Rise of the Gears

by Sci-Shadow

Six people will travel through time and space and appear in the MGE universe. They bring strange new technologies and ideals but also unusual and terrify dangers. These six people having their own developing stories but still intertwine with each other and the world around them. Will they thrive in this strange, lewd world or will they fall and became nothing more than history?

3. W Chapter 2

Wyatt Chapter 2: Bad Neighbors

The next day has arrive and Wyatt wakes up just before the sun creeps over the horizon but he soon sees he isn't the only one is up as most of the Chimtaurs are getting ready for today's agenda. The warriors inspecting their weapons and sharping them if need be while the gathers gathering all the baskets, tools, jars and pots for any food they find, fish and hunt. He then sees Veronica talking to some of the warriors gathered around her, then he looks much closer, on the other side of the bonfire lays Abby who is still sleeping soundly.

A smile appears on his face as he thinks to himself, 'Haha, she looks kind of cute when sleeping and must be nice to sleep a little longer.'

Wyatt soon stretches his arms and back with a few cracks being heard while fighting back a yawn that would most likely wake up Abby. He then stands up and walks to one of the nearby water barrels and grabs a small cup then dunks the cup into the barrel. He takes a drink then dunks the cup again and this time splashes his face with it. He puts the cup back on the edge then shakes his head like a dog, getting most of the water off. He then walks to a barrel that is half full with berries and grabs a hand full to munch on before heading to Veronica. With the last of the berries in his belly, he walks towards the group and makes his presence known, "Good morning everyone."

Everyone in the group looks at Wyatt and return the greeting then he asks, "What's today's plans?"

Veronica answers, "I was assigning the groups for today's hunts, surveys and fixing some of our dwellings since this is going to be our more permanent home."

"I see, well I'm going to start building the tower so you'll know where I'll be." Wyatt starts walking off but Veronica quickly asks, "What about your…friend?"

Wyatt turns around having a slight concern expression as he asks, "Abby? Did she do something she wasn't supposed to?"

Veronica shakes her head and explains, "No, it's not what she did but rather what is she going to be doing since she hasn't left us yet so I want to know if there is a role she is fulfilling?"

Wyatt takes a moment to think then remembers, "She lives around here and she knows some of the settlements located so that makes her the perfect guide for the gathers. Her knowledge of the land is what we need to quickly establish ourselves and securing resources."

The other Chimtaurs look at each other with some of them nodding and shrugging but Veronica is silent until she speaks, "Well if she is going to help us, she needs to start waking up with the rest of us and be prepared for today's tasks, not sleeping until the sun is over her head. Please wake her and inform her that I require her presence…now!"

Wyatt does a quick gulp and replies, "Understood."

He walks to Abby then kneels down and starts nudging her a little while saying, "Abby. Hey Abby, it's time to wake up. ABBY!"

Abby groans and shifts her body around trying to get comfortable again so Wyatt thinks to himself, 'Well that didn't work, might as well go with plan B.' He stands back up, walks over the water barrel and grabs the cup he used earlier and fills it up. He walks back to Abby, stopping next to her head and pours the water onto her face. Abby immediately wakes up slightly shaken as she looks around franticly until she looks up and sees Wyatt holding an empty cup.

Anger speaks first, "Seriously Wyatt, do you want to be roughed up or ~do you want me to dominate you for being a naughty boy~"

Wyatt rolls his eyes and says, "Veronica needs to talk to you and you weren't waking up so I had to use the water to wake you up. So, if I were you I hurry up before she decides to get you herself then complain to me about having a rude awaking." Wyatt walks away and Abby wipes away the remaining water then stands up.

She sees Veronica waiting for her as she crosses her arms and her glare sends a clear message she is starting to lose patience. Anger says, 'Mhp, bitch can wait.'

Calm denies Anger, 'Better not or else she may decide to kick me out and I'll lose my chance on claiming Wyatt.'

Sadness speaks, 'I don't want to lose him and he is so nice to me.'

Calm agrees, 'Yes he is but Veronica will see to it that I'm gone permanently or me buried beneath the ground.'

Anger reluctantly agrees, 'FFFFFFFFine! Let's see what she wants.'

Abby walks over to Veronica and the other Chimtaurs and asks, "You wanted to see me?"

Veronica answers but in a somewhat harsh tone, "Yes, I do." Her voice softs a little as she speaks, "I want you to lead a few groups of hunters and gathers to the areas you know of that'll most likely get us food and to watch out for any dangers in the area. I trust you can do this without any problems." Veronica eyeing her as if she is challenging her.

Abby somewhat says quietly, "N-no, I can show them right now."

Veronica narrows her eyes while saying, "Hmmm." She turns to the Chimtaurs and says, "Be careful and be observant. Good hunting!" Veronica leaves the group and Abby thus the group of Chimtaurs look at Abby with half of them eyeing suspiciously and the other half indifferent.

Abby unconsciously gulps as she has never lead a group before so in a shaky voice she asks, "I-Is e-everyone ready to g-go?"

They reply with "Yes." and head nodding so Abby leads them into the forest whiling hoping she doesn't make herself look foolish and untrust worthy.

Wyatt finishes the last set of steps showing that the foundation is now complete and now the next step can start: the floors. He walks up the stairs then towards the wall where he was morphing chucks out of the wall to finish the foundation. He looks at the indents and does some mental math as to how much of the wall he'll be pulling out to form the walls that create the rooms.

"What are you thinking Wyatt?" Wyatt turns around and sees Veronica also looking at the wall and how high get goes.

Wyatt tells her what he was thinking, "I was thinking of how much of this cliff face I'll be using to make the ground floor and the possibilities of using alternative sources of getting the amount of rocks I need."

Veronica hums in understanding his concerns and takes a moment to think then says, "How big are you planning on building the tower?"

Wyatt answers, "Well the first few floors would take up little over half of the platform then the floors after that would gradually decease in size but leaves plenty of rooms to make in the future. I'm planning on housing close to a hundred Chimtaurs and any humans who want to live here."

"That sounds more like a skyscraper than a tower Wyatt." Wyatt has a surprise expression to which Veronica explains, "Yes, I know the differences between a skyscraper and a tower mainly in height and size. So, the plans you told me sound like your plan on making a skyscraper but I question your choice."

"What do you mean?"

"I think your planning too big and I'll admit I don't know anything about building one but I imagine it takes a lot of resources to build one, yes?" Veronica asks which Wyatt nods his head yes. Veronica then says, "You don't need to plan that big, in case you've forgotten we Chimtaurs have lived outdoors pretty much our lives and the only time we come in is to either sleep or seek shelter from a storm. We don't need big comfy rooms or luxury things so I do appreciate the sentiment but it's completely unnecessary."

Wyatt remains silent for a moment as he processes what Veronica just said and was about to say something but Veronica speaks up again, "You should simply down size the tower, that way it won't take so much time and materials to build it."

"I see." Wyatt says then he starts rethinking his math but then Veronica adds, "Your building a tower out of a mountain but could you/Build a tower into the mountain." Wyatt finishes the sentence as a big light bulb suddenly clicks.

Wyatt starts thinking out loud, "Instead of pulling parts out of the mountain to form the rooms, walls and supports, I can merge tower and the mountain in way that'll be speed things up. I can hollow out parts of the mountain to create the rooms and whatever I take out of the mountain can be used to make the walls. Finally, the mountain itself will be the support as long the foundation I've created is thick enough to handle the weight. Yes, that'll greatly speed things up and demand less resources to build."

Veronica slightly smiles then Wyatt turns to her and says, "However I'll still need more rocks especially near the end so if you can also tell the hunters and gathers to grab any rocks they come across, that'll help too."

Veronica nods her head and says, "Very well, when they get back after Abby gets done showing them the area I'll tell them."

"Hm…I wonder how well that is going?" Wyatt asks to himself.

'When I get back, I'm going to have a talk with him about him giving me the role of a guide and babysitter!' Anger venting her frustration.

'Well, I did say I know the area so I can't really blame him for picking me to show the Chimtaurs the good hunting spots.' Sadness remines Anger.

'I only know those spots because they are my personal hunting grounds and why should I shown them that?' Anger asks to which Calm replies, 'Because by showing them my spots for finding food, that'll improve my standing with the Chimtaurs which brings me closer to Wyatt. Besides that's what I agree to do.'

Sadness quickly adds, 'And makes Veronica less mean to me.'

Anger just mumbles, 'Stupid Veronica, stupid Chimtaurs, stupid *uninteillegnable sounds*'

"Excuse me, Abby!" A voice brings back Abby as she looks to her side and sees Lily looking at her with concern, "Are you ok? You got real quiet after we left the last hunting spot."

Abby waves her right hand in dismissal and says, "Everything is fine, just thinking."

"About what?" Lily asks.

"Oh..um..ah..wondering if these spots will bring in enough food for everyone?" Abby answers though her face shows some uncertainty which gives Lily a confusing expression.

'Nice one Calm, now I look like some kind of idiot.' Anger jabs at Calm but Calm ignores it.

Abby now leading them to a river where there some a fishing spots and when they get there, they find out not the only ones there. Abby immediately identify a pair of mucus frogs and they were napping until they hear the travelling group.

The older looking frog looks at Abby and her face smiles in delight as she speaks, "Hello there Abby, I haven't seen you for a while not since the time that one man ran from you and never seen since."

Abby face turns slightly red with embrassement as the Chimtaurs look at her with intrigue. Abby quickly says, "Yes, yes, it's nice to see you too, Sammy. Hello there Lois." Abby smiling at Sammy's daughter as she glancing back and forth between Abby and the Chimtaurs to which Sammy also eyes curiously.

"You got some interesting company with you Abby. I don't think I've ever seen some of them before." Sammy looks over each and one of them before she says, "Hello, I'm Sammy and this is my daughter Lois. You are?"

Lily steps forth and introduces herself, "Hello, I'm Lily of the Crimson Claw Tribe, nice to meet you both." She steps back as another Chimtaur steps forth and speaks, "I'm Erica of the same tribe, pleasure to meet you two."

Erica is one of the smaller Chimtaurs as she has the lower half of a Garzal with a kangaroo tail and her top half has furry hands and a small horn on her forehead. She has long black hair and green eyes.

The next Chimtaur to introduce herself is one of the hunters as her lower half looks like a bear with a long, scaly, whiplash tail. Her top half has nails that look more like claws and wolf like ears poking out of her brown messy hair. She looks at the duo with her hazy blue eyes and says, " Greetings, I'm Keller."

The third Chimtaur has a jugwar body covered in porcupine needles, her hands look like talon off a hawk and when she smiles, it reveals that she has shark like teeth. She has very light brown hair somewhat tied in a bun and brown eyes that look slightly feline. She says, "My name is Whitney and I hope we can be friends."

The fourth and last Chimtaur was the biggest out of the group as her lower half looks like a wingless green dragon and her tail has a club at the end. Her hands are also scaly but of a different color and texture as the brownish scales are smaller but more numerous. The last feature about her is that she has three long black horns, one on either side of her head and one in the middle of her forehead, giving her horns a crown like appearance. Each step she took forward sent a barely noticeable tremor, probably why the two mucus frogs were aware they were about to have company. Her long blond pony ties around her waist like a belt and her red eyes gaze upon the two which made Sammy's daughter to take cover behind her mother. Sammy for her part, remain confident but can be seen slightly trembling.

"Hello, I'm Eve and please don't be afraid of me. I mean neither of you harm." Eve speaks in almost angelic voice which soothes Sammy's trembling and helps lolis to come out behind Sammy.

Abby surprise by Eve's voice as it also had a calming effect on her too as Romance says, 'She has an amazing voice, I feel like taking a quick slumber if she keeps on talking.'

Sammy speaks in a more relax tone, " It's nice to meet you all but I have to ask: What kind of Mamono are you? You look like a mixture of a Chimaera and anything that has four legs."

The four look at each other with a confused expression to which Eve asks, "Pardon us but what is a Mamono?"

Sammy's face immediately changes to disbelief as her mouth slightly opens but then closes while her Lolis just looks at them weird as if they just started speaking another language. Abby looks between the two groups as both of them are each other a confusing look so she quickly steps in, "What Sammy is trying to say is: What is your race's name since she doesn't know what you four are called."

The Chimtaurs soon understand then Lily answers Sammy, "We are Chimtaurs and we are new to the area."

"Ahh, I see. Chimtaurs huh, I've never heard that name before but anyway welcome to the Kermrick Region." Sammy turns to Abby and asks, "Are you showing them all the good spots?"

"Yes in fact I was going to show them this spot before we walked into you and Lolis."

"Hahaha, funny couquicences then, well we better get home, I better check on my dear husband. OH, speaking of which, have you found someone yet Abby?" Sammy teases which cause Abby to go a little red.

"Beat it froggy before I throw you to your house!" Anger says in an agitated tone.

"Hahaha, I will, I will!" Sammy throwing up her webbed hands in a mockful submission then looks at her daughter and says, "Let's go home Lolis."

Lolis nods her head then looks at everyone and says, "Good bye."

Sammy says the same and both of them jump into the river, swimming upstream to where ever their home is at. Now left alone Abby turns to the others and says, "This spot is sometimes popular with the more aquatic mamono."

"Mamono? What is that term both you and Sammy used?" Eve asks to which the others look at Abby with curiosity.

Abby takes a moment to think then explains, "The term Mamono is a very broad category where monster girls like me fall into but for Humans, Elves and Dwarves they don't. I don't know if the Chimtaurs really fall into that category too or not though I too admit I've thought you all were Mamono too."

The four look at each with shrugs and not knowing what to say until Lily asks, "How many types of Mamono are there?"

"Way more than I can remember and some of them are kind of rare to see or encounter so I can't give you a clear answer on that one Lily." Abby answers then says, "Anyway I think that's all the spots I have in mind so let's head back to the village."

With no more questions and locations to head to, the group returns to the small village, once there Abby heads to where Wyatt is most likely at and sure enough there he is. Wyatt have formed a few seven feet tall walls and a corridor inside the mountain. Abby walks up to Wyatt from behind and Wyatt doesn't notices until her shadow overtakes his. He turns around and was about to say something but doesn't as Abby seems to be angry so he asks, "Is everything alright?"

"You're a jerk Wyatt!" Abby says or close to a yell which Wyatt backs up slightly. Abby starts her rant, "I know I said I know the area but that doesn't mean you should put me into a guides role without telling me. I had to show everything to them so I wouldn't look like some kind of fake. You better not pull this stunt on me again or I'll make sure you'll repay me in ways you'll never forget."

Abby breathing heavy while keeping a hard glare at Wyatt to which he says, "I'm very sorry Abby and your right, I've should have asked you if you want to show them around. I was distracted and I failed to realized that you may or may not wanted to do this. I promise you, I'll never put you up to something without asking you first. You are not part of this tribe and I shouldn't see you as an underling under my care. Your just a bystander who've helped me to reach this point and I shouldn't continue drag you around like I've done this morning. Again, I'm very sorry"

After Wyatt's apology, Abby felt slightly stunned as she listen him say, "You are not part of this tribe and you're not under my care." She does want to be a part of the tribe, his tribe so she can get close to him and from the way it sounds, it sounds like he is pushing her away. She starts to panic as she didn't foresee this confrontation going this way where it could end with him turning his back to her. She quickly says, "Wait Wyatt, I'm not that mad, it's just caught me unaware and I do what to help you and your tribe so please, do rely on me with any issue that plagues you!"

'She wants to help me but how far is she willing to go? I better find out now and avoid any more fights.' Wyatt asks, "Abby why do you want to help me, don't you have other things that demand your attention?"

Abby looks away and says, "Well you see, I like you and I want to see your big dream besides I really don't have anything going so I think I'll stay a little longer."

Wyatt takes a deep breath and about to ask a question which he probably already knows the answer to, "Abby, are you staying here because you wish me to be your husband?"

Abby's eyes shoot out as she is surprised that he asked the question as if he knows her mind. Her mouth hangs slightly open as she has trouble answering him even though she can easily say yes. She tries anyway, "Well…I…you are…want." Each of her personalities are struggling to make a cohesive sentence as she stands there flustered.

Wyatt steps up to her and grabs both of her paws and says softly, "Abby, I'm flatter that you see me worthy of your love and companionship but please do be patience. I have to finish this project of mine and to set things up with Chimtaurs as I've already gave them my word for aid and I'll see it through to the end."

He then places his right hand to her cheek to which she leans into as she listens, "There are many things ahead that I need to prepare for and I need to be ready. What I can do for you is this." Wyatt steps back and extends his right hand to her and asks, "Abby do you wish to be a member of the Crimson Claw Tribe, to take part of our struggles for a better future and if need be, lay down your live for your fellow members?"

Abby looks at his hand then back at him and grabs it as she says in a confident voice, "I do."

Wyatt smiles and says, "Then let me talk to Veronica about letting you join us."

"You don't need to do that, I've heard to whole thing." Both Abby and Wyatt look to their side and sees Veronica and Sierra looking at both of them. Veronica addresses Abby, "Abby if you are serious about being a member of this tribe even if it is an excuse to get close to Wyatt, I'll allow it but only if you obey to my and Wyatt's commands. Can you do that?"

Abby gasps then quickly says, "Yes!"

"Yes what?" Veronica narrowing her eyes as she waits for the correct response.

"Yes my Chiefess!" Abby quickly corrects herself even looking slightly embarrassed.

Veronica looks at Wyatt and asks, "Do you approve of Abby joining us?"

Wyatt nods and says, "Yes."

Veronica nods and looks at Sierra, "And you?"

Sierra just shrugs and says, "Eh, sure. If she does anything out of line, I'll personally punish her myself."

"Very well then." Veronica turns to Abby and says, "Abby, I too approve you of you joining us so welcome to the Crimson Claw Tribe."

Veronica walks to Abby and places her right on Abby's shoulder then says, "Welcome to the tribe sister. I expect great things from you on the coming days and I'll let you know what you be doing from now on."

Veronica lefts her hand and walks away, leaving Abby speechless then she looks at Sierra who has big smug on her face. Sierra doesn't say anything but instead winks and leaves with Veronica. Wyatt steps next to Abby and grasps her left paw and says, "Congratulations Abby, your one of us now."

Abby turns to Wyatt to say something but *Smooch*!

Abby's and Wyatt's lips meet and both recipients' faces turn tomato red and Wyatt slowly backs up and nervously laughs, "Ha ha, I-I was actually trying to kiss you on the cheek not your uhh…ha."

Abby smiles warmly, grabs Wyatt and gives him a great big bear hug that brings Wyatt's head deep into her chest. Her embrace was tight but comforting and Wyatt struggles to return the gesture as he tries to not suffocate.

'Ok, this is strangely pleasant. I can see the appeal on why a lot of guys like to be around girls with big chests.' Abby soon releases Wyatt from the literal breath taking hug as he starts taking deep breathes which makes Abby giggle.

Abby leans over and kisses Wyatt on the fore head then quietly says, "Thank you."

"No problem and *Stomach growls* and you want get something to eat?" Wyatt asks.

"Yeah, that sounds good." The two walk off and soon word of Abby joining the tribe spreads around the village so many Chimtaurs congratulates her.

Almost a week later after Wyatt and Chimtaurs have arrived in the MGE world and great progress has been made as Wyatt has successful made three floors of the tower. The ground floor encompassed nearly half of the platform while the next two floors don't expand that much so remaining top of the ground level severs as a balcony. Inside the ground level, it's very spacious were the majority of the Chimtaurs can sleep if a storm hits, over where the tower and mountain blend together is a seven foot wide and four feet long lift that'll go up and down the entire tower that'll sever as an elevator for the Chimtaurs or moving equipment around. The lift right now is inoperational as Wyatt hasn't put in the energy conduits and haven't setup a power generator therefore there are two stairways, one on either side of the lift to ascend to the next levels. Further on both sides are corridors that lead inside the mountain where half a dozen room are located then past them is where the two sides connects by a long back corridor. The first floor has close to a dozen rooms but the main feature of this floor is that you can walk to the balcony that gives a good view of the surrounding area. The second floor is primarily a residential area with the same amount of rooms as the first floor but without the balcony. Wyatt is currently is building the third floor and when he finishes that floor he is basically halfway done but he is just building the basic form of the tower. He has plans to completely enhance or upgrade it to the one he envisions in his mind.

Abby now a full member of the Crimson Claw Tribe has completely embrace her role as a guide, hunter and gatherer but sometimes as a diplomat whenever a Mamono comes into the village or runs into a Chimtaur. Abby has made a few friend within the tribe namely; Lily, Eve and Vivi.

Veronica now getting a complete mental map of the area as the various groups report to her of the terrain. She and all of the Chimtaurs have finally settled in as their small village is completely restored, thanks to Wyatt. They are now getting ready to set up plots of land to start farming with the genetically engineered seeds that Wyatt brought with him.

Everything is going very well until…

"Hey Veronica, can two Chimtaurs come with me to the Mamono village?" Abby asks.

Veronica looks at Abby with a raised eyebrow and counter asks, "For what reason Abby?"

Abby answers, "I live in that village so I have some things I wish to bring here since I'm going to be living here from now on. That's why I want some hands to help me carry my belongs in one trip instead of me spending all day going back and forth."

"I see, very well! I believe I saw Lily and Eleanor over by the water barrels, I'm sure they aren't doing anything so they should be able to help you. Anything else?" Veronica asks.

"Ah, no. That's pretty much it." Veronica nods and walks off and Abby heads towards the water barrels but she didn't have to go far as she sees them walking in her direction.

Abby walks up to them and asks, "Hey Lily, Eleanor! Are you two busy?"

The two look at each other then back to Abby with Lily answering, "Not right now, why?"

Abby explains that she is looking for some help moving her stuff from the village to the tower since she is going to be living here. Once done explaining, Eleanor cheerfully says, "Yeah, we can help you with that easily!"

Eleanor is a hunter as she has body of a Mountain Lion with a monkey tail, her hands are covered in carapace, lastly she has a snake tongue to track scent of prey. Her hair is so blonde that it looks almost white where its cut short and left messy. She has shady blue eyes and slightly tan skin. She wears chainmail and carries a short version of a lance but is much thicker than normal.

"Oh, thank you so much, you don't know how trips you'll save me today!" Abby very happy that these two can help.

"No problem, now let's get to it then, right Lily?" Eleanor slightly pats Lily but that almost knocks her over. She quickly recovers and answers, "Y-yes."

The three soon leave the village and after a while of talking and walking Lily suddenly stops.

Eleanor asks with slight concern, "Something wrong Lily?"

Lily doesn't reply as she is seen scanning the area, her head on a swivel and Eleanor was about to ask again but then, "Help!"

A voice is faintly heard as all three turn to the possible direction of the voice and Eleanor declares, "Let's go everyone!"

Eleanor runs off, follow by Lily while Abby stands there for a second before she decides to run after them. Eleanor listening very carefully to the voice in distress and hears it, "Someone help!" She is heading in the right direction and as she runs passes the bushes and low hanging tree branches then she jumps over an overgrown ledge. She lands right in the middle of the situation as behind her is a human woman who is visible tired and dirty with a fearful expression. She is dressed in somewhat tattered peasant clothes, her brown hair is a mess with leaves and twigs tangled in. Her blue eyes are teary as she looks at Eleanor with terror as she lays below the ledge that Eleanor jumped off.

A rustle of bushes bring both their attentions to it then a figure pops out saying, "Well, well, where did my little slave finally stop at hmm?"

The feminine figure has dark tan skin, pointy ears, turquoise color hair, wearing scantily armor and armed with two daggers. The assuming pursuer looks at Eleanor and says, "My, my, aren't you interesting looking mamono. I say I've never seen your kind before." The figure looking at all the details on Eleanor including her animal half then smiles.

Eleanor looks back at the human female is seems very much trembling as she looks at the person chasing her. More sounds are heard behind her and Lily appears as she goes down around the ledge and steps behind Eleanor as she looks at both the human and the strange looking female.

The smiling strange taking a look at Lily and says, "Ahhh, another one and ain't you a cute one! Are there more of you here somewhere? I'm sure my sisters would love to see you all but…" The stranger looks at the trembling human with a sadistic smile and says, "I have some unfinished business with that one and she needs to be punished for running away from me."

The human shakenly says, "N-no p-please no." She tries to retreat deeper in the ledge but is basically trapped. At this point Abby appears on top of the ledge and sees the scene before her then she hears whimpering below her so she looks down and sees the crouching, whimpering human female.

The figure looks at Abby and says, "Now I do know what you are so tell me Chimaera, what brings you and your…friends out here today?"

Lily and Eleanor turn their heads and listen as Abby replies in a serious tone, "My friends and I were enjoying a simple walk until we heard cries for help. What are you doing here Dark Elf and what are you doing to this human female?"

The Dark Elf laughs then says, "I'm here on business and for that human it's personal so if you can tell your friends to stand aside and I'll take her away."

Eleanor steps closer to the human while bringing out her mini-lance saying in a slightly aggressive tone, "I think not, I don't know what you Dark..Elves do to slaves but it seems this one doesn't want to go with you, so she isn't going back with you."

The Dark Elf's smile turn into frown and speaks in the same tone, "I didn't who you are or whatever you kind does but you'll be wise to turn around and walk away before I decide to personally punish you. That human will be rejoining her fellow villagers that are now under our care so go back to your walk!"

Eleanor growls and her animal half starts to get ready to fight then she speaks to Lily, "Lily, get the human out of here and back to our village. Let Veronica and Wyatt know what's happening while I'll hold off this slave driver, NOW GO!"

Lily obeys and rushes to the human but the human female is clearly mentally paralyzed so she picks her up like a baby and runs off as fast her as her animal legs can go.

The Dark Elf now visible anger then says in a threating tone, "You should have fucked off like I told you to but now you made this personal so get ready to be thoroughly punished!" She readies one of her daggers and licks the other one along the edge.

Eleanor speaks loudly to Abby, "Abby, get down here and help me with this freak since you seem to know her kind."

Abby torn on wanting to help Eleanor but also letting whatever the Dark Elf up to since they were technically on the same side.

'Well shit, this is quite the pickle I'm in ain't it?' Anger stuck on deciding on the correct course of action.

'I can't fight her since she isn't doing anything wrong here.' Sadness points out.

'Dark Elves can be troublesome sometimes but it never results a fight with them so what should I do?' Calm asks herself.

Eleanor nor the Dark Elf waiting on Abby answer so return their gazes at each other with Eleanor speaking first, "I suggest you go back to whatever rock you clawed out of."

The Dark Elf scuffs then says, "You know what, you're going to take that human's place and soon I'll train you to call me your mistress and obey all my wishes." She readies her daggers and slightly crouches.

A moment of silence between the two as they glare at each other while Abby tries to decide on what to do. The Dark Elf makes the first move by making a fast dash towards Eleanor to which Eleanor swipes her lace at her. The Elf jumps over the mace and returns the swipe with one of her own but Eleanor pounces forwards to dodge the attack and quicky turns around while reading to take a jab at her. The two charge at each other again with Eleanor leaps into the air with her Puma claws out and her lance pointing down at the elf. The elf in return dives to the side before the claws and lance hits her, she quickly gets up and tries to get some space between them but Eleanor quickly closes in.

Lily running through the forest, leaping over bushes, bracing against any low twigs while holding the tremble woman. Lily tries to calm her down, "It's okay, it's okay, that Dark Elf won't hurt you so please breath."

The woman's shaking slightly weakens so Lily keeps going, "Your safe, we're almost at my village so she can't get you there."

The human slightly looks up and sees the approaching opening in the forest then they were out. The female's shaking completely stops as she is in awe of the sight of the village then sees more creatures like the one carrying her.

Lily starts shouting as she enters the village, "VERONICA! WYATT!"

"Lily, what's wrong!? Who is she!?" Sierra quickly approaches Lily along with a few other Chimtaurs.

Lily quickly answers, "We were heading towards Abby's home but then we found her being chased by something called a Dark Elf. Eleanor and Abby is currently engaging her so I could bring this one to safety. Where is Veronica and Wyatt?"

"Veronica and Wyatt are at the tower so go there and tell them that Eve, Cathy and I are currently going to help the two." The three Chimtaurs quickly charge into the forest where Lily emerged from. Lily soon runs towards the tower while the human is completely amazed with this new surroundings then is more amazed as she sees the mention tower. A tower she has never seen before even though it's not complete, in her eyes its magnificent. Lily goes up the ramps and enters the tower, yelling out for Veronica and Wyatt.

Back in the fight, Eleanor and the Dark Elf seem evenly matched as neither of them can land a blow. Eleanor quickly glances at Abby and sees she hasn't moved an inch so she yells out, "Abby wake up and help me!"

Abby still doesn't move or speak as she hasn't reached a conclusion for this current conflict. The Dark Elf seeing the inactivity from Abby makes her smile and says, "Looks like your friend has the right idea about staying out of something that doesn't involve you. Too bad you're not smart enough to follow her example."

Eleanor now getting angry and yells out, "Wake up Abby and help me or I'm going to tell Veronica and Wyatt that you joining us was a lie!"

All the personalities feeling very threaten about Eleanor's threat and that basically prompts her into action, Abby jumps off the ledge and takes a swipe at the Dark Elf.

The Dark Elf looks at Abby, angrily saying, "Are you seriously taking this freak's side Abby? I thought you Chimaeras were smart but then again having multiple little voices in your head makes you simple huh."

Anger barks out, "You know what bitch, I'm going to pommel your ugly face to the ground to the point it looks just like it!" Abby rushes towards the elf with Eleanor close behind. The Dark Elf now firmly on defensive where she is now dodging and weaving both combatant's attack but unable to retaliate with her own. She jumps into the air to avoid a thrust lance jab to the head but once in midair another figure leaps off the ledge towards her. She brings her daggers up and blocks a powerful claw swipe from Sierra. The force throws her off where she lands on her back and does a backward roll to get on her feet. She looks up and gets punched in the face by Abby that throws her back even more. Panting now with a bloody nose as she sees a line of four of the strange mamono with Abby in front of them. The Dark Elf growls then yells, "This isn't over yet you freaks! Once I tell my mistress, your all going to suffer for this transgression."

Sierra steps up next to Abby while keeping a focus on the yelling elf then says with a smug look, "Blah blah blah, how about you get the fuck out of our territory before me and my sisters put you into the ground."

The Elf shots a resentful glare at all of them before turning around and running away. Once gone, they slightly relax but Eleanor looks at Abby with a disapproval expression before the five walk back to the village. Once they reach the village, they see a crowd at the tower so they maneuver through the crowd all the way into the tower then see Veronica and Wyatt caring for the human woman.

Veronica notices them and addresses them, "Sierra and Eleanor what happened?"

Eleanor speaks first, "Chiefess! Abby, Lily and I were walking through the forest until Lily heard that woman's pleas for help. I was the first to arrive and encounter the being known as a Dark Elf and from the things she have said, she is a slaver and that she was after that human. Lily catches up and I ordered her to take the woman to our village while…Abby and I engaged the Dark Elf. After a while Sierra, Cathy and Eve joined in and force that Elf to flee."

Veronica nods then looks at Sierra as she starts explaining her side, "What Eleanor says is true, for when Lily came into the village looking for you and Wyatt. I stopped her to see what's wrong and who is the human female she was carrying. Lily told me everything so I told her where you two where at then Eve, Cathy and I went into the forest to help the two with annoying Elf. When we arrived, the Elf fled after making some threats at us and the village."

"I see." Veronica then turns to the human woman who is binging covered in a blanket. She turns back to the five and explains what they've learned, "The woman's name is Madison Henderson and she comes from a village close to one of the Order cities and they've been attacked this morning."

All five were visible surprised and Veronica continues, "The attacking force was entirely all Dark Elves and the village was taken over in less than an hour. Since then, the Dark Elves have been transporting the village people to their camp in caged carriages and Madison was on the last one. They were on a dirt path and along the way, a pack of werewolves attacked them. During the fighting, the carriage she was in got damaged and was able to break free so she, her husband and other captives fled into the woods. Any free Dark Elves chased after them then they got separated when her husband tripped and fell into a ditch. Her husband told her to run to escape and that they'll meet at their village. They both kept running until she ran to that ledge then you Eleanor jumped in her defense. That's the end of that story so now we need to figure out what to do now."

"Veronica and Abby!" Both of them turn to Wyatt who has asking for them as he adds, "We need to talk." They both walk towards Wyatt and he points out, "Not wanting to state the obvious but we have a major problem."

Veronica asks Abby, "Abby what do you know of these Dark Elves?"

Abby ponders for a second then says, "I've heard rumors of a Dark Elf raiding party has recently came to the region for some weird reason but at that time I didn't pay much mind to it since they tend to stay in isolated places for a very long time. The only time any would venture out is to find a…husband."

Veronica looks at Abby with disbelief as she says, "What?"

"Most Mamono tend to stay away from Dark Elves because they are sometimes extreme on the way they express their love. They do takes slaves but most of the time it's their way to find a man they like and wish to have as their husband while females are trained and transformed to be Dark Elves. They really don't mean harm but their just different."

Veronica not only looks in disbelief but with disgust as she says, "Different!? More like outright disgusting and should be slain on sight. Doing all that harm in the name of love, I really question their mental state."

Wyatt interjects, "I don't mean to interrupt but we should really focus here as I suspect they wouldn't take kindly to us intervening on saving one of the villagers from them so I propose an immediate course of action."

Veronica, Abby and the closest Chimtaurs listen to Wyatt's idea, "I suggest we attack the caravan that's transporting the captured villagers right now."

"Why right now?" Veronica asks.

"Because one: They are now aware of us so they'll probably attack in retaliation and maybe makes us their slaves. Reason two: That caravan was attacked so the defenders are probably wore out and maybe lost a few members in that fight. Finally, reason three: If there is a raiding party out there, taking out that caravan will greatly reduce their combat strength thus making them wary of us."

Veronica seems hesitated at Wyatt's suggestion but Wyatt points out another thing, "They've already attack a village unprovoked so what's stopping them from attacking us when they eventually find us?"

*Sigh* 'He makes a point, we've already engage them in battle and taken away their newly acquired slave. They're disgusting, aggressive and serious mess up in the head. If we attack now and eliminate that caravan then their overall strength does go down. We should have the element of surprise even if not they fought already and we are at our full strength so we should overwhelm them.' Veronica thinking hard about pros and cons of attack a Dark Elf raiding party as she doesn't have all the information and after a moment she sighs again, 'May the Life Giver aids this night.'

She clears her voice then addresses everyone in and out of the tower as she makes her decision, "Everyone prepare for battle! Tonight, we eliminate the Dark Elves and rescue the capture villagers! I know we haven't fought anyone in a long time with some of us have never fought anyone before but you are not alone! Prepare yourselves for tonight we fight!"

Everyone roars in determination while Wyatt keeps calm but Abby looks terrified. Someone in the crowd yells out, "How do we find them first?"

The cheers soon came to a still as that is a very valid question but thankful Wyatt answers, "I got some equipment that'll help find them so give me a moment."

Everyone gets ready as Wyatt and Veronica are but they get stopped by Eleanor, "Excuse me Veronica and Wyatt, there is something else you two should know." Eleanor leads them to an empty room and says, "There is an issue about Abby."

"What kind of issue?" Veronica asks to which Eleanor explains, "During my fight with that Dark Elf, Abby wasn't helping me as it seems she was troubled. I had to threaten her to get her to help me in the fight so I'm worried if you are planning on taking her with us?"

The two look at each other and Wyatt says, "I'll tell her to stay here since she is very hesitate about conflict. What do you say Veronica?"

"Do it, we need conviction in the coming conflict and if she doesn't have it then she'll be left behind." Veronica says coldly.

With that issue decided, they get ready and Wyatt walks to Abby and already sees the trouble expression on her face. He says, "Abby you got a minute?"

She snaps out of her thoughts and says, "Y-yes?"

He walks her over to a quiet corner, looks her in the eyes and says, "Abby I need you to stay here and watch the place."

Abby quickly asks, "What, why!? You're not really joining them are you?"

"I am so I need someone here to watch the village and to keep an eye on her." Wyatt pointing at Madison as she looks around in fasciation and concern. "We are going to be needing any available hands for the attack but still someone to stay here. You understand, yes?"

"But why me, why are you single mee…Eleanor told you didn't she?" Abby voice turns slightly anger.

Wyatt not wanting to lie or anything, "Yes she told me about how hesitated you were when she and that Dark Elf were fighting. Are you afraid of having blood on your hands?"

The anger in her voice changes to sadness as she answers, "I-I would never think of taking another's life and when those two fought I couldn't think. I couldn't think what to do."

Wyatt nods his head and says, "And that is why I want you to stay here so you don't get blood on your hands and deal with the guilt that comes with it."

Abby wanted to say something as tears start becoming visible, threatening to fall but Wyatt grabs both of her hands and says in a slow, comforting way, "Don't worry, I'll be protected by everyone here so don't cry Abby. I'll be back, I promise."

She looks away but asks, "You will?"

"I will." Wyatt was about to say more but, "Wyatt lets go, you still need to find them before they reach their camp!"

"Right, got it Veronica! Gotta go." Wyatt turns or rather try as Abby was still holding his hands, "Don't worry Abby, I'm a man of my word so when I say 'I'll be back' I mean it, you'll see."

Abby lets go of his hands and looks at him teary eye and Wyatt about to say something but, "WYATT MOVE!" Veronica now getting pissed at Wyatt.

"GOING!" Wyatt shouts back then nods at Abby and walks towards his backpack to find the one thing that'll help him find that caravan. He finds the inventory cube containing the item he needs then he walks outside with the cube in his right hand and once outside with some distance away from the tower. This item was supposed to be used in emergencies or if when he first appeared and was completely lost, he would have used it to find out where he was and the location he wanted.

"Release." He says and on command the cube lights up then disperse and in Wyatt's hand was a pad and on the ground in front of him was a disc shaped hover drone.

"What's that?" A random Chimtaur asks.

Wyatt smiles and says, "My eye in the sky, now let's find that caravan."

He turns it on and taps on the pad which he puts in the directions for the drone to fly where. It lifts off the ground then pass the tree line, then the foot of the mountain then so high you can barely see it. Wyatt looks at the screen and sees the village with the tower directly in the middle, three fourths of the screen is the forest and last part of the screen is the mountain. Wyatt drags the drone icon to the west side of the screen and the drone heads west. Wyatt looks for the road the caravan is on and doesn't take long to find it so the question is now: go north or south? Base on Madison's story it sounded like they were heading south so he commands the drone to follow the road south.

Five minutes pass and there they are, Wyatt zooms in and sees three carriages with at least a dozen Dark Elves guarding them. They seem to moving slowly so Wyatt zooms out and sees just how far away they are from here and from what he sees is that they are one and half miles away.

Wyatt goes to Veronica and reports, "Found them, they are south-west, about a mile and half away and they seem to be going slow so we can catch them really quick."

Veronica looking at the screen then says, "Very good. You got a weapon?"

Wyatt shakes his head no so Veronica then says, "Then it might be best if you stay here/I have a plan Veronica that'll give us a decisive edge." Wyatt interrupts then explains his plan to which Veronica slightly smiles.

When the last Chimtaur grabs her gear, they all ride off to battle and with hopes of not losing anyone in the coming rescue operation. They arrived ahead of the caravan and starts Wyatt's plan.

The leader of the caravan, she sits atop of the first carriage, she has long almost slivery hair, dress in more modest armor compare to the rest of her kind and she is busy inspecting her long black curve sword. Her mood is slightly troubled when two of her subordinates came back empty handed and reported tales of strange mamono attacking one and one being force to retreat by a big man with a big black log.

'Damn those Werewolves for ambushing us! If they were looking for men then they should have conquered that village instead of chasing squirrels. At least I only lost two so Lauren shouldn't be that mad at me. I-"HMPH!" The Dark Elf's thoughts came to sudden end when the coach driver halt the horses that almost made her been thrown off. She looks at her and snarls, "Why did you stop Luna?"

"There's someone on the road, Everly!" Luna pointing down the road to which Everly and other Dark Elves look and due see someone on the road.

Everly squinting her eyes to get a better look at the figure on the road and she licks her lips as she see the figure is clearly a man. The figure on the road starts walking towards the caravan and everyone starts getting a better look at him. The see a young man dressed in strange attire, wearing something over his eyes and is armed with a long sword. He stops a few meters from the caravan and greets them, "Hello there."

"~Hello to you as well.~" Everly says in sultry tone then asks in curiosity, "Are you lost or do you have business with us or perhaps…me?" Everly grasping her hand above her heart while squeezing her breasts with her arms making her looking more enticing.

The figure just smiles and says, "I'm here on business, specifically what's inside all these carriages you have."

Everly raises an eyebrow then says, "Oh these people who are under our care? What do you have with them?"

The figure waves his finger in front of him, saying, "Sorry, can't tell you but I'm more than happy to relieve you on this burden." The figure's smile just gets bigger.

Everly feeling slightly annoyed and speaks in the same way, "How about this: You can join these people so you conduct whatever you wish to talk to them until we reach our camp or one of my girls can…'chat' to you. What do you chose?"

"Hahaha, oh your funny but I chose neither but I will give you the choice of stepping off the carriages and walk home or consider this as a hostile takeover. What do you chose?" Everly now getting irritated by this man clearly wasting her time.

"I think I'll chose to help introduce you to everyone here after I've…disarm you." Everly pointing her sword at him then saying, "I'm Everly and I don't believe I've heard your name."

"My name is irrelevant as is your so I think the time to talk is over." The figure draws his sword and points it at Everly then saying, "I'm taking this caravan and you can't stop me!"

Everly jumps off the carriage then says in a delightfully tone, "I'm having a bad day so you'll be the one to help me get over it once I get your name the hard way or the really fun way."

"Hahaha, oh your day is going to be a lot worse! I hope the rest of you are watching because what I'm going to do to your dear Everly is what I'm going to be doing to you." The figure yells out to which the Dark Elves just giggles or sticking their tongues at him.

A second later, a faint whooshing sounds is heard followed by multiple *FLICK*, all the Dark Elves look to the back of the caravan and see four of their kin fallen to the ground with arrows in their heads. At the point Everly was about to say the word that everyone else have suddenly realized; ambush

All the Chimtaurs seemly appeared out of nowhere as the majority of them jump off elevate ground, descending into the Dark Elves, the ones with the bows quickly secured the back carriage then Everly turns to the figure in front of her and to her sudden surprise sees a strange mamono charging at her. Everly jumps back before she could be pounced on and blocks a sword strike. Some of the Dark Elves froze as they have never seen death before and by the point they get over it, some of the larger Chimtaurs have successful pounced on them. The Chimtaurs start shredding them with their animal or reptilian claws.

"Veronica here!" the figure says as he tosses the sword he was holding and it looks very similar to the sword to one attacking Everly. Veronica and Everly engage in a sword duel.

Sierra fighting an elf that has twin pig tail, equipped with a spear where the user sends constant thrusts until Sierra grabs the staff. Sierra thrashing the spear around, trying to get the spear away from the Dark Elf or at least that's what the Dark Elf thought until Sierra suddenly stops. The elf recomposing herself but then felt a sharp pain in the middle of her chest. She looks down and sees the scorpion stinger has embed into her chest. She drops the spear as she struggles to breath and Sierra lifts her up with the tail and brings the elf closer to her.

Sierra puts her left claw on top of the dying elf's head and says, "Shhhh." With the flick of her wrist, *snap* broke the Elf's neck then tosses her body to the side and looks around but sees the fighting has reduce to two people.

Everly glance around real quick and sees all of her sisters have died, anger and confusion swirl around in her head and heart. 'Why! WHY! Mamono don't kill other mamono so how are they so calm with all this murder they've committed?'

The archers soon take position as they draw their arrows and wait. Veronica noticing that they are ready, she position herself in a way that Everly's back is to them. Veronica takes a swing at Everly's right side to which Everly twist to block and the three blades meet, *whoosh then flick*, Everly looks down on her body and sees four arrow heads sticking out.

Everly looks up to Veronica with no visible expression, keeping a steady gaze at her as she drops her sword then onto her knees. Veronica flips her swords downward then plunges them into Everly's body from the top between where the shoulders and the neck. Both of the swords were halfway inside Everly and Everly's final words were this as she weakly says as she still keeps gaze at Veronica, "Damn….you…ah."

With that, the battle was over and the Chimtaurs have won. Wyatt walks next to Veronica and asks, "What did she say?"

"Nothing. She said nothing of importance" Veronica answers as she withdraw her blades from the fallen elf's body and watches it fall to the ground.

Wyatt sees the keys tied around Everly's belt so he reaches down and unties it. He looks back at Veronica and says, "We better take the dead elves with us so their friends don't find out that they have suffered casualties."

Veronica nods and says, "Very well, we'll put them in the carriages once you let the captives out."

"I was thinking the same thing." Wyatt then walks to the back of the first carriage and sees the people inside terrified so he says, "Please don't worry, you have nothing to fear. Madison sent us to save you all." Once he said Madison the people inside start murmuring her name then they hear the click of the padlock being unlocked as Wyatt throws open the barred door. Wyatt repeats the process on the other two carriages and the villagers slowly come out of the carriages.

The people clearly confused with the situation they are in and their unique saviors but Wyatt quickly says, "Everyone don't worry, they are here to help you! Is there a villager elder among you or someone who speaks for you?"

The people look around at each other until a male voice speaks, "I think our elder is at monster camp so I guess I'll speak for everyone."

Wyatt and the Chimtaurs look at the man who is somewhat old judging by the man's wrinkles, he wears some torn cloths and has a decently large brown beard. The man ask, "I heard you say Madison sent you but where is she?"

Wyatt answers, "She's back at our village recovering. She is ok but very tired and slightly cut up."

He exhales in relief then says in a slightly hopeful tone, "Then I and everyone here thank you for rescuing us from these vile monsters but I have to ask: Who are you and these umm…" The man looking a Sierra in a troubled expression.

"My name is Wyatt and the ladies with me are/We are Chimtaurs and I'm their Chiefess, Veronica!" Veronica cuts off Wyatt as she approaches the man who slightly retreats.

Veronica asks, "And you are?"

Man taking a minute to get his nerves to calm down then answers, "I'm John Larson, i-it's nice to meet you two."

"Nice to meet you too but now is not the time to have a little social chat as we need to head back with the dead elves before something or someone notices us or the smell." Wyatt says then adds, "I suggest you and your people fellow us back to our village then we can figure out where the rest of your people are at."

"O-oh please, lead the way." John says with some of the other villagers nodding their heads.

As they head back, Abby and Madison were in their own troubled thoughts with Abby pacing and muttering while Madison simply sits still, looking at the ground.

'I should have gone with him, he has been gone for too long!' Anger shouts.

'If I did, I don't think I could fight the Dark Elves, let alone kill one.' Sadness points out.

'I agree. We are all Mamono but we've never fought each other to the death. Brutalize yes but never shed blood!' Calm says.

'Haven't they heard of knocking your opponent out instead of killing them?' Anger asks.

'I don't believe they even consider it and by judging Veronica's expression, she wasn't going to give them any chance to live.' Calm recounts.

'I know that the Dark Elves are sometimes messed up but that doesn't mean they/*Cough Cough* Abby looks at Madison after hearing her raspy coughs so she walk over to her and asks her in concern, "Do you need some water?"

Madison doesn't say anything but she barely shakes her head yes. Abby walks out of the tower and heads to the water barrels and grabs a cup of water. She returns and hands it to Madison, "Here you go."

Madison delicately grabs it, "Thank you.", then takes a sip.

Abby curious about Madison's mental state ask, "Are you ok?"

"Why?" is all Madison says which confuses Abby and she was about to say something but Madison speaks again, "Why is this happening? We were welcoming towards friendly monsters even had a few living with us so why? What did we do wrong?"

Madison looks like she was about to cry and Abby asks, "You had Mamono living in your village?"

*Sniff* "Yes, mostly Holstaurs and a few Kobolds but they're likely gone now." Madison says that shocks Abby as monsters attacking monster friendly states is not only unheard of but goes against the wishes of the Demon Lord's of achieving world peace.

"I guess we got what we deserve for bringing in monsters to our homes, the Chief God has forsaken us and that monster attack is divine punishment for our sins. The Order was right all along and we were foolish to/SHUT UP!"

Madison instantly went still and quiet as Abby suddenly goes on a rant, "I feel bad for you and your village but it wasn't your fault. The blame is entirely on the Dark Elves, for they attacked a village that welcomes us and they ruined it. Their actions is what people like you hate us, to see us all slain and that causes more suffering for everyone. I know I'm a monster in your eyes but I would never do what they done to you and your village not do I wish others to be like them. And right now, these people who rescued you are out there trying to save your captured family and friends so how about less blaming us and more hoping they succeed."

Abby breathing little heavy and Madison looks away, *Sniff*, 'Oh no, I hope I didn't go far with that.' Sad Abby dreading she may have cause things worse for Madison.

"Why are you different? Why are they different?" Madison asks.

Abby gets down on one knee and grasp Madison's hands that is holding the water cup as she speaks softly, "Are all humans the same?" Madison shakes her head no so Abby continues, "Not all mamono are the same either, so of us are polite and nice like you but there are some who are not polite and nice like the Dark Elves. All I can ask is give us mamono a chance but for the Chimtaurs they're different."

"What do you mean?" Madison looking at Abby confused.

"Well, you see Chimtaurs are/Abby are you here!?" a voice cuts her off as both Madison and Abby look out towards the entrance of the tower. Madison is the first to get on her feet and rans towards the exit with Abby close behind.

When they get outside, Madison sees the caravan she escape from but this time, it's her people outside of them instead of in and with a Chimtaur escort. She quickly descends the steps and runs to meet everyone and hopefully her lover while Abby stands near the edge and takes in what she sees. Abby soon spots Wyatt talking to Veronica then Anger speaks, 'GRRRrrrr! I need to step in between those two before one of them starts getting for the other!'

'Later, for now I want to see Wyatt's health.' Calm demands as she starts stepping down the stairs to join him. As she gets closer to the carriage Wyatt is sitting on a scent gets her attention and the closer she gets to Wyatt the stronger the scent gets. When she is finally in arms distance of Wyatt, the scent is at its strongest so she looks to what inside the carriage and is horrified at what she saw.

Inside she saw dead elves laid on top one and another, all of them bloodied with some of them look like they got torn to shreds by a bear or something. She gags and backs away from the carriage then looks at the other two and sees they too had more dead elves inside. horrified and sadden to see them dead then a voice gets her attention, "Abby!"

She looks up and sees Wyatt staring at her as he says, "Abby, you ok?"

Ok? How can she be ok when she see dead mamono cause by him and the Chimtaurs, "Did you kill all of them?"

Wyatt noticing the slight tone of anger in her question, 'Oh boy, I knew she'll get mad about this. Better take this somewhere private.'

"Follow me Abby, where it ain't so crowded." Wyatt says and Abby narrows her eyes at him without saying anything. Wyatt gets off the carriage and the two walk to somewhere private. Once they were away from anyone's hear range, Wyatt turns to face Abby and answers, "Now for your answer Abby, its yes. We've taken out the entire caravan guard in order to/*SLAP*"

Abby slaps Wyatt across the cheek causing him to fall over and as he looks up, he sees her glaring at him. Abby then speaks in a low hissing like tone, "You shouldn't have killed all of them instead you should have wounded them into submission."

Wyatt gets back up while rubbing the side of his face as he counters, "If we follow your plan then they'll be able to go back to their camp, inform them about us and what we did then we'll lose any chance of rescuing the other villagers and finally we'll be a huge target for them. Plus, I don't want to spend the rest of my life being used as a sex slave so them being permanent silenced is required."

"You've could have tied them up and brought them back with you as captives! Killing them isn't the only way of making them silent!" Abby roars and she is clearly angry now.

"And where we put them Abby? We have no place to put them and we lack the means of taking care of them." Wyatt shoots back and his temper is starting to wane.

"You could have put them in your tower and still of food to spare, we/NO!" Wyatt abruptly interrupts as he counters, "I'm not turning my tower into a prison complex and we do have food to spare but only for a few days. We haven't setup any kind of food production yet so logistics speaking: Keeping prisoners is a bad move to make so again their termination is unfortunate but required."

Abby wanted to rebut him but he makes a logical case as he continues, "Lets also consider that even if we beat them all and spare them, do you honestly think they'll let it go? You can bet they'll come back looking for revenge then all of our efforts here today and further on would be ultimately worthless. We're now in this fight Abby and it will only end with one side destroyed. If you can't handle that then leave. That way you'll not be tied to us when we completely eliminate the Dark Elves."

Wyatt starts turning back to the village but Abby grabs him by the shoulders as she pleads, "Wait please, I…I know that you had to do what to do but it's just…"

She doesn't finish so Wyatt finishes it for her, "You can't stand the thought of taking another's life, can you?"

Abby shakes her head no and Wyatt just sighs then says in a calmer tone, "Listen to me Abby, I didn't what to take their lives but I must do if I'm to complete my tower. It's very important that I do or else."

Wyatt lifts Abby's paws off him and he walks away, leaving Abby alone with conflicted thoughts. Wyatt returns to the front of the tower and sees the carriage are gone and most of the people are standing around uneased. Wyatt heads to Veronica and asks, "Where did the carriages go?"

Veronica faces him and answers, "I had some of my sisters take the dead elves to bury them somewhere in the forest, that way this place won't smell rotten when they start decaying."

"I see." Wyatt then turns to see the displaced villages and asks, "How about them?"

Veronica now looking at them too saying, "They seem both relieved and somewhat lost, though I can't blame, I know those feelings very well myself." Veronica now getting serious as she turns to Wyatt and asks, "Have you found the location of the Dark Elf camp?"

"No but I will once I get these people situated so excuse me."

Wyatt heads to the crowd while Veronica whispers to herself, "Hopeful you'll do a better job than your leader did for us."

Wyatt walks up the stairs, to start looking for John but is unnecessary as he quickly spots him talking to Madison. Wyatt walks over and politely asks, "Excuse me John but I wish to have a word with you."

"O-oh, about what?" John clearly nervous along with Madison giving a worried look of her own.

"By any chance, did the Dark Elves reveal the location of their camp to you or maybe you overheard?" John thinks for a moment then shakes his head no so Wyatt then explains, "We are planning on finding their camp and freeing the rest of your friends and family from the Dark Elves"

John, Madison and those nearby are stunned then John quickly asks, "You are?!"

"Yes but first we need to find that camp so for now you and your people can stay inside my tower for the time being." Wyatt gestures towards his tower then adds, "There is plenty of room for everyone to sleep for tonight."

"I-I…thank you Mister, we'll never forget your kindness." John does a light bow and Madison does a bow too which Wyatt simply nods to them before walking away.

'Well, I was hoping they had something to help me find that camp but looks like I'll have to do it myself.' Wyatt turns on the drone and sends it to where the caravan was first discovered, once there, he commands it to follow the road. Wyatt looking closely for any trails and dirt roads that deviate from the main road and he has followed a few of them but lead to dead ends. After an hour of this, he finds something and has the drone take a closer look then sees what he was looking for.

"Found you." Wyatt seeing the various tents and cages with over a dozen Dark Elves walking around or raping the men. He doesn't see any watchtowers and the only defenses they do have is several sections of log fences scattered around the parameter of the camp. He sees several tents arranged around the main campfire with those on the outside housing their supplies and four cages nearly filled with people position at the very back of the camp. Wyatt takes a few pictures then has the drone map out the route from the camp to here.

Once the drone returns, the sun is starting to set and Wyatt has gathered all the Chimtaurs and some of the villagers that are going to be in the fight. They look over the pictures and come up with a plan to assault that camp. The plan is to take all three carriages and have some of the smaller Chimtaurs loaded inside them approach the front of the camp while the large Chimtaurs would start their attack from a different direction drawing their attention. Once the Dark Elves send their defenders to deal with that group, the disguised caravan would then launch a frontal assault on the less defended entry. The hope is the confusion would stall the Dark Elves from any coordinated defense and give some of the Chimtaurs time to extract the captured villagers. If things go smoothly then the liberated villagers would load up in the carriages and make hasty escape.

Once everyone understood their role and the plan, they all headed out to the campsite with Wyatt taking the front carriage though someone had to drive it for him. John took the second carriage and Madison took the last one. The ride over toward the camp was uneventful but everyone kept their eye out for any Dark Elves in case they came looking for their late caravan but so far no one has seen anything. When they get close, Veronica took the majority of the Chimtaurs and went around north while those with the carriages stayed until Wyatt gave the word. Wyatt using the drone to maintain an overview of the area, watches Veronica's group getting into position. Once they are in position, Wyatt gave the word, "Let's begin.", and the caravan is off.

"Where are they? They are considerably late even if they are playing with the merchandise, they should be here by now!" The leader of the raiding party angrily speaks out loud for everyone to hear and maybe someone would answer her but no does. The leader has long, elegantly tied up pony tail that reaches near her ass. She is the most muscular among her kin even being the tallest and oldest but still single as she has yet to meet a man who meets her requirements. She hoping this assignment her employer gave her would remedy that but she hasn't meet the one and to make things worse they were on a schedule so she can't stay around for long. She was getting ready to start assemble a search party for them but…

"They're back, Aksehsa!" Someone yells to her so she turns around does sees the three carriages coming down the road.

"About damn time! When they get here, they better have a very good reason for their delay or their asses are going to experience something unpleasant." Aksehsa slightly says out loud which made a few Dark Elves clutch their own asses. She walks towards the entry of the camp and sees the lanterns on the carriages getting closer but she notices the lack on guards which is odd as there should be at least a dozen of her kin there. She was about to walk out and investigate but, "WE UNDER ATTACK!"

Someone yells, alerting the entire camp then more yelling is heard, "NORTH SIDE INCOMING!" Everyone including Aksehsa start running to the north side of the camp and prepare while the caravan hasten to get inside. Aksehsa reaching the north side and sees the rapidly approach force and thinks, 'Order cavalry, they sure reacted fast. I wonder if a scout saw us or a villager escape us? Oh well, doesn't matter when we…wait what?!"

Aksehsa noticing the odd shapes of this force even with her strong night vision, she is confused at what she is looking at but it became absolutely clear when that force enter into the campfires' light. To Aksehsa's surprise and everyone else, they see the strangest looking Mamono then there was the clash between them. Some of the Chimtaurs choose to leap into the Dark Elves while others charged through the Dark Elf ranks with whatever weapon they had swinging.

Aksehsa dodges and weaves through the stampede, nearly missing all the swipes and charges then she hears a scream. She looks around then spots one of her kin being impaled by a scorpion stinger then thrown into the air and lands on her head. Aksehsa completely shock to see her sister actually killed by these strange as she mentally gasps, 'They are actually killing us!? WHY!?'

Meanwhile Wyatt and the caravan enter the camp and to the shock of those still keeping a watch of the area see the carriages aren't manned by their sisters but rather by Humans so they charge. The Chimtaurs in the back burst out and confront the approaching Elves which surprises them.

Everything seems to be going to plan at least in Wyatt's mind and he turns around to yell to the others but, "PRISNORS ARE BREAKING OUT! PRISNORS ARE BREAKING OUT!" some elf screams out.

'Well, this is very good timing, looks like we won't be needing to stay here long if they are all out so/"INCOMING FORCE FROM THE EAST! ENEMY REIFORCMENTS ARE CHARGING IN!"

"What!?" Wyatt exclaims in concern then he climbs to the top of the carriage and sees at the other end of the camp, the captured villagers fleeing towards the new force. Amid the chaos, he doesn't get a clear view of them beside they appear to be big and carrying big weapons too.

'Shit, it's way too early to confront the Order! We need to get out of here before this turns into a three way battle.' Wyatt then yells at Whitney, "Whitney! I need you to go to Veronica's group and tell her to have everyone retreat immediately! The Order is here and they're rescuing the captured villager so we need to leave now!"

"Understood!" Whitney says as she finishes off the elf by slicing her throat with her talons.

Wyatt turns to everyone else and says, "Everyone else, it's time to leave! Let's go driver." The man nods his head and the caravan leaves the camp quickly.

Whitney rapidly approaches the battlefield and sees a few Dark Elves retreating from the fighting with bloody limbs and faces. Some of them seem to be traumatized whenever one of them looks at Whitney but she ignores it. She reaches where the battle is taking place and starts looking for Veronica until she sees her engaged with a large athletic Dark Elf. Whitney jumps into the fray and lands near Veronica.

Veronica sees Whitney and quickly asks, "You have the villagers loaded up alright?"

Whitney shakes her head and says, "No, Order forces are here and the villagers are heading to them so Wyatt has ordered for an immediate full retreat. The caravan has already left the camp so it's just us now."

Ahseska having heard most of Whitney's report is both deeply angered and worried then hears Veronica says in an extremely loud voice, "ALL CHIMTAURS FALL BACK! IT'S TIME TO LEAVE! GO!"

All the nearby Chimtaurs relayed Veronica's orders to the others and very soon all the remaining Chimtaurs broke off from the fighting though some of them needed help leaving or put onto Eve's back as she carries those who fell unconscious due to being hit by demonic silver weapons.

Ahseska watches them leave but then hear the sounds of fighting inside the camp so she and anyone still alive head inside to fight the Order.

Once everyone is back at the village with the displace people eagerly waiting for more of their friends and loves to be reunited only to learn that the Order had came in and saved them. The people's expressions of hope and eagerness turn to concern and sadness which made Wyatt slightly confused in the people sudden change in expression.

Wyatt asks John, "Hey John, why is everyone dishearten when your people are rescued by the Order?"

John looking a bit distraught answers, "Because we all left the cities and towns that the Order have personally taken control and the rules they enforce. They even tried to tax us on everything which made everything more expensive. The soldiers who there to protect us, acted more like thieves since they demanded we pay or they would steal something from us. Whenever they see a lady or girl that catches their eye, they'll pursue her to talk to her or somethings kidnap and…." John takes a breath and Wyatt sees his face becoming slightly red with anger as he continues, "Thus, we left and make our village before the Order can ruin us even more and now half of the people I know are with them again. I-I…"

"John?" Wyatt getting concern but John quickly composes himself and says, "Forgive me, it's been a tiring day."

John starts rubbing his forehead and Wyatt says, "I knew what you mean so I think it's best if everyone go get some rest. I know the Chimtaurs could really use some after all the running and fighting they had. So again, you're all welcome to spend the night here in my tower then we'll figure out something tomorrow. Sound good?"

"Y-yes, thank you." John says then lets out a very tired yawn.

Wyatt walks into his tower then to his room but as soon he enters he sees Abby sitting next to his sleeping bag, looking back at him with worried eyes.

"Abby?" Wyatt looking back with his own worried eyes, "You alright?"

"You weren't able to save them?" Abby asks her own question instead of answering.

Wyatt sighs a little then answers, "No, the Order charged in while everyone was fighting the Dark Elves and some of the captured villagers managed to get out of the cages and ran towards them. I ordered for an immediate retreat as I didn't want to fight the Order this soon so…we left."

Wyatt then sits on top of his sleeping bag as a yawn exits his mouth and does a little stretch before saying, "Well at least they're free but from what John told me, they'll be some uneasiness between the two groups."

"So now what?" Abby asks to which Wyatt simply says, "Right now, I'm going to get some rest and deal with what issues comes next."

Wyatt enters his sleeping bag with all of clothes still on but he is too tired to remove them which Romance Abby disapproves but Calm asks, "Can I stay here with you tonight Wyatt?"

Wyatt not opening his eyes answers, "Sure as long you don't do anything to me."

Throughout the night the two chatted until one after the other fall asleep.

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Merry Christmas reader, I hope you enjoy this chapter as this will be the last one for this year. The next few chapters to be uploaded will be Dark Interference. Once again Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!