Dr= Dream

S= Scavenger.

F: Alright here we are.

You stand in front of a ball, and energy pulses out. You feel a tingely sensation all through your body and your senses highten as you get closer to the orb.

V: So this is the Zero Point?

Y/n: I'm guessing so.

Fade stands below the strange orb and several markings appear at his feet. They flash rapidly than subside.

F: Now your turn Y/n.

You walk up to where Fade stood and the symbols appear on the ground and they flash rapidly. Only they do something with you. The glyphs travel up you foot, up your leg, and onto your arm. You feel a strong burning sensation on your arm and you quickly pat it.

You lift up your robes sleeve and it reveals a tattoo that has been freshly burned on. Fade walks over to you and pats your shoulder.

F: Your now offically a Rift Master kid. But we need to go somewhere beyond this.

Fade closes his eyes and focuses strongly. You hear a hissing noise than a strong whirring and a vault of sorts opens up and reveal nothing but white.

F: Theres the Inbetween. You ready?

You and Vi nod your heads and jump in. You feel everything around you get warped, everyones screaming becomes a garagled distorted scream. Than it stops, you stand up dizzy and look around you. Everything is white, with black lines, several butterflies fly around the area surrveying you.

V: Why does this place look so weird.

You hear footsteps from begund you and you hear a very familiar voice.

Ow: Your in the Inbetween, the bridge between all realities.

You and Vi spin around and look to see the old woman from the cabin. She laughs and one the butterflies land on her fingers. As soon as it touches her skin a blinding light flashes and you look back to see a young woman in her place.

Dr: Sorry for tricking you guys, Im Dream the caretaker of sorts of this place.

Fade laughs and walks over to the woman and hugs her. She hugs him back and they stand there for a few minutes hugging each other. You and Vi turn to each other confused. Dream sees your confused facial expression and laughs.

D: Fade didnt tell you he had a big sister?

Y/n: Nope.

D: Well that explains the look on your guys face.

You stand there a one of the various butterflies lands on you shoulder. You see a light erupt from it and when the light is gone your robe is changed. It's white, with hints of sliver and sky blue.

F: He found his butterfly...

Y/n: What does that mean? Is that bad?

D: No not at all. Butterflies fuse with strong caring warriors. It rarely ever happens.

Dream walks over to the various pathways all leading to portals.

D: This is the bridge, if you ever need anything from another reality just go into those.

You begin to walk back to where you came from back to the surface world. The whole white light thing repeats itself. Something feels off about the island to. Fade and Vi seem on edge to.

Vi smells the air and she gags.

V: The stench of evil, its putrid right now.

F: Where's it coming from?

She points towards the farms and you see where the stench is coming from. The tress are black, fires blaze on the island everywhere. Demonic screeches fill the air and the smell of rotten flesh is everywhere.

V: How can this be, we were gone for ten minutes.

F: Ten minutes in there is 2 weeks out here. Hes sent his army of the dead to take over.

Gunfire begins to fill the air and the three of you run to the source of the sound. A family huddle on the roof of an RV while a group of zombies attempt to get them. You charge an attacka nd fling it at the zombies. They fall as they get cut in half. The family looks over to you.

F: You guys ok?

The dad gives a thumbs up and they climb down. As soon as their feet touch the ground a massive black snake erupts from the ground and takes the family. Vi screams and throws a hand over her mouth. Tears well in her eyes and she watches in shock as the family rises back up out of the ground as part of their army.

Y/n: Can we turn them back?

F: Im afraid we can't young ones. They arent human anymore so just kill them.

Vi shocks them with her lighting and while their stunned you decapitate them with your katana. Vi walks over to where they were at and grabs the teddy bear the little girl was holding.

V: Im sorry this happened to you...

F: We have to find somewhere to stay.

Y/n: What about Drifts house?

F: To obvious, he'll be expecting us to go there.

You sit and ponder and an idea comes to your head.

Y/n: While me and Vi were exploring a few weeks back we found a secret base in a mountain near Catty Corner. Its packed with Food, Supplies, hot water, weapons, and plenty of rooms for a lot of people.

F: Good Idea, lets head there.

The track there is one of silence. Everyone shocked as to what as happened on the island. The rivers run a dark red, and the charred remains of vehicles lay on the side of the road. The utter silence beyond the howling wind and screeches of the dead is bone chilling.

You are just about to cross the bridge into Catty when a group of scavengers jump out at you. They aim makeshift spears and knifes at you.

S: Give us your food now!

F: We can take you to a place with food, running water, the whole sort.

He points everyones weapons to the ground. He nods to them and they begin to follow you.

F: So what all happened here?

S: Two weeks ago the island was invaded by a dark figure. He conjured the dead to attack us. Since then hes been hunting everyone down. He set up his own personal castle at the Power Plant near Dirty Docks.

V: Why would he set up a castle there of all places?

Y/n: Beats me.

You approach Catty Corner and a massive wall covers the perimeter. You trek up the mountain and go to where the bunker was at. But its been opened you can tell by the scrapes in the snow.

Y/n: Someone is in there be careful.

You slowly open the door only to see Catalyst standing there. She gasps in relief and runs up to each of you giving each of you a hug.

C: Where have you been its been to weeks.

F: Long story we'll explain it later. In the meantime where is Drift?

Catalyst suddenly gets a sad look on her face and she looks to the floor.

D: He's grieving right now.

V: Wait wh- ohh did Brite Bomber not make it out alive.

Catalyst nods her head yes and immediately begins to tear up.

C: She gave her life protecting Swift.

She falls to the floor in a sobbing mess and Rox rounds the corner. She immediately begins to console her and hug her tight.

Ro: Drift is 5 doors down on the left.

Y/n: Thanks.

You walk down the hall into the room where Drift is at you knock on the door and slowly open it. Hes laying on the bed clutching the bag. Brite Bomber always had with her. Hes asleep but fresh tear streams still line his cheeks. You close the door and turn to Fade and Catalyst.

Y/n: We'll talk to him tommorow.

V: Good idea, for right now lets get some rest. Something tells me were gonna need it.

F: Good idea.

Everyone walka down the hall and into an empty room.

Y/n: Goodnight guys.

F: Night

V: Night.

You close the door and attempt to sleep. But its gonna be hard with the disturbing images from today carved into your mind. You finally manage to drift into sleep but not a restful one.