Glitch3d C0ntr0l

-Minutes Beforehand-

'This place is dark as, oh my Lords.'

'Could be darker. At least we have some light - Thanks for brightening my day.'

'I will chuck you out of the next window we come across, watch you fall, and do nothing but laugh.'

Kenny pulled a face at his two friends' humour, vowing to slap them both once they got back to the Overworld. It had been ten minutes, and he was already planning his funeral.

""Stealth Mission" my butt, they can hardly get any louder!" He groaned silently, running a hand through his hair with annoyance as the trio turned another corner.

"Might as well slap Vik too, he was the one who decided to put those two together - You'd think they'd be more serious in a place like this?!"

'Oi, Preston, how d'you know we're going the right way?' Lachlan asked after a few moments of silence. The supercharged lava mob sighed, poking his head around a corner to make sure there weren't any guards before jogging over the cross-like junction.

'I... Had a weird dream a few nights ago. I started off in a corridor like this, and kept moving through the - It's this way!' Preston suddenly lunged forwards, scrambling towards an iron-barred door and peering through anxiously. 'This is it, this is the room.'

'You think Rob's in there?'

'I know Rob's in there, but how do we get in...?' The Texan whispered, mostly to himself, as he inspected the lock carefully. 'Huh, should be easy enough to get in, this thing's rusted as heck.'

'But how do we actually get through? It still looks way too solid to just break through, and even if it isn't the noise will be - Kenny NO!'

The nectar-eyed teenager spun around, and kicked the door off of it's hinges before jumping forwards to grab the edge incase it made a loud noise. He lowered it down to the ground safely and turned to his teammates, both being slack-jawed and wide-eyed. 'C-Coming, guys?'

'You can talk now?'

'A bit, hurts a ton though... C'mon, there's got to be dozens of these cells to check before we find-'

'Rob?' He heard Preston mutter, and turned to see him standing right at the end of a cell-lined hall. The lava mutant tugged at the charred bars forcefully until they came lose, and turned to glance at his blond friends before ducking into the cell.

"He's right here."

The wolf hybrid looked up as he heard Preston enter, but instead of seeming happy to see his friend he just... Tried to back himself up even further, scrunching into a small ball as the Texan stopped. 'Rob? Dude, c'mon, it's me.'

'You're-You're not r-real.'

He blinked. Then with a nervous laugh he moved forwards again; Same result. It was as if Rob was trying to hide, trying to cower away from-

Did Rob think that Preston was going to hurt him?

'Okay, okay, I won't come any closer, I'll just - I'll just talk.' He spoke quietly, taking two steps back and sitting cross-legged on the filthy ground. 'I'll wait until you're okay with me coming near you, alright?'

'You're afraid of me.'

'What?'

'Y-You're scared. Scared of me.'

'Rob, you're like the least threatening guy I know.'

'That's not what you thought when I attacked you.'