The Smurfocalypse Chapter 110: The Search for the Savant Cure part 14: The elongating whip of the serpent!
There was a about to be a clear reason as to why it is Terry carries this whip around. She cracks her whip at Smurfstorm and Smurfstorm leaps to avoid the attack only for the whip move as though it had a mind of its own and stretch to pursue her. Smurfstorm is struck again across her right arm causing her to drop her bow and grit her teeth in both pain and frustration. Everything she had just done was for nothing since Terry attacked her again.
"Have a fresh dose of my Smurf essence." Terry said grinning.
Smurfstorm glared at Terry and groaned in frustration before quickly grabbing her bow.
"Now do you see? My whip is no ordinary weapon. I found it in an old chest in a cave in Blood Mountain. It's the weapon of my ancestors! The weapon I will use to destroy you! The Elongating Whip of the Serpent!" Terry shouts.
"It is no coincidence that Terry found the Elongating Whip of the Serpent. Nine Hundred years ago my ancestor used the magic in the whip to protect Blood Mountain and all the misguided souls fighting over bloodstones. He created an illusion so terrible and frightening that the war had come to a close immediately. Both armies stopped fighting and retreated after helping each other." Raptor said.
"He was a true hero of justice, and I was chosen to follow in his footsteps by driving away evil from Blood Mountain!" Terry shouted.
The Dragon of Blood Mountain was recorded as a terrifying man eating creature that would kill and destroy entire armies without remorse. The legend kept most humans away from Blood Mountain. Dragon Smurf saved his family as well as the lives of countless humans by ending a war with an illusion he created with his Smurf essence reinforced with the weapon's magic before sealing the weapon away where it sat as a legend for centuries waiting for its next wielder. He would then live a full life passing down his wisdom, teachings, and skills to those who'd come after him. Although Raptor didn't know Dragon for long due to the age gap between them, a lot of what he said to him made him the Smurf who survived to this point. Dragon rests here in blood Mountain within a Smurf-made mausoleum where every Smurf ever delivered to Blood Mountain, or called it their home rests. Terry simply could never face her ancestors, or even her own friends and family on the other side knowing she did nothing to protect Raptor and the mountain, and so she has chosen to endanger her own life to protect him.
"They are delusional, and it's so deep rooted into their society that there's just no talking to any of them…" Jupiter said remembering Mars' eagerness to face death over being forced to live with failure.
There was one Smurf that had provided zero input since his debut. Mammoth Smurf, the oldest one present save for Raptor, just quietly observed the battle taking in everything being said and done. Mammoth wasn't as zealous as his young impressionable family members. He knew what was going on here was very wrong, but was smart enough not to draw attention to himself. If Mammoth had been in charge instead of Raptor Hefty would have gotten his bloodstone, and none of this would have happened. There was a very small feeling of detest growing inside him for Raptor. It didn't help that his young apprentice was being exposed to all of this. The situation was not ideal or favorable to Mammoth at all. He specifically said Compy was not to see combat unless it was an emergency and here he stands watching it all. If Hefty or any member of his forces wanted to they could defeat Compy in a single attack, and Mammoth didn't want him to die.
"Good thing we're not here to talk!" Smurfstorm said standing up straight with her bow loaded.
Terry grasps her whip and takes flight just as Smurfstorm releases another arrow her way. Smurfstorm then leaps to meet Terry in the air close range and with a swift kick sends Terry falling out of the sky towards the ground. Smurfstorm lands just as Terry hits the ground and fires an arrow towards her which is deflected by one of her wings which she used to shield her face. Smurfstorm loads her bow again and Terry charges her and begins slashing her whip rapidly at Smurfstorm. Smurfstorm bobbed and weaved most gracefully save for the fact she was so fast that the untrained eye couldn't process her movements. She attempts to punch Terry in the nose to end the stalemate and Terry grabs her fist with her free hand and flips Smurfstorm over her head using her might against her and slamming her hard into the ground on her stomach. This of course reset the time Smurfstorm had to be canceled for which was beginning to invoke unexplainable rage in Smurfstorm. She was beginning to lose her composure her facial expression warping to match her frustration.
"Oh now she's getting serious!" Smurfblossom said excitedly.
Smurfstorm gets to hands and knees and performs a spin kick which sent Terry falling over before she could even turn toward her. Smurfstorm then grabs her bow before flinging herself through the air and landing on the ground a distance away from Terry with her bow drawn ready to strike. Before she could release an arrow though Terry had closed the distance between them and with a crack of her whip sent Smurfstorm's bow flying clear across the arena. The bow almost smacked Smurfblossom in the head as it flew by her causing her to instinctively screech.
"Well that sucks…" Smurfblossom said.
Smurfstorm looked down at her wartorn hands, bleeding and swelling from being hit with a whip and gritted her teeth. Terry goes to strike her in the head and the whip twists and wiggles as it tracks her down. Smurfstorm leaps back but to no avail. The whip pursues her and strikes the bark off a nearby tree. Smurfstorm lands on her feet and charges at Terry. Terry takes flight and lifts her whip as she pursues Smurfstorm. Smurfstorm grapples Terry's waist and leaps into the air, jumping a second time in mid-air to gain more distance from the ground. The whole time Terry is screaming in protest and trying to escape her submission. Smurfstorm does a flip in the air as they descend positioning Terry in such a way that she will hit the ground face first. With a battle cry Smurfstorm slams Terry head first into the earth as they collide and all that is heard is a cut-off scream from Terry, and the sound of her armor crumbling apart and breaking. Smurfstorm lets go of Terry and leaps backward just in time to catch her bow as it is tossed to her by Smurfblossom. Terry was motionless, and seemed to actually be dead as she laid on the ground. Her helmet was completely destroyed revealing the face of a normal looking Smurfette.
"Miss Terry!" Compy yells.
The Smurfling instinctively tries to run to her aid, but Mammoth quickly grabbed his arm stopping his pursuit and pulled him back.
"We can't just do nothing! Miss Terry taught me how to read and write! We can't let her die!" Compy said with tears in his eyes.
Mammoth just glares at Compy and shakes his head forcing Compy into a crouched positon where he felt the Smurfling would be safer.
"There is a time and place for everything Compy, and this time your place is here where you're safe." Mammoth said.
"But Mammoth…" Compy said.
"Terry chose her fate and realized the consequences. If you want to get out of this with your life you won't defy Hefty Smurf." Mammoth said.
The battle seemed to be over, and Raptor had entered the arena to collect Terry. However it must not have occurred to him fully that this was a death match and Terry had yet to be declared dead. Smurfstorm never one to leave a job unfinished loaded her bow and approached Terry aiming down her sights at the Smurfette's head. Nobody said anything as Raptor entered the arena it was as though he was breaking an unspoken rule and everyone was to uncomfortable to speak up. It took Smurfstorm to set the record straight.
"Back off! She isn't dead!" Smurfstorm said.
Raptor took a few steps back just in time to see Terry's aura flare as she regained consciousness. Her Smurf essence was incapable of protecting her while unconscious and just sort of switched off like a light when she crashed into the ground. Hefty's Smurf essence protected him because it's of a different class. A Strength type Smurf essence will protect the body until death or conscious deactivation. That's how Hefty still stands tall in his transformed state while the others currently are not using their essence. It was still unknown what the side effects of doing this were if there were any at all. The only other known Smurf with a strength type Smurf essence could do the same thing as Titan was never seen in his default form until his death.
Terry stands shakily, the pain in her head was incredible. She grasps her forehead with her free hand and groans just in time for an arrow to pierce her entire hand and poke her in the forehead. Terry screams and drops her whip grabbing her shaking hand and tries to pull the arrow out, but Smurfstorm has had enough of her games and continues firing. With a sidestep Terry dodges an arrow just in time to pull the arrow out of her hand and toss it. She had a wound on her forehead that would have been fatal if not for her hand being there and blood was trickling down her face in a steady stream. She clearly had a concussion and was stumbling around trying to maintain her balance. Her knees quivered as she tried to gain her composure.
"Look at you… You call yourself a warrior? You're pathetic." Smurfstorm said.
"I've never seen Stormy's technique be played off that well." Smurfblossom said.
"She looks like she's about to vomit…" Falconer said.
It was as though something had seriously gone wrong with her. Terry was shuffling around aimlessly with one hand on her forehead and the other trying desperately to grab her whip. At this point killing her would just be morally wrong.
"Did she damage her brain in that last attack?" Hefty asked.
"Terry! Are you alright?!" Raptor shouts.
Terry didn't respond. She still just aimlessly wandered the arena trying to reach for her whip even though it was nowhere near her. Her brain was bleeding, and the resulting pressure building up in her head was worsening the pain. Her vision was blurred as she struggled to carry out her sworn duty.
"Look… I think I won. Let's stop this." Smurfstorm said putting her bow away, and turning her back to Terry.
Jupiter nodded in approval in the background. Terry was clearly incapable of fighting anymore. At least that's how it seemed. As things turned out she had just enough power to still retaliate. She finally comes across her whip and picks it up before flicking her wrist slightly activating the whip's magic. The whip pursues Smurfstorm from behind and before Smurfblossom could warn her Smurfstorm was completely constricted by the whip.
"Before I die I'm going to rip you apart!" Terry shouts.
Terry tugs on the whip and Smurfstorm starts to scream as she is being crushed.
"Stormy!" Smurfblossom yelled.
"D-Damn it! Its squeezing the life right out of me! I can barely breathe!" Smurfstorms thinks as she struggles.
"Nobody has ever escaped the whip's coil! I have just enough time to destroy you!" Terry said.
Time is running out in the death match. With both fighter's stamina draining fast, and Terry literally dying the conclusion draws near. Will Smurfstorm come out of this alive?