Hi. My name is Xamantalpalli and I appear to be living-challenged. More on that in a minute though. So we are in the clearing in front of what is now a sinkhole as the ruins suck into the ground and everyone seems to be marveling at their new found powers. It took me 3 tries to get everyone to realize we have a village to save..I mean come on guys I'm not supposed to be the voice of right and wrong here. Ben and I sent the birds to scout ahead and I was delighted to find he and I both can speak bird. A strange thrill went through me at that. As we moved the birds told us that riders were making off with some villagers and others stayed at the village guarding the rest. I took off at breakneck speed, Wuyi with Rhia and Kelly close behind. Ben decided to stop on the high hill and target the riders with the birds while the rest of us went to the village. We snuck up and took them by surprise, Wuyi and I flipping about the battlefield with our weapons and it was... exhilarating. Kelly hung back and was picking them off and Rhia was fighting with that strange coral of hers while Rupper mangled them with his chain and dog...Rex was thoroughly enjoying himself.
When it seemed the group had them in hand I raced off towards the riders as Cal informed me they were at the shore and something was coming from the Mists. I could hear the others behind me and eventually saw Ben running ahead. I don't know really what happened, I didn't even have time for the thought to enter my head, but I reached out and grabbed him, slinging him onto my back in one smooth motion never breaking stride and he didn't even flinch or question it. We just moved in concert together like it was the most natural thing in the world. As I ran for the shore I saw the boat reach shore and them load Joshua on it and no one else and it shoved off.
As we finally approached the thing on the boat told us to drop our weapons or they'd kill the villagers. I hesitated for a moment and had a moment of clarity settle on me. As ben brought his gun to bear on the things with the villagers I hefted my spear, sent a prayer to my father, and through everything I had into throwing the spear at the talking zombie thing that had our Elder. I could not fail, he was our Elder, I CAN NOT FAIL! I kept chanting in my head as I threw. It sailed with deadly accuracy even as far away as the ship had gotten and knocked the thing into the water as it tore a hole through it's chest. Just as the boat started to disappear out of no where Wuyi with Rhia on her back launched herself at the boat in a massive spring! She landed right in front of Joshua, and we didn't see what went on next. The things holding the villagers stopped and looked unsure of what to do. We heard a splash and Rhia surfaced first...Wuyi finally did but something dragged her under. I felt helpless and unsure of what to do but Kelly jumped in and surfaced with a loss of what her name was.
I summoned my spear to my hand and Wuyi surfaced, all three getting safely to shore as the zombies seemed to suddenly turn off. Kelly rung a bell and I had a sudden realization...we might be in the Greek Underworld...Rhia confirmed we all read as dead but it didn't make sense. I am Aztec and a sudden feeling that if I were to die I would be in Mictalan...certainly not in hades. As we were mulling it over and discussing going to get our things before trying to get out of here, I found a bag of silver coins with a hand grasping wheat on them and the ferryman's boat pulled up...yeah we certainly weren't in Kansas...
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