Chapter 13

Drax has been trying to keep his family together.

It was no easy task either.

He thought he could bring his siblings back home to the mountain. Yet when he got there, he found nothing more than a smoldering mess. The place he had called home was demolished with everything it in. Since then, there was no other choice but to live at the Association.

It wasn't easy there either. Pig God lingered in the cafeteria, it was an odd stare down every time he went in for a meal. Knowing that very hero ended his father. Yet, despite it, Drax didn't hold it against him. It was on his card, his father chose Pig God to stop him if he ever lost control of himself.

His siblings on the other hand refused to let the matter rest. Pythan demands revenge against Pig God for his actions. His siblings agreed. "He needs to pay for what he did to Papa!" stated Pythan.

"There is nothing you can do to harm Pig God," Drax said as he instantly nixed their idea. "Pig God is a very strong hero,"

"I don't care! He killed Papa!" protested Pythan. "You want him dead too, don't you?"

Drax sighed. "Guys, as hard as it is for me to say. I don't agree." He tried to explain it to them, but they refused to listen.

"Hey, you five are still up, it's ten at night, go get some sleep" ordered Zombieman.

Pythan hissed at him. "We want Papa avenged!" he demanded. "Pig God needs to answer to us for what he did!"

Zombieman nodded. "I know kid… you got your bands fixed?" Pythan nodded. Yuki and Genus couldn't fix his bands at first, until Boros saw them and managed to do so with ease. Pythan was finally able to turn serpent again. "Well, you kids ought to get some rest. Where are you guys sleeping?"

"I sleep in the common rooms Alley has. They sleep in the spar room that has padded floors"

"Ah, I see, well, go get some sleep." He ordered.

Drax sighed, he was going to head to bed until Conna grabbed his arm. "Stay… please?" she asked meekly.

He nodded in agreement.

Drax gathered some pillows and blankets as he met his siblings in the spar room, they were quick to turn serpent and then sleep in a pile. Drax slept near by until they came over and coiled around him. It has been nearly two months since losing their father.

They're scared, that's certain. But so was he…

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The sleep was strange.

Pythan knew how close he and his siblings were sleeping, yet why did he feel like they were bunched together? Not to mention, someone kept toying with his hair. He turned away and groaned to the motion. "I miss Papa…" he muttered in his sleep.

He thought he was in a deep rest too, until he heard it.

"Baby snake…" suddenly, the song was being sung, his heart fluttered for a moment since it sounded like Papa's voice. But when it came to an end, he opened his eyes.

"You only did one verse…"

"Like hell I am singing the whole damn thing…"

His eyes shot open. Pythan peered behind him. "PAPA!" he shouted and woke his siblings.

They snapped out of a dead sleep, and were suddenly coiling around papa out of joy. "Papa! Papa! You're okay! We thought Pig God…"

"Same here," he said and smiled. "But, that guy is very spacious and spat me out the moment he got back here in a spar room. I've been out like a light since, damn noise drove me nuts!"

Pythan looked to Drax who had tears in his eyes. "Dad…" he whispered before throwing his arms around everyone.

"I'm so sorry I scared you."

"Papa, what happened to you?" asked Angie.

He appeared to try and think it over. "I… I really don't remember much after getting eaten up…"

"Perhaps I could shed some light?"

The kids hissed as they gathered before Snek.

Pig God was in the room!

Pythan was the most protective of them all. "YOU ATE PAPA!" he shouted.

"Pythan!" Snek scolded.

"But he did! I saw it all!"

Pig God lowered his head. "I am sorry I couldn't do what you asked of me Snek. He was trying to stop you…"

However Papa waved off his apology. "It doesn't matter now… but still, how…"

A smirk came over the former S Class hero. "I have eaten things far bigger than you, you were nothing. But that's beside the point. We all agreed to try and save you before drastic action had to be taken. We were informed about the noise that drove you and Garou's family insane, and yet we couldn't stop the sound. I then remembered what Genus said about his son Jason. He was locked in a spar room that managed to hold him. I got the idea to get you into one as well until we could figure out how to help you. I did what I thought was best … getting you into it was the challenge. Which is why I ate you and brought you back here."

Papa nodded his head in understanding. "Thank you,"

"I don't give up on friends that easily," Pig God then turned to Pythan and the others. He suddenly got on his knees and bowed before them! "I am so sorry for the pain I had caused you. I have kept watch over Snek ever since, I shouldn't have done this in front of you, young one. But I couldn't risk you or Snek getting hurt."

Drax nodded. "He means it, Pig God is not a greedy man, and he knows how to use his ability to benefit everyone. It was the only way he could save dad, and you, Pythan. If you tried to have helped him, you could have been caught in the crossfire and shot along side dad."

Pythan sneered, his eyes still glared at Pig God who has since eased himself back up again. "I can't forgive him just yet, but… thank you for saving Papa and helping me."

A nod came from the large hero who then excused himself. Pythan turned back to Papa and braced him even tighter. "Papa, don't scare us like that again!" he demanded.

He embraced them all back. "I'll try not to… anyone else hungry…"