Beasts

To defend the Padstow's reputation from falling apart our brave heroes received gratitude by the civilians share of food along with a comfortably made beds to sleep the night.

The day was once again up the bright morning and with our heroes stranded on an island with multiple people they received an information about a very troublesome creatures living on this island and were asked for assistance.

"Rock, Paper, Scissors! Rock!" Tim had challenged Codey to a game of rock-paper-scissors to decide on who would venture out and fulfill the request, and they had received the same hand several times in a row, while Elliott had already lost the game to Ayuka. "How did you figure out I'd go for the scissors?!" She acted nonchalantly with a smile on her face, her hand on her hip. "It's just that I'm better." Elliott, on the other hand, averted his gaze and wore a dissatisfied frown. "She must've utilized her "Divine Abilities" to foresee my next move; she's a cheater."

Meanwhile, Elliott's complaints continued as Tim and Codey continued to put the same hand in the same place, but Codey eventually won by using rock. "Hah, I win!" he exclaimed, raising his arm in response to Tim's enraged expression. "You cheated!"

"Today's errand boys appear to be Tim and Elliott; best of luck, and bring as much food as you can; we'll need it on the road! Oh, and if you happen to come across any meat, you should take it!"

They put on their summer clothes and began walking in the distance, bags slung over their shoulders. "Of course, the boys have to do everything..."

"We'll be here waiting for you, boys! Don't die out there!" The two boys immediately whirled around, their faces red with rage. "Very comforting for you to say that!"

"Jaro, could you please get us some tea in the mornings, I'm a little thirsty." Jaro entered the building with a smile and a nod, letting the two females in first and leaving Codey behind because he had become disoriented. "Man, I'm glad I got away with cheating because otherwise I'd have to go out and bring dinner."

"Ayuka, are you sure they're going to be okay?" Nina was baffled as Ayuka continued to smile sweetly at the others. "Of course they'll be okay; those two know how to handle themselves."

Tim and Elliott rushed through the forest shouting in horror and panic as the trees began to come apart one by one. "What the hell is that thing?" It was unusual for them to run so quickly, but the roars echoing behind them were becoming louder. "It looks like a bear!"

The thing pursuing them had a donkey's head and cat-like claws. "It's a mole..." Tim's gaze was drawn forward, but Elliott neglected to respond. "That's not a mole, you idiot? It has a donkey's head, don't you see it?!"

"Nope, nu-uh, a mole... don't you see how big its claws are?" They began arguing and pushed one other by banging shoulders.

They were repeating the words "mole" and "donkey" while hearing the thumps of fallen trees and claws bruising the wood when the creature leaped off the ground in an attempt to decapitate their heads. They hurried along by ducking and saw the mole slipping over their heads and sliding on the rough terrain with one of its claws raised.

As it directed the enormous and wide claws at them, both of them were more terrified as they observed the claw swing. "Elliott, hurry up and duck!" Elliott initially mistook it for a warning, but as soon as he ducked, Tim leapt up on his back and sprang far above the ground, pinning Elliott's body to the ground.

"Thank you." He rushed on top of a tree and landed on it, while hearing Elliott imitating a girl's scream as he watched his body fall into a trap hole. The mole stood still and peered down into the hole. "Hey, I made it this far. Let's go, Elliott, I can see the canyon from here." It was only then that he realized he'd walked right into a trap. "I'd do it if you didn't watch me fall into this hole!" Tim had a sour expression on his face, with sweat dripping down his brow. "What a moron..."

"It was entirely your fault, you moron! Help me in getting out of here!" Tim denied and, regardless of Elliott's plea. "All you have to do is leap through it..."

"I can't, don't have enough room to launch, it's too scuffed!"

"Guess you're stuck, sorry..." Tim noticed the creature leap before his eyes and slice the claw enough for his eyes to nearly pop out in advance of getting scared and shocked, so before he would have been punctured, he propelled himself through the air backward onto another tree, witnessing the creature completely halve the tree and collapsing it on the floor.

"Wow, those things' claws are really sharp..."

He had been laughing in the creature's face while dodging its slashes, so he dodged, leaped away, and made sure to aggravate it. He went through the tree branches, keeping his gaze fixed on the creature. "Wow, I just had a brilliant idea! You could make a fantastic lunch, and I'd be willing to try some new meat!"

He tripped on one of the branches due to his carelessness, stopped in mid-air, lifted his arms, and plummeted screaming to the ground, and he, too, had fallen into a pitfall, with Elliott cackling in the distance. "First you mocked me, and now look at you, a rabbit imprisoned in a hole!"

"Urgh..." He was humiliated and stuck in the hole, almost looking to have several broken bones. As he stood up, he held his head and stared Elliott in the eyes, and the creature stepped over the hole and covered it with a net as it gazed down.

"Get us out of here, you filthy mole!" Complaints were pointless, and Tim's statements were largely ignored. With its victim immobilized, the creature began to move away. "Hey, moles aren't deaf, they're blind! Are you stupid?! Get us out of here now!" Attempts were made, but no progress. "Great, how am I going to get food if I'm stuck here?"

Tim had been sitting in the corner with his arms crossed, almost dozing, until his thoughts about excellent meals came to him. "I need food...I'm hungry..." Elliott was irritated by his voice, which sounded thirsty and shaky. "Come on, give me something to eat..." Elliott's rage was growing, and he groaned as he anticipated Tim to eventually shut up. "Food..."

Elliott's mental breakdown was triggered by the last word, and he screamed angrily. "Will you please quit talking and thinking about food?! We've got bigger issues to deal with right now, so get us out of here!"

"...but I need food..." His physique was becoming slimmer by the minute, to the point where he had practically acted weak.

Just then, from above, a pleasant scent began to swirl into his nose, strong enough for his nostrils to detect it, and his eyes instantly changed into meaty pupils. "I smell food! Give me food! I'm coming for you!" Flames erupted around his body as a result of the loud shout. "Wait, stop! We'll be cooked like a pig if you release fire in such a small place!" However, the flames grew hotter and erupted from his body all of a sudden. "Food!"

The flames totally consumed the net, and his body leapt out on all four limbs like a ravenous wolf. The creature that had attacked them looked to be roasting a piece of meat. "Meat!"

He launched himself towards the creature's body, grabbing a large piece of meat with his teeth and devouring it like a hungry demon growling. Elliott jumped up before the meat in Tim's mouth had been forced into his stomach and he managed to exit the hole.

"That's great, I'm completely stuffed! Let's keep going, Elliott!" He groaned and slid his palm across his entire face, uninterested in the situation. "He's full of energy the instant he gets his hands on the food; this is insane."

Tim quickly saw the monster teasing him with its smile and hand, despite his minor effort in thinking.

"You weird mole, I'm going to roast you with fire crackers!!" Yet, as soon as Tim took one step, the floor opened, and he had fallen into yet another trap, hearing the creature laughing- "What an idiot, he's so easily baited, it was an obvious trap..."

To save time, Elliott reached into his pocket and drew a weapon from there, whirling it between his fingers. "All right, I'll finish this faster than you can say "I'm dead," hehe!" He was victorious as the pen expanded into a long sword with a silver energy around it, and he vanished in a flash of lightning.

He sat on the floor with the creature's beheaded body as he concluded the assassination. "Look at this, Tim, I've got some meat for you!" Tim came bursting out of the hole with steam shooting out of his nostrils, precisely as he had expected with an instant recovery. "Give it to me, meat!"

But suddenly there was a sudden change in the atmosphere in the distance, a huge earthquake that came from the mountain and quickly reached the forest. "That came from the canyon..."

The event was unexpected and unnoticed by them, but it was quickly recognized as a troubling situation that these two needed to investigate.

To be continued...