Crimson was in the middle of making more Preparations to his plan when Glory said something that got his attention " what? NO! I'm not acting creepy You are! " he puffed, not wanting to admit he had been doing it again.

The red king finished with his make shift traps, it was nothing like he would normally make but under the circumstances he didn't have a lot to work with and ever time he used his magic he was spending energy he couldn't recover in a place without magic. Crimson placed a hand on the building he was standing next to, he was catching his breath before he executed the next phase of his plan //... it should work....it did before, but should I?... it not like I have much of a choice...I need something....//

Glory doesn't say anything in response to his accusation, going back her to rather somber quietness again. When Crimson stops to catch his breath, she again speaks up. "... What's all this for, Crim...? What're you going to do?" she asks, not in a discouraging tone, but more of a cautiously curious one.

// just like that he flips....Weaver was there for a moment and now it's Eater again// Dreamcatcher sigh inside as he listened to the Nightmare frustration. The Dreamer prince looked down at his hand when Eater is distracted with Anna, he was halfway tempted to touch the Nightmare to see if he could bring Weaver out more but would that only make Eater resist more?

" you got it Weaver!" Anna replied back and went up to investigate the odd wires.

Rihanna landed on The Wire, she jumped on it to see how stable it was " there attached to these polls pretty good but I think they can be pulled down, I'm just not sure what there for " she holler down below and continued to walk down the line, she stopped however when a black bird was just watching her from its perched on The same Wire

Catch looked up at the wires when his Fairfin called out " im not sure how we can use them, maybe tie up the monsters?" He noticed the black bird and how odd it was just sitting there

"Hnnng... I'm /not/ Weaver!" Eater protests back at Anna, tightening his grip on Dawn's Sabre briefly and glaring up at the Fairfin. While Anna and Catch both get distracted by the bird, Eater only gives it a swift glance. He's not in a good mood, and he doesn't care about the stupid bird. "Well, what if we cut one open? That's probably the best way to see what it does, or we could let the monsters cut it up if they get tangled in it," he calls back rather snarkily, "Maybe if we're lucky we'll get to watch them strangle themselves!"
After that remark, he turns his eyes back to the incoming monsters. He just wants to kill something now...

Eira nodded. "Good plan. Sharing what we can and can't do would be good... I have a lot of ground control. I can control my ice to sense and attack in all directions, even if I can't directly see them, but it can take a little while to direct my ice. It's easy when they attack all at once, because I can send out a big blast, but I need your backup if they're fast and come in separate waves. I could also probably shape the terrain so it's harder for them to run circles around us.... How about you, Fiona?"

Rahab chimed in with his own stats. "I have an array of both finesse and crowd control. Crowd control takes a lot more stamina, so I'll focus on chasing down the fast ones with my missiles," he informed them.

Fiona listened carefully to what Eira and Rahab listed off, trying her best to focus on them and not on the destruction and sounds of war. It wasn't the easiest for her to gauge her own abilities--she wanted to say she could do a lot, but when she thought about it, she was full of conflicting thoughts... But she knew accuracy was the most important thing in that situation, so she tried, "I'm... Not the fastest, but I can use my great sword to break through solid walls or block stuff? I can fly--but I'm kinda grounded here for some reason... I think I can manage if I have to!

I.. I can focus on defending you while you use your ice, Eira! I'll be your backup like you said, and keep an eye out for both of you!" She declared, doing just that by once again searching the area around them for anything suspicious...

Jason moved around on the Battlefield using the cars to his advantage for both cover and getting higher ground when he needed it.
[ sorry boys was running a little late to the party] Jasmine place called over the radio as the jets flew over head.

"WHOOO! Jazz! Better late then never!" Jason cheered back, he looked up at the sky seen the Pegasus Knights planes, a mixture of half bloods or other species were most of the Pilots for this mission.

With the help of the captain and the people on the building the next wave of flying monsters was dealt with and now with a little more air support it might give them a bit more time to collect themselves before the next move.

Jason was feeling pumped, things were looking up but the day wasn't done yet, there was still the people they needed to get to rescue, they now had monsters for pick up and he hadn't even had a chance to check were Crystal was at.

Jason put his figures to his ear piece " Ethan, can you let the Vanguard know we got a order on ice to go, along with a group of civilians "

[ g-ive me a moment, t-hings are hectic on coms, i-t might take me a while to r-each an available team] The wolf boy replied.

Jason gave the air a thumbs up " thanks buddy! I think we can handle anything else until they get here " The Orange hair boy slug his crossbow over his shoulder " backup might take a bit but I trust they get here when they can "

Once the majority of that wave of monsters was taken care of, Boreas eyed the battlefield around them in case there were any stragglers. Afterwards, he simply listened to the conversations over the radio with the earpiece he'd received from Jason, looking up to see the jets flying overhead.

"Hold down the fort--got it." The Captain reaffirmed their mission, standing in a position where he could guard both the people holed up in and around the pet store, as well as what they had caught. He glanced over to Jason, "...I would ask if anyone has any injuries--but I'm fairly certain none of the people of this world speak snowman-language." he muttered, jabbing a thumb at the makeshift shelter.

Letting out shriek monster chasing Sparky stumbled as it shoulder was shattered, it hit a car before coming to a spot. Terra wanted its attention and he just got it. The monster look right at him, it opened its maw and let out a blood curdling scream, the monster stumbled to its feet and was going to come right for it's new prey

Terradream grimaces slightly at the sound of the monster's scream, but he quickly moves back behind the car and reloads his gun, then waits.

//You need anything?// Sparky asks, watching the creature run towards Terra now, before hopping over to try and find something he can use as a weapon, just in case.

//I should be fine for now, I'm going to lure it to a wall,// Terra replies.

[ the clock ticks again...]

The battlefield on the ground.
The Vanguard was on the field but that didn't mean all was well.

-

The monsters Eater since continued their approach to Jason, Boreas and Crystal location, they were not there yet but it wouldn't take then long...

-

The T-Rex like monster nick the vehicle it was chasing, causing it to spin out of control and leaving an opportunity for the monster to catch it, if nothing was done...( I'm sure it made lots of noise)

-

Explosion happened within beeper part of the city again.

-

A pack of werewolf shape monsters prowled the streets.

-

An ominous wind blew across the field as a flock of blackbirds spead out across the city...

-

[ in the sky]

The Battles continues to rage on.

Though it look to be that the sky's was a losing battle, there were far more monsters then those who could defend them off, not all hope for the sky was lost, the Pegasus Knights finally arrived!
Though there was not as many as there would have normal be, the Silver spear Pegasus Knights had arrived, a squadron of fighter planes shot across the sky in formation.

The squadron broke up into wing, 3 Jets pre group as they spit up to take on more targets

(I thiiiink that's all the reposts?)

(WAIT!)

Taking a second and observing everything going on, Crystal realized it was a now-or-never kind of situation.. She needed to get out there and finish off this frightening creature before she lost the chance.. and before something really bad happened..

She let her bow dissolve and instead readied herself with her sword. The girl glanced out at Christina once more then made her move toward the multi-eyed monster. She knew with its eyes it would most likely see her at some point no matter how she approached, and she was trying to take that into account just in case.

Crystal gripped her sword in both hands as she moved forward, holding it down to the side so hopefully when the time came, all she’d have to do foremost is aim and swing..

Crystal was right that the monster with many eyes would spot her coming but by time it did the human girl would be on top of it thanks to the bird distraction.

The black bird flew up and landed on the top of the billboard and watched as the girl would finish the job, it watch her with an almost smug look as it held its prize and its beak, one of the monsters eyes....

[ that no normal bird that a Cut throat!] Arthur call out with urgency [ careful Crystal, that a spy of Soledormir!]

The bird tips its head and looks over to were the dog shade was like it was implying there was something else she needed to worry about.

The shade was staring at the bird and then it slowed tuned to look at Crystal

(Ok now I think I got them all!)

(Yeeee, it looks like it!

Halloooo! :>)

(Heyo Fluffy! How're ya doing? :D )

(I'm doing pretty good! I need to get some food. XD

How're you doing? :>)

(That's good! You get yourself some good food~ :3

I'm doing good! I just had food, I had pizza! XD )

(Hello!

Yes, get the food~
I just had some too, but it wasn't as yummy as pizza xD)

(Hiya Galaxy! :D Good to see yaaaa!

I'm glad you just had food too! Even if it wasn't pizza XD
How're you doing today?~ :3 )

(I am back after having food!

And hey Galaxy! ^v^
I second Lilly. XD)

(Welcome back Fluffy! Did you enjoy your food? :3 )

(Yeee! I didn't have pizza either, but chicken sandwiches are good. XD)

(That's always good~ XD )

(HELLO!! )

( I see everyone has eaten! I just got done with food to! :D)

(HALLO, SHADOW!

Food is good. -v-
...And how're you doing?)

(Hiya Shadow! :D )

(It is good! ^-^

I am doing great! :D I got rest so I am happy x3)

(Good to see y'all too!
And I'm doing good! My Aunt came to stay for the weekend, so it's been a pretty nice weekend so far. :>

Hey Shadow!

Glad to see you guys are good and fed too! x))

(Ah that's really nice to hear, Galaxy! I hope you guys have a good time for that visit~ ^-^ )

"Huh? " Crimson tips his head getting pulled back into reality and that there was actually someone with him " it should be obvious" he thinks out loud but clearly it wasn't to the Fairfin she wasn't a mind reader and she wasn't Scarlett who knew him so well...

" I'm going to force the monster right were I want them to go, to Catcher and " he hesitated before saying " your Partner " Crimson was still avoiding the truth to the best of his ability or at least saying them out loud. The red king pointed down the street were he had already placed the vehicles in position "ones I get the monsters to flee they will be forced to come this way but I don't want them to go hiding in the dark alleyway, it's why I'm putting these things to stop them "

Crimson huffed and rolled his neck " I'm just about done here, I just doing the final touches " the red king move and headed over to a car and started pulling it

(Ahhh! Sleep has hit me, I might take a quick nap.)

(Alrighty Shadow! You have a nice nap! :3 )

(Yeah! Sleep well, Shadow! :>)

(I'm slowly working on a post, but distractions X'D )

"I see... That's a smart plan..." Glory quietly remarks, then watches as he goes to get the last car he needs. After just a moment, she hops off his shoulder and lands on the car, close to where Crimson has a hold of it, and she tries to help him pull it too. It's doubtful she's actually contributing much in this effort, but... she's trying.

When she got close enough, Crystal didn’t waste any more time.. despite everything in her head wanting to stop her. “Sorry about this...!” She said as she swung her blade as hard as she could at the monster.

The girl knew these monsters were bad, she knew they were some kind of twisted creature of the enemy, but like many of the times before, something inside stung with having to end the one in front of her.. It wasn’t necessarily the monster that made her feel bad, more of the act itself.. This wasn’t who she was, it was simply who she needed to be in this moment, but even with that thought for justification, it didn’t make it all that better.

When she knew the eyed monster was dead, she tugged her weapon free, stumbling a couple steps back before regaining her balance. She looked over to make sure Christina was doing okay, about to go help that situation herself, but everything came to a stop for her when Arthur spoke up. Crystals eyes widened for a moment and she quickly looked around in search for the bird.

The girl soon spotted it, but she didn’t know what to do next.. “So it can probably see and hear everything we say and do..” she mumbled, now too nervous to speak any louder, “What do we do about this? Do I try to get rid of it too? I.. I don’t know, I might be able to shoot it..”

Crystal once again turned her head to look out at the officer, thinking maybe if she took a moment to reassess it would help her figure out what to do next, but instead she noticed the dog-like shade watching her.. “This doesn’t seem good..”

Dreamcatcher was concerned about his Fairfin but the Nightmare attitude was a lot more " Eater, not now" he reached out to put a hand on his friend, what better time to try out hid newly discovered ability? " we both need to have clear heads for this "

Anna glace down at her partner and Nightmare, though Weaver was still alive that didn't mean Eater wasn't dangerous but she to had her worries.... the little Fairfin hop off the wire and flew around the bird, even as she flew it watch her but then looked back down at Catch and Eater.... something about it seem off // I don't know if birds here are supposed to be this creepy// but she wanted to check what the wire was really for.

She landed on a poll and on it had a metal box, the words were squiggly on it but it only took a moment for her to understand them and it read ' warning high voltage ' with a Universal Thunderbolt sign " hay guys! " she called out " I think though wire thing have the zaps in them! " she pointed to sign with the Thunderbolt

( I live again!! Man that hit me sorry about that ':s)

(It's alright, Shadow! Your rest and health is what's important! ^-^)

( thank you <3
I feel ready to go! :D
I'm working on my reply right now ^-^ )

(I ALSO HAVE RETURNED!)

(And Crystal is so sweet, still~ X3 )

(Welcome back Shadow and Lilly!)

Jason gives Boreas a thumbs up when he said hold down the fort. Things look a but calm for the moment at least
The Orange hair shapeshifter rubbed the back of his neck freeing up one had by holding his crossbow bow with his other arm " oof, I forgot about that part... yeahhhhh, that going to be a problem for you " Jason put his hand to his chinn and tape his foot, it only was a second before he suede his hand out and snapped his fingers " there always the universal language, charade!... or drawing pictures " he Shrugged at the end.

Josh was making his way over to the two who had helped out, but he kept looking over to were he last seen his partner and the odd dress girl go

(Thank you!! X3

WELCOME BACK LILLY!!

Crystal is really a sweet bean <3 )

(Welcome back Lilly!

Agreed. -v-)

(Thank you guys! :D )

Dreameater turns to snap at Catch, but he doesn't actually say anything when he turns. All he does is look at the Dreamer, at first having a rather angry look on his face, but it quickly changes to a subtly confused, blanker expression. Part of him still wants to snap at Catch, to pull away from him and be aggressive, because he knows that he shouldn't like this! Catch is trying to help Weaver! He's doing the freaky weird calming magic thing! But... That's exactly it, Catch is doing exactly what Weaver said he had been doing--and Eater can't hold on to that aggression for long. All the while, something in the back of his mind is agreeing with Catch, that he needs to focus, there's monsters coming...

Nevertheless, Eater stares at Catch awkwardly until Anna calls back to them, and he blinks a couple times. "... Yeah... Yeah?" he mumbles, then looks up and over at the Fairfin, "Hey, wait a minute, you mean they have electricity in them? It'd be especially dangerous to cut them then, especially in the light rain that's going on now, uh we'd have to figure out something actually to protect us from that then..." He pauses a moment afterwards, narrows his eyes slightly, and remembers something he should likely bring up. "The way these monsters are moving, I'm pretty sure they're flying too, so we'll need something more to do with catching them. Mmmm, you got anything, Catch?"

Boreas contemplated Jason's suggestions for communication for a few moments, until he saw Josh heading their way.
"...Guess we'll find out what works." He hopped off the car and to the ground, making a small stride forward to meet the officer halfway, but not obstruct his view of the area too much.
Then the Captain gave a wave 'hello,' wondering if that gesture would mean the same thing here...

[ yes, those /birds/ if you can call them that are Soledormirs spy, he used them to watch and listen... I would tell you to get rid of it as quickly as possible but be careful, he used them as traps before and my gut telling me he wanted you to know he was watching you ] Arthur gave his warning, but why would Soledormir do this was his thoughts, something was up but what? What was he planning and would the key hunters see it coming or by warning Crystal did he just set her on the plath Sol want for his Scheme? But at the moment it was the dog monsters that was the life threatening thing right now.

Christina was down to her last few bullets, she finished off the dog monsters that were after her // did she do it? I don't hear anything?// she looked around her hidden places to see...

The odd bird tipping it head up and swallowed the eye of the monster it stolen, red markings appeared around the bird... a growth grew on its forehead and then split open revealing a new third eye, the bird swayed back and forth, in am odd danced kind of way...

The monster dog began to twitch and then swayed its head from the birds /spell/ it some how could still use magic as well and took control over the dog monster, dark spine grew out of the beast line with red markings, the dog monsters Mass increase bulking up in size.

The bird tipped its head towards Crystal open up its wings in the way to show off the message that appeared on the billboard it was on, a message that read in what look like blood..." YOU WILL DIE " in words the human girl would understand.

The dog monster then charged at Crystal!

(Creepy bird e.e )

(h e l l O)

(/I don't like that bird./ e-e

HOI, FADE!

How are you doing? :>)

Crimson was already pulling the vehicle and wasn't paying attention to what Glory was doing, not until he turned to pick it up, the red king stop for a moment and took in the sight, it was obvious she wasn't doing much but she was trying, at one time he would have snapped at the Fairfin that she was stupid and what she was doing was pointless, he didn't need her 'help ' but he didn't, he didn't say anything about that, not right now, nor did he feel like snapping at her, it was kinda nice having someone along but someone who ever thought they couldn't do much still put in effort to try.

" over here" was the only thing Crimson says as he picked up Glory with one hand and puts her again on his shoulder but towards the back so she out of the way when he picks the car up.

After Crimson set the car up how he did all the others, he placed a hand on the back of his neck freeing sore from the work but he wasn't done. " im close enough to were I can since the monsters to... your partner didn't mention they were flying" he commented, Crimson look back towards were he set his traps, he wasn't able to put down as many as he wanted but it would still put on a good show " it doesn't matter, what I have should work unless they go up, but what I can tell their lower flyers "

Crimson then started walking towards the Direction of the monsters but he angled himself toward the closest building.

Black bird flew over, there were several sitting here and there, on wires, lamp posts, edges of buildings all watching the red king and Forgotten...

( HELLO FADE!!)

(Hi Fade! :D I ditto Fluffy~ X'D )

( so many birds e.e )

Eira nodded and smiled a bit as Fiona downloaded on her own abilities. "That should still be pretty helpful, especially if they're strong."

Rahab swooped to the street below, right next to the building that had been on fire. "If fighting head-on is your style, then Eira, block out the alleyways and create an ice wall that forces the shades to take you directly, and Fiona, hit them with all you've got. I'll be waiting right above, using my arrows to take out the strays. Call me when you're ready to fly."

Eira slid off Rahab's side and landed, standing up and taking a look at their surroundings. She also listened for any sound of a person stranded or in trouble.

(Hi hi! Hope yall are doing well!

Don't like that bird e-e)

Fiona smiled faintly, happy to know Eira thought she could help. She listened closely to Rahab's plan, and nodded, "Okay!"
Then she followed Eira, pushing herself off of Rahab's back and landing on the damaged concrete below.

There wasn't much going on there right away... The Elemental briefly looked up to watch Rahab fly off, but also caught sight of a large group of birds flying high overhead. "...Are those more monsters...?" She mumbled, narrowing her eyes.

//AHH! C'mon, stay focused!// She turned her attention to the burned building. There wasn't any noise coming from it, but there were also so many sounds around them, it would be hard to hear anyone unless they were shouting. //We need to find that kid, but we've gotta make sure it's safe to get him outta here!//

Fiona turned to face the alleyways, "They're all really shadowy, so they can come from anywhere dark... But the more dark places you block off, the less options they'll have to sneak up on us!"

The shades that had been following them were getting closer, but there was still a short distance between them and the group.

Dreamcatcher watch as Eater gives that confused look again // it must be working!//

The dream prince excitement shift when Anna and Eater started talking " that what I'm guessing, somehow these weird vines must hold electricity!"

Catch grimaced and took his figures though his red hair "... Im really glad we didn't use those to get over with my plan " he Mumble making a face.

Getting on to the topic his friend asked Catch go back to think, in the back of his mind he hopes he come up with something better then the wires but still, maybe they could do something with them? But what? " if they flying monsters I can make some of my Spears of light but I only been able to summon 3 tops or at least that what I was able to do in school..." he Frowned looking towards the crystal Crimson left " im not sure how those are supposed to really work, when Crimson pop and his red ones were all over they just suck up magic, do you think if I summon swords or Spears they stick to it or just get pulled In? " he took his good hand and summon a silver Spear and look at it then the crystal thinking of he should try it.

Rihanna on the other hand hadn't forgotten about the bird // if it was one of Voids monsters it should be attacking but it's not, it's just watching like it's waiting for something...this can't be a normal bird // she didn't want to get closer to it but was going to experiment, the tiger Fairfin went indivisible and flew off the wire.

(I'm doing good! But you didn't say how you're doing Fade X'D I hope you're doing alright?)

(Ah! I'm doing good, too! Just kinda sleepy. XD
...I second Lilly now, too.)

(I'm doing great! I have a nap and then ice cream ^-^
I get tomorrow off to so I'm excited x3

I will 3rd Lilly with her question)

Eira spotted the birds overhead as well, but she hoped they wouldn't be an issue and she turned her eyes to their surroundings instead. The shiftress gave Fiona a nod of agreement and immediately went to work, raising her arms to send up walls of ice, blocking the alleyways nearby. She faced the direction they had come, where their distant pursuers were rushing towards them. It would be difficult to block the entire road, so instead she stomped her foot to send out a jagged sheet of ice along the ground, spikes of ice pointing out towards the shades, turning the street into difficult terrain. "Hopefully that will slow them down," she murmured as she backed away towards the burned building. "Let's get in there fast and find the boy."

"You could try it, he did say these ones are set to reflect magic, I think, so it might even bounce off? You could try sticking it to it to see what happens," Dreameater suggests, rubbing his forehead and nose with his free hand. Having his mind kind of cleared out by Catch's magic, especially this time since Eater knew that'd happen and wanted to resist it some, was a very strange feeling indeed... It leaves him feeling a little fuzzy when Catch stops and pulls his hand back. //... But that's not important right now, I need to be able to think, and he's helped me with that...// he tries to tell himself, taking a deep breath and glancing back up to the electrical vine wires. //Mmmm, I get the feeling those are gonna end up being problems for us if we don't do something about them...//

Crimson hesitated for a moment when Glory asks her question, he looked down as he started walking again, at first it seem he wasn't going to answer which could be given as an answer in itself.... but then the red king did say something " it's... its not quite like a Nightmares since...when I'm in my armor my abilities are different, it helps waken my since and my true power... normal I have some since but it's in my true form, however in this form I'm more limited except when I'm in this armor...."

"... Your armor's really creepy, you know that...?" Glory remarks after Crimson's partial explanation, climbing up a bit higher on the king's shoulder, closer to his neck. "About as creepy as those... Those birds that are watching us..."

(Yeah I'm doing alright! My sister left town today so we had some family time today, and then I accidently took a long nap x'D But I am alive and here now~

Thanks yall for asking!)

(Aww that's nice! And you had a nap too! Today sure seemed like a good day for a nap XD 'Tis good you are alive now~

Of course! ^-^ )

(Tis a sleepy day
Thank ye!)

Fiona watched in awe as Eira's ice jutted across and up from the ground at her command. When she was finished, the Elemental nodded, "Right!" and followed her towards the building. She lagged behind a little, glancing back at the monsters approaching. "I'll keep watch while we search!"

Inside the burned building, all that was initially visible were piles of charred rubble and what was left of Eira's ice that she had used to stop the fire. Thanks to her quick work earlier, the walls were still mostly standing. Ash was all over the floor around the ice, which was even messier thanks to the dampness from the recent rain, seeping inside.

It was all just a big mess, but farther back in the room, there was a vague trail cleared out from the gray powder on the floor...

" hey! Thanks with those monsters, I wasn't sure how much longer we be able to last " the offer said given Boreas a wave in return.

" yeah no prob! It's part of our job " Jason cheered given a friendly grin, he was raised in this world so of course he new the language
Josh eyes widened he was half expecting not to understand " I can understand you?" But something seem familiar about the orange hair boy

Jason nodded " well yeah! I'm from here! You should know, you gave me a speeding ticket last week " he said cheerfully not holding a garage at all

" I knew you look familiar! " Josh shook his head and wiped his dirty bro with his arm " never would have expected to see you again like this" the offer then got distracted by the netted monsters as they made horrible screeching " those things won't get out?" He asked cautiously

( I hope you had a good time with Family Fade! X3
It always nice when they come to visit.

It seem to be a very good nap day x'D )

(Ah! /I should've reloaded sooner./

That's great that you got some time with family, Fade! ^-^

It is the sleepy Sunday, but it is also good to be alive.)

What Arthur told her frantically swirled around in her head, along with all the questions and worries that suddenly found their way back to the forefront of her brain. Back and forth Crystal glanced from the dog to the bird, shifting her weight on her feet, preparing in case she needed to move fast.

Between her divided attention, the girl witnessed the bird eat the eye and change, and then she turned her head and continued to watch in horror as the dog monster began to change too. She went to look back at the bird again, but the new and bloody message quickly caught her attention.. She almost gasped, but her breath got stuck in her chest instead. Then as the monster dog charged, Crystal turned and ran... Where she was going to go, she wasn’t sure, the roof was only so big with so many places to barely hide. She needed to think, but she couldn’t. And the amount of terror that flooded her veins in that moment before made her dizzy.. she did not want to die..

“The bird!” Crystal shouted the best she could, hoping that Christina could hear her, had at least one shot left, and understood what she meant.. Because she knew she couldn’t get both, especially while being chased, and if they took out the spy, maybe they’d have a second to collect themselves. But with that, she also knew she couldn’t out-run the monster that was after her, so she had to do the one thing she didn’t feel like she could, and face it.

And that’s what she did. Crystal was starting to feel the exhaustion, but she turned and gripped her weapon tight, watching the dog monster as it came at her.

Eira studied the rubble for any sign of the child, then rushed to the trail in the ashes. "Perhaps this was his doing..." She followed it through the building, weaving around the charred buildings, the smoke still heavy in the air. The shiftress kept an arm over her nose and mouth, trying not to breathe it in. After climbing over some rubble, Eira sensed a gust of fresh air up ahead and suddenly found herself at a back exit to the building. The door had been broken away from its frame, and the footprints went through it and vanished, having run out of ashes to mark up. "Well... Good news is that he made it out. Bad news is, there's no sign of him from here..."

Up above, Rahab circled the buildings in his griffin form, keeping an eye out for trouble. He sent an ice arrow or two at some shades that were getting too close to the burned building, when he heard a roar down a road that caught his attention. The griffin sailed further down the street, far enough to spot the shadowy t-rex that had crashed a vehicle and was now tearing at its metal, teeth ripping at the car's body as it tried to get at the screaming passengers inside. "Well that complicates things," Rahab grumbled as he readied an arrow. The dart whistled through the air as it struck the giant shade's side. The t-rex roared and whirled to glare at the griffin, which was a momentary distraction, for now.
The Shadow Hunter cawed loudly and flapped his wings as he flew back towards the burning building. "Hey, if you're done waltzing around in there, we've got some big things to deal with," he called out in his almost bored tone that he usually spoke in, despite the seriousness of the situation. It's not that he didn't know the seriousness - he'd just been through enough chaos in his life to know that panicking doesn't make things any better, so why fuss?

Boreas gave a thumbs up in response to Josh's thanks. Then he just let Jason do the talking. //At least I can understand these people... Either way, I need to make sure I know how to communicate back...//
He was a bit surprised to learn that Jason was from here, but at the same time, he wasn't--not with the hidden palace that'd been in that world for who knows how long.

The Captain turned his attention to the captured monsters. He approached the net, kneeled down by it, and touched it with his right hand--sending a controlled jolt through the ice that would stun a creature that size, but not kill it.

Upon doing this and double checking to be sure it had worked, Boreas looked to Jason and Josh and made an 'okay' sign with one hand, while holding the other one up--just right.

After a brief moment of thinking about the monsters and the people who needed help inside the pet store, he looked to Jason, "...Commander Carrot-top, you dropped Crystal off earlier. Do you know where she ended up?"

Fiona followed Eira's lead, covering her own mouth with her one gloved hand. She kept glancing to the door and windows, ensuring nothing would unexpectedly burst in without her greatsword going straight into its face.

The Elemental studied the trail in the ash as she followed Eira, especially when they made it to the broken door. "The tracks look small enough and they're the only ones here... This has gotta be his."

However, a sudden call from above caught her attention. Fiona looked up to Rahab as he delivered his report. Her eyes widened, and though she felt a rather strong wave of confusion at the Shadow Hunter's tone, she focused on what was at hand, "Big things? What big things? Where?!" //We haven't even found the kid!//

The distant sound of the shades chasing after them were getting closer--many of them were slowed down or even stopped by the ice, but some of them flew, or managed to find a way around... But they started taking more cover from buildings around them, after some had witnessed what Rahab had done.

Catch took note on the Nightmare, it worry him how back and forth Eater and Weaver was. // I just hope Weaver will be alright...maybe I should keep a hand on him longer? But with only one good arm it's going to be tough and I know when the battle actually starts I doubt I'll be able to....// a wave of frustration wash over the Dreamer but what could he do? Catch decided if he see Eater take over more he step in when he can to try to calm him so Weaver could show himself more like now.
The Dreamer prince took his spear and walked over to the crystal floor, he looked to the Nightmare and said " here goes nothing " he then carefully poke the end of this spear to crystal, he let go and step back when the blueish crystal begin to climb up his spear but much to his surprise they stopped about halfway " those things are freaky " he commented not sure how to take Crimson magic but it was fascinating at the same time " what else do you think we can do?"

" MY ARMOR NOT CREEPY! ITS A GREAT SYMBOL OF HONOR! THAT BEEN PASSED DOWN MY FAMILY LINE! "snapped as he looked over his shoulder, he then tuned his head quickly forward, the armor of kings was something to be proud of, it was something of honor, of Valor, but most of all it was a symbol of a kings integrity....it was something that was both given and earned.... Crimson did not speak of his armor because how he received his was tainted, he did not follow the Same ceremony as his ancestors before him, what he did was shameful and he knew it...

The red king didn't want to think on how he got his armor and that it looked creepy, so he looked up to see what the other thing Glory was taking about " birds? I don't see any birds " he replied bluntly, Crimson shook his head getting frustrated with the Fairfin and her questions " you should go back to your partner, your staring to see things... " he said getting up on car to get higher.
All the wild the birds continue to watch

(Am crashing, I'll have to respond next time x'D Goodnight everyone! Thanks for today!)

(Goodnight Fade! It's been fun! Hope you get some good rest! ^-^)

(Alrighty! Good night Fade, it was nice having ya here! ^-^

I think I'm starting to get a little sleepy too, I'm catching myself making more and more typos X'D )

( I passed out all really mom woke me up but I probably pass out again to

Good night everyone!)

Glory flinches when Crimson snaps at her, and doesn't say anything in return. She only curls up into a tiny little ball on his shoulder and makes a rather pitiful whimper...

After a moment, she starts to think on what he said a bit more. //... He doesn't... He doesn't see the birds...?// she asks herself, seriously considering if she is seeing things or not, even she knows she's not a perfectly healthy Fairfin... And then part of her does want to go back to her Nightmare, to Weaver, to check on him and make sure he's ok--but he asked her to stay here with Crimson, would he get mad at her if she left him and went back? Not wanting to go against Weaver's request, Glory stays put on the red king's shoulder, weakly rubbing her face with one paw.

(Oh ok, good night Shadow! And good night everyone else too, it's been fun, and I look forward to next weekend!~ X3 )

(Ah! Alright! Goodnight Shadow and everyone! I'm looking forward to next time too! ^-^)