TAWOG: Instinct

The Battle

The Battle 

“Setback…after setback…AFTER SETBACK! THIS ERA HAS PROVEN TO BE INTOLERABLY IRKSOME!” snarled Green as he lumbered forward out of his portal, the light within his being strobing throughout the area with each word, briefly lighting up the night. He had an angry snarl on his lips as dragged his coils across the ground behind him with his arms, his tone becoming increasingly more agitated with each word. “First Gumball's incursion into the forest…where he does nothing but go beastial for days…then that whole intervention with the darts…and now you take on a shape that renders the lonesome abyssalis cat into nothing but a docile kitten…” he continued, punctuating each word with an aggressive seething breath as he stalked closer and closer towards Penny, who was completely frozen in terror.

She'd only seen snippets of Green since this whole ordeal started, and only knew the true extent of his appearance from a single passage in a book, so to see him in full form right in front of her was practically overwhelming. He wasn't as big as Gumball first described, only about a head taller than herself at the moment; though Gumball had mentioned that he could apparently change his size at will. But even if he wasn't the size of a skyscraper at the moment it did nothing to subtract from the lethality of his appearance. Those blades at the end of the tips of his tail alone were really hazardous looking.

And that massive eye in his chest had a piercing gaze that seemed to penetrate your very soul.

“No…I won't stand for it anymore…” Green hissed further. “I will have my mayhem…even if I have to get involved directly.” He looked down at his claws with somewhat curiosity, his anger momentarily vanishing as he began kneading the concrete, producing a grating sound that ruptured the air. “It’s been several millennia since I walked the earth. Frustration aside, maybe I should get the most enjoyment out of this unfavorable scenario that I can, while I have the opportunity.”

When Green spoke the word “enjoyment”, it sparked a little glimmer of rage within Penny that steadily grew in strength until it completely washed out her fear. All she, Gumball, their families and a whole lot of other people have been put through, it was all because of the grotesque creature before her, and all because he deprived some sick amusement out of it. No. No more! She'd had it up to her neck with Green’s twisted sense of entertainment.

Her rage caused her to morph out of her newly acquired abyssalis cat form and into her familiar dragon form. She threw her head up and poured all her anger into a roar that shook the night, which was followed by a pillar of her dragonic fire breath. After ceasing her roar and her stream of flames, Penny looked at Green with narrowed eyes, spread her wings and lunged at him. She did care that he was a timeless evil with capabilities beyond mosts comprehension, she was going to make him suffer for all he had put her and her boyfriend through, here and now.

Green looked up from his casual kneading of the ground, seeing the luminous orange dragon diving for him, claws extended, though his only reaction was a small smirk that just screams unconcerned. It quickly became evident why. Before Penny-dragon could make contact with her foe, four dark, double tipped stalagmites rose up from her shadow, catching her wrists and ankles in the grooves between the points and wedging them there. Penny was halted in place instantly, prone and spread eagle in the air. She thrashed about to try and shift free, but her limbs were wedged too tight. 

She was unable to move.

“Hahahaha!” Penny looked up to see Green casually approaching, slithering on his coils and rubbing his claws together in preparation. Restrained as she was, she couldn't help but become somewhat fearful again, and it obviously showed in her eyes. “Fret not, young one. I'm not going to kill you. You're still too valuable of a contender. However…” he grabbed her chin and forced her to look him in the face, though he had no eyes to lock with. “I will be flipping your new, self-appointed role on its head. Rather than being the person who soothes the rabid beast with your undying devotion…” Green raised a claw and pinched his thumb and index claws together. “…you will become the instigation of his full wrath with your unbearable suffering!”