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At 1714 hours
Saturday 15th May
TORI
I demorphed to human before morphing into an animal I knew had fur; the jackal
But as I morphed, I felt the problem with the jackal
They're used to heat, not cold. And despite having fur, the jackal was freezing. I could see that Adam and Leah were fine as a tiger and panther. Sam and John were together as a pair of cheetahs. Ha-ha, cheetahs, cheaters, funny
My body was numb from the snow. I sat back on my haunches to keep myself warm. I didn't care if a killer whale and Venber were coming for us; I just wanted to be warm
Made me remember about some of the winters we had when I was a child. I would always cuddle to Mom or Dad, curled up next to them as they read a book
(Tobias, Tori back is freezing) came Mom's voice
Didn't I have any better morphs suited for this or close enough?
No, I didn't, so I was freezing cold. Something large was coming towards me. I would have backed away, but I couldn't
(Tori, are you okay?) asked Dad's voice
(Freezing cold here)
The lumbering polar bear stepped over me. I snuggled against the warm fur
(Okay kiddo, you snarl and bite, I'll roar and kick butt) said Dad
(Yeah, sure, no worries)
I felt slightly warmer, but I knew I could fight now
(Venber are close now) said Ax
(Take them down and watch out for David) said Jake
(MOVE!) cried Marco
I saw three large creatures jumped back as a black and white submarine burst through the ice, before sinking back under the ice
(Which one, which one?) laughed David (Who should I take out first?)
(Oi, David, you puny little twerp, come over here) said Mom
I wanted to say don't, but a large creature was coming for us. I pushed back against Dad, trying to stay warm
Its head looked like a hammerhead shark's, it had a humanoid silver body, with flashes of bloodred and midnight-blue. The huge, burly arms split at the elbows to make two forearms. And they sliding along, as if they were on ice skates
(What are those things?) I asked Dad
(Venber. We've kinda fought against them in a similar environment)
One came at us. Dad roared and reared up on his hind legs. I wished he didn't
The Venber charged at Dad, moving fast on its skates. Just as it reached us, I lunged out and clamped my jaws around its right leg, snarling and pulling back
The Venber reached for me, but Dad roared again and lunged, slamming into the Venber and slashing it with his large claws. I still held on, so that it couldn't get up
WHAM
Dad fell back from the blow, blood streaming from his nose. The Venber grabbed me and tossed me aside, before heading for Dad
I got up and ran, leaping and landing on its back. This time, I bit down on the back of its neck. While it was distracted, Dad slashed at it again, splattering blood on the snow
The Venber ignored and punched Dad, knocking him down again and laying into him. Dad snarled and slashed, but it was no use
I twisted my jaws quickly and heard a crack. The Venber stiffened, as Dad finished the job, twisting its head right around and helping me down
(Stay by, Tori, okay?)
(Sure)
He charged at a Venber attacking Adam and Leah, crashing into it and slashing furiously. I looked down at the skid and saw a grinning mouth aiming at Adam
(ADAM, MOVE TO YOUR RIGHT!)
CRUNCH!
David came flying through the ice, but missed Adam. As he landed on the ice, Leah lunged and landed on his back, digging her claws in. Adam came in from the side and slashed into David's flank
(AAAARGH!)
He started to sink towards the water. Leah jumped off, as I rounded her and went to help Dad. He was engaged in a hand-to-hand combat with the Venber and wasn't going well
I jumped, landing on the Venber's arm and biting down onto the collar bone. The Venber let go and reached for me, but Dad grabbed him and slung him around like a rag doll. The Venber dug its skate-like feet in and pushed back, flattering Dad against the ice. I bit down on the left eye, feeling blood or whatever liquid filling my mouth. I let go, but the Venber was now blind in one eye
It swung its left arms and sent my flying through the air. I looked at the ice and saw David grinning at me
(Oh shit)
I rolled to my left
CRASH!
David burst through again, but missed. I decided to do something crazy. I demorphed to human and while I was freezing, I started to morph again
Four tentacles grew out of my body, as all my organs positioned themselves in my head. My body was absorbed into my head, as my skin changed colour and my eyes grew. I slipped into the water, despite the cold, now an octopus
I sucked in water and blew, shooting down. I saw something move to my right. I sucked and blew, shooting beneath David when he flew overhead
I turned and headed up, wrapping my tentacles around his flukes
(Hey, let go) he cried
I pulled myself along his body, before reaching his head and wrapping myself around like a Yeerk wraps around a brain
I had blocked his blowhole and covered his eyes
(Surrender now, David, I have you at a disadvantage)
(I will never surrender)
(You are foolish not to do so)
(And you are just the same psychopath as your mother)
He was swimming blindly, until he started moving up. Towards the ice
CRASH!
The blow knocked me off, as David came back and looked up at me, grinning his toothy grin. I sucked in water and as he charged, blew it out
I shot out of the water and landed on the ice, as David blew past. I ran on my tentacles, demorphing as I went. I was running along, leaving skin behind, and avoiding the battle raging about. The snow wasn't white anymore, but more of crimson
I focused on the jackal
BOOM!
An explosion went off. I could see blood-covered snow flying around
And through the snow, I could see a large creature flying around, tearing into the Venber and breathing fireballs, melting the snow and Venber
Leah in dragon morph!
I stopped the morph and returned to normal
(Yeah, take that! Oh David, are you still under the ice, or are you running?)
David burst through the ice and beached himself, before demorphing to human. The snow started to clear and melt, as Leah blew fireballs along the ground
David ducked one as he morphed into a golden eagle
(I swear, this isn't the last you've seen of me)
He flew away, as the snow completely disappeared and Leah demorphed
"That was fun," she smiled
"Alright guys," said Jake, "let's get some wings and get out of here"
Mom came over to me
"Are you okay, because your father said you were frozen for a while"
"Yeah, I'm fine"
She gave me a worried look, before morphing into a bald eagle and following the others. I decided to follow suit and morphed into the kite, taking to the sky and returning back to the fortress for a much needed rest
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