Liz parks the car outside a large stone structure and she gets out slamming the door. I get out following her. Kroc gets out as Wart and Eyes pull up behind us. Kroc walks over to Wart and starts to talk to him. I look at Liz who is searching for a way into the base. I walk over to her. “Hey why are you mad?” She looks at me glaring for a second.

“I’m not.” She sounds pissed off and I sigh confused. A few seconds pass and she goes back to looking. “Who is she.” Something clicks in my head and I try not to smile.

“Oh she is Eyes and he is Wart.” She mutters something about Eyes having a stupid name. I slightly laugh and she throws a rock at me.

“Don’t laugh at me.” Her face is slightly red. I smile going over to her. I cup her face staring into her eyes.

“She does have a stupid name Elizabeth. I like yours a lot more.” She pauses getting bright red and slightly swallows. We hear someone on an intercom speak up.

“What are you doing on these premises?” I let go as she pulls away trying to calm down.

“I am Elizabeth Barkley.” A few minutes pass and someone comes onto the intercom.

“Elizabeth?” I hear a woman's voice and Liz instantly gets tears in her eyes.

“Yes Mom.” A few feet from us, an underground entrance opens up. Liz looks at me for a second and hugs me. “Thank you for helping me find them.” I go to hug her back but she lets go before I can. She goes over to the entrance and waits for me. Kroc comes to me.

“We will wait out here. Do not make us wait too long.” I frown at him walking past him. Liz and me walk into the entrance that leads to a high-tech bunker. Guards in full hazmat suits train guns on us. They instruct us to go through a decommination chamber. Liz first goes through it after removing a majority of her clothes. Before she does, she makes me turn around. I start to take off my clothes but pause when it comes to the cloak. I slowly take it off and hand it to the guard.

“Destroy this cloak and you will be sorry.” I go through the decommination chamber. I frown shaking out a headache that is forming. While bathing in the shower, I feel eyes on me. I look around to see evil Nightmare standing there. “Oh fuck off. I am in no mood in dealing with any of your bullshit.” He laughs slightly and slams me against the wall. I glare at him as a smile comes across his face.

“Excellent. You are dealing with the transformation perfectly.” I frown.

“Transformation?” He drops me and starts to walk away.

“Oh yes. Soon you will be perfect for me.” He starts to fade away but stops for a second. “One warning. If you truly like this Elizabeth, I would stop now. Before it’s too late.” He fades away. I punch the wall in frustration causing a few cracks to form in it. I finish showering and walk through to see a fresh set off white clothes for me. I put them on and see Liz hugging two people. I pause for a second rethinking what Nightmare said to me. I roll my eyes and go to him. He has no idea what he is talking about. Liz pulls away from them and looks at me.

“Mom.. Dad.. this is Zack.” Her parents look like average people. She looks just like her mother and her father has a big mustache and partly balding. Her mother hugs me tight.

“Thank you so much for helping our daughter.” Her father eyes me slightly.

“So, how did you know about us in the city?” I pause as the mother pulls away. I try to think of something as Liz rolls her eyes.

“His brother worked for government.” Her father looks at her and smiles.

“I am just glad you made it back safe. Would your friends like to come in?” I pause for a second and look at Liz. She frowns slightly but nods.

“Sure.” Her father leaves as the mother leads her away. “I will wait for them here.”She looks at me and nods.

“Okay. I will come find you later.” I wait for a while as Kroc comes out first. Eyes and Wart follow him coming over to me. They are dressed in the same white clothing that everyone else is. Kroc glares at me.

“Why aren’t we leaving yet?” He sounds angry. I glare at him.

“We aren’t leaving. I need to rest for a few days and this is perfect. We can rest here and not worry about anyone attacking us.” Kroc snarls at me and stomps away. Eyes looks at Wart.

“Come Wart. Let's find you a new mask.” She looks at me as she leaves. “Come find me later.. Zack..” She leaves and I am left alone. I sigh to myself angry. Great. I head off to find Liz. I need a break and a hot meal. I explore the base a little after realizing that Liz is still with her mother. The base is pretty large. It has hallways that extend pretty deep into the ground. Overall, the base can hold over a thousand people in it. I walk past a room and notice Kroc has taken over it. It seems to be one of the many work out areas. I pause and go inside as he works a punching bag. He stops and looks over at me. He frowns and punches the punching bag putting his fist through it. I sigh annoyed and watch him put up another punching bag.

“I’m sorry that I wasn’t able to kill her Kroc.” He starts to punch the bag again. “What do you want me to do? Tell me and I will do it.” He frowns knocking the bag off the rope.

“I want you to be ready to deal with what’s going. If you can’t kill some doomed person, then how are you going to kill something truly evil?” He glares at me slightly and I glare at him.

“I will be ready.” He laughs.

“Sure you will. I don’t care about that now. We have another issue we are going to deal with.” He sets up another punching bag.

“What is it?” He frowns punching the bag.

“Two things actually. With Eyes back, we can find two people.” I pause already knowing the answer.

“Queen and Wolf right?” His fist stops inches away from the bag when I say Queen. He lays his hand on the bag.

“Yes. Queen and Wolf.” He looks at the bag and turns to me. “We need to deal with them first before anything else can take place.” I pause for a second.

“Alright. Tell me about them.” He frowns going back to the punching bag.

“Go talk to Eyes. I am done talking about the subject.” I frown for a second and sigh.

“Thanks..” I leave the room and start to search for Eyes. After a little bit, I find a dorm style room with a few beds. Eyes is laying in one of the beds as Wart is working on a homemade mask from a few supplies. He puts it on and looks over to Eyes.

“Need anything else Snake-Eyes?” She thinks for a moment.

“I would love some white chocolate.” Wart sprints past me without even noticing that I am there. I walk in and Eyes looks up at me smirking.

“Finally decided to come find me didn’t you?” I frown as she pats the bed.

“I want information.” She slightly pauses and frowns.

“Everyone does, but information doesn’t come cheap.” She gets up walking over to me. She goes to touch my face. I feel anger fill me up. I frown gripping her arm tight.

“I want my information Eyes.” She winces and I frown letting go. “I’m sorry..” She smirks going to the bed tsking me.

“Same temper as Nightmare. You need to watch that and make sure it doesn’t take over your personality like it did him.” I pause thinking for a second.

“.. Anyway, tell me about Queen and Wolf.” She smirks digging into a purse. I watch her pull out a book and flip a few pages.

“Queen, or Queen-Bee, has a way with things. People, animals, you name it, have tendencies of just listening and doing what she tells them. She is currently in a temple back east in the middle of the desert.” I watch her flip towards the back of the book as a smile appears across her face.

“Wolf, or Dark-Wolf, is from the same place as the Nightmare Cloak. He is currently heading our location.” I pause getting a pit in my stomach.

“Is that good?” She shakes her head no.

“Last time we were together. Nightmare mortally wounded him. He is probably coming back to kill him.” I go to leave, but she continues to talk. “He is many days away, Zack. He won’t be here any time soon.” I let out a sigh of relief turning back to her.

“Okay good. I need to deal with that at some point.” I pause looking at her. “Do you know where my brother is at?” She perks up slightly and looks up at me.

“Oh he is.. Hmm..” She looks down and flips through some pages. “Far away from here. Toward the west.” I nod and go to leave.

“Thank you.”

“See you around Zack.” I walk away forming a plan in my head. Whatever I have to do seems to be leading me to the west. The issue is dealing with Bee. I need to talk to Flint. I find Liz as she rushes me.

“Hey. Want to go get some dinner?” I nod as she smiles at me. We go to the cafeteria and grab some food. She leads me to a bedroom that has two beds. We sit down and eat. I relax glad for some hot food. Liz looks at me for a second and looks like she wants to talk.

“Yes?” She huffs slightly.

“... I.. what’s the plan now?” I pause closing my eyes.

“Try to find my brother. I got you to your parents so you won’t have to kill me.” She slightly laughs and a smile forms across my face.

“Yea.. Does that mean you are going to leave?” I think for a few moments as I hear whispers in the background. The whispers are of a woman I think.

“.. Eventually but I.. would like for you to come.” Liz pauses for a second as the whispers get louder.

“.. Really?” I nod as I feel someone grab my arm. I open my eyes to realize that I am in a bar. I look around confused. I see Kroc at the bar with a woman. Wart is rubbing one of Eyes feet as she drinks from a cup. I look over to see a white haired man with bright purple eyes.

“Nightmare.. Can we go training?” I stand up flipping the table over.

“Where the hell am I?”