So What Happened

The first one down was Sven then the others hopped down from their Branches and landed in front of the twin creatures, one was holding the winged Soran still in pajamas.

Hans walked to the front with attitude and struck an annoyed pose, "Look Who Decided To FINALLY Wake Up!"

The Orc came stomping forward and backhanded Hans aside with such force that made him fly like a bullet towards the Tree where he barely missed Svens portal and the Sven Statue reacted and caught the launched item before throwing it back towards the ground.

By the time Hans hit the ground again, Atulil had already used one hand and tossed the Dragonoid to my Summons feet, causing the other God's to take a step back in confusion.

"TELL HER!" Atulil bellowed in anger before looking at me with an apologetic smile.

"It's a Statue! How Can it Talk?" Someone asked in disbelief from behind the Orc.

Scoffing, he crossed his arms and spoke loudly as if to address a specific person while not doing so at the same time, "If SOMEBODY, Would've Allowed Us To Check On Her EONS AGO! With The TEMPLE! THIS WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED!!! "

Multiple heads bowed down in shame and a few even flinched as if his words cut a physical wound on them. Some also seemed confused as they tried to get a closer look at the statue in question.

Looking down while I'm being cradled, I see that it is indeed like a dragon human hybrid...

But it's supposed to be made of stone...

So why is it looking more and more like a person with scales?

The reptilian face looked up briefly and met my eyes for just a half a second before fear flooded it's eyes and it looked back to the ground. It looked as if it was trying out its new jaw muscles and stretched its neck from side to side, then took a deep breath.

It's voice was not smooth, nor did it sound like stone on stone, but instead it sounded as if it was a being from the abyss crawling out of a crater while speaking slowly getting louder and more used to speech,

"I was n-not in mind. Smog covered my a-ability to... c-con-control self. Forgiveness, p-please." It brought one knee up to its chest, pounded the ground with the opposite fist and made it stay, and brought his kneeling side hand up to its forehead with its palm facing outward.

Atulil scoffed, while the others gasped in shock at the stone golems ability to behave in fear and speak.

SMACK. THUD. oooff

Atulil smacked the back of the Dragon's head and it fell to the ground face first and just laid there afraid to move.

"NOT THAT! WHAT HAPPENED ON THE SURFACE ON HER PLANET!!" Atulil raged in annoyance and crossed his arms again, staring at it while it slowly got back up on its knees.

The other God's became puzzled once Atulil said that as if it was impossible for a planet to develop without the God's intervention with points earned from followers.

"..."

"..."

" So... What Happened on the Surface? Didn't we just recently get sent here? So there shouldn't be any issues yet... Right?" I asked out loud while looking towards my summons who didn't meet my question nor my gaze.

A rang of gasps came from everyone as if I had smacked them with a monster's corpse. Looking at them with my questionable looking face looking for answers.

"We just got sent here a few hours ago... Right?" I asked them directly and all their faces dropped and became paper than my skin, " I only slept for a Day... so shouldn't it still be how we made them Yesterday?? "

All the God's looked at each other and guilt could be seen on all of their faces except for Atulil and Nyra who seemed even more pissed off at what I asked.

" Oi Dragon! " I asked in a commanding tone.

It Snapped to its feet and saluted me with its feet together which made a crisp sound in the silence. His left hand behind his back and the other on the insignia on his left chest, he replied with more ease, certainty, and loud and clearly, "YES MY QUEEN!!"

"..." When did I become a Queen? I thought real quick as I shook my head to dismiss the thought, "How Long Ago Were You Made? When Did You Come To My Service? What Happened On My Surface?" I asked demandingly.

Hans looked like he wanted to interrupt but he backed up with his head down in defeat as he contemplated his thoughts.

Sven, who held an untitled book, gripped it tightly till his knuckles turned a different color.

All the girls put their hands on their hearts and looked saddened and at each other like they were having a girl telepathy conversation...

Except for Nyra who gripped her palms into fists and was drawing blood with the anger she was trying to hold in, as bloodlust could be seen coming off of her in waves.

Briger's armor became a single shade of red as he nodded his head forward sharply initiating his helmet then took a better look at the Imprisoned Portal, as the eyes of the helmet became light blue.

Brutus and Einar both looked away and their gaze settled on the stoned prison and their faces became distorted.

Halvard put a gloved hand over his helmet and the other under his elbow as he shook his head slowly before silently activating his skills as he expanded a non-physical shield type sensory to understand the difference between why she was just, Now, waking up.

"I was made when my Creator First walked his planet and went into the Core of the Mountain. I was ordered to find and protect you after you never showed up for 300 Full Cycles! I waited for you to wake up before finding my way to the surface because of unknown seismic activity. I found Metallic liquidized Golems who were killing all of your made monsters and some even shifted into similar beings to try and blend in... Their behavior was odd... I got wounded by one... after I inflicted damage on it to protect your creatures ... Then the fog began ... I became stationary ... by your side ... against the wall shortly after and went into stasis mode for another 456,785 Cycles and 7 Months, 23 Days ... Then you woke up and landed on me ... By then I could feel something trying to rewrite my Core that my Maker personally made ... When the Fairy torched me ... with you ... I inhaled on the instinct of a dragon and became flesh and blood?? I think...? "

He tilted his head to the side confused as he stayed still in his salute with his eyes on me... unwavering... Unlike before when he was brought before me.

"So... Liquid Living Metallic Golems are Loose on my Surface?" I asked as I noticed how some of the others' attention had been diverted from me as if they had something to hide.

"Correct My Queen!" He bowed slightly at the waist.

My gaze ran over the God's in front of me as if some where trying to have a telepathic conversation with confused faces, others had their heads down, and some had their eyes on the stoned prison Portal. And Nyra was shaking with rage so hard that she was turning the ground beneath her blue. While Atulil had a cold face....

Wait...

Blue Ground...

"Nyra!! You're Bleeding!" I exclaimed as I reached out my hand in her direction and part of my shadow rose from the ground and launched towards her leaving a path of blackness.

Black tendrils wrapped around her hands, just as quickly as my hand finished raising in her direction, and turned them blacker than black gloves. Startled out of her raging bloodlust she stumbled back a few steps and looked down at her hands in awe as the self made wounds disappeared.

That was until the stone prison shattered and sinister energy came seeping through causing all the God's to subconsciously activate their battle forms except Soran who was still held and the God's appeared between her and the Distorted Portal.

"Why did it break when she used her powers?" the Black Drop asked the White Drop which the God's all heard.

All the God's hands glowed as they summoned their weapons and got ready to fight...

Only for tendrils to flash past them before their weapons could materialize, which is pretty fast since it takes 1 second to summon, and the portal was a good distance away.

Their eyes followed it as they turned their bodies to strike at it for its target was Soran in the back.

Once their weapons became solid did all of them attack the tendrils with all their strength... only for them all to bounce off and get launched enough to hit the walls around the Tree, but only one still stood.

Halvard still stood between it and Soran as his armor and shields flared multiple times threatening to give in. Encased in his shield did Sorans twin guards move closer to him while checking for any weak spots.

As the dark wave surged around the Shield and towards the Tree did the large stone size Statues of the Gods start to move and attack the wave before it reached a certain distance from the portals. Each activated the exact same powers as the originals making the original's power flicker as they were used.

Once the Stone God of Protection summoned a Shield large enough to block some strong attacks made the Originals shield flicker for a few seconds.

Just a few seconds of flickering was enough for the main tendril to flash past, wrap around Soran, and yank her away before anyone could blink.

"MASTER!"

"MASTER!"

Two cries roared as they saw her disappear into the unstable portal at the other side of the room.

Uncontrollable rage filled them as something flickered like lightning in-between the two Drops. Something more sinister than bloodlust engulfed the two as they slowly became the others color with their eyes shining gold as they lost all reason and rushed the portal. Their new energy engulfed the relentless dark energy and absorbed it all making them grow as they raced into the darkness.

Only to bounce back and skid a few feet away, as if a Shield prevented them from entering.

Not missing a beat did they Launch claw attacks that left after images as their speed increased with determination.

A crack appeared in the fabric of the unstable portal as they now had a focus point to break through.

As their claws went to work to make it larger, did their golden eyes Pierce through the layers of darkness in search of their target.

But they saw rows upon rows of sleeping monsters but the light they sought was nowhere to be seen from the small hole.