Chapter 31: Conscious

"This wast a joyous and constructive stay. But we have other matters to attend to, and I am sure as do thee. We shall converge again later," says the Female One.

"Yeah, I enjoyed it as well! You guys aren't bad at all. I am really sorry I attacked you out of nowhere," says Neo as he bows in the direction of the Female One.

She smiles, "Forgiven and forgotten,"

"I am looking forward to going on that double outing you mentioned, umm One?" says Neo, looking at the Male One.

"As well as I. We shall be off now. Take care of thyself," The Male One jumps and the Female One jumps right after, flipping upside down as the Male One lands on top of her feet. They walk away swiftly in perfect synchronization.

The Female One looks back and sees Neo waving goodbye, she tilts her head and waves back.

. . .

"This is such an intriguing turn of events. I wonder how our child wouldst be like if he hast one with the Striver," muses the Female One.

"Indeed," pauses the Male One, "If the child thou art bearing hast a sibling, I suppose t'wouldst be nice for both of those folk,"

"Something is coming," he says as they stop, looking into the distance.

A huge T-Rex flies towards them, suddenly stopping right in front of them. Zahtan is on it, smoking a cigar. He grabs the cigar and puts it off.

. . .

Zahtan is silent as he slowly gets up and bows towards One in a provocative attitude.

"Filth. Unworthy of our time," says the Male One as they walk past him.

Zahtan remains in the same position until they walk a good distance away. He sighs and straightens up, brushing his hair back as he sits back in his seat. He looks at his compass before pointing forwards in that direction.

"Go," he says, and the T-Rex continues forwards.

. . .

"Oooh!" exclaims Orbit, as he fills up a glass with diet soda. He then switches his attention to the screens of Arcat and the other two, which have just come back live.

"They finally exited, sheesh,"

. . .

"Alright, now that we have exchanged info and Haco has taken her time to recover, let's head out. Also, Charlotte, call Neo and tell him about the plan," says Arcat

Charlotte nods as she takes out her device, ready to call him but before she can, a pack of large wolves suddenly emerges from the forest.

"You waited till we got out, huh? What did Sheehan do to make you so smart that you can even recognize a glass barrier?" Arcat plants his spear into the ground and reaches into his pocket, pulling out a leaf.

"Haco," says Adora.

Haco growls as she pounces in front of Charlotte and Adora, the wolves backing away from her.

"Adora, have Haco protect you two only. I'll take care of this," says Arcat as he eats the leaf and picks up his spear. He walks towards the wolves, and they all surround him, circling around him.

He counts.

Seven in total.

"Come," he says

One of the wolves barks and then three of them pounce on him at the same time.

Found you.

He grabs his spear and throws it swiftly in the general direction of the one that barked. The wolf doesn't attempt to dodge, seeing that the spear is off the mark.

Right as the three wolves reach Arcat, he quickly travels towards the spear, the loud boom disorienting the entire pack.

In a blink, the leader finds Arcat right next to him, holding the spear. Arcat doesn't waste time as he beheads him instantly.

His body still traveling towards the spear, he takes it and thrusts it into the ground. His feet drag against the ground to decelerate him even faster than before. The bones in his legs crack but each time they do, they regenerate one second later.

The entire pack is disoriented from the loud boom sounds and in the mayhem about losing their leader, the decelerating Arcat looks back at them as he comes to a complete rest, his spear stands upright with him standing on top of it.

He jumps down, spinning, grabs his spear, and slices off the head of the first wolf that reaches him in two. And continues fighting the other five left.

He throws his spear, and it pierces the sixth wolf. Running towards it, he grabs the spear and thrusts it through the wolf, and then pulls it out.

"Where is the last one?" he says, looking around.

The next thing he knows is that his vision is all over the place as his beheaded head flies around the wolf that snuck up on him.

. . .

"Damn, really? What did Sheehan do to these wolves?" asks Arcat, still beheaded.

Charlotte jerks back in surprise.

She was shocked when she saw him getting beheaded but him talking as well completely throws her off.

"He . . . he talked?" she murmurs.