Chapter 9: S.R.M
"That is what happened." Iris wailed.
Raj has been taken to Chantelle and Eideard's room for medication for his severed arm. He is laid on their bed as he heals. Chantelle is doing all she can with Amare to assess the damages done to him. Iris had streams of tears running down her cheeks this entire time. This was a first for everyone there. Even Eideard has not seen this much tears at all from Iris since the attempted affair debacle.
Iris couldn't stop bawling her eyes out. Eideard and Bestinslot wanted to give her some space to let it all out. Lyddie decided to stay behind to comfort Iris, if that is all possible currently. Eideard and Bestinslot stepped out of the house and into the shelter of the starry skies above. Eideard stood before the staircase leading to his home and overlooked the village. He is definitely pondering on what to do next on how to deal with this new monster.
"Eideard?" Bestinslot caught his Scottish friend's attention. "What are you going to do about this?"
It took a while for Eideard to answer anything, "Ah main hae tae mobilize a huntin' ceilidh tae gang an' kill whatever 'at hin' is. (I may have to mobilize a hunting party to go and kill whatever that thing is.)"
"No. I need that Deinonychus alive!" Bestinslot contemplated on his next words. "Look, you cannot do that."
"An' wa Ah cannae dae sae? (And why I cannot do so?)"
"Don't you need these soldiers to protect the village?"
"Och aye, but wi' thes runnin' abit, we cannae allaw it terrorize an' maeem onie other bodie ootwith th' walls. (Yes, but with this running about, we cannot allow it terrorize and maim any other person outside the walls.)" Eideard explained. "We hae tae dae somethin' abit sic' a volatile an' unknoon monster. (We have to do something about such a volatile and hostile monster.)"
"We don't know anything about this new animal." He debated some more, hoping to buy some time to concoct a perfect plan.
"I'm sorry mukker but it seems sic' a radge monster. We hae tae gang an' kill it afair it can strike again. (I'm sorry friend but it seems such a dangerous monster. We have to go and kill it before it can strike again.)"
He had to do something to persuade Eideard not to hunt down his Deinonychus. But it seemed that he won't be able stopped him. Until he thought of a brilliant plan, or at least a capable plan to assure that he can obtain the Deinonychus.
"Hey, it maybe suicide if you send a hunting group to track this animal." He continued in retaliating against Eideard. "It may never come back here anyway."
"So, we have to deal with the demon as soon as possible." Eideard dejected in his words.
Bestinslot seemed his suggestions will be tossed away. He proposed his plan. "How about we adapt the patrol schedules just in case. So we don't have to go on a wild goose chase? And we can have patrols working on groups of threes. And start it by tomorrow morning."
Eideard was tempted to take on the offer. But he backed away to asked this reason.
"Wa ur ye sae interested in nae killin' thes devil by huntin' it doon? (Why are you so interested in not killing this devil by hunting it down?)"
Bestinslot kept a straight and serious face. "I don't think it can be much of a threat if there are more people around. If it is fast, it has to be very weak in return. Meaning it won't last a long fight against armored combatants. If we all huddle together, it won't dare attack on a group on its own. It would most likely retreat to take down lone targets. And it would be such a waste of recourse if this was a lone animal. We'll just scare it off with patrols all around the town."
"But Iris an' Raj waur together. (But Iris and Raj were together.)"
"They were. But Raj had no armor on. And he lacked experience in battle." He pointed out. "Your soldiers, they are the exact opposite."
"Ah see whit ye pure techt. (I see what you mean.)" Eideard stroked his bristled chin as he pondered on the plans.
"Also, I would like to join in patrolling the village." He bluntly demanded.
"Whit?! Wa?! (What?! Why?!)" Eideard burst out in confusion.
"Because, I want to see this monster for myself."
"Ye coods be killed! (You could be killed!)"
"Then train me."
"Train ye? In a whole day? (Train you? In a whole day?)" Eideard inquired more in confusion of the topic.
"Yes. I learn fast. I can do it." He expressed his dedication.
"Let me join too." A known and shy young voice interjected the conversation.
Eideard and Bestinslot rotated themselves to the house direction. The voice emanated behind the house's door. The door opened and behind it was Lyddie. Her eyes had the glint of determination of a warrior.
"How long have she been eavesdropping on us?" Bestinslot questioned himself.
"Ur ye sure lassie? Thes is a radge monster (Are you sure girl? This is a dangerous monster.)" Eideard attempted to discourage from battle.
"I too am a dangerous creature." Lyddie finally revealed the shield and tail to him.
"Oh crap. I forgot he hadn't seen Lyddie's full body yet."
Eideard stood there in shock. But after a few seconds he brushed away her physical appearance very quickly. "(Well, I see what you mean. But you're still a child.)"
Lyddie glared at him. "I don't care. I won't be stopped from fighting this monster because I am a child."
Eideard closed his eyes in satisfaction. He muffled a bit of his laughter. "(You remind me of my wife and Iris. They won't take no for answer if they don't like it.)"
"Lyddie please. Change your mind before he answer yes. This is my fight, not yours."
But fate is so cruel to Bestinslot. "Alrecht sure. But ye hae tae heed mah commands an' calls. (Alright sure. But you have to heed my commands and calls.)"
Lyddie bowed her head in acceptance of the conditions.
"Alrecht, ye tois. We'll begin trainin' fur battle tha' moorns nicht. (Alright, you two. We'll begin training for battle tomorrow.)" Eideard declared. "I'll heed back inside an' see if Raj is stabilized. (I'll head back inside and see if Raj is stabilized.)"
He reentered his abode and left the fool and the girl alone on the stairway. Bestinslot's face was red with anger.
"Why did you do that Lyddie?" He bellowed at the Triceratops girl.
"You mean join the fight?" She stared at him in a voice so straightforwardly. "If you want to know a reason why, well I want the people to trust me. I don't want them to think as a monster like what Iris fought. And if I bring it down, I will be hailed as a hero."
"Lyddie," He wanted to go against her plans of eliminating the Deinonychus. But he knows he doesn't want to hurt her hopes for belonging into their society. "I just … don't want you to get hurt by all this. I'm your father. Self-proclaimed father, yes. But a father nonetheless."
Lyddie gazed her shiny eyes down at Bestinslot. "Thank you … dad." She hugged him dearly, she even lifted him up from the ground. He just realized, as she was hugging him, she was taller than him by about three inches. And extremely strong if she were capable of picking him up with ease.
"Wow. You're a big girl aren't you?" He mentally took note of her size. "Um, Lyddie? Can you put me down? I want to go to sleep."
"Oh, okay." She laid his feet back to the ground. "But, where are we going to sleep?"
"I'll go inside if Eideard and Chantelle have some room for us to bunk in for the night."
Bestinslot found himself sleeping on the wooden floor with blankets on top of him. Lyddie was asleep on the couch of the home with her armor still on. Iris was nowhere in the room, probably with Raj to look after him. Amare is probably back to his little blacksmith shop. And Eideard stood over the lit fireplace, with arms folded with one over the other.
Bestinslot whispered, "Eideard? What are you doing up so early?"
"Ah, mukker. Yoo're waukin' … guid. (Ah, friend. You're awake … good.)" Eideard greeted him. "Better wake 'at dochter ay yoors, we ur startin' noo. (Better wake that daughter of yours, we are starting now.)"
"Really, this instant?" Bestinslot looked out the window. "The sun hasn't even come out yet."
"Better noo than later. We shoods gie an early start. (Better now than later. We should get an early start.)" Eideard clarified his schedule. "Ah awreddy hae rescheduled mah soldiers' patrol schedules beforehain. An' if yoo're wonderin' abit mah lieutenant, she is relieved ay duty sae she can bide wi' Raj as he is healin'. (I already have rescheduled my soldiers' patrol schedules beforehand. And if you're wondering about my lieutenant, she is relieved of duty so she can stay with Raj as he is healing.)"
"Got it." Bestinslot understood clearly on what to do. He crept up to Lyddie and started tapping at her head to wake her up. She woke up with her hair at a mess and with still groggily eyes.
"Dad? Why did you wake me up? Is it morning already?" She questioned him.
"No, but we are going straight to training now. Eideard said so."
"What?! Really?" She leapt off the couch and landed on her bare feet. She is like an energetic child going on to her first day of school. Confident and full of eagerness.
"Okay, I'll go get my Schiavona and armor and we'll go."
Lyddie was waiting outside for him to be ready. He equipped all his weaponry and armor and head out the door. They both traversed down the stairs and was introduced by Eideard by the end of the stairway.
"Alright. Follow me. We have plenty to do. And time is short." He warned them.
"Yes sir!" Lyddie proclaimed. Bestinslot just stood there and thought nothing of acting a soldier himself.
Eideard walked down a path the two have never seen. They went left of where they were and followed a dirt road, barely untouched by human influence. There were traces of boots stomping around the area, but that was it. The rest was filled with small vegetation, passive fauna, and small stones. They walked about a few kilometers, until reached an area that was quite unexpected.
They were subjected to small natural clearing. On the center of the field was wooden ring arena. The wooden fences seemed to have rotten for quite a while, but still stood perfectly around the area. The ground in the field was filled with patches of grass. And beside the arena was three empty weapon racks that infested with termites and other unpleasant insects. Alongside the weapon racks were old sack training dummies attached with wooden poles
"Um, what is this place?" She asked in curiosity.
"(Oh, it was our old training site a decade ago. Now it is replaced with a wider and better armaments.)" Eideard asked.
"Why can't we just use that place other than this?" He asked the Scottish knight.
"Coz ay 'er. (Because of her.)" He pointed at Lyddie. "Mah knights arenae acceptin' ay 'er kin' jist yit. Especially whit happened yesterday, Ah cannae hae 'er aroond an' hae a' fowk practice their weaponry oan 'er. But unlike mah knights, Ah dinnae caur whit ye dae. As lang Ah ken ye hae a heart ay passion, 'en Ah am braw wi' it. (My knights are not accepting of her kind just yet. Especially what happened yesterday, I cannot have her around and have everyone practice their weaponry on her. But unlike my knights, I do not care what you do. As long I know you have a heart of passion, then I am fine with it.)"
Lyddie sulked her head in shame. Her father empathized her feeling of the pain of loneliness. Lyddie stopped sulking of her guilt and gave off this glare of determination.
"Mr. Knight, when are we going to start?" She demanded.
"Guid question bairn. We start noo. (Good question child. We start now.)" Eideard released his blade from its sheath with his left hand. "Baith ay ye tak' turns wi' usin' th' Schiavona. (Both of you take turns with using the Schiavona.)"
The eager students nodded their head and prepared for the practice match.
They trained non-stop until sunset. No breakfast no, no lunch, not even a five-minute break. Just only three minutes for drinking water provided by Amare. Eideard and Bestinslot could feel their muscles pulsating in muscle sprain, but they kept trudging on. They were perspiring with such immensity that one could fill a bucket of their sweat. Lyddie, however faced no such exhaustion like the guys except a few sweat drops here and there. Other than, she is fine. In fact she wanted to keep on training some more.
Eideard held up his hand and wheezed, "'At is it fur noo. Ah hink ye tois ur ready fur a real barnie wi' th' monster. (That is it for now. I think you two are ready for a real fight with the monster.)"
Bestinslot was so satisfied with the training being over he hastily slumped down on his arse on the dirt floor. He could feel his muscles quaking in pain from that brutal training. All that time it was dealing with basic slashes and thrusts with their steel weaponry. He would thought that when he had to hand his Schiavona to Lyddie, he can rest. No, he had to several laps around the arena until they switch again. It was all too brutal. But it was all worth it.
But the dinosaur loving fool had discovered something of great importance. Something that it would allow him to catch the attention of the loose Deinonychus. But in order for him to do so, he had to be gone for quite some time. He undesirably rose back to his feet and started walking back to the village.
"Dad? Where are you going?" She inquired to Bestinslot.
"Lyddie, I am going to the village for a while to get an errand. Wait by the gates for Eideard. If I don't come back, tell him to stay there." He rasped in displeasure.
"Alright. I will." Lyddie obeyed him and ended her training. She sprinted all the way back to the gates of the town. She tried her best to avoid looking at the eyes of the people around her. She doesn't want their judgmental gazes to haunt her forever. She want to see their loving and affectionate praises when she brings them the hide of the monster.
By the gates she waited out for three minutes until Eideard come by to prepare his nightly patrol duties. They waved at each other to greet each other but never spoke any words. As they waited for Bestinslot, Eideard crossed his arms and leaned on the stony walls. Lyddie just sat down on the grass, observing the small rodents that pass by. A little white rabbit even approached Lyddie without caution and gave her some company.
"Aww, you're so cute you little mammal." Lyddie admired the mammal in her palm. Eventually she placed the rabbit on her head and it was sitting nice and perfectly on her scalp.
Eideard had to break the benevolent relationship. "Lyddie, whaur is he? (Lyddie, where is he?)"
"Oh, he told me that he had to go to the village to get something."
"When dae ye hink he will come back? Nicht is near. (When do you think he will come back? Night is near.)" He observed the skies above. The clear sky was dyed to a dark blue tint.
"I don't know. He hasn't told me a specified time to where he would coming back."
"He shoods coorie up 'en. (He should hurry up then.)" He whined.
By the "speak of the devil", the fool has arrived. And he arrived to be mentally exhausted more than anything. He had wrinkles under his eyes and his expression his annoyance. And behind him was a white hen following him. Clucking away to get the seeds in the man's hand.
"Awrite mukker. Um, wa is thaur a chookie wi' ye? (Hello friend. Um, why is there a chicken with you?)" Eideard asked.
"I'm going to need it. I want to find the creature too and take it down." He fibbed. "So maybe we need some bait so we can lure the animal here."
"Why? Isn't that we don't want."
"Trust me. We can have your soldiers catch it when we have the right place." He explained to the knight. "Why don't you rally up your knights and I set the bait okay?"
"Hmm. Ah didn't thooght ay 'at. Braw plan mah mukker. Alrecht thes is much a better plan than patrollin' aroond an' waitin' fur it tae lat at. Ah will gang tae men. Ye dae whit ye need tae dae. (Hmm. Ah didn't thooght ay 'at. Braw plan mah mukker. Alrecht thes is much a better plan than patrollin' aroond an' waitin' fur it tae lat at. Ah will gang tae men. Ye dae whit ye need tae dae. (Hmm. I didn't thought of that. Nice plan my friend. Alright this is much a better plan than patrolling around and waiting for it to attack. I will go to men. You do what you need to do.)"
"What do I do?" Lyddie demanded directives.
"Lyddie, I'll need your help. Come with me." Bestinslot replied. "I'll see you later."
The group dispersed with Eideard heading back to the village. Lyddie and Bestinslot turned right to the dense forest and travelled forward. After a few minutes, they were subjected to the darkness that plagued the land and sky with only the moon as their luminescence. For the first time, the hoots of owls can be heard echoing throughout the forest. The screeches of bats haunt the tall trees above them. Shuffling bushes can be heard but they never wavered.
Finally they had to stop in the dense part of the forest. They were far away from the town that they could no longer see the signs of the wall or traces of human presence. Perfect. It would give him enough time to tame and relocate the Deinonychus to his house. He fed the chicken a few seeds, so he could keep it obedient. Lyddie's little rabbit began to shift about. It probably wants to get down from her head by now.
Lyddie latched onto the rabbit's neck skin and gently set it down to the ground.
Her father admired the rabbit's cute figure, "Aw Lyddie it is so cute. What's its name?"
"I don't know. Maybe I would call it Fluffers since it is so fluffy."
"It is adorable. Hi Fluffers!" He greeted the white bunny.
But the rabbit shifted uncontrollably and skittered away from the group. But so did the chicken follow the little rabbit's trail.
"Fluffers no! It's dangerous to go alone." Lyddie yelled. She was about to go after the small mammal and avian. However, she stopped midway. Her pupils were contracted to barely a brown dot in her eyes. She was frozen in a running stance.
"Lyddie?" Bestinslot broke her trance. She rushed to Bestinslot's side and prepared her shield her arm for battle.
By then he understood full well what she was doing. He gulped in nervousness and pulled out the Schiavona. They waited for the Deinonychus to reveal itself and attack them. They waited and waited. Just utter complete silence during the waiting period. But silence was all broken when the chicken that ran away made an ear-piercing cluck that echoed throughout the night. It seemed the pain-ridden clucks were close and it was to the right of them.
"Shit. It went after the bird." He cursed. "Lyddie let's go."
"How about the rest of the knights?" She asked.
"No time. We'll lose it if we don't go after it."
Lyddie was reluctant for a second. But she realize the priority of subduing the Deinonychus is more important than her own safety. They chased after the sounds of the dying clucks of the chicken. When they reached the scene of where the sound possibly originated, they found white feathers and blood. Bestinslot and Lyddie surveyed the scene to find any clues pertaining where the raptor went. A trail of feathers is shown to be leading them to the left of where this place was.
"C'mon, it haven't gotten far."
They sprinted as much as they could to follow the trail as much as possible. They traversed deeper and deeper into the forest. Ultimately, Bestinslot caught sight of the bastard running through the dense forest.
"I see it! Follow me." As he pointed to the Deinonychus's location.
The creature had its ears directed to Bestinslot. It turned its head and found those two on its tail. And they are closing in, fast. It roared and bellowed in annoyance and mad dashed to get out of their sight. With amazing speed he managed to lose their sight. But that did not stop these two. Their pursuit is not over until the Deinonychus is caught.
Eventually the Deinonychus did stop in a secluded location. An open green grassy plain with a few objects such as fallen logs or large rocks that fill the area. He stopped to fight. But not to fight his pursuers. He had much more blood-driven enemies to deal with.
The Deinonychus hybrid was surrounded by the demons that the village had feared. Eight Ghouls and three Green Devils were closing in on the Deinonychus. Bestinslot and Lyddie hid behind a fallen log and examined what is going on.
The ghouls were horrendous in both smell and sight. Their skin were rotten to the core. Some of their limbs were either missing or dismembered from their bodies. One of the ghouls had an eyeball drooping from its eye socket. Puffs of green vapor can be seen from their decaying mouths. And like the decaying Dilophosaurus, they were terribly foul to take a whiff at to make one cry. They walk as if there were chains restricting their limbs and legs. If they had one. And by judging by what those ghouls were wearing, they were donning modern apparel.
"So some of the dead passengers of the cruise became these things. Luckily I didn't become one of them."
"Look. Guess he will be killed by his own demonic beings then. Let's leave." Lyddie stated.
Bestinslot however had different plans. That Deinonychus is possibly the only chance he got to returning to his family. If he were to die, Bestinslot is stuck there. Forever.
Under his breath, "No."
"What?!"
Bestinslot charged into the fray with Schiavona ready to slash away his enemies. Without stopping his running assault, he was able to slash and kill two ghouls by severing their heads from their bodies. The bodies plopped onto the ground and lain there.
"I will not let you die!" He shouted.
Lyddie sought out to defend Bestinslot nonetheless, even with his reckless endeavor. She charged in there as well, with her Triceratops skull ready to crush and trample. Her charge was able to blast away three ghouls to the floor. Their bones and bodies were crushed and eviscerated by the sudden blunt force.
The Deinonychus however was in major problematic position. The remaining ghouls have blocked all his path for escape and were slowly shambling towards him. Behind him, a ghoul was surely about to grip its bloody fingers on his skin. However, he was quick enough to strafe away from the undead human. Then he would relay a counter attack against the demon.
He kicked forward and straight to the ghoul's abdomen. A short spittle of blood leaked off the monster's mouth from the impact. The Deinonychus use its left leg and side kicked it. The ghoul stayed in place however was indisputably stunned by the assault. To finish it off, the Deinonychus human lifted its left leg high into the air, raising the huge curved claw on its big toe. From there it smashed down the ghoul with its large claw, stabbing it with the claw during the takedown.
The ghoul was dead and done. No movement whatsoever. Another ghoul was about to latched its jaws onto the Deinonychus. But the dinosaur hybrid sweep the floor with its right leg, turning to a complete 270 degrees from its position. The ghoul's legs and thighs was dismembered from its body and was brought down to the floor. It was still alive to bite and move. So the dinosaur stomped hard onto the ghoul's cheek and once again stabbed its huge talon onto the remaining brain cavity. Another ghoul was dead again on the floor.
The other ghoul that was going to attack the Deinonychus was halted by Bestinslot. From the back of the vile undead monster, he stabbed through its chest. The resonances of steel on flesh resounded through his ears. He simply kicked down the monster, causing it to drop down to the dirt. It was still able to crawl and move. So Bestinslot leapt onto the demon's body and decapitated it with quick slash.
Bestinslot hurriedly stood up from himself and gazed at the animal he created. A son that he did not expect. The creature glared back at him, with malice rather than astonishment. The boy growled at him to see he could scare the man off. He did not waver from where he stood, rather he took out his hand and offered it to him. The boy was backed away in confusion rather than caution.
"I'm not here to hurt you. I'm here so I can protect you." Bestinslot relayed to the Deinonychus boy. "I am here to help you. Just let me."
He reached out close to get the boy's hand. To get the child to trust him.
But that chance was ruined when Lyddie called out for him, "Bestinslot! I'm surrounded by these Green Devils. I need your help!"
"Crap!" He cursed. "Okay Lyddie! I'm coming!" he yelled. He faced the child, "Don't go anywhere. I will go help your sister."
The Deinonychus rather not stand here to fight some more. He is getting out of there as soon as possible. But as he was about to take off, he struck something very bony and thin.
Bestinslot dashed to Lyddie's location all three Green Devils are closing in her position and are hissing nonstop. Lyddie had kept her distance away from them, but eventually she will slip up. Bestinslot slashed at one of the Green Devil's head. He punctured through a thin wooden skin. But it wasn't enough to take it down. It started to go after him instead.
He stepped back from it hoping it wouldn't do the horrid destruction or so he heard of. When he ran far enough, he made another lunge the monster. He slashed horizontally on the torso of the plant-like demon. It stuttered a bit to the left and still made its approach towards him, its hissing louder than ever. In a last-minute chance to kill it off, he impaled the monster's eye sockets straight through it. The blade was seen outside of its supposed head.
A Green Devil was getting to close to Lyddie's liking. She was about hop away from the demon's radius, but she slipped up her footing and crashed down on her arse. The devil's hissing was getting louder and louder than ever. In the spur of the moment, she tackled onto the monster and started pulverizing the head with the beak of her skull shield. After about two bone crushing and eviscerating and painful smashes with her shield, what is left of the Green Devil's head is just a green and gooey mush.
However, that did not intervene the other Green Devil that approached to her. They were absolutely face to face. It was standing there, looking straight to her eyes as well as she. But it did not hissed like it always should. It just halted in its tracks. No assault. No bite. Nothing.
"What is going on?" She contemplated on the mentality of the devil.
"Lyddie! Get out of there!" Exclaimed Bestinslot.
Suddenly, the monster's empty sockets glowed white. Its body was slightly expanding like a balloon. The Green Devil's body was pulsating like madness like it was being electrocuted. Lyddie then fully comprehended of what is happening right now. It was about to detonate this area. She hastily jumped away from the monster with her shield to block her face from the explosion. It chased after her but …
Boom.
The entire area in Lyddie's position was completely dissolved within a blink of an eye. The explosion was like a grenade going off. The explosion was not that big, but it was devastating nonetheless. Dust and dirt clouds plagued the explosion site. Bestinslot rushed through the scene.
"Lyddie! Lyddie! Are you alright?" He coughed in the dusty air.
When the dust had settled, Lyddie was lying on the grass. She was quite far from the area of detonation. Bestinslot sprinted to her side to see if she needs help. He slid down and kneeled to her side. There he could see such power the Green Devil had. With just that explosion, her entire skeletal shield was eviscerated by the blast. What is left of it was her arm's division of skin and flesh and a hollowed bone. Her face was cut up by bone shrapnel or stones. But it seemed it hadn't had hit anywhere that is important.
"God Lyddie. I'm so sorry I got you into this." He sobbed.
Lyddie opened her eyes, "Look I'm fine. I will remove these things off of me. I don't need your help." She attempted to assure him. "But I want you to make sure that he doesn't escape."
"Okay. Just get out of here." He whispered to her. "Alright?"
She nodded her head in comprehension to his orders. Wearily, she stood up from the ground. She was about to move away until something caught her attention from the corner of her eye.
"Bestinslot! Look out!" She pointed to his right.
He turned his head to the right and saw the Deinonychus flown right to him. They both collided to a mess with them crashing to the ground. Bestinslot slid and rolled to the floor and lain on his belly due to him being semi-conscious from the collision. Once regain his consciousness, he hopped back up for another battle. The Deinonychus however made a quick recovery by rolling back into a fighting stance.
There they both are embraced to the sight of the monster that crashed them together. The demon was insanely tall, towering over any normal human can be with its stilt-like legs. It stood on hoof-like heels and the four fingers were abnormally long each tipped with sharp end. The arms are unbelievably thin and small, it could possibly just touch the floor by just bending down slightly. On its back were these small plates that act as more cosmetics rather than defensive plating. And the head was strangely human-shaped but the rest of its features are out of this world.
The skin was of obsidian black. Its horizontally oval shaped eyes illuminated in Byzantium purple. From the looks of it, it had no mouth whatsoever on the face, rather it seemed to be replaced with a smooth, black stone mask. Above its eyes was this naturally armored crest. In its shoulders were outfitted with in the same natural black stone armor. Its torso retained the same evolutionary armor as well. So did its kneecaps and elbows obtained this strange natural body plates. And it was emanating this purplish-pink gas spores that seemed to dissipate within thirty centimeters from its body.
The Deinonychus charged at the soaring monster head on. The demon realized at his assault and immediately dissolved into its gas. The Deinonychus stopped in his tracks wondering where the monster had gone. However, the monster rematerialized right behind him and smacked him, launching the Deinonychus for 180 centimeters. He flew high into the sky and hit the ground hard, spurting little amounts blood from mouth. He tried to regain his stance and made another attempt to attack the monster. But it rematerialized in front of him again and gripped his throat with only hand. It was ready to crush his windpipe without mercy.
Bestinslot ran up behind the Dark Light Assassin and slashed at its popliteal fossa. The cut was incapable of reaching any of its tendons, and rather made a small and jagged cut. The Assassin noticed this and dropped the Deinonychus and targeted Bestinslot. It jabbed at him which promptly knocked him to the dirt ground. Lyddie attempted to rescue Bestinslot despite her injuries. The Dark Light Assassin caught wind of her approached and rushed at her as well.
The Deinonychus stood up and saw the Assassin's ruthless attempt to end their lives. He should run away and let the demon do whatever it wants with them. But honestly, something is halting his escape. Like some form of non-existent wall is blocking his way to flee from the battle. His heart pounded rapidly than ever before. He turned around and examined the brutal beat downs that his pursuers are sustaining.
"Don't leave them."
Why is this happening? This is not what his instincts are telling him; he should just leave them to die for him to live another day. But something else that he has never acknowledged as part of his life before is telling him to stop running and help them. His heart ached for the desire of saving them from death. His body ached for them to live. His mind ached for their survival. His arms began shaking uncontrollably. His feet went numbed for several seconds. His tail was wagging was having its own seizure. His pupils contracted to little slits. Then an unexpected transformation occurred.
His pupils had changed their gray tint into glowing silver lines that shined in the darkness. His forearms sprouted silver white feathers. His posterior malleolus sprouted the same feathers as well. His tail followed has done the same and grew feathers out of reptile-like tail. His strand of white hair began to straighten up from his and stood up. From there, a line of white hairs started to form a perfect line from his head and stood up as well. He bellowed in the slight pain and rage.
All what is in his head now, "Kill! Kill! Kill the demon!"
He made an ear piercing screech that echoed throughout the land. He dashed towards the monstrosity in front of him. As the boy ran, he left this trail of silvery white lights from his eyes. The Dark Light Assassin noticed his approach and attempted to disappear to its gas spores. However, the Deinonychus refused to let him have that chance. He leapt into the air and crashed his claws into the demon's face before it disappeared. The assassin plunged onto the soil with a small quake to the earth.
Still the demon dissolved to the gas around it. It reemerged in the sky above and descended back to the earth by gravity. Although, its misery is not over yet. The Deinonychus flashed from one point to the next. Eventually, the Dark Light Assassin was in the presence of the Deinonychus once more in breathing distance. The Deinonychus clenched onto the assassin's shoulders and pulled it down with amazing strength. He gave a high knee up to its chin, a distinct sound of bone shattering by the impact resounded in the location for a sharp second. He rotated his body to be behind the Dark Light Assassin. With his claws, he pierced the demon's back and pulled himself down to tear its flesh away. Purple ooze tainted his gray skin and talons as he brought himself to the ground. Once he reached the floor, the demon stood there with its vertebral completely cut opened with large gashes. Ultimately, the demon dropped to its knees and collapsed to the grass. Its violet blood staining the green glass below it.
The Deinonychus was panting in exhaustion. His feathers retracted back inside to his body. The strands of white hair dissolved back to its gray variant. But the white hair that stood up first remained white and instead returned to its drooping in the middle of his face. His legs wobbled in pain. In the end, he gave into his exhaustion and fainted onto the floor.
Author's Notes: Guess what S.R.M is. Also I would like to thank Salooverall for allowing me to use her Enderman's design for the Fanfiction. I would like to thank my friend again for showing me some martial arts moves when dealing with the ghouls. It is very fitting for the Deinonychus character. And I will be naming the future chapters from now on. And take note of what I written. Those details will be very important later on. Thank you.
