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Good news is, the plan worked.
bad news is, nobody knows how.
They successfully broke through reality but couldn’t really control where they went.
Hopefully they’d up somewhere or somewhen that made sense.
So far… luck wasn’t on their side.
The burning hot atmosphere swapped for a humid hot one as they broke into the living plane-not that it was anything like they remembered. Humans pointed and shouted as they sped down a highway breaking 400km per hour and narrowly avoiding other drivers until-
CRASH!
They were back in… hell? This must be one of the other rings meant solely for the hellorn.
By the lecherous signage and demons around them Cane guessed they were in the lust ring.
The road ended at a shop Angel probably would have loved to see with nowhere to turn. He absentmindedly noted he should have taken pictures for his friend as they rapidly approached the building until at the last moment-
CRASH!
They were falling. Not down in particular but they were most definitely not touching any kind of ground. Everything outside the window was blurry grey.
Despite the screaming in him to get out of the box he rolled up the window. Just looking out into that… that limbo instilled something in him that overpowered everything else.
Still, he looked as long as he could bear and managed to spot a figure in a direction perpendicular to the ‘not down’ they were falling. Wings murmured something in recognition. Cane tore his eyes away from the window to look into the back, Wings was unphazed by the world around them, but Buddy was curled against his chest. Shaking. Cane opted to shut his eyes and hope the burning unreality wouldn’t get him.
Sinner couldn’t tell what direction they were falling in, but he knew they just needed to go fast.
He steeped himself and locked his chin to his chest, refusing to look up as he pulled levers and pushed buttons until the thrusters activated. They accelerated, and somehow he could feel they were going deeper. The pressure in his skull got stronger, and stronger until-
CRASH!
He could breathe again. Never was the sound of inter-dimensional travel so comforting.
So, this was heaven? He hummed to himself and let the car slow down a moment to take in his surroundings. This seemed like a better place for his sister. Maybe he could use the Angel snake to get her there.
The first thing Cane did was roll down everyone’s windows. He figured Buddy could use the fresh air too. His nerves buzzed, his eyes taking in that blue light. The damn blue light.
While the other three recovered, Wings tried his best to see if this heaven was the heaven he knew. It looked the same so far. Maybe they could find the others and things would be alright. His hopeful thoughts were dashed away when buddy let out a shriek.
Cane was the first to see what scared him. He froze, shaking for a moment before turning to Sinner, “Step on the gas, we need to get out of here. Now.”
”Wait!” Wings exclaimed, “This is a good chance to-.”
When cane turned to him, he had tears in his eyes, “We have to go. We have to go before they see us. Before they-“
He was pointing to Emily and Sera in the distance, fluttering high in the sky next to a tower Wings didn’t recognize.
“I know those two,” Wings insisted, “We can trust them-“
“No!” Cane and Buddy cried out at the same time.
Cane grabbed Wings by the arms, “Listen to me. You cannot trust those two. I trusted them, and look what they did to me. Look what they did to him.” He nodded to buddy, “I don’t- The memories are foggy, but I remember those two and being locked in there.”
”Hey-“ Wings tried to comfort him but Cane wouldn’t have it.
”Just promise me you’ll be careful around those two.”
Simmer on the other hand, needed no convincing and floored it until they
CRASH!
Cane didn’t know where they were this time but he had to get out of that room.
He pushed the door open and fell to the wooden floorboards. His legs flopped uselessly.
Breathe god damn it.
His vision went blurry and god why couldn’t he breathe? He felt the vines tangle his legs and they were about to take him back-
so he grabbed his cane and he beat at them. He swung at the white vines that weren’t really there until he hit his legs one too many times and the others had to restrain him.
“No! Don’t take me back,” He thrashed against the vines fingers holding his arm
It was another five minutes until he stopped hallucinating, and another ten before Buddy calmed down too.
Wordlessly, they crawled back into the car and sped off until they broke into a new reality.
Wings wanted to ask, but the other three weren’t exactly amazing at communicating their emotions. Sinner and Cane were about as standoffish and resistant as Wings was when he was a demon, and Buddy couldn’t describe anything that went on in his mind if he wanted to.
They were back in hell, but this time it was somewhere Wings remembered clearly.
Came on the other hand, was not so familiar, ”WHAT THE UNHOLY FUCK IS THAT?!”Four bloody arms, hooves, and a giant mass of black and red. It was fighting something.
”That’s my sister!” Wings exclaimed, “This… this is from my past! We must have gone back in time as well, but this is definitely my world.”
The two snakes in the front seat muttered quietly about the time variable before realizing the first part of what Wings had said.
”That wretched thing is your sister?!” Sinner turned to the back seat for the first time.
“Yes! And have some respect. She was fighting… oh dear.”
They were driving through as mist, trying to juggle going quickly to get out of there and not getting seen by anyone (who knew what paradoxes they could cause). When a winged demon came into view.
”Who is that?” Sinner asked?
”You’ll hear about him from a friend before you meet him, laughed Cane, “Hit the fucker.”
His back was turned to them, and he only began to realize what was happening when he heard a car speeding behind him. Valentino hit the windshield with a squawk before tumbling over them.
Cane was howling, Sinner gripped the wheel riding the adrenaline high, Wings was happier than he’d like to admit, and buddy was honestly having a good time now.
Eventually they would keep crashing through worlds until they found their separate ways home.
There wasn’t much more adventure of note, other than Cane teasing Wings about meeting his “Boyfriend upstairs” which he ultimately would never get the chance to. This is a good thing, if Elohim got one look at either him or Buddy, Sera would not have a good existence.