He felt like he was in a simulation. Only he was very much aware!

Standing at the center of the attack, completely surrounded by homicidal wolves in mid flight, Nexus brought his sword to his sides, and- began to spin around!

Like the whirling vortex of a tornado, and with his feet planted in the earth as an anchor, Nexus spun around with a mind numbing quickness- completing three revolutions in one second!

In a spinning blur of red flames and rage, his lit sword slashed through the air, slicing up the wolves in one go. Chunks of sliced, burnt flesh dropped to the ground. It was like the wolves had plunged headfirst into a whirling fan! The smell of sizzling flesh suddenly wafted into the air- along with the sweet satisfying smell of shock from the wolves.

The twirling human-sized tornado, suddenly came to a stop.

Robes flapping in the wind, and with his flaming sword in his hands, Nexus looked like an upgraded jedi.

The wind wolves did not learn their lesson. One by one, they lunged themselves at the flaming swordsman. With an animated speed, Nexus' lithe form side stepped in graceful movements. Often missing each wolf by just a few inches.

The rushing winds from their snapping jaws, skirted right past him as he flirted with death. Under the undependable moonlight, the howling wolves dove at him in a frenzied state. Snapping furiously, and snarling in senseless rage, their bulky bodies advanced closer and closer- not mindful of the dreadful weapon in his hands.

Moving like he could see them in slow motion, Nexus effortlessly skirted through the swarm of vicious attacks. Occassionally, he would swing his sword, and slice through five or six beasts in one arc.

But his feet were moving backwards- in a slow advance, towards Monica.

The redhead felt like she was watching some kind of dream or something. Reeling in shock, Monica's eyes widened so much, it felt like her sockets were about to expunge her eyeballs. Her heart thundered wildly in her chest, her temples throbbed, and her sweaty palms got even sweatier.

'Ni Yang?. . .this powerful?!' she stuttered in unbelief; 'But. . .HOW?!'

All the memories of the past forty eight hours began to flood through her mind- rushing in and out at will, like a time capsule.

From that day in the Bourse, to the two day journey, to the fight with the alpha wolf, she searched through each memory- desperate to find out anything she had missed at all.

But there had been nothing off.

Nothing at all.

"MONICA!" his urgent voice called out amidst the ambush of black fur.

Her drop-dead-state instantly jolted back into life.

". . .get over here! NOW!"

Monica did not know why, but her body went into automatic transmission.

Both her feet sprang forward at once. Her rigid body suddenly became as fluid as water, as she surged right at Ni Yang.

Blood rushing through her being, and pumping wildly in her ears, she leaped of the ledge and landed on the level ground below with a soft thud. Her head shot up immediately- in the direction of Nexus ahead of her.

But her peripheral vision caught on to the encroaching movements to her left.

Suddenly, she understood why he had called out. The wind wolves were trying to keep both of them apart for some reason. If they suceeded, there was a chance either one of them would survive.

'Damn it . . .' she cursed as she jumped to her feet again.

All her body felt heavier than usual. She also hadn't had a proper night's rest in more than fifty hours. Her eyes were bloodshot, and the back of her head had begun to ache.

Suddenly, to her left, the wind wolves on the alpha's side surged forward- at her. Their long beefy legs broke out into a comfortable run, as their black eyes remained locked in on her.

She could easily waste them, but she had to reach Nexus first.

Monica kicked herself into action, and she dashed towards Nexus who was fifteen yards out.

With her heels threading the earth softly, her light quick strides began to edge her closer and closer to Ni Yang.

Behind her, the small army of rabid black beasts slowly closed in on her. She could feel their perverse excitement. They were wolves- they liked the fact that she was running! They howled into the night time- feet clamoring together, as their heavy breathing became more and more desperate.

Beneath her feet, she felt the rocky surface of the den, finally pour into the gentle grass of the meadows. Ahead of her, some ten yards out, Nexus was still taking on the wolves with that mind numbing speed of his. And that weapon! What the hell was that?!

Five yards out.

Monica's fist instinctively tightened into preparation.

Four,

three,

two,

She jumped high in the air, twisting her body midflight, facing the wolves, and backing Nexus completely. A gentle wind picked up her cape behind her, causing it to flutter in the breeze. Her red mane looked fiercely dark under the bloodless moon.

Monica's landing was smooth. Both her feet gracefully touched down on the ground with her back touching Nexus' back, and her arms stretched out like live canon boosters. But the wolves did not give a damn about her finesse. Hot on her heels, they followed after her with hot hatred and sharp teeth barring- snarling at her savagely.

Feeling the reassuring comfort of Ni Yang's back against hers, Monica let loose her first attack.

Eyes flaming, her cannonball hands targeted the first three wolves hungrily charging at her. Monica triggered the release.

From her finger tips shot out a destructive energy. It raged right at the unfortunate group of wolves, and bombed the fuck out of their bodies. The splattering earth broke down the debris of the environment.

Bits and bits of bloodied flesh and bones shot up right into the air. Mild clouds of dust appeared from the explosion, and the earth once again shuddered at Monica's problematic explosions.

Behind her, Nexus smiled as he felt the rippling shockwaves. It was a decent attack. Monica had arrived.

But suddenly, six more wolves appeared from behind the smoking corpses of the three she had only just killed!

Screaming a rain of obscenities upon them, Monica redirected the entire qi in her body, and began to bombard the wolves.

A leg blew out of a wolf's body- shooting high in the air, and came rushing down like a hail stone. A full head came off a big wolf's body. Another beast caught a bomb middair, an was split in half instantly. Its bloodied mangled remains was halved by a second explosion. Leaving its corpse a disgusting mess.

Behind her, Nexus slashed and slashed, as a seemingly unending storm of wolves encircled them all. His fiery sword sank hungrily into the shaggy furred animals. His flames licked up their blood as he sliced out the sword from their corpses. The air became thick with the stench of death- and fresh animal blood.

His flaming sword continued to scream energetically as he silenced the invading wolves' snarls with his blade. Monica's exclusive explosion magic continued to rage- mindlessly blowing up the beasts.

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