind of freaked out - I took it and he swung me onto his back. Not knowing what else to do, I looped my arms around his neck for a better hold. This was getting weirder by the second. I didn't like it.

Before I could voice my newfound protests, he jumped across the chasm and grabbed onto the railing. He ran along the wall and jumped across the gap where the red rocks once were, not even bothered by my weight. Not surprising really considering he sometimes uses cars as weapons. We made it to the other side and War dropped into the huge pipe and so did I.

So we continued on our way down the pipe, splashing though the water still in there.

"Soooo… can I ask a question besides the one I'm askin now?"

He just grunted in reply and I took it as a yes.

"Why are ya being so… nice ta me all o' a sudden? It's weird and I'm not used ta it and I'm scared now."

He glanced my way this time, "You are injured."

"Your point bein? I mean, what else is new? An hour ago I had a gash in my stomach from that bitch o' an angel."

"It is my fault."

I stopped walking at this point and so did he, "…Are ya sick er somethin? Should we go back ta that creepy ass merchant? Maybe he's got some medicine fer Horsemen er somethin."

"I am not sick."

"Are ya sure? Cause that's the only explanation I can come up with besides ya actually feelin guilt."

"I cannot let you die and yet I've let you get injured."

"So? You're War! Rider o' the Red Horse and all that good shit! You've probably killed millions! Ya can't feel guilt! Especially not over one little human. Besides, if it's anyone's fault it's mine and I've already healed. So there, end o' story. Let's move it before I die o' old age. Sheesh."

I pushed past him and walked on. The air between us seemed lighter now somehow. Like we'd just gotten some major stuff off our chests. I definitely wouldn't label us as friends but it had lost that "burden and bearer" feel to it.

What a fucked up trip this is turnin out ta be. All I need now is a demon dream boat showin up so we can live happily ever after.

What about an angel dream boat?

How many times do I have ta tell ya that I don't have multiple personalities! Ya don't exist! And go away!

I don't have multiple personalities. Really. Believe it.

We finally reached the end of the pipe and a room with not one, not two, but three Creepy Claws! And no floor and a single wire stretching the length of the room! Yay! I kinda wish we'd gone back to the creepy ass merchant now.

"Wait here." Big Red said pushing past me.

"Fine by me."

Taking the Crossblade, he hit all three Creepy Claws one after the other before catching it and jumping to the wire and using it to reach the farthest side of the room and grabbing onto the icky vines. He climbed those until he was able to reach the other side of the broken pipe. Seemed easy enough. Now it was my turn.

He took the Crossblade again and hit the Creepy Claw but only the first one. After getting a running start, I jumped and grabbed onto the wire and swung to a spot between the first two claws. And it went on like that, War would hit the CCs one at a time and wait for me to get past one of them before hitting the next. I made all the way to the other end of the pipe and I only slipped once. It's a good day.

We made it out of the pipe and into another sand/ash filled tunnel. Only thing in there besides us and trash was another Vulgrim spot up on the walkway. Is there any place this guy isn't? It's probably good for business but still…

We got to the end of the tunnel and that's where the real fun began.

I'm not sure Big Red's not sick or injured himself. Seriously, it was really weird. I still have goosebumps. And how and why is there so much ash?! It's everywhere! Even in my clothes! Grooooss!

Still kinda freaked out,

Hope

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