Leonard and the children high tailed after the hunter. Leonard was panicked, concerned, and conflicted at once. The way things were going. It seemed that he was going to losing them during the next half of the game. He came to a stop once he had seen the building that the hunter had gone into by way of blocking the children with his hands. It was dangerous to go after someone with a phaser rifle followed by children. A part of him was conflicted about going inside with the children at all.
"Ya stay," Leonard said, turned toward the two.
"Dad-" David was cut off.
"I am not about to lose y'all," Leonard said.
"You won't," Saavik said.
"Really, with you being around, there is no chance," David said.
"I nearly lost David, not once, but twice today," Leonard said. "even when I am around, ya still get threatened."
"All right, we will wait for you outside," Saavik said.
"Not like we're going to get snatched by a passing Vulcan," David complained.
"I doubt anyone would attempt to abduct us," Saavik said.
"I'll be right back," Leonard said. Then he went though the open doorway leaving the children behind.
Saavik and David exchanged a glance.
"It's always good to have back up," Saavik said.
"I agree," David said.
The children entered into the store. The inside of the market was white and blue with pointy ears and green skin seen littering the scene. The shelves had protective blue glass that halfway covered the goods inside the white shelves. The floor was a gentle shade of gray. Van saw most of the goods were being emptied by the Vulcans in silence into carts. The sounds of wheels clicking against the floor. David saw Leonard poking around searching for the hunter. David came over toward a screen then typed in 'hunter'. Saavik slid him to the side then typed in, instead, shi'ka'ree. The screen showed Van making his way through the sections holding onto the game heading in the direction of the check out. Leonard swept past the Vulcans, politely, going after the hunter.
Leonard came to a stop then looked over from the side of the shelf. Van stood beside a counter turned away from it. It looked like luck was on Leonard's side for the first time today. The children were safe, out of Van's way, out of harms way, and out of the way of being trampled upon by any other Vulcans. Jumanji was laid beside the hunter. Almost silently beckoning the doctor after it. Despite there not being the sound of drums being actively heard, he could hear it from the memories. Except this time, the sound didn't intrigue him. It didn't terrify him. Leonard chose to ignore it then reached forward grabbing onto the game.
"I got you!" Van reached forward, grabbing hold onto the wrist.
"Let go of my wrist!" Leonard said.
"No," Van said. "Now, Spock will surely have to face me. You are the perfect bait."
"Wrong, it's you!" came David's voice.
Van heard a deep, alarming growl. He looked over in the nick of time to see a series of claws striking down the side of his face. Van was knocked down to the floor by a large mass which made him let go of Leonard's hand. Leonard landed to the floor holding onto the game for dear life. The doctor scrambled up taking David by the arm yanking him off the Romulan Hunter. They fled out of sight leaving Van with long, thin bleeding scars from the side of his face. Van covered the side of his face getting up with more determination. He was going to kill the child. That much was clear.
Van fired after the fleeing family. Seven heads to mannequins fell wearing dress like attire that was light colored and some of it was dark colored. The light colored had very, definitive designs that were appealing. The attire were a lot like dresses on the figures. The heads rolled landing against the edge of the wall. Saavik shoved carts into the way of Van momentarily blocking him. Saavik sped off after the two. Van changed the setting of the phaser rifle then shot at the rows of carts vaporizing them all in a single shot. The blood was trailing down the side of the Romulan's cheek. He resumed his chase. He smelled that the family had taken a right turn. The hunter took a sharp turn to see Saavik was holding the game standing behind a canoe that was armed with two tanks hooked into the side of the wooden canoe.
Saavik let go of the canoe sending it flying after the man. The Romulan was frozen where he stood. The game was somewhere beside the young child. The canoe smacked against the man's stomach sending him flying across the store. The Romulan screamed before being crashed into a collection of Vulcan adult anti gravity motorcycles. The hunter helped himself up from the mess. He saw the children and the adult darting over to the next row of goods. He fired after them in the store. The sounds of boots cladding against the floor was prominent acting as echoes through out the building. The shots vaporized away a entire section. Vulcans who were taking goods out were standing in place holding solid, unediable goods. Their stoic, emotionless face remained unchanged as they lowered their newly acquired belonging then tossed it into the cart. Vulcans rushed away from the scene.
Leonard and the children came to a stop at the section with paint that had a dead end.
They turned away to be faced by the hunter whose left eyebrow was twitching standing in the way.
"I can only kill the player who summoned me. Harm?" he changed the setting to the phaser rifle. "I can do."
The sound of metal smacking to the floor drew their attention. The rows of goods sent the Vulcans fleeing out of the way not making a sound. If it had been occurring on Earth, then there would be a lot of screaming around the store. Leonard and the children stepped back. The rows of paint fell tipping over landing on the hunter. The other half mostly consisted of several meditation mats that unraveled. The anti gravity motorcycle came to a stop. The rider took off their helmet to reveal Spock. Spock looked around for the small family.
"Doctor? David? Saavik?" Spock called.
"Ya the latest Vulcan I have ever known in my life," Leonard bolted up. "and that is not a compliment!"
"Here!" Saavik said. Spock came over to the man's side then held his hand out.
"You're a life saver," David sad. Spock saw the child had lion like features.
"What happened to David?" Spock asked
"He cheated," Leonard said, taking the man's forearm. Spock placed a hand on the man's shoulder helping him up to his feet. "his token is at the beginnin'. . ." the children joined the two. "David, stop riskin' ya life for me. And that's an order."
"Dad would have approved," David said.
"Dad would have approved of ya doin' it safely," Leonard said. "like a kiddie bike flyin' over a ramp."
"That is not safe," Spock said. "Even with the idea you have in mind, it would be unwise to make a child leap off a kiddie bike in mid-air. It is as dangerous as facing Van Pelt."
"Felines know how to land safely on their feet," Leonard said.
"He is half human," Spock said.
"So?" Leonard asked.
"Just because he is becoming part lion does not mean he will gain cat like instincs," Spock remarked. "His brain has yet to change. If it had, he would be wild."
"Yes, but," Leonard said. "humans are different when it comes to undergoin' a animal transformation. I seen it with my naked eyes, Spock, in deep space."
"Kaiidth," Spock said. "There is enough room on the adult motorcycle for four people."
Spock unpacked a series of helmets that he had discovered on his way to the store. Jumanji was packed into a spare compartment. The children put on the helmets as did the adults. The anti gravity motorcycle sped off out of the store. The camera panned over toward a trembling, pink covered hand with splotches of bright green on the sleeve that came out of the buckets of paint. A groan was heard coming from the figure left underneath the very colorful mass.