[View of Calabro, the Manticore and Mex, the Ex-Demon Lord]
"This will only get worse if you keep this up, you fool!" Mex yelled at the Manticore, Calabro.
The Manticore was now in a more anthropomorphic lion man's body with wings and the scorpion tail still, but none of those things seemed to slow Calabro. He would get Mex for the wrong that he never did to him.
Calabro was sure that Mex had stolen his love, Candice, from him. The Manticore had known the Sphinx girl's parents before they had been killed.
Their deaths occurred when Dao and Mex landed on the island, but Mex was the one to save them.
No story is ever that simple, and now the story will rewind time back to the point when the men first met. This is the tale of Mex and Calabora when Mex first arrived on the island.
During the first landing on the island, Calabro had hidden while Candace and Veronica's parents had been killed. Yet, he still assumed that he had been wronged by the
"The wall isn't going to give you the answers that you are looking for," Mex said as he sipped his tea, watching Calabro.The Manticore turned his lion head back to The Demon Lord and now was giving him a pointed look. Calabro always hated how this creature always displayed such calmness, no matter the situation."Getting excited or upset won't help anything. Now, I can see how you were tricked. The Witch of the Sea can change her body to he chooses. What I am having trouble figuring out is how you were able to get away?" Mex asked after digging into the beast's mind.The Manticore tried to jump up to yell at Mex, but then Mex Tea crashed to the ground. Both of them were on the ground, groaning as Nixi walked into the room."This child is of that witch that chased us across the sea to this cursed island! You will place her under our protection, and the father will serve as a watchdog to make sure that she is safe. If we are ever to get off this island, th
Noel turned away from Her spatial construct after transporting Calabro inside with her grandson. She was accompanied by Tiga, Nushi, and Nixi; the rest of the women were all busy getting ready to leave."I think this is a bit harsh for even me. There is no way that the two of them are ever going to get out of there! I don't take our grandson's side very often, but throwing the bull-headed creature in there with him!" Nixi growled as they all turned back to the apartment."If that creature is to come with us, then Mex is going to have to beat some sense into it," Noel said without batting an eye as she strode forward.The shorter Nixi walked beside her, but the other two girls fell back from them. Tiga seemed distressed, but Nushi knew precisely what the problem was.Though, that, in turn, was the real problem.Nushi could see into others' minds and even predict what they would do next. What she couldn't do was alter them, and there was something cr
Nushi was standing on a beach, in a castle, standing in the forest, on a mountain top, in the middle of the ocean in a boat. Nothing made sense, and Nushi's mind felt like it was being pulled apart."What is going on?" Nushi asked out loud in fear, and it felt like her mind was trying to pull itself apart.The Demon's powers that she had received from Zack Foreman and her own multiplied due to her being outside of reality. In most girls' cases, there were no manuals for them, But Nushi had the advantage in this respect.Grabbing her head and trying to concentrate, Nushi closes her eyes. This allows her to bring her fractured minds together and lets her summon her journal.Each of the girls needed to learn everything independently, or that was the case before Nushi could use a series of tests with her predictive journal. The book allowed her to look into people's thoughts and see the results of their actions up to five minutes in the future.But not
The moment that Nushi defeated Time, Calabria underwent a dramatic change.[View of Mex and Calabro, Moments Before Time's Defeat]"You have taken everything from me!" Calabro screamed as he was somehow expertly able to weave through the tower's traps to chase Mex."I have done nothing of the sort! You have done this all to yourself! Whatever is wrong with you was wrong long before you met me!" Mex yelled down as he dodged spikes that were shooting up from the platform he was running across.Time was forcing Calabro into an almost trance-like psychosis that was distorting reality as the Manticore saw it. This was causing him to see Mex as a monster while being assaulted by auditory hallucinations telling him that Mex was the cause for every problem in his life.Because Time's influence was so strong, Calabro could no longer tell right from wrong or enemy from friend. Mex had no clue of any of this, nor did any of the few that knew him.Every
[View of the girls on the beach working on the Underwear Boat]"Do you really think all of this will work?" Jilly asked as she watched as Hydie created a transparent blue barrier around the long oval-shaped boat that she had created.Jilly, Hydie, and Lizy were all standing on the beach in front of the submarine that they were creating. Hydie was channeling the waters from the edge of the beach to surround the vessel that was shaped identical to that of a submarine.The girls had no idea that they were creating a Submarine, and modern-day submarines were definitely not built like this. The girls were also running into some problems, including sinking, breathing, propulsion, and eating, but everyone mostly had a hand in the project."Yes, but we still don't know how we are going to make it move. My barrier will replenish the air, but it will also keep the ship filled, keeping it above water. This would be fine, but the boat is meant to be navigated under t
"Come on! This was your idea, right?" Keri asked Lizy, calling down from the top of the liquid stairs that Hydie had constructed."This was only partially my idea! I never planned on going near the water!" Lizy said, feeling her temperature rising with her frustration."I will make sure that you don't get wet or fall off," Hydie said as she walked over to stand at the bottom of the stairs with Lizy.Initially, Lizy wanted to say something rude, but after taking a deep breath, the spider woman decided against it. Getting angry wasn't going to help her, but she also didn't want to admit that she was scared out loud."Did you know I don't like heights? I absolutely hate admitting to such a thing, but it is true," Jilly said as she walked over to join Hydie and the spider woman.Lizy had been concentrating on the steps, trying to get her confidence up. The sound of Jilly's voice snapped out of the trance-like state."You are scared of being abov
[Zack's View]"I think I can see that Bastard!" I growled as I strained to push forward.Now, my body had been conditioned, and I no longer needed to use the forward and back strategy. I just had to push as my body absorbed the pressure of whatever was creating such a massive gravitational pull.[You are doing great! Just keep going!] Libra said, cheering me on.Harold had been silent most of the trip, but I think that he was getting tired of fighting with Libra. It was surprising just how much the two seemed to detest each other, but it was a nice distraction.I had no idea how long I had been at this walk, but I was sure it was more than two days. I was starting to think that I was outside of my previous reality because I had been going nonstop.[You are right. The astral plane does not move with time; it is outside your ordinary reality. I don't know how it works; I just know that time doesn't flow here.] Libra explained, and I frowned bu
"You are the central focus point of everything, and everything is connected to you. What am I? Fragments of your past that joined together to help you along your way. Nothing that I tell you will make sense of this, but you will know the truth when you leave this island. There is no point in asking now, but I will explain it to you," Chey explained."You will? How do you plan on doing that from inside of here?" I asked in confusion, but that made the centaur laugh at me."I would ask that you take me with you from this place when you leave. I don't want to be forced to roam my father's ring again for eternity," Chey told me, and I took a deep breath in.It didn't really surprise me that he wanted to leave this place. I would have to assume that he had been here for countless years already.The problem was that, unlike Dani, the caterpillar girl, Chey, and Howl were part of the ring's reality. I wasn't really sure if they could be brought out into the real