The awakeners stepped away while the glitchy ones came after them. "Enough already." The impatient one said and they paused. "We can't fight back.""More for us." Martha said with brown tails. Maya held up gallons of river water by her side. "It's those little demons again.""We just met." They flinched while the water drilled past them to the polymorphs. The awakeners fought back and a guy conjured pieces of metal and turned the sharp edges firing into several of them."Don't let them touch you." Maya said."Screw this!" He conjured destructive power and they went out of him like razor-sharp rings. Beheading others.... Maks detected the hunks of flesh moving amidst the crowd splitting, he witnessed two of them replicate a melee fighter and he shot at them before they shuffled, they roared and slid on the grass smoking up to nothingness. He nocked two arrows and shot at the gooey creatures. He found a blind spot where the girls used to sit."Huh?"He paused when he saw a co
"Yeah, me too." Artemis said. They had little time left before they would become goddesses and their tasks would be over soon."That's good." She added. ... He could not overlook the minor patients that were making a lot of commotion at the ward, he would have to be patient, he read to a bunch of three year olds. The others jumped over beds, fought on chairs with rubber tubes like pirates and they made snappy comebacks, trying to suppress each other, he wondered where they were getting all that energy from. The nurse opened the door and fumed at them."As much as I'd prefer you bubbly little bugs, right about now but do you mind!?" She looked around when they paid no heed."QUIET!""You're no fun." One of them said and they giggled at him.Her lip pursed. "And get to bed, it's almost time for your siesta. If you want to get stronger, you kids may as well sleep right so your conditions don't get worse." They muttered their protests retiring from their squabble and Maks chuckled."T
Galaxy studios. They said the owner gained a reputation when he took larger space and took students into his studio. It was a reminder of his roots, he was pleased to be putting up with more of them."You know, I'm glad I listened to my dad for once and went to college." Erin chuckled while they shuffled through the halls. They ogled at the images of musicians that they endorsed on the columns and walls. Irma folded her arms. Mark Stone appeared with the other two. The girls squealed unable to hold in their excitement. Irma held her hands together flustered while they flocked them."Not exactly as impressive as they look on the cover but who cares?" Lucy said. "Pleased to meet y'all." Erin shook their hands."You guys, we're in a studio this enormous. I'm never going to live it down." Kendall said."Juice?" Mark offered her a glass of juice and Kendall took it. "Thanks." "Girls, we have the gadgets covered. Just get in your positions." She downed her glass and dropped it."Th
"Thanks for keeping it warm for me, Victor." She tore up the book. "Unlike you, I can boldly foretell that one of you three will die." They were dismayed by the fact that she just tore up the chronicle. Their only chance to uncover what was happening to her. They also knew that she was able Mark as a tool to write a portion of a grimoire to summon herself back into the real world. That was the kind of spirit they were dealing with."Tell me you have a plan.""I don't know, I did not remember enough details to cover up...""WHAT?"He tapped his temple and reimagined the pages. "She's...possessed, it's an enchantment spell. It foretells about death so she must be a banshee...who has the ability to possess the living. There's also the part where she can't talk so she's lending a voice.Artemis paled. "You can tell about death too, does that make you a banshee?""That's not the point." Victor said."You knew one of us was going to die." Maks said."She's just playing mind games. Just ta
"That...wasn't your fault." Maks said. That coming from him was surprising. Victor didn't want to sound patronizing. He shoved his hands into his pockets. However empty he felt, he hated to pretend that nothing was amiss, he agreed to cut ties with her_but he was glad that she was safe and sound and this was over. He glanced at Elvis in the background watching them keenly. He owed him a treat. "Are you kidding?" Artemis said. "You literally tried to fry our brains ow_" She held her shoulder. "Bruh...I mean it's good to have you back, blondie." She added when Maks nudged her. Her lips twisted in a sneer."Brute." She mumbled. Irma wiped her eyes. "Thank you." She said stiffly to Victor. She owed him that much after he was willing to give away generations' worth of heirlooms in exchange for her life during Ping's ploy. She hugged her arms walking out the door....Hours before the expulsion. Rider listened to the girls' songs on his headphone singing in a falsetto while he drove hi
The herald blew his trumpet and shouted that the King was dead. The news warranted momentary silence and gasps from the crowd and he blushed and announced again that the King was 'here'. They cheered while they had the grand opening and then they went about their businesses. Playing games, preparing for the jousts and the play. "So, where are we off to now?" Irma said in a black Led Ze**elin shirt, jeans and sneakers. Artemis straightened the puffed sleeves of her dark green tunic, brown leather gauntlets, long brown skirt and boots. "Not my style but I'll take it." The merchants were offering a 70% discount on their products. They picked out essentials and jewels. Artemis bought a pouch with a wyvern on it. "Yes." She hung it on satisfied with the snugness of it. It had a nice grip. Irma put more jewellery into it and then tried on a black headband on her short hair. The people felt cheated when Artemis picked out most of the quality merchandise."These are awesome." Irma said t
The rest of its body was intertwined to make up the rest of the maze. It took time to construct. He was ready for it. He held a torch while Irma advanced. There was nothing to be afraid of. She said to herself advancing. They stared at the telescoped alcove of the dragon's mouth. There was a trail of metal torches with green fire on the stone wall. The floors were made of stone."How long did it take to build this place?"Victor searched for clues. Irma felt at the walls and she peeked at the trail of torches. She took a small paper off the side of the torch and unfurled it."All that glitters is not goldBut in this case, don't be fooled?" Her eyes narrowed on the stone floors, the ceilings bejewelled with refractive green crystals and the line of torches on the walls, she glanced at a torch, the bulb was not glowing as much as the rest of them, it was simply catching light from the others. It highlighted its deep yellow pigment. She smiled at the golden apple and hurried toward it.
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