They all set off on their journey together which was a first for them well for Ezra atleast he normally travelled on his own and if he did travel with someone it was most likely a friend. In Ezra's mind he knew it was getting late and that they would have find somewhere safe to rest for the evening because the sun was setting . They were also entering a very dense area
"Who are we even meeting? And where are we going" Evangeline asked Ezra
"A very good friend of mine who might know more about these creatures than me" Ezra explained to them
"Well does he even know that you are visiting him? And won't he be upset that you are bringing strangers into his house?"
Evangeline started to question ezra again as she doesn't completely trust the man yet
"He is waiting on me but he would be mad that I kept him waiting but he is a patient man but as for me bringing you two I'm not sure" Ezra answered her question thinking for awhile of his friend reaction to him bringing two strangers with him
"I'm sorry to put a bad mood to our lovely journey together but I can hear those roars again" Akata announced to her sister and Ezra
"I don't hear anything what do mean" Ezra asked Akata because he couldn't hear anything
"She is a fox shifter so can hear up to 100 meters away " Evangeline told Ezra
They continued walking through the densely wooded area but Akata could only hear the roars get closer. Nightfall soon came as they found a spot to rest. They rested for awhile before Akata got up
"That thing is getting closer I can hear" her ears twitched as she said
"You two can continue to rest up while I make sure to keep that creature away" drawing his sword his senses heighten
"You said it yourself , you can't fight it on your own and I won't let you fight that thing on your own" Evangeline stated to Ezra
"I agree with Eve on this one plus I won't sleep knowing that creature is getting closer by the second" Akata said being her normal hyper self but was serious that the creature was indeed getting closer
"In that case I hope you know how to use these" he tossed two daggers at them an to his surprise they caught he didn't doubt them but at the same time he doesn't know if they could even defend themselves
"That was disrespectful on a different level say something like that again trust me that monster won't be the only thing dead got it" Akata threatened Ezra and she was serious about it
"My apologies but you two look like you never fought anything in your life I was just saying I hope you know how to defend yourself with daggers or anything-"
Before Ezra could finish his sentence Akata skillfully threw the dagger at Ezra barely missing his face while Evangeline teleported behind him mid air and kicked him to the floor
"Just so you know I don't miss on accident so I advise to never under estimate me understand" Akata threatened him again this time more serious than before and definitely willing to act on that threat
"I-I get it geez you are terrifying and since when can you teleport are you a mage? I honestly thought you were human" Ezra stuttered at the beginning while picking himself up off the ground
"What I can do is none of your concern but to answer your question my mother never told me I always assumed I was" Evangeline told him with a somewhat cold expression
It was cold , the wind was blowing harshly and the roars grew louder which meant the creature was getting closer to the trio. Akata ears twitched again which meant is was extremely close suddenly the creature that they had both described jumped out from the trees this time even bigger
"WHAT THE HELL!" Ezra yelled shocked by what he saw even taking a step back
"Akata is just me or that thing got 10 times bigger!" Evangeline yelled and she was right it had grown 10 times bigger
"Eve I have a feeling that what we saw was just a baby and its growing by the day" Akata informed and if she was right she doesn't want to see a full grown one
The creature started to swing its tail at the trio and started to attack them . Ezra was first to attack the creature slashing at it with precision but the creature dogged it like it knew his next move while Akata didn't have time retrieved her blade that she threw at Ezra so she did did the next thing she could
Akata shifted to her fox form which was way bigger than a normal fox then she started attacking the creature aswell in that time the fight was in full effect Evangeline started teleporting around the creature managing to slice one it's bone like horns off
"W-what the hell how did it grow back" Evangeline said not fully paying attention
"This thing is a full on monster I never seen anything like it before" Ezra admitted
"SO YOU ARE TELLING ME THAT YOU HAVE NO DAMN CLUE HOW TO KILL THIS THING!" Akata yelled at him shifting back to her normal self before dodging the creature's swing
"I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE HELL IT IS HOW THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO KNOW HOW TO KILL THE DAMN THING" Ezra yelled back stabbing the creature in one of it legs as it only roared louder
" YOU ARE TELLING YOU LED US INTO THIS FIGHT BLIND!" Evangeline yelled not happy about this predicament
"I admit it wasn't my smartest idea" Ezra said slicing it's leg clean off
"Akata catch! " Evangeline told her sister as she threw both her own dagger and the one her sister had that she found on the ground
Akata caught both them. By now the trio was getting exhausted and with the creature not giving up . It was obvious that they needed a plan on how to atleast survive it an safe spot to rest
"We need a plan if we want to survive" Ezra said still slashing parts of the monsters off but it was regeneration was quicker
"We know that already! Tell us something we don't know! Blinding light!" Evangeline yelled teleporting around the monster.
Blinding light is an ability that when used creates bright light that temporarily blinds whoever or whatever it hits for five minutes
"Eve you alright? " Akata checked on her sister
"I'm fine Akata" Evangeline reassured her sister
"We need a plan now" Ezra said while the creature looked like it was starting recover from the attack
"Run! That's the plan run before it fully recovers!" Akata yelled at Ezra
It was a little to late for that the creature already started attacking them again the group started to to make run for it but the monster was quickly catching up to them .
"How far is your friend Ezra!" Akata raised her voice at the man
"If he hasn't move yet not far from here!" Ezra shouted to them
"Move?!?! You there is a small chance he won't even be there when we get there!" Evangeline yelled at the man
"Listen its better than nothing isn't just keep running!" He commanded
"Hey Eve do you think you have enough energy to teleport all three of us there" Akata asked her sister
"Are you crazy! I don't know where it even is! I never even teleported more than two people before! I don't know what can happen if I do! " Evangeline shouted she had no clue what could happen if she tried
"Eve it's better than dying to that monster do you think you have enough energy to do it, you have to atleast try Evangeline" Akata begging her sister and giving that they are running for their lives it was better than nothing
"She is right Evangeline if I describe the place can you try to get us close?" Ezra asked her
Evangeline nodded as Ezra explained in detail the best he could hoping it was enough to atleast get them close. Even though she extremely exhausted they all were it obvious that if she didn't try now the next five minutes they were dead as the monster was really close behind them.
She grabbed both their hands even though they were still running and teleported the three of them at the last second
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After Evangeline teleported all three of them before they were killed. Akata was the first to reappear falling into a pond , followed by Evangeline who appeared in thin air to then fall on the ground and then Ezra who fell into a tree
"Eve you did it!" Akata cheered her sister swimming out of the pond
"Yeah Evangeline you saved our ass back there" Ezra said climbing out the tree
"I'm exhausted though I don't think I can teleport for awhile honestly I could sleep right here" she murmured to them lying on the floor
"We all are that monster was exhausting to fight but hey atleast we survived it " Akata said lying next to her sister
"You two get some sleep I will keep watch" Ezra volunteered he leaned against the tree
"You can wake me when you get tired okay" Akata said her sister was already asleep
"Don't worry I can stay up for really long periods of time get your rest" Ezra told her
"Alright then good night" Akata said slowly closing her eyes
"Yeah good night sleep well" he told her even though he knew she couldn't hear him since she was already fast asleep.