Chapter 16

“Wow, *Pop* Ana sure looks huge especially…”

The person who just said that as she looks up at Ana, who is presently a 40 foot giant, is the hacking genius Robin Altorez…

“So this is your other form and surprisingly you…”

And the other one beside Robin is the academy’s Prof/Witch, Reshulla Morrigan.

Apparently, Reshulla and Robin also felt the ground shake so they both anxiously climb the mountain.

As they get closer to the cave’s location, they we’re shocked to see the head of a silver haired giant, fidgeting while stomping her feet.

After seeing that, they rushed to the cave’s entrance and here we are now…

“Your butt…”

“*Pop* It’s really big.”

Do they really have to comment on that!? Can’t they say something else!? Like “How did you do that?” or “Is your body doing alright?” but of all the things to say, it had to be about her bottom.

“It’s not big! It’s because of the perspective; I’m a giant right now, so the way you see me is different! I don’t have a big butt!”

That’s right; it’s because of our point of view. But still…I does somewhat look big.

“N—no, don’t look at me like that James!”

Gyaaa!? A giant hand is about to grab me! I’m sorry for thinking of something indecent!

I don’t know what she might do to me so I run away from her slender yet gigantic hand.  

“Hmph!? Huh? What’s this?”

It was already late, so it’s really windy, especially at the mountain.

I was caught in surprised because something flew at my face. From what I see, it seems to be a cloth of some sort.

It might belong to Hikens, but I don’t think he would be wearing something pink. It even has little frills on them…a little warm to.

“James, why are you holding that!?”

Why am I holding this? It might be a way to find him. Wait…could it be that she knows something about this?

“Ana, do you know what this cloth is?”

“It’s…it’s…”

“It’s what?”

I guess she couldn’t say it out loud, so she kneeled down and used both her hands for me to stand on.

She then told me in a very small voice.

“Their underwear…I mean my panties…”

“…………………oh, I see.”

I then placed the unknown cloth (panties) on her palm and jumped down. It has nothing to do with what’s happening right now so let’s just forget about that, shall we?

But Ana should have realized by now that even though she whispered and reveal the unknown cloth (panties) to me, her voice can still be heard, and since where in a mountain, it echoed.

“So let me get this straight, Anastasia is standing in front of everyone butt-naked right now?”

And once again, Reshulla said something she shouldn’t have.

“NO! Please stop staring at me!”

While Ana is on the ground kneeling, she covered her body with both her hands.

When Reshulla said something about Ana being naked, Rusty’s subordinates looked at Ana with blushed faces. But only to be stopped by the female members in gun point.

With a red blushed face, Chilton took charge and ordered all the men, including Rusty, Mr. Douf and myself to face the opposite way, while she turns back.

But even though we guys are now facing the other way, the female members still has their guns pointed at our backs.

I feel like we’re being executed.

It only took Ana a few seconds to revert back, so she told us its fine to look back again.

Ana’s face is still red in embarrassed, but now she is wearing Reshulla’s lab coat, completely buttoned up.

Speaking of Reshulla, wasn’t she looking up about the stone tablet back in Mr. Douf’s lab? Since she’s already here, I might as well ask about it.

A lot has happened so everyone including Mr. Douf and Abigail forgot about the stone tablet that Reshulla was looking up.

When I asked her about it, hoping for something good to hear, she cage us a wary smile.

“Yeah…about that, since golems are related. This might actually be bad.”

Reshulla has explained about what she found as we head down. According to her findings, the encryptions on the stone tablet means “METH”, I first thought she meant the illegal drug, but on her farther explanation the “METH” is a Hebrew word for “Death”.

“And if we’re talking about golems then there is one golem who’s connected to that word, EMETH the ever growing golem.”

Emeth…so that big roar we heard inside the cave is most likely belongs to that thing and from that roar…its probably huge by now.

Going down the mountain is easy, so we quickly made it back down and reach the fence of our school.

*Splash*

“Whoa, what is this? Why is the ground wet?”

I wondered on what Abigail just said and went through the fence’s opening myself.

*Splash*

Yup it is wet and it even has a weird color to it. Is this normal for this school?

As I mentioned, it’s already late at night so no one other than me is Reshulla, Ana, Robin, Abigail, Mr. Douf and the security he brought with are in campus. We’ll be troubled if any normal person saw Ana’s Nephilim form so we we’re lucky no one did.

“This is bad. Everyone, we need to get out of here…”

But before Mr. Douf finishes, the speakers around the campus suddenly made a noise.

*KzzzzT*

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The owner of the voice is Hikens, though he is saying something, I have no idea on what he’s saying.

But from the impression Mr. Douf is making.

“That chant, that could only mean this liquid is…”

Suddenly the liquid that Mr. Douf mentions got absorbed by the ground and quickly took shapes of human like figures.

Golems spawned everywhere, even the walls of the buildings.

Rusty then ordered his men to make sure everyone is safe until the non-security staff (that means us students and Prof.) gets to the gates safely.

Lucky for us, the other security platoons spotted us and aided us to the exit.

When we thought that the golems and Hikens are the only problem, the speakers surrounding the campus gave us bad news.

“Attention to those who try to resist me. I am Hikens Hawn, the very man who will someday rule this world and to obtain that power, the so called “Founders” of this academy will tell me where those magical tools are. Isn’t that right, Mr. Chairman?”

“G—grandfather!?”

Not only does this guy have an army but hostages to.

I shouldn’t have thought about Hikens needing more golems, I wish to punch the “Me” a few hours ago.

“We—we need to save my grandfather and the others!”

Of course Ana would be worried, but won’t he be able to save himself and the other founders by changing?

Apparently I wasn’t the only one thinking that, Robin asked the same thing I was thinking.

“He can’t change like I can; he isn’t a Nephilim like me because my grandfather is just a normal human.”

The old man is just a normal old man? I thought he was something else because of how he carries himself.

Mr. Douf asked the other security staff if they know the location, but they seem to have failed looking for him due to being stopped by golems.

And most of all, the security knows that as long as he has hostages they won’t be able to move recklessly by scouting the area.  

“*Pop* He’s in the middle school section of the area. Though I can’t cut of the speakers for some reason, I could at least find where he is.”

Without any of us noticing, Robin has once again hacked into the school’s server and was able to pinpoint Hikens’ location.

The security staff was doubtful but Mr. Douf vouched for her so they had no other choice but to believe her.

“James, I’d like to ask you for a favor.”

“No need to ask Mr. Douf. But I do need to get back home to ready myself. Hey Rusty, you think you can hold them down till we get to the parking lot?”

“I would like to ask for the same thing Rusty.”

“You got it Prof. we’ll make as much noise we can. Chilton, go with him. He might need back up.”

“Understood.”

“Wait, I’ll go with you James.”

“I would like to come with you to.”

“*Pop* Same goes for me.”

I didn’t really want to show them “That” but I guess he will eventually find out.

Rusty and his team made a distraction while the girls and I sneak to the corner.

I’m somewhat impressed with Rusty and his team, since no golem has attacked us while we made our way to the parking lot.

We than got in, but of course I didn’t let Robin drive. With all of these things happening I can’t let someone drive without a license.

I then drove to the gate entrance.

Large sized golems where mixed in with the normal sized ones and it would seem like Rusty and his team is having a little trouble.

So I made a drift, destroying the golems with the car’s body.

“KYAAA! The Mustang Shelby GT350!!!”

That was a really loud shout coming from Robin and I wasn’t the only one that thought that, all the girls besides her are covering their ears.

Rusty then walked closer to driver’s window and asked…

“For how long do you need to get ready?”

“I’ll be back within an hour, try to hold out until then.”

I then drove off headed to my home.

(Robin’s POV)

It only took us a few minutes to get back home, or should I say James’ mansion.

I’m still a little bummed out for not being able to drive, but with the situation such as this? I guess I can get a rain check on it.

One of the reasons on how we got here so fast is because of James incredible driving skills. The stunts he made me feel like I was on a “Fast and Furious” movies.

But more importantly, when James crashed onto those golems earlier, he used the Mustang Shelby’s side to smash them to bits.

How could he do that to such a beautiful car!?

That is why as soon as he parked in front of the entrance door, I quickly got out and checked for the damages.

“Huh? That’s weird; there should be a big dent on its door but…”

Why isn’t it damaged? Not like I want to see a big dent on it, but there should be one. Not even a scratch is here.

“Don’t worry about the car Robin. The car’s frame is fortified, so I guess you could say it’s as tough as a tank.”

“………………”

This man has just said the words that every person who loves his/her car dreams of.

An indestructible sports car.

As we enter the house, James led us to the living room, the same room where we watched the campus’ surveillance cameras.

“Here we are, now all I have I have to do is move this couch and…”

“Oh! I can do that for you…hya…here you go.”

A fragile looking woman like Ana lifting a heavy couch with a single arm, I feel sorry for the male body builders out there.

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After Ana moved the couch to a corner, James rolled the rug revealing a hidden door.

And right beside the door is a hand print scanner. After seeing that high-tech hidden door, makes me even more excited.

James then put his palm to the scanner; it then made a beeping sound and slowly opened the door. We then see stairs leading downwards.

“Come on, I think the security will needs more firepower. So I’ll lend them some of mine.”

It was really dark down here, until James light up the room.

“Wha—gulp...”

Yeah, that was me swallowing my gum…again.

You can’t blame me though, because what I’m seeing right now is a room as big as a storage house one would mostly see in the docks.

But the most noticeable thing in here is…

“How much artillery do you have in here Lt. Commander?”

This security staff member that came with us beat me to it, but what’s with this Lt. Commander thing? Is that supposed to be James?

“Chilton, go grab everything you think they would need. I need to get ready myself.”

“Understood.”

She even saluted to him, seriously did I miss something.

“Sorry to ask to a normal student, but do you mind helping me?”

Well, we have nothing better to do for now so might as well help her and since Ana is here it’s going to be a breeze.

As we grab the guns, which surprised me on how heavy they are, noticed our class advisor Reshulla is missing.

Now that we’re done getting what we need, it’s time to look for our class advisor.

“*Pop* Any ideas where she went Ana?”

“I think I saw her walk inside one of the ro—”

“Hey girls, take a look at what I found.”

And like I said so before, we have nothing to do until James comes back so…

“What is it? What did you find?”

After seeing all these, it actually makes me excited on what she found. But apparently I wasn’t the only one who feels the excitement. Ana and Chilton feel the same as I am.

But before we even get to the entrance, Reshulla suddenly popped out with a different look.

Reshulla, who is standing in front of us, is wearing a black leather body suit with a red line going down on her right side.

And for some reason she is also wearing knee high boots with a red line going down on one boot while the other was full black and a pair of red hard knuckle gloves.

“So…what do you think? Is it me?”

I know I shouldn’t be saying this since I’m a girl, but I have to be honest.

“*Pop* you look hot teach.”

“Wow Prof. Morrigan you look great.”

And Ana gave her honest admiration.

“Those are high class military grade armor. Where did you find them Professor?”

When Chilton asked, Reshulla pointed at the door she came out from and thus reviling a collection of body suits, vests and many more female military armor.

I doubt that James would have a secret hobby of cross-dressing so these most likely belong to someone else.

But I guess even though we are in a difficult situation, girls will always be girls.

And with that said…  

“Hey teach, do they have some in my size?”

After I asked, she then points to me where she got her body suit.

I head to where she pointed at and found body suits with different styles and color.

Since teach got the body suit that reaches until her ankles; I picked the one with the shorts.

“Humph…phuwa…why can’t it…humph…”

When I finally found a nice one, I couldn’t close the zipper up to my neck. I can’t really help them if most guys will be ogling at my breasts instead of looking at the enemy.

I was about to give up on the suit, but then I found another section of the wardrobe and found hope.

Bikinis, a lot of bikini collections.

I quickly picked out what I want; I left the bottom though, since I only needed the top.

The one I picked out is a yellow string bikini on top of the unzipped black body suit.

I then grabbed black boots with yellow linings on its heels and it’s sole and a pair of fingerless gloves.

“*Pop* And who said you can’t look good in a fight?”

With this I’m ready, so I walked back to the others.

“So that’s what you picked huh? Not bad.”

“Thanks teach. *Pop*”

When I got back, Reshulla is now wearing her lab coat making her clothes look surprisingly better.

Since teach has her lab coat back, it would mean that Ana also picked some new clothes.

But if Ana will pick something within these kinds of choices, makes me wonder what she would look like.

As I try to imagine Ana looking like a tough looking military woman, I notice that one of us didn’t pick out a new set of clothes.

“*Pop* What about you? Aren't you going to pick some?”

“It’s alright; I rather wear my proper uniform.”

If that’s what she wants then I could really force her.

“Oh my, am I the last one here?”

Ana didn’t came from the same place we got our leather body suit. And how did I know that you ask? It’s because she isn’t wearing anything close to ours.

What she is wearing now is a light violet polo shirt under a black blazer and black formal pants while wearing loafers.

“Does it look Ok on me? I found another room where they keep normal looking clothes.”

“Wait, something is missing……here catch.”

Teach then throws Ana a pair of thin leather gloves with violet hard knuckles.

“*Pop* Yup, this look compliments you way better than what I just imagined.”

Its look both feminine and manly in the same time, I like it.

I’m starting to see why men get fired up when there in their uniform. I seriously think I can kick ass with this get up.

Now that we’re ready, it’s about time for James to come back.

“That’s good, you girls found the armory. I was about to tell you about that.”

Oh, speak of the devil, he’s fin…na…lly……he…re…………

“””“…………………””””

“What? What is it? Why are you girls staring at me like that? Reshulla? Ana? Robin? And even Chilton to? Why aren’t you saying anything?”

Wh-why aren’t we saying anything? Of course we can’t say anything right now.

James, who is standing in front of us, is wearing some sort of long sleeved compressed suit that completely reveals his arm muscle and military pants, while wearing knee high combat boots with knee guards, and what’s on top of his compressed suit is a sleeveless body armor and steel knuckle gloves.

And everything is colored black making his jade green eyes look even more amazing.

Or to make things easier to understand, James has become the embodiment of pure manliness and badassery.

“Hey James, we still have a time. We can go to your bedroom and…”

“Come on, I still need to grab two more thing and then lets head back to campus.”

That was an obvious escape coming from James. But I do understand what teach is going through. If she didn’t asked first, I might have asked the same thing from him.

And it seems like Ana is also trying to hold herself back. Keep it up Ana, keep it up.

We then followed James to another room, but this time only two things are on display.

A classic black-silver pistol and a Japanese sword or what other people call a katana.

This is the first time I’ve seen a katana and that goes the same for Ana.

Out of curiosity, Ana grabbed the katana and unsheathed it revealing a beautiful pure white blade.  

“No wait Ana don…”

“Huh? What is it Jame—DON’T YOU DARE TOUCH ME YOU STINKING GIANT!!!”

“………*POP*…………”

““…………………………..””

Wow, is it just me or did Ana said something abusive?

“HURRY UP AND LET GO OF ME BEFORE I CUT IN THE GUT!!!”

Even the way she talks is different.

“Kyaa!”

*Kclang~*

“What in the world was that!? That wasn’t me speaking just now.”

That’s right; no way will Ana say those kinds of things. But if it wasn’t her, then the only thing that could have cause her to say that is…

“Sorry about that, I should have warned you that my sword becomes a little moody when someone else holds it besides me.”

All of us were shocked; did James just say that his sword becomes “Moody”? Does that mean his sword has emotions?

And Reshulla who is right next to the pistol moved away and asked James if the pistol was the same.

“Yes and no, “YES” that pistol also has its own thoughts and “NO” they’re not in the same category as the sword.”

I’m a little confused here, so I just directly asked him.

“It’ll take long for me to explain properly so I’ll just make it really short. These two are what you call “Tsukumogami” or gods of tools. But that is the only part were they are the same. The gun saved a lot of people but the sword killed a lot of people. The gun has a good spirit and the sword used to have a bad one.”

Wow, James owns not only a ridiculous amount of artillery, but these things to? Most of all I first thought that sword was beautiful, but now…

“……W—wait we no longer have time for these, we need to get back to captain and the others!”  

I would really like to ask on how he got a hold of something so weird but I guess we’re taking too much of our time.

James then sheathed the bat crazy katana and grabbed the classic pistol and put it on a holster on his left leg.

We already have everything we need so we went up the stairs.

I was about to grab the laptop I left on the living room table but James stop me and gave me something.

“Here take this.”

One was a small portable laptop and the other was a pistol. He then strapped me up while putting the laptop on my left

leg and the pistol on my right waist.

“This is a laptop that military usually use on scouting missions so it’s faster despite its size…and as for the gun, it’s so you can protect yourself. Just point and shoot.”

“Right, thanks James.”

After a quick check, we then carried the artillery and headed to the garage.

I know the night’s still young, but who would have thought that we experienced something amazing in a single night.

Oh well, no use on crying on spilled milk. Besides, what’s important right now is the safety of Ana’s gramps and the other founders.

We then drove back to the academy hoping for their safety.

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