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fansideblogtocjcherryth · 8 months

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Notes From Book 7 Destroyer

from October the 7 of this year

Holy hell this has 13 whole fucking chapters in it. Holly shit.

First description is the fuck ton of spider plants in brens room. They are litterally makeing as the description says "clouds of miniature pale edged spider babys "

Bren wishes he brought tomatoes instead.

He's begun to learn Greek and is working on a kyo grammar.

He still write to his brother about everything.

Caljeiri is starting to get in trouble with being friendly with artur , gene and irene , three human children he meet.

4149 poeple on board the ship.

The idea of cajeiri being corrupted by the concept of a birthday is so fucking funny.

The idea of ilisidi locking herself inside her cabin to avoid the number 8 birthday because atevi will happily celebrate numbers like 9 but numbers like 8 are a big no-no .

Cajeiri kind of being more close to humans is kind of worrying everyone who knows why , including bren.

He is told that jase wishes to see him, to tell him that they are finally close to home.

He gose to tell ilisidi of the good news. Jago and banichi join him.

Ilisidi is extremely happy about the news and the invitation to the bridge of the ship.

Bren tries to help cajeiri feel better about the situation of his birthday. He is also worried about seeing not seeing his friends from the ship , Bjorn , irene , Arthur and Gene .

Gin Kroger full name Dr Virginia Kroger is doing fine as ever. Barnhart and Jerry are with her as well.

He admits that he is gonna miss ginny.

He write to his brother his hopefully last letter to his home.

He also writes to tabini about what has happened with his son.

Bren is in bed, working about where jago is and Braddock might try some shit. Also worried about the kyo.

Narani comes to warn him he might need to be secure about the ship dropping.

He rushes to get dress from bed.

He gets worried when jago gets a bit injured.

For some reason some one putted a ship in front In their to , putting then in traffic in space. For some reason the ship is a unused mining ship.

Ogun is speaking on C1 thank goodness. The bad news is a yes. Something is wrong with the continent mainland.

Ilisidi is pissed at that news. Good news is that geigi is okay.

Well that is one way of making a character loose everything to make them want to get everything back.

Geigi is on the phone and the bad news is definitely an oh shit , tabini is missing , kadigidi might be behind the assassination, and the western association is fractured and in a civil war 8 months ago. Good news is that President shawn Tyer's and lord geigi are still by their side and where waiting for them all to come back.

Tatiseigi is in his estate and damiri is not with him.

Well this whole shit show is gonna look ugly for the other humans They brought along.

They have to carefully sneak themselves in there to keep potential enemies of tabini from seeking them out.

It's kind of surreal that his room was stripped of the spider plants and everything he first saw . He still gose to bed with Jago.

The main group of bren group advance to meet up with lord geigi.

Lord geigi and tano and algini are there along with geigi staff. Bren is crying a little.

They go to geigi's room to explain in full detail the whole shit show they are in. The cause might have been due to economic issues.

Caljeiri pretty much kind of points out how the atevi acted like children. And the heritage party is back, damn it and yolanda has yeeted herself from radar .

Ilisidi calls shawn presidenta and wants to use the shuttle to go down. To one of the island instead of the mainland.

Ogun unsurprisingly wants to see bren in his office.

Shawn talks to him and warns him they are going to be landing in a dangerous area of the world.

ogun is warning bren about all the shit they they are gonna need to know and bren gets a chance to talk to shawn.

shawn gets him a chance to get everyone to where the island is, bren explains to whole plan.

bren explains the shit show in the main continent as what could be as a double faced mean girl who managed to get the hand in the popular clique except with adults , death and spies. at least that is how I could describe it.

they have to bring caljeiri because they have to keep the atevi from thinking he is a puppet prince for the humens or lord geigi.

jase tells bren good luck while bren promises to bring up tea , fruit candies and canisters of anything nice after they hug.

bindana , narani , tano , algini , banichi and jago want to go with him. jago would even leave him on the human island and file intent on his behalf with his seal ring on his finger.

bren points out that filing intent might not get rid of murini

he has tea with narani and bindanda to discuss maybe for them to be in the ship

tano is so damn cheerful in comparison to algini while they are leaving for the shuttle.

bren feels sym[thetic for how caljeiri is probably miserable about all this.

when they get home on the planet caljeiri is trying to get some flowers that were arranged to mean life and welcome but the flower flew out.

caljeiri is explaining the kyo they saw in outer space to the stewards.

bren the translater is back baby! and oh boy dose he feel like he failed tabini.

jago note he has not eaten at all. bren is trying to keep self blame from getting to him.

jago wonders if he is sick and bren gets embarrassed at showing emotions. he tries to tell him is just the flight.

ilisidi goes into a explanation of the family situation that may have brought upon them. one is his cousin who was kind enough to bring him sweets when he got in trouble with his uncle.

caljeiri get a bit mouthy with ilisidi and mentions his human friends then Atigeini. Gives bren a near heart attack.

Caljeiri stop being such a smart ass towords ilisidi.

It's kind of nice that ilisidi is still supportive of her grandson tabini

There ship lands at where they need to get to to make it back home, brens anxiety in planes is not fun for him to have

He remembers all the names of the humans from the island.

Bren has to explain to the poeple to that ilisidi and everyone is pretty stressed yet are very peaceful.

Colonel brown is understanding of the shit show they are in. Also Shawn wants to see them personally.

Bren tells them the good news and that maybe he could speak to yolanda .

They meet with Shawn who asks ilisidi about the murini situation. Ilisidi refuses to acknowledge their existence . Shawn gives then some fancy new up to date assess for his computer.

After getting to where they can rest ilisidi wonders if they can get to the mainland as fast as they can.

They get a plan for how to smuggle everyone to the mainland. Ilisidi sees Mount Adam Thomas , that wich used to be called noburanjiru or grandmother of snow.

After sitting down for a bit he Finnaly meets back with yolanda.

Yolanda tries to explain what the hell happened, turned out they were warned of what was going to happen. She even made a report about what happened while he was away.

Yolanda thinks what caused murini was ambition and was probably planned in a few months. She was yeeted by his staff to get her the hell out of there.

The heritage party is back and that grudge Gaylord Hanks has for his daughter has been festering.

He calls his brother who reveals that he is trying to meet with him bur the gaurds would not let him.

God damn it toby , why you got yo give me fuzziness at the wholesome brotherly affection.

Toby revels that he and Jill did nor get back together. She kept the kids and the house while he got the boat. Surprisingly he is happy about the separation.

He gets an idea to use his brother's boat to get to the main land. Too bad toby wants to come along to help. The bad news is that barb is now with Toby, shit.

They get ready with the ship and it looks like it is a rather new boat.

The boat , brighter days

Jago please do not bring up barb in from of them please?.

He tells her that his mother is dead also to keep jago from have a grudge on barb by pointing out she was there for his mother and Toby through man'chi .

Bren saying that the atevi relationship plan from jago may have helped with his relationship issues a lot better.

He gives him the letters he made in the last book and from the beginning to his brother before they go to shore.

Bren hopes barb did change from those books ago , just hopes she isn't as possessive as before . He also is pretty mature.

Caljeiri gets in trouble fore nearly dragging up a stingfish that nearly got ilisidi. Gets sent to bed early as punishment

He explains to toby what caljeiri might replace his dad. Ilisidi might have learned a bit of English.

Oh god damn it barb . You are literally proving to bren why he likes the atevi relationship arrangement. She admits that she couldn't be living with him and they both want to aspire to be friends instead of lovers.

He talks her that if she treats his brother like shit he is gonna be horrible.

They get to the location they are hopeing to get to. Has redfish . Bren tries to hid the fish part due to his brother fishing with out a license. Ilisidi gives his brother one for all the trouble.

Oh shit tano sees light in the distance, meaning some one may have seen them , especially an atevi

He bids his brother fair well and to be careful. He with caljeiri and barb I'm a raft make it safely to shore. Barb and toby gtfo

It's dark as hell with everyone on the shore in maybe dur.

Oh my gosh are they gonna be going visiting the boy from dur?

Jago and banichi " borrow" a fish truck . Everyone gets in.

While on the drive ilisidi tells caljeiri that he is in debit to the village of desari geigi saved a man named desari and his daughter ar sea and got the village to change the name to remind them.

Bren is worried for caljeiri.

Holy hell they abducted and drugged a guy to get info on the shit show. A girl named ruso kind of helps them.

Bren realizes that all of the associates of gaigi and tabini are in danger.

Bren takes a little nap by tano and algini. Before being woken by tano.

They get onto the box car with the help of ruso

They get a little bit of food in the boxcar.

They Finnaly stop at there destination and gtfo of the boxcar silently.

They get onto a bus and algini drives with them away.

Car chase scene to escape the police.

Jago reveils that banichi took a hike to check if the messaging system used by the hunting lodge director and his assistant uses.

Bren has a near heart attack at seeing another guy. Jago tells him it's an ally.

The fellows name keimi and has 16 mecheiti. Ilisidi gets a little pissed at the insult of assuming she can not ride.

They get some news that tabini and damiri had gotten out of mogari and to somewhere in the east.

He gets on one of the beasts and heads of with everyone.

The sounds of whistles are heard on the first of this chapter.

Bren gets a bit worried for caljeiri when he is approached by some taibeni youngsters his eyes.

Ilisidi warns keimi that they have a human and might not like the heavy alkaloids in his food or drink. Bren is grateful.

Turns out the youngsters knew of caljeiri when he was a toddler

Keimi tells that tabini did not what to leave to the space station to leave everyone else to die.

Bren is able to rest.

They are gonna try doing something stupidly dangerous, try to get to tatiseigi country estate to try to get to jagos and banichi guild.

They get through the forst and reach a train rail and village.

They are gonna be separated from the poeple who helped them.

Aww the youngsters get permission to go with caljeiri. Yaaay . Also bren noticed something odd with the youngsters that gives bren kind of a similarly to falling in love exept it has two poeple and it's not sextual at all.

The girls name is antar and the boy is jegari . They are kind of 15 and soon to be 16.

Bren is worried about ilisidi trying to back stab him.

Ilisidi sees something off with his face and asks him about it.

Ilisidi tells him that purity defines him might be a way to say that he is innocent. He is flushed a bit by that quote of hers.

Bren is still worried about her and tatseigi turned on them.

They arrive at the the gates of the estate. Seems good and tatiseigi is coming out with a car.

The car is in clear view and caljeiri is told to straighten up his collar .

Tatiseigi greets them at the cars , gets a bit startled by caljeiri and still salty as ever for the paidhi for maybe causing to him the shit show.

Has not heard of damiri at all. Bren dose not blame him for his rage as they go inside the estate.

Realizes that h is really tired from all the shit he had to go through to get here.

Tatiseigi is a little distrustful of the two kids who went with caljeiri. Ilisidi tells him the kids are under her protection.

Ilisidi as also asked for a bath.

When tatiseigi tries to make bren bath with out any respect his staff and bren stand up to tatiseigi bullshit towords him.

So he was not only covered in filth but he is also bruised and scratched up a bit.

After he rests up and gets some food he decides to sleep in the bed with banichi guarding him as he rests with him.

When he wakes up , while he gets dressed he tells tano that he is okay with them just calling them bren in private.

Jago tells bren that tatiseigi believes that tabini is alive. Caljeiri was with the youngsters and nawari so he wasn’t there.

Bren is wondering could be the treater that might have fucked over tabini.

Oh shit bren just waked into a "ilisidi might verbally fuck shit up to the person she is talking to" moment

Caljeiri be fucking careful. He apologizes for the patio incident.

Caljeiri pissed off the old man but isn't gonna get anyone assassinated

He wakes up to his gaurds with a plan to use the situation of ilisidi and tatiseigi to try to get to thr guild.

Bren has to write a letter to guild to maybe let them in.

Bren thinks about everything and finds out the Atigeini staff are being suspicious .

Bren realizes where tabini could have gone , with the astronomer at the University where Emeritus grigiji was.

Bren wishes he could freely speak of where tabini could be. He also wishes jase was there with him.

He uses his computer to silently tell what he thinks he knows about tabini and what is happening.

He writes a letter to ilisidi begging her for her help.

Welp that plan shifted the bed. He tells tano to destroy the letter.

Bren is dreading the tea he has to have with ilisidi.

Oh boy is he getting a bit of a heated like argument with him. Ilisidi to the rescue. It's kind of funny how tatiseigi called her "abominatiable women"

Oh boy is there a little bit of a fight starting to happen and caljeiri really wants tatiseigi to not shout at his grandmother.

Tatiseigi really hates the taibeni , poor youngsters

Tatiseigi agrees and makes caljeiri new friend antaro , who wanted the honor of getting that letter through enemy territory.

Bren is pissed that these kids have to go through all this shit. Luckily even the Atigeini staff even they thought sending a kid out there alone was a shitty idea.

Oh shit his hatred of gun fire because some one like him had not done there job quote is here.

While they were talking about the shit show they heard something and go out to check.

God damn it caljeiri where the hell are you?!? Oh fuck is caljeiri and jegari gonna try to appeal to the taiben because bren brought it up?

Great ilisidi and cenedi are there and worried as ever. Cenedi may not like him alot but it's kind of sweet he is realy distressed for him.

Almost everyone says fuck it were are going after the young idiots.

Bren thinks caljeiri is way to smart for his age.

They meet up with antaro who is now with them.

They are now currently still trying to find the little shits.

Oh great a gun shot. There is also a youngsters voice as well. Banichi tells him to be careful and stay low.

Jago warns bren to get the fuck anywhere else.

Did caljeiri just shot a guy shooting them.

Banich tells caljeiri that bren us here and pretty disappointed in his actions.

Brens is a little worried about caljeiri arrogance.

Bren is praised for talking to caljeiri like an adult and listened to him

Antar greets her father , desio

Aw it implies that bren when he rests for an hour some of the atevi sleep around him and make him feel safe.

They make there way to the location they need to be. Also getting caljeiri to his taibeni relatives and to hopefully his father.

Bren is trying to sleep while going back to the mansion.

Good news the houses gates are safe , bad news there are gaurds that maybe trying to take over the house.

Banich stands up for bren and says he is capable despite his size. Bren adores being called capable then lord of the heavens.

They go for a charge to try to gain back control of the house.

He gets a bit shocked by electric wire.

After a bit of chaotic fighting they get reinforcements to save there assess.

Caljeiri is back and tabini is with him. The picture of bren calling tabini "aiji-ma" and hugging him is so cute.

Ilisidi greeting tabini in that way and telling him about where his son could be is so funny.

They are having tea with tabini , tatiseigi and ilisidi about all this shit.

Bren notices how somber and thinner tabini looked. Turns out he were hiding out in the hills and wearing a red scarf around his neck and assassin outfit.

Damiri and tabini meet their child again. Caljeiri wants to introduce his bodyguard.

#foreigner series #c. j. cherryh #fansideblogto #foreigner series spoilers

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mllekurtz · 2 years

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wip wednesday

the scourger au i'm writing has possessed me and has yet to spit me out of its mouth, so have a snip from split difference, the next fic in the series...

(previously in the scourger au: essek met a young delegate of the cerberus assembly at a couple of very boring dinner parties; bren flirted with him until essek agreed to share forbidden magic in exchange for an equal partnership.)

In the end, Bren makes him wait for three days. Essek has contemplated every possible scenario, from a change of heart to a catastrophe to more mundane, plausible explanations. Then Bren’s voice rings into his ears, smooth and rich like polished mahogany, and Essek almost drops the book he’s holding in the bathtub.

“Apologies, my friend. I will be free from my current engagement on Conthsen. Dinner? Choose the place, I will return the favour next time.”

Essek sighs inwardly, then changes his mind and lets the spell carry his exasperation. He’s used to the deflections one has to make when one has to Send in mixed company, but making it sound like a date is just in bad taste. “I expect you to know where I live. Through the garden, please. I will meet you on Conthsen for ‘dinner’.”

This time, he doesn’t expect a reply and he’s not disappointed when he doesn’t get one. He doesn’t need a spell to imagine Bren’s smugness.

It’s three days, again, until Conthsen, but this time Essek has something to look forward to, so the wait is excruciating in a much different way. Like the rest of his towers, his laboratory is generally always kept in pristine conditions, but he checks that every surface is immaculate, and he reviews his shelves of books, scrolls and components to make sure they’re properly organised. He knows they’re not really having dinner, but he figures wine won’t hurt. Some cheese too, maybe. He briefly wonders if this meeting deserves the Solvia he’s been saving for a special occasion, but he decides to save it, choosing a dark red Oveso instead.

By the very nature of his hovering cantrip, he can’t pace, but the hem of his best dressing gown—the lilac one with billowing leaves and embroidered vines running over the hems, tightened around his waist by a large sash also made of spider silk, but in a contrasting eggplant hue—has swept the floor of his study back and forth several times by the time the Message reaches him. “I believe I’m at your doorstep, Shadowhand. I am disguised as a drow. Thought it best.”

As he floats downstairs, Essek nods to himself. He opens his mouth to reply, but the Message continues.

“You live in a beautiful place. Are the neighbours annoying, at least? There has to be some downside to all this, it can’t be that perfect. I would like to take a closer look at your arcane weather vane, if you’ll allow me. It looks fascinating from down there.”

He always talks so much. Essek doesn’t know if he’s more exasperated or amused by the time he reaches the glass door that leads to the garden. He sees a shape on the other side, slightly warped by the glass. He opens the door with a cantrip that also momentarily lifts the wards on his towers, and just like that he’s not alone anymore.

He’s wearing a face Essek has never seen before, and looking up at the ley lines tracking device while holding a string of copper to his lips with both hands.

Essek may have never seen this person before, and yet the unruffled ease of his stance, the tilt of his head, the way his ruby-red eyes lock on Essek’s as soon as he appears in his field of vision—it all says Bren.

The smile Essek was fighting threatens to tug at his lips again, and he smothers it. “I’m glad to find you in a good mood,” he says drily. “Was the conclusion to your… engagement satisfactory?”

The drow’s grin is Bren’s, only on another face. Essek wonders if his disguise as Dezran Thain perturbed him the same way, but if it did, he masked it very well. “I would love to tell you all about it,” he says, “but then I would have to… you know. May I?”

There are not always clear cut, the moments when things change and turn into something else. Stepping over a ledge, diving into an abyss, inviting your natural enemy in your home. Essek knows everything has been building towards this moment for weeks, and yet he can still close the door, change his mind, banish Bren Ermendrud and his siren’s song from his life. There will be a before and an after and the power to operate an irreversible, lasting change is in his hands.

Bren is looking at him with eyes that are not his but shine with his expectations, his confidence.

“Come in,” says Essek.

#essek: this is not a date #also essek: which wine pairs best with these cheeses #i am very excited to share this one with you all later this week since it has my very favoritest scene so far #fic: split difference #fic: birds of prey #critical role #shadowgast #wip wednesday #cr fic

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kitausuret · 2 years

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Hi! For the ask game... How about Anne Weying for 9 and Venom Symbiote for 2? Oh, and maybe 21 with Toxin?

Sure!! Let's do it!

Anne Weying, 9 - What's your favorite headcanon for this character?

I need that girl to be bisexual. No but for real, I can't explain it, but she and Eddie both give off bi vibes to me. They are bi 4 bi. Maybe it's because I hc that for pretty much any m/f couple I enjoy, or because so MANY Spider-Man-adjacent characters have queer coding around them... I also think she and Beck Underwood would be a fine match for each other.

Venom Symbiote, 2 - What songs remind you of this character?

Wow, so for this Venom, I actually have three playlists of songs for hosts, and two of those have over 100 songs on them. But I'll pick a couple that I think have symby-specific vibes.

- "Dust to Dust" - The Civil Wars, The Civil Wars (2013) - okay I'm kind of cheating with this one because it's very much the symbiot3 @ each other BUUUT it is just such a very very perfect song. And yeah it's the title of my fic. It's not my fault it works! It's a beautiful song about learning to open up after a life of hardship and learning how to accept others into one's life again. I get both venomflash AND reunion!symbrock vibes from it.

- "Driven" - RUSH, Test for Echo (1996) - So, this song in my opinion kind of epitomizes, at least to me, the Symbiote's dynamic with Lee Price. In that being with him is literally like being in a car that is on a road of black ice and he's got fucking road rage and no seatbelts. This song is from an album that in many ways is about communication, and this one is basically about that communication breaking down. I think it's fitting!

- "Me and my Shadow" - Sammy Davis Jr. - It's kind of funny, since the one fic that takes lyrics from this song as its title is actually about Jubulile and Toxin, but the Venom Symbiote is the first and most famous and so this song is extremely fitting. I loved when Sinatra and Davis did this song together. I get 90s vibes!

Toxin, 21 -Talk about anything!

Anything? Anything at ALL? (cracks knuckles) I really need my boy Tox to get some honest to god good character development that STICKS like. For once. I need development beyond that super short lived mini that made Pat out to be an asshole. And I love Cullen Bunn and Gerry Conway (Rick Remender is eh in my book sometimes lol) but man none of them did Toxin literally any favors at all. Tox was the first grandchild and is still the only one with any real personality of its own. I still think Toxin and Jubulile should have been a thing, I felt like they were perfect for each other and I swear I'm not just tinfoil hatting it when I say I felt that's what Conway was setting up at the end of Carnage. I like Bren Waters, sure, but with Tanis Nieves dead and Claire Dixon MIA, as far as I know there is ONE woman of color who is still a host and that's Agony with Gemma Shin.

Anyways this is getting very rambly but Toxin deserves better! They do! I'm gonna scream and maybe write more fanfic about it.

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Thank you so much for these asks! Much to think about lol. If anyone wants to ask me more, my original post is right here and remember that I know pretty much all the Spider-Man characters! (please ask me about Spider-Man characters)

#asked and answered #these are so much fun #venom #toxin #anne weying #headcanons #songs

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jq37 · 5 years

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Let's go final bloodkeep ep breakdown!

**spoilers for the tomb of ultimate evil**

I was originally kind of annoyed that dropout wasn’t working when I wanted to do this originally, but it’s actually kind of a blessing in disguise now that I think about it because it means I get to rewatch and discuss the ep in light of the bombshells Brennan dropping in the BTS video.

As I watch the Previouslies, I realize I’m still not over the fact that Maggie named her kid after Leiland. It was so sweet an unexpected.

So, at the start of this episode, Brennan must have realized that his plans are pretty much jossed because the 4 baby blessing was *very* not on the docket

“Absolutely, Lilith’s got 25 strength.” Idk why that’s so funny to me. Maybe because I think Rekha was asking whether Lilith was allowed to carry her, not if she was physically cable but Brennan was like “Of course she can carry you. She’s an absolute unit.”

Leiland’s first move? Drawing all the enemy fire. Markus’s first move? Immediately hiding. In fairness, my dude is a rogue.

Lol, spiderweb baby bjorn.

“We’re evil but we understand communication and consent.”

Nat 20 from Old Pickering! Finally he’s useful!

Watch a bitch call lightning! A different bitch, but still.

Amy’s childish delight at the prospect that there might be a bomb in the goblins is so good.

I love how on board everyone was for the mystery potion.

Did Hork exist before this episode? I have no memory of him existing.

Nat 20 for Sohkbar!

Brennan is really so good at all of his on the cuff J'er'em'ih nonsense.

Erika yelling, “Sanctuary!” a la Hunchback of Notre Dame.

I like that Lilith calls her spider kids to defend them by going, “Get ‘em ladies!” and then Brennan decides one of the kids she summoned is Jason.

“I really am sorry. I’m sorry for everything I’ve done…and everything I’m about to do.”

Leiland Jr. MVP!

I love that Lilith treat’s Sohkbar as if he’s also a parent.

Two words I’ve learned to fear since I’ve started watching RPG shows: Lair action.

Leiland just BARELY not being on the falling chunk of floor.

Brennan really faked me out on that Jason fall. Man really was about to make me cry over a fictional spider for the SECOND TIME in my life (Charlotte’s Web).

I love Erika screaming over Jason in and out of character separately.

“Guys, this is our element! Knocking people off of things!”

Leiland’s affirmations. Who is doing counseling at the Bloodkeep.

AOE spells are so boss.

“Everyone look at Leiland! He’s doing it!” Aww, everyone finally gets to see him be cool! It’s really wild how much of an arc these guys went through in just 2 days of play. It’s very narratively consistent.

“Oh you fucking freak, you’d love that.”

“Tell him something is gonna happen to his bones but don’t explain it.”

Rekha loudly announcing her ridic amount of hitpoints is on of my fave things

I love how in both campaigns so far, Brennan has had a moment of, “You’re not bad at magic, you’re just depressed.” What an oddly specific thing but also, relateable.

Cell Block Tango ft. Leiland.

Leiland curses one of the Vingury. I’m sure that won’t be important later (I’m lying).

Ify/Markus just refusing to learn Hobbert and Frod’s names.

Ify: *Trying to do a shenanigan*

Brennan: I see what’s happening here.

DOOR LORE. DOOR LORE. DOOR LORE.

So I guess the real lesson of this season of D20 is always commit to your running jokes because you’ll get free nonsense out of it. (A 19! That’s so painful!)

Jessa just straight eats not-Gollum.

Both Jason and Jessa are very protective of their mom and I love it.

Maggie All elves look the same. (Maggie said F elf rights)

The full 6 seconds of silence from Matt between his saying he loves J'er'em'ih more than any other animal companion and looking directly at the camera and saying, “Except for Trinket,” very seriously.

Amy: I must become the necro boatman.

Brennan, whose plans have now been entirely womped: :O.

I truly didn’t even consider attacking the boatman. I feel like this is such a good DM moment, because I feel like my reaction would have been, “That’s not how this works,” but Bren just let it happen, which is better both for the story and player agency. I’m taking notes.

Efink getting validation on her chosen name by the evil statues.

“Kick his ass and you get the power!”

“I’m like a setpiece, not like a guy!”

Sohkbar claims the baby as his ward. This baby is gonna have so many godparents.

“MY DAD SHIT IN A BAG?”

What a wild improv.

I love the ancient evil statues have Lilith’s back on the fact that she should have gotten the promotion.

When Leiland Jr was born Brennan was like, “He’s not gonna do much. He’s a baby.” One ep later this baby is taking turns and fireblasting enemies and talking like he’s the Godfather.

OK so there’s a lair action. Leiland rolls a NAT ONE to not plummet into the Bloodkeep. Brennan clearly is ready to bring out the ghost figurines we saw in the BTS.

The statue Lilith JUST got the blessing from falls which means if she hadn’t gotten it that turn, they would have been screwed. Sidenote: Brennan says it was an instant lose condition for them which is part of why I was surprised that this wasn’t his plan to begin with. He just readjusted everything on the fly and set new parameters. What a good, confidence projecting, quick thinking DM.

It’s Leiland’s turn. He is once again falling to his doom. This time, without the bossa nova music and soothing apathy because he actually has something to live for.

AND HE USES HIS HEX TO TELEPORT TO THE VINGURY HE HEXED BEFORE.

It was JUST close enough. And he almost cursed Olag instead! That decision saved his undead ass!

I love that Leiland is Uncle Leiland to Jason! And later Jessa calls Efink Aunt Efink. I wanna see evil Thanksgiving so bad.

“You’re really killing it today Leiland!” My boy finally getting the praise he deserves. (Also, wild that this is all still THE SAME DAY)

“oKAY, okay, OKAY, oKay.” –Brennan having a moment

“You wanted us to play evil characters but we’re actually playing evil players.”

Man this episode is truly how Leiland got his groove back, huh?

Boatman rolls a 4 to resist fear. Go Leiland!

“I take off my mask to reveal…I’m sexy as fuck.”

Everyone including the evil statue is hot for Markus.

“Shut the fuck up, Olag. Go kill yourself.” Maggie just has no patience for nonsense (that’s not the kind of nonsense she enjoys anyway).

“Do I take psychic damage from that?”

Lilith gets a nat 20!

Maggie, upon Leiland calling her 'my queen’ for the second time: Just call me Maggie, please.

“THAT’S AN ABILITY J'ER'EM'IH HAS?”/“I guess.”

“Lilith, you’re my girl! Lilith, my girl!” They grab hands over the table. It’s such a pure moment.

Brennan after they kill the Boatman: I mean, fuck me I guess.

Leiland goes down. Leiland Jr. goes, “Nah, get up, you’re fine,” and he gets back up. (Brennan at this point has clearly fully leaned in to the direction his players dragged him).

Leiland comes back as Leiland the White. And I just realized! That’s the ghost figurine! I thought that was the figure Bren got for when Leiland inevitably completed his story arc. No! It was the figure for in case Leiland DIED.

Leiland FONZES at Leiland Jr.

Nat 20 from Maggie to avoid falling into the Bloodkeep!

Leiland lets Markus convince him to not kill Olag (for future shenanigans). Leiland instead owns Toby and rolls a 29 to convince Oswald back onto their side. Toby also comes as a zombie on their side. Everything’s coming up Leiland!

Except no, he goes back down immediately and falls face first into the blood pool.

OK, check it. Markus bargains with one of the evil statues to make Olag alive and undead for eternity. The statue is kinda on board but wants to make a trade. Markus basically goes, “Watch this,” and STEPS INTO THE VOID.

Go back and watch Amy’s reaction. It’s so genuinely shocked and concerned. Matt’s is good too.

Sidenote: That is apropos of nothing goal wise. He just wanted to torture Olag.

Maggie gets the final blessing with a quiet, heartfelt speech Brennan doesn’t even make her roll for. The statue tries to get her to put in a good word w/ her dad for it and steps all over the moment.

Ify, about to pull out shenanigans part two, electric boogaloo: I never got a chance to attack on my turn.

He attacks himself and warps back up!

Amy: Is that how you play a rogue????

Why sneak attack damage? Can you sneak attack yourself?

“You’re a liar!”/“I’m a rogue.” Beautiful.

We’re evil!

Oswald dies and Leiland comes back! Hexing Oswald really panned out for him

“It’s all spiders from here!” I wanna start saying that.

Efink cancels out a nat 20 on Sohkbar!

Lilith telling her kids to go find safety is a small thing but sweet.

“You know you live near Goblin Island and you always say you’re gonna visit.”

Markus swashbuckles over to the bloodkeep before he falls. Leiland is ready to jump his bones.

Nat 20 from Leiland! Is that his first one?

AND THEN HE ROLLS TWO NAT ONES!

Classic Leiland.

I love that Leiland is pro J'er'em'ih now.

John Feathers comes back for the epilogue. Rehka is more excited than anyone.

Lilith is voted queen regent of Gorgar! Go girl! And Jessa opens her fashion firm while Jason sets out to the forest. Good for them.

Scream beast babies!

And little Leiland asks big Leiland to get him the head of Galfast Hamhead! Full circle, I love it.

OK so Brennan said this and he was right. Leiland and Maggie have such a wild ass arc. She goes being “that whore” in ep 1 (idr what he actually called her but that’s the vibe he gave off) to “my queen” in episode 6. And like, man. Imagine planning a game where the goal is to lead the players into a PvP free for all and, instead, the only two characters with a legit grievance mend fences so much that one names their child after the other and that one swears fealty to that mom and her child. Imagine failing so hard at your original goal. Wow.

Anyway, that’s it for Bloodkeep! Thanks for hanging in there for me to write this up! I want to say something about the teaser for T.U.S. too but I’ll save that for another post.

Sidenote: So Matt has been on D20 and Brennan has been on Naddpod. I think this means Brennan or Murph gets to be on Critical Role now. I’m a lawyer and I’m pretty sure that’s how the law works.

#asks #a-salty-alto #escape from the bloodkeep #bloodkeep #dimension 20 #i know this is typo riddled but this is a 3 hour episode and I don't have the patience to edit this rn so...

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jattendschaton · 5 years

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21 Questions

@moonllshadow tagged me and I think these things are pretty fun, so :)

Rules: Answer 21 questions and then tag 21 people who you want to get to know better. (but lmao I’m not tagging 21 people)

Nickname: Uhh shoot I have a lot. I swear all of these are names people actually still genuinely call me. Bean, bren/brenn, brenana bread, ben, peanut, bnelly, nelly, bren-bren, b-ren, ben-ben, benny, benna, brendolin, greta, pebbles/pebs, brenenem, brenania, alix, brenna bean, dolly, weenie hut jr./weenie jr., fabio, ren, renny, brenns, sausage, shortcake, lefty, beena, l’il lizard

Zodiac: Leo

Height: 5′3″

Last movie I saw: I just watched Infinity War for the first time yesterday because I am l a m e

Last thing googled: the house of the spirits isabel allende

Favorite musician: How do people have favorites of anything i do not understand

Song stuck in my head: The Other Side, Jukebox the Ghost

Other blogs: This is my one-and-only tumblr :)

Do I get asks: lmao not really. but when they do happen I get all excited and I dance around my bedroom

Following: 34

Amount of sleep: It varies so wildly I have no idea what to say. Sometimes it’s 9 hours. Sometimes it’s 10 minutes in between classes. Who fuckin’ knows man, life is wild

Lucky number: 8 and 10,899

What I’m Wearing: Yellow sleep shorts and a blue PHE tshirt

Dream Job: I’m currently having an existential crisis about this so I’m gonna have to pass unless you want a full essay on the topic

Dream Trip: It’s less of a where and more of a “with/to whom” . ‘Cause like not gonna lie, a dream trip would be somewhere I could meet up with my lovely internet friends :)

Favorite Food: I’m in a weird relationship with food right now. Does tea count?

Play Any Instruments: Piano and guitar, but I haven’t gotten the chance to play in a while :(

Languages: English, I used to actually be somewhat proficient in French but pff not anymore, and I’m coherent in ASL

Random Fact: When I was 7, I ate a spider on a dare

Describe yourself as aesthetic things: Hot cup of tea fogging up too-big glasses, lights off on a rainy day sitting on a windowsill reading/writing, miniature marshmallows bobbing in hot chocolate, baseball cap on a sunny spring morning

Tagging: @megatraven @lahiffed @this-was-a-terrible-idea @ladybuginettes @anonymous-ivplay

#bean talks #i like this kind of stuff #but i know a lot of people dont #so just tell me if you dont want me to tag you in it again #or like if i need to tag this in some special way so that if youre following me you can avoid seeing it #also why does 'tagging' count as a question #like i feel like that's not a question #in which case this is only 20 questions #so it is a LIAR

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topimagines · 6 years

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(Fuck A) Needy Girlfriend

Prompt: Brendon finds nothing more sexy than the fact that he can have you begging for him by only tugging on your hair

Warnings: smut, sin, pray for the wicked my diddly doods, unfortunately not gender neutral

A/n: yo, say amen brendon is sexy as fuck. also, this is the one and only time i’m ever posting smut on here bc its v old, written like a year ago and i didnt write it entirely. someone helped me, but lol i forgot who. she prolly doesnt have tumblr anymore tbh.

Brendon knows you have a thing for having your hair played with. Whether it’s casually laying your head in his lap, or in the bedroom when you’re on all fours, using it at leverage to slam into you at the right angle. He knows it’s one of your ticks, playing with your hair. When you're focusing on something really hard, your hand is playing with the tips of it, winding it and unwinding it from around your index and middle finger. Or, if you’re anxious in public, your fingers find a small strand of it and play with it until you are away from whatever has you so wound up.

Therefore, you don’t think too much of it when Brendon does play with your hair.

You’re sitting in Brendon's lap as he's watching TV, you run your fingers through his hair and he hums quietly as you do so. He smirks, reaching up and running his fingers through your hair. He starts to pull on your hair lightly until you're moaning softly into his ear.

You feel him get hard through his pants. You grind down hard on him, moaning softly and whining needily in his ear when you feel him against you. "So needy, getting turned on just from me tugging on your hair..." he hums and strokes the inside of your thigh.

You whine in his ear, "...please," and he tsk’s in your ear. He decides to tease, not touching you anywhere you want until you have begged him enough.

"You're gonna have to give me more, baby," he practically growled, moving his fingers to your lips.

You open your mouth for him, sucking on them. He growls somewhere deep in his throat when you look up at him super innocently, you let his fingers drop from your mouth and practically moan "please, baby, I need you. So bad."

"Then get up, baby. Strip. Put on a show for me," he smirked.

You slowly get up and pull at your top very slowly, and he growls, "don't tease or you'll get punished, baby." You smirk to yourself and continue what you were doing, peeling off every item of clothing on your body for Brendon to devour with his eyes. He jumps up from his spot before you have take your pants and underwear off and backs you up into the closest wall. "Is this ok?" He asks. Once you nod, he attacks your neck with kisses, “So slutty, baby," he purred and pushed his leg between yours so you could grind against it.

You arch into him, grinding down on his thigh. He tangles his fingers in your hair and tugs to make more space for him on your neck. You close your eyes and moan, grinding down on his knee harder than before. "Such a good slut, kitten.”

"Brendon, please," you whine desperately and grip his shoulders.

"Do you deserve it? Have you been good enough for me to fuck you?" He growls.

"I've been so good for you, Bren," you whimper, "so good. Please, baby." He growls and pulls you in for a passionate kiss, his tongue invading your mouth.

When he pulls away you whine, "okay baby, but you're gonna have to take these off," he tugs on your pants and underwear. You nod, pulling them off quickly. He takes you by the hand pulls you toward the center of the room.

He gets down on the floor and smirks at the view he has of your glistening wet cunt, "Come on, baby. You know what to do. Sit on my face."

You blush as you straddle his face, he gently licks your slit, humming at the taste. "You're this wet from just that, kitten?" He asks mockingly. As you're about to answer with a smart comment, he brushes his tongue over your clit. You moan loudly, grinding down on Brendon’s face. He mumbles something incomprehensible against you as he pulls your hips down onto him. His fingernails curl into your skin as he sucks on your clit. He moves one of his hands from your hips and pushes his index finger into you. You whine needily and beg him to add another. He smirks and runs his teeth over your clit. You almost scream, grinding down more, hoping it will push his finger deeper inside you.

You felt the spring winding inside of your abdomen as Brendon ate you out.

“Please, baby, let me fucking come, I’ve been so fucking good,” you begged. Brendon chuckled against your cunt and moves his kisses down to the inside of your thighs, and took his fingers out of your cunt.

"So fucking slutty, baby," he whispers against the inside of your thigh and moving his hands to your bottom before slapping you on the ass. You whine, wanting him to do more.

“God, please, Brendon,” you beg him, needing nothing more than to come all over his pretty face. Brendon moved back up and finally, finally, works where you need him most. He licks a strip up your pussy to your clit before sucking it into his mouth. He pushes two fingers back into you and pumps them in and out of you faster than before.

“Fucking come on my face, kitten,” he moans into your cunt, the vibrations pushing you into your impending release. You moan and grind down onto Brendons mouth, all the while squeezing each side of his head with your thighs.

When you’ve found the strength to move, you slowly slide down his body and straddle his still-clothed waist. You kiss his plump, pink lips, tasting yourself on him. When you finally separate, you kiss down his neck, leaving hickeys where all of his sweet spots are.

"Tell me what you want."

"Please, fuck me, Brendon, I need you now," you whisper, hotly in his ear before leaving a kiss right below it. He smirks cockily, and pulls you back up to his lips by your hair.

"Anything for my baby," he says cockily, moving out from under you. You watch him undress in front of you, revealing his perfect torso before he finally removed his jeans, his member so hard, the tip was pink and already leaking pre-cum, "get on your hands and knees like a good little slut," he says, his tone teasing. Once you're in the position he wanted, he licks his lips and squeezes your ass. He left a quick slap on each cheek before soothingly rubbing them. He does this a few more times before you decide you’ve had enough and open your mouth to protest. Brendon beats you and grunts, “Beg for it.”

"Brendon, stop teas-"

"Beg for it." He interrupts with a harsher tone, giving your ass a rough slap.

“But-”

“Beg. For. It,” he growls in your ear, pulling you back by the hair to meet him halfway.

You moan, giving in to him, "please! Please baby, fuck me, make me yours," with that he slides into you and fills you.

He leans over you and presses kisses to your neck while rolling his hips. "Fuck, you always feel so fucking good. You're so fucking tight, kitten.” He takes hold of your hair and pulls it until you're flush against him, your back against his chest. He reaches one of his hands down and starts playing with your clit. "Yeah, baby, say my name."

You gasp his name as he speeds up. "Brendon, baby, harder," you whine.

He slams into you until you're practically screaming, begging to come. He grunts, "come baby, come all over my cock." You do so with a cry of his name. You're breathing heavily and your forearms collapse onto the floor as your orgasm rolls through you. In your state, you could still hear Brendon grunt, "Gonna let me come in this sweet cunt, baby?"

"Fuckin ruin me, baby, fill my pussy," you moan, breaths still coming in uneven pants. He slams his hips into yours, stiffening and shooting his load inside of you.

He collapses on top of you, his body warm to the touch. He pulls out and you could feel his seed dripping down your thigh. "Hang on, stay right here" he said, standing up to get something. Only when he came back did you realize he had picked up his boxers and gotten a washcloth to clean you up. You made a small noise as he wipes your thighs. He helps you get the boxers, and the baggy shirt (It had the Spider-man logo on it, because Brendon knew you too well). He pulled you toward the couch and laid down, pulling you on top of him. He ran his fingers through your hair lightly, admiring the hickeys on your neck. Once your breathing is finally evened out, you looked up at his face lovingly.

“You're so pretty,” you whisper. He chuckles, leaning in to kiss your forehead, noting the slight stickiness from sweat.

“You're the pretty one, kitten,” he says. You bury your face in his neck and kiss lightly, “I'm sorry I was so rough with you”

“S’okay,” you say tiredly. You moved your head to rest on his chest and looked up at him with a lazy smile on your face.

“Go to sleep, baby,” he says quietly. You only respond with a nod, the last thing you hear is a quiet, “I love you, kitten,” and his slightly fast heartbeat.

“I love y’too, Brendon.”

#brendon urie #brendon urie fanfiction #brendon urie smut #brendon urie imagine #brendon patd #brendon urie x reader #brendon urie fluff #brendon urie x reader smut #panic! at the disco fanfiction #panic! at the disco imagine #panic! at the disco smut #Panic! at the Disco

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thelanternwielder · 6 years

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Too Late - Part Nine

Author’s Note:

To the people who have been waiting for this chapter: thank you for your patience. I’ve just been too busy to work on it.

Originally, I thought I was just going to be writing one last chapter. 16,000 words later, I decided to split it into four.

Welcome to the beginning of the end of this story.

Link to the previous part: >Here<

Link to the start: >Here<

Link to the next part: >Here<

Tell me what you think. Feedback is always appreciated (and I do mean that).

The frigid bowels of the shadowed mountains still seemed to shimmer during the night time.

In the cavern that had the glossy green wall, Dr Suno was knelt at its base. Beside him was a metallic suitcase of sorts containing various portable scientific paraphernalia.

A scraping sound could be heard. He was shaving the emerald ice off the wall with a small blade and collecting it in several test tubes. He was going to take them to his laboratory to study the wall’s composition.

He was calm, methodical. His chilled demeanour was from the belief that he was safe. He had asked two soldiers to accompany him; they stood at the entrance to this cave. They were armed, and he was sure that they could handle any intruders. He was at the location so late because he betted on the idea that his enemies were human and needed sleep.

But he still had to work quickly. The longer he and the soldiers stayed, the colder it got. Soon, it would be too dangerous to be there.

He was almost done, collecting the last sample carefully.

He was so focused that he didn’t hear the footsteps behind him.

Suddenly, there was a deadly click followed by an electronic whistle, as if something was charging.

Dr Suno froze.

Then a feminine voice spoke, dripping with disgust.

“Hello Jeredy. I vant my Monsuno back and a little birdie tells me that you have it.”

His hands lowered as he looked over his shoulder cautiously.

His eyes met the end of a black pronged gun. He followed the weapon to its owner. A blonde short-haired woman with a long fringe and a scowl held it. She was wearing a thick black and red jacket over her long white coat.

Her voice became more menacing, “Give it to me now or else.”

The scientist was quite flabbergasted to see the woman. He put his blade and test tube down and swiveled around to face her a bit more.

Her eyes narrowed as they watched him slowly reveal his blue and yellow core.

He waved it indicatively, “You mean this, Charlemagne?”

“Yes,” she hissed.

She lurched forwards to grab it.

He abruptly threw it, whipping his wrist. She gasped as she saw it skate across the icy floor, spinning.

Ting!

With an explosion of azure, a navy lion with a golden mane, fearsome head armour and jagged wings materialised. It eyes met Charlemagne’s. It snarled.

There was a sudden slam behind her. She glanced down to see the suitcase, now shut, yanked from where it was.

She looked at the fleeing man, “Trying to escape, are ve, Jeredy?”

She aimed the gun at him.

He quickly peered over his shoulder, “I wouldn’t do that, if I were you.”

The woman glanced back at the lion.

Crackling in its jaws was a bright blue ball of electricity. Her eyes widened.

She dived to the side as the massive feline hurled the charged orb at her.

BOOM!

The cave shuddered. The emerald wall fractured slightly.

Sliding on her side, Charlemagne aimed her gun again. She wasn’t going to let the man get away.

Bang!

“AAAAAAAH!”

Dr Suno screamed as his whole body seized with the shot’s surge. He, along with his suitcase, dropped to the ground like boulders.

The woman got up, maliciously grinning. The lion looked at the fallen man and, for a moment, was processing what just happened.

She took the lion’s hesitation as a chance to get to the man’s body and snatch the core from his hand.

The cat emitted a guttural, disgruntled sound as the woman approached it.

“I have your core now, Driftblade,” she stated, “I am your rightful controller. You vill obey me.”

The giant feline was shooting daggers at the woman as she stopped in front of it.

It raised a heavy paw. She spotted it.

“Vhat are you –“

Whack!

Charlemagne was batted to the side, face slamming into the icy floor. Her gun rattled beside her, and the cat’s core bounced away.

Rapidly, she flipped herself onto her back, haphazardly grabbing her gun. The lion was stomping towards her.

She fired. The Monsuno flinched with a growl.

She pulled the trigger again.

Click.

She glanced at the gun, “Oh, now I run out.”

She chucked the gun to the side as she scurried from the hurtling paw. It missed with a thud.

She backed away, regarding the rebellious Monsuno that was once so obedient.

She gritted her teeth with frustration, “It seems that you need some disciplining, Driftblade.”

She pulled out a crimson core.

“Acro! Launch!” she slung the tiny container at the lion.

It burst, engulfing the room with a vexed vermilion.

Meanwhile, dashing down one of the tunnels, feet pounding the ground, Dr Klipse was leading the rest of his team through it. They had found out about Charlemagne’s escape. They were not there to save her, quite the opposite. In the Doctor’s words, they were there to ‘strip her of her core and his snow jacket before kicking her to the ground’ and all the words after that were lost in inaudible rage.

He saw her textile thievery as a bitter personal attack against him. Oh, how he was fuming!

He swept the others up in his wrath like a wildfire. They too wanted good old-fashioned revenge.

And so, Eklipse Resistance was charging through the ice caves, an angry mob.

The group staggered to a halt when they reached the area with the five doors. They had spread from the entrance and into it.

The Doctor closed his eyes, body tensing with the pent-up fury.

“I forgot about this part,” he grumbled.

Tinker glanced at the doorways.

He turned to his two leaders, “Er, which way?”

“Maybe we should go down the p-path,” the Professor pointed dramatically to a tunnel with his cane, “with the two fainted soldiers in front of it.”

The cane, as it hit the ground, cracked the air like a gunshot.

Everyone regarded the right-most tunnel, the one that was pointed to. Splayed along the floor were two S.T.O.R.M. soldiers, guns lying near them. One seemed to be angled away from the tunnel’s mouth, as if he attempted to flee.

The Doctor’s smirked slightly, flames flickering in his eyes. He swaggered towards the tunnel with malevolent snicker.

Dom Pyro, like an alert rabbit, gazed into the third tunnel, body pricked by an invisible force. A nervous smile appeared on his face.

“Tonight’s going to be fun,” he said.

Everybody looked at him. The Doctor’s face had reverted to its snarl.

Drezz detected the nerves, “What makes you say that?”

Suddenly, a cobalt core hurtled into the room from the third tunnel. It struck Dom’s shoe and exploded right in front of him. He staggered backwards, shielding himself from the light.

A voice announced itself confidently to the villains.

“Surprise!”

Revealing itself was the ursine glacier Hyper Lock, to the abhorrence of the group. Chase bounded to his white Monsuno’s side.

The boy’s smugness was cut short by the red core that erupted near him. Rising from the light was the parasaurolophus Sauro, plunging its drill hands into the bear’s face.

The Doctor skedaddled from the two titans as they crashed into the icy wall. The whole place shook.

Another azure core skated into the room, weaving past the Punk Monks. They began to run from the light that burst behind them.

From it emerged a long, dual-bladed, whip-like tail. Swinging like a guillotine, it smashed the frosted floor, mere centimetres from where Tinker was, cutting him off from Drezz. The former jumped out of his skin. He, along with Ratchet and Throttle, rushed into the first tunnel.

“No!” Drezz saw his comrades fleeing from the giant, quad-winged, bipedal dragon that was summoned.

The reptilian beast roared, spotting the lone Punk Monk. He backed away, glancing at where the third entrance was. The blond S.T.O.R.M. specialist had joined Chase with a cocky grin.

The Punk Monk looked back at the dragon. He dived out of the way of the snapping jaws. He ran towards the Professor who was standing back from the action.

He gazed over his shoulder. He saw Dom, Hargrave and the Doctor dodging the dragon. A laser, courtesy of the butler, slashed at the dragon’s face. It wailed.

Suddenly, Sauro skidded in front of him, bashed by the polar bear’s blow. It was blasted into the wall by a bright blue beam from the bear’s maw.

“Wah!” Drezz flinched.

He felt a tugging at his shoulder.

“Come,” the Professor commanded.

Drezz glanced at him, “And leave the others?”

“They’re perfectly c-capable of handling t-t-themselves!”

The Professor, clutching his cane and hat, scurried into the fifth entrance. Drezz, with reluctance, followed.

Chase caught a glimpse of orange at the corner of his eye.

“Dad,” he frowned, pierced by sudden worry.

He began to race towards the tunnel with the concussed soldiers in front of it. His friends had just caught up with he and Bravo.

Dax was the first to come out. He saw the boy in blue as he returned his Monsuno.

“Bleazing heck, Chase!” he exclaimed, running after the boy, “We just got here!”

The other members of Team Core-Tech trailed Dax, with Bren wheezing. As they passed Bravo, Alpha appeared from the darkness.

The ginger boy inquired, “What’s the situation?”

Bravo pointed to the battlefield, “I’m battling the ‘eclipse’ of their ‘resistance’. Chase has gone after Tallis,” he directed to the right, “I saw three of the Punk Monks go that way.”

A mighty wham came from the fight as Hyper Deadfall and Sauro clashed. The dragon was smacked in the back of the head by fiery blasts, originating from a two-tailed spider-scorpion. Sauro headbutted the lizard, causing it to stagger backwards.

Then the black beast Backslash seemed to teleport to the dragon and slashed at its throat. The reptile hollered.

Alpha, turning to his arriving team, ordered, “X-Ray, Tango, you’re coming with me. Kilo, you’re with Bravo.”

Another voice spoke, “And I will stay here with the boys.”

Everyone glanced into the tunnel’s darkness and saw Six. Alpha nodded to him before running off, followed by X-Ray and Tango.

Kilo and the boy in red flung their cores into the fight, crimson and cobalt streaking the ice.

With a cerulean light, the thick-limbed dragon Hyper Warwing materialised from underneath the spider-scorpion. It lifted the arachnid up as it waved its legs helplessly. To the butler’s fright, his Monsuno was tossed to the side with a crash.

A flash of vermilion had summoned the scythe-tusked skeleton Serno. It charged towards Backslash with a bellow.

WHACK!

Backslash was thrown across the arena. The Doctor, struck down with exasperation, gazed at the middle entrance. His eyes blazed as they landed on the bald boy.

“You!” he boomed.

“Hello Father!” Six replied with the same level of aggression.

Dom and Hargrave glanced over to see where the new voice came from.

The flames licked from the Doctor’s mouth as he shouted, “How dare you BETRAY ME!”

A slight smile appeared at the corner of Six’s mouth.

He remarked with a bitterness, “Betray you? I just moved on to a better place, Father.”

The words were the catalyst for the Doctor’s rage. You could almost see the steam wafting off his searing skin.

He commanded, body about to erupt from wrath, “BACKSLASH!” he threw his hand out to the children, “CURSED SPIRAL!”

The dark wolf-bear rushed past its master. It jumped into the air, corkscrewing rapidly, aimed at Six.

“Look out!” he gasped, leaping out of the way.

The S.T.O.R.M. specialists did the same, slamming the ground. The boys braced for the impact.

There was a shuddering smash as the black beast hit the hole, drilling into it. The children became coated in a plume of icy rubble, rattled by the quaking.

The debris settled as the shaking stopped. Coughing, the boys unburied themselves.

Six staggered to his feet and glanced at his friends, “Are you okay?”

“Yeah,” Bravo responded, dusting himself off.

Kilo nodded. He gazed at the battlefield.

“Huh? Where did they go?”

The others turned to it. Their creatures were searching aimlessly for their opponents.

Six stared into the third tunnel, entrance widened and more cone-like from Backslash’s attack.

A grin appeared on his face.

“I have an idea,” he softly said.

Further down, the three men were fleeing virtually in the dark, hearts racing as fast as they ran. Their feet rattled the rocky floor.

Hargrave felt that he was tapped on the shoulder. He glanced over it.

He did a double-take, eyes popping.

There was an orange light rapidly growing behind them, accompanied by a whooshing warmth.

The butler spun around, whipping out his core and launcher.

“Twinsting! Protect us!” he fired at the wall.

The spider-scorpion appeared from the vermilion light, hunched in the tunnel. Its legs and pincers pressed tightly against its body, becoming crystalline and hardened. It created a diamond-like shield.

Hargrave hightailed it towards the tunnel’s exit. The other men had frantically reached it and hid behind the walls. The butler could hear a bang as his arachnid was struck by the blazing orange. It strained a squeak.

Instinctively, the butler leapt to the ground, robot arms retracting tightly to his body. He took cover.

An inferno erupted from the cave’s draconic mouth, illuminating the surrounding air. It bellowed as it sent out a shockwave to the shadowed outside area. Twinsting’s crimson aurora snaked back to its controller.

The area darkened again as the dragon calmed, chilly air becoming still. There was a silence to it as the three men tried to recover from the near-grilling.

Robotically, the butler found his feet and shook the snow from his sleeves. His mechanical arms sprung back to their normal position.

Dom and the Doctor took a few steps away from the wall. All the men regarded the tunnel with shaken disbelief.

Dom commented, eyes flickering between the Doctor and the butler as his words dripped with sarcasm, “You’ve taught him well.”

The butler was just as dry, “I’d argue that move was more your style, Dom.”

The Doctor, uninterested in the conversation, gazed to the night sky. He could see the flashing lights of the black metal goliath that hung in it, nearly camouflaged.

“Oh boy,” he breathed.

The others copied him.

The butler, trying his hardest to hide his trepidation, asked quietly, “Are we really going to take on an entire army by ourselves?”

A deranged smile spread across Dom’s face. The idea of it thrilled him, especially when he thought about the number of bodies he was going to leave behind.

The Doctor, pulling out a core, grudgingly answered his butler, “We have no choice.”

Dom ripped the cores off his sash and exclaimed with gusto, “So, let us rain the snow in their blood!”

Hargrave snapped his core to his launcher.

The three men launched their cylinders, leaving trails of crimson behind. They struck the raised surface. The auroras danced into the night time air, lighting the snowy area up.

Meanwhile, down path number one, Tinker, Ratchet and Throttle had reached the cavern that possessed the green door.

“Oh, great!” Tinker was riled, “A dead end.”

Throttle suggested, “Maybe we could hide here.”

A boy’s voice shut her idea down.

“Some hiding spot you got there!”

The Punk Monks turned around to the only exit. Blocking their path were Alpha, Tango and X-Ray. The latter looked slightly fatigued.

Ratchet complained, “Why is it you lot that have to find us?”

The children pulled their cores out, beaming with assertion.

“Strike Squad! Launch!” they threw their cores at the Punk Monks.

The adults responded with their tiny containers. The room erupted with the clashing blue, red and yellow, saturating it.

On the other side of the cavern, in the room with the emerald wall, the undead ampithere Acro was wrapped around the navy lion as it thrashed. The serpent was constricting tightly around the feline’s neck.

“Obey me!” Charlemagne ordered, “OBEY!”

The lion wheezed a roar.

Suddenly, there was a flash at the end of the room. Then a skeletal triceratops, body emblazed, rammed into the lion and the ampithere. They crashed into the green wall, snapping it ever so slightly more.

“VHAT?!” she exclaimed as she watched the dinosaur pin the other creatures to the wall.

She glanced at the origin of the light. Glowering at her were the cycloptic Professor with the banded Drezz.

“Hello C-C-Charlemagne,” the Professor spat spitefully.

Her eyes flickered between them, “You little rats. You think that you could bring me down.”

Drezz held his core up, about to throw, “Yes. Hate’s a pretty powerful emotion -”

A fourth, anguished voice interrupted them.

“Dad!”

The men glanced behind them. The woman looked past them. The three saw Chase knelt at his father’s limp body, wide-eyed and gaping. His breaths were shallow.

He gazed up and saw the villains.

His voice was strained, “What have you done?”

Drezz immediately became defensive, putting his arm down, and faced him side-on.

“Don’t look at us kid!” he pointed to the woman, “It was her.”

Hasty footsteps came from the cave’s mouth. The rest of Team Core-Tech appeared from the tunnel. Dax entered first, then Jinja and Beyal. Bren supported himself on the edge of the entrance, panting.

A growl came from the Monsunos as the triceratops was pushed back by the lion. The feline ripped the serpent off its neck and flung it towards Charlemagne. She dashed out of the way. The ground shuddered as Acro hit it.

Chase got to his feet, flooded with grief-stricken anger. He whipped out his core.

“Lock! Launch!”

The tiny cylinder created a blue trail as it left the boy’s hand. He ran from his father’s body to join the battle.

Drezz quietly said to the Professor, “Looks like this’ll be a three-way.”

“Perhaps we can u-utilise this to our a-advantage,” the Professor slyly replied.

A smile appeared on Drezz’s face.

Dax, baffled by what was happening, was tending to Dr Suno. He flipped the man over and placed his fingers on his neck.

Jinja ran up to him, “Is he…alive?”

There was a pause.

Dax eventually said, “I feel a heartbeat.”

Beyal bounded to his side. His cloak swished as he revealed his core.

“We will protect him.”

Jinja got into a fighting stance, pulling her core out.

Suddenly, there was an explosion of crimson near the gathering. Emerging from the cloud was the finned lizard Iguano.

“Blazing hell!” Dax shouted, attempting to drag the scientist to safety, “Bren! Help me!”

Bren’s ears pricked at his name. He scrambled to Dax to aid him.

Beyal and Jinja had launched their cores. With bursts of azure, their triple-headed serpent and armoured moose joined the battle. The monk’s serpent had smacked the finned lizard away from the fainted man. The lizard seemed to taunt the two. The moose chased after it.

In the entryway, Dr Suno was on his back. He opened his eyes and blinked, groaning. His eyes focused and saw Bren’s and Dax’s elated faces.

“You’re alive!” the boy with glasses exclaimed.

The scientist sat up, rubbing his head.

He then heard the ruckus. He looked to the cavern and saw the unfolding chaos.

He addressed the boys, “What is going on?”

Dax responded, “We’re here to save you, Doc.”

Bren added, rubbing the back of his head, “Yeah, we received this distress signal saying that Charlemagne was here. Then it turned out that all of Eklipse Resistance is here. And now Chase, Jinja and Beyal are fighting against Charlemagne, Professor Tallis and Drezz.”

Dr Suno glanced at his hands then patted himself down. He looked around him, now panicked.

He asked, “Were you able to get my research kit?”

“Uh,” Bren exchanged a look with Dax, “you mean that suitcase?”

“Yes. Where is it?”

Dax pointed to the cavern, “In there. We were trying to get you outta there first.”

The scientist sighed as he gazed out to the battlefield. He could risk being trampled to retrieve his kit or stay safe and come back another time. He didn’t like either of those options.

Then he heard a shout. It was distraught, in pain. He got to his feet and walked to the edge of the entrance, joined by the boys.

“Chase?” he whispered.

The scientist saw Hyper Lock fighting against the skeletal ampithere.

“Jaw of Light!” the voice cried.

A bright and powerful beam burst from the bear’s mouth. It smashed the skeleton.

“Again!”

Another bean struck the Monsuno.

“Again!”

The serpent had been bowled over, barely able to get up.

The voice sounded tearful now, “AGAIN!”

The ampithere was hit by the energised beam once more, shattering it instantly, slithering back to Charlemagne. The force was so great that it sent a shockwave through the room. It caused the other Monsunos and humans to hesitate.

Suddenly, there was an ear-splitting snap that resonated through the room. Cracks radiated through the green glistening wall from the centre, spreading like the roots of a tree.

Everyone had stopped and now was looking at it. Chase was the closest to the wall. He went up to it, noticing something odd.

The cracks on the wall had seemed to go around the X-like symbol that was printed on the ice.

He touched the symbol with his hand.

BANG!

The wall exploded. The boy jumped back. A cavity had formed in it.

In a blink of an eye, a sticky lime green tendril shot out of the hole, latching onto the boy’s belly. He glanced at it, startled.

He lurched forwards as the tendril dragged him into the hole with a yelp.

Dr Suno was struck with horror, “CHASE!”

He, along with Bren and Dax, raced into the cavern. Only now had everyone else realised that the scientist was still alive.

Charlemagne glanced at the exit, now unoccupied. She began to hurry towards it.

Whack!

She was thrown back by the triceratops’ long, bony tail. She slid as she landed, eyes closed.

The Professor chuckled, hearing the satisfying strike. He glanced at the gathering in front of the hole that had formed.

There was a scream.

Jinja.

The giant moose turned its head to the glistening wall. It bounded over. Jolted by the Monsuno’s action, the three-headed serpent rushed to help.

In the gathering, Jinja’s arm was being clung to by Bren, Dax, Beyal and Dr Suno, desperately pulling back. The girl’s other hand had been snatched by the slime.

“Don’t worry Jinja! We’ve got you,” the man reassured.

“it’s creeping up my arm!” she blurted.

Her moose was just as distressed as her, moving agitatedly. It turned around and shot at the slime with its tail. It snapped and Jinja collapsed forwards. The boys caught her.

But just as the group became hopeful, Jinja was yanked back again, slipping out the boys’ hands. She disappeared into the hole.

The group were shocked statues, at a complete loss at what to do.

Drezz took the distraction as an opportunity to loot Charlemagne. He had taken the black and red jacket and beheld it.

He quickly slipped on the forbidden garment. His entire body relaxed.

“It’s so warm,” he mumbled.

“Drezz!” The Professor hissed.

The man cocked his head. The Professor beckoned to him. He nodded, running over to him.

Drezz put his hands in the pockets. He felt a core in one of them. He glanced at it. There was a vermillion light.

He remarked, “I’ve got the jacket and Acro.”

The Professor had an urgency to his tone, “We need to g-go. Now.”

They returned their monsters and rushed towards the door. They skidded to a halt as the giant lion leapt in front of them.

The men flinched. The Professor reactively loaded his launcher and fired it.

The lion’s face was engulfed in orange as the core burst. Hyper Lock glanced over its shoulder, hearing the lion’s grunt and a whirring.

But another sound caught the bear’s attention.

“Wah!” Beyal had fallen and was dragged into the darkness by a slimy tentacle that had latched onto his ankle.

It happened so rapidly that no one could react in time. Hyper Glowblade hissed sadly, engulfed by a sudden guilt.

The snake pushed Bren, Dax and Dr Suno away from the hole with its tail. The three staggered back. It then blocked the hole with its body.

Bren looked around, needlessly adjusting his glasses.

“Um, where’s Professor Tallis and Drezz?”

The others studied their surroundings.

“Gone,” Dax answered breathily.

The scientist wandered up to the now concussed Charlemagne and plucked his core from beside her. In the instant that he glanced at it, the azure aurora of the lion snaked back into it.

He turned his gaze to the broken wall, flooded with anxiety.

Meanwhile, outside in the night, Dr Klipse, Dom and Hargrave were amidst crossfire from both above and on the ground. In the dark cloudy skies, the wyvern Dactyl slashed and struck down any Hopper that dared to get in firing range. It was hotly pursued by the swooping dragons Hyper Deadfall and Hyper Warwing. The clouds were alight with the falling carnage, air filled with hostile shrieks.

Below, the long-necked Bronto was gunning down some of the aircraft with its beams. Charging towards it was the bladed lizard Serno. It was suddenly body-slammed by Sauro.

On the other side of the battlefield, the sabre-toothed reptile Odon clashed with the undead bear Archaic Lock. The joints in Odon’s tail glowed as it whipped around to smack the bear. The ursine brute batted it away with its arm. It was barely scratched. The lizard jerked away from the bear.

The Doctor threw his hand out to the powerful monster, “Lava Bomb!”

The lizard began to belch boulders of molten lava at the bear. Each ball was shattered with fists, ground shuddering with each slam.

The Doctor’s eyes widened. Six smiled deviously.

The boy turned to his bear, “Let us show Father what you can really do. Flaming Fissure!”

The Doctor raised an eyebrow; he didn’t remember Archaic Lock having this move.

The bear’s forearms became engulfed in fiery light. It slammed the snowy ground with its palms. The ground began to shake violently. Everyone stumbled as they tried to stay on their feet.

A red-hot line shot towards Odon, melting the snow and exposing the rocky floor.

Then…nothing?

The Doctor’s eyes narrowed, “Was that really it?”

Six snickered at his father’s comment.

Suddenly, the ground beneath Odon erupted with a geyser of fire, swallowing up the lizard.

“GAH!” the Doctor jumped out of his skin as his Monsuno shattered into its crimson aurora and returned to him. It wasn’t coming out of its core any time soon.

He regarded the boy with a mix of intimidation and indignation.

The boy’s eyes burned brightly with hate, “That’s only the tip of the iceberg, Father. Oh, how I am going to enjoy showing you what we can do!”

He bellowed, pointing to his father, “GET HIM!”

The gargantuan monster roared viciously. The Doctor bolted as it charged towards him.

Hargrave gazed to where he heard the roar. His eyes grew in terror when he saw his master.

“Doctor!” the butler began to race to him.

From above, blue rings were flying towards the butler. It contacted a triple beam from the brontosaurus. The explosion caused the man to falter in his step.

He glanced up and saw the thick-limbed dragon being blasted by the brontosaurus’s beams.

He scrambled towards the bear. Using his robot arms, he shot a laser at the beast. It yowled as its eye was seared, rearing upwards.

“Archaic Lock!” Six called out to his Monsuno.

He was struck in the leg by a core. He jerked it.

“Whoa!” it burst with vermillion in front of him.

Backslash appeared and leapt onto the giant’s back. With an emblazed claw, it gouged out the bear’s other eye. The beast screeched in pain, swaying uncontrollably. Backslash backflipped off as the goliath crashed into the snow.

Six’s jaw dropped as his Monsuno lifted itself, dazed and blinded.

The Doctor goaded the boy, sneering, “What’s the matter, Six, not as indestructible as you originally believed?”

The boy snapped, “It’s not over yet!”

The big bear snarled. The black beast lunged at it.

Hargrave sighed with slight relief, realising that the situation wasn’t as dire as he first thought.

Suddenly, a line of bullets pelted the snow near his feet. He jumped like a rabbit from them. He ran from the second line that punctured the frost.

He spun around, looking for the source. He spotted a lone Hopper.

He took aim with his drill.

And fired.

With a slash of a laser, the propeller was damaged. Smoke began to billow from it. It wobbled in the air. Another beam from Bronto smashed through the helicopter.

Boom!

The aircraft was obliterated as a person plummeted to the ground. Kilo and Bravo glanced over to where they heard the explosion. They saw the flaming shards speckle the snow.

The boys were hit with astonishment when they identified who the fallen pilot was.

“The Commandant Marshall?! What’s he doing here?” Kilo wondered.

Bravo clenched his fist, spying the butler as he sauntered to the collapsed leader.

“He needs our help!” the boy declared, beginning the charge.

He was joined by a courageous Kilo.

They were abruptly blocked by the stomping three-headed brontosaurus. It snapped at the boys with all its jaws, driving them back. They watched helplessly.

The butler had his hands behind his back and a feeling of evil delight in his chest. There before him, in tattered clothes, lying face down at his feet, was the Commandant Marshall himself.

He sniggered while the weakened man roused, “Well, well, well. If it isn’t Jon Ace,” malice twinkled in his eyes, “How nice of you drop by.”

The Commandant Marshall rose to all fours and remarked combatively, “You’re not the only one with a trick up his sleeve.”

“Oh, really?” the butler raised a mocking eyebrow.

Ace looked up. His jade eyes were glowing. That wiped the smile off the butler’s face.

Ace flicked his head down, body convulsing as he arched his back. He groaned from the pain as it began to surge through every one of his cells. The butler stepped back in start.

The man’s body glowed with an eerie green aura. His muscles were tensed tightly as all the veins in his body popped to the surface. His white gloves ripped, revealing dark seized, inhuman hands with bestial claws. His limbs bulged as they grew larger and larger, shredding through the navy uniform, leaving nothing but shorts. As he stood up slowly, a long, pulsating tail whipped from his rear. His skin was now an unnatural blackened teal as visible vessels running along his body and limbs quivered with each heartbeat. The skin was stretched over his face, exposing the eyes, mouth and slitted holes that replaced his nose. Rupturing through the surface of his shoulders and forearms were giant crimson blades, and, through his chest and back, large gemstones of the same shade. He snarled like an animal as his teeth sharpened. Closing his mouth, two incisors stuck out, pointing upwards. The aura disappeared, leaving a monster heavily breathing in its wake.

Hargrave regarded the beast with horror-filled eyes and shocked speechlessness, backing away. He recognised the creature.

He was only able to muster one sentence, “I have wondered how you were able to change back…”

In the distance, Kilo and Bravo were gobsmacked at the transformation.

“Dude,” the blond one said, “did our leader just turn into a monster?”

The other crossed his arms, chortling, “Yeah. I don’t think he needs our help anymore.”

A head of the brontosaurus turned around as the other two watched the boys. It was struck with panic.

The dark green goliath grinned, showing off its daggers, as its gaze reached the butler. The dwarfed man clenched his jaw, incredibly wary.

And for good reason: the last time the man had seen the monster, the latter had a mind-control device attached to him to subdue him. He also knew that Jon Ace would not have taken kindly to being the Doctor’s prisoner and slave.

And he was about to bear the full grunt of it.

His robot arms twitched nervously. He was being stared down by the monster.

Suddenly, the creature sprung into a sprint. He was stampeding towards the butler.

A clawed hand swiped at the man as he jumped to the side. He changed direction and scurried away from the other monstrous hand.

The goliath spun around, whipping his arm with the motion.

Whack!

Hargrave was backhanded by the beast. He was airborne for a moment before smacking the ground, sliding into the snow face-first.

Lifting himself weakly, he spluttered, spitting the snow out of his mouth.

There was a deathly snarling from behind. He shrunk ever so slightly, heart wrenching. He spun around and sat up.

The goliath loomed over him, backlit by the flashes of light from the battle. The bangs were like thundercracks as the creature’s eyes struck him with emerald electricity.

There seemed to be a roar from another Monsuno, a quiet distressed rumbling.

The butler was paralysed. His heart tried to rip out of his chest to flee. He futilely attempted to rationalise with the beast before him.

His voice was shaky, “Surely this is overkill,” he recoiled further, “especially on poor little me?”

The creature’s expression switched to one of condescending distrust. All hope the butler had for surviving the situation had evaporated in that instant.

Suddenly, the man found that something had coiled around his leg, squeezing tightly. He immediately looked down with frightened eyes and saw a thick, red, pulsing tentacle rendering his limb immobile.

Before he could react, he was yanked forwards and dragged through the snow. With a snap of the goliath’s tail, the butler was catapulted into the air.

He was heading towards the raised surface. Dom and the Doctor had been backed onto it, still commanding their Monsunos while surrounded by bestial bellows.

The butler crash-landed with a clumsy roll. The men cocked their heads to him.

“Hargrave?” the Doctor was perplexed by the butler’s entrance.

The butler stumbled to his feet, hand on head as he swayed a little.

“What happened to you?” Dom was just as bamboozled as the Doctor.

There was a fearsome snarl, unlike any of the other monsters on the field. The Doctor turned to it.

His eyes grew exponentially, now actually scared.

The giant, sapient monster was lumbering towards them. It was able to strike the brontosaurus that stampeded towards him with a swift uppercut without truly losing his stride.

“Toxic Ace,” the scientist’s words were tinged by bitter disbelief, “Impossible!”

Dom, at the corner of his eye, had spotted the strange creature. Its presence made him uneasy.

The butler regarded the beast, trembling. He took one step back.

Then another, heart pounding as the banging around him almost became a blurred sound.

And one more step.

He plummeted downwards with a yelp.

The men turned around. In the butler’s place was a circular hole in the ground.

Dom wandered up to the hole, peering down it. Darkness.

He glanced at the stunned Doctor, then back at the hole again.

He jumped.

“DOM!” the Doctor shouted desperately, “DON’T LEAVE ME!”

He raced to the hole’s edge as it slammed shut. It was sealed by a stone slab that had a symbol engraved into it: a curvy X with the line through it.

His eyes flicked back up. Toxic Ace had climbed onto the raised surface, shooting him down with an intense glare.

The gaze was broken when a falling wyvern crashed on top of the goliath.

A pain-stricken grunt came from behind the Doctor. He glanced over his shoulder. Backslash had also been herded onto the raised surface. It appeared to be badly beaten, reduced to a crawl.

The Doctor looked around, realising that he was completely surrounded. Even the skies swarmed with danger. For a moment, he became petrified.

The two S.T.O.R.M. elites and the bald child climbed onto the snowy platform on opposite sides.

Six ordered the man, “Give up! You have lost!”

Triggered by his voice, the Doctor’s expression changed to utter spite. He began laugh darkly. The boys’ eyes narrowed with suspicion.

The man spoke with menacing grandeur, “Oh, but Six,” he looked the boy dead in the eye, taking his words as a challenge, “it’s not over yet!”

He boomed his command, “BACKSLASH! MALEVOLENT HOAX!”

The black beast’s ears pricked as it sprung to its feet. It leapt into the air, now a blur.

Suddenly, there were dozens of Backslashes. The battlefield soon became swamped. There was nothing but vicious snarling and claws as each of the beasts attacked.

It was utter anarchy.

Meanwhile, down path number one, it was comparatively less chaotic. In fact, it almost seemed to be controlled. In the air, an undead dragon clashed with an organic UFO. Below, a beaked insect attempted to stab a black and white wolf but constantly missed. A skeletal ankylosaur kept charging towards the giant stag beetle, the same one that could fly, and failing miserably to strike it.

It appeared that the Punk Monks were going to lose this battle.

But they had managed to manoeuvre themselves towards the exit while the children’s backs were to the shiny wall.

As Tinker’s reptile fought, he noticed that the bespectacled boy’s movements were delayed. Despite the fact that he had frequent powernaps throughout the day, X-Ray was still tired.

This gave Tinker an idea.

He called out to the Punk Monk with pigtails, “Hey Throttle! You want a target that you can hit?”

She looked over to him. He gestured to the boy with glasses.

She nodded, giggling.

She faced her Monsuno, “Mallus!” the ankylosaur skidded to a stop and looked at her.

She threw her hand out to the boy, body electrified by malevolence, “Charge!”

With a bellow, the ankylosaur galloped towards the S.T.O.R.M. specialist. He was too focused on his battle, looking up.

Tango was jolted with shock, realising what was about to happen.

“X-Ray! Look out!”

The boy glanced down, hearing his name.

“Huh?”

A clubbed tail swung around.

Wham!

He was thrown into the glassy wall.

The ankylosaur was driven away by the beetle’s blue shots.

Alpha saw his friend.

He called, “X-Ray!”

The boy with glasses got up and groaned, “I’m alright.”

The red-headed boy was suddenly blasted back by something. He too smacked the wall.

He looked up.

The burly woman fist-pumped, “Bullseye!”

The boy growled, gritting his teeth. The underhandedness infuriated him.

“Follow Shot!” he ordered his Monsuno.

The wolf’s tail spawned diamonds that hovered around its body. The shapes fired golden lasers at the insect. It screeched, overwhelmed by the attack.

X-Ray placed his hand on the wall, steadying himself. It was on the green door-like section.

And just like a door, the section slid down. X-Ray lost his balance.

“AAH!” he fell through the door, plunging into the darkness.

Alpha gasped, rushing to the door. Tango did the same, juggling her attention between her Monsuno and the wall.

“Gone!” Alpha was baffled at the boy’s disappearance.

He stared into the darkness with a frown.

Shooting out of the shadows was a slimy emerald tentacle. It splatted onto Alpha’s chest.

“What the Hell?!”

His body jerked forwards as he was dragged into the hole.

A hand grabbed the back of his collar.

Tango pulled back, attempting to resist the tentacle.

She lost her footing and slipped.

The children vanished into the hole.

Watching from afar, near the entrance to the cave, the Punk Monks witnessed the unfolding drama with growing smiles.

Ratchet chuckled, “That takes care of them.”

And with that, they returned their Monsunos and fled.

Unbeknownst to them, all the souls who had been snatched were tumbling down tunnels, deeper and deeper into the dark mountains.

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