Project, MalfunctionChapter Five,Hunted Hunters, Revenge Of Your Prey
Fast as it turned, he wanted out…the shapes of demon animals, spinning round and round made him sick. He was trapped in this world of torture and torment, forever lost in its tight clutches for however long he had hope, for however long he had the will to keep fighting. The more he wanted and sought his freedom form inside this swirling cage of carousel animals, the faster they spun. The only way, was to let go, to no longer desire freedom like he had…only then did the spinning slow to a halt. If it broke him so far, there as no point…he'd lost his desire to free himself.
He stayed there, back pressed against the musical ride of horrors, the animals laughing at him, snickering and baring their fangs and claws. How could he ever hope to escape this? Why would he ever want to? At least, trapped in here…he was safe from all the evils of the carnival outside.
"Tenain! Wake up, dear! You cant sleep your life away, now can you?" The male was rudely awoken with a few good smacks on his cheek, eyes fluttering open slowly.
Ah, there she was, in all her shimmering glory. Tailz, the gorgeous image of blond hair and silky skirts, tight pants…Tenain had spent all of about a week with her, and this strapping young lady had shown him and his brother all the tricks to living in the human dominated world…including fitting in, conversation with them…and moving very, very quickly.
See, apparently demons ages very strangely in the human world. While Tenain was just a small child when he'd gotten here, his hair was already longer, much longer, and his face was maturing, as well as the rest of his body.
Leviathan was looking wonderfully mature as well, though his horns where beginning to be a problem. Tailz had a solution for that, as well…Elfin Cloaks where not only durable, but very light weight, easy to move in, and covered his horns well. It worked out nicely, except for every once in a while, when he'd show a little horn, or the hood would fly off…they they'd get run out of town or village. It wasn't to terrible frequent, though.
"Dear lord…Tenain, you're an absolutely mess! Get dressed, up, up!" She urged, seeing the lad yawn, and stretch his arms over his head.
He smirked lazily, buttoning up his shirt. "Calm down, Tailz…I'm up already." He said softly, seeing his horned brother just lay there, grunting hand holding his hands over his ears as she tried to get him up, as well. "He might look older, but he's still a kid. Give him some slack. Let him sleep in a while."
Tailz sighed softly, and nodded, knowing that there was no real point in arguing with Tenain. She reached over and helped him up, her face looking not a single day older then when they'd first met.
"I think the folks down the road are on to us…I heard their little human lady speaking of the lad with fiery hair…you, my dear, and saying that it just wasn't natural for hair to be so red, and eyes so be so light. " She muttered, tapping on her lips as she looked out the window, sighing heavily as she pondered and pondered about un-important things like that.
Tenain chuckled deeply at her response, leaning on the window frame as he watched the small unevenly built lodge, and the humans in it, his eyes softer then before. "I'll go pay them a visit…butter the old lassy of the house up a bit…she'll melt and forget all about my supernatural traits, and focus on my in-human charm." He smirked smugly, and Tailz pushed him away from her, smiling and chuckling with mild amusement, bright blue, fake eyes drifting to Leviathan as he slept.
"That lazy little thing…Honestly! Levi! Get up! Your sleeping the day away!" She patted his face and Tenain chuckled again, looking out the window still.
Levi sighed and rolled over, staring the girl in the eyes as he frowned, unhappy now that he'd been woken up. "You know…its no nice, to wake me up. I was having such a wonderful dream…"
Tenain frowned and stuck his head out the window, hearing someone start screaming, their high pitched scream echoing threw his skull. "Levi, grab your cloak." The red haired demon said calmly, moving down the rickety stairs of the little inn very easily, skipping a step every now and again. The scent was monstrous…though, he hadn't a clue what was doing on.
Levi groaned and sat up, seeing Tailz transform and dart after Tenain, her paws making soft thuds against the ground as she ran. "Man…why am I always the last to do everything…?" He groaned, pulling on his shirt, and cloak, before tugging after them both with a long bow and a bag in his hands.
"Sin…Sin sweetie, is it really necessary to walk so quickly? My legs are longer, and they're still tired…" A large panther yawned tiredly, sitting down on a bolder that she'd recently hopped onto. Dark spots littered her pale fur, and she shook out her mane, a feathered necklace dangling off her neck proudly.
The creature, named Sin, just huffed, his large wolf like body black as black could be, eyes gray to the sight, if there was any. No, this wolf was blind. As blind as they come, that was he. Garbed in nothing but a painted mark under both his eyes, Sin would have looked like any other wolf from a distance…but get closer, and he was grossly oversized. The panther was oversized as well…but, she also had spots, for some reason. Not typical for a panther. His size stood out more then hers.
"If I where to slow down much more, Abhorrence, we'd loose its scent." The panther rolled her eyes at his statement, laying down to yawn again.
"Ya, ya…but our humans cant keep up. Even their dogs loose us if we move to fast. I'm tired, lets rest, and wait for out men to come." She advised, seeing him grunt, and eventually sit down, tail flickering in an annoyed, nervous way. "Besides…I smell demons nearby…I'd rather not get into a tangle with them…"
Sin nodded knowingly, looking out onto the small town of humans without actually seeing anything. "Ah, so you have smelt them to? Freshly from hell, from the scent of things. Young. Probably inexperienced."
She chuckled, licking her jaws softly as she thought to herself, out loud. "Perhaps, but I never put it past a demon. Even the smallest ones can be a handful. Either way, they are not our target. I suggest we stay out of their way, and only deal with the Griffon. He cant run, that sly little monstrosity…and he sure cant hide anymore. The humans are no longer ignorant. He's no God, he's no powerful Lord…they will strike him down, as they have many others."
Sin shook his head, ears flattening a little. "Indeed they will. We are no longer Gods either, Abhorrence. Merely conveniences."
She nodded, her tail swaying a little from side to side. "Yes, but unlike the Griffon, we are wise enough to survive in this wicked land of corruption and vast changes." Sin sighed a little at that, not really sure if he agreed with his dear friend on that one.
"Are we? I don't know anymore…" He shook his head.
'To run and run forever…forever and a day!
I await the moment you return to me
Flow like waves into the bay!'
Tailz had never seen something so massively oversized in her entire life. It looked like some odd mixture of a lion, a bird, and a snake; she really hated being such a small little kitty at the moment. What ever made her think she would-be any good against this…this…thing?! "Tailz! Move out of the way!" Tenain yelled, seeing her hiss and dodge away from it, not getting hit even once.
"Why do these things always find us?!" She screamed, moving over closer to Tenain, who kept his distance as it thrashed around the little village, long red hair falling in his face a little as he watched.
It hadn't seen them yet, thankfully. "I don't know…we could start a profession out of it, though. Get some shiny new pennies, and live large-"
"Tenain! Seriously!" Tailz hissed, changing human as she pulled her hood off her head to get a better look at the creature. "I think if I got a good shot at its chest, it would slow it down a bit…" She whispered softly, turning to Leviathan, who'd grabbed her weapon of choice and handed it to her.
"What did I miss?" He asked, keeping his hood over his head, as his eyes gazed out at the monster.
Tenain shrugged. "Not a lot, my brother." Tailz readied her bow, and pulling out a dark colored arrow, she took aim, and closed one of her eyes, biting her tongue. It was moving very rapidly…she could barely get a lock on it. Leviathan watched for a moment, then cursed under his breath, untying his cloak, before he moved in front of the beast, grabbing its head with his hands as he snarled.
The griffon shook his head and screeched, trying to break loose of the young demo's grasp. However, Leviathan was not one to let go easily, and tightly onto it, even when the creature bit at his face. "Tailz! Take the damn shot!" He yelled, horns doing him some good, for once, when the creature thrashed to close. Tailz winced some, and Tenain watched, secretly worried. She pulled the arrow back a bit more, then, just like that, let it zip threw the air, the tip of the head grazing Leviathan's arm before it ripped into the beast's chest, hitting its heart.
Leviathan let the beast go as he bit back a scream, the small little slice feeling more painful then it should have. The Griffon screeched loudly, throwing its head back as it reared, clawing desperately at its chest, as the arrow stayed lodged.
"Levi!" Tenain now openly showed his panic, running over to his younger brother as he fell to the ground, clutching his arm close to his chest, rolling his eyes around with a small whine and whimper. "Levi…Levi! What's wrong?!" Tenain asked shakily, touching the bloody wound with shaking hands.
The wound wasn't healing like it was supposed to, and now, arching his back and clawing at the wound, Leviathan had bit threw his tongue, bubbles of blood tricking past his lips as he shook.
Not this…Tenain couldn't deal with his brother dying on him…it wasn't right, it wasn't fair! Why would death fancy Leviathan over Tenain?! All his years of suicidal thoughts, all his desires to end life as he knew it…why Levi? This was his only brother, why would death take him first? "Its not supposed to be like this…Levi..." Tenain whispered, holding his brother close, as he rocked back and forth in a soothing way. "I didn't want it to be like this!"
"We have to get him out of here…the arrow was poisoned." Tailz knelt beside the two of them, after having made sure the Griffon was, as well, down for the count. "He was lucky it only grazed him…ah, look at that…" She grimaced at his already decaying flesh, the poison eating away at his arm.
Leviathan let out a scream as she wrapped up his arm, applying as much pressure as she could. "Where are we taking him?" Tenain asked, hands still shaking.
"I stole the arrow from a dragon…that's the poison. Dragon's blood." she explained, starting to lift Leviathan up, as Tenain soon assisted, ignoring his brother's cries of protest and pain. "The blood of an immortal can save him…but they're very scare these days…"
