"!!!! Hey, how do you know that" (Sandra)
Sandra tried to shake Trean awake but it was useless as he had already lost his last bit of consciousness.
"Is it a coincidence? I don't think so. Anyone who see your power for the first time will be scared shitless and think you are a demoness or something, not a goddess" (Shen)
*Bong*
"I dared you say that again" (Sandra)
"Aunty scary" (Nami)
"She has always been scary" (Megumi)
"Yes, taking away cookies is cruel" (Sai)
*Bong Bong Bong Bong....*
Consecutive knocks descended upon everyone heads, except Nami as she was way too cute to hit, including the bystanders, yep the champions too... and the lizard. Shen got a double shot and laid still on the floor.
"Why us???" (Jinx)
"You better get rid of the thought or I will reap it out of your head" (Sandra)
Her words were accompanied with deathly glare making everyone quickly swallowed back the complains at the tip of their tounges.
"Now then, how are we going to deal with them" (Sandra)
"I suggest taking them with us and ask for information when they are awake" (Ryze)
"You better warm them up first, they are dying here" (Karma)
"Let me let me" (Anna)
""NOOOOO"" (Everyone else)
The four were gathered around a campfire to heat up. After 15 minutes, the first one to woke up was Trean. He shot up like he had seen nightmare. What he saw first thing is a group of kids waving sticks with the tips on fire around his body. One of the sticks stabbed at his forehead because of his sudden action.
"Hot hot hot get it off me" (Trean)
"Oops, your fault though" (Megumi)
His thick skin prevented any futher damage but his forehead now had a hilarious burn mark still smoking slightly.
"Huh? Where am I" (Trean)
"Dunno" (Dante)
"Who are you?" (Trean)
"Who we are?" (Dante)
"Why do you ask me? I'm the one asking you" (Trean)
"If you want to know so badly" (Megumi)
"Um... no, not that bad" (Trean)
"Then we will enlight you" (Jinx)
"To prepare for trouble!" (Megumi)
"Make it double!" (Dante)
"To protect the world from devastation" (Jinx)
"To unite all people within our nation!" (Nami)
"To denouce the evils of truth and love!" (Megumi)
"To extend our reach to the stars above!" (Dante)
"Jinx!" (Jinx)
"And Nami!" (Nami)
"Also Megumi!" (Megumi)
"And Dante are the names!" (Dante)
"""""Team rocket, blasts off at the speed of light!"""" (Dante, Megumi, Nami, Jinx)
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""""Surrender now or prepare to fight!"""" (Dante, Megumi, Nami, Jinx)
*Boom Boom Boom* (firework in the background made by Anna)
"..........." (Everyone)
The kids (Jinx was not exactly a kid but... you got the point) looked up at Trean with puppy eyes while still in grandoise postures (that you know where it came from) as if asking 'how's that'. Not that Trean can get the preference anyway
"Ah yeah, nice to meet you too... wait a minute, what are you kids doing here" (Trean)
The kids were clearly disapointed as they drooped their shoulders and walked away dejectedly. Only the innocence Nami not caring if the other party understand it or not as she already had her fun, honestly answered the question.
"Papa messed up" (Nami)
"I am not. Nami, don't learn bad things from your brothers and sisters. Beside, it's Sai fault this time" (Shen)
"You are the one she should not learn from" (Sandra)
*Bong*
Sandra pulled out a paper fan out of nowhere and made the legendary tsukkomi, only this was not a normal paper fan, it looked like paper fan but in fact it was plate of reinforced platinum fused together, Megumi's brand product of course. Thus the empty metal sound.
"Hello, I'm Sandra and this is Shen. We have a few questions would you mind to answer?" (Sandra)
"So you are really the legendary siblings. It's an honor for this lowly being to meet you,oh Goddess of Destruction and God of War" (Trean)
Trean knelt with his head touched the ground showing utmost respect and fear.
"Ok, this is new" (Shen)
"What are you doing?" (Sandra)
"I'm paying a greeting to you, my Goddess" (Trean)
"Papa iz Goddess?" (Nami)
"No Nami, he called me God, Goddess is for female" (Shen)
"What God?" (Nami)
"You see, God are blah blah blah" (Shen)
"???" (Nami)
Even though Shen went into a long explaination about what is God, the young Nami still not understood anything so she walked away to joined the others leaving Shen talked to himself.
"Sigh, first, please raise your head. I'm not used to being worship. Second, what's your name" (Sandra)
"This lowly one name is Marduk Trean, my Goddess" (Trean)
"Please stop with the Goddess thingy. Call me Sandra" (Sandra)
"But...." (Trean)
"No buts" (Sandra)
The phares had become her trademark quote and as usual her words accompanied with a death glare making the poor adventure shook in fear. Her overbearing attitude was not helping either.
"Yes, milady" (Trean)
"Sigh, fine, call me whatever you like but no Goddess, understood" (Sandra)
"Yes, milady" (Trean)
"Ok, I have a few questions, answer with everything you know" (Sandra)
"Anything milady" (Trean)
"First, how do you know it was us" (Sandra)
"There's a legend about you and your brother in the history of every nations in the world. There it descibe about your brother's exploits, about the mysterious disappearance of the great Warmark Empire. At the day of its dismay, some people witnessed the same wave-like distortion of your mighty power along with your all too famous names, I was able to easily find out, milady" (Trean)
"That means we are still in Rito?" (Sandra)
"That is correct milady" (Trean)
"So where is this place?" (Sandra)
"It's the old Warmark Empire after 3 thousands year, milady" (Trean)
"3000??!!!" (Sandra)
'Strange, we had only gone for 3 years though' thought Sandra.
"So what happened while we were gone. What's this strange energy in the air" (Sandra)
"It's called magical power or mana milady. After the Great Cataclysm, the world is full of this energy, everyone has them but not everyone is capable of using them. Only some special individuals with gifted talent can ultilize them to creat powerful spell. Such individual are very rare and they are revered by all" (Trean)
"Great what? (Shen)
"Great Cataclysm milord, an event happened roughly 2700 years ago when your 'purge' created a vacuum of void. To fill in such an enormous void the world had to evolve to another type of energy which is mana, the event was called The Great Cataclysm. Or at least that was what the scholars wrote in the history book" (Trean)
"Wow, you sure know a lot" (Shen)
"We are adventure milord, such knowledge is necessary for our survival" (Trean)
"Alright then, I have a request for you" (Shen)
"Anything milord" (Trean)
"Please keep it a secret about our identity. We want to have a leisure journey and being worship like Gods like that is a big no no" (Shen)
"Yes, milord. I understand. Not a word will come out of my mouth" (Trean)
"Great, one last request, would you please guide us to the nearest settlement" (Sandra)
"It's my honour to be of service milady. If you wished I will be your guide to anywhere you want" (Trean)
"Ok. Let's wait for your friends to wake up then we will move on" (Shen)
After another 15 minutes, scream of pain once again rang out through the area indicating another idiot being stabbed by a burning stick. It was Jack this time.
"Kids, what did I tell you about waving those sticks around people?" (Sandra)
"We only want to help warming them up" (Megumi)
"Thanks for your consideration but it is dangerous. Stop it at once" (Sandra)
"""Yes aunty""" (Dante, Megumi, Jinx)
It was a mystery why Jinx called Sandra aunty but no one objected as if it was the most natural thing in the world.
"Here, have some soup, it will help you warm up" (Flora)
"Ah thanks, I don't know why but it is really cold now" (Jack)
The family angel, Flora cooked delicious soup from the rabbit meat leftover and some herbs they found along the way. Although only 5, she was way more mature than the rest of the family, even more than her father and aunt. Even Sandra sometimes had her share of childish moments. Well, living in such a family will affect you someway or another.
Without Flora, the bunch may still have to eat the hell-like cooking of Shen. Cursed lvl9 in cooking is no joke folks, as normal people might die from food poisoning. Anyway, one by one, they started to wake up and get served some soup. They all looked at the soup in confusion but the exotic aroma washed it all away as they dug in furiously. They all cry tears of joy due to the deliciousness. Some even saw imagines of angels dancing around.
"What is this. I can't stop crying. Are we in heaven? It is heaven alright" (Tilea)
"Eat slowly, there's still alot (Flora)
With an angelic smile, Flora offered bowl after bowl of soup. The three seriously thought they were dead, only Trean who know the truth shook in fear of having child of the God of War serving him soup but he can't decline that angelic smile either. He knew they won't mind but what scary was scary nonetheless, escpecially in front of Her (as you know, Her is referring to Sandra)
"Hahh, so full, so happy, if this is what heaven is I don't mind being dead a second time" (Hilda)
"Stupid, do you think you can go to heaven a second time?" (Tilea)
"What did you say" (Hilda)
"Sorry to disapoint you, but this ain't heaven or even close to one. This is HELL, WAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA *Bong* Gohfuu" (Shen)
"Don't mind him. Hello, my name's Sandra and that is Shen. I believe the kids have already introduced themselves. That is Lee Sin, Jinx, Karma, Ryze, Kled and Skaarl. Nice to meet you all" (Sandra)
"Ah yeah, I'm Jack. This is Tilea and Hilda. That guy over there is Trean. We are the Loki adventures team. Nice to meet ya" (Jack)
"So what happened to us? I thought we were crushed by the cyclop. Where is it? And there was this strange kid. Wait a minute it was you" (Tilea)
Said Tilea as she pointed at Sai
"Sigh, it was like this...." (Sandra)
Then she started explaining everything, of course she kept some unecessary details, in stead of her, the one killed the cyclop was Shen, she also shot several glance at Trean to remind him of the deal earlier. The trio have some doubt about how such a small kid can freeze an entire cyclop with them included but they didn't dwell in any futher. It was a rule of adventures, don't poke your nose in someone else bussiness if you want to live long. And the way Trean addressing Shen and Sandra, they guessed they were some kind of noble. There were always strange things happening inside the noble society.
"How long is it from here to the nearest town?" (Sandra)
"About 2 days to the West, milday. We are currently at the edge of the Old Warmark Empire. So if we run at top speed we can reach the border city, Piggen before nightfall. But doing so in this forest is very dangerous as we don't know where those monsters are lurking. And we also have kids with us so we can't travel that fast" (Trean)
"Ah, don't worry about the kids, I'm only afraid you can't keep up. About the monsters, I will take care of it" (Shen)
"Hahaha, don't underestimate us, we are A rank adventures after all. If we can't even out run a bunch of kids then we should really retire early" (Jack)
"Is that so. Then let's us begin then. Who reach the city first will have Sai's one month cookie ration. And Sai if you first then your punishment will be exempted" (Shen)
"HURRRAYYY" (kids)
"You better be ready" (Shen)
With a mischievous smile, he said to the adventures
"Huh? What are you talking about" (Hilda)
"Ready..... Go" (Shen)
*Whoosh* ×9
And the 8 kids and one adult disappeared from that spot.
"Huh? Where did they go" (Jack)
"Sigh, you all should get going" (Sandra)
*whoosh*
And she also disappeared.
"......" (the rest)
"HOW THE HELL CAN WE KEEP UP WITH THAT. ARE YOU EVEN HUMANS?" (Tilea)
"Unfortunately, they aren't" (Trean)
Muttered Trean in a low volumn only he can hear, and started chasing after them desperatedly.