Here's the next chapter of the story. A big thank you to hannahwolf1120 from Wattpad for giving me name ideas for the creatures in Pandora.
Enjoy!
Val, Celestia, and Maisie were running through the foliage of the forest, laughing and giggling happily, as they played peek-a-boo behind some trees. The Raptor Squad, Snow the Mortiferous Raptor, and Ripper the Indoraptor were chasing after the young girls, barking happily at them, earning happy giggles. The three girls were able to breathe the atmospheres, thanks to their powers, while the others have magical glyphs that protects them from the poisonous atmosphere.
"Val! C! Mais! Don't run off too far!" Owen called out while his baby son, Marcus, was strapped onto his chest, giggling at them.
"We won't!" They trio squealed, laughing as they began chasing each other around.
Owen smiles and shakes his head, rocking his son gently, before heading towards the group. They were carefully collecting small samples. They can't take too much, for it would be a sign of disrespect. So, they only collect small samples, like flowers, leaves, some broken roots, branches, and fruits. Wu, Archie, Victoria, and Buzz were in awe and fascinated by the forest, and continued researching. Tech assisted them since her creators had stored a lot of information about this place. They made sure that Tech has all the knowledge she needs when encountering any worlds.
"This is amazing." Wu whispers out, taking down many notes at the flower they discovered.
"I know, right?" Buzz said in awe. "I still can't believe there's a planet similar to Earth! Except for the poisonous air."
"It is lethal to humans, but is life to the natives." Victoria remembered before frowning when she took a small sample of a leaf, "I'm disappointed of the humans in this world invading Pandora, stealing their resources for their own gain."
"No matter where we go, every world has corruption." Foxtrot said, carefully not stepping on the roots, "The worlds we traveled may look different, but may share the same similarities as well."
"Amen to that, Fox." Dark said, adjusting her camera to take pictures of the forest's surroundings for research, as well as showing them off to the others, "There's no such thing as a perfect world."
Tech appears beside her, :Actually, there's a dimension that is considered a perfect world full rainbows and sunshine-:
Dark cuts of Tech's sentence, "Like I said, there's no such thing as a perfect world, end of story." She said sternly, not bothered to turn towards Tech.
The others chuckled at her in amusement. Baby Marcus joins in the laughter, but soon squeals when saw someone coming over to them. Owen follows his son's gaze and smiles to see his friends coming over and is being carried on a baby carrier by Ingrid the Inostrancevia.
Those infants were Arcelia Darby and the twins, Donovan and Guan Bhu'ja or Ghost Woods. Arcelia Darby is the baby daughter of June and Silver Darby, younger sister of Jack Darby. She is a human/Wolf Monstrum hybrid. She has wolf ears and a tail, her midnight hair was tied into two pigtails; she came along the trip since her parents and brothers have jobs to do, and because Lusha volunteered to babysit.
Donovan and Guan Bhu'ja or Ghost Woods are sons of Lex Woods and Ahraan the Yautja. Donovan is born a human while Guan Bhu'ja (whose name means Night Ghost, but he is called Ghost from his friends) is a full born male Yautja, both raised secretly from humanity. Donovan resembles his mom, Lex, but with golden eyes, and Ghost looks like his dad, except his eyes are brown. Lex and Ahraan came along the trop with his brothers and their partners, Vida and Devlin. They allow the younglings to play, as long as they are secured and safe.
The three babies all made squeals of excitement as they rode on Ingrid. Marcus, who wanted to join in, wiggles around the carrier, wanting to join his friends. Owen smiles and makes his way to Ingrid before placing his son on the carrier in front of Arcelia.
"Okay, kiddo, have fun with your friends." Owen said with a smile.
Marcus laughed loudly along with his friends as Ingrid carried them towards Val, Celestia, and Maisie. The young girls laughed alongside the toddlers as they ran off with the raptors and Ripper. Owen, who became worried, turned towards Tobi, who was helping Wu with some of his equipment.
"Hey, Tobi? Can you watch over them?" Owen called out to his adopted son.
Tobi smiles and nodded before giving Wu his equipment and then went after the young girls and their accomplice. Speaking of the young girls, the trio were laughing as they ran through the trees with the raptors, Snow, and Ripper. The three girls found it amazing to be here, especially Maisie. Her sadness was soon replaced with incredible joy when she felt the plant life here. She could sense a strong connection with the trees, plants, and flowers.
"This place is beautiful!" Maisie squeals, jumping on a small stream with Val and Celestia, splashing each other happily.
"Yeah!" Val cheers before they all shriek when Ripper, Snow, and the raptors soon jump in, creating a big splash.
Ingrid and Tobi sat on the sidelines, watching them play while the babies were clapping at them. It was a calming sight for them. However, something interrupted their fun when they heard whimpering from the bushes. The trio stopped playing and looked at each other, wondering what was making that sound. They carefully made their way to the undergrowth from the other side of the stream. They moved some leaves away and gasped at the sight before them.
Curled up into a tiny ball was an alien-dog like puppy. It has six legs, with each hand having three fingers and an opposable thumb, giving climbing ability. Its hairless and its skin is mostly black but is banded with vermillion and iridescent blue. Has low-slung head, chitinous armor around the neck, and has distensible snakelike jaws with obsidian teeth and a paddle-like tail.
The small alien puppy whimpers again when they notice it's injured ankle. They guess that it hurt itself by something. They felt pity towards the alien puppy, wanting to help it get better. Luckily, they brought their own first aid kit. However, they worried about what happens if they use a disinfectant spray or using Val's healing tears on the alien puppy's wounds, for their anatomy differs from the ones from their home. They were thinking of taking the puppy to the scientist, until Maisie heard the trees whispering something to her. Maisie can understand all plant life, including alien plants. The trees whisper to her on what herb they should use to tend the injured puppy. Following their instruction, Maisie went off to get the strange looking blueberries. She picks some berries before going to a small tree to take one leaf. Maisie came back and told Val and Celestia what to do, for the trees gave her instructions on what to do. First, they need to clean the wound. They coax the alien puppy, who instantly calms down, and take it to the stream to clean its wounds, once they do; they smear the strange berries onto its injured ankle. It smelled funny, and they guessed that it was some kind of medicine for injuries. After they finish, they wrap the leaf around its ankle, healing it in the process.
"There! All better!" Val cheered happily.
They watched as the alien puppy pats its ankle onto the ground carefully. Sensing the pain no more, the alien puppy barks at them happily, making them giggle. The alien puppy stops and copies their laugh, resembling a hyena.
"Look! It's copying us." Celestia giggles, watching the alien puppy hops around them.
"She," Val corrected with a smile, watching as the alien puppy came to them, "She's copying us."
"Like a mirror?" Maisie questions, laughing loudly when the alien puppy tries to get her attention.
Val laughs too, "Yup! Like a mirror!" Val then got an idea, "And that's what we're gonna call her!" Val looks at the alien puppy, "Mirror!"
The alien puppy now dubbed as Mirror barked at them in pure joy, chasing her tail, making them laugh even louder. This alien puppy is super cute! They wonder where her pack is. Maybe Mirror got separated somehow. When Val picks up Mirror, they hear Redford the Dog's bark. Looking up, they saw Spider-Man coming from the corner of the trees, following Redford as they made it to the stream.
"There you girls are!" Spider-Man said to them as the girls came from the stream, "Owen said you girls shouldn't...go...to...far..."
Spider-Man's sentence comes to a stop when he notices Val holding a small alien puppy in her arms. Mirror snuggles into Val's chest, making happy noises. Spider-Man knew that Val had a knack with animals, but he didn't expect her to bond with alien animals. He's got to admit though, it was impressive. However, he knew very well that they shouldn't be playing around with alien animals from another dimension.
"So...where did you find this puppy?" Spider-Man asked them, unsure what to call this alien.
Val holds up Mirror proudly, "This is Mirror! She got hurt so we healed her! Now she's all better!"
"Yeah!" Both Celestia and Maisie cheered, which Spider-Man found very cute.
However, he wasn't prepared for what came next.
"Can we keep her?" The three girls asked Spider-Man in a pleading tone.
Spider-Man froze from his spot when they asked him about letting them keep the alien puppy. Sure she's cute and all, but he wasn't quite sure if it was a good idea. He also recalls Dark warning him about the three girls who might bring strange animals home.
"When they ask you if they can keep a strange animal that we have yet to know, say no, got it, Spidey?"
Dark's words rang to his mind. Spider-Man knew what he had to do, even if it meant denying their pleas on keeping Mirror.
"Sorry, girls. But you remember what Foxtrot said. We can't bring wild animals with us, especially an alien." Spider-Man said, hoping they would understand.
"But Mirror is all alone!" Val protests, hugging Mirror tightly, "We don't know where her pack is."
"We can take care of her until we can find them." Maisie added, hoping they could take care of Mirror.
"Yes, can we, Mr. Spider-Man? Can we, please?" Celestia begged him, her hands clapping together.
Now Spider-Man is in big trouble. The three girls were giving him their puppy dog eyes. Part of his mind can't say no to them, but the other part was telling him to say no. They can't risk bringing Mirror back to base. Spider-Man attempted to stop them, but with their begging eyes, along with Mirror's tongue sticking out, he knew that battle was already over.
Five minutes later, they return to the island along with Mirror being carried by Val. Spider-Man was sulking in the corner with Dark leaning on the wall, smirking in amusement while patting his back as she held up Mirror to a very displeased Foxtrot.
"I tried to say no...but they were too strong!" Spider-Man whines, telling Dark how he lost to the girls' cuteness.
"You'll get them next time, Spidey." Dark somewhat assures him, even though he may not succeed.
Foxtrot sighs, knowing very well that the trio disobeyed and brought an animal to base, but Mirror was injured and separated from her pack, so she'll let that slide. Plus she was curious about Mirror's species.
"Tech?" Foxtrot called out the A.I. and in a second, she appeared beside Foxtrot, "Can you tell us about this species?"
:Of course, the creature that Val is holding is called a Nantang.: Tech answered calmly, scanning the alien puppy. :But the humans called it a Viperwolf.:
"Viperwolf?" Alex Winchester asked in surprise, looking at the Viperwolf puppy, "Is she poisonous?"
:No, but their bites are painful, they are not usually tame so easily.: Tech answers to them.
"Because they don't have little girls that are one with nature." Dark points out, walking over to them.
:That may be true, but I wasn't certain that Val, Celestia, or Maisie could easily tame alien creatures.:
"We're alien creatures and we easily befriended them." Twoface the Predacon said, remembering how they rescued them when Cybertron was in ruins.
:Hmm...fair point.: Tech commented to the Predacon.
"Are there more creatures like Mirror?" Diamond Silk asked Tech.
Tech nodded her head before showing them holographic images of creatures that inhabited Pandora. The first one is 'Angtsìk, a large Pandoran herbivore, approximately eleven meters long, which is almost twice the size of a Terran elephant, and the humans called it a Hammerhead Titanothere. Next one is a lizard that has a spinning fan called Kenten, which the humans call a Fan lizard. Next was a vaguely horse-like appearance, with very long necks and small heads, and it appears to be a Nectarivores. They are roughly the size of an elephant, the Na'vi's name is Pa'li and the humans it called a Direhorse.
Another is called an Ikran or Mountain banshee, it is a large, dragon-like aerial predator that is native to Pandora. Palulukan meaning "dry mouth bringer of fear" or the Thanator is a carnivorous hexapedal animal native to the forests of Pandora.
And the last one is called Toruk, meaning "last shadow", and the humans called it the Great Leonopteryx. It is a species of large flying animal native to Pandora, and is the apex aerial predator of the Pandoran sky.
"Wow, talk about a super predator." Spider-Man complimented, getting back to his old self. "It could even rival a Quetzalcoatlus!"
"Now, that would be an awesome fight." Damien said with a grin, thinking two predatory flying creatures fight.
"Damien, no." Jay said in a scolding tone.
"Why do they call the Leonopteryx?" Aggie asked the A.I.
:From what the information I gathered, the Leonopteryx scientifically known as Leonopteryx rex which means "winged king lion" and pteryx from Greek meaning "wing"; and the Latin word rex, meaning "king".:
"That explains a lot." Wu said in fascination, "Although I am curious about the habitats they live to."
"And can you use the names that humans used, 'cause some of us may or may not know how to pronounce it right." Aggie confessed sheepishly, stroking her hair shyly.
:Yes, I understand.: Tech said obediently before showing the images of Mountain Banshees and the Leonopteryx, :Both these species are located what Na'vis called Ayram alusìng while the humans called it the Hallelujah Mountains.:
"Why would they call it the Hallelujah Mountains?" Damien asked in confusion.
~After reaching to the Hallelujah Mountains~
"So, that's why they call it Hallelujah Mountains!" Damien exclaims, gawking at the sight before him along with the others.
Right in front of there are floating islands that circulate slowly in the magnetic currents like icebergs at sea, scraping against each other and the towering mesa-like mountains of the region. They could see huge outcroppings of Unobtanium rip loose from the surface and float in the magnetic vortices due to the Meissner Effect.
"It's beautiful." Yunna, the Techno-Organic kunoichi, was in awe at the sight.
"It kinda looks like the dimension where Raf's ancestors used to live before...you know..." Quinn said softly.
Their friend, Raf Esquivel, is known to be a magical being called Jumper. His kind can jump through different dimensions with no problem. However, it all changed when his people were forced to leave their home when rouges came and attempted to capture them, to sell Jumpers to tyrants who wished to use their abilities to conquer worlds. To escape, Raf's people had to scatter to different dimensions, to prevent themselves from getting captured. Raf's great-grandfather made his way back to their world, where he married a human woman, and had children. Sadly, all his children were born Skippies, children whose magic is skipped to the next generation. The only one in their family who inherited the Jumper's ability was Raf. He didn't know about his power since he was a later bloomer and his great-grandfather passed away. Luckily, they had friends who were associated with the Jumpers, and were able to train him to control his Jumper ability.
:They are similar, and that is why they are called the "Floating Mountains" in Na'vi.: Tech explains to them.
"Hey, look!" Val points out through the sky to see some flock of Mountain Banshees, roosting on the various cliff sides.
"Look at them all." Owen whispers out.
"You think they can see us?" Spider-Man asked worriedly, getting a little scared at the sight of their razor sharp teeth.
:Do not worry yourself, Spider-Man. The island's camouflage mode is shielding all of us from their sights. No one, not even the human's advanced tracking devices get detected nor see us.: Tech assures him and the others.
"Hmm..." Dark hums, watching the Mountain Banshees fly by.
Spider-Man notices her sudden behavior and asks, "Is something in your mind Dark?"
"I'm just thinking about the humans here." Dark thoughts out loudly, rubbing her chin, "Since they've been here for years, studying the wildlife, natives, stealing the planet's resources, and this Avatar Project...I have a bad feeling that we might encounter them."
"Well, I hope not, and like Tech said, no one can see us through the island's camouflage." Spider-Man said in assurance.
"You have a point but still... something is up with this planet." Dark said to her partner with serious eyes, watching as the young girls awed at the Mountain Banshees with Mirror in Val's arms.
Chrissy was working nearby with Norm and Patel, discussing the DNA sequences of their Avatar. While Jake was doing a video-log and the look on his face, indicates that he does not want to this. But he has to, for it was part of the program to do video-logs when being part of the Avatar Program. Chrissy giggles every so often whenever Jake tries to explain the scientific parts of the program, and clearly...he wasn't sure if he's doing it right.
"And the concept is that every driver is matched to his own avatar, so that their nervous systems are in tune, or something. Which is why they offered me the gig, because I can link with Tommy's avatar, which is insanely expensive." Jake explains through the camera, turning towards the far room where the avatars are placed before looking at the three scientists beside him. "Is this right? I just say whatever to the video log?"
Chrissy holds her laughter, "Pretty much. After all, you need to know what we experience when living in Pandora."
Norm nodded his head in agreement, "Yeah, we gotta get in the habit of documenting everything. You know, what we see, what we feel. It's all part of the science."
Patel agrees and added, "And good science is good observation."
"Plus it'll help to keep you sane for the next six years." Norm points out to Jake.
Chrissy chuckles lightly, "Okay, Norm, he gets it."
Jake rolled his eyes at them before turning back to his supposed video-log, "All right. Whatever. So, uh... Well, here I am...doing science."
Chrissy rolls her eyes at Jake playfully, amused on how he was trying to do his best when doing the video-logs. However, her amusement vanished to sudden sadness, as the thought of Jake's brother, Tom. If Tom was still alive, he would explain it in a scientific yet fun manner, saying that Pandora is a beautiful place...she really missed him. Her thoughts come to a halt when a female scientist comes over, and informs them that their boss is here. Chrissy knew what she meant, and excitingly follows them after Jake logs off his video. Patel leads the three newcomers through the short corridor to the link room. This room contains a dozen psionic link units, which look like coffins crossed with MRI scanners. Jake asked who their boss was when they reached the room.
:Attention. Drivers coming out of link.: A woman from the P.A. announced.
"They're coming out!" A male technician called out, walking passed the link units.
Coming out from one of the links was a woman with short auburn hair and brown eyes, a strong face and fiercely intelligent eyes. She sits up in her link, stretching and cracking her neck after a long session. While a female technician searches for the lab coat, the woman rubs her face and waves a hand while yelling.
"Who's got my goddamn cigarette?!" Her sudden yell, causes the female scurry to bring the item she needs. "Guys! What's wrong with this picture?" She got off the machine as the female technician came and handed her the cigarette that was already lit, and the woman took it. "Thank you!"
Patel leads the trio inside the room while Norm explains to Jake about Chrissy's mom.
"Grace Augustine is a legend. She's the head of the Avatar Program. She wrote the book, I mean, literally wrote the book on Pandoran botany."
"And it was a popular seller back home." Chrissy said, remembering many students, who are fascinated about Pandora, bought all the copies.
"Well, that's 'cause she likes plants better than people." Patel informs them, leading them to Grace. "Here she is, Cinderella back from the ball!" He announced. Grace gave them a unamused look while she smokes. "Grace, I'd like you to meet Norm Spellman, Jake Sully, and-"
"I know my own daughter, Max." Grace said, walking up to Chrissy and hugs her tightly. "It's good to see you, sweetheart.
Chrissy smiles and hugs her in return, "It's good to see you too, mom." She said happily before letting go from her embrace.
"You've been learning your Na'vi?" Grace asked her daughter.
Chrissy smiles at her mother and replies in Na'vi, "Nga, sa'nok, ohe txìng." (Yes, mother, I learn)
Grace smiles at her, "That's my girl," Grace said proudly.
Chrissy smiles back before turning to Norm, "Mom, this is my friend in college, Norm Spellman.'
Grace looks at Norm with a skeptical look, studying him from head to toe, "Norm. I hear good things about you. How's your Na'vi?"
Norm spoke in Na'vi, "Awvea ultxari ohengeyä, Nawma Sa'nok lrrtok siveiyi." (May the Great Mother smile upon our first meeting.)
Grace nodded her head with satisfaction and replied, "Tsun tivam. Aylì'u ngian nì'it skepek lu." (Not bad. You still sound a bit too formal, though.)
Norm smiles sheepishly, feeling excited to speak to his idol, who happens to be his friend's mom, "Zìsìt amrr ftolia ohe, slä zene fko nivume nìtxan." (I studied for five years but there is much to learn.)
Chrissy holds her laughter when she notices Jake was staring at them two in confusion. It clearly shows that he didn't take any lessons before departure. And the look on his face was amusing to watch. But Chrissy felt bad for him since he was shipped here to be a replacement for Tom's avatar.
"Grace?" Patel stops her and Norm's conversation, before he gestures to Jake, "This is Jake Sully."
"Ma'am." Jake outstretches his hand to her.
Grace, on the other hand, wasn't amused, and didn't even bother to shake his hand, "Yeah, yeah. I know who you are, and I don't need you. I need your brother." She said to Jake rudely. Chrissy flinched at her mother's sudden change of attitude. She couldn't blame her, Chrissy knew that her mother wanted Jake's brother, for he was more well equipped than Jake. "You know, the PhD who trained for three years for this mission?"
"...He's dead." Jake answered bluntly, causing Grace's frown to growl deeper, "I know it's a big inconvenience for everyone."
Grace wasn't fazed, making Chrissy go on edge, "How much lab training have you had?" Grace questions him.
"I dissected a frog once." Was Jake's answer, and not the good kind.
Grace's patient was almost at her breaking point as she turned to Patel. "You see? You see? I mean, they're just pissing on us without even the courtesy of calling it rain." She said in anger before walking away. "I'm going to Selfridge."
"No, Grace, I don't think that's a good idea." Patel tries to stop her, but Grace was too pissed off to even care.
"No, man, this is such bullshit!" Grace yelled, making Patel stop on his track, as she continues onward to her destination, "I'm gonna kick his corporate butt. He has no business sticking his nose in my department."
The group watched as Grace left the room in frustration. Chrissy gave Jake an apologetic look, "Sorry about that, Jake. My mom expected your brother since he was...you know..."
"I know, I know, he's the smart one, and I'm a dumbass." Jake said blankly.
Chrissy shook her head, "It's not that..."
Patel came towards Jake, cutting off Chrissy's sentence. "Here tomorrow, 0800. Try and use big words." He said to Jake before walking away.
Chrissy shook her head, knowing that this day was going to be a shitty day.
"Wow! They're so pretty!" Val awed, hiding behind a rock, admiring the Mountain Banshees with the others.
They wanted to get up close with the Mountain Banshees, studying them behind some rock formation that was far from the creatures' sights. Mirror the Viperwolf was resting on a pouch that Spider-Man made with his web. She was currently being carried by Maisie since it was her turn to carry the alien puppy. Their robotic friends were still on the island ship, not wanting to scare off the Mountain Banshee, or causing a ruckus. Their human companions decided to go to examine further but in a safe distance.
"I wonder how they can tell the difference between the males and females." Spider-Man wonders, looking at the flying creatures in awe.
"Tech said that males are slightly bigger than females, and both genders have complex color patterns." Wu said, admiring the creatures from afar with his fellow scientists.
"They look like rainbows." Celestia said with admiration.
"I wonder what they eat." Lusha asked, peeking above a rock.
"Probably anything that moves." Dark responded blankly, causing Spider-Man to give her the look, "What? You know I'm right."
"But still...we shouldn't be this close." Spider-Man said, looking at the Mountain Banshees, "We don't know how they react when they see us."
When he turned to face them, their eyes, minus Destiny, were wide as dinner plates. This confuses Spider-Man until he feels a huff of breath behind him, causing the spider hero to freeze on his spot.
"There's one behind me, is in it?" Spider-Man asked both blankly and nervously.
They nodded their heads.
"Just don't move, Spidey." Dark instructed him. "Tech informed us that Mountain Banshees will only attack if you oppose it as a threat."
"Ehh..." Was all Spider-Man could say as he froze when he felt the Mountain Banshee breathing down his neck.
The group saw what the Mountain Banshee looked like up close. It was female, had scales of white and gray, and ocean blue eyes. The Mountain Banshee stares at the group with a glare, followed by a growl. Spider-Man flinched when the Mountain Banshee began sniffing him. Spider-Man did his best not to move, for he could see the sharp rows of teeth of the flying creature. Dark was going to summon her tranquilizer gun, in hopes to make it fall asleep, but a thought came to mind. What if the Mountain Banshee is immune to the tranquilizers? On the other hand, will it make it go crazy? Possible theories were racing through her head, for she can't risk shooting at it or it will hurt Spider-Man.
Just as she was about to think of another plan, the Mountain Banshee suddenly jerks her head towards the three young girls. Owen was going to stop the Mountain Banshee until Dark stopped him.
"Don't!"
"What are you doing?! It might attack them." Owen said in a harsh whisper.
"She won't." Dark whispers back, eyeing on the Mountain Banshee.
No one moved as the Mountain Banshee made her way to the wide-eyed little girls. Val, Celestia, and Maisie stare at the Mountain Banshee, wondering what she will do to them. The Mountain Banshee lowered her head and began sniffing the three young girls. Their scents were different from the ones with them. The three young girls could sense that this Mountain Banshee was more curious to them rather than being aggressive. Then Val placed her small hand on the snout of the Mountain Banshee, and instantly, the Mountain Banshee felt a sudden connection. The pupils of the Mountain Banshee began wide; her posture calm, as she let out a gentle sound. And the next thing they knew, the Mountain Banshee gave Val a gentle lick on the cheek, followed by Celestia and Maisie.
"What just happened?" Marco whispers, clearly shocked by what he just saw.
"Apparently...the Mountain Banshee took a liking to them." Dark said with a smirk, "Just like back at home." She then walks over to a still frozen Spider-Man, "You can move now, Spidey."
Spider-Man almost slumps to the ground, "Man! That was terrifying!"
"You'll get used to it, Spidey." Dark assures him.
Spider-Man sighs and looks at the Mountain Banshee, nuzzling the three girls. "At least it was only one, right?"
"Don't jinx it." Both Dark and Meygana said in unison.
Spider-Man was confused until the Mountain Banshee reared her head up and let out a loud roar that echoed through the Hallelujah Mountains. And soon, more Mountain Banshees came, landing close by to sniff on the trio, along with the others. Dark shook her head while she and Spider-Man were being sniffed by some Mountain Banshees.
"Told you." Dark told Spider-Man with her arms crossed.
"Yeah, I should've been more careful on what I say." Spider-Man said, trying his best not to flinch when a Mountain Banshee began tugging his suit.
"On the bright side, we didn't turn into lunch." Dark said before noticing some Mountain Banshees inspecting the others. "Foxtrot won't be happy about this."
"Which reminds me, we should inform her." Archie said, examining the Mountain Banshee's eyes. "She needs to know that Val, Celestia, and Maisie can tame alien species."
Everyone agreed to this, but before doing so, Damien lifts a hand, "Right! But before we do..."
Later, Damien was standing on top of the edge of the Hallelujah Mountains, with his friends (Gem was frowning the whole way) and some Mountain Banshees behind him, watching as he spread his arms wide, shouting through the wind.
"I AM KING OF HALLELUJAH MOUNTAINS!"
Damien's voice echoed through the forest, streams, trees, and all the way to Hell's Gate. Even though the echo began to quiet down, one of the two guards that were stationed on the watchtower of Hell's Gate heard the silent echo and looked around, holding his gun.
"Did you hear that?" The Guard asked his partner.
The second guard shrugs his shoulders as he focuses on the trees, didn't bother to hear the faint echo, "I don't know."
More chapters will come soon!