Reunion · 3:38am May 23rd, 2021

“So, you know your way back?” Thorax asked as he and the others trudged their way through the barren wastelands.

“It’s a village called ‘Maplewood’. We’re about halfway there,” Hero responded.

“Perfect. We’ll just drop him off and have one less mouth to feed,” Pharynx deadpanned, earning a firm nudge from his younger brother.

The group immediately froze when they heard what sounded like a faint rumbling noise, which they quickly realized was coming from the ground beneath them.

Ocellus whimpered, clinging to Thorax. “Was that…?”

Hero gritted his teeth and grabbed his PipBuck.

In three… two…

Suddenly, a viciously gigantic, scorpion-like creature emerged from the wasteland grounds, sending the changelings flying back with immense force.

“BUCK!” Hero screamed as he began shooting the creature. “Radscorpion!”

The creature hissed and snarled, charging into the young changeling. He immediately dodged the attack, continuing to shoot at it, with Pharynx doing the same with his SMG It turned around and swiped at them with one of its pincers, knocking them to the ground.

The two groaned as they sat up, but they jolted up as soon as they heard a scream. They watched in horror as the creature closed in onto Thorax, who was holding Ocellus in a tight embrace.

Hero was about to jump up and continue attacking the Radscorpion when suddenly, a female changeling swooped in and began shooting at with a familiarly colorful assault rifle.

After several hard enough blows, the creature was finally down. And Hero got up and brushed himself off. “Bez?”

“Hero!” She ran over to him. “Are you okay?!”

“I’m fine, I’m fine,” he answered reassuringly.

“Your girlfriend is worried sick. What happened to you out there?”

“It doesn’t matter right now. What happened to Thorax?”

“Thorax?” Bezier tilted her head, then she turned around to see a male unreformed changeling uncomfortably limping his way over. His hind leg wasn’t only injected with venom for sure, but it was also bleeding.

Hero trotted over, trying to help him stand. “I gotcha, buddy. Come on, we have the medicine back at Maplewood. We’re almost there.”

“It hurts… I-I can’t walk…”

“Oh, buck…” Hero muttered, turning to the others. “Looks like someone’s gonna have to carry him back.”

“Should I do it?” Bezier volunteered, stepping over to Thorax.

Hero blinked. “Um, I guess—”

“Um, no.”

Bezier looked over to the purple-eyed male changeling, furrowing her brow. “What do you mean ‘no’?”

“Isn’t it obvious? I’m not letting some random roachbag carry my brother just because she shot down a radscorpion. And with a gun like that?” Pharynx sneered at the rifle’s bright neon colors.

She glared at him, holding it up. “Watch it, punk. Hero bucking designed this thing you know. And it still shoots, that's for sure.”

“Come on, you two.” Ocellus rolled her eyes. “Are we going to Maplewood or not?”

Pharynx growled in defeat as Bezier helped Thorax on the back of her carapace. “I swear, if you even think about trying anything, I’ll blow your entire head clean off the neck.”

“Okay, sure.”

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