North

"Keep distance, keep distance." Booker exhaled. "God dammit."

To run away meant to compromise the mission. If this had been him, Jules, and Matty, this mission would have gone off without a hitch. If this had been Kazi, Jules, and Matty, it would have been even easier.

Bang, bang, bang!

Here he was with his twin guns, killing away and getting a giant demon whale to follow him on a lake. A lake. In his old life, he learned to not underestimate the size of lakes. They could be deceptively huge. 

Bang, bang, bang! Bang, bang, bang!

The Ibong Adarna suddenly jerked back. A fireball nearly struck its left wing. Shit, the monster birds were getting through…!

The Anostos Birds fought valiantly. They appeared to act on instinct rather than with a strong mind like the rainbow bird of the Philippines. The dark birds tore through the swarm. However...the sheer number of enemies was too overwhelming. One fell—

Bang, bang, bang!