Chapter 46: The Protectors
(NO POV)
Lady Destructia was in her head chamber in Orabouras waiting for the five generals to enter for her conference. She needed them alive for her plans to work, so she will assign them each a protector to keep them from idiotically getting themselves killed. The door to the room opened and she heard the male generals enter and take a position at the stone table. She turned around to face the five head serpentine. "Generals, I have made a decision," she said placing a hand on the table. "What have you decided our goddess," Skales said. She smirked at the foolish males. "You are at risk as long as the Garmadon bloodline still exists," she says "so I have assigned each of you a protector." A collective gasp reaction fills the chamber. "Lady Destructia, with all respect madam we can protect ourselves," Pythor says. The goddess did not like his reply. "Pythor, you were almost taken down by three girls and one of them was not at full power because she was pregnant," the annicodrai sat back at her response "if you die at their hands, or any hands at all, the plans of releasing our greatest god are done for. And I need this plan to be one hundred percent successful if we want revenge." She slithers to a darkened side of the room. "Each of you will receive a demi-goddess that is instructed to keep you alive," she waves her hand and the darkened space shows a group of five girls with individual traits that proves they are not human. "Meet my handpicked group that will follow you everywhere you go from now on, each one has animal instincts," Lady Destructia orders the girls in a line for a good look. "Skales, come forward," Skales rose and slithered forward to the goddess. "You will be watched by Scarlet," she gestured toward a girl in the middle who stepped forward at the mention of her name. She had long gray hair to her midback and icy blue eyes that were almost ice themselves. Her ears were of a wolf's and she had a gray tail that flowed like a fancy cat with her fangs slightly showing out of her princess pink lips. She, and all the protectors, wore a white strapless shirt that stopped at the waist and white shorts to their mid thigh with gold trim on all the edging. "It is a pleasure to see to your safety general Skales," she said in an angelic voice. "And it is nice to meet you, Scarlet," he replied. Skales returned to his seat while Scarlet stood behind him. "Skalidor, come forward." Skalidor rose from his seat and took the place beside Lady Destructia. "You will be watched by Hazel," she said as the girl at the end of the line and farthest away stepped forward. She had bright green eyes that had the pupil of a cat and orange hair that was to her ears in a close cut bob. She lightly showed her pointed teeth below her bright red lips. And she had a long orange tiger tail with black stripes through the hole in her shorts. "An honor indeed to meet a general rank," she said in a strong firm voice as if she was stating a fact instead of a compliment. "The honor is mine, demi-goddess." They returned to his seat with her standing behind him. "Fangtom, come forward." The two headed fangpire stood beside her as she motioned for the girl closest to them to step forward. "You will be watched by Violet." The girl had black hair that was in curls to her shoulders and red eyes like a vampire. Her fingernails were sharp like claws and her teeth were slightly pointed behind ballet slipper pink lips. "It is my duty to preserve your life," she said properly demanding respect in her voice. "And my duty is to trust you," Fangtom said. They returned to his seat taking the position of the others with Fangtom sitting and Violet standing. Now there were two protectors left. Acidicus couldn't help but wonder which woman was to follow him. "Acidicus," his question was about to be answered "come forward." He slithered to the goddess's side. "You will be watched by Magenta," the girl to the left stepped up. She had grey eyes and pale blonde hair that looked so fair it might be mistaken for white that was up in a braided bun. She had smooth skin that was much paler than the others' skin. Her lips were a soft pink that looked like the color of Lady Destructia's scales. The only thing that made her look inhuman was she had two small white wings on her back that reached from her neck to her waist. "I am glad to be of service to a noble general," her voice to him was like the music used to sooth rabid cobras in baskets. "It is a privilege to meet such a lovely lady," he slightly blushed while she giggled at his comment on her looks. They returned to the table in the position used by the others, but Acidicus thought he got the prettiest of the protectors. "Pythor, come forward." The Serpentine king obeyed the war goddess's command, taking the position to face the last remaining protector. "You will be watched by Viridian," the girl stepped forward to show her dark brown eyes that nearly looked black and her long dark brown hair that was in a braid tossed over her shoulder. Her lips were a dark bloody red and she had sharp claw like nails painted black. But the most noticeable feature of her was she had dark red and black dragon wings on her back and a gold dragon tattoo on her right arm. "My orders are to keep you safe King of Serpentine," she sounded as if she'd rather be anywhere but there right now, which in fact was the thought in her head right that moment. "And mine are to put up with you," Pythor hissed. They reluctantly went back to Pythor's seat and took the sitting and standing position. Lady Destructia grinned at her handy work. "Well, I hope you all get along very well. Meeting dismissed."