Warnings:
- Graphic Description of Wounds
- Talk of Blood and Gore
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"Sensei," Kai croaked, as the Devourer swallowed him whole.
"No," Jay whispered, trembling. [M/n] shoved Lloyd behind him, towards Nya who was quick to lift him into the cockpit of her mech. The movement of her brightly colored mech had the Devourer turning her long sinous neck to look at them. "Oh, maybe if we stand perfectly still..."
"Run!" [M/n] ordered, grabbing the back of Jay's GI as he stumbled. Nya took off, flying to the Bounty as the five raced across the sand and between the statues of Ourobourus. Shrieking, she tore off after them, muscles propelling her across the sand.
Jay, panicking as he struggled to get his feet under him as he was unceremoniously dragged, screeched, "Wait! Don't leave me!" Grunting, he released Jay who caught himself and picked up the pace, outpacing the others easily.
[M/n] rounded out the back as the others scrambled up the chain. The Devourer surged closer as she followed after them, the Bounty's engines rumbling beneath them. All five ran to the Bridge where Nya and Lloyd were preparing the Bounty.
"Uh, hate to tell you this, but objects in the mirror are closer than they appear," Jay said, having run right to the small circular window upon entering the room.
"Working on it," Nya snapped. [M/n] stepped behind Lloyd as he tapped away on the board. "Blasters on full."
Lloyd nodded, turning them on to full as she ordered. The Bounty lurched into motion, speeding away as the ninja cheered.
"Whoo-hoo! Take that, you stupid snake!" Kai whooped, earning a demonic shriek as the Devourer sped up.
"Uh, I think it heard you," Jay hissed.
"Nya, we gotta go faster. That thing is gaining on us," Kai called.
"We're going as fast as we can. I'll try to make it to Scattered Canyon."
"Probability of us making it that far is less than 8 percent," Zane reported, having ran the numbers.
"Never tell me the odds!" Nya pushed the Bounty to go faster, but she could only do so much.
"It's coming in for another attack. Port side," Cole warned, as Nya swerved to the side to avoid the lunge.
"We're losing speed. We'll drop to the ground pretty soon," Lloyd cried. The sudden jerk and the pressure on the engines was grinding her gears and slowing the ship down.
"Throw everything overboard," Nya ordered, earning gobsmacked looks from the four.
"What?"
"We need to lose some weight," Nya snapped, furious.
"Port side!" Lloyd shrieked, as Nya swerved violently. [M/n] held his ground, stopping he and Lloyd from being knocked down while the others stumbled out of the Bridge. Once the Bounty leveled out, [M/n] moved to the window and watched as the Devourer began eating the objects thrown overboard.
With a dawning sense of horror, he watched as she grew in size. "Γαμώ." (Fuck)
"What?" Nya asked, glancing back towards him, only to see him running from the room. Lloyd looked to her, afraid, so she offered him a waning smile before turning back to face forwards.
[M/n] saw Cole first and shouted down to him, "Stop! The more it consumes the bigger it grows!"
Cole paled, immediatley turning to echo his warning, "Don't throw anything else overboard!"
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Querencia
Fanfiction(n.) A place where one feels safe, a place from which one's strength of character is drawn. [M/n] Caelestis has no memory of who he is, relying entirely upon Sensei Wu to fill in the gaps. With knowledge, a history, skills, and a willingness to kill...
