Winston was still standing outside the tower, waiting for the two Grims who arrived outside to where he was after a few minutes, "Sir Winston," Edgar bowed his head, his already short height turning even smaller at the action before he stood straight, "You called for us?"

"I need you to close the gate right now," ordered Winston.

"Now?" Edgar questioned, "There are souls who are returning back from the living.

"I am sure you can lock it from inside without the new souls being stopped to pass from the living to the dead. Go to the front and monitor who goes in or out. Send death reapers only if they are assigned. Any newbie will be brought right to me!" Winstone continued to order.

Moore only stared and when Winston's eyes moved to look at Moore he nodded his head.

"Great! Off you go now! Be quick in making sure no one enters," demanded Winston before dismissing all of them to go search the newly created reapers and be brought in front of him.

Far away from the high tower, Lucas and the rest of the party made their way towards the Adams' mansion that resided in the land of the dead. Belle with Winston's bone, Barron with his soul still intact who had not been sent to oblivion, Lucas with the files and Greed who was accompanying them.

"So Winston knows that I sent the timekeeper on her vacation and he was not happy about it," rambled Barron since the time they had left the high tower. For some reason, the rabbit still continued to reside in the actual mansion which was tattered and torn when it was supposed to be in this world, "He tried to burn me! Look at this!" Barron complained who moved around to come in front of Lucas' face like he was a spider.

Since the time they had left, Barron had been handed to Lucas to carry.

"I still can't believe he got caught and we went to that tower," muttered Belle under her breath. Her reaper form had not gone back to her mortal form and she had stopped checking herself. She pulled the hood closer to keep it from slipping away from the top of her head.

"I can't believe I went to save this little midget," grumbled Greed.

"Who are you calling a midget?!" Barron was about to launch himself on Greed but immediately got caught by Lucas.

"That's enough for the day," stated Lucas, "You better pick a master or a girl to create a bond. Else I will personally kick you out of the mansion or worse reap you from the two lands."

Barron returned back to stand on Lucas' shoulder.

"What matters is we are all fine. Fiiiiine!" said Barron.

"Watch him jinx it," Greed muttered and Barron hissed.

Belle was glad that they had rescued Barron without getting caught but they were yet to cross from the land of the dead to the land of the living. She had been utterly worried when Winston had stopped her in front of everyone.

Now walking in the empty roads while keeping their ears and eyes sharp for any death reapers or hellhounds, they continued to head towards the house, "Though I don't know why Winston left me. Did he think I was not going to try escaping?" huffed Barron, sitting down with his legs crossed on Lucas' shoulder.

"There was an assembly," said Greed to have Barron nod his head.

"What was it about?" asked the rabbit.

Belle and Greed already knew about it but Barron being the slowest person in the room had not overheard the death reapers talking about the rise of the bounty.

Lucas pursed his lips before he opened them to say, "Everyone's bounty got doubled."

Hearing this Barron who was sitting, slipped from Lucas' shoulder and fell down on the ground.

"WHAT?! How can they add me to that list?! I was caught! You do not increase the bounty of a person who has been caught. It becomes null!" shouted Barron.

Lucas continued to walk and seeing this, Barron quickly back walked in front of Lucas, "Right?"

Lucas scratched the back of his neck, "Winston didn't tell them that you were caught. When we came to find you, the death reapers were still there and they contacted another Hawvert. My guess is it was Gorron. With the death reapers spotting two Grim reapers, there's going to be a sweep in there. Because of your pride."

"Hello, Sir!" Barron gave a look of shock, his head moving for his ears to flop around, "Don't put this on me. If you all didn't attack me in the mansion I would have been stuck to the apple tree."

"Lucas is right, Barron," Belle remarked, "If you didn't get caught, you would not have such a high bounty on your head. It will be even harder to move around from now on in Bonelake. At least until we resolve this. Maybe if you find the timekeeper, they might reduce your bounty?"

"But I don't know where the timekeeper is right now," Barron stopped back walking to turn and start following them.

When they finally reached the Adams' mansion that was broken and in ruins, in the land of the dead, Lucas, Belle and the others stepped inside the gates, walking towards the mansion.

Belle was the first one to enter, still remembering last time how she had met Portia here last time before they ran into the woods. She hoped she would not be meeting Portia today. Once Winston would find out that Barron was missing, things would not go well. Lucas had told that the graves were not working anymore as the dead had closed the portal to walk through it.

She tried the forbidden magic, the blue and white light started to appear to only disappear. After a couple more tries, she heard Lucas say, "I don't think the graveyards are the only place where they closed the passage. I think they know…"

"How are we going to get back?" asked Belle.

"Let's sacrifice the bunny," suggested Greed.

"How much is Greed's bounty again?" asked Barron, "So less. It only shows how lowly you are. Look at me!"

It was then, they hear the gates of the mansion creak loudly as if it were being opened.

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