Thank the gods that he was in his section of the realm. The fake sunlight made it easy for him to fly as a small bat toward his target.
To think in a world of fantasy, citizens walking on the streets would question whether he was a normal bat or something…vampiric. Perching on a tent pole, Kirk noticed the woman stopping by a merchant's booth, negotiating the price for sparkling honey. Such a sweet snack would make most literal bloodsuckers gag. Too sweet, but Zayara had the sweet tooth for it. The bat immediately shifted invisible as the orc merchant pointed in his direction. Zayara's made a flat, crooked upper curve out of uncertainty. Of course, she couldn't detect anything camouflaged, so she shrugged and walked further across town with her bottle of sparkling honey. Kirk was on her tail again.
As he flew over to her path, he noticed she was heading for the woodlands. Why? The woods were the last place for young women to be in. Or immortal beings who looked like young adults. She seemed to be searching around for something. She stared at a large boulder and with a careful mutter of an unknown language, she phased into it. Then the boulder disintegrated. This was bizarre, even for the realm's theme of supernatural, so he flew back.
Zayara appeared out of thin air back at the temporary camp rest. Enzo came approached. "Zee? Why are you using teleportation? We're not THAT far from the Carmilla Public Space".
"I know, I just felt like I was being followed".
"By who?"
"I don't know, but I had to teleport to shake them off my tail".
Enzo hummed, "That's…concerning. You have to tell Tata".
"No, I'm sure it was just another male admirer".
"Zee! Where were you?! You wandering off just cost me a hot date!" Amelie fumed. Enzo rolled his eyes.
"I honestly do not see why you two like flirting with these 'flings', dating is such a waste of time".
Amelie smirked, "And I honestly don't understand your lack of lustful attractiveness".
A dove furry flew to the campground, carrying a bouquet of black roses. "Uh, I got a package for Miss 'Zayara', is she here?"
"Yes, I am Zayara", the blue-haired sorceress holding the basket. "Ekam Ym Erutangis Raeppa no Repap".
The bird furry took off and Amelie and Enzo cooed mockingly. Zayara rolled her eyes, then gasped. "Guys, whoever sent me this is super rich".
Amelie snatched the basket from her, only to gasp at the sight of the shiniest necklace she had ever seen. "Do you know the king or something?"
Zayara just scoffed, "The day I date the king is the day mermaids start to fly", she joked as she read the message. "Wait…I think maybe…"
"It was the king?" Amelie gasped. Zayara glared, "No Amy, but it was probably the mayor of Garcon".
"The guy who runs that city of Gargoyles and Succubi?" Enzo hummed with thought. "I should've known he wouldn't take no for an answer".
"Typical men, Bekka was half right about the gender", Zayara groaned in annoyance.
"Hello? I'm standing right here", Enzo said irritably, "Crap, Florian is coming. If he asks, say I went to help the other guys feed the Pigflins".
"The pigs with bird wings?"
"No, the unicorns with beaks", Enzo deadpanned with sarcasm. "Yes, the flying pigs, dummy!" He said as he ran off. Zayara shook her as she laughed.
"I need to head back to my trailer—"
"BANDITS!" a young boy shouted, Leander. "I saw bandits arriving in this direction!"
"What—Leander…where are Bianca and Sabina?"
"They told me to come here with their portal stone bracelets. They also said they could only make a portal my size to not draw attention".
Zayara's eyes widened in panic. Amelie tried pulling her sister to her carriage. Zayara didn't take her eyes off the city being raided. "We can't leave Bianca and Sabina!"
"We don't have a choice!"
Zayara closed her eyes and muttered a spell, "Tropelet Em Otni Eht Ytic". She disappeared in a pink flash. Amelie groaned in annoyance.
"Why does she always play hero?"
Kirk was calling his dark carriage to take him back to the castle when someone yelled out that there were Sky Bandits. He scowled.
An airborne pirate ship was hovering over Carmilla Drop. The captain was looking through a telescope. "So many pretty treasures await. Send in the crew assassins!"
The ship released a rope on both sides and crewmates climbed down. As they descended, they had their Arabic glowing swords. They charged towards shops and anything that sold goods for money. Everyone was screaming and running into building entrances and shutting their doors. Two young women were running as fast as they could. One of them wasn't running fast enough and was hit by a golem and trampled.
"Bianca!" The other woman cried out as she ran back out to her friend. She tried pulling her up but she couldn't move her legs. Bandits noticed the women and walked to them.
"All right toots, give us money or be slashed!"
"Please don't hurt us! Please don't hurt us!!" The women pleaded in Russian.
The bandits just cackled with bloodthirsty eyes. As they were about to strike the two women, something flew and struck the bandits in their throats. The men were gurgling in suffocation andthen fell to the ground lifeless. The two women were shocked. "Sabina, you need to carry me out of here!" Bianca said. "Quick before whoever killed them tries to kill us!"
At the ship, the captain was trying to keep in touch with his men but Rifty, Kile, and Urn were unusually silent on their end. "Ganzi group? You're silent. Everything good?"
"No", a male voice that wasn't one of the captain's crew members spoke. "You pirates are anything but good at your life choices".
The captain snarled. "What did you do to my men?"
"I sent their souls to the black racers".
The captain was alarmed. "All crew mates! Head to where Rifty, Kile, and Urn are, NOW!"
Bandits came to the area where the three lifeless crew mates were lying. One crewmate pulled out his sword. "The bastard who did this will pay—Ack!" A sharp object stabbed him.
The other members were knocked out swiftly, but one remained unharmed and face to face with a man wearing a pointy-eared black cowl, red lenses, a cape, and a grey-like combat suit.
"It's…it's…".
"Batman", Zayara breathed in awe.
A/N: Ironic how Kirk was following Zayara but she came back to him. We all "don't" know who Batman is hehe.
