Shanazer carefully and gently turned to see what was behind her. Surprisingly, three full-grown tigers stood staring at Shanazer with thirsty eyes.
'Shanazer, you are in an extreme danger system analyzed, fifty percent of surviving its attack! The magical portion is temporarily locked because you have depleted its sustaining energy.' Alerted Synthen.
'Fresh meat! Thank you for coming girl, we have not had a sumptuous meal for a while now.' Said the biggest ugly tiger. The other two roared, ready to pounce at any moment.
That's not fair? Tigers that can talk? Shanazer complained bitterly to Synthen.
'System dedicates Gaskan Tigers artificially made with intelligence!' Informed Synthen.
Damn! They are definitely not real tigers?
Shanazer's options for survival were very slim. I couldn't outrun them. I just have to face them head-on.
She made a stance in readiness for a fight. While the three Gaskan tigers moved around, Shanazer measured her and was looking for a weak spot to exploit.
'You ugly beasts come at me and be sent to your grave early!' Shouted Shanazer to upset them, because she needed to be on the defensive side to know what kind of strength her enemies had.
The three Gaskan tigers roared as they rushed out all at once and leaped up in the sky aiming to break her neck.
Shanazer made a back-flip somersault, the three Gaskan tigers collided, fell on the ground and rolled, stood up and made a second stance.
'This poor human is proving difficult. Second formation!' Commanded the bigger huge Gaskan tiger, and continued, 'Attack!'
The three Gaskan tigers re-arranged themselves and stood in a straight line when the one in the middle broke out with the fastest speed Shanazer had ever seen.
When it was about to reach Shanazer, it transformed into a flying dragon and spit a blueish fire and lit up Shanazer in blue frames instantly and flew up in the sky.
This is not good! Screamed Shanazer in panic as she experienced the severity of fire pains.
The two other Gaskan tigers attacked with a voracious movement as the smaller Gaskan tiger transformed into a black human gladiator form with two white shining swords. He swung them to slash Shanazer's throat, who ducked down, and the black human gladiator missed, though still wailing in pain from the fire.
'System activating fire dragon resistance!' Announced Synthen.
At that very moment, Shanazer felt a razor beam penetrate her right-hand shoulder from her back. The pain was intense and excruciating.
'Aah!' Mourned Shanazer.
The huge Gaskan tiger was the one who made a sneak attack.
'Strength booster upgraded from 0.5 to 30.0, Regeneration activated and upgraded from 0.5 to 30.0, Inner strength channeling upgraded from 0.5 to 30.5, Love infusion upgraded from 0.5 to 30.9, Wind harnessing upgraded from 0.5 to 40.5.' Announced Synthen.
Shanazer could not pay attention to the system updates. What could they mean in this dire situation? Because she was busy dodging strikes and blows as fast as possible, miraculously the pain in the shoulder ceased.
The Dragon Gaskan tiger had made a hill turn as it came down and vomited an even powerful, stronger blueish fire. However, this time it did not stick but bounced back, setting the dragon on fire.
Growled the Dragon Gaskan tiger.
The black human, Gaskan gladiator tiger, thrust a sword strike aimed at Shanazer's belly. She leaped back twenty yards behind.
The huge Gaskan tiger shot his razor beam rifle, Shanazer leaped again, as she twisted her body in the sky, dodging the blue razor beam, and she gave a counter-attack blow and hit the huge Gaskan tiger, and it fell down bleeding black blood at the corner of its mouth.
Meanwhile, at Sensation Blue Hotel, Mrs Blake walks into Xander's office. Xander gets up right away as he saw Mrs Blake come in, 'Good evening?' Mrs Blake smiled mischievously. She completely ignored his greeting, 'Darling, you work so hard. What is my responsibility then?' Xander hilariously laughed. 'To make sure that I do my duty effectively.' As he connected his eyes with hers. Xander went on, 'I want to become great like you.' He beamed with joy. Mrs Blake chuckled, 'Patience Xander. You first need enough rest. Try different things, like having fun with your friends, seeing other people. By the time you come back to work, you will have been refreshed and gained new ideas. Only then will you be effective and make lasting changes.' Xander became concerned. Where is this coming from? 'Alright, mum, I hear you, now just spill it out?' Mrs Blake cleared her throat, 'You can try out other things?'
Xander wanted to know his mother's mind. She had never suggested such a thing before. 'Mum, where are you getting to with this? What things?' Mrs Blake gave a sinister smile, she must be conspiring something dubious, thought Xander, though not sure. 'Mum?' Pressed on Xander, Mrs Blake maintained her composure, with a serious face. 'Forget about it, it's probably nothing serious.' Mrs Blake brushed off the idea.
This won't do. Xander gets determined, 'Mum? Just say what's in your mind?' Xander pressured his mother, who relents, 'What are your thoughts on Shanazer?'
Oh, so this is what it is? Xander realized what the fuss was all about.
Mrs Blake continued, 'She is a decent lady, don't you think so?' She inquired inquisitively.
Mrs Blake knows that sometimes Xander needs a little push. Maybe this will make him relax and socialize, apart from his job. Thought Mrs Blake. Xander blushed, then frowned, trying to hide his feelings.
He gazed at his mother one more time before sitting back in his chair. 'Mum, how would you know that? Secondly, you don't have to match-make me?'
Mrs Blake sat on an opposite chair. She observed every slight change in Xander's body language. 'I have lived long years enough to tell the character of a person. In the first five minutes of interaction, I can read their vibration and energy. She is an interesting young lady and the man who steals her heart is going to be lucky.' Mrs Blake replied slowly.
'Mother enough, how is your health by the way?' Xander wants to escape the trap.
Mrs Blake glared at him, knowing what he was trying to do, 'Don't take too long! -- or she would be snatched. Fine women these days are hard to come by and do get married pretty early.'
'Mother? Enough, stop getting into my personal business.' Protested Xander in a defensive way.
Mrs Blake, broke out into hysterical laughter. 'See, why are you being so defensive? You have a thing for her, right?'---'I heard that you went to buy things with her when you could have sent any of our drivers?'
Xander scowled, and then he looked at Mrs Blake in the eyes. 'Have you secretly planted spies to follow whatever I do?' Asked Xander with a serious tone. Mrs Blake leaned back in her chair, relaxed, she was definitely enjoying herself, 'Look, all I am saying is, before I let anyone work for me, I do a background check. I did my homework. Alright? You go home and get some rest. It's a command!'
Xander's eyes grew wide, he did not want to discuss this topic further. 'Fine, and you need to get some rest too. I hope you did check up with your doctor?'
Mrs Blake got up, grinned at Xander thoughtfully, 'Sure, I just need to attend one more meeting, and I will call it a day.'
Inside Grandemadena's House, Auntie Freya was sitting in her favorite spot.
'Where are you coming from, Oli? Have you been hanging out with that loser, Shanaz? Why do you like to spend time with that poor bastard?' It's Auntie Freya. She has never spoken good things about Shanazer. Anyway, she was popular for that very notion. 'Auntie Frey, It's Shanazer. Technically, I was not hanging out with her.' Responded Olivia, looking at Auntie Freya with a smiley face.
'It's the same loser who has been teaching you bad manners. Your Uncle dislikes you because of that same awful person. You need to grow up. I am getting old and one day I will die. Who is going to take care of you?' Auntie Freya paused momentarily to let the words sink in, 'You refused to get betrothed to a nice young man your Uncle proposed. And you don't have any decent job to lean on.'
Olivia was out of words, quietly listening as Auntie Freya continued grumbling, 'Look at how the world has become, and changed?' Olivia was calm, portraying indifference as if she was not interested. She must have heard these words many times. Auntie Freya went on, 'And where is your brother? The two of you are driving me mad!' asked Auntie Freya angrily. Olivia's skin grew tough from her nagging.
'Auntie, I just came back from work.'
Auntie Freya gazed at Olivia inquisitively, 'What work? What work, ah?' Olivia beamed, 'I found something to do at Sensation Blue Hotel. I just came back from there, I am very tired, and by the way, the loser you keep talking about just got accepted at OxyamCorp two days ago.' Auntie Freya made a puzzled face, 'What?' Auntie Freya couldn't believe what she had just heard.