A lump of a dark shadow remains as the sabin leave the once Mandy's body. The creature was confused for a moment that her presence suddenly change. He sniff out the air to be sure she was really gone. But as he watched the lump, it slowly rising until it formed into a body. Few seconds later, it succesfully formed back to Mandy's physical body.
"How can this be?" the sabin spoke out with a raspy voice. Mandy was checking all over her body. She was also stunned how she was still alive. Before she could even looked at the sabin, the creature grabbed Mandy's throat and hang her in the air. Mandy was catching her breathe from its sudden action.
"L-Let... me... go..." she hardly spoke. The sabin was too furious that she manage to be alive. One thing he wants as he successfully free himself from the dungeon was to kill the first one he will see, but turned out he should make it twice to kill her.
Mandy hold the arm part of the sabin which holding her throat. As she did, her body change form into a dark shadow and took form just like the sabin. The sabin lost grip on her.
"You! Who are you? You are not a sabin, neither any creature I've known." Another confusion arise from the creature, since every creature he have already met have different aura and smell, but towards her he could still smell a faint familiar scent.
"I must asked that to you, I haven't seen any kind of you out there" she spoke out to him. Mandy can only figure out that the creature was a dark shadow with six red eyes and sharp tooth and claws, which she haven't see in the academy. Is it still a monster? How is it too aggresssive towards her? Even if she already fight Leah, she's not like this creature that is too aggressive. The look in its eyes seems hungry to kill anyone.
It only made the creature more agitate from what she just said. He knew that all of their kind was captured and no longer exist among the monster society. Their kind has been tagged as one of dangerous creature. As a result they've been isolated in different place to prevent in forming a group to take revenge and to cause more trouble in the new society they built. Many tried to convince their leader to kill them, but they are against it since they are also one of them. Even if they want to, the sabin creature is hard to just kill. They dont have blood, as well as physical body. They are just floating shadow, though they could materialized and form themselves.
"For a creature like you, you seem a little deaf. I am a sabin, my kind should be outside this place! For the fact that they are afraid in our kind, they isolated us! But first I must kill you!" he immediately attacked Mandy with great force. Mandy was thrown out, hitting the dead tree. She can feel the weakening of her body, she's too tired to fight back. She's been exhusted enough from recovering herself which the sabin damage to her.
"It's look like this is the end of you." he smirked. Going towards her, it opened its mouth widely, ready to eat Mandy. Mandy could no longer do anything to stop the creature. Her vision vanished as she was swallowed inside the sabin's mouth.
~
Staffs arrived in the location where they sighted the sabin creature. As they looked at the scene, they froze. Too late to save her, the sabin was fast to swallow the body of Mandy.
"What are you waiting for, capture that creature." a command which they immediately followed. While the creature was distracted, the group round him up. They immediately throw a cube which make a barrier locking him up.
The creature was still not moving after he swallowed Mandy and locked inside the barrier. It seems he have trouble within. His shadow body suddenly shaking and deforming. The group saw what qas happening so they ready themselves to what is going to happen. The sabin's shadow slowly compressing into smaller form.
"Is that it?"
"Maybe, what just happened earlier?"
"How about the victim?"
"We are so doomed, what can we tell about the victim?"
"It's not our fault that the creature escaped the dungeon."
"Enough with it, we must immediately report this"
"We must inform the headmaster since a student has been involved."
Even though they still want to talked about the incident, they must still report it to the headmaster. The group covered the cube barrier and putting it in a carrier. Dragging the cart, they went back to the exit. They made sure all the participants are in the gathering hall before they exit the place.
~
Grace suddenly felt nervous when they announced the gathering of participants in the hall. They still not seen Mandy, so they got worried even more.
"Where is she? They are now calling us, so maybe all the participants are in here"
"We must go to the infirmary, maybe she's there with some injury." They were about to head in the infirmary but the staff member block their way and lead them to the hall.
"How was it guys, did you enjoy? Who won? I'm sure many of you succeded, you deserve a reward. So, now I'll announce the winner for the event..." the group heard as they entered the hall. The door closes behind them.
"How rude of them, did they have to dragged as here?" Grace complained.
"Well, they must be following the event schedule, so we cant argue with that" Julie comforted her.
"Grace, maybe we must not be worried. I'm sure they prepared carefully this event so that nothing bad will happen. That's what they've been doing for years in the fiestival" Chris added which made Grace calmed down. So, they find their seats and participate in the ceremony. The host started calling out the winners of the event.