Gauntlet 4

FWIP!

"This is Hopeless!" I screamed, Arthur nodded in agreement.... it's been close to an hour now and nothing's changed, Vince is still struggling with the other Bio beasts and the Mega beast size hasn't reduced much! The only saving grace is we haven't been attacked by other monsters.

Barney is passed out from exhaustion on the floor, I tried Scooping up the guy but my attempts were thwarted by a Rouge tentacle from Bio beast 6, It kept attacking Mr Mothman(Tentative!) anytime he got close, I had to leave it to Pedro look after him, the poor guy is having a bad time concentrating and protecting Barney.

Sir George meanwhile has been carving out chunks of flash the Mega beast sent his way, it's getting desperate now! Maybe it senses the futility in prolonging this battle or maybe it's just impatient, I don't know, I don't care! I'm just waiting for all this to be over!

Sorry pops! Can't have you watching me F up this much! I'll call you when the fight is over! So you go do something else until then.

My Dad's Refreshing smile vanishes from my Mind, Damn it! This is the worst!

"Let this thing just die for once! Come on its not even capable of consuming anymore!" I shouted in frustration, seriously what was with this thing? It has to know killing us ain't worth the hassle anymore....

"Then why? Why is it so tenacious? Are we a delicacy to it or something?" I voiced, "No.... I think it's now a matter of it's pride, it didn't think it'd struggle this much against it's lesser," Arthur's Automaton said, Arthur nodded in agreement.

"Ah..."

It's angry now... if it wasn't before it's definitely angry now! It's smashing bits of the ground to pieces, The Mega beast, It's destroying the ground beneath it causing Ear- No MoonQuakes! it's causing MoonQuakes! The tree were staying on is shaking violently now! I grab Arthur and hop on top of Mr Mothman, no sooner had I done this did the Tree come crashing down, several others in the area joined it! These are big ass trees by the way, Grey Oaks and Dark Mahogany the size of towers!

"Barney! Pedro!" I yelled, they were falling into the holes the Mega beast had created, I ordered Mr Mothman to fly over them so we could grab them! Some tentacles from the other Bio beasts attempt to latch onto us, But Sir George slashes them away at the last minute and hops on top of Mr Mothman!

The four of us make it to Barney and Pedro, Pedro is barely able to stop Barney's limp Body from falling in, Sir George gets off and helps him lift Barney, The three of them stagger onto Mr Mothman, I do not envy them, Barney must weigh a ton! The fact Pedro was able to hold onto him so long is a miracle in of itself.

Mr Mothman chirps in displeasure of our overall weight, "Sorry..... eh I'll make it up to you later! You like blood don't you? I'll give you as much as I can get!" I bargained with him, it looked at me with it's dark beady eyes before nodding it's head fervently. He's a big boy so.... he should be able to endure it.... for now I hope!

".....Your Morale skills scare me boy...." Sir George muttered, the others clicked their tongues in agreement, I'm the weirdo here? Nonsense! I'll give them a piece of my mind later on! For now....

"Dreadline!" The festive centipede leaps outta my elbow and transforms into it's full size, "You called Master?" He asked.

"You see that scary Orc over there? Grab him! We're getting outta here!" I gave my orders, he moved at once, easily Scooping a bewildered Vince up, Vince released his Vice like grips on the multiple shadows, the Bio beasts attempted to snatch them up but.... perhaps they too were exhausted because they ended up collapsing to the floor, they spasm uncontrollably, Dreadline quickly made it back to our side.

"I.... almost.... had.... the.....m" Vince heaved, The poor guy was clearly trying to act tough, there's no way him or anyone would have taken out those things as exhausted as he was.

"Sorry Boss.... I guess you'll have to live another day, My Bad!" I laughed, The Orc grumbled but didn't disagree with me, Sir George smiled and Arther Chuckled a bit..... Pedro on the other hand was deadpan as ever.

"C'mon Pepe... that.... was.... pretty.... good.." Barney muttered, "You're awake?" Sir George asked him, "Nah.... just pretend I ain't here...." He said.

"Barnabas, any word on Lord Darius? is he coming?" Vince spoke.

".....He wasn't there..... when my Doubles.... got...."

"What?" We all said in unison.

"He's not..... there....." He said.... We went silent after that, We just drifted through the tree lines on our steeds, Where's Bradley you ask? Well he must have gotten the clue it was time to bounce because he turned into a reddish brown mist and followed us, I have no idea what that is supposed to be but.... given the situation does it matter?

"What.... do we do now boss?" I asked Vince.

".....We make for the river Bank.... no use running to the teleporter, we'd get exhausted before we reach there," He said, I could hear the resignation in his tone.... I did not like this gloomy atmosphere, but there is little I can do about it.

I have Sir George direct My minions to the riverbank..... minions huh? I guess they technically are but it seems weird referring them as that... well personal feelings aside, I'll have to reward them for their help so far.

"I'll find a nice pint for you!" I said while patting Mr Mothman, he seemed to enjoy it and chirped a bit. We had been flying for about 10 minutes when....

DOOM!

Something came out of the ground, it had Reddish pink skin and it was covered in tumors and eyes and other ghastly things.... and it didn't stop there, it kept rising and rising, there was no end to its mass, it was like an asteroid the size of 4 football stadiums had risen up.... except this asteroid was a whirling mass of flesh roughly the shape of an egg!

"Isn't it bigger than last time....? Forget that, how did it get here so fast!? Art? George? Anyone!?" I asked incredulously, this was.... this isn't fair! I screamed in frustration.

"....it must have absorbed It's brethen and spread its tentacles over the ground beneath...." Sir George spoke, his face said it all, through the tinted black glass that covered his helmet revealed the face of a man ready to die, the others also had that face.

"Are.... we gonna be able to make it?" I asked despite myself, "There's no point trying to escape anymore.... this thing has probably spread it's Flesh all underground.... hah, look some of them are popping out already, Wahahaha!" Barney laughed, low and behold some tentacles were popping out as he said, hundreds of them, maybe thousands....

Is.... this the end? I sense a finality here.... this might be where I bite it..... Sorry Dad, Sorry Cece.... I guess this is it!

"Thank you... guys for having me...." I mumbled.

"Wahahaha! No problem Kiddo! we were glad to have yah, Ain't that Right Pepe!" Barney laughed, he poked Pedro, the Halfman was clearly not pleased, "You better have that energy when we go down swinging...." Pedro spoke, "You bet I will, Partner! Hah!"

Bradley had long since reached us, he transformed into a colourless mucus substance this time, he seemed ready to pounce, He tossed Gambit towards Dreadline and Signaled something to Vince, The Orc nodded and brought out his battle Axes.

"It was a Pleasure meeting you Junior, I'll have the World Shaker save you a spot in his Storm Castle!" He bellowed.

"We'll cut down as many as we can until then!" Vince roared.

"In case we meet the nameless one in the afterlife.... do share some of your stories with me..." Sir George spoke, I gave him a faint smile, he drew his sword and muttered some words, the blade grew brighter and brighter.... so bright the light was almost blinding, I could barely make out his face, but I knew he was smiling....

Arthur didn't say anything.... but his Automaton was chanting something, his ficus was on the beast in front of it.... he shot a bolt of red lightening at the beast.... it hit it but so did something else, a very large Sword, the size of a school bus.

I looked around at the direction it came from and low and behold there were a group of purple women standing in swampy area of the field.

One of them was waving at me.... it was Miranda.

"You'll be a pauper by the time I collect this Debt Fairyman," The one in the middle, Sammie said.