Janice arrived and pivoted a staff against him, Maks's throat. His adam's apple bobbed. "Should I kill him?" Her mad face said."Sure!" Maks plunged back before she stabbed him. He glanced at the statue of a screaming man. "Noted." He gripped his Medusa shield blocking her swings and stabs. It dented at her powerful blows and he punched her midsection with his shield given the chance. Janice groaned and he smashed the edge against her face. He grimaced when the shield flew out of his grip. She hit him from different angles in three different places at the same time.He tried to stab her and it refracted."Haha!"He ducked her staff and slashed the side of the fake sword against her faces. Maks bashed her with the side of his sword and it broke in half. Janice nudged him into the next cavern, he rolled over in the dust and she drifted toward him. Raising her staff. "Did I hurt you?" "Please say yes!" Her mad face said. He lunged backwards, gained momentum and blitzed her with his

Jason laughed. Aaron snorted. "I'll tell ya later...Did I also mention that I'm a man of mystery?" Maks snorted at Aaron. He was eager to fall back into routine. He wiped his eyes and collected his stuff arranging them. He was off the city district now alone. Not that he had a problem with it. His circadian rhythm manipulation had been on hold for weeks. He spent time learning the school's routine on the handbook. Drinking substitutes for coffee. Not knowing what extracurricular activities to pick from, he was no whiz at music, although he sang once in a while, the sports club seemed too time consuming but he wanted to keep in shape. He hated to leave tasks behind. He worked like an ant. He strolled around and met freshmen at the gazebo. The students made some serious complaints about snack shortages, damaged furniture and erosion on school grounds. The weather was nowhere near warranting any landslides. He signed a petition and let it slide. He scaled down the hills, past a dom

He stepped back from the next big threat. Everywhere it stepped, the grass died and the land became barren. It took literal earth-shaking steps toward them."Fei?" His eyes were wide. No, it was not Fei Long, however, he wished it was... Fei was a bull with a white face. "That's a cow." Aaron pointed out. Artemis had not come to terms yet that it was just a "cow". He narrowed his cat-like eyes at it, it had an eye on its forehead, a scaly, brown fur coat, and a scaly jade green snake as its tail. Maks growled and he lunged. The Fei throttled towards him, bellowing, it had fangs in place of molars and powerful limbs. Steam seeped out of its hooves and it whipped its tail like a lasso coming after them. It charged and the blighty trail surpassed it and the blight spread under their feet. The earth quaked and the ground sunk, dust accumulated. They dropped into a hole. Artemis held on to the edge, and Aaron crept up the hole dizzy. He was out of energy. She sought her old swiss arm

Maks was retrieved from the boulders under the bridge. He shuddered at the massive burns on his face, his skin felt like warm adhesive. He couldn't feel anything except for the pain deep down. His arm was blistery. He could barely swallow. His head reeled from dizzy spells, up was down, down was up, and phantom pains on his missing finger. The room he was in didn't paint a very pretty picture, he spilled his guts. With a shaky breath, he assessed the room, his chest tightened, there were lemon-green walls, and the floors were covered in an ugly beige rug. A rickety old red nightstand was there too. "Help!" He glanced at the walls and the ceiling, he clutched his stomach with his good arm, he ground his teeth at the sudden pain mounting in his stomach, and he jolted up at the terror on every side. He broke out in a sweat, short of breath at the cage, as the dog seemed to take on a more fantastic appearance. It grew gills and shadowy skin. It approached him. The walls came up in flame

Melvin marched down the stairs. Melvin couldn't even recognize him. He looked away and cried going back upstairs."Dad?..." He had a tagged as a murderer now. His entire family was a laughing stock all because of what he did. Elvis was missing, he didn't dare took them in the eye. What was he supposed to do? Jessica dragged her skipping rope into the house and his eyes lowered timidly. He deserved everything hurled his way. Her eyes rounded at Maks."Jess." She walked past him like he was a ghost, he reckoned that she was seven years old now, about the age of reasoning. The neighbours glared at him and sniffed. "He killed someone.""Shh, we'll let the police do the talking." They came to visit but he knew quite well that they wanted their fill of the gory details. They left half disappointed."You've been gone, for a whole year...""It's only been a month." He croaked. "A month? It took you this long to get in trouble. Do you think this is a joke? Huh? Tell me!" His green eye