"Kekekekeke!" The Genius burst forth into thunderous laughter and started clapping in marvel.
His eyes lit up in a devious glow as it pointed forward with its finger.
The Guardians' felt as if that finger was... meant to pierce their hearts.
"How? Coincidence?" Mopi activated his power instantly, engulfing himself and the others in virtual feathers that seemed to circle around them, riding on the gentle wind.
"Don't joke around! That's no coincidence, it... knew about us from the start." Posco grinned savagely, sweat dripping down from his forehead. He was hella excited.
"If it's no coincidence, then why did it no do somthi-"
Miki felt her words get stuck in her throat, the Giant... was glaring in their direction.
"Have you been spotted? Evacuate from your direction immediately!" Loki pushed his square shaped glasses up, his eyes trying to gaze upon the group through the tower's broken walls. But not even a glimpse of them could be found. His palms started getting sweaty, '๐โ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฆ.'
"Don't think... that's very possible." Posco felt his brain buzzing from the eerie gaze of the Giant.
The Giant opened his mouth and exhaled heavily, its whole body seemed to be heating up from rage.
"What do you mean? Isn't Mopi with you? Should I send over combative type support?!" Loki frowned and dropped his lean against the wall, his gaze fell upon Hinomi, hoping for some kind of a positive response.
The Giant ducked low, preparing to jump towards them and start its hunt. The Guardians glanced among themselves, before nodding in mutual understanding.
"Wait, what's that monkey saying to the Giant?" Tipp brought back the focus of the group atop the screen.
The Genius chuckled merrily and waved its hand in dismissal. "Come back. What's the point of eliminating them all when the show hasn't even begun?"
The Giant huffed out pungent boiling breath before fiercely gazing at the Genius.
"Ugh! You and your muscle-headed demeanour. Alright, go give them a gentle and sweet warning for now!" The Genius chuckled while gazing back at the dwarf. The moment it turned around its head, it slapped its face in disbelief while blurting out, "NOT YOU MUSCLE-HEAD!"
"Ow?" The Giant abruptly stopped, tilted its head sideways in a cute manner. "No warning?"
"Yea, only a warning! But not from you!" The Genius massaged its forehead in exasperation, "Honestly dealing with you is such a pain!"
As the two begun their conversation, the Dwarf behind them vanished without a trace.
It's sudden disappearance didn't go unnoticed by the Guardians.
"Invisibility?"
"Could be."
"It can also be teleportation!"
"That's horrifying then... Tipp can you use something to try and find its location?"
"..."
"Ti-" Julet felt a shiver run down her spine as she stared at Tipp.
Noticing the sudden silence in their heads, the other Guardians' also turned back, only for their hearts to leap into their throats.
Cold sweat dripped down Tipp's face. His eyes constantly flickered in complex emotions, his body couldn't even shiver in fear of... what the Dwarf standing on his shoulder's might do to him.
"Oh f**k!" Posco's hands trembled, hesitating on whether to attack or not.
"Oh dang! What should we do? What should we do?" Miki's eyes darted around, trying to come up with a way to stop what's to come.
"Should I... use it?" Julet's feet traced back a bit, her fingers strangely erect and stiff, the veins of her hands bulging out.
"Wait... don't." Tipp's eyes turned back, trying to catch a glimpse of the Dwarf, but he couldn't move his head in the end, "I don't thin-"
"Kekekeke!" The Dwarf burst forth into a cackling laughter, confusing the Guardians.
Without a momentary hint it slashed forward, causing blood to spray like a fountain from Tipp's wound.
Silence reigned supreme amongst the Guardians, only the cackling laughter kept echoing, right in front of their eyes, without them being able to do anything, the Dwarf vanished.
Without even ruffling up the wind, it appeared behind the Genius, saying nothing as the two big-wigs kept chatting.
"Shit! OH SHIT!" Posco immediately ran towards Tipp, supporting his body and glancing behind at the clean cut.
"Don't worry! That monkey didn't had the intention to kill." Tipp pushed aside Posco's body and glanced at the screen. "What's more important is what if it actually did wanted to kill us? One of us would've definitely died!"
"Are all of you safe?" Loki felt his back getting drenched in sweat, he could feel the heat even from his location.
"Thankfully!" Mopi wiped the sweat from his forehead.
"But not for long, that was probably... a warning!" Julet stared back at the screen, her slender and long fingers busy supporting her chin.
"So... do we retreat?" Miki asked timidly.
"...Come back! All the guardians, I, Loki command you to return, immediately!" Loki's gaze turned stern, he stepped towards the edge of the broken wall and gazed in the direction of the tiny radio tower, '๐ผ ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐๐, ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ ! ๐ต๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐โ๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐, ๐ผ ๐ค๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ โ๐๐ค ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐, ๐๐ ๐๐ก ๐ค๐๐ ๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐กโ๐๐, ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐ค๐๐ข๐๐'๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ก๐๐!'
"Well... lets do just that! Can you jump Tipp?" Mopi sighed while glancing at the radio tower.
"I am..." Tipp's eyes flickered dangerously, he licked his lips before gently slapping the screen again.
A long cannon shaped muzzle like thingy came out from behind the screen. He slapped the muzzle and a low and contained explosive type sound appeared, nothing more.
"I am Tipp, the ๐ฆ๐น๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป' ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ! I shall be a disgrace if I fail to do my duty as a Data-Mine!" He chuckled to himself while curling his hair around his finger.
"Alright! Lets get moving!" Mopi shook his head speechlessly seeing Tipp retaliate in a tantrum.
The feather's that were still circulating around them converged on their feet and the Guardians started leaping from roof to roof.
Their feet as they collided with the ground didn't produce any form of noise, as if they truly were weightless feathers.
It wasn't just the group of 5 returning back but even the combative individuals helping out the unconscious ones were also ordered to return.
The guardians' didn't fail to impress by gathering together on the tower's top floor within half an hour.
Loki clapped his hands together while once again coming to the centre, "First of all, apologies for asking all of you to return so abruptly. Even I had not expected to summon you all back in less than two hour's time.
"Secondly, thank you Chiso for helping Tipp! I am glad to have an ๐๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ with me!"
A blonde haired fat boy scratched his head in an abashed manner. His puffy cheeks moved aside as he tried searching for words to say but ended up nodding his head, saying no more... or nothing at all actually.
"Finally, getting to the main reason why I called you. Turns out the Ending in this nightmare... is nothing worth bothering about. Its weak as hell. So... I have cooked up a plan to end this nightmare as quickly as possible.
"Well! Its more of a crude trap instead of a plan honestly! It was easy coming up with it after the information I received from the observation squad. So... lets start our... excavation plan, shall we?" Loki grinned in a contemptuous manner. His eyes imagining the end of the Giant.
'๐โ๐๐ข๐โ, ๐กโ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐กโ๐๐ ๐ก๐ค๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐กโ๐๐ก ๐กโ๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐, ๐ผ โ๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐'๐ก ๐๐ข๐ก๐ก๏ผ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐ . ๐ผ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ก ๐กโ๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐'๐ก ๐ ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก... ๐กโ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ข๐๐๐, ๐ผ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐!' Loki rubbed his chin thoughtfully, all the while pushing his glasses upwards.
***
"So what happened to her? Why the heck did she bleed so much?" Ferrin tugged at Paul's shirt the moment he was done with Aria.
"Well, I honestly can't say for certainty due to the lack of equipment but the basic things that I understood is that... her brain couldn't handle the stress and pressure she was applying to it." Paul explained simply.
"Pressure... stress? She became scared of the gigantic monkey?" Ferrin's words trailed off as he went deep in thought.
"Don't joke around, the whole mess that was going around... I don't honestly say I wrapped my head around it all but I can certainly say that... she's worried about you. You placed her in this situation." Paul shrugged his shoulders and started walking forward, "Though that's none of my business."
The sound of his steps echoed in the tightly secured room, he stopped as his feet matched Ferrin's and placed his hand on his shoulder, "Though I would say... she's your mother, don't cause her so much worry."
Ferrin stood there silently, even the girls' stood their ground without knowing what to say.
Ferrin started walking towards Aria after some time. Without doing anything, he closed his eyes and granted himself some peace.
As he shut his eyes, the desperate clinging of his mother flashed in his eyes. The way she looked at him timidly, her wish to never let him go.
Ferrin opened his eyes, he felt his brain aching terribly. He sighed and started massaging his temples.
His eyes turned towards Aria, her serene face, her peaceful breath, she felt to be relieved of a very great and heavy burden.
Looking at her like this, he couldn't help but murmur to himself, "Scared of that giant... or scared of a devil named... Ferrin?"
His eyes... turned strangely dim.