-Amos Kane-
Polarus was an easy fix. I wasn't sure if the fight was over, even after seeing his body fade into the air as golden dust. Frank had quickly transformed back into himself as my avatar disappeared with the Set animals. "It's decided, you are scary," Frank spoke through gasps of air.
"Yeah, well we are not even close to being done," I reminded dryly as I slammed my staff into the ground, my own thoughts starting to drag down from exhaustion. "You can transform into different animals?" I asked.
"Yep, pretty handy," Zhang confirmed.
"How about something that can fly?" I asked.
He thought for a moment, "I can't really think of one right now, too worn out-"
I waved the excuse away, "Need an example?"
"Uh," he started as I quickly turned back into the fruit bat, "not sure a bat is the best way to travel."
I was about to lecture him, but it just sounded out as high pitched squawking. "Okay, fine, don't throw a temper about it," Frank rolled his eyes.
It took a minute, but he managed and we went about catching up to the group. In a matter of ten minutes, we discovered the army of giants that passed us earlier fighting the demigods that made up our group. We managed to dodge the many swords and trees to get past it. "About time!" Set's voice emanated from a grinning man that I honestly couldn't tell you who he was.
So I landed two feet away from this weirdo, assuming that he is more than likely just another form of Set, Frank landing beside me. We transformed back and I took in the situation. "Frank," the God started, "go help your friends."
He didn't hesitate and charged towards the ongoing fight. Then the stranger grabbed my hands to completely throw me off. "What the-" I started.
"Precaution," he replied, as if that was supposed to make sense. "Alright, proceed," he turned to his right.
I looked over to see Carter in the same situation, actually all of the Twenty-first Nome and Leonid were. The Eighteenth Nome must have been aiding the demigods. "What is this?" I could barely speak, as I took in a sudden surge of magic coming from Sadie as she closed her eyes, familiar to when she fixed the crumbling First Nome.
"What do you think it is?" The man peered at me again, "Didn't notice that I'm not in your head?"
My eyes widened as I took in the information. "Ma'at!"
A blinding light overtook us. It reminded me of fifteen years ago, the mistake I made as Chaos overtook her. My mind raced to the thought as I could feel my exhaustion beginning to drain away. Relax, you are making this complicated, Set's voice rang out.
I could finally make out the very familiar grinning God before me, replacing the stranger that had practically a death grip on my hands. Tempted to literally punch him in the face, I figured I should probably listen and tried to relax my nerves. Once I did, I took in the familiar red smoke coming off him and snaking into the sleeves of my suit. "Wait, are we rebounding ourselves?" I asked him.
Actually, we're merging, Set corrected. Our original forms are far to blinding for the demigods. The only way to have it work is to basically stuff ourselves into our hosts.
"What?" I snapped.
It's only temporary, Set defended.
"What is the difference to the Eye and 'stuffing yourselves into us'?" I snarled.
Will you please shut up? You're putting us in a rather ridiculous mess right now, Set instructed. Everyone else is done, and we're still trying to finish this process thanks to your panicking.
I hesitated, but decided to relax. The surge of power running through me felt even warmer than usual, as if I was on fire suddenly. Usually as the Eye, I can usually notice a hint of rising temperature each time we use magic, but it recedes just as quickly. I told myself not to panic, and eventually the light dimmed back into the scene on the mountainside.
He was gone, and I looked around to see everyone looking at each other to ensure we made it out just fine. This is awkward, Set started.
I thought you said you picked the right guy, Set snarled.
Obviously not, all three of us are trapped in here instead. I was starting to freak out now.
What is going on! I demanded, slumping to the ground as I started shaking.
Look, we even confused the hell out of him, One Set continued.
No, it's just a simple error, he replied to himself.
Simple error? I feared asking.
I agree, this isn't simple, he continued, we were supposed to be combined.
Only two Chapters today. I'll have more next time, which might be Monday.
