It was definitely a Kaiju and it looked mad! Like a vulture it circled her with it's gigantic bat like wings. With glaring eyes it stared down at her and opened it's mouth. Scarlet jumped quickly out of the way as the acid flew through the air.

'I can't keep jumping forever. Something's gotta give.'

Then a new attack came as the creature dove for her. Scarlet saw her chance and when the Kaiju was about to hit her she moved quickly to the side, took her elbow, and slammed it into the creature's back. Dust flew into the air after this hit, but the Kaiju wasn't deterred for long. Using its half wing half arm the scaled beast hit Scarlet's face with enough force to throw her to the ground.

"Did you just bitch slap me?!"

She didn't really have time for an answer because the Kaiju shot more acid and Scarlet had to quickly move. The winged creature started to fly again and Scarlet knew she'd been in a bad position if that happened again. Quickly she blew flames and just as fast as it was in the air did it fell back down. In return the creature blew flames back that surprisingly nearly engulfed the teen.

Scarlet's body had hit its breaking point. Her adrenaline was up, blood was pumping, skin was boiling, and her stress levels were off the charts. Every nerve in her body was giving her the signals that soon she was going to change in more ways than one. Her nail grew longer, eyes dilated, senses enhanced, hair grew thick, and skin tightened to show her well defined body structure.

'Ok then,' She finally thought, 'let's fight fire with fire!'

She took a deep long breath before blowing her own flames which counteracted against her opponents. The Kaiju stood its ground for as long as it could, but Scarlet's flames steadily grew larger than its own. Sooner than later there were only Scarlet's flames doing the damage. Then she heard a pain stricken cry come from the creature. Stopping short she took the time to look at the damage she'd done. The Kaiju was nearly in fetal position with black and red burns all over. It was evident Scarlet had done much more than she thought she would. Looking into the distance and the surrounding area in general Scarlet didn't see who she was looking for. She walked over to the Kaiju who was now shaking in pain. With a little hesitation she gentle held the beast in her arms.

"Hey Finn!" She called.

Finn peeped his head out of the door, "Yeah?"

"Tell your dad I'm sorry about the porch and tell Duncan I'll be with you know who."

"Oh ok," with that said Finn saw his friend start running through the thicket.

'Ok now where are you.' Scarlet searched through the thicket for any sign of her father. The tall trees made the forest seem almost dark if it weren't for the sun shining through. She scanned the forest with care until she'd finally made it to the desert's edge.

'Slow down Scar. Think he probably wanted you to find him.' She looked down at the creature who seemed to have calmed down a bit. 'His breathing slowed. Breathing, that's it,' Scarlet thought and then took a long whiff of the air. 'Oh yeah that's not sand. Better get going before Duncan has a heart attack.'

Scarlet started trekking in the direction of the scent with her fallen foe in her arms. Even with the weight of another being it didn't take Scarlet long to locate her father. Belloc was sitting in a deflated hollow with his same unamused, uninspired look. Scarlet jumped down into the rather hollow and mentally prepared herself for a conversation with the king.

"You found me," the mighty king rumbled.

"Yeah and I found this too," Scarlet bluntly replied.

"Excellent."

"Not exactly."

"Hmm?"

"I was attacked while I was with my friend."

"Then I hope you defended your comrade."

Scarlet growled, "I did, but that's not the point! You could have had him killed and all just to advance me!"

"And I would have done it if anyone else were with you. If anything it's an incentive to actually win your battles."

"Are you tell me that you would endangered someone else with this?! Are you crazy? What if it were Duncan?!"

"Duncan completed his training. He knows how to defend himself. He is not as weak as he use to be."

Belloc was stirring up her emotions quicker than she could've imagined, "If you ever endanger my brother-"

"You'll kill me? I've heard it all before. Your brother said the same thing once, but just like you he was too weak at the time to actually do so."

"Oh don't give me that "I'm weak" bs! Here's your little friend!" Scarlet almost sat the creature down roughly with her anger stirring.

Scarlet was just about to walk off when, "Scarlet!"

Turning around and holding her tongue she answered, "Yes?"

"This is how you win a battle," Belloc plunged his tail into the Kaiju before him with eyes staring straight at Scarlet's.

A face of shock and horror feel upon her face, "I-I won't do it. I won't kill for you!"

"Then you will never truly advance."

"I thought Duncan taught you that you don't have to kill to win! What the hell happened to that?!"

"I thought I did too," a familiar voice said. It was Duncan walking over to his father and sister after landing.

Scarlet tried to face him, "Duncan?"

"Duncan," the king repeated.

Harshly the prince replied, "I'm not speaking with you. Scarlet unless there's something important you need to talk about we're going home."

"Duncan," Belloc repeated.

"I'm not talking to you."

"She chose to come freely and you cannot deny her of her birthright."

"I sure as hell deny mine."

"No, it is always yours whether you recognize it or not. You are my heir just as much as she is."

"Yeah except I want nothing to do with you."

Scarlet tried to chime in, "Duncan-"

"Scarlet," her brother intercepted.

"He's right. I chose to come and the other Kaiju already know about me. If they come for me I won't have anything."

"Scarlet-"

"Duncan please. I know you want to protect me and I know you want everything from the past to be gone, but I need this. Please Duncan let me take some charge in my life. I wanted this, I need this."

Duncan looked his sister in the eyes and he could sense that she was serious. When Scarlet was serious she would go through with anything. Sighing he turned to his father and said, "She's already given herself to you, but I'm not letting you do to her what you did to me."

Belloc saw his son and he could tell that something just wasn't right. He decided to keep it to himself for now, "Trust me son."

"You made my trust very slim a long time ago." Turning back to his sister he said, "Come on Scar."

The two half breeds started walking out of the hollow without looking back. When they were far enough away Belloc gave himself an uncommon smirk. 'That's my girl,' he thought.

"Duncan."

"I know what I said, but you're my sister and I'm gonna make sure you're ok."

"Is this really necessary though?"

"Well," the lab assistant, Rita, said rolling over with her swivel chair, "it could be."

"Well not today it looks like," replied . "You look like you only got roughed up."

"Thank God," Duncan sighed.

Rita rolled over beside Scarlet as she began to sit up on the examination table, "Don't worry my older brothers dot on me like that too. It's just their thing. Just take a deep breath and wonder if you'd do the same thing."

Sighing Scarlet replied, "I guess."

"Scarlet," a familiar voice said walking in, "what are you doing here?"

"Well-"

"She fell," Duncan interrupted again, "off a really big cliff. I just wanted to make sure she didn't hurt herself."

Jenna gave him this doubting look, but brushed it aside saying, "Well I'm pretty sure she's ok. I mean she is half Kaiju."

"So?"

"You really shouldn't dot on her that much. She's gotta stand up on her own someday."

"Yeah well until then I will do all the dotting I want."

"Scarlet tell me I'm right."

"You probably are since Aunt Isabel says that too."

"Duncan."

"What?"

"Why are you being a helicopter?"

"Because…"

"Because you don't want her to get hurt. Duncan the girl is gonna want space eventually. You can't tag along with her forever you know?"

"Yeah, but until then I'll tag along as much as I can."

"Duncan."

"Isabel?"

"Your mom did that to you and you hated it."

"Mmm….I know."

"Well then you should give her at least some wiggle room."

"Fine, like I said I'll tag along as much as I can. If she doesn't need me then I'll give her that space."

"Well you better before she starts demanding."

"Yeah right."

"Duncan she's only six. Just give it a few years."

Thinking about Isabel's words Duncan knew what he needed to do. He wasn't gonna admit it though.

"Told you," Jenna said.

"That little runt always agrees with you."

"Maybe because I tend to be right."

"Keyword is tend, meaning sometimes, meaning not always. Come on Scar, you've got school tomorrow."

"Yay...my favorite."