Crossover Together ~クロスオーバ 一緒に~

"So, Olivier, how much longer til we get to this Slicer guy anyway?"

Karma, Pinkie, and Blair had been quite a bit on the move since they left the gang back in Tokyo. Going on through the place inside a military chopper was quite a bit of a change when compared to the carriage Alex had, not to mention little time to actually relax. How can one actually sleep in a military chopper anyway? The only one who actually got some true sleep was Blair, who was curled up as a cat over by some of Olivier's soldiers. Karma was just watching the world go by as they went on, and it was Pinkie who was the most excited to see this Slicer guy, much to Olivier's annoyance.

"About one second closer than the last time you asked," Olivier replied, unamused by Pinkie's questions. Pinkie Pie was getting more and more impatient with each passing second to reach this Slicer, and if even half of what Sebastian told them was true, then they were in for a pretty difficult time. ... Whenever they would get there, that is.

"UGH, how do they tolerate her?!" Olivier thought, her teeth grinding from having to deal with Pinkie Pie's antics for WAY longer than she would like. Karma glanced over to the front, seeing how frustrated Olivier was getting.

"That's just Pinkie for you, you're just gonna have to handle it," Karma advised. no that wasn't exactly helping, but no other exact advice can make the mark at all. After that, he went on and looked back outside. Winter may be on it's later legs back in Tokyo, but the further they went, the colder the area seemed to be, and more snow covered up the ground underneath them, and some falling down from the clouds around them. Wherever they were going, it was pretty far north, and looking at the foreign trees, far away. Karma wasn't showing it as much as Pinkie Pie, but he too was getting a bit antsy over the whole thing.

"K, how much longer is this gonna be? Nagisa and Ciel must've got their demons by now, last thing I want is to be late for the get-together," Karma thought, and a thought that summed up the whole thing for him. Sure, Ciel had a farther target, and Nagisa a powerful enemy as far as he knew, but the least he could do was get his before the others get back. As he sat there, Blair began to stir, and stretched on Karma's lap, giving a kitty yawn as she did.

"How much further do we got, K? I'm bored," Blair said, looking out the window with Master.

"Hell if I know. Olivier's not telling, and Pinkie asked about ... twenty times now."

"Let's go for twenty one. Olivier, you even know where this place is?" Blair asked. Olivier cursed under her breath before turning to the others again.

"I know where it is, now quit complaining," Olivier ordered. She had enough from Pinkie, she didn't need more from Blair.

"Hey, it's not our fault this is taking forever."

"Location in sight, prepare for landing," called in the pilot. Thank god he told them just before a fight could break out.

~~

Eventually, the helicopter made it's landing onto a flattened area of the wilderness, what little they got as it turned out. Snow covered all of the ground around them, more so than what Japan would normally get, and the helicopter blades blew a ton of it aside as it landed down. Good thing, since much of the snow was a good foot deep otherwise. The troop within the helicopter got out into the cold weather, suited up for the winter climate. Prepared as they would be, Karma, Pinkie, and Blair after turning into her human form, got suited up in their winter outfits for the walk, and went right outside, ready to fight the Slicer at any point.

"Come forth sir Slicer! We're Team Harmony, and we're gonna take you out!" Pinkie called.

"We're still a mile away from the compound," Olivier stated. Well that sort of ruined the spirit of the hyper Pinkie Pie, and bugged Karma a bit too.

"And you didn't parked us right at this "compound" why? If we're going to fight it, saving energy would be a bit important in this weather," Karma pointed out. Olivier ignored him though, and simply gave the signal for her footmen to follow her. Karma, Blair, and Pinkie could already feel that their walk was going to be a long one.

"Why do I feel this trip's not gonna be as fun?" Karma thought. Well, Pinkie Pie went off pretty quick to catch up with the group, Blair and Karma casually walking behind the group themselves.

.......

For a mile long walk, the amount of what actually happened during their walk, aside from snow biting at them, was pretty small. The whole troop with Olivier was kept a bit alert, weapons drawn and at the ready for any surprise visitors or sudden attackers. A bit of a nice display, with with nothing going on, it wasn't too needed for Karma's point of view.
Before any of them really knew it, the forest began to break, and open up to more plains of snow. And it wasn't just a simple plain either, but instead what appeared to be some sort of base. Fairly large, sturdy, and actually appeared abandoned to some extent, as no evidence of other soldiers or mercenaries anywhere. And out here was where they saw something they honestly didn't expect: more troops lined up and at ready, all just outside the base's perimeter. None of these soldiers appeared to be any from this base however, outfits similar to that Olivier and their group had themselves rather than what could be from this base. Some of the soldiers began to hear the troops with Olivier, recognizing her and one of them giving a salute to her. As for who this was ...

"Your status, Niji?"

"We got the Slicer inside the compound as of now, general. He refuses to cooperate, and won't come out," said the soldier.

... Niji. Niji from Tokyo Japan, and who saved 3-E from Tataoka. Sure, Karma, Pinkie, and Blair weren't too aware of Niji, despite Karma being from 3-E himself, but that didn't mean they knew nothing of her (3-E sure chatted it up when they got back from their Amestris trip). Seeing the winged, rainbow-haired angel was intriguing. Information also included her being an apparent "experiment" by the military, so, that gave Karma a little teasing material.

"Results on causalities?"

"None of us went inside yet, so we're not sure."

"Well, well, well, look who we have here," noted Karma. Niji and Olivier turned and the trio was right there.

"Hi Niji! You a Ms. general too?" Pinkie asked. Niji flinched slightly when she heard her own name by these supposed new recruits, and it wouldn't be so bad if Olivier actually knew about this.

"Not a general, but more of a soldier. And how did you know her name?"

"We heard something about it back home, how she saved a group of kids from a super-mean Tataoka!" Pinkie said. Olivier glared at Niji, who was whistling as if nothing was wrong and that she was innocent to whatever actually was. Yeah, she wasn't fooling anyone.

"... What?"

"I thought I made it clear to not get that involved with them," Olivier growled.

"They were inches from getting killed, what am I supposed to do?!" Niji snapped.

"She's still going on about that? I thought that idea's been dead months ago," Blair commented. With so many problems left and right, what really was the point anymore? Either way, Pinkie hopped in the way of Olivier and Niji before anyone could get hit or a fight could even start.

"Hey, hey, stop being a jerk, Olivier. Niji did a good deed!"

"A good deed by beating down a human being?"

"YES! ... Wait, no. ... Eh, about 50/50. But she did save a lot of E class before they got broken up like teeny tiny little sticks," Pinkie brought up. Olivier didn't seem to care for this conclusion, but her eyes glanced over to the compound, and she knew they had more important things to worry about right now.

"We'll finish this later," Olivier simply said, before going over to check on the situation. Niji needed a minute before she got back around, her attention going to the trio.

"Eh ... thanks for that."

"No-problema," Pinkie replied.

"So. An experiment from the Japanese Military, are you?" Karma pried in. Well, that lie was blown out of the water.

"It was the best I could come up with, give me a break. ... Wait, how'd you know about that?" Niji asked. Karma smirked.

"Your friends sure were chatty about it. I am from class 3-E after all," Karma noted. Niji paused, and worked her own memory on the idea. It took Niji a bit, but she did end up getting it altogether.

"Karma Akabane!"

"You got it. 3-E told you about me?"

"Yes, sorry I didn't recognize your group right away! So you guys were the ones who killed Pluton," Niji presumed, finally realizing who she was dealing with.

"Why is it only Pluton we're known for?" thought Karma.

"Pluton, Hellgar, and tons of other big meanie demons here, there, and everywhere," Pinkie stated. Might as well make that known if it's gonna be brought up constantly.

"Really? How many did you get?"

"If you all are done gossiping, we got a situation here," Olivier called. As she said, might as well finish this later. Pinkie, Niji, Karma, and Blair went over to Olivier, and took a look at the situation. They stayed crouched down behind some made barricades. Olivier tried to find where the Slicer was, but she couldn't find much of anything that suggested he was even there. The other soldiers were at the ready on the word, they just needed Olivier's greenlight for that.

"He could be waiting right under our noses. OK, here's what we're gonna do: Niji, take half of your footmen, and go over to the eastern side. I'll meet up around the western side, and Karma, you take -"

"Come forth sir Slicer! We're Team Harmony, and we're gonna take you out!" Pinkie called ... again. Before anyone realized it, the crazy girl was standing right out in the open, and right at the front door, in a sort of heroic battle pose, ready to fight whoever or whatever Slicer was. ... And after three to four seconds, nothing happened.

"COME ON, SLICER, I'VE BEEN PRACTICING THIS, CAN'T YOU COME OUT?!" She yelled, more childishly this time. Olivier, kept slamming her fist into the ground in anger at what the idiot was doing, the others in Team Harmony ... kinda expecting it to be honest. Pinkie tried knocking on the door, and even trying to pry it open, but of course that didn't work. If Slicer was behind that door, he wasn't letting them in.

"Get back here!" Olivier called, but Pinkie Pie was too preoccupied to really listen to her. Well, Karma and Blair got up and went out to her themselves, though it was mainly because nothing was there to hide from. Karma took a look up, and found that while the front door wasn't exactly open, Karma did see a taller window much higher up. Bit by bit, eventually the rest of the troops came up to investigate as well.

"K, Pinkie, we're good," Blair said, getting Pinkie Pie to stop.

"Hey Niji, you can fly, fly in there and see if you can find an opening," Karma suggested. Niji looked to Olivier first, and while annoyed Karma was ordering her soldiers around, she would've suggested the same thing so she simply nodded, and Niji flew up to the opening. Seemed simple enough. Niji flew on inside, and it took just a mere minute of silence before they all began to hear the doors slowly open up. Well, that problem was fixed easy.

"Thanks, Niji. So, chief, ready to go in."

"Yeah. Alright, head in," Olivier decided.

~~

So, after that, it was a march right inside. It hadn't been a minute, and already they were getting a good look at what an abandoned compound really felt like. This large compound itself was rather quiet, and felt like it had been deserted for many years with how quiet, dark, and isolated the place was. When the group got to the main lobby, it looked a mix of a steampunk factory and military base with the size and just how many pipes, metal bars and floors, and other mechanical parts and objects were scattered around the place. The lobby they got themselves into had a lot of room, and probably would've been a sort of bunker for military vehicles, large enough for a jet plane to be parked inside if they wanted to. A smaller, second level was also visible that went to other parts of the compound, connected by a steel elevator not too far away. The main lobby just as well, had as little of people as it did as outside. While it is unclear exactly where they went to, if the Slicer did have something to do with it, then he sure did a damn good job in clearing the place out.

"Either Slicer had a field day or everyone left the place quick," Niji said, looking around the place. With how little actual head count was, possibly the latter. Either way, Olivier was about ready to come and face this killer, whoever or whatever it was. For Pinkie Pie ... well, three's the charm, as she cleared her throat.

"Come forth sir Slicer! We're Team Harmony, and we're gonna take you out!"

"Please work, please work, please work, please work," she thought in anticipation.

.......

*clank* *clank*

And then someone else stepped forth from the upper level. Out of the upper hallway, and to the upper level of the lobby came what at first looked like a very tall, very sturdy knight. The armor laying over the body looked very robust: a helmet similar to Alphonse, shoulder plates of a medieval knight but with a chest plate of a samurai. There was armor for the arms and legs, but they upper part was covered with a sort of green fabric while the bottom half had pants similar to those Aladdin wore, with the exception of steel chains binding it together like a belt. On top of the helmet was a long strand of silver hair, again mirroring Alphonse Elric. A small set of eyes glowed from within the head, looking down at the newcoming fighters.

"YES, IT WORKED!" Pinkie beamed, eyes sparkling.

"So. Sir Slicer, is that right?" Karma asked.

"Precisely. You got my name after being assigned to me, I presume," Slicer noted. Slicer then jumped down from the lobby, the soldiers instinctively readying their weapons, but Olivier raised her arm.

"Don't bother. He's a transmutation, remember? You'll only be shooting at steel doing that," Olivier instructed.

"As I expected from an Elysium general," Slicer commented. The suit of sentient armor took a bit to look around the lobby, seeing just who and what he had going for him this time. It wasn't until he landed did they notice he was already armed with a sword

"I'm only doing what I was instructed to do. Don't think badly of me for following orders," Slicer said, readying his sword. Guess he wasn't going to wait around either, but Karma was pretty okay with that.

"Same to you. Don't take badly being beaten by a kid," Karma commented. Slicer took note of the stance and position Karma was in.

"A swordsman, eh? ... Let's see how good you are." All of a sudden, Slicer was right on top of him! Karma had seconds to react, reflecting it with his Miracle Sword, giving Karma a moment to strike at Slicer. As expected though, his strike was nothing more than a tiny cut to the suit of armor, and if anything just shoved him back. Karma rushed at him again, sword aimed like a spear, just for slicer to block it, and force Karma back. Olivier saw her chance now, and all of a sudden slicer had two swordsman to deal with. Being a suit of armor though, it wasn't as bad as the concept sounded, and he continued taking it in stride for a good half a minute, until he forced them both back. It may have only took a minute, but they all could see that Slicer was no pushover. Slicer even got a small cut on Karma's shoulder, even if a minor one.

"Surrender now, Slicer! you can't win," Olivier warned.

"You'd like to think so. So you all know about my state."

"It's nothing new," Blair said. That got Slicer a little interested.

"Oh? So there is more that are in the same state as I, huh?"

"Yep, one of our buddies is going through the same slump as you," Pinkie answered. Slicer found this interesting, but concerning the situation, he didn't really push it any further than that. However, instead of getting into another assault, he actually took off the cloth around the helmet, and showed a number on his face.

"See this? Number 48. My death row number."

"Death row?" Karma repeated.

"I was to be executed a long time ago. But instead of that, I had been transmutated into this suit of armor, and made into what you could say as a guard dog," Slicer explained. not that it wasn't something they already knew about thanks to Sebastian's know-how, but Karma was still having his sword at the ready.

"Guard dog, huh? So 'guard dog', that means you got some weak spot on you. something to keep you together?"

"... Precisely."

And in a rather odd, yet generous move, slice actually lifted the front of his face, and showed the interior of the helmet, just to reveal what looked like a alchemic mark of dried blood inside.

"My seal of blood. If you destroy it, then you win," Slicer said. Even Olivier was a little bit surprised that he would show them his weakness like this.

"Sounds rather stupid to share your weakness," Olivier commented. She didn't know about the others, but she would die first before showing what weakness she had to someone so freely. Slicer got his head back into place, and got the cloth back on.

"I'm the type who enjoys the trills of fighting. It's only fair," Slicer made clear.

"Generous enough to come quietly then?" Karma asked smugly, though he already knew that answer.

"You really think a murderer would let his prey go so easily?"

Figured. So, with the fight ready to start again, Slicer charged forward with his sword at the ready, Olivier taking the block instead of Karma, and faced him head on. Now knowing where the weakspot was, Olivier tried aiming her sword for the head, but Slicer wasn't making that really easy. This was not only a killer, but an experienced fighter, and each time Olivier tried for the head, Slicer would block or evade. Karma took a moment to see the situation.
After a minute though, Slicer could see Karma coming back at him, coming in from the crowd of soldiers, and soon it was two on one again. This time though Slicer was a bit quicker on the draw, and knocked them back again, this time a cut getting into Olivier in the side.

"A long time since I had this kind of adversary," Slicer commented. But Slicer didn't knew what kind he was truly dealing with ...

"BLAIR, NOW!" Karma suddenly yelled, turning to his right. Expecting an attack, Slicer quickly turned to the same direction, his sword at the ready for anything ... expect for Blair not being there.

"What the -"

"PI-PI-PUMPKIN CANNON!"

Blair was suddenly on the upper balcony, and after charging up some magic, she gave a mighty pumpkin cannon shot directly at Slicer! This time though there was no avoiding, and it landed him square in the chest, sending the suit of armor flying off right into the wall with a mighty explosion! Blair sure felt good.

"Bull's eye!" she beamed, before hopping down to join them. When the dust cleared, Slicer was still in tact, but stuck on the ground, a bit frazzled up from the sudden blast of witchcraft.

"How foul," he spat.

"No rules when it comes to fighting," Karma simply stated. A decent point, but then Olivier gave a whistle, which sent her soldiers off to apprehend him. with his weapon not in reach, Slicer soon found several soldiers grabbing him and holding him down in place, Slicer struggling a bit to get himself together. Blair hopped down to Karma, feeling pretty good with the shot.

"Damn, that felt good. Ready to give up yet, Slicer?!" Blair asked. Slicer, despite all the men, actually got to his feet. He took a look to his chest region, and while the shot did leave a good dent in it, it didn't break open as he was worried about. With a few strong shakes, he dislodged a good amount of the troops on him, swinging two of them towards Blair. Strong, sure, but he didn't have his weapon on him, and he tried to grab it, only for Niji to swoop in and snatch it like a thieving harpy.

"Nice try!" Niji called, flying out of his reach. This surely wasn't going in his favor. Slicer was getting a bit more angry now.

"This fight isn't fair at all."

"You're a wanted criminal placed on death row, and now homicidal transmutation, you really think we're going to try to play fair against you?" Olivier made clear.

"Decent point. In that case ..." Slicer then bolted past them, and aimed his target in a different way. Without his weapon to back him up for now, he quickly grabbed hold of Blair, and held her tight, one arm grabbing her mouth while the other wrapped around her torso, taking her hostage. Blair was simply stuck, and try as she might, she wasn't going anywhere.

"Hey, no fair!" shouted Niji.

"Who said there was no rules in fighting?" asked Slicer. Not even a minute after that quote, and it was already coming back to bite them. But while it was doing it's job against Karma and Pinkie, Olivier actually charged forward with all her speed.

Before anyone could stop her, Olivier's sword dug straight through Blair, and into Slicer! No hesitation, and it caught even Slicer off guard, feeling the sword skewer through him as well. sure it didn't hurt him, being a suit of armor, but Blair just stared off into nothingness, feeling her blood pour down from the new wound on her stomach. This was a horrid case of Deja Vu for her, and even more so, Olivier lifted both of them head over heels, over her head, and slammed them into the ground, yanking her sword out of both Slicer and Blair. Before Slicer could get himself up, the same sword got into the helmet and yanked it out of the body. It didn't strike the weakspot, but it did make the body go limp after a bit, Blair falling off. Blair got up off the ground, feeling the cut into her body, as Pinkie and Karma got her off the ground.

"Damnit," Blair coughed.

"Did she take another life?" Pinkie asked, very worried over her. Blair felt the cut in her body, and where it exactly got her.

"It's just a stabbing, but I could use some stitches," Blair said, though they knew it was a bit more than that if it went right through her!

"Get her back to the chopper, Pinkie, will ya?" Karma asked, though his gaze was aimed down for the moment as he asked. Pinkie complied, and she began to bring Blair away from the scene, but Karma had a little something else in mind. Blair immediately got bandaged up after Pinkie Pie got some around her (Pinkie logic to how she even got the stuff), and the bleeding did begin to slow down a bit, but they didn't get out of there in time to ignore what came next.

"Hey chief."

"What do you want -"

All of a sudden, Karma got Olivier quiet when he gave the general a good, powerful punch directly to the face! The hit knocked her back, and it actually made her nose bleed a bit. Everyone was shocked at what he just did, but Karma could care less about them. Slicer's head was tossed in the air, landing over nearby the others soldiers.

"Damnit, Karma, what the hell did you - ACK!" Karma kept her quiet by pressing his foot down onto her throat. He no longer had his typical smile and cheeky demeanor on him.

"You think it's a good idea killing my friend for the sake of getting Slicer? You screw with my bitch, you screw with me, got that?" Karma warned, his voice less cheeky and more legitimately dangerous. Olivier grew angry herself, and tried to get Karma off of her, only for Karma to kneel down and slap her in the face, making a number of the soldiers worry for him.

"I thought it would be fun going along with the short-tempered, hardcore general. But looks like I'm just dealing with another devil." With that remark, Karma removed his foot and allowed Olivier to ponder on that, before he grabbed the head of Slicer off the ground, and began to take his leave.

.......

"Owowowowow."

The fly back home after that was a bit of a quieter one than they would really like, Blair dealing with her injury. Lucky for her and her current life she was dealing with, this one was saved as the stab was strictly to the skin. At least that's what some of the experienced soldiers had concluded once they got to the helicopter. She stayed in her human form as to not disturb the bandages on her, and probably make it even worse. Sure she had more lives to spare, didn't mean she wanted to waste them all up. Slicer was with them too, albeit only his head up at the seats while the rest of him was stored away and out of sight. Slicer stayed oddly quiet, although he wasn't technically dead per say spite of being without his body to move around with. Karma was a bit quiet too, and the same as they were flying to the place, again was staring out the window at the world going by. His cuts were patched up, sure, but that wasn't what was on his mind, and many of them knew what that was.

"A rather unfortunate turn of events," Slicer noted. First time he spoke since his capture, most likely.

"We don't need any reminders, Slicer. And you have the right to remain silent," Niji reminded, who was sitting right next to Blair.

"Let him talk, Niji, he's not gonna do much," Blair suggested, surprisingly chill about it despite what happened to her.

"You kidding? how're you so calm with him after he tried to hold you hostage?!"

"I'm a cat witch, I still got eight lives to spare. Besides, that stab didn't hit anything important," Blair reminded. Niji had no idea about her extra lives, and was actually blank-faced on that.

"Not exactly an uncommon fact, young angel. I've heard of that about her kind. That's why I used her over the others," Slicer admitted.

"Why the heck didn't you say anything then, we all thought you're gonna die!" Niji brought up.

"Didn't think it was needed."

And THAT response came from both Slicer and Blair. Weird, but ok. At this point, her eyes went over to Karma Akabane, both she and Blair as well.

"Come on, K, I'm fine. K, so I got skewered by Olivier, but I got more lives to spare, it's all cool -"

"No it's not," Karma suddenly cut in. He grew quiet again after that for just a minute or so before Pinkie Pie got in.

"You were all sunshine and rainbows to get Mr. Slicer before we got there. Why so down and gloomy now?" Pinkie asked. Now Karma turned to her.

"You kidding me right? Celestia's so-called "angel" shoved a damn sword through Blair just to get the job done."

"So? Karma, you know I got more lives," Blair said, but more thoughts and possibilities went through his head.

"... Niji, is Olivier always like this?" Karma then asked. Niji paused, and took a look over to the front of the helicopter, where Olivier was sitting next to the pilot.

"Eh ... maybe?" Niji said, trying to say it without setting someone off. But Karma only needed to hear that, and he just looked out the window again, seeing the warmer weather as they went on their way.

"Karma, is that you? since when were you so silent and troubled?" Blair then asked, trying to actually get a rye out of him. Karma then shrugged.

"Give me a break. Yeah, I'm not the nicest guy in the world, but I have to draw the line somewhere," Karma stated. He never thought he had to get a line into this when it came to just what eh can do, but then again, if they are going to win there are some things he had to consider, no matter the case.

Up front, Olivier had to consider a few things too. sure she got Slicer, but what Karma did still stuck with her, her face bruised slightly from Karma's punch on her, and her nose patched up. Although she didn't look it, she had heard every word.

I thought it would be fun going along with the short-tempered, hardcore general. But looks like I'm just dealing with another devil.

"... A devil huh?"

"Pardon, general?" asked the pilot. Guess that thought came out loud.

"Nothing. Make sure they have a holding cell ready to go when we return," Olivier instructed.

Just another day.

.......

~~

.......

"Ugghh ... S-Sebastian ..."

He could barely, and truly make out what exactly had happened to him. He felt tired, cold, and his eye still stained of dried up blood. The brutal hit Sombra had made onto him left him with a splitting headache, but after some bit of his memory returned to him, he slowly started to realize that it was the least of his problems. It took him a while to finally come to, but where he found himself was anything but good. It was very dark for one thing, so it took even longer for his eyes to properly adjust to what kind of hell he'd been thrown into. Eventually though, little by little, he started to find himself in what looked like a cage. A old, metal, dark cage. One with a few lit torches scattered around the area. Ciel needed a bit to realize what was wrong, and once he did, his heart began to race.

"No. N-No! NO!" Ciel screamed. Instinctively, Ciel tried to open his cage, trying to break himself out of this cell he had befell into, but it was no use. These bars were not going to open up anytime soon, and even if they were, it wasn't going to be by his hands. Ciel could feel cold sweat fall from his face, and his pulse in a horrid frenzy at the reality he unfortunately relived. Trauma in its finest had found him once again.

"LET ME OUT OF HERE!! HELP!!!" Ciel screamed. He can't relive his torment, not again! All he could hear was distant moans from the damned, and the rattling of the chains that held his cage. Ciel felt horrified. For the first time in years, he felt horrified. And he felt sick too, a hand covering his mouth as he began to feel something try to come up. The memories, those horrid memories, they were alive again. And without Sebastian there to help him this time, all poor Ciel Phantomhive could do was slowly sit back down, and huddle in the corner.

Hell had tortured him. Hell had saved him. And now Hell had betrayed him.