Chapter 9 - Chapter 9:The not deer some ants and a cat fight

Let's just say the bike was fast as fuck even off-road to others we was basically a blur the wind whipped past me hitting my face Layla held on my waste title as for Dasiy he Literally fell asleep resting his head in the middle of the handlebars and laying on the gas can I don't know how he was staying on there or how he fell asleep but it was funny to me I looked up into the airhead of me to see a black shape on the sky I followed them and it leads me through back roads and trails we never got on the hi-way or even a flat top road it was mostly gravel and dirt three days had passed and I gotten one sleep dark bags was forming under my eyes Layla had her head against my back and her arms around me sleeping it was currently midnight the moon was out but there was clouds out luckily Slade had a flashing like on the bottom of his saddle so I could see where he was going to most people it would look like a plane flashing light but I could tell which was which we were about there since we were taking the back roads so it took us longer we would probably get to the Montana border in an hour or so luckily my bike doesn't use gas, to be honest, I didn't know what Fuel it takes the lite on the motorcycle was on lighting up the path in front of my eyes felt heavy but the didn't shot or anything I felt tired yes but I also felt alive weirdly a few more minutes passed and I thought I heard a stick break in the woods to my left I looked over that way my dark site extending out I didn't see anything so I shrugged it off to an animal and looked back forward few more minutes passed then I heard a few more sticks and I even heard ruffling leaves on both the left and the right I looked at both sides bit still didn't see anything I shook Layla's arm she slowly woke up and rubbed her eyes with one hand saying what Hunter it's still dark out but I shushed her and In a lower voice I said there's something around us the tiredness disappeared from her eyes and she quickly looked around one of her hand reached behind her under her coat to her sword Daisy woke up he had his nose up looking both left and right like he smelled something on both sides a few more minutes passed then in front of us I seen a buck step onto the road it had its head up looking straight I got a bad feeling about this Layla said when she seen the deer I laughed saying fuck that and from my belt I pulled one of my navy colts I pulled the hammer back and took aim at the buck in front of us at his front shoulder area bang the gun want off and the buckshot up onto its back legs screaming and it's mouth extended and opened and what I saw was jagged sharp teeth get ready I yelled and I changed gears twisted my left hand down on the gas and the Motorcycle roared picking up speed Layla held onto my waist with one arm and with her other she took out her sword we shot passed the buck which was still screaming on its back legs when we did Layla swung her sword cutting off the bucks head I glanced back to see the buck turn into dust but I didn't slow down I had a feeling there was more of them around us Layla yelled what the hell was that thing I laughed saying you have never heard of a not deer before no she shook her head saying no she sheathed her sword as she said that I shrugged saying it's every Hunters nightmare there are a monstrous beast old Appalachia and Indians had many stories about creatures like that if you think those are scary then you have heard story of skinwalkers some people say not deer are skinwalkers but I ant shore Layla stayed quiet we kept moving Dasy lowered his head and want back to sleep so I think we lost whatever was following us the sun was starting to come up I could just barely see it I looked up to see where Slade was moving but he was hovering above us when I seen that he dives down next to us his pegasus flying just above the ground Slade looked us over when he seen we wasn't hurt he yelled what happened I yelled back simple saying not deer he chuckled hearing that and nodded he yelled back we got 10 minutes at this pass so get ready for whatever is coming next I nodded so did Layla and like that he was back in the air a few minutes passed in silence but Layla tightened her arms around me I glanced back to her to see a devilish smile and her blood red eyes were glowing with battle lust Hunter I am shaking with anticipation I want to fight I laughed saying man I definitely a luckily man to have such a battle junky as my girlfriend she laughed with me saying like you have room to talk you love the thrill of battle almost more than I do and I am the daughter of Ares the war god I simple shrugged at that Daisy razed his head and barked I looked back forward slowing down I had to squint my eyes to see what Daisy was barking at but then I saw it blacking the road was a thin wires tied to the trees I could barely see them Luckily Daisy seem them or we all would be in pieces I stopped in front of the wires I pat Daisy saying good boy he barked at me shaking it's tail Layla moved her hand over one wire and let's just say there was no slack in the wire I looked next to the road to see that it even want off the road into the woods this is man-made I said Layla nodded yea it's a brutal but efficient trap I looked up into the trees luckily they didn't cover the sky so people could fly over it I side getting off the bike and from my pocket I took my switchblade out I pushed the button and forming in my hand was my sickle sword I closed my eyes and sent my power into this blade it started to shake a little like it was happy to receive my power the temperature around me got cold I opened my eyes when I did I swung down with it as I did a black ice slash shot out from the swung it cut through these wires like they were butter I breathed out a sy you could see my breath in the air the path was clear but I had a feeling we was being watched as soon as I did my eyes started to glow gold and good thing I did cuz my eyes shot over to a tree sitting on this tree was two white pigeons around their necks were a gold chain and on this chain had a coin witch had the crusade cross I could tell they were with the templars and they were watching us but as soon as the birds saw me look at them they took off no you don't I said pulling out one of my revolvers and took four shots the first shot missed the second shot killed one as for the other two shots one missed the last shot blow off its wing killing it I reloaded my revolver and holstered it and I touched the back of my sickle sword like I was going to fold the blade into the hand and as I pushed onto the blade I pushed a button on the cross guard and like a pocket nice the sickle sword turned back into a switchblade and I folded the blade back into the handle I pocketed it as I got back onto the bike Layla didn't say a word she just wrapped her arms around my waist hold on tight we will need to catch up with Slade as I said that the motorcycle roared to life I smiled popping a willy as we took of my eyes where still glowing gold and thank gods for that or we would have hit a mine when we just want passed the cut wire wall I weaved through the mines and traps like it was nothing Layla held on tight it didn't take long till I saw a huge clearing in front of us on a mountainside and on this Mountain was a wall made from wood it looked primitive but it worked I seen a gate which was shut probably a good thing cuz running at the gate was 50 monsters these looked like huge red ants I saw people on the gate raining arrows down onto them but something was off when we got closer I could see it these red ants had bone armor over there body on the ground was over 100 people in groups of 10 or 20 killing the monsters that got past the archers and there were manydo to the ants having armor a black blur shouted down from the sky and flew beside us Slade yelled out saying you two are on your own do what you want I will go help the archers on the wall and from his cattle he pulled out a lever action rifle it was the exact same as the rifle that John Wayne used in his moves even down to the circle lever and caliber and with one hand he spun the rifle and the lever moved a round into the chamber he did all this in one motion and with ease and he was off Layla rolled her eyes saying some help he is right but my eyes were focused on the battle my eyes where glowing gold still so I could see the bones on these ants where made from many different creatures and wasn't man-made I found something that made me smile I seem one ant which was bigger than the rest it was in the middle of this ant swarm it was the most armored and protected Layla you're in command get them fuckers organized she was shocked what about you she yelled I laughed saying I found their leader and I won't let her escape but I need you help cuz I will be surrounded on all sides I will need you to lead cuz without your help I will be a sitting duck I only trust you to do this job no one else could do it she was shocked but it faded fast and her eyes started to glow with a blood red fire and a evil smile spread across her face sounds like fun I am in I laughed saying ok daughter of Arus show me what you got and with that I disappeared off the bike and appeared in front of the ant leader I ripped off the reckless off my neck and appearing in my hand was my bident I stabbed down into the ant I was standing on in it broke the ant's armor on its neck it made a popping noise as the end of my bident sank into it's neck braking it's neck bone the ant let off a scream and turned into ash the leader turned its head to me snapping it's pentchers at me angrily when the other ants heard that the other ant's around me turned around and lunged at me I swung the bident back thrusting into one ant's eye and pushed it deeper killing it I pulled it out and rolled under one ant's pinchers I trust up into its chest which wasn't armored it turned into ash but I disappeared from my spot and appeared in front of the leader and again it snapped at me I blocked it with my bident it made me slide back but I didn't move it swung its leg at the same time and it hit me in the side I was launched to the right I rolled on the ground a few times but I stabbed my bident into the ground slowing my down I was on one knee I cough up blood but I didn't have time to waste and I disappeared from my spot good thing to cuz a ant lunged at me and would have grabbed my head with it's pentcher I repeated in front of the leader ant I could tell I was pissing it off but I was tired of playing so I channeled my power into my bident as I did the red veins on it started to glow brighter and a blue flame appeared over the blades I picked it up in one hand and got into a throwing stance the leader ant was pissed so it charged at me I smiled evilly and through my bident into this leader ants head with pinpoint accuracy it shattered the bone armor that was over it's head and it sank into it's head with a crunch the leader ant screamed out from pain and it was so loud that the group started to shake but as it did that its head exploded and my bident feel and sank intts head with a crunch the leader ant screamed out from pain and it was so loud that the group started to shake but as it did that its head exploded and my bident feel and sank into the ground that blue flame still on the blade the leader ants body slumped to the ground and turned to ash as it did all the other ant screamed and started to run away luckily they didn't trample the ground that blue flame still on the blade the leader ant's body slumped to the ground and turned to ash as it did all the other ants screamed and started to run away luckily they didn't trample over me hell they secreted around me like they were scared but Layla wouldn't let them just run like that so she ordered the archers to take aim and fire with fire arrows they was confused y she ordered that but they didn't ask any questions when they saw her murderous look in her eyes all the archers took aim and shooting over my head was hundreds of flame arrows I razed my hand and the Bident shot back to my hand I raced it up the blue flame got brighter and changed color into a green fire I took a running throw the bident flew up into the air and mixed with the arrows and as they bident got close to the other flames I pointed at the ants saying hells judgment my eyes where glowing gold and huge grin was on my face as I said that all the arrows turned into green flame arrows and soon after that the arrows hit their targets but unlike before where the arrows bounced off the bone armor this time the green flame arrows sank into the bone armor and all the ants burst into green flames like they where all covered in oil I felt my body go weak and I feel to one knee and I was a bit out of breath but my eyes were still glowing gold staring at these green fires and I had a huge grin on my face one of my hands which was holding my chest I reached this hand out to it and shooting out from this green fire was my bident it flew right into my hand the green fire disappeared of the blade as soon as I touched it I used it to help me get up I leaned on it for a few seconds catching my breath I felt a hand touch my shoulder but I didn't look to see who it was cuz I knew it was Layla my eyes stopped glowing at that moment and the green fire disappeared and the only thing left of the ants was black earth and ash I turned to Layla still holding the bident she had a small smile on her face and that murderous look plus the red bloody fire that I seen in her eyes before was no longer there they felt warm and I seen understanding no fear or judgment but before Layla could say anything I heard laughter and jumping off the wood wall walking over to us was Slade he had his rifle resting on his shoulder he was smiling and laughing like he just heard the most funniest joke well done you two I we weren't expecting this but you two have blown our expectations of you two out good job kids know come the party is just starting and he turned around and started to walk back to the gate Layla rolled her eyes but didn't fight with him I used the Bident as walking stick I was still feeling a bit weak and would probably need to get some sleep soon but I walked with my back straight and my head up Layla walked next to me she wore a cold look but only to everyone else but Slade and I we followed Slade to the gate which was opened and people were walking into it quickly my motorcycle was parked around a bunch of people staring at it some even tried to reach out and touch her but I disappeared and appeared next to my bike I grabbed that person's hand who was trying to touch her I looked at this kid who looked shocked that I appeared from the shadows I wouldn't do that she doesn't like strangers touching her the kid nodded and I let go of his hand with a warm smile I looked around to the rest of them saying that goes for all of yall to unless you want to get hurt don't touch her but you can look at her they all nodded I nodded and disappeared again and appeared in Slade's shadow but I felt something off about his shadow like I was being watched but that feeling faded fast when I appeared Slade looked at me smiling little Pup if I was you I wouldn't give him any reason to put your name on his list so probably best you stay out of my shadow I was shocked but nodded I didn't fully understand but it wasn't my place to question him it was his secret so I didn't pry we walked through this camp it was as big as the one Layla and I was from this camp didn't have sections for pantheons so I assumed they was all together but I got to say for a newer camp this place was well belt and had more people then I thought and everyone looked battle-hardened and when I say everyone had weapons I meant it even the smiths and farmers had weapons on them as they worked even the young kids carried a dagger with them everyone stared as we walked by but they want back to what they were doing after we walked passed Slade lead us to a wooden hut in the middle if the camp he didn't knock on the door he just walked in like he owned the place we followed him in as we did we walked into a wide room in the middle of this room was a table and on this table was a map of the camp and the mountains around it leaning on the table looking down at this table was two people one male the other female both of them looked interesting the woman had red ruby skin her hair was long and firy and let's just say I could feel the heat coming off her she had on gold metal armor and on her hip was an obsidian scimitar she was very pretty and she looked human so I guessed her parent was one of those gods or spirit made from all fire luckily she wasn't fired and had a human body her eyes where green glowing flames next to her was a man who looked like he was made from stone but it was only his muscles and skin color he had a huge axe on his back he didn't have on armor but loss clothing his eyes where white like marble when we walked in both looked over to us and the man walking around the stable opening his arms and with a huge smile and in a heavy accent he said Slade my old friend it's good to see you as he said this he gave Slade a bone popping huge after a few seconds he put Slade down Slade was out of breath from that but through his pants he said good to see you to Rocky but do you have to do that every time we meet this hulking man called Rocky chuckled saying what do you mean it's good for you don't act like you don't like my huge and these must be the two kids you brought with you he looked over to us with a toothy smile and walked up to is I had to look up to him I was 6 foot 3 or 4 but this man was probably 8-foot tail he leaned down a little to look is both in the eyes he looked over to Layla saying mmmm daughter of Arus I would say strong in both mind and body which is rare for a kid of Arus you lead are members well then he looked over to me and he seen the bident in my hand saying and you must be a child of Hades but that eye of yours means you're also a kid of Hela and Hades so you're the boy that Zeus tried to kill you took charge and charged head first into danger with no care you have faith in your own power but more importantly you had faith on her he said glancing back to Layla good job kids he said laughing licking us up in his big arms which felt like rocks and he gave us a bone-popping huge I could feel my body which was already tired and hitting before when he put me back down I almost fell over do to my body feeling so weakness luckily Layla grabbed my arm holding me up but it was more like we helped each other my bident was on the ground do to me dropping it from Rocky huge I slowly reached down to it with shaking hands and knees picking it up it turned back into a necklace and I didn't have to put it around my next cuz when it turned into the reckless it disappeared from my hand and appeared on my neck the woman walked over next to Rocky looking down at Slade she wasn't as tall or big as Rocky but wholly shit what was they feeding this two cuz she was at least 7 foot something Slade looked up to her smiling it's good to see you again Flare he held out his hand the woman who was called Flare smiled and shook his hand and I could see smoke come up from there hands but when they released there hands Slade's hand was fine not even red or nothing Flare turned to us saying it's good to meet you two and thank you for your help we would have been fine without your help but still we appreciate it I chuckled saying I assume it was your plan we fucked with I would say sorry but I don't regret anything Flare laughed saying you got guts kid at least you got that going fore you and she held out her hand I took it shaking hands when she touched my hand it felt like I put my hand into a campfire but I didn't care the forge I work with at home is way hotter than that she was a little shocked but didn't say anything we released each other and she turned to Layla saying so you're the girl who shattered my plans huh you don't look so smart I slowly stepped aside next to Slade he nodded at me like I made a good choose Layla's eyes started to glow with a blood red fire when Flare that o well maybe if it wasn't such a shitty plan then I might not have stepped in Flare glared but had a huge grin on her face o is that so brat my plan would have gone great if your boy toy didn't engage the leader ant Layla clenched her teeth and the fire in her eyes got brighter and the air got heavy and I could smell iron in the air this was Layla's blood lust if I had to guess I looked over to Rocky and gave him a the should we stop them look but Rocky razed his hands shaking his head and slowly started to back up to a back door Slade and I slowly followed Slade was the first one out but before Rocky or I could get out the door shut on it's own and two female voices said at the same time where do you think you too are going Rocky and I looked at each other gulping and slowly we turned around we both had a confused look like we was doing nothing wrong but when we looked into there cold eyes a shiver want down our spines Layla and Flare pointed to the chairs in the corner and at the same time they said sit we both side and slowly walked over to the chairs are head's low trying to avoid eye contact when we sat down Layla and Flare want back to there cat fight Rocky closed his eyes leaning back and I think he feel asleep I slowly did the same I didn't fully fall into darkness but I rested my mind and body.