The moon stretched, full and beautiful. Insects could be seen fluttering as the many standing with Holly’s team gathered together. Elise approached David and Milly, both of which were still tied up. Elise stopped in front and looked down at the both of them. Behind Holly approached Kurayami with a woman closing, “Kurayami the Bounty Hunter, right?”
“Yes. And you are the legendary Light Goddess uh, Holly Bell right?”
“I am, or at least I was. I can’t feel my power right now after whatever they did to me.”
“It’s a Nitrusefelus Drug by the smell of it,” came the response of the woman, “The Hive have been beta testing it on test subjects from The Tribe. If I had to guess, the drug they used on you was an imperfect concoction so it won’t last for long.”
“Alice, it’s been quite a long time.”
“Forty years as I recall.”
“I trust that you being here now means that your cover was blown?”
“Yes. Leon was aware of there being a turncoat for quite sometime. He put a man named Shadow on the job to find the turncoat. I left just before he found me out.”
“That guy again, what do you know of him?”
“Not much. I am not aware of his past and what Leon knows he wasn’t saying. In fact that drug was designed by Shadow.”
“And you’re certain it will wear off?”
“Definitely. I overheard Shadow talking about it. The dosage used on you is experimental to see how long someone of your power will be victim to the drug. The maximum dosage wouldn’t have made for a good trial run, since it is hard to produce and they don’t want to waste too much of it on only one individual.”
“This is why we welcome you as one of us Alice.”
“Thank you Lady Bell.”
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Elise looked over David and Milly, her eyes scanning many gashes and puncture wounds. Blood dripped from David’s nose, his right ear torn, claw marks dancing across the right side of his face. Milly laid on her back breathing hoarsely, bite marks in her side and in her arms. Elise stepped right examining more and more wounds. David’s head slowly moved on with his left eye only half open, the other closed.
“{Those wounds could be fatal if left untreated, Milly’s especially.}”
Elise tilted her head, “What have you gotten yourself into David?”
“Ack, Dustin turned on us for failing to kill you. He, Leon, and Shadow ordered Vein’s crew to kill us-” he said, cutting off as a cough escaped him at once, “Guh, we ran until they caught us.”
“Lie still. Callie, my bag please.”
Callie approached holding up a backpack, handing it off to Elise, “Here you are but why?”
Elise moved her hand inside the bag and quickly pulled out a small paper bag, “I’m going to apply some herb wraps to treat their wounds. If left untreated Milly will pass in a matter of minutes, and David perhaps in a few hours.”
“Ba-but after everything?” David stuttered.
“We were both played David. Dustin played you just as Azala played me.”
“Th-thank you, truly.”
“I’m going to treat her first. This is going to sting now so hold tight Milly.”
Milly let out a bloody howl as a patch of green mush was applied to her side, her hands balled into fists and her body squirming. David looked to Elise and then to Milly, then to Holly as she approached.
“This Vein fellow sounds like a top notch problem even if those guys weren’t much off guard,” Callie murmured.
“David, what exactly are they plotting?”
“They, they found your temple in the desert.”
“What?”
“You have a turncoat of your own working with them-”
“Was it Stark Bell?”
Elise looked quickly to Holly and then to David, “{A family member?}”
“No. Shadow can see it, he saw it. And it was Toby, Toby knew of it. Toby pointed Shadow in the direction the Hive needed.”
“Those guys again. Ugh, just what is Shadow?”
“They’re already destroying the barrier protecting it. They began as soon as you went after Winston.”
“What? Alright but no need to worry. It’d take a powerful curse to break it, maybe a month at most. A Level Five Tetra Seal is not easily broken.”
“They claim to have a way. I don’t know much. Leon ordered Stark Pack and a lot of others to watch out for them. An army awaits if you intend to stop them.”
“We have to get back right away. Elise, finish immediate treatment. Alice, tell Wesley we need reinforcements as soon as possible. Kurayami, we need all the help we can get so we’ll happily pay you once this is all done. Sora, your sand, use it to transport Elise and those two. Let’s move people.”
Kurayami nodded as Sora quickly took off towards Elise and the rest, Holly turning towards the direction they had come from, “Dewy was right, damn it all. With Vulfax at the helm, man I can’t even imagine what will happen.”
“So what do we do about that Undead army they’ll have protecting themselves?”
“If Azala and Dustin are at the head that means Vulfax and Stark Pack are leading. We’ll have to deal with them immediately. I’ll tell Wes to order an air raid prior to our arrival. We’ll evacuate who we can and bomb whatever we possibly can. This is a matter of World Security. Everyone, we’re camping out here until morning, then we’re heading back to deal with our uninvited temple invaders.”
Elise glanced to Holly and then down, “{Vulfax huh? That, Miss Holly, is my burden to bare though, not yours. I know what I have to do.}”456Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsEd2U5tMqr
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Clouds danced before the moonlight, red clouds firing off black lightning, a purple tint around the glow of the moon. Beneath its vast glow The Hive stood, their hands now clapped together with darkness surging around launching forward. Before them the vast barrier of The Tribe was now a third of the way revealed, the dome cracking considerably now as the Curse spread over it.
“Ugh, it’s taken us this long just to destroy barely a third of the damn thing. My shoulders are getting stiff,” came the growl of Basilisx.
“Quit being such a baby,” came a low rumble from a young girl.
“Coming from you Chino that’s hilarious.”
“What’s tha-”
“That’s enough the lot of you, focus on the Curse. It won’t take long for Holly to figure out she’s been tricked. We need to be ready for this right?” a man growled.
“Oh shut it Saru. Aye, Leon, how much longer?” another questioned.
“Surprisingly this has gone far faster than anticipated. I’d give it another twelve at the most, eight minimum.”
A cackle came from another of the projections, “And how exactly is the trial with Holly and her friends going? They going all the way this time?”
“Hard to say,” Shadow muttered looking over to the individual.
“It doesn’t really matter, hmm. We’ll deal with Holly in due time, heh heh. For now, we simply need to focus on the destruction of this pathetic barrier. Once that’s out of the way, only victory will await us.”
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