Chapter 19: Unlikely Alliance

Goth grinned his both canine teeth after he heard Shade responded.

"Excellenita choice amigo," I gulped silently, felt slightly uncomfortable by the way he looks at us. As if he was expected Shade to say those words. Even I notices Throbb was licking his chomps.

"Um, should we do something with that dead owl you killed?" I said, pointing over where the dead owl is and some flies were already buzzing over the corpse. Goth looks over at the dead owl and chuckles.

"Allow us to take care of that señorita, we'll be back shortly." With that, he and Throbb flew over and pick up the corpse with their sharp feet. I clinched when I saw their claws digging in the flesh and couldn't help but imagined how painful it has to be of those sharp claws digging in your skin.

Soon after both giant bats return after they have gotten rid of the dead owl and Goth turn and give us a charming look.

"Now that is done, shall we head out to the forest mi amigos?" I nodded as I put my bag strap over my shoulder. Marina lifts up to grab my hand with her feet. When all of us took off in the sky I catch a glimpse of Goth looking at me. I bite my lips as I notice the way he glances at me causes me to shiver a bit. I just don't like how he was staring at me, as if he's waiting for the right time to end me. I turn away fast breathing heavily.

Third's Person Pov:

Meanwhile, Chinook manages to make it back to the silverwing colony panting heavily before the owls arrived. Inhaling his breath he let out a shout right when he went under the water tower. "OWLS!"

The whole colony gasped and muttered one another with their fear and confusion look on there face. When Chinook landed on the bark Bathsheba came down from her roost.

"What is this about owls?" She asked, landing in front of him.

"There's a bounty hunter in our hands and.."He tries to explain.

"A bounty?" Bathsheba looked at him funny. "That's ridicules…

"Silverwings!" Her and Chinook both look up as the rest did when Frieda spoke out. "Prepare to evacuate the roost!" She turns to Chinook. "How much time we have left before they get here?"

"Not to minutes," He answered, "We have to leave now before they get here and kill us." Frieda nodded, and have anxious look for her colony and not sure if Shade and Ashley were safe from them.

Ashlie's Pov

When we were away from the city enough Throbb wanted us to stop and rest since his wings are getting tired. As we find a branch to rest on Marina landed me on a top branch while Shade and Marina both roosted underneath me. Goth and Throbb, however, bot stand on another branch underneath us. I saw both giant bats shivered a bit from the cold. Unlike them, they don't have thick fur to keep them warm.

"How are you little bats survived the cold?" Goth asked, tighten his wings around him to get some warmth.

"Its called winter," I explained.

"Winter..?"Throbb asked.

Marina nodded. "Yeah, we get it every year that's why we have thick fur to keep us warm."

"Even though Ashlie here has actually had some strange leaf to stay warm," Shade added.

"Its called coat Shade," I corrected. I head Goth tsks as he spoke.

"Where we are from, it is warm and sunny all year round, make the bat grow to a reasonable size,"

"Really?" Shade asked, looking a bit interesting. He laughed and spread his massive wings answering his questions.

"As a prince, I'm a magnificent specimen. Even my colony stand this." After he spoke Throbb laughed but cough a bit to get something out of his throat.

"Wait, you're a prince?" I asked. Goth looked at me dumbly but a bit irritated.

"Si señorita, I am for my colony you should've known this earlier."

I huffed as I sat with my arms crossed, leaning my back on the tree. "Well excuse me. I didn't know you were, your highness."

"How did you end up so far from home?" Marina said, getting the subject changed. Goth turns to her after she spoke.

"Oh uh, the royal guard was not, acting his ears wide opened, the dirty humans captured us.."

Excuse me? I looked at him offered but he didn't listen continuing while he looks at his band." Banded us, and brought us here to be a prisoner." He clenches his fist while Throbb growls softly. Marina looked at her band and Goth notices and smirked.

"I can see you also taken prisoner by these smelly humans señorita, tell me is this human here with us is your captive?"

"Hey, I'm not the one that banded her!" I snapped. "And first of all my kinds are never that smelly, we take showers three days a week."

"Is that so?" He still has his smirk, looking amusing. "By when I smell you, you smell like you stepped out of gruno."

"What?!" I almost shouted feeling more offended.

"So you and Marina both have little similarities?" Shade quickly spoke before I get a chance to yell.

He nodded. "Ah yes, mi amigo. Hers and I have many common grounds. 'He let out a soft sigh." It grows like jungle vines."

"What's a jungle?" Shade asked curiously and flew down by where he was.

"A jungle?" Goth smiles and chuckles. "A jungle is an explosion of colors, born in the heat and the Sun.." My anger slowly was gone away when he began speaking about his home and it was changed into, fascinating. I found myself wanting to hear about his homeland.

"We live as we choose in our jungle, with the warm in our wings and our bellies never empty." He continues. "We eat only the most scaling of small birds. The tastiest of the lizards and other.."He glances at Shade smirked his teeth."Small animals." Marina hums in suspicious but I look more little scared of their taste bud.

"So your carnivores then?" I gulped. He snorted.

"Si, but do not worry, we won't eat you señorita if you worry about that." He winked at me. I bite my lips, never like how he said that by the way, he was looking at me like he wants to murder me right on the spot. For I guess paying back of what my kinds did to him. I shook it off and force to smile.

"…Well, that's good to know, I was pretty worried there, so um, want to tell us more about your home? I'm pretty interesting." He smirked to see my interest and continues to tell us about his jungle kingdom. Throbb, on the other hand, decided to go out to hunt something after we heard his stomach growling before Goth could begin again. And I notices Shade was taking deep interest as I was on his homeland but I saw he was admiring the giant bat's size.

"My colony is far more powerful civilized than others can ever imagine," Goth said. "We grew stronger and larger every year thanks to our glorious Zotz.."

"Zotz?" Shade interrupted.

He looked at the young runt and smirked. "You don't know who Zotz is don't you?"

"Wait, isn't he some kind of Bat God that Mayan worshipped..?" I asked. Goth turn to me and look a bit surprised of me knowing a bit of it.

"Why si, he's the God my kinds worship,"

"Get out!" I couldn't help but laughed.

He frowned. "Excuse me?"

I gulped from his glare. I..didnt know people still worship him, I thought he was only a myth,"

Goth hums but still has that cold expression. "So this is why your kinds stop believing him because he's a just a..myth?"

"Yeah sorry that's how my people are, we just grew out of it and move on in our separate ways," I replied. Goth raise his thick eyebrow and snorted.

"Your kinds were fooled enough to abandoned my God, he would've given your people strength and wisdom." He said. "Even the mothers from my homeland that will give birth to their child come upon Zotz cave to pray for their children to be healthy and strong warriors to live long. They even offer food and flowers and exquisite disk of metal for their appreciation." I breathed softly when he tells how people down south worship different God and as being a Christian I felt a bit uneasy. The word of Zotz he mentions sounds more of a devil and I know his name also means death in Spanish.

We heard him continue to talk more about his home and what his people do as he describes them more of how they're supreme and powerful that Zotz has blessed them. I wish he stops talking about his name it freaks me out a bit. He sighed right after he's done talking about his home a while later as he was sitting above the tree with his back turned.

"Enough about me," He finished, then turn to us. "What about you?"

Shade was first to speak. "Oh uh, we Silverwing live as we choose to do too. With the rule,\ we can't look at the sun? Well, I did!" He beamed with pride, having his claw point at him. I only roll my eyes on him trying to look impressed. "Even the owls didn't like it..?"

"Didn't like it?" Marina turns to him sharply. "They burn down your roost!"

Goth turn his body around after she spoke and asked. "Why the male bats did not save you?"

"They weren't there." Shade explained."They're waiting for us at stone hold. That's where we're getting ready to migrate too before the owls attack." Then I watch him flew up from his roost and look irritated. "I hate the owl, even more, I hate the treaty!"

"Treaty?" Goth asked, looking a bit fascinating.

"Its some stupid law that the beast has made, it's apparently the bats here were punished for not taking side the battle of birds or beasts," I answered.

"That's' why we have to fly at night," Shade finished. He flew to another tree branch ahead of us and Goth hums. Then he smiled and stood up.

"I could bring an army of my species from the south, to end this percussion once and for all." All of sudden he points at him and grins. "You Shade, could be my commander and chief," The young Silverwing blinked, unsure what he was saying and Goth continues. "I think you have the making of a great warrior!" That made Shade have a proud look already as if finally someone was pleasing his look despite his runty size. "Your father must be very proud," Goth said, having his fist on his chest.

Shade then sighed heavily when his father was mentioned. "I..dont have a father," He turns away somely and closes his eyes." Uh Cassiel, my dad, disappeared one night. They say the owls got him." When he finished speaking Goth flew up to where he was and put his hand on his shoulder, having sympathy look on his face.

"Ah, a boy without a father." I notice while Shade was looking down Goth his malevolent gleam in his eyes, looking down at him. Marina hums in suspicious as she knows that as well. All of sudden a storm was coming and I suggest that we all should find food and get a move one before the rain comes. When my friends went out hunting for their meal I was on the ground, eating some berries from the bush I found. When I was finished eating I check on my burning wound and add a little bit of medicine stuff to keep it occupied. It was itching a little bit that I used a little bit of water to get it to stop the itch. I drink carefully some water to refresh my throat and pray to God that this water is not carrying bacteria.

"So señorita," I almost spit my water in startled, perk my head up sharply and see Goth standing with his arms crossed. "I can't help but I'm curious about how you've gotten so small." I stood up while I wipe my sleeves off to get water off my mouth.

"Y-you scared me."

He chuckled. "Forgive me Señorita, I didn't mean to frighten you." He walked towards me. "I still wanted to know how you did it and understand our talk,"

"I have gotten shrunk by a shrink ray and I guess I can talk to you guys, somehow," I replied. He hums and then he came close as I felt my stomach sicken, not liking his presence very much.

"Are you the human that was also experimenting like us?" He asked.

"No of course not!" I said. "It was an accident that was made." Shade Marina where are you? I thought felt even more nervous when he came close.

"I see," He replied. I tried not to back off when he finally came close to me and I can smell his meaty breath almost made me gag a bit. "And I have one more curious question. How well you have known Zotz?"

I learned him from school I go to." I answered. "In history class, we learn some ancient Mayan culture of what their lives were like."

"Hmm, I see," That's all he's given me. I then couldn't help but gently back away.

"You have hunting to do or something?"

"Why? Am I making you nervous señorita?" He smirked.

"N-no," I lied.

"Really?" He smirked more, looking a bit amused on how I scared I was of him due to his size.

Yeah, I just need to be alone that's all." I said. All of sudden before I get a chance to breathed he glowed lowly, then he uses his one wing to block my path of escaping. I thought my heart was going to jump out of my chest when he bares his sharp teeth.

"You humans have made the worst mistake of prisoning me up in this wasteland," He growled softly. "When I bring my army up here I can also have them murder the ones that banded me."

"But, we were curious about your habitat and want to learn you more," I protested, "And we're even trying to help you save your species from going extinct."

"We don't need your kinds helping us!" Goth barked. " We have our own God that we count on," I then felt his claw tip slowly caress my cheek and my face went pale. "If you weren't any of Shade and Marina's friend I could easily eat you right here on this spot." He smiled darkly.

"And you even look very soft and chewy to eat señorita," He runs his claw down to my neck and I wimped. His claws then trace slowly back up my cheek and all of sudden I yelp when his claw dig in my skin and I felt slight blood oozing out. When it hits on his claw he pulls his hand back and licks it.

"Mmm, you even taste wonderful," He sighed. Right, when he was about to speak more I felt a couple of raindrops on me and saw Shade and Marina coming towards us. When notices he quickly let go of me right before they landed and I thank God they came on time.

"Are you guys ready to go?" Shade asked. "The raining is starting and we need to get move on to find shelter."

"Yeah we're ready mi amigos," Goth said, with a smile on his face.

Then Marina notices my cheek scratched." What happened to your cheek Ash?" I wanted to tell her the truth but if I did Goth would probably threaten me if I do, instead, I fibbed.

"The tree twig scratch me while I was picking out some berries," She hums softly and then Goth spoke out.

"Let's find my brother in law so we can get a move on before we each can catch a bit of cold." With that Marina flew up and grabbed my hands with her feet after I got my bag and we begin to depart our way while getting Throbb to join us.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: HOW WAS THAT ONE SO FAR EVERYONE!

HOPE YOU ALL LIKE WHERE THIS IS GOING, IF NOT DONT READ AND REVIEW IT!

LOL AS YOU GUYS NOTICES THINGS WILL BE DIFFERENT BETWEEN GOTH AND MY OC

AT THIS MOMENT BUT STILL IT'LL FOLLOW THROUGH MY OLD TWILIGHT NIGHT ;P

I DONT OWN ANY SILVERWING CHARACTERS EXCEPT OC. ENJOY! XD