Her eyes glimmer, and she shoves me, but I’m ready for it. I arch back, dodging, my head tipping off the edge before snapping upright again with a smirk. “Easy there, Blondie, let’s not get so violent.”
You’re annoying!she writes, poking my chest before she looks past me, her eyes lighting up as she taps me, pointing. I turn to see Ahren, Jayce and Carter down below, near what looks like another gateway.
“Oh, neat, we’re here,” I say as she lowers the pad, and I jump off, landing on my feet. “Shame we weren’t first.”
We might have been if you hadn’t pushed me into the water,Heaven writes, earning me a glare from Ahren, who walks over to her.
“Are you ok?” he asks. She nods, and he puts his arm around her, leaning down and kissing her forehead. Mushy stuff these Rossis do. It’s weird as fuck. I don’t remember the last time I kissed Katara. Tugging her hair or tripping her up? Yep, that’s normal.
“So, this is the exit, huh? That wannabe pathfinder couldn’t just bring us exactly here?” I ask, kicking the ground as I examine the door we’re going to go through.
Said pathfinder observes me with raised eyebrows, scorn barely masked. I shoulder my scythe, matching his expression.
“Theo, cut it out,” Carter growls.
“What, think he’ll get pissed?”
“Leave the topic alone,” Carter warns.
I snicker before I turn to him. “So, has our other skirt boy not gotten here yet?”
“I didn’t miss you,” Ahren remarks.
“Kk, diaper boy.” I snicker, earning a blast of fire from Ahren that I dodge.
Jayce sighs as Carter shakes his head.
“I do wish you were last,” Carter mutters.
“Na, man, that’s gotta be Renji. He’s always last,” I snicker.
They all groan, and I sit down beside the archway.
Now we wait for the rest of the entourage to get here.
This is going to be a long fucking day.
It’s another hour,or I’m assuming it is –I can’t really make much sense of the time here, when the rest finally make it. Oh, and Renji was last to arrive, which makes me chuckle.
“We now cross through the dead forest before we reach the gateway to the Lower Lands of the Kingdom of the Sun God, Helios. Be warned, there are beasts that will try to kill you,” the pathfinder says.
“Oh great, more travelling. What do we follow this time, wise guy? A cloud, a bird? The moon again?”
He ignores me and looks at Ahren. “You must keep going until you see the peak of Helios’ castle in the sky. Follow it.”
“Ah, we follow the tower, nice,” I say sarcastically as the door opens and I get to my feet. “From the frying pan into the fucking fire. This is going to be fun, actually. I’m ready to kill, baby.”
“Just shut up,” Allie says, pushing past me and stepping through the archway. Jayce follows, and I go next, reminding Renji I’m second-born, and he should come last. He tries to kick me, but I manage to evade it. Everyone is sure on edge here.
The moment I step through, I’m met with shrill, blood-curdling shrieks. I raise my scythe, slicing through a full set of sharp teeth and fling the dead body down.
“Is that a chupa chup?” I ask, as Allie and Jayce kill several more.
“Chupacabras, yes!” Jayce answers.
“Ugly fucks, init?” I say as I slice through another.
The moment the last of us steps through the doorway, the pathfinder disappears.
