The Snow Queen

Ross swung his sword to send two slashes at the mutant dog that ran after him. A voracious hunger invaded her and her objective was to catch him to eat it, but her opponent was very elusive.

In that instant, an arrowhead pierced her causing pain. Every shot went to vulnerable areas. Sky could visualize her weak points if she focused so she chose the arrows to attack while waiting for her comrade in arms to buy time to process a new plan.

-It's her throat! -Sky gave notice of where they should give the coup de grace

-Sky, prepare the egg and wait for my signal !! - Ross was looking for support surfaces

He stood in the middle of what was once the dining room and turning his wrist held his sword like a boomerang and threw it at the dog. The sword changed shape, splitting into two blades and dug deep in both legs to slow her advance.

The dog sent its tongue to catch Ross but he threw himself to the ground to escape and with a full planche he dodged the onslaught aimed at his head.

Seizing the moment, Sky shot another arrow straight at the throat without noticing that the dog's tail came up from behind and ended up knocking it down. Ross sat up again when the ground began to shake and the charix screamed trying to open a crack.

An orange light illuminated the whole place through the hole in the ceiling.

- Damn! Don't panic and remember the training - Ross tried to cheer himself up by talking to himself

-Commander! Her throat, now or never! -Sky, who was getting up from the ground was not far behind

Ross kicked the ground to propel himself into the air. He drew his vorpal sword from the clock again and chopped the dog's tail to distract her, giving him a chance to jump onto the back to end up wedging the sword in the neck.

He used the sword as a stake to now propel himself towards the wall and start running vertically with the mission of positioning himself face to face with the beast.

The dog screamed followed by a painful howl that caused the mansion to vibrate. Sky used the furniture as a springboard and followed Ross up to the ceiling with a cartwheel jump to throw the egg at him in an alley-oop pass for him to capture.

The howling of the beast allowed Ross to dunk a slum dunk into her mouth as a hoop so that the egg would enter the throat and cause her to suffocate.

Sky descended in a spin and with one hand stood upright with his legs extended, while Ross made a perfect three-point landing and then ran to grab her for cover behind a shield.

With her teeth, Sky squeezed the detonator and the bomb egg exploded inside the beast, shattering into a thousand pieces accompanied by the collapse of the mansion. The explosion caused a roar that generated fear in the surrounding areas.

Stealthily, the scorpion turned its head and sped towards the burning ruins. People outside gaped at the senseless destruction unleashed by the abduction of the white rabbit with the subsequent appearance of a charix.

The vans had been stopped for the occupants to come out to witness hell. Etoile could not bear to see her family fight with her arms crossed and without anyone noticing she ran off towards the mansion.

She felt guilty that she was the cause of it and the urge to help them ignited. Something was calling her loudly and when she heard distant voices asking her to stop, she kept running without looking back.

The cloud of dust dissipated and behind it, Ross and Sky in hare form showed up to attract the beast. The mutant spawn, not noticing that there was someone pointing a rifle at his head sent its stinger straight at them.

* Bang Bang *

Two shots tore through the brains of the scorpion, which collapsed on the side of the front steps.

-Wohoo! In your face son of a bitch, you messed with one of the best snipers in Crystal Clouds! - Brad bragging did a victory dance

-Now stop making a fool of yourself.- Ross was tired

-Yes ... I'm hungry and sleepy- Sky dusted off his clothes

-Care! - Etoile's desperate cry from the side of the gate was heard making everyone turn around urgently

-Brother! - Brad took his rifle at full speed

The scorpion's tail moved to nail its prey. Sky reacted quickly by pushing Ross aside to end up being pierced by the stinger and thrown away

Brad fired continuously until the rifle was empty. Despair left them confused and angry.

-No !!! - Etoile cried out through tears when she saw Sky roll down the stairs

Aunt Maggie and Mama Rabbit stopped her from approaching but she tried to get away with sudden movements and fell to the ground crying with helplessness

The leaders, police and officers watched in horror as the sniper and the helmeted youth continued to smash the fallen beast in rage between shots and slashes with swords to make sure it did not get back up.

-Damn! -Ross put all his strength on the sword to cut off the scorpion's head

Etoile crawled and got up to run towards Sky. Mama, Aunt Maggie and Arthur followed her and they couldn't help crying as they saw the girl who changed shape and apologized for hurting Etoile.

Suddenly, Etoile began to sing a lullaby while stroking Sky's head.

-I just wanted to go home ...- Sky began to cry when the poison began to spread throughout her body causing pain

-Shhh ... mmmm- Etoile hummed the song and rocked the young woman in her arms

Rigel and Antares finished their duty, came down the steps and looked at everyone beyond the gate.

-Vega, I'm tired so I'll leave the rest to you- Rigel touched Etoile's shoulder for her to close the mess and sat next to Antares on the steps

A white glow covered Etoile. Suddenly, the air turned icy and the wind along with the weather began to change.

Snow began to fall from the cloudy sky, perplexing those present

-What the hell is going on? - Arthur looked at the sky in amazement when Rigel handed him some sunglasses

-You will need them believe me- he also put on other glasses

The leaders saw the glow in Etoile growing more intense and blinding. Sparks were released from her shine and collided with her again to end up transforming her into a silver hairless being with crystal wings full of frost and the falling snowflakes formed a luminous dress.

When she opened her eyes, these were multi-colored prisms that looked tenderly at Sky. Her glow ended up illuminating with such magnitude that she dyed the visions of deep white swallowing everything around her in an icy breath.

A divine radiance was shown before them coming to cross the borders of five neighboring countries such as Mozambique or Namibia and the kingdoms of Lesotho and Eswatini.

It took several minutes to get back to clarity and when they did, they saw that Arthur was carrying an unconscious Etoile, whose silver hair had grown several meters and behind them, Mama and Aunt Maggie who were left speechless.

The snow continued to fall, but now it was no longer cold, on the contrary, it was warm to the touch, healing everything it touched and the neighboring lands became fertile under it.

No one could get near them and they only made room for her to be taken back to home. For everyone another miracle happened right under her nose and the trace of those involved was nowhere to be found.

On the way back, inside the truck, the silence was uncomfortable. Brad who was looking into the distance through the window, hugged Sonia and Bethel while Tia Maggie carried Etoile and Arthur to Sky.

-Then, when is the birthday party? - Brad made a comment that caused discomfort

Three Point Landing or better known as Superhero Landing comes from airplane pilots, when the three wheels of the landing gear touch the ground exactly at the same time. Using Hand-Foot-Knee are the three points where the heroes' weight rests after landing or falling in style.