( over 20,000 years ago )

" are you sure you're plan will work? I can look into more options " Judas offers with a half shrug and his hand out, his tassels bounce ready to dive deeper into the possibility of the future. the outcast appearance was not like current Skeys or what he looked like in reality, here in the dream realm Judas was made whole again but not just anyone could do this, no, but the person he was talking to could and did

Faithful Dreamer turned and smirked " thanks for the offer Judas but have a little faith, all they need is a little imagination to see the truth, the Spirit of faith, heart of integrity, the courage to change ...-"

"and a lot of luck! " Judas interrupted with his own smirk

Faye nodded " yes, a lot of luck and the wisdom to stay pure "

" All jests aside, Soledormir going to come at them with everything he has... " the outcast smiled faded as he followed his arms and looked away

" no, he'll do worse... he let them destroy themselves...it's going to get rough, it may even come close to the end but they will succeed they just need /more time/ " Faithful Dreamer replied looking up in thought, but that time would cost him, would cost them both..." you have done so much already Judas but look after them for me will you? "

Judas shook his head and look back to the Dreamer prince and smiled again " you don't even have to ask that Faye, within my abilities outside this dream I will do whatever I must for the chosen candidate, even if it cost my life " the Vaseterm promises with a small bow

Faithful Dreamer rolled his eyes at his friend dramatic promise, he knew the sincerity of his words and that he keep his promises but Faye knew more to the plan then his friend " don't sale yourself short, they need you alive for the end "

Judas tips his head but dosen't say more but he trusted Faithful and his plans.

Just as Crimson pulls the dagger towards himself a sharp pain digs into his right eye, a pain similar to what he experienced back in Vahlemas were he was forced to see what someone else was with his eyes but this time it was worse, the red king cry out in agony as he hunched over and put his left hand to his face. Images forced their way into Crimson mind...

He was seeing this moment and what happens next, after stabbing himself darkness and chaos explodes from his body, everything around him gets destroyed, rising from the ashes was a horrendous monster silhouetted with a sky the color of blood, it was a monster he just knew was himself. Fear crippled Crimson as this was the first time he had seen the monster he became, the one he only knew as harbinger as Judas call him.

The Images shift to horrifying monster flowing into this word, destroying everything and murdering the humans here, seen then move to the key hunters, as one by one they fall in one way or other, ether be taken over by darkness or killed ".. no...NO!! " Crimson screams with the last image of the vision, seen Crystal dead body, and with that the vision let go.

Crimson stood there shaking uncontrollably, tears streamed down his face as he was taking sharp panic breath, the shapeshifter just went though a lot and so much of it terrified him, including the dagger he was still holding in his right hand...

Crimson Chuck the evil blade as he screamed in both pain and fear.

{ NO!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! } Scarlett roared in anger

" Scarlett?!" Crimson stumbled back and started to panic " NO STAY AWAY FROM ME!"His mind was still fuzzy, he didn't even remember were he was but one thing Crimson did know was he needed to get away from hid blood sword

Morning Glory is still shaking and hugging Crimson's face after all this time. She hasn't stopped begging and crying, either, though now she sounds a little quieter, and more depressed. "P-please...! Come back, Crimson...! Come back..." she weakly whimpers, "Please... It hurts...!"

Dreameater growls quietly and pins his ears back when Catch explains he's alright, and quickly starts looking for some possible detour they can take to get to Crimson--he isn't sure he really wants to run through the rows of fire, there's no telling what else could happen here... He tries to listen to what Catch says too, but he can't even say anything himself when his friend gives his other warning. Without even bothering to look and see what it is, Eater practically throws himself out of the way and off to the side, but there aren't any alley ways here where Crimson set up his traps, they're all blocked off, so the only way for him to go is straight ahead... //Thanks Crim, of course your trap has to make it harder for us to freaking rescue you!// he angrily thinks to himself as he starts running down the middle of the flaming road. "What is it?! I... Wait a minute, I can't sense it!?" He shouts to Catch, still trying to focus more on the road.

Dreamcatcher lend with his friend and keep his head low, the big bird talons just miss the two boys. " its a huge bird! I don't think it's one of those shades, it's got red markings and for a dark creature it looks even more corrupted! " The moon blood prince replied as he turned his head to look back at beast

The Colossus bird flew up and turned to make other pass at the two.

" It's coming back around!!" Catch shouted, he sat up and turned and summon his bow and took a quick shot at the monster.

The bird took the arrow in the chest but keep going. The moon blood prince chanted and shot again

[ I think I'll be fine, just a bit winded for a guy who doesn't have lungs anymore ] Arthur half-heartedly joked, he still wasn't feeling %100, it didn't feel like something bad just more like he just over work himself, but that what was more of the odd thing, he was a key now so what was it? but right now the king was more concerned about his keeper and the strange voice [ we can look into it later after you see a doctor ]

Jason took down his Shield now that it wasn't needed, he kneel down to look over the pink officer " I got HP stuff on the way " he didn't have healing magic or any kind of magic but that never stop him from helping others, the orange hair boys came prepared, he hit a button on his Gauntlet was called a drone from his bike that carried a first aid kit.

Christina attention got pulled away for a moment when Crystal and Jason addressed her, she looked down at her arm, it was pretty tore up, her blueish blood soaked through her torn sleeve but she managed a smirk at Crystal and shook her head " this? It nothing that a few stitches and time off won't fix, it wasn't your fault " but then she froze and turned her head back the way she had be looking before, Christina eyes widened as her fins fand out getting a clear signal that something evil and powerful was going on in that direction " W-we need to get out of here! "

Boreas just blinked at Crystal when he heard her speaking to Arthur. He wasn't completely sure on what exactly was going on with that, but for now he was left to speculate--he'd have to ask later.
Either way, his focus was more on her wounds.

He listened to what the human girl had to say, glancing to Christina as well when Crystal directed her attention to the officer. From what he'd seen, he was confident Jason had her injuries covered... However, when she reacted to the powerful evil that was growing by the minute, he could feel it too.
And along with that, Glory's message arrived in his mind. The Captain hadn't been expecting it one bit, but the most he showed on the outside was his very serious expression.
"We need to move." He reaffirmed what Christina had said, then offered one hand to Crystal, "...Are you able to stand?"

Between Jason looking the officer over and Christina’s reply, Crystal simply nodded in response, even though to her the arm looked pretty bad.

The girl was about to move on to the next thing she wanted to say, but instead Glory’s terrified and pleading voice entered her head, stopping her instantly. Crystal’s breath that got stuck in her chest and wouldn’t move as a new round of fears grabbed hold of her. She then remembered that earlier Dreameater had mentioned he wanted to get Crimson’s help in all this.. She was so consumed by what had been going on up here and everything leading up to it that she had completely forgotten about it..

She snapped out of her momentary shock and gazed out to where it seemed Christina looked, then turned her eyes to Boreas when he spoke about getting out of here as well, having no idea he had heard Glory too.

Crystal nodded again, glancing at the Elementals hand, “Ye-yes, I’m fine,” she lied, “but Crimson’s not.. We need to find him.”

Fiona tried to help calm down their passengers, quieting down more herself. She couldn't help but keep looking back to the harrowing scene where they thought Crimson must've been, memories of the day before echoing in her mind as well. "...It's... It's not gonna happen again..." She repeated in an uncertain mutter a couple of times. "We'll make sure these people are safe and then stop it..."

Eira glanced at Fiona unsurely at first, but she took in a breath and gave a nod, forcing herself to think positively despite the temptation to be afraid. She knew fretting wouldn't change anything - if anything, she knew that her fear only tended to make things worse for herself. "We just need to trust that our friends can help... And we'll be there soon to back them up. It's gonna be okay," she said, reassuring both herself and Fiona. Hopefully her calmed down tone would help reassure the civilians, too. They were still nervous and squirmy, but they seemed somewhat grateful that they were being transported in the opposite direction of the chaos.

Rahab huffed. "Well, we can bet on one thing, and that's that all the shades will want to flock /that/ way," he said with a head toss in Crimson's direction. "Keeps the people safer. And you ight as well gather 'em together and hit 'em all at once."

The puffy raven tries to take a few steps to the side away from the cutthroat, but the black and red bird just hops right over to it, now starting to peck and nip at the other bird while it continues cawing loudly. The raven ruffles its feathers more and hisses at the cutthroat, but it still doesn't seem keen on fighting back or fleeing.

Terra just stands there, quietly watching the two birds... but his mind does start to wander a little, and a few doubts creep in. //... I'm not... Wasting time here, am I...?
...
...
... Fiona, Alex, and everyone else are off fighting monsters, I still haven't seen them since we got out here... They could be in danger, they could be /dying,/ and I'm just... watching two birds...//
... After a moment, he telepathically asks, //... Sparky, is this stupid? ...//

//Stupid? Well, is your arm feeling better?// Sparky replies.

//Only a little,// Terra answers, frowning.

//Do you have spare resources?//

//...//

//Are these just your average, normal, everyday birds?//

//...//

While he's still watching Terra's back, Sparky tries to pat Terra's shoulder with his ghostly tail. //I think you're good, Terra, we might not be fighting monsters physically, but we're investigating shady creatures while you try to recover. For all we know, these could be shapeshifting monsters with laser vision and mind control. Don't sell yourself short.//

//Alright...// Terra thinks, watching the cutthroat continue to peck and boast at the raven. The ghostly Dreamer keeps watching the birds a while longer, observing the behaviour of both of them with slightly narrowed eyes... Standing here in silence, though, a thought does come to mind. //Should I...? Hmm... I don't know... Would that be a good idea...? I guess I could see what would happen... It could be something simple and obvious...//
After a pause, he looks between both birds, and says to the raven, "... Mmm, if I didn't know any better, I'd think he's mocking you..."

The cutthroat lets out a loud caw at Terra's remark, while the raven doesn't seem to react to Terra. The raven steps further away from the cutthroat, but the cutthroat quickly goes back to cawing and pecking at the raven, seeming more aggressive now.

(HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY/INDEPENDENCE DAY!!!

I think that's all the reposts, you guys can let me know if I missed any! I'm gonna get something to eat now)

(YEEEEE, HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY/INDEPENDENCE DAY!!!

*Shoots fireworks at the window*)

(*shrieks and dives under the table*

HI FLUFFY!!! How're you?! ':D )

(HALLO!

I'm doing pretty good! I'm getting food, too. XD
How're you doing? :>)

(That's good XD
I'm doing good! A little sleepy today, but I'm good ^-^ )

(That's good! ^v^)

"Yeah, that's right!" Fiona agreed with Eira... Despite the various worries the mention of their group brought to her mind. //...Terra was going to tell everyone else about this... Is he out here somewhere with the others...? I left without waiting and I haven't seen anyone else since... Is everyone okay...? Well, other than Crimson...
...And how did Crimson get out here in the first place? And Glory... That must mean Eater's here, too...
Gah...! Hang in there everyone...!!// She grimaced slightly, but tried to keep her focus on helping the rescued civilians stay calm. "We've probably got a safe, straight shot to the camp, then!" She added on to Rahab's deductions, assuming that was where they were heading.

As events begins unfolding elsewhere, the cutthroat suddenly stops pecking and biting the raven, and it stands upright with a completely dumbfounded look in its eyes. The raven no longer ruffles its feathers out anymore and relaxes its posture, tilting its head to the side to give the cutthroat a seemingly smug look. However, the cutthroat doesn't seem to care anymore, and goes to fly off in a hurry, as if it needs to check on something.

"Ah--! Watch the raven!!" Terra quickly calls for Sparky, and the two swap positions just as fast, Terra whipping his gun out with both hands and trying to take aim at the bird before it gets too far away, while Sparky immediately narrows his eyes at the raven. Unfortunately, even with Terra trying to get his aim as steady as he can, with his left arm still weak and shaky after earlier, and his target being a flying bird instead of something the size of a horse, he misses his shot, and the bird is long gone...

While he doesn't say anything out loud, both the frustration and pain show on his face as he nearly drops the gun again, but he manages, barely, to get the gun back in his right pocket. He grimaces as he cradles his left arm again, this time feeling a strong, tingly feeling in his right arm too, and now both of his ribbons curl around his lower arms and hands. His left arm is starting to look almost fuzzy and dim...

"... You ok buddy?" Sparky asks.

//... I blew it, and now I'm worse off than before...// he thinks, not telling his Fairfin this. He squeezes his eyes shut, and does eventually say, "I-I'll be fine... but I missed it... Let me guess, the raven's gone too...?"

"Nope, it's still here, I'm having a glaring contest with it," Sparky replies, but adds in, "Now don't go and start beating yourself up over that too, you gave it your best shot. You can't win everything."

//But you were saying just before that these could be shapeshifting monsters, now it's suddenly fine if one gets away, huh...?!// Terra rather bitterly thinks to himself, //If I had my normal magic, I could have had so many other options, I could have used my vines to grab it and hold it down, I could've raised up a tree for it to run into, or rocks! I would probably be able to use this gun more because my magic wouldn't be keeping me alive! I /could/ have gotten them all, if I only had my magic... If only I weren't a ghost...// he makes a sound similar to a painful sigh. "U-ugh... I wish I had more magic..." he mumbles under his breath, slowly turning back to the raven with almost a glare. //... Now, what am I going to do with you...//

The raven still stands there, boldly keeping eye contact with Terra and seemingly having no fear of the Dreamer ghost. It keeps an air of smugness to it, whether it's mocking Terra or complacent, he isn't sure, but it only irritates him more. //... It knows I can't do anything about it now...// he guesses, //I can't afford to use any more magic... I shouldn't try to waste a bullet on it... I can't do anything except watch...//

But Sparky's trying to do a little bit of planning himself, too. He knows Terra's in bad shape, and he's only getting more and more frustrated... but hey, these bowties are supposed to make it easier to interact with physical things, right? ...
Sparky glances up once at his partner, narrows his eyes at the raven... then flies off of Terra's shoulder, ramming head-first into the raven in a full-on tackle.

Terra and the raven seem equally as surprised by this, as the raven makes a shrill, short screech and is knocked back, its feathers ruffling up again and almost looking burned from Sparky's hit, while Terra blinks and stutters a moment. "W-woah! Uh, wait--" he mumbles, quickly trying to look for anything else he could use--maybe something to hit the raven with.

Now the raven hisses and tries to get away from Sparky, but the Fairfin's not letting up. "I'll show you what for, you creepy bird thing that's not a normal bird!!" Sparky roars in his tiny, squeaky voice, hopping up and stomping on the raven and throwing punches at it.

(GET 'EM, SPARKY.)

(Yus)

//Alright, it's a bird thing--// Dreameater thinks, but unfortunately for both him and his friend, their situation is only going to get worse, as the butterflies fleeing from Crimson are now coming down this very same road. "AAH! Catch, hold on! There's more coming this way, butterfly things!!" he shouts, a hiss escaping his chest as he prepares to breathe fire at the ones that get too close.

(HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY)

(HALLO, FADE! *throws sparkles*

HOW ARE YOU?)

(Sparky is great xD)

(Hello! I am doing alright, thank you! My brother and his friends have been practicing for a concert this evening, so I've been hearing them play all day. XD They sound good though! It's their very first public gig, which is cool.

How are yall doing?)

(That's good! ^-^

Oooh, that sounds really cool! Good luck to them with their first public gig! On a holiday too--that's probably extra special. :>

I'm doing pretty good! It's been a nice, chill day today.)

(HIYA FADE!! :D

Ooooh that's exciting!! I hope everything goes great with your brother's concert!! ^-^

I'm doing good!! Still a little sleepy, but I'm in a good mood~ ^-^ Good to see you're doing alright! :3 )

Rahab nodded. "Then let's get moving." He flew faster towards the camp, soaring over the buildings with a straight shot for the medic camp. He kept an eye on the streets below, in case there were any more civilians or shades, while Eira kept watching the stormy scene behind them where Crimson and probably a lot of the other people were. //I hope they'll be okay... Moons be with us...//

Now that they knew the way, it didn't take Rahab as long to arrive at the camp and land outside it again. He briskly trotted into the camp and lowered himself down for the civilians to start getting off. "Let's make sure that chaos stays far from here," he muttered.

(Thank you! X)

Haha sleepy days ca be nice. Hope it's enjoyable x3)

(Yeeee! I'm enjoying it so far -w- Later today, probably much later, Mom and I are gonna go watch fireworks~ ^-^ )

Once they had landed, Fiona slid off of Rahab's back and started helping people down. Though, she blinked hard a couple of times... Her vision was blurring a little and her eyes aching. The effects of the poison were still present, yet they remained rather faint and slow-acting. //...Whoa... What's that all about...?//

Some of the people they had rescued would be even more wary at the sight of more alien creatures... But there would also be those who would see other rescued humans being brought in and receiving medical attention.

Amongst all the uncertain chatter going on between the rescued citizens, the young boy they saved was a shivering, teary-eyed mess. He looked between Eira, Rahab, and Fiona, then to the camp, likely very confused at what was happening or where they were.

Within the camp, the boy's mother was waiting as close to the outer perimeter of the camp as she could get for the rescuers to return. She would have rushed out to greet them, had it not been for the nurses and Vanguard keeping her inside for safety.

Jason was doing his best at patching up the officer, he looks up when Crystal brings up Crimson " what?! " He makes a grumpy face and say his next thought outloud " I bet my Batmobile that Scarlett involved "

Christina look back and forth between the small members of the group, one thing just led into other witch she had no idea on, she just since something evil was happening " I don't know what really going on here but whatever that is...we not in any condition to handle magic on that scale "

So much was happening in such a short period of time, the overwhelming sensation reminded the king all too much of when he and others were up against Soledormir and his forces, so much so that with the wave of darkness Arthur only thought of one thing [ Crystal, this is something of Soledormir ] he said with a serious tone, but with had already taken place the king knew whatever Soledormir plan was, he wanted Crystal dead and he only guessed for the other key hunters to be distracted [ he already just try to kill you, he will do it again... I won't stop you but careful, it's not against Sol to use friends as weapons against each other ]

Jason got Christina up on her feet, he heard the Vanguard to " Admiral we can get back up from the Vanguard" he wasn't going to make the call, Boreas was the Captain and Crystal was a key hunters and he respected that, so he did his best to open up as many options for them.

Boreas still wasn't fully sure on Crystal's condition, but when she told him she was fine, the icy Elemental respectfully lowered his hand. "I heard that, and I agree. But try not to neglect your own safety. From what I've seen... He's going to need you." He commented, turning his attention to Jason and then Christina as they both spoke.
He didn't know that Scarlet had escaped, but he wasn't going to question that now. If Jason said she was involved, he was willing to go with his word.

"If we're doing anything, we'll need all the help we can get. This is an extreme risk... We'll need to move with caution... But as we do one of us could contact Hope back and learn more of what's happening." He referred to Crystal and himself as he threw out somewhat of a battle plan. He knew it wasn't going to be the best on such short notice, but he also knew they couldn't waste time. This was much more severe than what had happened back at the palace.

(Sorry for not responding yet, my phone is low battery and I don't have a place to charge it till I get home x'D)

(That's alright, Fade! It happens!)

(That's ok Fade! :3 It's a pretty slow day anyway~)

" G-GLORY?!" Crimson hollered, he heard the Forgotten but didn't see her, there was so much going on in the red kings mind, the world felt like it was spinning around him and he didn't know were he was at, just that there had been many voices calling out to him but then suddenly it was now just Scarlett and Glory " G-glory?! Were are you?!" He Shouted and turned to his right but she wasn't there, their was just red crystals all around him encasing everything " W-hat did I do?!" Crimson look down at his hands thinking did one of them come off again? His bracelets were glowing with heatwave, if it wasn't for all the noise he would have heard them hissing "w-hat's happening?!" He was confused or more like terrified, at this point he should have noticed his bracelets trying to snap him out of it but he didn't.
The red king was to much in a confused panic to even think that maybe why, was because just like himself and everyone else, his bracelets to hadn't been given time to rest and be taken care of properly, he was wearing them down just like he had in the dark world before he pop the first time. His bracelets were trying to do their job but they were not perfect and were showing their wear.

{ YOU SICKENING CHILD! WHY?! WHY DO YOU RESIST YOUR CURE?! YOUR INFECTION HAS CORRUPTED YOU SO GREATLY THAT EVEN NOW! NOW THAT THE TIME HAS COME YOU STILL REFUSE HELP?! I GAVE YOU FREEDOM TO MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE BUT NOW I SEE I WAS FOOLISH IN BELIEVING YOU WANT BETTER!! } On top of that things working against him and Glory, Scarlett took the opportunity Crimson gave her when he put his hands on his head... she quickly moved to get on his helmet... her blood form moved across his armor surface she would have already tried to fuse with him like she did before but Crimson had deemed her an enemy so the red king armor did to, shutting her out, however, the blood sword knew many of Crimson secrets and one was how to get into hid armor... { NOW I WILL MAKE YOU! I WILL SAVE YOU FROM YOURSELF SOLVEX! I WILL FREE YOU FROM YOUR EVIL! }

Crimson stumble back from the blood sword screaming at him, he couldn't see her anywhere and she sounded like she was coming from all around him " J-UST STAY BACK! I DON'T NEED YOUR HELP! YOUR THE ONE WHO LIED TO ME! YOU WANT ME TO GIVE IN AND BECOME, THAT! THAT THING! " his voice cracked from strain of his fear.

Glory sniffles, whimpers, and sobs a bit more after Crimson shouts for her, but she slowly seems to recognize more that he's coming back to his senses. "I'm... I'm right here..." she quietly answers at first, then gently pats his cheek with one paw, repeating a little louder, "I'm right here, Crimson...! I'm still here, right with you...!" She finally squints her teary eyes open again and tries her hardest to think, she still feels painfully cold even though she's sweating, and all of what's happened has got her slipping back into her almost delusional mindset, but with Crimson screaming and shouting, she knows she needs to do something. "You started using really evil magic... and I couldn't reach you anymore..." she shivers as she tries to explain, not hearing what Scarlett is screaming about, but she is interrupted when she does hear Crimson again. He doesn't sound like he's talking to her, at least that's what she guesses... "There's... There's something evil here, we need to get... out of here! Crimson, please, we need to find someone else, someone who can help you...!"

(Ok, now I gotta get ready to go see the fireworks! I dunno how long I'll be, but I'll be back later guys! ^-^ )

( ok Lilly you have fun!)

( I been a bit slow in responding to everyone, but I hope you all are having a good 4th of July! :D )

(That's fine, Shadow!

I hope everyone's been having a good 4th of July, too! ^-^)

Crystal gave Boreas a little nod in response to what he said, but remained rather silent after..
She looked over at Jason when he mentioned Scarlet, knowing he was most likely right.. This was the perfect chance for the sword to get back to Crimson, and she didn’t think Scarlet would pass it up.. The girl was thinking about what Christina said too, but soon paused and looked down at the roof while Arthur spoke.

‘So Soledormir’s doing more than just watching..’ she thought, continuing to listen. “I’m not much of a threat, but I guess it makes sense that they want me dead..” Crystal mumbled, the image of that billboard message coming back to mind. She glanced around at everyone with what the King said lastly.. She didn’t want to imagine that any of them, or any of the others not here, would be used and turned against each other like he implied, the thought was terrifying..

Turning her attention back up to Jason when he spoke, then to Boreas when he replied, the girl gave another little nod to show she agreed.

(Sorry that took so long, I’m having the worst time focusing and figuring out what to write x3)

(I live! And have a charger for my phone x'D)

(That's alright, Galaxy! There's a lot going on in the RP right now. XD
You did a great job with your post, though!

Also, hallo! How're you doing? :>

And hey Fade! YOU AND YOUR PHONE LIIIIIVE!)

Eira hopped off and helped the civilians climb down as well, ushering them to go in the direction of the medical tent. She paused to look at the teary-eyed child, glancing to Fiona momentarily, before approaching the boy and kneeling down to hold out a hand for him to take. "It's okay now. Your mom is here, you're safe now" she said, hoping that he would at least hear the encouragement in her tone even if they didn't speak the same language.

Rahab groaned slightly as his vision blurred as well, and he flumped his griffin head on the ground tiredly. "Venom's catching up with me, too... We gotta get moving soon. Don't think I'll be able to help you in the fight, so you'll be on your own once we're there," he told Fiona and Eira.

(I LIIIIIIIIIIVE *bursts through door for dramatic effect*)

( it's alright Galaxy, I been having one to with that interaction just because there's so much going on but I think you did great! In handling it ^-^ )

( HELLO FADE! THE PHONE HAS life AGAIN!! :D )

The Stakes were very high with little resources.

" seriously?!" Dreamcatcher think out loud, it really seem like they had ran right into a trap meant for them more then for the monsters.
There was crystal and fire blocking every Escape route and only left the front and back that both had their not so good options as well, a hord of killer butterflys or a Colossus giant killer bird? Dreamcatcher fired his bow again at the bird, the Arrow pierced the monster making it alter its course, he pulled back his string feeling the strain of his magic in his right arm but now wasn't the time, he had to make his shot count // Catty, I have no idea what you are going on about but I need to focus a little// Catch took aim at the bird and begin to chant his spell but despite Dreameater effort the swarm surrounded them, charcoal than injured butterflys bump into the two boys, some of the smaller butterflys try to grab a hold of them, though the monster were not so much interested in killing them at the moment but that probably change if they were not running for their lives, just right now the smaller ones were looking for anywhere to hide and both boys were putting off darkness.

" W-hoa-a! " Catch flinched right when he released sending his shot wildly into the air "WEAVER LOOK OUT!" he hollered as the bird swoop down and grabbed Dreamcatcher in one foot and Eater in the other

(Yeee!)

After helping Eira with ushering the passengers as well, Fiona exchanged glances with the griffin shiftress and to the fearful boy. She knelt down as well and gave him a little smile and double thumbs-ups, hoping to add to Eira's comforting tone.

However, then she turned her attention to Rahab, "...Poison? Those things had /poison?!/" She suddenly reached up and touched her nose, flinching at the faint increase of pain when she did so. "...Hang on, Rahab, we're here where the nurses are, uh--maybe when we get this kid back, we can ask quick about an antidote before we go!" //...We need to get going, but... We gotta make sure we're safe too...!// She stood up, ready to accompany Eira in escorting the boy inside.

-

The boy seemed to receive the encouragement well, although it would still take time for him to calm down. He mumbled a few incoherent words, part of which could be made out as him asking for his mother... Even though he hadn't understood what Eira had said.

(I'm BACK TOO! The fireworks were so pretty! ^-^ It's been so long since I've seen a good fireworks show X3 )

(Yay! Fireworks are fun x) )

Eira gave a calming smile and took the boy's hand. Gently, she stood and led him towards the tent where his mother would be. She stepped inside and looked around until she spotted her, then pointed to get the kid's attention.

Rahab shook his feathers out. "Yeah. It's slow-acting so far, but it won't be good soon. If we can get an antidote quickly then okay, otherwise we'll suck it up till we're back." He shifted into his human form, using his staff for support, and he followed after Eira and the boy.

Crimson didn't know were to run but Glory was right, he needed to get away from here, away from Scarlett.

The red king took a step to run, to get away as fast as he could but he stopped dead in his tracks when the unsettling era old voice called out { Solvexsss...}

Crimson Frozen place, a cold chill ran up the boys spin making Goosebumps on his arms and the hair on the back of his neck stand // T-hat voice// it sounded so familiar and yet he couldn't remember heading a voice this evil...

The sound of heavy wet flesh thumping on the smooth crystal floor like heavy foot steps, draw closer. Crimson couldn't move, despite waiting to run something held him in place.

{ Solvexsss... the timesss issss now } the old voice called followed by the sound of a blade raking a cross the crystals behind Crimson { remembersss, remembersss whatsss you must do....}

Crimson took sharp breath as the voices came crawling back into him mind, this felt so familiar, why was he sacred? It was easy... the red king slowly turn to face the voice behind him, to him right now the world seem different, he wasn't in a City but was at a meeting place, some dark world surrounded by mountains and dead trees... a beautiful silver dragon stood before Crimson, he was tall with sharp features like a cobra { the timess for the waken hassss comessss} The dragon holds out the black dagger in one paw { free yourself from yoursss mortal moral constraintsss, waken Solvexsss as the Crescent blood king...}

Glory would not see the illusion Crimson was seeing, no, her eyes would see the truth of the horrifying monster before them...

Crimson was lost in the Seeker spell like a puppet on a string, he was trying to fight it but he was up against more then just this monster playing with his mind... { that it! Yes! YES! Master you remember? This is what you wanted, what you have been working so hard for... just take it~ } Scarlett hummed to Crimson as she drip on his face, splattering blood on him, the voices also clawed at him beginning him to give in, demanding him to give up, taunting him, mocking him...

The red king hand was trembling as it slowly reached out for the dagger, he opened his mouth to say no but no words came out, he wanted this didn't he? He could become powerful, he be unstoppable, he be a blood god, that was the deal wasn't it? The pay out wasn't that bad, it was easy, he just needed to cut out his own heart and eat it...

"...n-..h-e.." Crimson try to call for help but the words wouldn't come, he couldn't move beside his hand that was reaching out

"Right. Either way, we'll get back out there as fast as we can." Fiona nodded to Rahab, then followed after Eira as well, watching out for everyone in their little group.

Once within the tent and with Eira's pointing, the boy caught sight of his mother. "Mommy!" His entire demeanor lit up and the two ran to meet each other, his mother scooping him up into her arms. "Oh Axel!! They found you...! It's okay now, sweetie..." She comforted her son.
Then she maneuvered through the crowds to be more face to face with the heroes, "T-thank you so much... I don't know how to repay you... But thank you..." She repeated, obviously very overwhelmed with emotion.

Fiona smiled slightly at the happy reunion, but was a bit distracted when she noticed a Vaseterm medic passing by. "Uh, hey!" The Elemental caught her attention, then pointed to Rahab and herself, "He and I fought some of those shadow monsters and got poisoned by them... Do you have anything for that...?"

The medic paused momentarily, narrowing her eyes in rushing thought, "...That depends... What shadow monsters were you attacked by, specifically...?"

Dreameater growls as some of the butterflies grab on to him, but he still tries to charge ahead the best he can, until the bird swoops down and grabs him. "NOOO!!" He roars, instinctively jerking his head around to try and bite the bird's leg, using his shackled chains to constrict its leg, and impaling the bird with his silver-tipped barbed chains. (Also, since he shifted to his true form while he was still holding Dawn's Sabre in his human hand, he's now got one of his barbed chains curled around it, and is attacking the bird with the sword as well.) Running more off of instinct, though, his temperature starts skyrocketing as well...

Hearing the creepy noises again gets Glory to slowly start panicking, especially when Crimson stops. "... Crimson....?! Crimson, we need to-...!!!" she went to say, but then she sees the form of the monster... and screams.
It's a gruesomely grotesque... thing, that's nearly indescribable, other than its warped human-like features, like its long, massive arm that's stretched out to offer the dagger... Not to mention it is surrounded by black birds and cutthroats that swarm around it eerily.
Adding on to that, now there's blood seeping through the visor in Crimson's helmet, too.

"CRIIIIMSOOON!!" Glory shrieks as she tries to squeeze herself over to the other side of the helmet, where Crimson might be able to see her, "CRIMSON, STAY WITH ME!!! PLEASE!!! I DON'T WANT TO LOSE YOU AGAIN!! PLEASE!!! NOT AGAIN!!" She doesn't care if the blood gets on her either, if she can get it off the red king's face as she's moving around, she'd probably view that as a plus...

Jason nodded but Crystal wasn't going to get by him that easily, after fixing up the pink officer the best he could, the shapeshifter put away his medical kit and pushed a button for his drone, it flew over to the human and Elemental " just call Edgar here and he help you out"

The little drone moved like a dragonfly going up and down then side to side.
Jason then got Christina up on her feet, he help held the offer up " Hope? That who did the call right? If she still with C man then let her know we'll be on are way with back up! See if she got any info on location and what we might be in for" he was a sharp boy and had a very good guess that both Boreas and Crystal were connected to someone Fairfin, if not more then one.

The Orange hair shapeshifter glace at Crystal, he worried about her but also held people responsible for their own limits and trust they knew them. " I'll meet you downstairs, I'll go see what up with the Vanguard and the situation" Jason replied and gave a hopeful smile just before using his zipline with Christina

"That's a plan." Boreas agreed with Jason as he zip-lined down with Christina. The Elemental swiveled to look at the little drone as it hovered around. "Edgar, huh...?" He muttered, approaching it and taking some bandages and other medical supplies from it, leaving the rest for later use.
"...I'd like to at least make sure your wounds don't get infected, but if you truly don't want me to, I won't." He said to Crystal,
"And I believe the fastest way down would be flying, if you don't mind being airborne."

(Aaaaand~ It's 1 am, so it's definitely time for bed 'XD

Good night everyone who's still around! It's been fun! ^-^)

( it very late, should probably sleep if not already, good night everyone!)

(Hahahaha, yeeee, it's super late. X'D

Goodnight everyone! Hope you all had an awesome day! ^v^)

Eira couldn't help but feel joyful for the mother and son as they reunited in one another's arms. It was touching, and she was glad to have been able to help make it happen. //We got to be heroes...//
She blinked at the mother when she thanked Eira, and the shiftress gave a nod and took the lady's hand. "Of course... It's my job," she stated with a smile. She didn't have an official shadow hunter title, but it still felt like her duty to help others. She said goodbyes to the mother and her son then walked over to see what Fiona and Rahab were up to. "Everything okay?"

Rahab was standing next to Fiona and listened to the doctor's response. "Manticore shade. Got scratched by its tail," he replied, then bluntly said, "You have some quick-act antidote or something? We're in a hurry."