Leaving the underground without a hitch, the group of four walked out from yet another bustling tavern in the heart of the city while drawing all the surrounding attention onto their masks. Looks of suspicion and jealousy were shot their way from all directions yet there seemed to be no obviously malicious intentions.

"Go back to the base, store whatever you can before meeting me at the library as soon as you can. Remember, don't stay in there for longer than an hour." With the already sparse number of people on the streets at night, along with the crowds willingly clearing a path for them, Chance was able to speak in a low voice without fearing anyone picking up on the vague words.

"Don't stop for anything and be quick. If I'm not there when you arrive, rent a booth." With that, he stopped and turned around, quickly weaving through the three behind him as he made a dramatic exit.

"Damn, he really acts like a super hero with that mask on huh." Rob guaffed before taking the lead. "Don't worry about earlier, you guys have been through a lot but believe it or not, things like this don't actually happen every day out here."

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During the exchange within the auction house, truth be told, it wasn't that the twins had no reaction to the sudden violence going on around them, but that they didn't know how to.

Whether to help Rob or to help chance? Whether to make a run for it? Whether to follow them into the encirclement? All of these drew a blank and even when walking through the door on Chance's command, they were doing in robotic and cautious manner rather than slowly with the intention of intimidation which it had been perceived as.

By now, the adrenaline had only barely worn off. With a nod, they followed behind Rob while thinking up all the ways they could and would have acted given the chance to reenact the moment.

Of course, in their heads, they all but single handedly took down the dozen assailants on their own.

Following Chance's instructions to the T, it wasn't even half an hour before they had navigated the sewers and back in the hall, piling up their belongs up next to Rykar. While Loki and Rob were busy 'redecorating', Rob was sat on a stool picking up sheets, chairs, blankets, bags, clothes and boxes before making them disappear one after the other. By the time they had been in the room for not even half an hour, almost all of the smaller and lighter objects had been stored away, leaving some of the bigger dressers, mattresses and unwanted objects strewn across the floor.

*Dingling*

Breaths stopped as they heard a ringing sound from the side of the hall. Since they arrived and 'reoccupied' the hideout, Chance had relocated the majority of the alarm systems, placing the trip wires in locations where the 'old residents' wouldn't be able to easily locate. This wire system was precisely the reason they had been able to sneak up on the trio as they had been approaching the base previously.

"Follow me. Quick!" Seeing the unresponsiveness of the twins, Rob hissed at them before dashing over to the entrance. Once inside the starry looking hallway, it may seem dreamy, but the corners and walls were difficult to make out due to the lack of depth perception. Issuing places to the twins, the three boys pressed up against the walls while shrouding themselves in their cloaks as best as possible.

With baited breaths, they waited.

And waited.

Yet half an hour later, there was still no inclination that anyone was coming this way. The tension that had been keeping Loki and Rykar up had begun to fade despite Rob refusing to lower his vigilance.

Ten more minutes passed, along with the rest of Rykar and Loki's concentration. Even Rob was beginning to suspect the wire having tripped by a rodent or a random wanderer as the trip wire was located barely ten minutes from their position.

*Shlick*

The sound of clothing sliding across stone was heard as someone lowered themselves over the edge and onto the platform which served as the entrance to the tunnel. From a lack of sound to the total opposite, the noise almost made Loki sh*t himself as both the twins felt their stomachs in their throats. The bravado and all the 'what if's' that they had thought up for the prior altercation were already gone with the wind as they pressed themselves into the wall with a renewed gusto.

"I'm telling you, if he was in here, he would have come out long ago. Back in the day he would do the same, 'don't invite trouble into your home, it will break things'." Robin's confident voice could be heard not even four metres from where they were hiding.

The same sound repeated itself as three more people lowered themselves from the lip of the ledge. This time it was their long-lost friend, Chris, who started kissing ass straight away. "Besides, they got the jump on us before. We're 4 men strong and they're basically carrying two babies with them."

"Yeah, but better safe than sorry." One of the others chimed in, expressing their reluctance in their actions.

"Fuck those guys. That bounty is as good as ours and I don't give a f*ck if he gets turned in alive or just as a head on a stick. Either way, were here now. Were only taking what's ours." Strolling straight past their locations with his chest puffed like a peacock as he spoke, Robin lead the others into the hall before stopping just as he got a clear view in.

Mouth agape, he didn't even have the capacity to express how pissed he was to find all but the mattresses and bed frames to be missing. Hell, it had taken them years and god knows how much trouble to bring down and set up the items here bit by bit, how could it have been removed in a night?!

While they were busy processing the scene in front of them, Rob was stuck deliberating the best course of action. With the almighty Chance here, he wouldn't be full of confidence while initiating an attack on the group of four, but without him? He was now unsure if the group would even have a chance of running away safely.

Weighing up the freakish strength of Rykar along with his own proficiency in combat, he figured they may have a chance but this would all hinge on Loki's ability which was yet to be seen in any way, other than his ability with words... And like hell were they going to be able to talk themselves out of this one.

Either way, as long as he takes two of Robin's group and the twins hold themselves against one each, they have a fighting chance at the minimum.

Without having the confidence to tell the twins anything without being heard, Rob simply tapped their shoulders lightly before loosening himself from the wall of the tunnel, moving slowly in the direction of the light and the four silhouettes ahead.

Even this close, he hesitated. The biggest flaw in the plan wasn't whether the twins could hold off one person each. But rather, would they? Sweat ran down his face while thinking about the inexperienced twins and knowing how they froze up in the altercation just hours earlier.

Looking back while half expecting them to still be pressed up against the wall without the gust to back him up, he was surprised to find them closely moving on his tail. Their movements were still shaky but they managed to stay silent. Seeing him look back at them, they both froze up for a second while thinking there had been a mishap but they hardened themselves and took a deep breath as they saw Rob nod towards them.

Rob tensed up, ready to spring forward immediately but was quickly stunned back into stillness as he felt a hand grab his shoulder. Cursing their cowardice, he looked back a second time to find one of the masked twins shaking his head at him while gesturing to his own hands.

Almost laughing to himself for missing this himself, he almost hugged Loki, who was now readying his bow and arrow. With the arrow strung, the nerves of the two were almost as tight as the bow string as they waited for their cue.

It wasn't even seven metres that separated the two groups and with all the time in the world to fire, Loki spent the next two seconds screaming to himself in his head, 'it's ok, just like a million times before. Nothing but an animal in the woods.' Even to the very end, he couldn't stop his hands from trembling slightly while looking at the back of Robin, who was now slowly walking forward cautiously and in disbelief.

*Dwong*

He let rip straight at his target. Before the arrow even landed Rob had rushed forward, towards the two on the right side of Robin while leaving the person on his left, Chris, to Rykar and Loki.