The Venom

Exile

       Tiger and Deacon clashed weapons with each other, and Tiger kicked Deacon in the stomach. Deacon stumbled back, and Deacon reached his arm out. A collection of souls rushed at Tiger, grabbing onto him. Tiger shook himself free, and the souls disappeared, and Deacon was rapidly approaching. Tiger blocked Deacon's sword attack, and bashed into him with his shoulder. Deacon used the souls to pick Tiger up, and threw him to the side. Tiger stood back up, and struck Deacon with a bolt of lightning. Deacon disappeared, and reappeared behind Tiger. Tiger whipped back, and elbowed Deacon in the face. 

       Madison looked at the group of swordsmen, and unsheathed her sword. Madison stood ready to fight, and one of the swordsmen rushed towards Madison. Madison blocked the sword strike, and slashed the swordsman across the stomach. Madison grabbed onto the swordsman, and used his body as a shield. Another swordsman's sword got stuck in the body, and Madison reached over, stabbing her sword into the swordsman's throat. Madison rushed past the other swordsmen to the horse stable. Madison unhitched one of the horses, and bolted out of the stable, knocking over two swordsmen with the horse. Madison hopped off of the horse, and began linking the horse up to the carriage. Madison quickly dodged out of the way of an attack, and punched the swordsman in the face, before decapitating him. 

        Tiger and Deacon rapidly blocked and dodged each other's attacks, before Tiger slashed his tomahawks across Deacon's stomach. Deacon kicked Tiger to the ground, and used the souls to throw Tiger over the house. Tiger fell through the air, and opened a portal hellfire on the ground. Tiger fell through, and climbed out of another hellfire portal beside Deacon. Tiger jumped out of the hellfire, tackling Deacon to the ground. Deacon and Tiger struggled, and Tiger morphed into the white tiger, mauling Deacon. Deacon threw Tiger off of him, and launched a soul at Tiger. The soul burst, causing Tiger to stumble back. Tiger morphed back to his human form, and was picked up by Deacon's souls. Tiger was thrown around the house, where he crashed through the wall of the horse stable. 

        Tiger stood up to see a swordsman rushing at him. Tiger deflected the sword, and chopped through the swordsman's neck with ease. Tiger saw that Madison was surrounded by swordsmen. Before Tiger could act, Deacon appeared behind Tiger. Tiger released a flame aura, and ignited the stable. Deacon was burned by the hellfire, and the two fought as the stable burned down. Madison successfully linked the horse to the carriage, and slapped the horse, pulling the carriage away. Madison watched as the horse dragged the carriage down the path, into the distance. Madison blocked an incoming attack, but the the swordsman kicked Madison to the ground. Madison watched the swordsman approach, and swiftly stabbed her sword through the swordsman's chest as he raised his sword. 

         Tiger slashed Deacon with his tomahawks again, before kicking him across the face. Deacon crashed through the burning wall, and Deacon stood up. Deacon blocked one of the tomahawk attacks, but Tiger kneed Deacon in the stomach before pushing him away. Madison and the final swordsman clashed with each other. Madison was pushed back, and the swordsman thrust his sword at her. Madison dodged the thrust, and elbowed the swordsman in the jaw. Madison aimed her sword, and drove it through the swordsman's neck. Madison turned to see Tiger and Deacon struggling against each other. "You will never attack my family again!" Tiger yelled before pushing Deacon backwards. Tiger chopped both tomahawks into Deacon's sides, and kicked him in the chest. Deacon fell onto his back, before standing up again. "You delay your execution." Deacon said. Tiger suddenly shoot a beam of light energy at Deacon. The light energy burned Deacon on contact, and Tiger continued shooting energy. "No!" Deacon yelled before he was sent away in a flash of light. 

        Madison rushed over to Tiger. "Is he gone for good?" Madison asked. "No. He's still out there." Tiger said, as his tomahawks materialized in their sheathes. Tiger grabbed Madison's hand suddenly. "What are you doing?" Madison asked. "Keeping you safe." Tiger responded, before they vanished in a flash of light. Tiger and Madison reappeared inside of the carriage. "What was that?" Tiger's mother asked. "Trouble. Which is why I want you all to get as far away as you can." Tiger said. "Where can we go?" Madison asked. "Hasuto and Mary are currently staying in the city of Sorenza for the year. Go there, and find them." Tiger said. "What about you?" Madison asked. "I'll exile myself away from any cities. Deacon and the other five Fallen Gods are powerful. Wouldn't want anybody getting hurt." Tiger said. "Please, come back to us once you're done with them." Madison said. "You know I will." Tiger said, hugging her quickly before flashing away. 

       Tiger returned to his childhood home, and retrieved his warclub, his two knives, and his high frequency sword. "Better to be prepared for anything." Tiger muttered to himself. Tiger rushed outside, and another group of five swordsmen were waiting for him out front. Tiger rushed outside, throwing the two knives into the necks of two swordsmen. The knives materialized in Tiger's hands. Tiger blocked a sword strike, and stabbed a knife up into the swordsman's head. Tiger turned and ran forwards at a swordsman. Tiger jumped and flameported behind the swordsman, kicking him in the back of the head, and stabbed him in the back. Tiger flipped the last swordsman to the ground, and stabbed him through the chest. "I've got to get somewhere isolated." Tiger said, looking towards a distant forest. Tiger morphed into the white tiger, and ran towards the distant forest. 

        Madison stayed quiet in the carriage, as Tiger's mother kept the child quiet. "Keep your head up." Tiger's mother said. Mary looked at Tiger's mother, before looking out of the window. "Listen. This is going to be as tough on him as it is on you." Tiger's mother said. "Yeah." Madison said, in a dragged out tone. "You married a god. You should've known evil would call him to action." Tiger's mother said. "I know. It's just that I don't know how long this will take, I don't know if he'll be lucky enough to survive this time." Madison said. "As long as you have faith that he'll survive, you'll have no fear that he'll be back for you." Tiger's mother said. Madison continued to stare out of the window. "Please be careful." Madison said softly.

      After a few hours, Madison and Tiger's mother had reached Sorenza. "Now we just need to find Mary and Hasuto." Madison said, as she held the reigns to the horse. Madison went to the northern outskirts to the city, where moderate sized homes were located. Madison searched around, and saw that Hasuto was fixing a broken wheel on his carriage. Mary sat on the horse, watching Hasuto work. Mary looked to see Madison's carriage approaching. "Madison's here?" Mary questioned. "Guess Tiger and Madison wanted to get out of where they were?" Hasuto said, looking up from what he was working on. Madison stopped the carriage, and Tiger's mother climbed out of the carriage with the child. Madison let go of the reigns and rushed over to Mary. "We need to stay with you for some time." Madison said. "Why? What happened? Where's Tiger?" Mary asked. Madison explained the events back at the house, and Mary and Hasuto's eyes widened. "We'll gladly let you stay with us. You can stay however long until Tiger comes back." Hasuto said. "Thank you." Madison said. Mary escorted Madison and Tiger's mother inside, as Hasuto sat next to his carriage. "I trust you can work your way out of this one, buddy." Hasuto thought to himself, before continuing work on his carriage.