"Ugh… What has just… happened?" With a grunt, the Doctor raised his face (with the helmet on). He saw that he was no longer in the Chernobog Control Center. Instead, when he looked around he noticed that, right now, he was in the middle of what looked like a forest.

"Want some help?" When Doctor turned around he was met with a certain white haired draco's face. She held out her hand to him. "Lying on the ground must be pretty uncomfortable."

The Doctor hesitated a bit, but he took her hand and she helped him to stand up. Once back in his feet, the Doctor took a look around and saw that the others were here as well. Amiya and Ch'en were standing near them, while W was seen going from one place to another, visibly irritated.

"Now, someone can explain what happened back there?" The Doctor asked, pretty confused by the situation he found himself in.

W stopped on her tracks an looked at him, with a mix of anger and confusion:

"Have you lost your memory again, doc?" She came closer "Look, here's a recap for the amnesiac. Your rabbit friend went with the chief against dragon lady and won. Everything should had been ok, right? But no, out from nowhere appeared this "Hole", we got pulled into it and ended up here. Remember now?"

"Yes, now I remember…" answered the Doctor "So, what's the plan? How we're going to return home?"

Ch'en spoke:

"Well, now our top priority is start to move out of here and find any form of civilization. Then, feel free to think about how we're going to return home, because I have the feeling is not going to be easy."

"Oh…*giggle*, so we're going on field trip? Now that's more like it!" exclaimed W.

"I agree. We really should get going" Amiya tried to take a step forward, but her legs failed her. The Doctor, with a worried look, took and sat her on the ground:

"Amiya, you're tired and weak, you need to rest."

"You're right, but… We can't just stay here." She replied "Even if do it slowly, I'll stick with you…"

"Hold up, I've got an idea" The Doctor picked the Cautus and put her on his back.

"¡Eeek!"

"Take it easy, Amiya" said the Doctor "You don't need to worry, I'll carry you. That way you can rest."

"Fine…" she muttered, with an embarrassed look.

"Well, are you finished over there?" When the Doctor turned, he saw that Talulah was waiting, with her arms crossed.

"Yes…" he answered.

"Then let's get going. There's not a single moment to waste." With that said, she turned around and started walking towards the insides of the forest. The rest followed suit, but not before W dropped a comment:

"So straightforward… I might even like your new you, Talulah…"

/ /

In a lonely road, in the middle of a dark and dense forest, an old grey van drove under the cover of night. Music was playing at full volume through one of the windows. It seemed like there was a party going on inside the car:

"Yuhuuu! Matt, pass me the beer!"

Inside, there were three youngsters, who probably were just returning from a very lively party. Matt, the driver was a boy, around the 20s, with short auburn hair. His eyes were of the same color, and he wore glasses. He was the one who was less drunk. His friend, on the other hand, had the features of a Russian: His neck-length hair was blonde, and his eyes sky blue. The third one was directly drunk, he was sleeping on the backseat. His hair was black and he had brown eyes. He also was the most corpulent of the three.

The aforementioned Matt took and passed the beer to his friend.

"Don't drink too much, Will! I'd hate to have to carry you too!"

"Leave Edward alone, he just wanted to enjoy the moment!" He opened the beer can "Man, this music is starting to become boring… Put something else."

Matthews started to change radio stations, eventually stopping in one:

"…And here's our latest information on the Taiwan war. The latest reports suggest that Chinese units have breached the defender's lines at Xinfeng. It is to be expected…"

"Bring that here." Will took and changed station again. He put some pop music. "Who cares about what's happening in Taiwan? Just like in Ukraine, this will be for nothing."

"Yeah, I know…" muttered Matthews "Let's talk about the party instead."

"Yes, the party!" Will gave him a teasing look "What were you doing? Drinking? Talking with some people from there?... or perhaps you…?"

"Cut it. You're drunk, you aren't being serious."

"Oh, so says Mr. I-burn-mi-life-in-studying." He said, with a smirk. "Look, even Edward agrees that you need to find a girl, mate. Just admit it, it isn't that hard…"

"Shut up!" Now Matthews was irritated "At least I'm not the one who narrowly passes his exams!"

"You know what? I think you aren't enjoying the moment properly…" he looked at a can that Matt had besides him. *hip* "Hey, gimme another beer." He extended his had to pick it up.

"Don't ever think about it." replied Matt, giving him a serious look.

X-X

"Look! There's a road ahead!" Talulah pointed in front of them. "We're almost there."

The Doctor was relieved by this. When first they had started the walk, he thought it was going to be a short one, but no. The short walk turned into a several-hour trek through the forest, with apparently no end in sight. Eventually the sun had gone down and night had fallen, making it harder to continue.

Also, carrying Amiya on his back didn't help much… and speaking of Amiya, she had fallen asleep at some point. When he turned around to check on her, the Doctor saw her sleeping visage. "Now I realize how cute she looks when she's asleep…", he thought.

/ /

Some minutes later, the group reached the road's vicinity. Talulah came closer and reached the road.

"Do you see anything?" Asked Ch'en loudly.

"Nothing, nee-san." she answered, looking at her companions from the road.

"Good." Ch'en turned around to face W and the Doctor. "If we follow it, we'll eventually find civilization, so that's what we're going to do… any questions?"

"Well, since I lack a better plan…" W sighed and followed her. At that moment, the Doctor felt something moving on his back.

"Unhggg… *yawns* …Dokutah?"

"Hey, you're finally awake Amiya." he said with a smile (although his helmet hid that). "Look, we're going to follow this road, and hopefully we'll find something."

"I see…" She was still a little bit sleepy, but when she looked around, she saw a pair of bright beacons in the distance… and they were approaching quickly.

X-X

"Will, give that back!"

Matt and his friend were struggling over his beer can. Will tried to snatch it, but Matthews blocked him using his free arm.

*Hip* "Why won't you let me finish it?!"

"Please, stop! You don't see I'm driving?!"

"Tch…" suddenly, he tried to grab it again. The subsequent struggle made Matt's glasses to fall. He let Will's arm free, only to pick up his glasses and put them back as quick as possible. When he did so, his blood froze. Ahead of the car, there was someone in the middle of the path.

X-X

Amiya then realized what was going to happen. She landed on the ground and ran towards the two sisters:

"Miss Ch'en, Madan Talulah! Get off the road NOW!"

They looked to their side and saw the approaching lights. Ch'en managed to get out of the way on time, but her sister wasn't so lucky. When she realized the situation, it was too late. The van was mere inches away from her. Knowing that she wouldn't be able to jump aside, she prepared to brace for impact.

CHHHIIIIIII!

X-X

"SHIIIT!" without losing a second, Matthews stepped on the brake with all of his forces. The van made an awful screeching noise, Matt thought the wheels were about to burst.

"BE CAREFUL!" yelled Will.

After what felt like an eternity, the car made a very audible *Bump!* and stopped. The two boys were breathing heavily.

"Shit, shit, shit…" As soon as he could, he went out of the car, with Will following suit. Matthews reflexes had managed to prevent a tragedy from happening, but still, they had just run over somebody. When they left the car, Matt turned and looked at Will with a severe look:

"Look what you've done! Thanks to you, we almost killed that person!"

"I know and I'm sorry, but what's done is done… Also, why there was someone standing in the middle of the road in the first place?"

"I don't know."

*sigh* "let's leave this for another day. We need to check if he's hurt…" with that said, Will walked towards the front of the van. There, in front of him, a woman laid on the ground, but thankfully, she didn't look very hurt.

"Miss…are you okay? We can call an ambulance if you want…" When she turned around, he was left speechless.

The woman was very pretty. Her neck-length hair was white, her dark eyes gave a firm look. Her delicate face was pale, and her lips thin. She was dressed in a bulky black dress, with an orange armband. "Wait, those are… horns?", he thought. However, he was slapped out of his thoughts when someone yelled at him.

"GET AWAY FROM HER!" A blue haired woman with the same "horns" popped out of the forest, pointing at him with a big-ass sword that was almost as tall as him. He took a step back.

"Hey, hey! Let's calm down, okay?" Matthews approached the blue-haired woman, taking care of not doing anything suspicious. He tried to defuse the situation. "Look, it wasn't our intention to run over your friend…" He threw a quick look at the one with grey hair, who was still lying on the ground. Then he looked back at her. – I can assure you we're completely inoffensive.

For a moment, it looked like it had worked. The blue-haired woman kept her sword pointed at him, but at least her expression softened somewhat. But then…

"Get that thing away from my friend!" Unexpectedly, Will appeared from behind the van, pointing at the woman with a shotgun. "I don't know who are you or what do you want, but one thing is sure! I won't let you hurt him, so drop your weapon!"

"Oh, looks like someone's messing with the chief, aren't we?..." A third woman appeared on the scene. She had what seemed to be demon-like red horns, and her eyes… when Matt looked at her, he felt a chill come down his spine, it was like he was looking at a psycho. She took out a gun and pointed It at them. "Be a good boy and don't make this harder, will you?"

"Miss Talulah!" from behind her, a girl with… rabbit ears? and a masked guy took a step forward. The girl ran towards the one with white hair. She kneeled in front of her.

"Miss Talulah, are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine…" The white-haired woman stood up with a grunt. "Just some bruises, don't worry."

The situation was tense, and could explode at any moment. "Shit, I need to stop this, and fast", Matthews said to himself. Suddenly, he took the shotgun from Will's hands and started to negotiate with them.

"There… there is no need to resort to violence, miss…"

"Call me W." she corrected him.

"Ok… so W, as I said earlier, we're completely inoffensive…" He dropped the shotgun and raised his hands. "See? I can assure you we don't mean any harm."

Will gave him an angry glare.

"Are you crazy?... Don't you see that she's gonna shoot us both?" he whispered.

"Please, let me handle this…" He looked back at the rest. "Now, if you don't mind, we'll go back and leave you alone… Ok?" He started to move slowly with his friend towards the van, making sure he didn't make anything menacing.

"Wait a minute." Will and Matt stopped on their tracks. "Where were you headed to?" asked W menacingly.

"Well, we were going back home…" W cut Will's response with a gesture. The she looked towards her companions.

"I know what we're going to do!" she looked at the boys "Since you are going home, I guess we could take a ride with you …" *giggle*.

"W, I don't think we should…"

"Have you got a better idea, chief Ch'en? In case they try anything funny I have this." She picked one of her grenades. "So, you'll behave like good boys and do what we say, understood?"

"Yes… yes, of course!" Exclaimed Matt.

"Good. Everyone, get inside!"

"Tch… why does she have to always act like this?" muttered Ch'en to herself. Talulah approached her from the side and said.

"I know, she can be… difficult sometimes, but deep down is a good person."

"Really? Well, let's hope she doesn't end blowing up those poor dudes…"