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LAST TIME:
Katrina looked at the lake. The boy had fallen in two minutes ago, he
couldn't possibly be still alive, but she felt something, and she didn't
like it. She was about to call her men off when she saw something glowing
in the water. She stared as a tall, winged man slowly got out of the
water, and stood looking down at them all through his mask. Her men
quickly ran back, but she stood there, too stunned to move. The man
grinned and started walking towards, steam rising off him as the water
evaporated. As he reached out and put a finger under her chin, she lost
her nerve and slashed out with the knife she kept hidden. The stranger
quickly jumped back by flapping his wings, raising a heavy wind.
< Now, now. That wasn't very nice, now you'll all have to pay >
She barely had time to realize that the voice came in her head when
the stranger flew over her and landed in the middle of her men. With
several swiftly skilled punches, they were all rendered out cold. Turning
to look at her, he grinned and started walking towards her. She wanted
to run, but she was paralyzed.
"Wh-what are you going to do?" she managed to get out, and
his reply sent a chill down her spine.
< I'm going to eat you >
Pheonix's POV
Pheonix grinned as he watched Katrina. He had been able to take control
over the body he shared with the human after they transformed as he
thought he would. Because this hybrid form was more pheonix like, he
had more influence over it, and Pheonix was quickly took the chance
to take control from TigerClaw. And with Katrina's men out of the picture,
he could finally feast. Walking towards the frightened woman he felt
TigerClaw trying to regain control, and he found with glee that it was
easier to keep control over the body than it was taking it over, and
TigerClaw couldn't take it back.
Katrina started to backing up, and Pheonix quickly walked over and grabbed
her wrist, tugging her back towards him, and looks down at her, still
smiling.
Katrina's POV
Katrina stared up at him, unable to move. The man towered over her,
smiling down at her, obviously enjoying this. She was dimly aware as
he loosened the straps on her armor, letting fall to the ground and
leaving her only in her cloth clothing used to cushion the armor. Slowly
the man wrapped his wings around himself and her, blocking off the sunlight,
but she could still see perfectly from the glow they gave off. She found
all she could do was stare at him, unsure what was going on. He had
said he was going to eat her, but he hadn't even tried to bite her,
or even harm her, had he changed his mind? If so, she'd make sure he
wouldn't live to regret it, she was supposed to be the one in charge,
not anyone else. But he didn't move, he just kept smiling and staring
at her through his mask, with those sapphire eyes that seemed to glint
in the light his wings made. All in all, he seemed quite handsome close
up. Then he smirked, and she realized his trap. Without her noticing
it, he had pinned her arms to her side, and lifted her up into the air
about a foot. He then opened his mouth and started to bring her towards
it. She stared, his mouth didn't seem to get any bigger, but before
she knew it, her head was in his mouth, and she then realized what he
had meant when he said he was going to eat her. He didn't mean he was
going to rip her flesh from her bones, he meant he was going to swallow
her whole.
Upon this realization she started struggling, trying desperately to
loosen his hold on her so she could escape, but was no good. His grip
only tightened slightly, before returning to normal, as if to let her
know that there was no chance to escape. He started to shove her up,
and her face was crammed into his throat before she could scream. She
kicked at him as hard as she could, but it was as if he didn't even
feel it, if he could, he didn't show it. Her shoulders were brought
into his mouth, bringing her head completely inside his throat. She
tried desperately to breath, but the wet tunnel was wrapped around her
head to tightly for her to move it. Realizing that if she kept struggling
she would suffocate, she stopped, desperately trying to think what to
do. The man used this opportunity to swallow and she realized she made
a deadly mistake, by giving him the chance to swallow her this far down,
he could easily finish her off, and she sat there, stunned by her own
stupidity, and with what was happening. She could feel his tongue run
across her breasts, and she squirmed, determined not to be insulted
in such a manner, and he swallowed again. Then she felt herself being
lifted up into the air, so she was upside down.
Up until now, she was on the verge of panic, but had kept her mind,
but now, as gravity tugged her into this monster of a person, she did
panic. Her hands were still pinned to her side, but she squirmed violently,
she kicked, she did everything her panicked mind could think over, but
all it did was help bring her further inside him. She felt herself crying,
and heard the man's heart beating loudly through the walls that shoved
her down. Soon her hands were in his mouth, and all she could do was
kick violently as he swallowed again. Her hips and hands were in his
mouth, the rest of her was being tightly hugged by the man's throat.
She felt the ripple as he prepared to swallow again, and she didn't
even fight. She was too exhausted to fight, so she just lay there, halfway
down his throat. Soon she felt what was like a ring stretch across her
face, and her head slid through into the stomach. She breathed in several
breaths of air as the man swallowed her thighs. She could feel him taking
off her boots, but she didn't care, she had lost to him, she was nothing
but food now. Slowly she was deposited into the sac like stomach, and
curled up as he ate more of her. Soon her feet entered his mouth, and
were also swallowed. She curled herself up as her feet joined her inside
of the stomach, the slick walls stretched around her. As she lay in
there, crying, a voice rang in her head, < Now then, if you had a
next time, perhaps you wouldn't be so quick to try and kill people >
Then it hit her, the man was that boy that fell in the lake, and upon
realizing this, she drifted off, unable to keep awake any longer.
Pheonix's POV
Pheonix smiles as he looked at his stomach which hadn't changed it's
size through the whole ordeal. [ WHAT DID YOU JUST DO, you DAMN bird?!
] Pheonix's head snapped up, startled, then realized that TigerClaw
had just figured out how to communicate with him. Smiling, he was about
to answer when something cut into his left shoulder, pain ripping through
it. Looking at it, eyes squinted slightly in pain, he saw it was a crossbow
bolt, and as he turned around, he had just enough time to see the club
the smashed into the side of his face, and then darkness.
TigerClaw's POV
TigerClaw slowly woke up to find himself on a cold, stone floor. Then
the recent events of what had transpired earlier returned to him. Pheonix
taking control of the hybrid form, and eating that lady, then that bolt
and club. Remembering the crossbow bolt, TigerClaw reached over to his
left shoulder only to find the bolt gone, and strangely, his shoulder
was completely healed. As he sat up, he realized he was still in his
hybrid form, and he could feel Pheonix slowly stirring in his head.
He didn't have time to dwell on the thought as he heard someone coming.
It was as three people appeared, one very fat, that he noticed the bars
that caged him in. The first two were obviously guards by the way they
were dressed, and the third was wearing rather expensive looking clothes,
and had a crown and cape on. Slowly, TigerClaw got to his feet, and
looked down at the three, recognizing one of the guards as one of the
men he encountered earlier.
"That's him, he's the one that ate Captain Katrina, your Highness."
'Highness?' TigerClaw thought to himself, as the oversized man looked
at him, 'what, have I been transported to a land that's in the medieval
times?!'
"So, you are the monster that ate my Captain?" TigerClaw just
stared at him, Pheonix waking up, but still drowsy. 'Because he was
the one in control at the time, it must take him longer to recover'
The king didn't seem too happy about his lack of response, "You
will ANSWER when you're spoken to, creature!"
< Shut up, you fat ugly slob! > TigerClaw snapped back, sick of
everyone pushing him around, or expecting him to obediently follow orders
like a puppy. The king took a couple steps back, eyes wide with anger
at the insult.
"Y-you dare insult a King?! That is punishable by death!"
Turning to the other two men, he snarled, "He shall die at dawn,
make sure he's...comfortable tonight!" And with that, the king
left.
"Heh heh, you heard him, we're to make 'im comfy!" One of
the men grinned, and grabbed a pole. TigerClaw decided that this was
going to be a very bad night.
Gemeny's Grandfather's POV
The Grandfather watched his 12 year old granddaughter get into her
bed. She wasn't really his granddaughter, she had been left on his doorstep
when she a little baby, but he had taken her in, and raised her as his
own, and he couldn't love her any more if she was really his granddaughter.
To him, she was truly a part of his family, and that was all that mattered.
"So, what story do you wish to hear tonight?" he asked, sure
he already knew the answer.
"The one about the Dark Pheonix and the Golden Pheonix!" Gemeny
replied instantly.
The Grandfather laughed softly, "You always loved that story. All
right, I'll tell you the story. Once, there lived a dark and evil pheonix
that terrorized the land. It was a cruel monster with unimaginable power.
Anyone that tried to destroy it, were killed. The people named this
pheonix, Dark Pheonix, for that was what it was. Other pheonix's even
tried to defeat the Dark Pheonix, but it ate them, do you know why it
ate them?" he asked, knowing she knew the answer, she knew the
legend by heart.
"Because the only way for one pheonix to die is for it to be eaten
by another pheonix!" Gemeny yelled, her eyes wide.
Smiling, the Grandfather nodded, "Yes, something about being eaten
by another pheonix negated the pheonix's power to be reborn again. Where
was I, oh yes. Other pheonix's tried to defeat Dark Pheonix, but it
was too powerful. It continued to lay waste to the land until a new
pheonix challenged it. It was unlike the other pheonix's as it was a
goldish color, not red."
"That's why it's called the Golden Pheonix, right Grandpa?"
interrupted Gemeny, smiling.
"Yes, that's exactly why, and because Dark Pheonix's colors were
black and purple, they called it Dark Pheonix. Now then, this pheonix
challenged Dark Pheonix, and won the fight. But the damage was done
to Golden Pheonix as well, and it knew that if Dark Pheonix escaped,
it would return to lay waste to the land again, but it was too tired
to eat Dark Pheonix, so while it held onto the evil pheonix, several
mages sent the Dark Pheonix to another dimension, but unfortunately,
the Golden Pheonix was also sent with it, and before the Dark Pheonix
disappear, it swore it would return. To this very day, people watch,
hoping the Dark Pheonix won't return, and if it should, that the Golden
Pheonix shall return to stop it." He stopped, noticing that his
audience was asleep. Smiling softly, he walked out of the room, and
carefully closed the door.
He walked to a nearby window, and looked into distance. From here he
could see the dungeon. King Gareth made sure everyone knew where it
was. Things were rotten in the kingdom, and it was just asking for trouble.
"And trouble will come, soon enough. I feel it in my bones, something
is very wrong tonight," he looked at the door to Gemeny's room,
"And I hope for your sake, little one, that the trouble does not
bestow upon you."
TigerClaw's POV { Approximately one hour until sunrise }
TigerClaw glared at his captors. He was chained to the wall, as he
had been most of the night. Pheonix had woken up, but he hadn't been
able to help any either. The guards had found out, much to their joy,
that he healed rapidly, explaining why there wasn't any wound where
the crossbow bolt had hit him, and would continiously stab his with
knives. TigerClaw lived through it, but now the pain was finally too
much, and he snapped.
Guard's POV
The guard looked at the man, something the way he looking at them was
different, and it sent chills down his spine. < Let...Me...Loose
> The guard stared, then looked to his partner. This was the first
time the man had spoken to them.
He looked back at the man, "Not on your life, we've still have
much more to do to you!" Those were his last words.
The winged man grinned, and calmly broke the chains holding him like
they were nothing. It was then that the guard noticed the man looked
different. His wings were completely black, as was his hair, only the
feathers in his hair were purple, and the mask was gone. The man smirked
at them, and slowly folded his wings in front of him, and in one fluid
motion, snapped them open, shouting in their minds, < Shockwave of
Dark Flames!! > Then the dungeon building was enveloped in black
fire, and exploded as a shockwave of fire appeared.
Grandfather's POV
The Grandfather stared as the dungeon was enveloped in fire, and immediately
knew what was happening, Dark Pheonix. "Those fools, now we're
all dead. I'm must save Gemeny!" He raced to her room, swung open
her door, which awoke the girl. He quickly grabbed her hand, "Come
on, Gemeny, we have to hide!"
"Grandpa, what's going on?"
"There's no time to explain, just follow me!" the Grandfather
ordered, and Gemeny followed him. He went down to where he had a trapdoor,
opened it , and shoved Gemeny in, "Whatever you hear, don't come
out!" he yelled slamming the heavy door down. He had stocked that
room with provision, in case of attack, and he knew that the worst attack
possible was about to happen. He could hear Gemeny crying and slamming
against the door, trying to get out, but he knew the only way for her
to survive was for her to remain down there, and he had to make sure
the door held. He quickly set about covering the door with a soaked
rug, and put thing on it, hoping it would hold against what was coming.
Dark Pheonix's POV
Dark Pheonix grinned as it pushed TigerClaw's and Pheonix's meager
minds out of its way, and took control of the body, getting rid of the
mask that reduced the hybrid's powers, while allowing them to be focused.
It had no need for the mask, it could control its powers. As the dungeon
exploded, Dark Pheonix wrapped it's wings around itself, and focused
its energy.
Grandfather's POV
The Grandfather ran back to the window in time to see a giant, black
pheonix rise up from the ruins of the dungeon, "Oh Goddess no,"
he whispered under his breath.
Dark Pheonix's POV
Dark Pheonix completed transforming itself into its pheonix form, and
stretched its wings open, and looked around. Seeing the castle, it opened
its wings, and snapped them down, rising up into the air and leaving
a torrent of firey winds under it, scorching any nearby houses. In the
air, it flew quickly towards the castle, homes being destroyed in the
fire that followed it, people screaming as they died. Soon it reached
the castle, and saw to its amusement, the king in one of the windows.
< So, execute me in the morning was it? I believe NOT > With that,
Dark Pheonix created another torrent of firey wind that enveloped the
castle completely. It kept it going into the castle melted, then flew
around the city surrounding the kingdom, the fire following it destroying
everything. It laughed to itself as it heard the people scream. Then
it felt itself weakening, realizing that while it was back, it still
wasn't able to keep its form, it wasn't strong enough yet, for that
it needed more rest, and time. Dark Pheonix growled in anger as it landed,
returning to its hybrid form, then released its hold on the body.
TigerClaw's POV
TigerClaw fell to his hands and knees, shaking, and threw up. <
Pheonix, did, did we just do that >
[ No, I-i don't believe so ] answered a shaky voice in his head, [ I
think that was something other than us, we were both aware of what was
happening, weren't we? ]
TigerClaw threw up again, < I couldn't stop it, what was that thing?
>
[ I believe it was...Dark Pheonix ]
< And what the damn hell is a... > he stopped hearing something.
He slowly got up, and started walking towards the sound. It sounded
like someone was crying. Finally he came to a trapdoor. It looked like
it had barely survived the assualt, and he quickly opened the door.
Inside was a girl who immediately ran out past him, and looked around,
before bursting into tears. Not sure what to do, TigerClaw kneeled and
put a hand on her shoulder, and she immediately turned around, staring
at him.
"Who are you?!" she yelled.
< I'm....TigerClaw, are you ok? > She looked at him, and burst
into tears once more.
"Grandpa, he's dead!! It's all Dark Pheonix's fault! Only it could
do this!" With that, she ran at him and hugged his waist, head
buried in his chest, sobbing. Still not sure what to do, TigerClaw hugged
the child close to him, wrapping his wings around her. "I'll kill
Dark Pheonix, I'll kill it if it's the last thing I do!"
TigerClaw stared at the girl, then he said in his mind, < Pheonix,
are we Dark Pheonix? >
[ I don't think so, but I really don't know. ]
< So this girl swore to kill us? >
[ Yes, I'm afraid so ]
TigerClaw looked up as the sun started to rise in the horizon. <
Why did I have to answer that message and go to school? Why? >
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