The Lost one's journey

Part 37: The moon falls

Three days later, Voda sits on his throne while an empty, smaller one remains beside him. He sighs and stands up. He walks down his empty throne room to his door and opens it. He's met by the three sisters. "Is everything ready?" He asks as he walks past them, with them following. "Yes, Lord Voda. All the elves and beastkin have been fully evacuated. Now we are simply waiting for the panther to find them." Shemesh says as they arrive back on the balcony. "Those panthers. What are they, Lord Voda? I'm not too familiar with beastkin." Sahar asks, while Kokhav excitedly nods in agreement. "When a beastkin awakens by whatever means, they gain the ability to summon forth their ancestor, or they become more like their ancestor." Voda answers as a black panther with purple eyes made of shadows suddenly jumps onto the balcony. Kokhav jumps at the sight of it and hides behind Sahar. Voda reaches out his hand to the panther and seems to absorb it into his hand. "It seems they are already on the way. We need only wait." Shemesh nods and signals for her sisters to follow her, but Kokhav stays behind. Shemesh and Sahar leave, while Kokhav stands next to Voda. He turns to her with eyes devoid of anything, while she responds with a wide grin. She waves her hand, and a large number of small stars spell out a sentence before Voda. "So... how are you :)?" Voda looks at the stars she made, then back to her. "What of it?" "Just wondering :>" "You're just here to help. So what does how I feel matter?" Voda says sounding slightly annoyed. With a wave of her hand, the stars spell out a new sentence. "Well, it never hurts to ask, you know? Plus, you're this big and scary panther guy. I'm just wondering what goes on up there, you know?" Voda sighs. "You're just like her." Voda quietly whispers to himself. "Fine. Only because one of us will not live to meet the next sunrise. Ask your questions." He swats his hand at her in annoyance as he turns away. Kokhav's smile glows brightly now as she waves her hands like a conductor, even pulling out a small wand from her pocket. Her stars eventually spell out the sentence. "You're really like my sister, you know? Shemesh doesn't want me to worry about stuff, so she doesn't tell me everything :( Sahar is a bit mean, but she's always willing to explain things to me, even if I don't understand it :) So I always go up to them after a mission and ask them how they're doing. Shemesh isn't the impressive beauty and natural talent she acts like. She just wants me and Sahar to be happy and relaxed when we go on a mission. I get the feeling that you're kind of similar to them :> You just want your people to be happy and calm. But maybe not a lot of people ask how you're doing. So how are ya doing Mr Voda! :D" Voda glares at Kokhav for a second before turning away. "I am nothing like a human." He says it with a hint of rage before he walks off. His tail hanging low. "You ready?" "Y-yeah, I got this!" "Well then, let's have some fun."

Shemesh and Sahar walk into the center of Kruhbelt until they see the silhouette of a man in the air. Shemesh waves her hand and summons a torrent of small suns high above the air, then smacks the back of her palms together, which creates a volley of arrows made of light. Sahar does the same with her hands and creates a dome of water that covers her and Shemesh. They then see the figure grin as their arms glow a dark black and a bright red. "AQUÍ ESTOY!" Zam shouts from the air as he summons forth his scythe. The suns and arrows fire forth towards Zam as he begins to spin in the air with his scythe stretched out. As the arrows are about to hit him, he's pulled away by some unseen force and begins to move unnaturally through the air as he lands beside two sisters. He's about to say something, but Shemesh points her fingers down, causing her sun's in the air to quickly move towards him. He swaps out his red hand for a white one in a single quick motion, then creates a dome around himself. The suns strikes the dome but doesn't destroy it, as a flash of red occurs as they make contact. Shemesh gives Zam a small smile. Zam looks confused for a second until everything starts to seemingly spin, he becomes nauseous, and his skin quickly starts to turn red and peel. He keeps his grin, however, as his scythe morphs into a pistol, and Shemesh reactively moves out of the way as Zam fires the gun. The bullet lands on Sahar's shoulder. She grabs at her shoulder in pain; she doesn't say anything as she waves her hand, morphing the water barrier that Zam had easily shot through to now surround his own barrier. Shemesh quickly moves to her sister and smacks the back of her palms together, causing a yellow light to heal Sahar's wound. Shemesh waves her hands to cover the water barrier in her suns. "He'll be dead in 5 or so minutes." Shemesh says as they start to look around for the others, but to their surprise, Zam yet again falls from the sky and points the gun at Shemesh's face, quickly firing. The bullet goes cleanly through her face, but Sahar doesn't look worried about her sister and is more shocked that Zam is out. She smacks the back of her palms, creating more water that surrounds Zam and crushes him. A red ink-like substance explodes as Zam is crushed. Shemesh then stands back up, groaning in pain. "You ok?" Sahar asks as she sees the hole in her face closing with a yellow light. "If I was a second late, I'd be dead. You don't seem that worried." Shemesh says with a chuckle. "Lift the water from the first one." Shemesh says this to Sahar, who nods and does so. As the water is lifted, all they see is a pool of an odd red liquid. "IM BACKK!" Yet another Zam shouts from the air as they fire out a cone of flames. Sahar quickly moves the already existing water into the air to block his flames, while Shemesh causes her suns to go around the water and strike Zam. They hear a small cry of pain before it stops. "What the f**k is going on?" Shemesh says clearly aggravated as she looks up at the sky. Suddenly, a gunshot is heard. Sahar falls to the ground with blood leaking from her head. Shemesh slowly turns to her with an expression of fear plastered on her face. "SAHAR!" She shouts in a panic as she quickly goes over to her.

"One down. You're doing pretty good, Pocu." Zam says with a grin from atop a building while holding a pistol. Pocu sits behind him with red ink leaking from only one of her eyes. She looks exhausted as she sits there. "This was the only way, right?." Pocu quietly says as sweat leaks from her head. "Yeah, it was. Anyway, your gift is doing really well. It's not quite at the power it was before, but it is still something." Zam then stands up with a grin as he dissolves the pistol, his black hand replacing it with yellow hands, both having brass knuckles. "Ok Pocu. You remember the plan?" He asks as he pops his knuckles and begins stretching his legs. Pocu closes her eyes, causing the red ink to stop flowing. "Yeah, I do," she says as she stands up, stumbling. "Careful Pocu. Humans have a giant amount of mana compared to most creatures in this world, but that isn't endless. Using too much mana is dangerous. Rest up and prepare for the next step. Ikati and Fol have definitely already gotten into the palace." Zam turns to her and gives her a big smile. "Recuerda, you're very precious to us, so don't die." He says as he jumps off the building and begins dashing towards Shemesh.