francis circled around like thirteen boulders until he had enough. he slammed his fists against one of the boulders and yelled. he was lost, and its getting late.
"need some help?" a deep voice behind him asked.
he turned to see bear and bumi standing a few yards away.
"uh… yeah." francis said
then, bear gestured him to follow. as he did, he noticed bumi was looking around. not that he wouldn't expect that, coming from a nervous wreck like him, but at that time, he didn't seem at all nervous. francis gave it a little thought, but didn't care that much to ask about it.
eventually, the graveyard of huge rocks came to an end.
"there we go. nice fresh clear land. glad to see someone's happy about it all." bumi said as he turned to see francis fall to the ground.
"finally! im tired of rocks everywhere I turn." francis called as he tried to get comfortable on the grass.
"then you might not want to turn around." bumi joked as he again glanced around the area.
"so, is there a reason you constantly look around? I've been noticing your actions for quite some time now." francis finally said to him.
"I think you should mind your own business." bear said before bumi could answer. "hes done nothing but try to help you. the least you could do is be nice."
"but im not being rude. you two have plenty of secrets, and I know theres many more you havent said to me. im a fast learner, and I would like to know if theres something you should tell me, before anything happens." francis lost his mood of happiness.
"uh… well…" bumi started to stutter again.
"you don't have to tell him anything, baby brother." bear said before could answer again.
"I want to know if im in any danger being near you two." francis said with a serious expression on his face.
"why would you be in any danger near us?" bear asked as if he and his brother were the most innocent beings on the face of the planet.
"well, first off, he can shoot lasers out of his freggin fingertips," he said gesturing to bumi, "and secondly, YOU hold me captive, letting me know that FBI or other secret agents are wanting to 'spy' on you for a reason unknown to me. are THESE reasons that would put me in any danger at all?"
bumi and bear were quiet at first. then bear spoke, "those ARENT lazers, and I never said the FBI was looking for us."
francis looked at him with an expression that said, 'you know what I mean'.
there was a loud noise that came from the distance that made the three of them jump. they all turned in the direction of the sound and then looked at one another. all of a sudden, a loud bang was herd and bear went down hard inside of a net-like material. bumi immediately responded and sent a pulsing shock wave soaring through the air. it hit the ground just below their attackers, tearing up the ground beneath it.
instead of agents like the ones he was just talking about with bear, a group of people riding the backs of furious crypid creatures appeared from behind the trees. they were fast as they ran to scoop up bear from his falling point. francis was amazed the someone of bears size can be lifted so effortlessly. francis realized that he wasn't focused and an image of his 'father' came into his mind as well as what he would have done if he were here. francis shuttered as he began to notice the things that were happening so fast in front of him.
he noticed bumis back was turned while bear was being dragged away.
"hey!" francis yelled as loud as he could. it got bumi's attention.
bumi turned quickly to see his only family being dragged away from him. enraged, he threw his hands in the air and yanked them down quickly, tearing the air leaving a stream of blazing fire in its path. he picked his hands up again and shot them forward, sending a flaming combustion wave straight through the air. its only sometimes bumi turns to this form of fighting. francis had seen bumi do this move a couple times before, but he hasent seen bumi use a perfectly straight line of passage with his combustion waves. francis could only assume the strength that was given to him came from his brother's distress. still, he admired how powerful bumi truly was when in this state of action.
unfortunately, the combustion wave (though going at a speed in which bumi himself couldn't keep track of) still wasn't faster than the mounted cryptids the unknown group members were riding. bear was dragged off into the wall of trees while a second herd of cryptid riding members came through for francis and bumi. seeing bumis face as he watched bear get taken away was a pretty sad sight to see.
francis did the only thing he could think of at that moment. he reached up and grabbed bumis arm. he pulled him back behind him and stepped forward. he then reached up and pulled the collar of his shirt down and let out a sonic wave not only damaging the riders, but the cryptids too. the beastly creatures went wild as they all tried to run away at once.
soon the area was cleared and the only evidence of a fight were the broken bits of land that were chunked out of the ground. francis thought the small battle was victorious, until hes saw bumi dropped onto his knees staring out at the woods that the enemies came from.
bumi looked up at francis almost ready to start crying, "bears gone…"
