The amount of adrenaline rush in their bodies was crazy. It was flowing everywhere uncontrollably because they're facing death. A living death who is known to bring chaos to their home. It has multiple nicknames known by every animal in Jasper, and it's here to bring destruction.
As they were charging towards the infamous Raven Mocker who was just standing there, Humphrey didn't like a single thing he's doing right now. It feels like he's plotting or waiting for something. They were getting closer and closer to him. He has no fear of them neither no fear of death. Every species with different sizes and strengths should be able to shake him out of his places until he pulled out his rifle. It was no ordinary rifle. It was an assault rifle that is fully automatic with an extended clip.
It made Humphrey widened his eyes. Without hesitation, he tackled Kate, just in time before he started shooting. Kate let out a yelp and went down to the ground with Humphrey as shots were being fired at them. The Blight Corps leader was only shooting at them with semi-automatic mode, and he effortlessly killing them like its nothing. He took one by one, making the bullets count.
The death scream from everyone else was horrifying. Kate and Humphrey watched in horror to see their fellow friends going down, one after another. They got shot in the head and dropped down immediately. The others got shot in the body and were screaming in agony because the pain was so intense that they couldn't handle it. The blood was spilling out too fast, and it was painful for them to make the smallest movements. Kate and Humphrey turned their attention to the Raven Mocker and saw that he was backing up while shooting down everyone else. But everyone didn't give up. They continue charging at him as the numbers are rapidly decreasing.
Humphrey gritted his teeth. He was frustrated that they were inches away from him, and he just wipes them out with a single move. He glared at him and decided to sneak up on him from below, so he doesn't see him.
And with that, Humphrey ran towards them.
"Humphrey" Kate called after him before she ran after him.
Humphrey was dodging left and right from the bodies dropping next to him. He doesn't care if he's covered in blood. All he wanted to do is to get that weapon out of his hand, so they have the advantage. Humphrey looked into his eyes, and he was right. He doesn't see him when he was this low, but his legs were aching from running so low.
When Humphrey was inches away from him, he jumped and snatched the weapon out of his hand as he went flying. Kate took her opportunity and hit his chest to the ground, but he didn't go down. He stood up straight like a tree, and Kate bounced off of him after the impact.
At the same time, he pulled out his pistol and aim it at Kate. Humphrey widened his eyes, and everything went in slow motion. He slightly dropped the rifle in mid-air as he watched in horror of Kate meeting her death right in front of him. He couldn't save her because he was in mid-air, and it's impossible to save her in this position. He wished he had superpowers. His chest was starting to hurt badly, bringing tears to Humphrey's eyes. It hurts to see Kate's terrified expression. The look on her face was nothing Humphrey had ever seen before. It was something new, and he doesn't like it at all.
Kate's life was flashing right in front of her...until Jade saves her just in time. She used all of our paws to push Kate out of the way before jumping towards his hand. Humphrey was surprised that she's able to save her just in time. His friends are joining in the fight, and he saw Storm running away from the event as fast as she could, so she could get help from their parents.
Jade had her jaws wide open as she aimed it at his wrist. However, the Raven Mocker was quick enough to read her movement. Humphrey landed on the ground with the rifle tumbling next to him before watching Jade getting grabbed by his prosthetic arm.
Jade spit out a good amount of her saliva. The strength from his prosthetic arm is unbelievable, but what makes it worst is that he curled his fingers around her throat and squeezed her neck harder than ever. Jade started to gasp for air and start clawing his robotic hand. It was cutting her airway fast, and she's about to pass out any second.
Then, Humphrey rushed and bit his ankle, trying to tear off his Achilles. However, the Jormungandr was quick enough to immediately let go of her and punched Humphrey with his left arm. Humphrey howled in pain as he slid across the field. He could've sworn that he heard a crack or was it just every bone in his body popped. Humphrey wheezed as he began to touch his painful right cheek. His cheek was bright purple, and he felt immense pain when he made contact with it. It was the worst pain Humphrey had ever experience yet.
Humphrey looked up and gasped. The Raven Mocker was already onto him as he pulled his left arm back. He can hear it charging while pulling back as if he was about to punch Humphrey to make him explode into pieces. Humphrey finds himself in the same position Kate was in seconds ago. His pupils shrunk as he stared at the metal hand coming closer to him.
Lilly froze as she stared at the Jasper Devil. That wicked smile on his face was horrifying. He looked soo happy to see her. Lilly took little steps back, making the Jasper Devil smile even wider than before.
"Ah I love my job. Don't be afraid, little girl. I won't hurt you" he said and started laughing. Lilly let out a hollow gasped and took major steps back. "Ah-ah," he said, pointing a gun at her with a click.
Lilly froze again, making him cackle as he began walking towards her.
"On second thought, I think I should strip your hide off. It looks so pretty, and it's definitely worth a lot of money on making a beautiful coat." Lilly widened her eyes as he was getting closer to her. Garth looked behind him and saw Lilly getting cornered by the Jasper Devil. Garth gritted his teeth and ran towards them. The Jasper Devil was within inches away from her. He had no intention of shooting his gun at her. He just wanted to skin her off and torture her because he's got that wicked smile on his face.
Garth then tackled the Jasper Devil, dropping his weapon as he tumbling down the Moonlight Howl. He stood right in front of his mate and let out a vicious growl. He glared down at him with fury in his eyes. He doesn't want him anywhere near her. The Jasper Devil was laughing for no reason as he glared back at Garth with his long hair covering his other eye.
Garth's expression changed when he looked at him. It lowers his morale, and the way he is cackling was not normal. He's like the real devil who came up to the surface from hell.
"I love it," he said happily. "I LOVE IT! LET'S DANCE!"
And with that, he ran towards him like a mad man. Garth froze and stared down at his death. He began to wonder why this man is more terrifying than the Silver Giant. The Silver Giant looks imitating because of his size, but this man, right here. His change of presence, his looks, his behavior. Everything about him is horrifying.
Then, Garth snapped himself and glared at him. He got into a defensive stance and was getting ready to fight him face to face. What other choices he has anyway? He's got a girl he needs to protect, and he would kill himself if he didn't protect her. As he was getting closer and closer to him, Garth jumped towards him, but he stepped to the side and grabbed him by his scruff.
Within seconds, he felt immense pain in his back and let out a scream.
"GARTH" Lilly screamed in horror. The Jasper Devil just cut Garth's back and was now running his knife down his back. It wasn't deep into his body, but it was enough to put him in severe pain. The Jasper Devil formed his signature wicked smile on his face and continue giggling at his artwork on Garth's back. Lilly then started to growl and began to growl even louder. She gritted her teeth hard and glared at her enemy before jumping recklessly at him.
"GET AWAY FROM MY MACHO ALPHA!" She screamed and head-butting his face.
She head-butted him so hard that it made him drop his weapon and Garth to the ground and began tumbling down the Moonlight Howl again. Lilly looked back at Garth who was heavily bleeding from his back. Garth winced and was struggling to stand on his paws. The pain was too much for him. That knife was long enough to tear every internal organ in his body. He was surprised that he was still alive from that, but he felt like he's going to die from the pain.
Lilly rushed to his side and began nuzzling his cheek to soothe the pain.
"Are you okay Garth?" she asked worriedly. Garth struggled to form a smile, but it was perfect one for Lilly to see.
"Y-Yeah, thank you, babe," he said, smiling. Lilly smiled and kissed Garth's nose. Garth looked over her shoulder and widened his eyes. The Jasper Devil was in a perfect position for them to use their logs. He quickly looked back at the others, and they were still fighting the Silver Giant. He had no other choice but to focus on one of them, and that's the Jasper Devil.
"EVERYONE, GET ON THE LOGS" Garth shouted, catching everyone's attention. They followed Garth's command without hesitation and immediately got on the logs. Garth used all of his might to get back on his paws and began walking to their log with a help of his mate. He looked back at the Silver Giant and saw running towards them like a wrecking ball.
Garth got on the log as fast as he could, ignoring the pain on his back before pushing the logs down the hill. Just in time to escape from the wrath of the Silver Giant. They slid down the hill and began doing the same routine from the day where they defeated the Phantom.
Meanwhile, Humphrey's life flashes before his eyes. He knew that this would happen anytime. At some point, he knew he would die in a battle against the Raven Mocker. He won't die from old age. He would get killed by the Raven Mocker.
Humphrey stared at the metal hand coming closer and closer to him. He closed his eyes and met his fate until he heard a roar coming from Kate.
"Kate," Humphrey asked, opening his eyes to find Kate latching onto his side. For the first time in history, the Raven Mocker let out a painful scream. He lifted his metal arm, attempting to smash Kate's head into a pancake. Humphrey was about to jump in, but he collapsed onto the ground. He didn't realize how dizzy he was after having his life flash before his eyes.
Then, Leon came in just in time and went for his throat. But the Raven Mocker saw it coming and hulk smash onto his back. Leon gagged and was sent straight down to the ground like a lightning strike. Hummer zoomed by and went for his leg, doing the same tactic he did before. Max rushed to the other leg and copy his action until the Raven Mocker jumped in the air and swing his left arm around. At the same time, it made all three of them letting go of their jaws and got hit by his robotic arm, sending them flying across the forest.
"HUMPHREY" Kate screamed his name until he disappeared within her sight. Humphrey whimpered, trying to stand on his paws, but he couldn't.
The Raven Mocker started walking towards his rifle and his pistol. Humphrey couldn't get a clear image of where he was walking towards. The only thing he saw was his blurry figure. The Raven Mocker was about to pick his rifle up until the Grizzly Bear came in and tried to pounce him. It was the same bear Humphrey talked to yesterday. The bear was trying to get a clean cut on him, but he kept dodging like it's nothing until he blocked his swipe with his metal arm.
The wind from the impact was blowing around him, and he holds his fedora hat. Everyone was shocked to see that he didn't go flying. The Grizzly Bear was the strongest creature in the forest, and this monster can withstand his strength. They looked down and see why he didn't go flying. He was putting his weight on his right foot. Not only that, it's because he has a robotic arm.
With that kind of strength and to see that he can stand up against the Grizzly Bear's strength, it drops everybody's morale down. They can no longer fight him after seeing his left arm strength. Especially seeing him striking down a cougar and handling three canines at once. The Raven Mocker shoved his claws out of the way, catching him off balance. He took the opportunity by cocking his left arm back and punched him square on the stomach, making him slide across the ground several feet. The Grizzly Bear puked out his saliva and began holding onto his stomach. He looked up and saw the Jormungandr was already onto him. He let out a war cry and uppercut his chin with his left arm again, flipping onto his back.
The bear couldn't even move. That punched felt like it paralyzed him for quite a while. He tried to move one of his limbs or his ears, but he couldn't. It turned his body into a statue.
The Raven Mocker turned his attention towards his weapons again before walking towards it. He picked up his rifle and reload it. When he looked up, the first person he saw was Humphrey. He firmly grabbed his rifle and began walking towards him while snapping back the slide.
Humphrey finally got his full vision back and gasped after seeing him aiming his rifle at him. Humphrey was about to stand up and ran away, doing the serpentine move until Kate rushed up to him and bit his shoulder while jumping on his back. She began scratching his mask, trying to gorge his eyes out. She doesn't want to break her promise, and she will protect Humphrey at all costs.
The Raven Mocker let out a roar and grabbed Kate over his shoulder before throwing her across the forest again to where everyone was. He was aiming at Kate until Humphrey did the same move as she did.
However, he already knew what he was trying to do, so he shook him off like it's nothing. But Humphrey was quick enough to go after his right leg. He bit him hard and jerked him around in circles, doing the same move that Sargent did to the hunters. At the same time, Kate recovered quickly and went for his upper torso. Finally, they manage to knock him over onto his back. Kate glared down at him and attempted to bite his throat, but she got punched to the side from his metal arm. It made her gagged and send her flying again, away from them about several feet.
Humphrey widened his eyes and immediately let go of him before rushing to her side to check on her.
"Kate, are you okay," he asked worriedly. He was hoping that it didn't bust her ribs and damage her organs. Kate smiled as she stood up like it's nothing.
"I'm fine Kate," she said, doing the poker face. She then stood up, and they both looked at him who was getting up on his feet.
"Kate, I'll go low. You go on top. Got it" he said sternly. Kate nodded her head, and they both began running towards him as fast as they could. When they got close to him, Kate immediately jumped in the air and Humphrey went for his legs again. They made contact with him and finally tackled him to the ground. Kate tried to remove the mask as quickly as possible to smash his head.
She was desperate to end this fight as quickly as possible while Humphrey began chomping onto his ankle. They were getting close to end him until they both heard a loud gunshot.
Humphrey slowly dropped his angle and looked at him. He gasped as his eyes shrunk to a size of an atom. The Raven Mocker...just...shot Kate on her right side. Kate's lips started to quiver before dropping to her left side with blood spilling out of her body, which made Humphrey panic hard.
"KATE" Humphrey screamed, rushing to her side and picking up her head. Humphrey was traumatized. He was so scared. Too scared to even continue fighting. The moment Kate received that life-threatening injury, it changes...everything. "Kate, Kate, KATE!" Humphrey kept calling after her name. Kate had tears in her eyes. She can barely manage the pain she's experiencing, and Humphrey made it worse when he tried to stop the bleeding. It was coming too fast. Humphrey didn't pay attention that his dad, Charlie, and the rest of his family were there to protect him.
Charlie manage to pin the Raven Mocker to the ground and began snarling at his face. Chrystal rushed to his arm and began jerking on it, attempting to rip his arm while Michael went after his legs and Heather went after the other.
The Raven Mocker growled and punched Charlie with his metal arm. Charlie let out a painful scream, catching his mate's attention.
"CHARLIE" she yelled. The Raven Mocker grabbed her by her mane and threw her across the forest before punching Michael and Heather with his metal arm again. They howled in pain as they went flying before slamming against the tree. The Blight Corps leader grabbed something from his pocket, and it's the Regenerative Medicine. He injected his body with it, and all of his injuries healed instantly.
He got back on his feet and charged at Kate and Humphrey. Kate slowly opened her eyes to find Humphrey crying. Kate was about to put her paws on his cheeks until she saw the Raven Mocker charging at them.
Kate immediately stood right in front of Humphrey and growled at him. However, he kicked both of them hard enough to send them flying towards everyone else. Humphrey grunted as he slid across the ground, but he didn't care about his pain. He was more worried about Kate as he rushed to her side and stopped the bleeding. There was blood surrounding her body, and he was glad that he stopped the bleeding.
Kate painfully looked at Humphrey with blood spilling out from her mouth and smiled at him.
"H-Humphrey," she said.
"Kate" he cried. Kate manages to put her right paw on his left cheek. She began to tear up, knowing that she won't survive long enough. She was happy that she kept her promise to protect Humphrey until the very end. "K-Kate...please...don't die."
Tears began strolling down her cheeks when he said that. She didn't want this to happen, and it hurts to see Humphrey crying.
"I'm...I'm not going to die, Humphrey," she said, struggling. "I promise." Humphrey closed his eyes, letting more tears out. There was an explosion nearby, and the forests were gulped into flames. The screams from everyone else were petrifying. Everybody was afraid of humans and fire. Both of their worst enemies of all time. It was two on one. They can no longer continue to fight, no matter how many they have; they can't match their strength.
Humphrey pulled Kate close to her body and cried harder than ever. Kate was trying her best not to cry, but she can't. It was too much for her, and she began crying along with her boyfriend.
Winston and Eve rushed to her side after seeing what happened to her. Eve gasped as she covered her mouth with her paws before putting her head onto Winston's shoulder. Winston wrapped his arm around his mate as they tearfully watch their daughter slowly dying.
"Kate."
"Humphrey..." They both tearfully looked at each other and shared their last kiss. Humphrey turned his attention to the Blight Corps and saw them all approaching towards them in a wall formation with the Raven Mocker in the back as their King.
The fire was roaring and began flooding the forest. The Raven Mocker pulled the canister from his coat again and threw it at them. The fire canister exploded near them, and it was coming their way fast.
Humphrey looked at Kate one last time before hugging her protectively over the fire. Humphrey began to think that humans are the true monsters of this world and THE only monster that ever existed. He began to lost his faith in humanity. By the time his human dad gets here, it would be too late to save him. However, he's not the only one. The dogs began to lose their faith in humanity. The Blight Corps took it away. They remove faith in humanity with ease.
Humphrey sobbed harder than ever as he hugged Kate tightly while stopping the bleeding from her injury. They both close their eyes and met their fate as the fire rushed to their side with the laughing of the Jasper Devil and the other Blight corps member. Everyone did the same thing with their loved ones, sharing their last moment with them.
Humphrey didn't want Kate to be the first one to experience the pain from the fire. He wanted her to be the last one to experience it.
They both waited...waited...and waited...but nothing happens. Humphrey can still smell the fire and Kate's blood until...a strong familiar scent occur within the area.
Humphrey immediately opened his eyes. The first thing he saw was something he always dreamed of till now. A mighty creature who can go toe to toe with the Blight Corps. The fire gracefully began flowing upward, not harming him in any way. It was a marked human, who was holding a Ballistic Shield that can withstand the strength of a thousand bullets. Humphrey gasped as the fire began to calm down once it recognized him. One of their fellow friends.
Humphrey knew that human. He made it. HIS DAD MADE IT! However, he's not the only one. The dogs' parents were there along with him, including Sargent's dad. Humphrey's dad lowered his shield as he glared at the Blight Corps with the sunlight, shining on them while the darkness flow upon the terrorists.
Everyone who knew Humphrey's dad began to smile. The faith in humanity has been restored.
WHAT A CLIFFHANGER! OMG! Only two chapters left from this war arc. After that, then I will be focusing on Five Alphas, One omega. I know everyone are excited for that story, and waiting for it to be updated. Well...more like they wanted to see the lemon chapter LMAO. Anyways, what did you guys think? What will happen next? Obviously a fight between the dogs' parents and the Blight Corps, but really, what will happen next? I'm TheRavenMocker. Be a raven, mock the ravens. We'll see you guys on the next flight.
