UNIQUE ABILITIES

~{GREENE'S POV}~

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"Keep your eyes open and be on the lookout!"

"Yes Chief!" They said in unison.

"Move!" I ordered them and they dispersed in groups.

Once everyone was out of sight and I was left with the second in charge, I quietly looked at the sky.

"I suggest we head to the cemetery. There's a possibility we might find its hideout," the second in charge said and I glanced at her as she came to stand beside me.

"What if we find more than one," I enquired.

"Let's pray we don't, Chief," she confidently said and walked ahead of me.

She was a very strong and muscular woman who couldn't be messed with. Just by looking at her face alone would make you adjust.

As I followed her, my ears quickly picked up a sound and I became alert.

With careful steps, I moved and my eyes darted about swiftly until I caught a shadow running through the dark.

There were trees on either side of the street we walked on and from my observation, whoever it was was using the trees as cover.

Nonetheless, the more I quietly observed while moving forward, the more I realized they were more than one. If I calculated right they should be about ten of them or so.

"Zillah!" I called her name in a sharp whisper and she stopped and slowly faced me.

Raising my hand, I gave her a signal and she nodded in understanding.

In a blink of an eye, I vanished out of her presence and appeared right where I spotted one of them and unknown to it, I stood right behind it while watching as it keenly watched Zillah but suddenly gasped when it couldn't find me.

Weirdly, it was small.

"The old fella 'eis vanished!" It whispered in a very foreign and strange accent.

Before it could run off, I quickly grabbed it and teleported myself back to where Zillah stood and it screamed in fright, alarming the others.

We had purposely turned every streetlight off but at this point, I felt it was best to turn them on.

At the flick of my fingers, the streetlights in this particular area suddenly came on and it was then I realized what I was holding.

I had believed I was holding a short being but not this… hideous creature.

"Arghh!" It bared its teeth at me as it tried to claw at my face but I held it at bay by its collar.

"What in the hell are they?"

At Zillah's question, I looked around and watched as each and every one of them stepped out of their hiding place with the same appearance as the monster I held.

They were all green in color with distinct features but one thing they had in common was the dwarf-like height with big ears and nose.

"Let 'im go!" One of them snapped at me and I blinked at it. It was very pissed.

Instead of letting him go, I quickly grabbed Zillah's hand and teleported us out of that area.

I didn't do that out of fear, I just did that to buy us time. The one in my hand kept struggling but I refused to let it go no matter how aggressive it was.

"I'll bait ya head off! Em warning ya!" It kept struggling but all I did was watch it in fascination.

"What do you think it could be?" Zillah asked.

"I'm not sure," I said.

"Me a goblin! A meaaaan goblin!" It stressed the word 'mean' just to look intimidating but it didn't look even close to the word.

"A goblin?" I asked in disbelief.

Out of nowhere we heard a loud creak and it made me whip my head in the direction at which it came from.

I had teleported us to the cemetery and though everywhere was dark, we could still see moderately.

"Hehe, the lad's gonna suck ya dry ei," the goblin squeaked happily and it irritated me.

Zillah stealthily moved forward when she spotted a freshly dug out grave. It stood out distinctly from the rest.

Suddenly, she froze and turned to look at me.

"It's your son's grave, Chief."

"Son?" The goblin asked in disbelief as it suddenly went still in shock.

I hurriedly walked up to Zillah and handed her the little monster while giving her one order.

"Bound him."

"No! Let me go or I'll call the lad!!!"

"What lad?" I hissed at it and it glared at me.

"Ogan,'' It answered in a deep tone and suddenly began to laugh like a maniac.

And as Zillah tried to focus on binding it, it tried to bite her but couldn't. When she was done binding it with ropes, she hung him on her back like a bag pack but he was faced the other way so he wouldn't harm her.

I cautiously went to the spot we once buried him and stood there as I stared into the hole just to find a deep endless pit instead of a coffin at the end.

With gritted teeth, I faced Zillah.

"If I don't come out after twenty minutes, take that goblin and leave this place."

After that was being said, I took out a light source which was neatly strapped on one side of my thigh and waved it on as I went in.

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~{RENE'S POV}~

"Mn," I moaned softly as I opened my eyes.

I felt lightheaded but thankfully it wasn't prominent. When I tried to move my hands, I frowned and slowly looked down just to find myself being bound by a very hard milky color substance.

"RENE!"

At the call of my name, I looked ahead of me and found Toby seated on the floor while being bound just the way I was. And as I looked around, I found Matthew, Job and Luke all bound as well but they were still asleep.

"What is going on?"

I began to panic as I asked him while looking around to figure where we were.

From the looks of it, I could tell we were locked in a strange room. Why I say it is strange is because it has no doors but one small opening at the top.

When I looked back at Toby, it was then I realized he was the one supplying us with light since he has Orange cell. He could create light with anything but since he couldn't move, his entire body served as light.

"I have no idea. One moment we were in the eatery and now here. I'm just as lost as you," he said.

When I tried to remember what happened, I couldn't seem to get anything until….

"The waiter!"

"What waiter?"

"The waiter who served us. I'm sure he's the one who is behind this,'' I hurriedly said when I recalled how he kept winking and giving me extra attention.

"How?"

"That's a good observation, Rene," someone said out of the blue and I gasped as I looked around just to find someone step out from the wall and morph into the very waiter we met earlier.

"I wasn't merely brought into this realm for fun but I realized it was for a great purpose. It's fascinating how each and every one of you have unique abilities." He said while openly eyeing Toby.