Beastfire: Thank you! We'll see, Ivy?
Supa-nova-101: Oh, I do hope that you'll be okay!And that you like this chapter.
Chapter 9 (Warning, violent!)
The monster scanned the group that had come to stand before it. Suddenly, its eyes fell upon a warrior in familiar armor, and it struck out at him first. His speed was blinding, and his clawed hand stretched as he reached for the guard. Luckily, the warrior was ready and he said some sort of spell that gave him the speed to get out of the way. He attacked the monster with his own claws, but it they seemed to slide through, as if the creature were made of fog. However, he proved that this was not the case.
He struck out with its claws once more, and as the guard dodged, he struck with one of his feet, and the wicked claws on his toes sliced through the line of other fighters, hitting Sprx. This caught everyone by surprise, just as the monster had hoped, and he stuck out and grabbed the guard in his jaws. It would have been nearly impossible for the guard to have escaped anyway, as he was still in the air from jumping out of the way, but breaking his concentration had sealed his fate.
As the horrible beast swallowed, some of the others started to lash out, outraged about what had just happened and forgetting that they were supposed to be on the defensive. Ivy used her telekinesis to attack him, hurling two boulders and a tree at him. Nothing did much damage, but the tree did more than the stones. Frus attacked by summoning metal for a number of blades and making them fly forward into the monster while he slashed at his legs with his sword. Nova punched him really hard a number of times.
The monster was surprised and even a little happy to feel pain from an enemy, creating a thrill that he hadn't felt in far too long in his opinion. Then he clearly saw Nova, and what color she was, and it reminded him of the guards and his prison, and he struck at her first. Chiro pulled her out of the way and used his Chiro Spearo to attack the monster. The monster attacked the two of them, surprisingly jumping into the air, flipping, and landing on them with a loud crunching sound. Luckily, when it got up, its underside was burnt and Chiro and Nova weren't very hurt. Apparently Chiro had used his Monkey Fu and the burst of energy had acted as a shield.
Sprx, who was already injured, used his Magna Tingler Blast, and he got the creature's attention. Meanwhile, Antuari pulled Nova and Chiro away from danger. The monster reached into the ground and used his claws to bring up a large amount of stone and dirt, and it threw the chunk at the red monkey, knocking him off somewhere and perhaps burying him. Then he turned his attention toward the smallest two.
Frus and his sword Gaia had become a major annoyance, having almost fully hacked off one of his legs. The monster quickly grew that back and stomped at Frus. As the furry silver alien dodged out of the way, Ivy attacked the monster to distract it - and was engulfed in a flame. The monster stopped breathing fire to see what had been done and saw Ivy with a sphere of water around her.
Seeing that the monster was going to stomp, Ivy began to move out of the way and Frus summoned more metal, creating a device not unlike Link's Hookshot from the Legend of Zelda. Frus flew forward and landed on the top section of the creature, and he began to slash at his face. The monster shook tried to shake and pull Frus off, but Frus dug in with his claws and held on.
Then, finally, Gibson came out with what looked like a combination of an expensive lamp and a bazooka, as odd as that may sound. Gibson carefully aimed the weapon at the snake-like segment of the monster and pulled the trigger, firing a super-bright light. When it struck, it knifed through the creature's body, and the skin around where the beam hit turned into ash. The top segment - and Frus - fell towards the ground, and the monster began to re-grow his wings and legs. Keeping his claws as they were, he pulled Frus off in the confusion and landed on him upon hitting the ground. He had slowed the fall with his wings, but it was a crushing blow anyway.
The monstrous body began to dissolve, but the creature flew towards Gibson. Although he wasn't faster than the beam, he was much faster than the blue monkey was, and he grabbed the weapon and crushed it in his hand. He lifted the monkey and prepared to do he same to him when a fireball hit him in the back. Turning around, the monster saw Ivy holding up Frus and watching him. The monster flew toward the two of them, dropping the weapon and Gibson, and the blue monkey immediately checked it out to find the lens intact.
Antuari intercepted the monster, using his claws to leave a gash in the monster's hide. However, the creature slashed him right back, doing much more damage. He grabbed him and held him down, biting into Antuari's neck. He left the monkey bleeding on the ground.
Ivy tried several of her powers, including her pain kinesis, which at least seemed to slow the monster down. However, he slashed at her and Frus, separating the two of them. Suddenly, the monster flapped his wings hard and fast, creating a powerful gust of wind that knocked Ivy back. The monster grabbed her by the head and slammed her into the ground. Although he didn't do more than knock her out, if that, he stopped and attacked Frus before he could try to save Ivy by attacking from behind. Frus was indeed jumping at him sword first. However, he was grabbed out of the air and his sword was taken from him and thrown off somewhere. The monster raised his claw and struck. Ivy, who was indeed conscious, although her vision was blurry, heard a moist ripping sound and two thuds.
Inside, Otto was watching over the children. Suddenly, however, all four of them lifted their head and turned towards where the beast was fighting Frus, although they couldn't see that from where they were. They began to run towards the exit, the triplets preparing to use their powers and Kyrie ready to help in any way she could. Otto could only follow them, hoping that his friends were doing okay out there.
Please review! And don't worry just yet, dear readers! (Oh, and if you're wondering where SK is, there's no way he'd help if he could get around it, right? Maybe he'll show up again if it stays this desperate…)