First, nothing. Like Zio never existed. Then she suddenly got an image of the room with the carvings. The one her and East had just been. Then suddenly Zio was a kid, just a tiny kid.
"I told you to be faster," A voice said, a man stepping closer to Zio, who shrunk away, "Why are you so slow?"
"I'm sorry," Zio squeaked, only about six.
The man slapped her, making her stumble and fall, starting to cry, "No excuses."
Then it jumped to a different memory, her running away from a bunch of people, dragging a small boy, Barks, beside her. Then to Zio helping the young and unhurt version of Blackout to his feet. Then to her glancing sadly at a wanted poster of her, Barks, Blackout and Pinky.

(Never know unless we try =P)

Will looked at the end of hallway, stepped out. Nothing happened, nothing much. He looked around, he could spot the group in the distance. He smiled at Azrail, offering a hand to help comfort him. They where okay, nothing bad had happened.

Tippy does not look very happy about the fact him and Austyn where holding hands. He gently pulled his hand away, still easily keeping up with him. Rin kept looked around, then seemed to realize that they where just... gone. But that wasn't possible, they couldn't just disappear. Yes, Blackout could teleport, but he could only do one person at a time with him, not all at once. That only made Rin concerned, what if they got badly hurt?

Churrio wrapped her talons around her beak as she watched, unable to stop for a while. Poor Zio. She felt compassion for them, though she wasn't quite sure why. She wondered what the reason was for Zio, Barks, Blackout, and Pinky to have gotten wanted. Churrio tried to zip to the part she wanted to know, the one where it would tell her where Zio was at the moment.

( Yup. You never fail until you stop trying. :P )

Azrail takes Will's hand with his own and wraps his other arm around Will's. He rests his head gently on Will's shoulder. He was glad nothing - or nothing much - happened. He hums quietly and walks with Will to their group.

"Didn't the king say something about us ending the same way Blackout, Pinky, and Barks did? You know, when he pointed the gun and threatened to kill us?" Austyn asks, pretty sure he was wording it wrong and remembering wrong on top of that so he would make absolutely no sense.

It showed a current picture of Zio staring at her hands, which where grey now. Her face was turning grey no as well, as much as she tried to rub it away. She was sitting against the temple wall, one with a carved picture of a creature without legs and grey just like her. She sighed, staring at it in silence.

(True, very very very true!)

Will let Azrail lead him, starting to hum a bit as well. He was happy they had gotten out of that weird place and hoped things would get better from now on. Not a high chance, but he couldn't help but hope.

"He did? What does he mean by that," Rin wondered aloud, interrupting Tippy as he tried to speak, "He's got them kidnapped! That's what happened! We need to save them!"
Tippy rolled his eyes, but not saying anything.

Churrio claps her talons together. "I know where Zio is! Come on! I'm positive I saw the room earlier. But perhaps that's just me thinking I did because I'm still trapped in past. We don't have much time! Come on." She demands, taking East's hand and leading him in the direction she was pretty sure it was.

(Very much true. *nods vigorously*)

Sometimes life likes to be mean and rub in the fact that you can't do much to stop the ball called fate rolling down the steep hill of life, doesn't it? The thing is, you can nudge it in a different direction... Azrail still has to figure out how to do that without getting hurt.

"Oh, really? That's it? I thought he was meaning something worse." Austyn shrugs and trots as fast as he can, though fatigue was becoming evident.

East followed Churrio cheerfully, glad she had found Zio. He didn't know where they had went, but he hoped they where okay. He was happy because he was with Churrio and nothing seemed to be going badly yet.

(The truest of true)

Will was the person who tried to stop it but got run over by it xD. He wasn't very good with that kind of thing, just being happy with the things he had, even if it was horrible.

Tippy nods in agreement with Austyn. Rin ignored them, still looking around wildly. He still couldn't find them, even though he searched pretty much everywhere.

Churrio asks the other directions to follow because she didn't want them to split up again. And if she couldn't help Zio, which she was pretty sure she couldn't, she hoped someone would be able to. So backup was necessary.

(... I forgot what we were agreeing about that was the most true... xD)

Azrail was usually happy with what he had, but sometimes he wished for the things he didn't have, couldn't have, anymore. He continued to the rest of the group, keeping next to Will's side. Hopefully they hadn't jumped around too much in time.

Austyn hugs Rin to keep him from dashing off somewhere else and quietly asks them to calm down and think things through. They had searched pretty much everywhere, and no sign of the rest of their group anywhere else. So perhaps take a break from searching?

"Left, straight, right then another right, then you will be there. Bring Will with you," South huffed refusing to move, "I'm not going to that area, a death trap."
North sighed, following Churrio. East of course came, because why wouldn't he. West growled, staying by East's side.

(I remember... hm... it was true xD. You saying practice makes perfect)

Will looked surprised, "Me?"
"Yup, you go first, if you die then I guess you paid your debt," South said with a shrug, well not really because he couldn't shrug.
Will nodded nervously, moving to the front of the group.

Rin sighed, nodding in defeat. He hugged Austyn back, picking him up. He would tale a break, because he knew at least Tippy was safe and that was the most important thing.
"Where could they have gone," Rin finally asked.

Churrio nods, takes the bit of information and follows it. She clicks her beak together cheerfully as she sees her friends stick together. Sorry, South, I guess you must not be her friend yet... She felt a bit put off when South demands Will take the lead, but she didn't let her bother it any longer than a second.

(Right. And you never fail until you stop trying. You'll never know unless you try.
Oooh! *randomness warning* there's something called Nanowrimo... Its going on. Its something of a novel writing month. So you make a writing goal and by the end of the month you try to have finished it...)

Azrail tries to keep next to Will's side, glancing at South. "If he doesn't die, the debts still paid, right?" Azrail asks South, his mind already trying to find the loopholes.

Austyn squeaks in surprise when Rin picked him up before instantly turning into a bag of bones and resting on Rin. He sighs softly and rests his head on Rin's shoulder as he closed his eyes. Just for a moment. He was tired, he couldn't run around all day.

Well I mean South is a jerk xD. South doesn't answers Azrail's question, turning away as he looked at West, who was petting a small bush that had grown out of the ground. East was staying by Churrio's side, chattering about how Zio was his and only his.

(*nods* nanowrimo? I've never heard of it! Anyways it sounds very interesting! Very inspiring you are =P. Anyways I'll try to make the writing thread soon)

Will didn't like the way South was silent, it was as if he didn't believe Will would survive. The question he was asking himself was what was South so scared of?

Rin starts rocking side to side, like he was holding a baby, well maybe Austyn was a baby, you never know. He starts humming a very very very old lullaby to Austyn, which even Tippy started humming as well.

Churrio had an idea what South was worried about but wasn't quite sure so she didn't say anything because, seriously, it's not polite to stick your nose in other people's business.

(Cool beans! I really like the thread. One thing I would change is instead of simply putting the good and bad feedback, try a compliment sandwich. Its looking good, that's the only thing I could think of at the moment. xP)

Azrail didn't like South's silence either. It made him feel a little offended when South didn't answer because he felt like he had asked a question that could be easily answered. His mind tried to think around the whole 'stay in front, die, your debt is paid' thing.

Austyn might be a baby, who knows. He acted like a child and was around the height of an eleven year old, though he was older than that. He listens to the lullaby, not sure he had heard that exact rendition. His family had his own version/harmony and it was really stunning, but he didn't recognize that the lullaby was the same, just different tune, because he hadn't heard this style before.