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8.

   Swiftly and carefully we made our way outside of the temple, down the large stone steps, and into the thick foliage of the forest.  It takes a good 20 minutes as we trek through a beaten path under the protective canopy of mango trees when voices are heard. Coming to a stop we camouflage against the huge trunks of said trees. Wammu, using his winds to make him self appear invisible. Santana in a crouching position, looking ready to pounce, and then there's me, clinging to the back of a trunk like a bewildered koala. The voices grow louder and the light of torches illuminate the forest under the dark sky. Quietly I say, " Hmm.. by the looks of it , those  are the village guards. Wammu hummed in agreement. "Santana how many do you see?" Wammu asks. "There are two males, backs facing this way. Armed with spears and bow and arrows." He says in monotone.  " Right, they're occupied, let's kill them quickly." I say confidently. Wammu and Santana look at me, their eyebrow raised..followed by a curt nod. The guards are getting closer....closerrrr....and NOW. 

   In the blink of an eye, Santana has one guard's mouth closed and an arm wrapped around his neck, while he's being absorbed to death. Wammu takes the other guard's arrow and stabs him straight through the heart. Instant death. What we did not count on, was another guard spotting us in his tower, running down the stairs to reach the village. "Wait, he's getting away!" I whisper yell. I stomp my foot out of anger, but what happened next caught me off guard. A huge chunk of Earth is pulled from the ground by some gravitational force. Nothing but a medium sized crater is left in it's place, in a flash the chunk is thrown directly at the guard coming in fast. The guard is smashed into a set of boulders before he can get any further from us. Within seconds, a horn is blown, and screaming echoes in the village. People scrambling left and right as we sprint closer to the entrance. "Y/N, incoming. I'll take the men on the right, you take the ones on the left, Santana will eliminate the middle." "O-okay!?!" It had only been a few minutes and I'm already on edge... I can't be a pussy about it though. Santana and Wammu charge into the village with a primal rage, wasting no time and killing off the villagers, mostly men.  I run towards the middle, only to find myself completely surrounded by the burly men.

   " Well well well, look at what we have here?"  A man asks with a creepy grin.  I bare my teeth, sneering at his provocative tone. "Looks like a little whore to me." Another man pipes up. Three other men getting annoyingly close to catch me off guard. "Let's kidnap her... those bastards must have left her for a reason, heh heh. My blood begins to boil. Before they could lay a hand on me, a wave of confidence overflows in me and I act on instinct. " Die you insignificant pieces of shit~!" I punch the ground and a ripple appears under the forest floor, throwing the men into the hard slabs of stones that form the village walls. The sound of bones shattering fill my ears.  A satisfied huff leaves my lips. "You wench, get over here!!!" One of the men runs towards me with a broadsword. I jumped over him  before he can swing for me and grab him by his leather straps, forcing him down with me. Getting up quickly, I leap high into the air and come down fast on his abdomen, collapsing his lungs and severing his spine. "Hmph..useless useless USELESS!" I laugh under my breath.  Slightly relieved and dumbfounded with my newfound abilities. I run into a set of tents, some were bursting into flames from the torches that littered the ground. Faint blood curdling screams are heard in the distance. The guys must be finishing up the last bit of men left in the village. I continue at a sprint until I stop in the center of the area. Trapped under a huge wooden pole, was an older man.  He gasps and grunts, trying to move his weak body as i inch closer to him. "The village elder,eh? Where is the Red Stone of Aja?" I ask plainly. " Wh-who are you. My men...murdered i-in cold blood." He coughs from the ashes that alter his breathing. " Do not play coy elder. We have searched your homes. You are hiding something of great importance to Lord Kars." Santana walks through the surrounding fires with ease. The man's eyes widen and he laughs dryly. "Ha, I may be an old man, but I am no fool...The stone was hidden away. This village no longer has it in its possession." The elder coughs again, voice growing hoarse. "He is right, the stone is not here.." Wammu appears gracefully (well as graceful as it can get for a huge godlike man), winds whipping around him then disappearing. "Dispose of him Santana." Santana looks at Wammu and nods. " By the will of the sun god I hope your journey comes to a stand still before you obtain that stone." The old man glares  back at us. i asssume these are his last words, as Santana reveals his hidden blade from his calf and slices the man's head off in one swift move. "Let us depart and head back to the temple." Santana says with no remorse. " Indeed, we will take our leave.." Wammu and I walk in sync to Santana's stride. 

   We make it to the deepest parts of the forest again. I look back to see the village once filled with life, scorching in flames. " From what I have observed y/n...you seem to have the ability of manipulating the Earth and the magnetic force around it...." Wammu says without looking me in the eye. "I-I thought so too." I was silent again,  almost nervously waiting for their approval. "Yes, she should be of great use to us now..." Santana says knowingly. "Now that we know that the stone was not in that village, we must expand our search." He states. " We need to focus on finding  game for tonight as well..." Wammu replies. " Oh, b-by the way master Wammu...thankyou..for the clothes.." I say with a faint blush on my cheeks as I look down at them while saying this. "Hmm.." was the only thing that left his lips, but I was glad he said something nonetheless. "Your combat skills were flawed but impressive. You will need time to spar in order to improve." I look to Santana, his eyes staring into my soul. " S-so you wish to train me?" He closes his eyes for a moment, contemplating his decision. "Indeed." He huffs. I smile softly. This is the first time he 's made an attemp to sound less cold to me... I can't fail them now.