Lazarus, many distance away heaping from branches to branches deep towards the southern part of the forest. He'd paraded the whole forest for weeks thinking how he would meet his wife and today was the D-Day so he thought then he stopped, standing on one of the large branches, aware from miles away something or someone racing to his direction but at great speed.
He signaled the two girls behind him to lay low who Sniffia persuaded to follow him then they all swiftly landed to the ground facing the direction head on and at alert of what was racing towards them judging it might be another creature of the forest.
Hmmm. Lazarus squeezed his hands tightly, here we go again. He said to himself.
Suddenly four bulky boys with red bushy hair, clothed in forest of the creature's hide halted some distance away fixating at Lazarus and the two now gnarling girls.
Lazarus took a step forward.
"We don't want any trouble here, so go do your business as we have no business to do with the likes of you guys too. Do you guys hear me?" Lazarus warned, his hand now glowing in black, slowing shaping into his wrist reapers.
"Woooo!" the tallest among the four bulky boys at the forefront delightfully screamed leaning forward staring back to his three brothers. "Look at him! He's the one, mummy usually talks about whenever she drinks?!" He looked to perplexed Lazarus. "You are the Inhumane, right?!"
…mummy?... My goodness is she taking care of the Humanes now…? Lazarus contemplated staring to the grey eyes of each boys.
Lazarus wasn't sure who else they might be talking about however knowing the person of discuss was who he fearfully knew completely there was no one in mind but her.
The tallest bulky boy raised his hands in joyful gestures. "We heard and read stories about your kinds too—effortlessly glowing in all part of the body and whatnot—I can't even explain such phenomenal--Show us more! More--and the girls behind, are they also--Inhumanes?!—"
"--What are your true glowing colors?! True colors! True colors!!!" the four bulky boys spoke louder while moving to them with the most cutest grey eyes ever like they have obviously seen a luminary figure which definitely irritated Lazarus and the gnarling girls.
"With pleasure." Lazarus smirked, swung his glowing wrist reaper at them, creating glowing black ambiences that largely curled many feet high.
The four bulky boys all dodged with ease as the glowing black ambiences destroyed the large trees' roots and creating a deepened trails in its path.
They all landed around Lazarus and the two gnarling girls completely surrounded them in a swift.
One of the bulky boy with bushy red brows knitted together raised his hands to Lazarus, "wow… hang in there old man… we were never meant to fight any of you three, we're just curious of your kind that's all…?"
Lazarus rolling his eyes to every direction where the boys were standing gallantly in diamond formation.
Hmm, great quick reflexes. They had trained pretty well for them to easily dodged my--Old man?!... Lazarus pointed his glowing back finger to the one who spoke. "I'm not an old man, you hear?! Do you wanna see your ancestors?! Also that was my warning shot! So none of you wackos should get this cocky—"
"Leave him be! Focus on the mission." A voice whizzed past them unnoticed.
Lazarus froze, immediately sweating all-over.
The voice was definitely familiar.
The four bulky boys scoffed. "You are lucky old man... Mummy didn't look your way. If not—"
They went off one after the other immediately.
Lazarus blinked, his knees almost failing him then looked back to the two little girls innocently staring back at him.
He didn't tell Sniffia but what he needed to do was the two little girls were his bargain to maybe paved a way for his plan of acceptance to work out.
"We are going back." He ordered. Before long the three heard a really loud blast coming from where Peirce, Sniffia and Node were located. "Hmmm… what again?" He immediately zoomed back with the two little girls.
Meanwhile back at where the teenagers were, Sniffia seen flying in mid air, her slightly unnerved arms in front of her, blocking off what she thought was the strongest impact she had in years.
She grunted as she flew. Then she glared back at where she flew out from in rage.
"You again?!" Her venomous little orange veiny eyes widened.
"Me?... Oh, are you talking about," suddenly a mysterious being was seen with three large faces along eight large arms coming out of the shades; the one at the left side smiling, the one at the right side frowning and one at the center staring at Sniffia with contempt while he spoke gravelly, "the owner of this body? Be angered for he is no more than an empty vessel for me to dwell in!"
Sniffia landed on one of the large tree's branches away from where the mysterious being was levitating just above her.
She was staring mystifyingly at the lowest of the eight arms holding a harp and a war drum.
She groaned a little, took a quick glance at her arms entirely broken from the hit she got earlier then seconds later it reconstructed back to normal on its own.
She squeezed and expanded her hands now getting use to her sudden way of regenerating.
"I can't forget that scent of yours," she spoke gazing at the mysterious being above, "even though your disgusting appearance and vigor slightly change. You are still the same to me." Sniffia gnarled flexing her sharpened finger nails.
"Slightly?... Hmmm… that's slightly the truth," a finger from one of the upper arms scratching his right side's curled fore head, "seems like this body of mine made an enemy out of you however does it concerned me? No, I'm much more concern about the reincarnation of my god, that is the boy down there." The finger of his now pointing downward.
Sniffia scowled her face, squeezed her fists tightly.
"--Don't get ahead of yourself! Where are the remaining expats? Like I said earlier none of you guys are leaving here alive."
Meanwhile below, Node punched one of the draconic beast beings on the face as Peirce knocked out one also.
They have gotten used to battles such as these knowing the vigorous training they had in weeks built them this far.
Node looked at Peirce.
"The old guy would be surprised and happy seeing how we're brave enough to fight without running away,"
Peirce sidestepped, kicked one of the draconic beast beings at the side then stood just behind Node's back.
"Then was the 'Crazy Genius' now for the Dragons to want you, Peirce, you sure you ain't from another world?" Node questioned as he fought.
Peirce didn't responded.
"Anyway thanks goodness they are really easy to beat—"
Suddenly, someone crashed down between them.
Node fidgeted.
"Holy!!!" He screamed then noticed Sniffia, fully cratered into the ground.
She raised her eyes to them as Peirce instantly helped her up.
"Change of plan, boys—we—" shortly an outsized figure thumps over them creating a really strong wave that pushed many of the draconic beast beings away.
Dust and falling debris from the ground filled the place, within the covered area only three shadowy figure was seen as the scene became more visible under the moonlight revealing the mysterious figure pale blue skin.
Sniffia her arms raised over her head surprisingly blocking four large upper arms of the mysterious being.
Node stood his ground shielding the fist of the large middle arm thrown at him.
Peirce suddenly seen few inches away from them dodging the other large middle arm greatly slammed on the ground.
All the three teenaged eyes glowed in their various colors staring into the darkened red eyes of the mysterious being then the lowest arms of the mysterious being were raised higher holding the instruments of war as all three huge faces grinning gazing only at Peirce.
"Chicken out already?" The mysterious being inquired in deeper tone.
"Are you alright, Sniffia, Node?" Peirce ignored.
The mysterious being slightly groaned in pain.
Node grunting, blood slowly dripping down from his nose, couldn't feel his arms and his shaking legs were about failing him.
"… I'm fine but isn't he one of those guys that kidnapped us right from the village… but his appearance.. I thought they left us alone?… and what are they doing here?... Sniffia...?" Node glanced at Sniffia by his right side, noticed glowing silver dust clustering around Sniffia's body, the blond hair on her head were now silver in color also her bloody sharpened fangs were seen while she opened her mouth.
"Move out of the way, Node! Run, Peirce. He is really strong. I will take… care of this myself…! " Sniffia ordered.
"Never… I don't feel like it… foxy…"
"How you feel will get us both killed… I can't go full power if I were to fight and at the same time protect you… Node!"
"--Uhm… who are you again, was all of these a new plan on our side or is he just stealing what we wanna steal?" The draconic beast being with the rodent face asked staring at the mysterious being then every of his kind present there.
"Mahayana!"
Suddenly, the head of the draconic beast being with the rodent face burst in bloody particles shortly after the mysterious being sighed in relief after strumming a single string of the harp in his hand with his finger directly at the rodent elder's head.
"Ha… I should've done that a very long time ago. He pisses me off in so many ways."
Then the six mysterious being's darkened red eyes rolled to Sniffia and Node at his front, both teenagers staring into the eyes of the outsized figure unshaken as their eyes glowed also.
All his faces suddenly contorted in anger.
"So the remaining ones, go fuck yourself. The boy is mine!" The mysterious being incensed.