The shadows (2)

As Dennis and friends headed out. Dj remembered about the nest that was nearby. It was never destroyed. They quickly went back to the location and saw that it was gone.

"What the heck? Dude I swear that there was an orb here!"

Dj said.

"Are you sure that there was an orb?"

Dennis asked. He was walking towards the center that had a small deep lake. There were five cabins around and it seemed to be intact.

"I can confirm, there was an orb here two days ago Dennis."

Owen said.

"Something doesn't add up. If there was an orb here, why is this place empty?"

Dennis asked. He turned around and saw something moving in the distance. In front of him, Owen, and Spike where the once closest to him while on the far back, Dj was looking around. Dj was acting strange, and he was able to sense something was moving around the back of the cabins. Suddenly out of nowhere, something knocked Dwight down with tremendous speed. Everyone looked at him and realized that they were being targeted. The closest person near Dwight was Donte.

"Dwight!"

Donte said. He gave a hand to Dwight stand up. Getting themselves prepared for another attack.

"Stay sharp! Whatever it is has high velocity and can attack from any direction!!"

Dennis said. He then got attacked from his front side and was sent into the lake.

"Dennis!"

Dj screamed his name. He tried to go help him, but he got punched from his left. He quickly reacted and grabbed the enemy's hand and slammed it to the ground. As the enemy was in the ground, Dj saw that the enemy was a ns, but its appearance seemed a lot like runner, but it had a mask with no face.

"Someone goes help Dennis!"

Dj said. The first person to act was Spike. He jumped into the lake while to others take care of the enemy. While the enemy was down on the ground, Owen didn't hesitate for a second to pull out his weapon and pull the trigger. But as he did, the enemy kicked Dj and moved out of the way.

"What are we dealing with?"

Owen asked while Dj was getting up.

"I think this a variant... We got the knights, the beasts and now humanoids..."

Dj said. Owen then went over to Dj to back him up. At that same time, Donte and Dwight got close to them and formed a four directional position. Each one of them was covering one side. Dwight has his view sight towards the lake, Owen had his sights to the right that was a dining hall, Donte was to the cabins that was the left side while Dj had his towards the entrance.

As they waited for any sort of movement from the enemy, Spike was trying to save Dennis. He was deep in the lake, and it was getting darker by the minute. Everything around Spike was pitch black, but he was able to see Dennis drowning and sinking deep into the lake.

"Hmm!!"

Spike said. As he was swimming towards Dennis. A strong current pulled Spike on to Dennis, dragging them deeper into the lake.

Back with the others. They were still on alert. There was no sign of their enemy, but they couldn't drop their guard for a moment.

"Um... Is it me or is Spike taking long?"

Dwight asked. A total of five minutes passed, and they all thought the same.

"That's impossible. Spike shouldn't be taking that long; this lake isn't even deep."

Dj said. As he turned around to look from his right side. He felt the breeze of the wind on his face and he immediately got punched in the face.

"Hey, are you okay?!"

Donte asked. He turned around to give Dj a hand, but he felt the breeze of the wind coming right for him.

"Not this time..."

Donte said. Took a swing of his knife at the direction of the wind and ended up cutting something. He was unable to see what it was, but it leaves a trail of black liquid on the knife and on the ground.

"Good timing Donte!"

Dwight said. Donte nodded at him and went back into position while Dj was getting back up.

"Hey... Do you guys think you can handle this while I go help Dennis and Spike...?"

Dj asked.

"Go for it!!"

They all said to Dj. As he heard the confirmation. He quickly turned around and ran towards the lake, but he was not alone. Dj felt that the enemy was going straight towards him. Dwight then reacted and moved out impulse.

"Owen, cover me!!"

Dwight said. He then started going straight at Dj. Owen then turned around and started aiming right at Dj that was still running to the lake. As soon as Dj was getting close. The enemy revealed itself and it was the perfect timing to strike. Dj immediately turned around and pulled out Dennis gun. He pulled the trigger at the same time as Owen.

"I'll kill you all!!"

The enemy said. He dodged Dj's shot, but he wasn't unable to dogged Owen's second shot. Dwight then came in was charging electricity on his right hand. As he was getting close, the enemy turned around to put his attention to Dwight. Then Dj aimed right to his legs and pulled the trigger. The bullets pierced the enemy's legs and it was unable to run away. Leaving it to Dwight's hands to give the finishing blow.

"Take this!!"

Dwight said to the enemy. He punched the enemy with his right hand on the chest. Making all the electricity run throughout the body and making it vanish as if he was nothing.

"Alright, keep an eye out. I'll be back"

Dj said. He then jumped into the lake and went to look for Dj and Spike. As they all gathered near the lake, they wondered how long would it take for them to get back.

"Hey, you guys don't think they drowned... Right?"

Donte asked. Owen and Dwight where shaking their heads left and right. As soon as they stopped. Dj returned to the surface for air.

"You guys need to come and see this..."

Dj said. He then went back under water and the rest followed. As they where all underwater. Dj was pointing out a white dim light and they all swam towards it. When they got close to it. They all got pulled in then thrown into a cave.

First one to get up was Owen. He helped Dwight and Donte get up while Dj slightly getting up.

"Well, that was unexpected..."

Dj said. They all then felt warmth of a fire nearby and when they looked at it. They saw that it was Dennis and Spike that created a small fire using magic.

"Oh, what you guys doing here?"

Spike asked.

"Looking for you of course."

Dwight replied. They all then sat next to the fire to warm up. In the meantime, Dennis and Spike explained what happened to them.

"We can't get out of here even if we tried. Magic doesn't work on that water, and I already tried making portal."

Dennis said. Summarizing what he attempted while the others explained what happened to the enemy. As time passed by, Dennis was ready to try making an exit one more time.

"What are you doing?"

Owen asked. He saw Dennis stand up and do a few stretches.

"Going to get us out of here. It's time to put this to test..."

Dennis said. He pulled out the star from his right pocket and pointed it right on the wall. They all wondered what he was doing until they saw a swirling portal with a mix of red and white.

"You sure that's going to get us out of here?"

Donte asked. Dennis then turned around and looked him straight in the eye.

"Well, I can't use magic to make a portal, I can't teleport out of here, and we can't swim out of here. The currents somehow are to strong due to the nest recently hatching."

Dennis said. He then turned around and walked into the portal made by the star. After that Spike followed Dennis then Dj got up, but he didn't go in the portal. Dj turned around to tell something to his friends.

"He does have a point, but our main concern should be what was inside the nest... Last time it was a beast, then the emperor, this time could be anything so stay alert."

Dj said to his friends. He then went into the portal and the rest followed. After they went through the portal they ended up in a familiar place. Dennis and Spike where the first to get out. They ended up in an opening of a small woods, but it was hard to tell if they ended up in the wrong place. Spike was confused since he doesn't know this place, but for Dennis. It brought him back a few memories. At that moment, Dj and the others arrive from the portal and saw their surroundings. Everything around them had a faint dark green ambient that made the air heavy to breathe.

"We are back in Valhalla..."

Dennis said. After hearing Dennis, they all stayed silent for a moment and heard an explosion occurring in the distance.