“Unfortunately,” Knots concurs.
“Fuck,” Zeke whispers.
“I’m pretty sure this is Shit’s Creek now, where are those paddles?” Lynx asks.
“I don’t have enough weapons for this,” Ryker admits.
“We’re not supposed to die,” Moni cries out before Chester shushes her and gives her comfort.
“Do your Conquest powers work on animals?” Knots asks Ryker seriously, stepping in front of him to gain his attention.
Ryker throws him a ‘what do you think’ look and doesn’t answer.
“What?” Lynx steps in. “I thought it was a good question.’
“Ahh shit,” I throw up my hands. “It’s true. We’re about to die if those two are agreeing on the same thing,” I call out before turning my back on them.
I have to think. There’s got to be a solution. I’m with Moni, we’re not supposed to die, so we need to come up with a game plan quickly because I don’t even think a blitzed out Slayer can take out all the pucas that are waiting on the edges of this forest. But let’s be sure.
‘Um, Slayer?’
‘Yes, baby girl, you want to play also?’he purrs.
‘Not exactly my type of playground right this minute. But I am curious about how you're feeling and if you think you can continue taking out the defenses on all of these pucas and maybe twenty to thirty more.’
‘HUH?’He misses the horse he’s trying to jump on, landing in a crouch, and turns to look at me with narrowed eyes.
I point to the woods, and he turns his head, his hackles rising before his entire body sinks to the ground.
‘Shit.’His green eyes flare to silver as he finally takes a long look around. His tentacles go straight up into the air and start vibrating to the extent that I can’t see them, but I can kind of hear them. They make a warbling sound, or I’m ashamed to say, a vibrator dipped into your tub. That sound.‘Can you make that shield and all of you guys disappear?”I scoff at the idea.‘Or look like you disappeared.’
‘No, I can’t, Slayer, but tell me why?’I plead, getting freaked out by the calmest, badass predator that Knox has. No offense, Barron and Dusky.
‘None taken,’Dusky yawns.
‘Slight offense, but I understand.’Barron preens his feathers.
It’s going to take a while to get used to seeing their images in my head.
Before Slayer can explain, something crashes behind me on the other side of my shield.
“Shit. What was that?” JP asks.
“A tree,” Zeke answers, backing up from that side of my shield.
“What’s strong enough to move a tree?” Moni asks, turning back to a darker gray.
“A better question is what’s big enough to tear down a tree?” Zeke once again answers.
“Zeke, fucking tell us what’s coming so we can prepare,” I yell, losing my cool.
“I don’t know what it is,” he confesses. “It almost looks like an animal I saw on a human zoo show once.”
The pucas at the edge of the woods run towards our shield and slam into it all at once, and I no longer feel those goodripples that tickle, but pain shoots throughout my body, causing me to take a knee.
“Rez, you okay?” Lynx asks, grabbing my arm.
“Oh my butter bees. We’re in trouble,” Moni says, before fainting.
