Author's note: From now on this story will contain swearing! I kept the language mostly PG so far but there will be some foul language now.

Jimmy ran into the bakery and to the back, practically skidding to a stop. 

"Queen. Caught Scott and I. Scott grounded. Help!" He took breaths in between, looking at everyone sitting on flour sacks. 

"Let's save him then! Who here can climb walls?" Joel asked. 

"I can! I'll get my equipment. Be right back!" Pix responded. Footsteps came closer, a figure backlit to look like a silhouette. 

"Hi there. I heard we're here to kill a queen?" The figure stepped forward, her orange curly hair bouncing as she walked, her knife at her side in her hands. 

"The name's Cleo. Zombie Cleo, if you're a fancy ass and care about full names." She nodded. "I couldn't help but notice you guys planning. I'm here for it," she twirled her blade "and my knife is too. So how are we gonna rescue Scott?" She leaned against a wall. 

"Do you even know Scott?" Fwhip asked the ginger-haired woman, his head tilted in confusion. 

"Eh, I've conversed with him once or twice." She picked at some dirt under her nail. "So, how are we saving him?" 

"Pix is going to scale the wall and tap on his window to get his attention, then we'really going to give him a rope to climb down. The rope will have knots, of course. But, uh, we don't have any rope." Jimmy averted eye contact at the last bit. 

"Well then, good thing you're talking to a ropemaker! I'll get you some rope right awa- why the fuck is Etho here." 

"He's been here the whole time. You got a problem With that?" Oli raised his eyebrow. 

"No, no. Just that he's my ex. So, Etho, how are you?" She narrowed her eyes and gritted her teeth. Etho stepped back and Joel hugged him. 

"He's fine." Joel responded to the question. 

"Hmm... ok. Well, I'll meet y'all at the castle!" Cleo said while walking away. The rest of the group went to Mumbo's place to get a mattress, since it was closest to the castle. They snuck it to under the window where Cleo was already waiting, tapping her foot. 

"Took ya long enough." She scoffed. Pix walked up to the wall and observed it, beginning the climb when Cleo handed him the rope. When at the top, he tapped the window. After a second it opened, Scott poking his head out. 

"You guys! You're here! Oh my- Cleo!?!?" 

"How do you know each other?" Sausage questioned. 

"We were besties in primary school!" 

"Like I said. Conversed once or twice." Cleo smiled with her mouth closed. Pix handed the cyanette the rope, and started climbing down. Scott followed, shaking the rope loose and handing it to Cleo. He had a bag with him that had clothes, rations, money, and a bedroll. 

"I was planning on escaping. Now, let's go kill my mum." 

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