Damian’s POV
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I watch as a giant black creature comes into view. It has a body made out a hard shell. It has long skinny arms, and short skinny back legs. The hands and feet are like a crab. The head is a flat rectangle shape with small around eyes, and a tentacle sticking out of its forehead, with a red light at the end of it.
That is a Rave.
They live underground up north.
Why is it so far away from its home?
” W-what the hell is that!” I hear Willow whisper to me.
” It is a Rave. Don’t move a muscle, or it will charge towards us.” I mindlink her before staring up at Draco.
” Get down, and come over here.” I mindlink Draco in a stern tone. When he doesn’t listen I snap my fingers causing a giant barrier to wrap around him, and bringing him over to me.
I wave my hand into the air again, before hearing Willow let out a gasp, as the barrier swoops her up into the air.
” D-damian! W-what are doing!” I hear her stutter out.
” I am keeping you both safe. You won’t be able to survive any attacks this Rave might throw at us. Draco is too little to fight, and you are just a human.” I tell her.
” Draco was chasing it into a corner.” Willow tells me.
” No, it was leading Draco into a trap. If he would have attacked it. It would have killed him and you.” I tell her, as my eyes remain on the Rave.
Not that Draco could actually do any damage to it. He is an infant for crying out loud. I am going to need to put a charm bracelet on him too keep him in line.
Rave’s are smart killers, and skilled at hunting their prey. They can even go invisible for a short time. Which would explain why the guards thought it was Draco attacking everyone. Not to mention Raves are fast. In just a blink of an eye they can be right next you. These creatures aren’t considered hybrids, but they aren’t considered demons either. Raves are their own species, but they aren’t normally in this part of the world. It is possible this one got separated from its colony, or they are coming here for some unknown reason.
Which means I am going to need to move my whole clan to higher ground.
I watch the rave take a slow step forward. It let’s out an echo growl that shakes the walls.
” Son of a bitch!” I hear Dean say from behind me.
” It didn’t see you did it?” I call out to him.
” No, I am standing around the corner. That thing is what I consider a nope.” Dean tells me.
” What is a nope?” Willow asked him.
” Fuck that I am going home. That is what a nope is.” Dean tells her.
Willow starts to laugh, ” You better not leave.” She says between laughs.
” I hate these fucking things!” Dean says, as he transport next to me.
The rave let’s out another echoed growl, before take another step forward.
” Damn it is fucking ugly.” Dean adds..
” Are you going to bitch the whole time?” I question him.
” Yes, I am! Fucking look at it! It is a bug on steroid! literally looks like a preying mantis fucked a crab!” Dean says gesturing his hands towards it.
Seeing something move in the corner of my eye. I ball my hand into a fist waiting for it too appear.
” Fuck!” Dean says, as he goes flying through the air.
He spits out blood, as the Raves tentacle is digging deep into his chest.
” Pineapple juice! Pineapple juice!” Dean repeatedly yells out, as he is slammed into the ceiling, walls, and ground.
” What the fuck is Pineapple juice?!” I yell at him.
” My safe word for rough sex!” Dean yells back.
He is clearly fine if he can make jokes.
” This isn’t the time to play around!” I yell at him.
” Who is playing around! This thing is fucking me, and I didn’t get dinner first!” Dean yells out to me.
I let out a loud sigh, as I watch it fling Dean towards me. Instead of catching him I step off to the side. I hear Dean smack into the wall behind me with a loud thud. ” Nice catch asshole.” I hear Dean say with a low groan.
” Why would I want to get slammed against the wall with you?” I question him.
” Too soften my blow.” Dean adds.
” Yeah, not happenings.” I tell him.
” Friends that get fucked together, stay together.” Dean says in a proud tone.
” Don’t ever say that again.” I say dodging the Raves tentacle, before catching a hold of it.
Wrapping the tentacle around my right arm. I can feel it trying to pull me. I take a step backwards, causing the tentacle to stretch a little bit, before running towards it at full speed.
I balling my left hand into a fist. I hit the Rave hard in the head. I hear a loud pong sound as my fist makes contact.
” The head isn’t a weak spot. Remember you have to hit the soft tissue that is inside of its mouth.” Dean yells out too me.
Great, now he remains me.
The Rave opens its mouth, and let’s out a loud echoed grow. I scrunch up my nose, as I smell its breath. ” Damn, smells like you ate the ass end of a skunk.” I say, shoving my hand into the Raves mouth. I focus all my power into my left hand, before lighting it on fire.
The second it blows up I get thrown backwards. As I am flying through the air. I go right past Dean, as I smack into the wall with a loud thud.
” Shit hurts doesn’t it. Jeez me catching you might have softened the blow.” Dean says with a cocky smirk on his face.
” You are such a baby.” I say rolling my eyes, and slowly standing up.
” Whatever.” Dean says with a shrug.
” Can you two stop arguing and get us down?” Willow says from above us.
Right, I kinda forgot she was still up there.
………. ~ WILLOW’S POV ~ ……
I hold little Draco to my chest, as I stare down at Damian and Dean. ” Can you two stop arguing and get us down?” I ask Damian.
I watch him stare up at me, before feeling the barrier start to slowly be lowered.
Feeling the floor underneath my feet. I watch as the barrier disappears. ” Aww, he is alseep.” Dean says peeking over my shoulder.
” Yeah, he fell asleep watching you get tossed around like a rag doll.” I tell Dean with a giggle.
Feeling my body being lifted up. I look back me to see that it is Damian. ” I can walk.” I tell him.
” I know.” Damian says kissing me on the forehead, as he holds me bridle style in his arms.
” What happened with the hybrid children?” Damian suddenly asks.
” I told them to stay in the room with Kristin, before taking off after Draco. I am assuming they are still there.” I tell him.
Hopefully they are all safe in the room with Kristin. I don’t know if she can handle killing a Rave by herself or not. I had originally thought Draco was chasing after a crow, but considering what just happened. It is possible that crow was running away from that Rave Damian just killed.
Hearing a lot of footsteps I stare towards the hallway.
” I told you kids to stay in the room.” I hear Kristin say, before she appears following behind all the hybrid children, with Luna and Jasmine leading the way.
” I wanted to make sure my daddy was okay.” I hear Luna tells her.
” Me too!” Jasmine says running up to me and Damian.
” You should have stayed upstairs.” Dean tells Luna, as he leans down and picks her up.
I watch as a barrier wraps around Jasmine, and lifts her up into the air. ” Damian, why do you have her in a barrier?” I question him with a raised brow.
” My hands are full, and there is glass everywhere.” He says, as he starts heading down the hallway. ” You kids come with me.” He adds, as he walks past the hybrid children.
” Where are we going?” I question him again. Feeling Draco move a little. I stare down at him to me sure he is still sleeping. Seeing his little eyelids are still shut. I let out a soft sigh.
” This side of the mansion is a mess. So, I am moving everyone to a stable area, before I go do a sweep of my clan. I need to make sure there are no more Raves or demons inside.” He tells me.
” What if there are more Raves?” I question him.
” We will have to leave this place.” Damian tells me in a soft tone.
We would have to leave?
What about Jake’s Diner?
Or all these people that live here?
Can’t he just kill all the Raves and reinforce the walls along the border to keep outsider out?
I have all these questions popping into my head, that I can’t just blurt out too him. I don’t want to scare Jasmine or any of the other children.
I already know this is going to be a long night.