Michelle stood in front of a large gate that lead to castle Neverberg, the most terrible place you can end up in on this side of the galaxy.
The castle was surrounded by an impassible moat of molten lava and was only accessible by a heavily guarded bridge that was charged with C-4 as a last measure in case things ever got out of hand.
Inside it was heavily guarded by demons who were brought here from the planet dam-nation and were given complete freedom to do everything they felt was necessary to demand respect from their prisoners.
"This place should not exist." Michelle whispered to Tony. "It was a rumor spread to create fear among wrong-doers."
Their guard overheard them and replied to her. "Thanks to mister Parker we can finally give you scumbags the punishment you deserve. Now shut up and start walking."
He hit Michelle in the back with the butt of his gun making Tony angry, but he was smart enough not to try anything.
The gate had been raised and Michelle and Tony were forced across the bridge, the heat of the lava stung in their lungs and the gate was lowered immediately after them to take any hope of escape away from them.
As they crossed the bridge dozens of demons looked at them and laughed over the new arrivals in their own little piece of hell here on Carrotus.
The two new arrivals would surely make for a good few days of entertainment.
The guard that brought them left them halfway on the bridge telling them to move forward from here by themselves.
Tony looked at Michelle one more time before the gate to the castle opened, how would they get out of this?

A car pulled up at an abandoned port for private spacecrafts, out stepped two gentleman dressed in blue suits.
One of them sat down on the hood of the car and was quickly shunned away by the other. "You idiot, do you have any idea who we are picking up. Everything has to look perfect."
The taller of the two nervously looked around to see if the mistake the other had made wasn't seen by anyone.
"Alright, alright, take it easy. He's not supposed to be here for another half hour." The shorter one barked back at him but he quickly apologized when the other shot him a dirty look.
The sound of engines could be heard close-by and a small mark one spacecraft came inside.
"Looks like he's early, straighten up your jacket." The short guy complied and made sure he looked picture perfect as the craft landed on the ground in front of them.
The door opened and out stepped a large hare whose head was kept in the dark by a hat. He wore a purple suit that looked slightly filthy as if it had gone through a lot lately.
The limp revealed that the same went for the man who wore it.
"Mister Johnathan Aimon." The short guy said. "It's an honor to welcome you to Carrotus, sir."

Louie was floating through the air at an incredible speed and from the landscape below him he saw that he was getting closer to Greenthorpe.
He looked up and saw that Estella's peering eyes had broken free from him and they were now firmly fixed on her goal whatever it might be.
The ropes that had bound him seemed to become more physical as he called to his own vampire powers.
He grabbed gave a firm tug at the one that held his legs in place and with a scream Estella came to a complete stop. "What are you doing? Where did you learn this?"
Estella screamed harder as Louie bore his fangs into one of the fleshy ropes and Estella pleaded for him to stop it before she could not take it any longer and let go of him.
He fell down to the ground and heard a crack as his back landed on a rock. Estella floated down towards him, the beauty he had seen before made place for malice.
"Come here you." She screamed at him and reached out her hand to push him firmer against the rock.
He felt every inch of his body ache as she did this and his eyes moistened from the pain. He grabbed her hand and squeezed it firmly, she slowly let go.
Estella took a few steps back and pulled him back onto his feet. "I'll go with you." Louie panted as he got up. "Just don't do that again."
The woman in front of him had fallen silent and he could see regret in her eyes over what had happened.
"Please come quietly and we can prevent this from happening again." Estella took a few steps towards Greenthorpe but Louie reached out and grabbed her hand.
"What are you..." She tried to speak but was cut short as Louie placed a kiss on her mouth.
She was caught by surprise but did not object to this familiarity and gently bit on his lower lip. It had been so long, but never had she forgotten the moments they had shared.
This moment of intimacy brought her back to when she and him spend time next to the water outside of his house. Making love until the morning came.
She forgot all about her surroundings and let herself go in this kiss.
Louie took advantage of this moment and the nails on the hand behind his back slowly transformed into claws.
When she broke free from his kiss he felt pity but he knew he had to get away from her. "I love..." She did not have time to finish her sentence as Louie sank his claws deep into her eyes and as she sank to her knees crying tears of blood he ran for it.

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And I have some more news.
n0 has joined what's left of the writing team. He will try and get a chapter posted over the weekend.
What a guy.