The fight was going poorly for Drew. The bite could have broken something. The thickest bone in his body had barely survived with the help of his scavenged armor.

He had shaken the other monkey off his ax arm but lost his gauntlet in the process.

The monkeys stood crouched around in various states of disrepair. One had a shattered arm, another had an open gash, while one stood relatively healthy.

He took the fight to the creature with the broken arm and sent out a flurry of blows in an attempt to end its life quickly. The other monkeys lagged behind the duo as they distanced themselves from the fight. One final chop landed onto the monster’s shoulder and cut deep into its ribcage.

The strike sent blood spraying around as the massive wound leaked more blood than even Drew had become comfortable with.

He turned around to face the remaining two monkeys and saw Sapphire blow out another monster's entire back with a point blank attack. He winced with every step he took but charged the remaining monkeys.

The two remaining beasts fled at his approach with the healthy one exiting the clearing long before he could get within range. The other received an ax to the spine and skull for its troubles.

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Drew huffed and puffed from the exhaustion. He moved to help Sapphire out from under the large creature and turned to look at his long lost friend.

What had only been a few days had turned out to feel like an eternity.

Nurgle looked at him from a distance and averted his eyes downwards.

Drew slowly walked over to him with Sapphire in tow. It was awkward before they ever got close. Drew felt like he had given up on the cyclops and forsaken him. The wounds that covered his body bred guilt deep inside him.

“I’m sorry.” He crouched down and hugged the small creature.

Nurgle threw his head back and wailed with tears in his eyes. They sat together, marinating in their embrace and sadness for what felt like hours.

Nurlge finally stopped crying and hugged Drew back with his one working arm.

“You've been through a lot since we got separated, haven't you?” He motioned Sapphire over and she began healing him.

The open wounds that leaked blood onto Drew’s shirt slowly closed while the scabs were replaced by light gray skin.

He scooped them both in his arms and carried them through the dense jungle understory. The birds chirped away and sang beautiful songs, the bugs called in the shadows of the massive trees, and the stray animals fled out of their way.

The walk was serene in comparison, leisurely even. No surprise encounters to ruin their reunion or tasks to do. All they needed was to be around each other.

They made their way to the waterfall and climbed the trail to the dungeon entrance they called home.

The fruit laid beside the ripped clothes and cooked meat while the small fire they had made with the torches fought off the onslaught of insects. Everything felt back to normal for Drew.

He felt complete for the first time since arriving here. It was strange in ways he couldn’t put into words. He felt like he had a real family for once.

On Earth, he had siblings and parents that he loved, but it never felt like they would always be there for him no matter what happened like his two summons did.

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He could be lost, starving to death, and without hope and he felt confident that they would save him.

Nurgle sat beside him eating his meat while glancing around, nervous of something unseen. His time alone had injured the confident beast more than he hoped. The previously head strong and violent cyclops was replaced with a fearful and uncertain visage of himself.

Drew felt like he had to help correct that. This wasn’t how Nurgle was meant to be acting. He was meant to run headlong into impossible fights and then flee in terror, not flee before the fighting even started.

He needed to build his friends' confidence back up. They needed to fight together and win.

The monkeys had bullied him to near death and broken him. They were going to go back and teach them a lesson they weren’t soon to forget.

“Hey Nurgle, you want to go back and kill the rest of those monkeys?” He asked the little creature.

The monster shook his head vigorously in denial. He looked timid and unsure. Those emotions did not fit the little beast. He should be ferocious and ballsy.

“Are you worried that they would get us or something? That won’t happen now that we are back together you know?”

The little creature looked smaller than ever. Despite packing on so much muscle, his freshly summoned state would have put this version to shame.

Fighting the beasts that broke him wouldn’t be a cure all to his broken state if he could even bring himself to the start it. He needed to find something they hadn’t ever failed at, something they could tackle confidently and without worry.

Drew had the perfect thought. They were going to run the dungeon like they had done several times before, but, this time, as a full group.

He glanced at his two small companions and then towards the dungeon. Before he got the chance to speak, Sapphire finished healing Nurgle's shattered arm and got their attention.

“I believe we should go through the dungeon to get Nurgle used to his body after the extensive damage it underwent.”

She took the words out of his mouth and he was glad to be on the same page. All that was left was Nurgle. The cyclops glanced between his master and the dungeon entrance, seemingly unsure of his decision.

“Let’s do it. We got it done so easy last time. We might even beat our old record with all three of us doing it now.” Drew stood up and started to prepare his armor and weapons.

His ax had seen better days but the shield he had gotten from the chest still looked relatively fine after all of the bone shattering it had done.

Nurgle followed behind Drew and Sapphire despite the frontline role he had always taken. The stairs came and went with Nurgle tensing up at the rattling bones in the distance once they had entered.

The first fight started and ended without Nurgle rushing headlong into combat like he did the last time they fought together.

He hid behind his new sister in arms while they destroyed the skeletons that assaulted them.

“Nurgle, don’t you want to fight up here with me?” Drew attempted to coax the smaller creature forward without commanding the trembling mess to fight against his will.

Nurgle shook his head and stayed back to watch the upcoming fights. They went smoothly despite the lack of participation from their cyclops friend.

Only once they cleared all the way to the puzzle room did the monster come forward. The same view of a starry night above a battlefield laid before them, ready to be completed.

Nurgle climbed the table and attempted to complete the puzzle that he had done multiple times before. With a little guidance from sapphire, the cyclops finished it with a third of the hourglass to go.

“Good job dude. You've come a long way since we first ran through this thing.” Drew hyped up the small creature and motioned to the door, “lets kill this boss.

Nurgle went from glee at the success to terror at the thought of fighting the hulking skeleton.

“Well you can sit this one out. Let Sapphire and I kill it while you refamiliarize yourself with the fight.” Drew assuaged the creatures' fear and led the pair into the boss room.

Near misses, blocks, and skillful tricks allowed him to keep the monster’s attention while Sapphire pelted it from behind. The level up showed its worth with the speed she cracked its bones.

Everything was going normal until a random haymaker slammed into Drew’s arm before he could react to the swing. The attack lifted him off his feet for a second before he landed half a dozen feet away on his back.

The first blow the Skeleton General connected in his many fights nearly ended him instantly.

He tried to keep from screaming out in anguish as he felt what must have been bone shards tearing muscle in his arm as he moved. Despite his efforts, low grunts and gasps constantly left him between tight lips.

It was the most intense pain he felt yet. A dislocated pinky was nothing in the face of a shattered arm and bruised ribs.

The monster advanced on him and prepared to end him with an overhead swing to splatter his brains against the floor. A quick snipe from his plushy companion sent the blow veering off to the right, shattering the stone to the side of his head.

The sound of an uncharged shot was too quiet to draw the monster away from his downed and injured victim.

In a bid to take away momentum from the massive monster's swings, Drew kicked the beast's clawed legs as hard as he could with his flagging strength.

It was just enough to lift one of the monster's feet off the ground but not enough to finish the job. The clawed toes kept it from falling from its awkward stance. The small amount of time that kept the monster from attacking allowed Sapphire to shoot its center mass with a blast and send it falling to the ground.

The only issue now was the beast was failing towards Drew’s injured and downed figure.