"What's better than a devil you don't know?"

"Thank you though. I appreciate your help. I can follow you out if that works for you. You seem to know the way pretty well. Can you maybe tell me where we are?" Maybe she should have also asked, when....this was, but she didn't bother. One step at a time seemed like the best option.

"Another Simon," he said before he chuckled lightly. The sword still unnerved him but perhaps carrying one where Evelyn was from was absolutely normal. "You know, if I came to this world with a sword I'd have been better off too. But I promise, there's very little dangerous things on here, just the..."

His words trailed off when he heard the familiar screen of a cave crawler and sighed. "Actually, best keep that close at hand. Might need to whack a few pests. They won't get into the base though."

Simon led Evelyn up the path, drawing out his knife just in case one of those spider bastards decided to attack. "You're on an island, I uh, don't really name islands, just my bases. But I'm taking you to Coral Haven and this planet, is Planet 4546B, but I call it Sereia. I think some texts suggest that it should be named Subnautica, which is also appropriate."

He shrugged and led her safely out of the cave and into daylight. "Just stay close to me and behind me. The path can get narrow."

"What was that?" She asked, whirling around toward the sound, though it was only momentary as she followed him as he told her to. Careful to follow just where he'd been, though her boots were doing all the work, carrying her just inches above the cave floor.

"Sereia... I've never heard of it, but....what year is it?" She'd learned that neither portals, nor time, were linear.

Tony had decided tonight was a good night to visit Kyle at work. Which was apparently a bad idea. Because Tony wanted to explore and there were way too many haunted robots.

So he didn't question when Kyle pulled him into the office as he tried to step out, but he didn't think Kyle realized how hard he'd yanked him as the two of them landed on the office floor.

"If you wanted tonight to be fun, all you had to do was ask," he teased, lifting his head to look at his soulmate.

At least he didn't sap too much power by hanging around outside the door.

"I mean, that wasn't my plan, but.... Now that you mention it, it's not like there are any cameras inside the office," he teased, a grin on his lips.

"We might regret it though. Ghosts have eyes everywhere."

It was a goddamned bloodbath out here…

There were so many wounded here. Too many. Sure, Danny wasn't the only medic on the field, but on the whole, there were only about four of them out here. That was nowhere near enough to help all the men that were injured.

Currently, the medic was dragging someone to a foxhole. He had to get the guy out of the range of fire before he could start trying to stop the bleeding.

— for Dante!

Dante had seen the hell and devastation of war several times now though the years, though he had to admit, as technology advanced, carnage and violence grew to new heights. Made his job that much more painstaking.

Another soul shone bright as the body was being dragged away, and he sighed. His own stolen uniform was ragged and covered in blood. He hated disguising himself like this, but he had to get close enough to the battlefield to usher souls, lest they wanted to linger forever. That simply wouldn't do.

"Hey! Hey wait, grab that one over there, but this one already gone!" He called, shouting over the artillery fire.

Every shell that dropped was like an echo in a world where peace no longer existed. Quickly making his way to the foxhole the other was in, his dark eyes met the medic's.

"My apologies, just..... Bit snappy when I keep thinking that could be me, you know?" He muttered. Another lie. In a way. Sure, it could be him. But he didn't care about this man's orders. Not really. He didn't have the luxury of concern.

"What can I do?"

Now, though, it was just the two of them. Pulling back from boyfriend's neck, the vampire licked the bitemarks before resting his chin on Paultin's shoulder, letting out a very content sigh, followed by a slight chuckle.

"You didn't even hiss in pain this time. Good boy," he teased.

Paultin let out a quiet groan at the fuzzy feeling in his limbs. This was just as good as any alcohol. He blinked a bit slowly, eyes bleary as he wrapped his arm around Escher, intending to kiss him like his life depended on it. That was, until his boyfriend spoke.

Something within the Vistani short circuited as his face flushed, his gaze suddenly unable to meet Escher's.

"I uh..." He started, though all words left him as he simply let his fingers curl into the soft fabric of his lover's shirt.

Swallowing thickly, he cleared his throat, mind still swimming from being fed upon.

"I'm perfectly fine." It was a lie. He was a weak, weak man.

Danny couldn't believe his eyes. Metis had told him Hallowed Ground was definitely something special, a place full of magic and the supernatural.

"How the…I thought seeing Steve again was the extent of meeting old friends."

There was something else, a memory trying to force its way to the surface. Something from when he died. But he still wasn't ready to confront those memories yet, so he just took a sip of his drink, pushing it back.

The surprise on Dante's face was genuine as he let his dark gaze trail over Danny.

"Oh..... Oh some deep magic must have gotten to you. It had to be powerful to pluck you from Death's grasp. I'm sure he isn't too happy about that with how long you were gone, but.... I admit, it is very, very good to see you Daniel," he stated, motioning toward the VIP section.

"Please, join me. We can....reconnect."

"No," Dante stated as he watched Lance go over to the bar once Danny had ordered.

"I've never been quite like any of you. Even back then, I was....working a double duty, if you will. I followed orders given by the Captain as I needed to, but my true orders were from Death himself. I work for him as an usher of souls through the veil. In return, I can't die," he explained as simply as he could.