'Kage… was right.' Daniel had simply gone to the whim of his friend believing that their coinciding beliefs would lead them onto a path of heroism which is what ultimately mattered, but his friend had a sharper view on reality.
A sharp pain stabbed into his neck. Someone was near, and it was an Evolved. Daniel took a boxer's stance then flipped around faced toward the swing set. The metal poles that held the swings in place creaked bending inward until two figures folded out onto a two-dimensional version of themselves. Once away from the poles, the swing set returned to its natural form. Each of the figures rapidly inflated into a natural body. Their outfits were identical; a leather buckled jacket accompanied by leather pants with a zipper down the side of a pant leg. On their faces were masks. The shorter of the two had a wooden mask that depicted large teeth sought over by two red dots above those teeth, meanwhile the other's had the Star of David etched into the surface with a black lined edge. Both had their hair tied up into a bun.
Daniel mellowed his voice to a calm meter, "Sam… get out of here."
"Oh no!" The shorter of the Villains strutted toward Daniel, "Hochi won't allow such inconvenience."
"That's right, Pochi!" affirmed the tallest. Their voices were elegant and held an undeniable eloquence which screamed wealth. "Hochi and Pochi have had quite some meals today. Thank be to the Black Queen for this gift!"
"Thank be indeed!" cried the other. They mimicked licking their lips with saliva dripping from the underside of their masks. "But, Hochi?"
"Yes, Pochi?" It had struck a pose by balancing on a single hopping foot and rubbing its chin with a hand.
Coughing up something the one Daniel assumed to be Pochi withdrew a finger from its mouth. "These toddlers no longer taste so good. Blood too lean and the meat is just all wrong."
"Even those porkers tasted no good to you?" Worriedly asked Hochi.
"Quite so, all they had were some fatty tissue and larger intestines. I assume heart disease would run in their lineage so that part had a similarity to black ash."
Hochi and Pochi bickered back and forth over the pristine quality Pochi needed for its palette and that none of their victims had fallen into this quality. A waste of matter is what they decided these kids had become.
*Snap! SnAp! sNAP! SNAP!*
Daniel roared out, "WHAT THE HELL DID YOU SAY!?" His interjection caught the two of them off guard. "Are you really fighting over how these children tasted? What is wrong with you people, don't you have a shred of guilt in you?"
A questioning look was shared by Hochi and Pochi. "Quite an emotional boy, isn't he?"
"I concur."
The two marched side by side to a spot no less than two yards from Daniel leaning out with the side of their rumps touching the other. "You see lad, we are connoisseurs of the rarest cuisines." Hochi remarked with an exaggerated high society tone.
'Smack!'
Hochi clapped palms with Pochi which was reciprocated. "In all our travels we search for the greatest of tastes. Something a mere bottom dweller like you and your girly over yonder can't even begin to understand. Of these tastes we have simply found that select courses of the young variety bear the best fruit."
'Smack!'
"This binge today has not come close to satiating my dear Pochi's enormous appetite which we have yet to find an end to. Which has now brought you to us at this hour. Praise be to the Black Queen!"
'Smack!'
"Praise be indeed! For we have you. An Evolved of which taste ranges from mediocre to the most scrumptious and chewy delectable dining that brings a grown adult like me to an orgasmic finish if even a lick is taken." Hochi and Pochi separated from each other, placing themselves on Daniel's right and left. The saliva falling from Pochi was akin to a rushing river at this point.
"'Tis the time to choose, our mammalian counterpart. Arrive yourself into our gullets or be joining us for a hopeful entertainment before the unavoidable meal is prepared, the choice is yours." Pochi was already slumped over into a predatory stance; arms slack and stretched to the ground. Hochi was poised in no clear style at all, having a hand raised as if tenting a tissue and feet bouncing between each other.
A gust of wind washed over them setting their hair ablast, wavering to the current. Daniel was forced further into the center of the two villains as they snarled and clicked their tongues trapping him in their arena. Neither made the first move, he still held the element of surprise because they had no idea if he was strong or not.
Sniffing could be heard coming from Pochi or was it Hochi? Daniel's sight jittered between the two, increasing the blurriness he got from their subtle movements.
Suddenly, Daniel stomped his feet into the ground raising his fists further to his chin. "SAM!" He bellowed from deep within his lungs, "Get a h-Hero and bring them here. I'll t-take these t-two." Spoken with a fragrance of unsure cockiness.
Wide-eyed Sam couldn't believe what she heard. It was some foolhardy consideration that Daniel would be able to take these Villains by himself. Clenching her fear, she smothered it, then relaxed as it withered away. Unlike most Evolved who could naturally acclimate to their power, Sam had always needed to reach from within in order to express her ability. Grunting, the ground beneath her cracked simmering with a glowing heat. She crouched low, swiping a finger along the concrete. "When have I ever left you behind?" She returned the very egoistic smile.
Hochi's upper half twisted with a crunching sound that made the students' bodies cringe in disgust. "Ah, so the girl speaks. 'Twas wondering whether or not you were merely decoration." Its body exploded out with large lumps stretching the skin into an imposing figure several feet taller then wider than before. The only part that remained the same was its head which now seemed disproportionately small on its elongated frame.
Sam cast a look at Daniel seeing a similar stressed smile that undoubtedly coveted her expression. "D-Don't fear, Sam. These bastards are going t-to learn the hard way,"
'Snap… SNAP!'
Sam finished the thought, "Not to fuck with us!"
"Couldn't agree m-more."