"I am so happy to be finally heading home." Tossing her curly red over her shoulders and out of her face Nutri took one last look at the City of Atrium.
"Truth." Spoke her reddish brown brother. "Freedom is better when you're not behind walls. I can truly taste fresh air now." Peering back at the walled up town and it's one out of few exits Tecto body began to shower.
"You have been avoiding enclosed areas since the fire." remarked Nutri understanding.
"Our lessons or our bloodline can't remove our collections." Breaking into a sprint along with his sister upon the entering of a forest the two broke down a mile in under a minute halting at the screams of a child. Redirecting their course the siblings decided to go check it out.
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"Leave him alone!" Shouted Ori stepping forth from the tree that held the back of her other two siblings as they cowered in fear, tears streaming down their eyes.
"They're going to kill him." Wined Ohri twinging at another gruesome kick echoing off his oldest brother's body.
"Get JunBee and give me my money child." A bandit screamed, punching an unconscious boy in the face with all his might. Think you can just run around town stealing without consequences. Get up and get me what's mine."
"He can't get up!" Shouted Ascea. "He's been sick a whole moon."
"Sick." Spat out another crook spitting on the ground he kicked a tree. "Well I guess you will be coming with us instead. To replenish our finances." Turning to the cowering children a wicked grin slung on his face. Taking a step forth, thoof, an arrow lodged into the ground right before his foot and another took off the hat he wore pinning it to a tree.
"It will be best for you to leave." Roared Tecto, slipping pass roots, stones, giant fungi and other residents of the forest in a breath centering himself in front of the lanky young man and his abuser.
"Where did you?" Throwing his head around in a fit the bandit whipped out a dagger. Wapish taking a smack to the face the crook blinked his eyes looking at the man before him. Clenching his knife again, wapish, another blow caused him to rub his temple. "How is it that he hasn't moved yet…" Receiving an even more firmer hit that caused him to stumble the transgressor dropped his weapon.
"Please let these kids alone." Demanded Tecto.
Staring back at his companion, rubbing blood from his nose crook number two stood motionless in fear that it would invoke an arrow to the head. "I think we should listen."
Giving his associate a beaming look of menace and a pain in his jaw made JunBee's transgressor think twice about his next words. "Alright." Staggering away his knees rattled in weakness. "You can have him."
~Village of Tumaini Mwasho~
"I thought I sensed a cynical presence." Said an athletically built woman with red locs as she exited out of the forest to a bullheaded demon hovering in the midst of the sky.
Detecting his guest by her energy, with a spread of owl wings the entity rotated till the two face. "How lovely my first subject." Descending to the earth with outstretched human arms the demon grinned baring sharp fangs. "Worship me Molmet the Arcane or reject me and be punished. Which will be your fate?"
Stretching her body the old woman began to jump in place. "As the Elder of this village, Joyvie, I'll bring you back."
"Are you speaking of the vessel? He is mine now?"
Smiling the Elder only shook her head. "I Tia The Inkan knows things and this I know is false return Joyvie's house."
"So you reject me Inkan?" Becoming enraged in a whip of his lizard tail, Melmet pressed a hoofed foot on the earth and blasted towards his failed subject.
Transforming into her Inkan form The Elder sidestepped Melmet then circled around him with lion like grace with a whip of her reptilian tail she pounced but the Arcane spun around drawing up an earth wall in between them. Shifting her position lightning twirled from Tia's scaled foot up her leg until it moved up the fur of calves and through the hips moving with the fluidity of the Inkans punch.
Opening all three eyes with glee, Melmet shouted. "You will be the perfect subject." Punching through earth projectiles the Arcane caught the rest with telekinesis. Breaking them down, making swords out of them, the demon told Tia, "You will submit." before unleashing the weapons right back at her.
Leaping backwards unleashing a multitude of fire balls Tia drew into an arc skating across the pasture hovering inches above it. "One thing about a shark or a lion. When it is hungry it eats."
Darting his eyes watching his opponent pinpointing his move she was on him in a few leaps rolling with fire and lit with lightning. Throwing his arms up in a cross and merging with the ground boom he slid backwards taking a punch from the Inkan. Shifting stances to strike the Elders movements eluded him once again drawing her on the left. Firing a psychic ball of energy at his subject boom he took a blow to the then a knee to the gut followed by backflip kick to the face which lifted him in the air. Peering down at her and her snakelike movements a final two palm strike to the chest stung before the hydro pump of water slung him across the field.
Watching the Demon flex his wings and flip over, Tia skated and leaped across the fields homing in on her prey, not stopping till her serrated forearm fins slipped past her opponent's shoulder barely scathing his fist.
Manifesting a war hammer as he weaved the strike Molmet slung his arm up trying to knock the chin off his foe. Hurling his weapon at the retreating Inkan the demon growled. "Don't run now."
Voom, smacking away the hammer with paws of lightning and thunder Tia flowed into her next formation slapping away her opponent's punch, she weaved a kick then took a punch to the chest that slid her backwards. Standing erect after the blow, boom, boom, she took on to two fiery blasts.
Slipping into the flames before the Inkan could react, Molmet slapped her with his weapon with an under hand then spun around and drove his hammer into her gut lifting her up like a golf ball. Floof with a flex of his wings the demon swept through the air snatching up his foe by the ankles. Whirling his captive around Molmet slung her back to the earth. "Submit."
Bouncing off the ground and rolling, Tia came up with a flaming kick that made her foe take a few steps back. Rotating on her hands the Elder fell to all fours then torpedoed into the Arcane within a spiraling wind of fire. Woosh watching her opponent move in slow motion the Inkan fell on all fours at the initiation of his shoulder. Circling his attack in a rush of wind and fire, Tia pounced.
Aware of his opponent's next move, Molmet manipulated the earth making it spring up in an slant and drive its jagged point into the chest of the Elder.
"Ha." Breathing out white smoke from the icy breastplate now sitting on her body Tia unleashed waves of thunder shattering the earth pike trying to penetrate her chest. Sliding forward as the Elder fell to her feet, Molmet braved the thunderous waves. Smirking at the Inkan, the Arcane slid forward war hammer curving towards his assailant.
Staring into the eyes of his foe the look of fear that he should've read on her face was that of triumph. Preparing himself for some kind of quick maneuver or counter, woosh, a stream of water burst out of the ground and over his body trapping him in a tube of water.
Slamming her palm on the ground, Tia converged the electricity underground into one focal point, underneath her geyser creating an ascending tide of lightning. "Fulmination Spout."
Clenching his jaw, convulsing from the waves of electricity, sparks of tingles crackled along Molmet skin before a quiver of cold creeped down his body and ice engulfed him.
Crk, Crk within seconds the ice began to crack and water boiled hot causing steam. Observing Tia knew that this fight was a race against time for her opponent grew stronger with every second he fought regaining ancient strength from ages ago. "Time to end this." The elder thought focusing on the electricity absorbing out of the ground through her feet and the air through her hair and nose. Yeent, Yeent in two sparks of electricity, doosh, and explosions of flame lift Tia off her feet.
"You insolent…" bursting free from his ice prison, boom, Molmet took a punch to the gut. Pika Pika pich sparks of electricity lit up like fireworks in the background then, boom, a train of lightning rammed into the Arcane sending him hurling towards the moon until the Inkan smacked him back down up, diagonal, sideways like a cheat code until the sparks that lingered in the air finally exploded, triggering an lightning orb which contained the flames and sent surges of lightning through him like a plasma ball.
Hovering over the plasma sphere, pinpointing the Arcane through their electrical link, Tia charged up one last time. "Saturn's Plunge." Dropping down on her foe like a satellite beam the final slash unleashed a blast that lit up the sky like the planet itself broadcasting rings of thunder and lightning through the air for all to see including the villagers whom awed at its beauty until the shock waves rocked their homes.
Voom! Gliding out of the way of the translucent red beam of energy engulfing the Arcane, the elder watched as the force peeled the demon out of the crater it lay in. Creating several baseball size spheres of fire at the rising of Molmet in a demonically possessed way, Tia prepared her next attack. Materializing several lenses of water to float in front of the flaming orbs, the Inkan finished her preparation by creating a final lens the size of a basketball in front of her. Woof woof woof spinning into rotation like propellers, the orbs and lenses hovering behind her began to release laser beams into the front lens.
Curling up as he awoke from the accumalation of energy gathering in the air Molmet released a roar of power which imploded the beam which was then released in red waves of energy.
Holding firm until the end of the shockwaves tirade, Tia heaved out an "Emperyal Globe!" unleashing her attack upon the Arcane.
Shaking his head with a smirk, Molmet transformed into his Arcane form while manifesting a bull staff. Pointing his weapon at a whip of his reptilian tail a red and orange magmic sphere formed in front of his staff growing with every beat of energy until it was the size of a car matching his foes. "Mimas's Directive." growled Molmet as propelled his blast at his enemies.
Booom exploding upon collision the blasts released waves of energy which uprooted and set flame to everything in its vicinity: grass, trees, insects, stone it had to go.
Uncovering her face after the waves of devastation, pomp, pomp, the elder took two blows to the face by the bull staff before a sphere of energy rammed itself into her gut driving her a couple yards back and then exploding.
Woomf in a beat of his wings Molmet was back on the Inkan in a blink smacking her around a few more times before snatching her up by the throat. "Glorious." Slinging the elder to the dirt . He unleashed a rapid fire of blasts. "My power has returned." Descending to his opponents tomb, Molmet stopped at a gold flare of energy rising and surging through the Inkan's body. "You wish to continue." Throwing his hands arms up in excitement embraced the transformation.