Family
Chapter 287 Behemoth
By: Major144
Disclaimer: I do not own anything, expect the OCs. This is just a story for fun.
Gunther was playing outside the icy tower with Nina. It was Gunther's birthday and his father was preparing a special gift for him. Gunther was very excited and he kept wondering what the gift was as he played with Nina. He was so busy playing and thinking about his gift, that he failed to see Scourge sneaking through some tree behind him. Scourge got within a few yards Gunther, with a cruel grin on his face, before he cast a spell. A bunch of blue strands of fabric shot out of Scourge's robe and wrapped around Gunther's body. Gunther managed to let out a scream, but some fabric wrapped around his mouth and silenced him. Nina ran off to the tower yelping in fright as Scourge fired some magic at a large nearby rock carving a message into it for Constancy to find. Scourge then used his magic to levitate the tied up form of Gunther and then he made his escape. Nina made it to the tower and yelped and scratched at the door furiously getting Constancy's attention. Constancy could sense that something was wrong and he let Nina lead him to the spot Gunther was taken. He say the message Scourge had left and quickly conjured up some ice birds with his powers and sent them out to get the other Elementals. An hour later Chatsberry, Balthus, and Slimy D arrived and gathered with Constancy and read Scourge's message. Balthus read the message aloud.
"Elementals, we have kidnapped the one know as Gunther, if you ever wish to see him again come to the quarry between the two great mountains. There the rightful rulers shall meet you and take control of this world."
"Rightful rulers?" Asked Slimy D.
"Possible the Nagas. They've always thought high of themselves and we're the only ones that have the raw magic to oppose them and their minions." Said Balthus.
"This is most certainly a trap." Said Chatsberry.
"It probably is, but that doesn't matter. What matters is getting Gunther back and if I have to take on all the Naga and their minions so be it. My son is in danger and it's my duty as a father to rescue him." Said Constancy before he began to walk away.
"Well count us in. We're his uncles and were all fond of him. Those monsters want a fight I say we give it to them." Said Slimy D as he and the others followed Constancy.
Constancy smiled and the Elementals moved out.
Miles away in a large quarry between two mountains, Gunther was tied to a large piece of wood sticking out of the ground in what appeared to be some kind of camp. Naga and Ravagers camped around him or stood guard near the edges of the camp. The Ravagers were made of an assortment of toads and other barbaric looking beast. Cedric, Rani Nagi, and Scourge stood near Gunther and kept an eye on him. The Naga leaders creeped Gunther out, but he was a bit more afraid of Scourge who kept casting nasty chilling smiles at him. Scourge then waltzed up to Gunther and looked him right in the eye as he undid the gag on Gunther's mouth.
"You might not know me, but there's some history between us." Said Scourge.
"What do you mean?" Asked Gunther.
"You see long ago I came across a green mother dinosaur and her egg. I'm a magic users, whose magic increases through a bunch of rituals and some of these rituals involve eggs. I knew if I got this particular egg my power would greatly increase, so I ordered some of my underlines to attack and kill the dinosaur, so I could take it's egg. She was almost dead, when Constancy showed and ruined everything. Constancy chased us off and humiliated me. Took me a while to gather up another group and head back to where the dinosaur was, but by the time we got back the dinosaur mother was dead and buried and the egg was gone. It would take me a few years to figure out what happened to the egg. Apparently Constancy took it and cast some kind of magic on it making the dinosaur that hatched out of it smart. Constancy named that dinosaur Gunther and raised him as his son." Said Scourge.
Gunther was stunned by this revelation. He had been told by his adopted father that, his mother had died protecting him, when he was very young, but he didn't know all the details until now. Gunther felt tears fall from eyes as he gritted his teeth in anger. He had never felt so angry in his life. Scourge just found Gunther's pain and anger very amusing and he just laughed at the dinosaur with cruel glee.
"Now I'm going to have my revenge. You see my masters and I have created a little surprise for the Elementals. Once they arrive will unleash it on them and it will kill them! Your the bait Gunther, so your making a big contribution to this plan. You deserve a pat on the back!" Laughed Scourge.
Gunther trashed against his binds, but they held him tight. Scourge just laughed and walked away.
Some time later a bunch of dark clouds gathered over the camp. Everyone looked up at the clouds in confusion. Then all the campfires suddenly burst upwards sending sparks and embers all around. Some Nagas and Ravagers got hit by the tiny fiery projectiles and ran and slithered about slapping and shouting at their bodies. A few sparks caused a few fires in the camp causing more confusion. Up above in the sky, the dark clouds began to rain hail down on the camp. Ravagers and Naga were struck by the falling balls of ice getting bruised up wherever they were hit. Cedric and Rani Nagi exchanged looks. They knew the Elementals had arrived. The Elementals came charging into camp a few minutes later. Slimy D fired burst of slime that slammed into enemies that stuck them to the ground, Chatsberry fired a mix of soda and mints that exploded and scattered enemies, and Constancy and Balthus fired freezing blast and fireballs at the enemy. The attack was quick and swift and it took the Naga and Ravagers completely by surprise. In a matter of minutes a great deal of the camp was taken down. The Elementals soon stood before Cedric, Rani Nagi, and Gunther.
"Dad it's a trap!" Yelled Gunther.
"Don't worry Gunther we already know. Will deal with it and get you out of here." Said Constancy as he looked over at his son.
This relaxed Gunther and he calmed down.
"What are you snakes up to?" Demanded Balthus.
"We're just taking what rightly belongs to us." Said Rani Nagi.
"For too long you and the rest of the inferior creatures of this world have had your way on this planet. Your all weak fools with some magic talent, who mess with the affairs of creatures who are better then you. That ends today. We have created a creature that will utterly destroy you and we shall claim this planet as our own." Said Cedric as he pulled out a large horn and blew into it.
The horn made a loud bellowing noise and the ground began to shake as something massive stomped onto the scene. The Elementals looked up to see the massive form of Behemoth towering over them. Behemoth let out a massive roar as he glared down at the Elementals with eyes full of hate.
"Attack Behemoth! Crush their bones into dust!" Yelled Rani Nagi.
Behemoth bellowed and charged at the Elementals. Constancy and Balthus fired spears of ice and fireballs at the monster, but they barely seemed to phase him. Behemoth reached the Elementals, bent down and swung a clawed hand at them, intending to grab them up. Constancy, Balthus, and Chatsberry managed to avoid the hand, but Slimy D got picked up by it. Behemoth stood up straight and lifted his hand up so he could get a better look at the Elemental and he began to squeeze hard to try and crush his body. Slimy D let out a grunt, but then his body shot out of Behemoth's hand like a bar of soap. Behemoth looked at Slimy D in surprise as he shot up in the air. Slimy D took this opportunity to fire a blast of slime right into Behemoth's face! Behemoth shouted in pain and surprise as he stumbled back tearing at the slime on his face. Slimy D fell to the ground, but he quickly made a big ball of slime that cushioned his fall. The other Elementals took advantage of Behemoth's distraction and began to attack him. Chatsberry fire a big wad of gum at Behemoth's left foot, causing the monster to step in it and become stuck. He then fired a mix of mints and soda at Behemoth, causing several explosions on his body. Constancy and Balthus flew through the air on a blast of cold wind and fire as they pelted the monster's body with stronger ice spears and fireballs. Behemoth buckled under the attacks for a little, but he quickly retaliated. A few of the snake heads shot out and knocked both Constancy and Balthus to the ground. Behemoth yanked his foot out of the gum, yanking a bunch of the rocks and dirt up and sent a few crashing into Chatsberry and Slimy D. The Elementals were battered and bruised, but they quickly regrouped and faced the monster.
"So what now?" Asked Slimy D.
"We could try combing a couple of our powers." Said Constancy.
They quickly came up with a plan. Slimy D formed some slime bubbles and Constancy filled them with spikes of ice and Chatsberry filled them with soda and mints. Balthus kept Behemoth busy with his flames, until the plan was ready. The bubbles were let loose and floated towards Behemoth. The monster stared at the bubbles with curiosity and then they began to explode around him pelting him with fast flying ice spikes that pierced the monster's body making it cry in pain. One ice spike flew through the air and actually cut through some of Gunther's bonds freeing him. Behemoth was wounded a little, but he was still in the fight. He let out an angry roar and charged at the Elementals.
"This monster is too strong. We have no choice, but to combine our powers." Said Balthus.
The others Elementals nodded and they each shouted and fired their respected elements.
"Fire!"
"Candy!
"Ice!"
"Slime!"
The four element attacks met together and combined before they struck Behemoth. There was a blinding flash and explosion! When everything cleared Behemoth was laying on his back with a bunch of scars and burns on it's body. Behemoth was still breathing, but he was out of the fight. Cedric, Rani Nagi, and the rest of their forces were utterly stunned by this. The Naga and the Ravagers turned and started fleeing the scene. Cedric and Rani Nagi tried to order their forces back, but they wouldn't listen. The two leaders turned to face the Elementals.
"You may have won this day, but the Naga will eventually rise and claim this planet. We can wait for several thousand years if we have to. You won't always be around to stop and let me let you in on a little secret. A great and powerful threat is coming to this world and it will destroy you all! We shall laugh at your dead bodies as we build our empire!" Declared Cedric as he and Rank Nagi began to slither away.
The Elementals thought about going after them, but they were all pretty tired from their fight with Behemoth. Constancy decided to use what was left of his energy to freeze Behemoth in ice to prevent him from causing anymore harm. While he was doing that Gunther was walking towards his father and uncles when the air near Constancy flickered and Scourge appeared a few feet away from the Ice Elemental holding a knife he intended to stab into Constancy's back. Gunther let out a cry as he ran and tackled Scourge and knocked him to the ground. Scourge snarled at Gunther and tried to stab him and Gunther slammed the palm of his hand into Scourge's face and summoned up all the ice magic he could. A blast of cold energy went through Gunther's hand and struck Scourge's face giving him a bad bit of frostbite on his face. Scourge cried out in pain as he managed to shove Gunther off and stumble to his feet. The dark magic user turned to Gunther and raised his knife to stab him, when he was struck by a freeze blast by Constancy. Scourge managed to let out one last scream of anguish before his body was turned into an ice sculpture and then he shattered to bits. Gunther stood up and went over to Constancy. The two of them hugged.
After Behemoth was frozen the Elementals and Gunther went home. Constancy presented Gunther with the crown and tiara and explained what they did. Gunther was incredibly excited and he put the crown on and started doing some ice magic.
Up in space the comet was getting closer and closer to Earth.
To be continued.
