Mechanical dragons roared and bats on strings dropped over Elyon in the darkness. In all the right places she squealed, but both she and Brian knew the other wasn't scared. Of course they weren't. But they were alone, and that was enough for her.
The cable-car pulled up to a closed curtain and Elyon frowned when nothing jerked out immediatly. "What's this one do?"
Brian gave her a confused look as the curtains twitched and out came a faint, "Boo."
Brian leaned closer, pulling her into his arm and pressing their sides together. He leaned in and she giggled as hot breath hit her ear, "Kinda.. Anti-climatic.." She felt a shiver as he said it, even though it was the most casual of words. It dripped from his mouth with flirtatious allusion.
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Vathek peeked from behind the curtains as the heir's cart left the building, and Blunk watched in horror as he spotted a familiar looking larvek..
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"Oh! I'm so sorry I disagree with you! Miss 'Closer-of-the-portals'!" Will took a strained breath in as Cornelia mocked her with a level of sarcasm. Cornelia was playing Will's own cards, only Will was expected to be the bigger person. Suddenly she felt put out by the fact that she was alone. It had been easier when Caleb was there - it helped to know he would step in if she needed help, and that was probably exactly why Cornelia had led her away.
"Look. I like Elyon too, bu-"
"AAAGGHHH!" Blunk ran forward and grabbed at her coat, Will's instant reaction to try and step away from the disgusting creature.
"Blunk, Caleb told you to stay back!"
"Will! Will! Trouble!" At least he was using her name. She glanced up as people ran, flooding away from the Haunted House building. A smile rose to her lips; next Caleb would come asking why people were eating pink clouds.
"It's a Haunted House. People are supposed to run out screaming."
"From fake monster! Not real, buggy thingy!" Real. Will felt her back stiffen, her entire physique becoming rigid as she realized Blunk wasn't kidding.
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The larvek screeched, and Vathek watched the last person leave, before jumping out at the creature and yelling out, "RRROOAAGGGHHH!"
He was about to pounce it, hoping to furthur distract it from the terrified humans, but stepped back as he saw the web about to fly - not fast enough though, Vathek was left with it engulfing his body.
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"Caleb?" There was a mix of desperation and guilt in Will's voice, and he silently quelled his stomach before turning to her, serious.
"What's wrong? Was it the-" Will would never know how glad Caleb was to be that she stopped his ramblings there, his mind automatically having turned to the kid with the shifty eyes, and Will..
"We have a slight problem.." As the others gathered, Will told Caleb the brief of information she had on Blunk's claim, adding her own, 'he was right before' to back up the passling.
"Before you closed the portal, something must've come through." Caleb looked at her torn features and went to put his hand on her back, but something made him tense at the last moment, letting it drop. Somewhere. A place she had recently kicked very hard.
"Blunk say!" Caleb blinked away his trail of thought as Blunk jumped in front of him, "Buggy thingy!" Blunk then began his very impression of whatever creature it was, screeching and spitting with his arms in the air together. Will burst out with laughter and Caleb shook his head slightly at Blunk. As if that would help.
"I'll go check on Elyon." Caleb rounded the corner, hearing Will call out for the girls to unite and glanced back at the lights that shone out from the alley.
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Vathek tore away the sticky web of the larvek as the creature screamed out it's cry. Smashing of glass seemed to distract the animal and Vathek peered up at the guardians. The fire guardian was first to speak; not exactly words of wisdom, "Well.. It is a buggy thingy.."
The blonde flew forward and called out, pointing to the ground, "Earth! Arise!" Nothing happened.
"Plastic." The water guardian kicked the plastic flooring and Vathek wondered whether to call for them to hurry or if he'd just draw attention to himself. As if to answer, thick spodges of web hit the guardians, first Earth, Water and Fire, then simultaneously Air and the Keeper. They fell together in one, single blob of it and started writhing.
As the larveck exposed it's hook and went for the group, the web seemed to shine red hot at the point of the Fire guardian's hands. Vathek frowned; it'd be no use. The hook slot into the web and pulled the girls closer, all of them seeming to scream out, while the Keeper pushed at the edge of the web. "It doesn't burn!"
"Hang on!" Vathek searched for who had said it, the answer cleared along with their entrapment as a feirce wind blew off the web. The larveck flew into a 'monster'.