"What's up ... why are you all so moody now ..." captain Rose said ... sitting next to him ...
what should I tell her ..? that I don't know myself ..? Theo thought with a deep sigh ...
"I'm a little bit tired and we haven't had a good rest ....." he said backing his reason up ...
the captain nodded as she left ...
Theo heaved a sigh of frustration .. standing up all vexed ...
he looked to the sky one more time and walked back into the cave ...
the captain was already busy preparing a little something something ... for them to eat .. from the creature's meat they got from the shares of killing the horde ...
and already she had enough food supplies that could last them .. for a week at the least ....
Theo packed up some little rocks and made a chair ... to sit on as he wanted to vent his frustration at himself ...
the captain stirred the branch inside the little pot ... mixing in the ingredients .. causing the air to become a little bit smokey ...
the smoke though smelled very delicious ... but that didn't get to Theo the way it would've ...
'I should just ... forget about this ... and continue with the mission ... I'll have enough time to focus on it back at the base ...' he said inwardly ...
he then relieved himself from his thoughts and became tranquil ...
"When's our next stop ...?" he inquired breaking the silence ...
the captain ... closed the pot with its lid and glanced at him ... "After a good rest ... we'll get going ... I don't believe that there's no mission zone nearby ... " the latter assured him ..
Theo nodded and dug his head into his arms ... to take a little nap ... when ...
*growl* ... he sat up quickly with an embarassed expression ...
he looked at his stomach and looked at the captain who was beet red from keeping her laugh inside her chest too long ...
"If you sleep with that empty stomach .. I don't think it will ever be a good night's rest anymore .... " she giggled ... as she chopped down vegetables ...
"Yeah ... I guess ... a bowl .. would help me sleep ... with a clear head ..." he then yawned ...
the blissful day ... set to the glittery sky ... covered with a wave of navy welkin ... and the smiling moon .. curved into space ... illuminating the world ...
Theo was then woken up from his sleep by a meaty smell mixed with vegetables ...
an hour nap .. was what stole him ... even he couldn't escape sleep ...
"Just woke up on the same time I was going to dish up ... you got really strong instincts for food ... " Theo yawned ... and chortled with his hand scratching the back of his head ...
"Oh don't be so embarassed .. you little food lover ... " Theo gnashed his teeth and growled at the captain ...
"Why are you teasing me ....?" he pouted with an annoyed expression. ...
the captain ignored him and took two wooden bowls with a ceramic touch on the inside ...
she then served the two of them .. meat and vegetables ...
all mixed up like a delicious soup ....
Theo grabbed the bowl quickly and retrieved a spoon from his storage system ... immediately shoving it into the soup ready to taste ...
but a horrifying glare ... made him stop his advancements ... causing his spine to vibrate ... like literally ..
"Say grace ..." she said with a beautiful smile ... but to him .. that was a warning ...
a warning to not get on her nerves ...
"Sure ... " he said awkwardly ... lowering his 'weapon' ...
he turned his hands ... palms facing the sky ... and eyes closed ...
"Ahem ... Lord ... we come to you with foggy minds ... hoping you would open our eyes and bless our food so it could taste good with your blessing ... and bless everything else ... like me and the captain ... and everything in the world ... including my neighbours ... " an awkward silence perforated the cave as he lost his words ...
"Amen .." without anything more to bring to the Lord .. he ended his grace and quickly glanced at the captain ...
"That's good .. a little practise will do ... " he nodded and dug into his food .. only this time with etiquette ...
he didn't gobble the food up like last time ... instead he swallowed after each spoon ...
the captain nodded and felt proud of herself all of a sudden ...
"Wow ... my captain ... this ... this is amazing ... a bite on the chewy cubed pieces .. dissolves onto my tongue ... releasing the sweet and spicy juice through my throat ... what's the recipe ... " captain Rose blushed as she looked away ...
"Okay fine ... I'll find the recipe myself ... a little taste .. is always the answer ... " he said as he took a spoonful of thick delicious gravy ...
another spoon ... another one and another and another .. until he finished his bowl ...
the remnants of the soup covered his mouth ... he licked them with satisfaction ...
"Oh .. bring the mammoth out ... " the captain said ... quickly as if realising it's 'absence' ...
Theo made an oh kind of expression and told the system to bring the mammoth out ...
"Sorry for keeping you inside the storage for so long .. old White ... " the mammoth shifted it's gaze from its owner to the bubbling soup that filled the pot ...
it glanced at the captain with its beautiful peaceful blue eyes ...
"Do you want another bowl ... ?" the captain glanced at Theo ...
the latter nodded ... and served himself another bowl filled with soup ...
he looked at the captain ... and the mammoth ..."Is he going to eat up ... the whole pot ... ??" she nodded ...
"If only I had prepared a bigger pot instead ... " she said with a sigh before motioning for the mammoth to eat up ...
the white holy creature raised its trunk into the air ...
Theo and the captain's eyes widened .. the both of them ... stood up hastily ... clenching their bowls ..
but .. then in the next moment the mammoth lowered its trunk with some sort of a smile on its face ...
"Oh .. it's actually aware ..." Theo muttered ...
captain Rose turned to look at him with a raise brow .. and asked , "You can read the creature ...??" the latter nodded and waved his hand like it was no big deal ...
he then sat down and enjoyed his bowl of soup ... before preparing a rocky bed for himself ...
he felt quite comfortable sleeping on the rocks .. it kind of weirded him out ..
although his bed was no way close to being a fluffy bed with fluffy pillows ... it still felt like a bed to him ...
"Goodnight captain ..." he said with a smile ... and swiftly jumped into his dreamscape ...
a faint soft voice reached out to him .. just before he went to sleep ... which made his dreams even more beautiful ...
a small smile crept upon his face ... his dreamland of chaos ... was absent .. and all there was ... infront of him was darkness ...
just another blank dream ...
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morning came ... and the mountain which was supposed to be filled with silence ... was suddenly antagonized by a rooster ...
the two .. struggled to wake up sleeping in the mammoth's embrace ... both each close to each other ...
luckily though .. Theo woke up first and didn't notice it as he just walked outside the cave .. with a satisfied expression ..
... the morning air caused a smile to glow up onto his face ...
but all of that disappeared .. with a sudden intrusion ...
a winged humanoid being with long dangling arms and hands with claws appeared before him ...
even from 3 metres away ... he could feel the malicious intent .. rising from the being ...
the morning light shaded its identity ...
it's hawk like wings .. with a span of 2.5 metres ... flapped ... as if it was trying to intimidate him ...
"Are you the rooster ....?" Theo asked his finger pointing at the winged being ...
the being ... trembled ... as it flew with a whoosh towards him ... at great speed ... grabbing him with its feet .. which were infact talons ...
it then lifted him up into the air ... the view changed and he could now see ... what the being actually was ...
it had purple feathers covering it's head like a crown ... it's green eyes ... and it's feathered face ... along with a sharp yellow beak ...
it had abs though ... it had a human figure as well ...
with a brain like his ... he could tell what it was ...
"A Harpy ...?? .. and a rooster don't mix ... so what was that sound .. " Theo didn't even care for the situation he was in ... he was busy trying to make up bird noises .. which woke up the mammoth and the captain ....
the two ... looked up into the air and saw Theo with his index finger poking his chin .. pondering ... like he was unaware of what was happening around him .. or maybe he thought this was just an illusion ...
the captain .. instantly summoned his blade ... and charged up her power .. causing a huge electric current to sweep into the air ... filling their surroundings with a navy electricity...
the color changed though ..
a red flaming lightning ... yes ... lightning .. it covered her armour in full ... making her look like a flame lightning goddess .. matching up with her beautiful medieval outfit ... with a beautiful armour ...
but that .. was put on hold ...
as her flaming lightning .. changed to an orange - reddish - white goldish lightning ... which scared the mammoth out of its boots ... not that it wore boots ...
her pupils turned to the color of her lightning ... and her blade surged with the same power ..
she then raised her hands into the air ... aiming to slash at the Harpy carrying Theo ...
but suddenly .. a huge mighty Harpy caught her hands and flew up with her ... another claw came down upon the mammoth .. causing it to blow its trunk with frustration ..
it's beautiful blue eyes turned to a terrifying red .. as it's white fluffy coat shrunk into its flesh .. leaving only it's naked red muscles revealed ..
it's muscles teared up and flew straight into the huge harpy's ankle .. causing it to let it down ... with great force ...
it crashed down onto the cave's entrance .. causing rocks to fly everywhere ...
the bloody beast ... roared into the sky .. and created spikes from its muscles and shot them at the two harpies ...
getting the feeling of danger ... the two harpies flew away from the spike's trajectory ... and accidentally threw the people they were carrying down ...
the two winged creatures even fell down .. onto the cave's entrance as well ...
after losing their wind ...
would you look at that ...
from a distance ... their hideous features were hidden from the world and all that was left of them were the beautiful wings and bodies falling down ...
when Theo looked at them ... he thought of a scripture that talked about the fallen angels ... and wondered ..
"If these were the angels .. would it be as beautiful as this when they fell .. ?"