Moving Life
Chapter 24: Chapter 24: Trial by Wet
Previous Chapter Next Chapter"Another dud." Daring says sighing.
Arkon sighs as he pokes at the statue with his staff. "Any left?"
"Eight more." Daring groans.
"Three less." Anubis said as he gropes the mare in his lap as they rested a bit. "Sent my copies out to look."
"Ok five." Daring says.
Sentire looks over to him. "When did the heck did you give her a break?"
Anubis grins. "Never stopped." He said as the mare moans into his neck and ruins her clothes more.
"At this rate, you will shatter her mind forever." Elusive says.
Anubis chuckles as he holds the mare closer. "I tend to have great skill. She isn't protesting on it too. Are you?" He asks her.
The mare's eyes start to look a little hollow as she shakes her head.
Anubis smirks and looks back at them. "See."
Daring sighs. "At least she isn't like the head researcher or we be screwed."
"Oh, that's a great idea." Anubis said setting the mare closer to himself.
"I'm the head researcher and I am taken." Daring growls at him.
Anubis chuckles even harder. "I love this group and this mare." He said opening her shirt a bit and reaching inside. "So…where's the next stop? I got the ones on the far end."
"Would you not break her? I thought you said you weren't going to enslave her." Daring reminds.
Anubis grins. "Doesn't mean I can't have fun with her. Besides, no matter how long females stay with me, they leave happy and free…expect that stupid bitch alligator." He said frowning and squeezing hard making the mare squeal.
"When was the last time you had a female beside Sentire?" Berry asks.
Anubis stares blankly at him. "The bitch of course. Had to fucking work with her on this. That was until I told her off so I can finish this alone. Before that, mortal that was a bit lonely around…a thousand years. So I got really blue when Sentire came around. Such a bombshell body."
"This is so boring." Vinyl complains.
Octavia hums. "Just walking and looking at the same statues boring to you?"
"Yes." Vinyl says looking at her sister like something was wrong with her.
Arkon smiles. "So…what do you want to do to pass the time for our break?"
"Isn't there something interesting to do?" Vinyl whines.
"There's this." Anubis said as the mare had her shirt fully open and he was openly groping her with both hands.
"Not unless it is by Arkon." Vinyl says.
Arkon blinks as he looks to his own hands a bit. "I don't know about that."
"Vinyl, why don't you just listen to your music with your headset?" Octavia asks.
Vinyl blinks. "Oh." She said putting it on and starts bobbing her head along with some music.
"I still do not understand those things." Arkon says.
Vinyl keeps bobbing her head along as she takes out another headset and gives it to him and puts it on his head before turning it on.
Arkon looks confused as he listens to it as Vinyl just enjoyed it.
Octavia sighs. "Don't worry. You will get use to it."
"So what did Vinyl say that turned you on?" Rainbow whispers to Spitfire.
Spitfire scoffs. "I rather not talk about that."
"Come on." Rainbow says.
"Alright, she started with putting the image of him biting and sucking on my nipples." Spitfire whispers to her.
Rainbow raises an eyebrow. "Really? So what did you do?"
Spitfire keeps whispering, making Rainbow blush.
Daring sighs as she watches them. "Dang. We have to deal with this trouble now or we might be stuck down here for a long time."
Anubis hums as he slaps the mare's flank and makes her cry out to the others annoyance. "Got four more. Last one is possible." He mentions making sure he has a grip.
"Which one?" Daring asks annoyed.
Anubis sighs. "Just a little down the hall. You can find the entrance there." He said nodding his head out the doorway.
Daring glares as she walks off followed by others quickly.
Anubis laughs as he carries the mare bridal style as she seems to be tired to heck. "Come on. Just admit that this is turning you on and want to join." He said grinning as he follows them.
Daring glares before throwing something at him.
Anubis smirks as he leans to the side to watch the old rock fly by. "Jealous." He sang.
"This is it?" Octavia asks.
Daring sighs as she looks to the last statue. "Finally." She said walking to it and looks to it closely.
"Explosive time?" Vinyl asks smirking making even Anubis wonder if there was something wrong with her.
Arkon holds her up by her shirt collar like a sniggering cat. "I would rather keep the life of this temple alive."
Vinyl huffed, hearing no explosives.
Arkon just puts her down and starts to pet her head.
"So let's see." Daring says staring to examine and test the statue for any switches.
Anubis peeks in. "Did we miss anything?" He asks trying to lift the mare over his shoulder as she is moaning constantly and quietly.
"Daring wants to check the statue herself first." Dusk says.
Anubis hums as he looks over the statue and stands by him. "Here, hold this for me." He said giving him the mare and making him carry her over the shoulder. "I need to check something." He said walking over to the walls and looking at the faded colour markings.
Dusk sat the mare down on the ground as Anubis worked.
"I have seen the underworld…and it is hot." The mare said lost.
"Someone have ice water?" Dusk asks.
Anubis chuckles as he hears a shriek and then chattering teeth as the mare tries to bundle up herself. "How's it going priest?" He calls.
Arkon hums as he looks over the statue with Daring. "Well. We have found some mechanisms. Let's see. How about here?" He asks out loud and presses a stone and it slides in. "Should be working now."
"What's supposed to happen?" Applejack asks Berry.
Berry hums as he takes out a big book and puts on really small glasses. "It says here that the portal to the land of the list should open and lead those chosen to the land of milk and honey."
"Huh?" Most asks.
Anubis sighs. "Allegory. Basically good land for us, misery for mortals."
"I doubt it would do that Berry. You are reading from a children's story book again." Dusk says.
Berry looks to the cover. "Oh." He said seeing childish figures and tosses the book away and takes out another dark looking book with an evil face. "Here it is. Nothing much." He said slamming the book closed.
"Was that the necronomicon?" Dusk asks wide eyed.
Berry grins. "What's that?"
Anubis leans over. "He's an idiot on it. It won't affect him."
"We also have a priest." Dusk says before Arkon slams his staff down on something.
Anubis smirks. "He's not the one holding it in their mane. Wait a second." He said walking over and digs in Berry's mane a bit. "Where…ah ha!" He yells and pulls out a large golden staff that was curved at the end. "So that's where it went."
"Berry have you been stealing?" Sentire asks.
Berry shakes his head and looks innocent. "No, just these guys all shop at the same storage." He said pointing to Anubis looking over the staff.
Anubis then smirks and goes over to the mare warming up and slams his staff near her and she sighs in relief as most of the water evaporated. "That's half of my power back. Now you can really feel the effects of my night life." He said slyly to her and she blushes. "You know what, I might come along with you after this is over. I really don't have anything else to do after I finish finding out what happened to the big guy. Besides, it might be fun to catch up and to…well…pin a certain gold to me." He said smirking to the mare and she blushes harder.
"He sure changed his mind fast." Daring says as the statue moved as if on hinges.
Sentire smiles. "He just like hanging around us. He doesn't have much fun unless it's with females."
"We found it at last." Vinyl says.
Arkon sighs as the statute moves away from the wall and they see a pathway deeper into the earth.
"More walking?" Vinyl groans as she stares down the steps.
"This is what exploring ruins are like." Arkon informs.
Vinyl frowns to him. "Did you even have an elevator?"
"Not like what you thinking." Daring says as they walked.
Vinyl groans before hopping into Arkon's arms. "Carry me." She pleaded with puppy dog eyes.
Arkon sighs. "Get on my back."
Vinyl smiles and scurries onto his back and hugs him. "I love you my hubby."
"Yeah, yeah." Arkon says carrying her as he walked.
Sentire smiles and looks to Dusk and smirks. "Can I…?"
"You have two legs, use em." Dusk said rushing ahead a bit.
"Dusk trying to cover up for his poor physical strength." Applejack says in a singsong tone.
"I'm not weak!" Dusk yells.
Sentire hums as she reads a magazine. "It says here, though not strong, he is amazingly attractive and powerful in magic and also a prince. The number one bachelor."
"Stop reading those!" Dusk calls.
Sentire smiles even more. "Oh look. You actually topped over Prince Solaris and Artemis."
Dusk looked really steamed that she continued, but said nothing as she was having fun.
Anubis chuckles as he walks past with the mare around his arm. "Live it up big boy. You have passed a deity in likeness. That's hard to do for someone so revered."
"Care to wager that those five gunning for Arkon will do the same?" Berry asks.
Applejack chuckles. "Hundreds bits they do."
"Five." Rainbow says.
Applejack pushes her toward Arkon. "Go for it girl."
Rainbow holds onto Arkon's arm for support.
Arkon blinks and looks to her before feeling Octavia grab his other arm. "Oh boy." He said making sure Vinyl has a grip.
"Hey, get your own." Vinyl growls.
"No." They both said gripping him tighter.
"But he is theirs as well." Octavia says smirking.
Anubis grins as he pass by them. "Try and carry one in your arms. You'll be doing that once married." He advises as he tries to head down quicker.
"Huh?" Arkon asks confused.
"How long have we been walking?" Vinyl complains.
"You're on his back." Rainbow points out drinking water.
"I know." Vinyl says.
Arkon rolls his eyes. "Death deity, how much farther?"
Anubis hums as he was fondling the mare again. "A bit more."
"It doesn't help we are in complete darkness." Berry says as sticking out of his mane were several glow sticks.
Daring hums as she runs a hand along the walls. "It's getting smoother. We have to be close to not allow corrosion in here." Daring says before hitting a wall with her nose. "Ow." She said nasally.
Sentire smiles as she feels around the dead end. "Let's see."
"Anubis, door please." Daring says.
Anubis smiles and looks to the mare. "I'll be right back." He said giving a squeeze on her flank before walking to the wall and feeling around it. "Here we go." He said stopping and then punches it and they wait as it became silenced in the hall. "Five seconds always." He said moving back to the mare as the wall crumbles. "Always five."
"I thought you said no destroying the temple." Berry says poking his chest with a glow stick.
Anubis raises an eyebrow. "Only the stuff that doesn't stop me."
"Um Anubis, another slab of rock." Daring says.
Anubis groans and walks over and feels around it. "Wait a minute." He said walking over to a side wall and punches that. "It was strange feeling dirt behind it." He said backing away as the wall crumbles.
"Applejack, please help him." Sentire says.
Applejack frowns as he sees the wall ahead. "This is strange. Empty chambers with more behind it?" He asks getting ready to kick.
After kicking, they found themselves in a what looked like an offering room but the entrance was caved in.
Anubis hums. "There's your explanation. They are ashamed."
"Blood." Arkon says looking closely at the floor.
Daring frowns. "Is this what you are looking for?"
Anubis huffs. "Of course it would be this." He said walking to the stone carving walls. "They were idiots to attempt this."
"Want to share with the class?" Dusk asks as a light was pointed on a drawing of a strange octopus like creature seemingly in the sky.
Anubis growls. "You ever heard of the dark ones?"
"No, should we have?" Dusk asks as Arkon seemed to think on it.
Anubis seems to have glowing red eyes now. "Yes. Poseidon's last known task was to destroy them and stop them. I guess I can tell you now as you see all this." He said motioning to the room. "Before all this, the dark ones were confined to a layer of your version of the underworld. Then some of your mortal idiots decided to open a off shoot gate and send them out onto the world. Tip: you can't control anything from the underworld. That's a myth. Any case, all they had to do was grab a mortal of pure blood." He said grabbing his mare and placed her on the table. "And just spill their blood until they are drained of everything so it could fill the circle crevices underneath you." He said as he rubs his staff along her neck. "Doing so will allow the power to spread and magnify and so…open the damn portal." He said moving to the far wall and they see a large scorch mark on it. "Idiots. Poseidon was tasked with getting them and bringing them back…but…problems arose and he decided to kill them one by one. The dark ones must have found a way to trap him or the worst possible case…" He pauses as they let it sink in. "Anyway, we don't know what happen after that. Records were lost and we lost a damn country as a result of it."
"Whoa." Many said.
Anubis looks to them. "And for your information, they are not mindless beast. They are the worst criminals. Maximum security for your tongue. So if they got out and stayed out…we are in a lot of trouble and now I have more of a reason to stay with you." He said before looking to Sentire. "You are authorized to use Life Level 6 and 7. Watch out."
"Give me the ultraviolet light." Daring says to the researchers.
Daring gets the light lamp and turns it on to see strange characters and a curse drawing of a figure under it all while a circle was behind it. "Let's see." She said wiping off the dust.
"Behind this wall, a demon sleeps, an ancient evil held in keep." Arkon starts reading.
"Poseidon's power contained the beast, but he too perished when battle ceased." Daring reads.
"Let none disturb this chamber wall or loose the dark, then lose all. But if this evil you do release, then seek the trident to restore the peace, for he who hold the trident whole, has Poseidon's power for all times told." Arkon and Daring read together.
"This is bad. Really bad." Arkon says.
"Daring, according to this, the head priest did a ritual in these wall by sealing in the others of the priesthood and killed them all to obtain the dark one's power." A researcher says.
Daring frowns. "But disturb the chamber wall…? What does that mean?"
"Like what we did to get entrance?" Applejack gulped as he was very superstitious.
Anubis frowns as he looks to where they came from. "The collapse. It wasn't by the mortals who saw right, it was by mortals who saw wrong in hopes of being released." He said holding his staff tighter.
"Can anyone hear me?" A voice came from one of the walkie talkies.
Daring immediately picks it up. "What's going on?"
"Can you hear me?" The voice that they recognize as the curator's was heard.
"Yes, what is wrong?" Daring asks.
"Miss Do, where are you?" The curator asks.
"In the temple. We found a hidden room." Daring says.
"You got to get out of there. Everyone has to get out of here. Something bad is happening. The sky has turned dark and swirling over the temple." The curator says as doors closed on the entrance they came in and many ponies started to beat against it.
Anubis growls very dog like as he holds his staff up and Sentire stands besides him with her scythe out. "I am thinking we are not getting out that way. What about the collapsed portion?" She asks.
"That was the collapsed part. The rubble was preventing the doors from closing." Anubis growls.
"Curator, what's going on out there?" Daring asks frantically.
"Get out of there! You got to get out…no, stop! Get away! NOOO!" The curator yells before the walkie talkie goes dead.
"This is very bad." Arkon says standing in a defensive position.
Anubis growls and then roars a bit. "Damn!" He yells before a loud clang was heard and they looks to see a scale with a dead carcass strapped to it. "And now my death job has returned." He said walking to it. "I suggest you try to ignore this as many more will come."
Before they could do anything, they start to hear laughter, dark and cruel laughter.
Sentire growls. "Show yourself coward!" She yells as Anubis eats the heart of the carcass and it dries up.
"Who dares disturb my sacred sleep?" The cruel voice asks as if toying with them.
Anubis roars to him. "Anubis, judge of souls and balancer of life!" He yells before sending the next corpse away to an afterlife.
"Arkon, priest of the night." Arkon declares.
"You search for your master little priest." As if he couldn't hear Anubis.
Arkon frowns. "We have come to cleanse this area and make it whole again to the peace it once was."
The demonic voice laughs. "Then come and follow in the footsteps of those before you." The demonic voice says before a wall starts opening up to reveal another room.
"What did he mean by that?" Daring asks checking over the cravings for anything.
"Daring, room." Arkon says.
Daring sighs and lights up a flare before throwing it inside the room and shows it was a ceremonial room with treasure and a few skeletons in armor, most likely guards when they were alive.
"Welcome mortals to your destiny." The demonic voice proclaims.
Anubis quickly grabs the mare and holds her back as the researchers walk in carefully and picks up a treasure piece. "Strange, it all seems too easy." One said.
"Don't touch anything. Too many dead bodies." Daring says as they made it to the center of the room.
Arkon looks around before hearing something behind them. "Guys, the doors are closing!" Applejack yells.
Anubis growls and goes to it before trying to hold the slab door. "Damn demon!" He yells before it was too much and he had to back off and let it close, sealing them in. "What do you want us to face?!" He yells up the ceiling.
"You should have headed your master's warnings mortals and escaped while you could. Now you will never leave!" The demonic voice proclaims.
"Open those doors right now." Dusk demands.
"Unless you find Poseidon's trident." The voice says.
They all look at the treasure. "You have to be kidding me." One researcher said.
"He took the trident. He had to seal him off." Daring said starting to dig around.
"Poseidon, my mortal enemy! He sleeps in this tomb, hidden from my eyes, but soon I shall find him thanks to the priest and you." The voice says.
"Us? What do you mean thanks to us?" Arkon and Daring asks.
"You spoke the spell aloud and broke Poseidon's spell and found this ancient chamber of death! Now either find the trident or die!" The voice proclaimed before thunder sounded.
"Open those doors right now!" Rainbow demands.
"Find the trident or take my secrets to the grave." The voice threatens.
Daring groans. "How the heck are we going to find it?"
"Dusk, use this. It can harm spirits." Arkon says tossing Dusk his staff as smoke like creatures start to form.
Sentire yells and lunges at one and slices it before slicing it again. "Stay dead!" She yells. "We'll cover. Everyone else, find it!" She yells slicing behind her.
Some of the creatures advanced on Arkon as he was reaching around, trying to find something when he grasped a staff and pulls it out off the treasure pile and it showed to be a trident and the light from it seemed to banish the monsters away.
"Well that wasn't fun." Sentire said as she frowns at the lack of enemies.
"I was about to eat one. Thanks a lot. Come on guys, throw me a bone." Anubis said before a bone got thrown into his mouth and he spits it out. "I didn't mean it literally."
"Who calls upon the oracle guardian of the temple?" A voice calls as a visage of an aquatic like mare appears.
"I guess that is me." Arkon says.
"You hold Poseidon's trident. What is your request?" The oracle asks.
"Well I would like to get out of here and back to our world." Arkon says.
"Alas, it is beyond my power to do so at the time. The dark one has sealed the doors to this chamber with a sealing spell, impervious to my magic. The way back is impossible, but I can use my power to allow you to proceed further into the temple." The Oracle explained.
"Why would we want to head deeper?" Vinyl asks.
"To keep moving so we are not so easy targets for the dark one." Berry offers.
"Why don't we just use the trident to pry the door open?" Applejack asks before they hear a sound.
"Listen." The Oracle says. As they all listened and it sounded like a mix between the ocean flooding in and a monster. "Quickly, we have precious little time." The oracle says.
"Bearer of the trident holy gold, prepare to journey to the heart of this temple the chamber of Poseidon. Are you brave enough?" The Oracle asks.
"Are we brave enough?" Arkon asks trying to psych everyone up for this.
The group cheers to show they are, even Butterscotch.
"Behold the power of Poseidon. Spirits of the sea, I ask for your care. Safe passage grant for those who dare. Open up your oceans, swing wide the door, let the waters rush, and oceans roar." The Oracle chants as parts of the circular stone starts turning starting to form a new image. "And now is the time with fortune in hand. Your trident comes home returned to your hand." The Oracle finish as the image is now clear and the round stone slab starts rolling to the side revealing a underwater tunnel. It looked like a jet stream of water circling around a stone path keeping the ocean at bay. "Move quickly, I cannot maintain it's power for long." The Oracle warns.
Anubis smirks and gives a huff. "Well done kid. But now a better test for the brat." He said as everyone starts running on the path.
The group ran down the path that entered into a large stone slab on the ocean floor and once inside, the entrance sealed itself behind them.
"Now what?" Daring asks looking around.
"Well we are stuck in another room…again." Dusk complains.
"Ideas?!" Sentire calls.
"No…I'm sorry guys. If I hadn't dragged you here." Daring says looking down.
"No, you have done well Daring." A new voice says getting all their attentions.
"Poseidon?" Anubis asks.
"What the heck are you doing here? Shouldn't you be haunting a tomb?" The voice asks.
"I came looking for you after you disappeared for so long and found a new dark one." Anubis says.
"Oh boy. Well…you found me. Now then…you didn't do anything stupid…did you? I mean, I remember that party we had so long ago. Didn't you spill the punch all over Horus?" Poseidon asks.
"Hey. Talon breath deserved it. Think he can out sex me. Pha! Never." Anubis said smirking at the memory.
"Focus!" Sentire yells.
"We been gone thousands of years. Let me have a little. Any case. I suppose you have my trident?" Poseidon asks.
"Yes, we have the Trident. Where are you?" Dusk asks.
"Follow my voice and bring that to me. Fear not, for I am…" Poseidon was cut off.
"Poseidon! At last! I have waited millennia for this moment. Now I will destroy you, them, and your precious trident." The dark one's demonic voice says as the room goes pitch black and they feel themselves being transported somewhere.
"You dare?! They are under my protection!" Poseidon roars.
"I dare. I am Darkanon and the power is mine." The dark one says.
Soon they start to see again as light seems to peer through water and tentacles from a giant squid move to let the light in.
"That's a big octopus." Daring said looking up.
Soon they see a fiery wisp like creature form into a humanoid one dressed in armor with black and red robes. Darkanon's eyes fell onto Arkon who was holding the trident. "By the power of the dark ones, I command you give me that Trident." Darkanon orders.
"Over my dead body." Arkon yells back.
"With pleasure." Darkanon says before throwing a fireball at Arkon.
Arkon, seeing this, channels his magic through the trident and smacks it away.
Sentire frowns. "Is this going to be a game of smack away?"
"Surrender." Darkanon says.
"Never foul demon." Arkon declares as he tries to channel his magic through the trident.
"Then die." Darkanon says throwing huge fireballs.
"Can he not see or hear us?" Sentire asks.
Anubis frowns as he watches. "I do not know. Seems we need to wait."
"Daring!" Arkon calls tossing her the trident.
Daring catches it and looks it over. "How do I do this?!"
"Just run and dodge his fireballs." Arkon calls before spotting the statue of Poseidon.
Daring yelps as she runs off and ducks a fireball coming at her. "Crap!"
"Over here!" Berry calls.
Daring jumps over a burning floor piece and tosses the trident to him. "Catch!"
"Gotcha." Berry says catching it and starts running around.
Sentire raises an eyebrow as she watches him run past. "You know, I think those who are not mortals or part mortals is not known here."
"His power has blinded him to us." Anubis says starting to focus his power.
Sentire holds his arm as he keeps focusing. "Just don't lose. I don't think your mare would like it."
Arkon meanwhile was focusing his power himself as a portal started opening up above the ground. Daring, seeing this, recognized he was summoning a spirit of punishment again.
Arkon's groans as the portal opened wider before large chains came out and spiked the walls of the room before an anchor like object dropped through it and into the ground which seemed to open another dark portal when it became taut and it pulled something up as the chains shake before a large wrapped beast with wings came out that had a mask like object over its head and a chest piece like gods of old and had its hands wrapped in something as it growls gently from his fanged mouth.
"We are not so helpless Darkanon." Arkon says before energy gathers at the creature's eye areas before being released at it reels back like it had been hit and the magical energy instantaneously exploded in Darkanon's face, giving Berry some breathing room.
"I'm okay!" Berry cheers still holding the trident up.
"Berry, this way, quickly." Arkon calls, his eye bleeding like the spirit of punishment's.
"Okay." Berry calls back as he runs to him. "Where's the drop point?" He asks wearing a guard's helmet now.
"I'll take it. You keep running around, trying to fake him." Arkon whispered into his ear.
Berry nods. "Sure." He said giving him the trident. "Let me do one thing." He said grabbing it back and holds it up. "I have the power!" He calls as somehow lightning strikes him and electrifies him and makes him do weird contortions before it stops and leaves him charred and smoking. "Worth it." He said puffing a puff of smoke and giving him the trident.
Arkon shakes his head as he heads for the statue.
Berry cheers as he jumps across the room and flips over the fireballs. "Marshmallow?" He asks holding a toasted marshmallow with a bit of fire on it.
Darkanon yells in anger throwing more fireballs at Berry. "Give me that trident!"
Berry holds up a cardboard cutout of the trident. "Okay, but you have pay me a hundred easy payments of a hundred bits in a year."
Daranon growls as he reaches to grab Berry.
"Catch me silly. I'm the loosest thing around." Berry taunts as he slaps his flank at him.
"Daranon, if you want the trident, take it from him." Arkon says placing the trident in the statue's grip and it starts to crack and move.
Berry cheers as he was in a game chair with some concessions near a wall. "Go Poseidon!" He cheers as the others looked confused at him. "Come on guys! Watch the game." He calls as he holds up a foam finger.
The statue keeps making more cracks and starts to break pieces off as they reveal something under it before it explodes and blinds everyone before revealing a stallion who then quickly changes in complete water and starts to move around as the water rolls along the walls and floors and makes him seem bigger than usual. "Alright! Kick his ass!" Berry cheers before he munches on his popcorn with the rest of the team.
"I have returned Darkanon!" Poseidon yells.
Darkanon growls. "You might have escaped, but I will still get you."
"No Darkanon, this is your end." Poseidon says as Anubis grows to their giant size.
Darkanon growls and charges forward before Anubis grabs his hand and quickly spin behind him and tries to pin him. "Don't know how long!" He calls out. The spirit hits Darkanon, trying to disorient him. "Coke on old boy. I know you can do better." Anubis said grinning.
Poseidon then stabs him with his trident, making Darkanon cry out in pain as Anubis holds him before he lets go and drops him. "Oops." Anubis said backing off a bit.
Both deities started to kill him as everyone stares at them in slight shock and back off from the area. "Well…guess we aren't needed anymore." Daring observed.
"It is done." Poseidon says as Darkanon dies.
Anubis sighs as he stretches a bit. "Good to see you back old man."
Poseidon chuckles. "Who are you calling old you insect ridden sexaddict?"
"We did it." Arkon says as the spirit returns, his eye still bleeding.
Daring frowns as she goes to him and starts checking his eye. "You're an idiot." She said trying to find the source of the bleed.
"Under my eye." Arkon says.
Daring wipes some of the blood away. "Okay then. So is it over now?"
"The dark one is dead. So you got enough material for a new book?" Arkon asks.
Daring smiles as she starts to fix him up. "Yep. A whole ton."
"I might need support. I used quiet a bit of energy on the summoning." Arkon says.
Daring nods and gets the others to help as they kept fixing him up as Sentire goes to the large giants. "Can you come down to normal size so I don't hurt my voice?" She calls.
The two keep talking, her voice most likely drowned out as Sentire tapped her hoof on the ground. "Oh boy." She said to herself as she walks up to them and takes out her scythe before whistling innocently and accidentally lets it fall and pokes Anubis's foot. "Ow!" Anubis yells as he grabs his foot and glares down at her before changing back to normal size. "The heck is wrong with you?"
"Was getting your attention." Sentire says.
Anubis huffs and rubs his foot. "Nice way to get it."
"Come on." Sentire says.
Anubis rolls his eyes as Poseidon changes to mortal size and follows them. "Was this your mate?" He asks riding the water beside them.
"More like her father sent her to me to teach." Anubis says.
Poseidon huffs. "You? Teach? Since when do you teach?"
"Oh shut it. I can teach a lot. More than you." Anubis quipped.
Poseidon laughs. "I can do a better job than you."
"Guys, you're both great. Get on with it." Sentire said clapping her hands in a quick manner.
Anubis rolls his eyes. "As you can see, I did a wonderful job. Especially that body, don't you agree?" He asks smirking.
Poseidon could only facepalm.
Anubis grins. "What? Besides, she garnered the attention of almost all the elements of harmony."
"The what?" Poseidon asks.
Anubis sighs. "Harmony a western deity. She got split up into separate elements and sent and held by mortals. Now it's held by a female and five male ponies. Strange, isn't it?"
"Hum, a little." Poseidon says.
Anubis grins as the mare goes up to him and hugs him and he wraps an arm around her. "Yet, she actually got Harmony beings with her. Now that's a spirit balancer in the making."
"You said most. What about the rest?" Poseidon asks.
Anubis nods his head to Arkon and Rainbow. "Pinning for another mate."
"The priest or the mare?" Poseidon asks.
Anubis laughs. "Both." He said opening the mare's shirt and starts to grope her breasts. "Seems they decided to make a harem."
"He is a strong one for his age. To be able to summon a spirit of punishment and take the aftereffect of it's attacks." Poseidon says.
Anubis nods. "Yes he is. He even helped figure out most of the puzzles to get to you. Though, the mare healing him up did the other half of the puzzles." He said stripping the mare to her underwear.
"That explorer, is she one of the amazons?" Poseidon asks smacking his head to make him focus.
Anubis snickers as he tried to avert his gaze. "No. She is just a regular mare who is highly respected and runs a major teaching job. I must say, she is quite a catch." He said reaching under the mare's underwear and starts groping her there, making her moan at the feeling.
"Do not do that in my temple." He scolds.
Anubis grins. "Too late. Already did her. I'm thinking of having a little celebration with her since we won."
"Get out of my temple." He says glaring.
Anubis laughs and lifts the mare over his shoulder and walks out. "I'll wait for you guys outside." He said passing them. "I'm going to enjoy some good flesh."
"It is also time for the rest of you to depart as well. My temple is unstable after all this time and the dark one's rampage." Poseidon says getting their attentions.
"That explains the cracks." Sentire said pointing to the walls where many cracks were forming. "I'll get the box!" She calls and goes over to the heaviest box and carries it and heads out where Anubis left and runs out. "Come on guys!"
"Go and know all of you all from now on have the blessing of Poseidon. " He says creating the same passage they traveled here on.
Everyone immediately grab their things and starts running out as Daring grabs the mare's discarded clothes. "Sorry about Anubis." She apologized.
Poseidon nods as the temple they could see in the background starting to collapse.
Daring smiles and heads as Poseidon chuckles at the group's antics. "Such a strange and intriguing group." He said before looking to another area of the room. "So you still live." Poseidon says seeing the shadow of a sea serpent.
The shadow hisses at him as it coils its tail against itself.
The group ran up the small path as it lead upwards at a not too steep angle. "This better be the way." A researcher said as they see a bright light at the end and they all ran through and got blinded by the change in light as they trip over the messed up camp and boxes left behind. "Ow." They all said laying on the ground as the path collapsed in on itself.
"Took you all long enough." Anubis said sitting nearby with the mare in his lap as Sentire was rifling through the broken boxes for anything good. "Anymore and we would have left." He said making sure the underwear on the mare stayed on.
"I'm going back to my tent." Arkon says too tired.
Anubis rolls his eyes. "Then go. Your tent is still up surprisingly. The others…not so much. And as for me…I'll take this little lady on a big trip." He said lifting the mare up and carries her away. "Just a bit away."
Daring groans as she puts her head down. "Anyone want sleep or food?"
"Food." Vinyl says as Rainbow joins her side.
Daring smiles a bit. "Sentire, you're the chief for tonight. Rest of us will relax and clean up and get some sleep."
"I can't believe I am alive." The curator says in shock walking by.
Daring chuckles. "Yeah, you sure are. Just be happy it's over."
"So what about our future husband?" Spitfire asks.
They look to Arkon in the tent who was already snoring out loud. "Sleepy."
"That is very unlike Arkon." Octavia says.
"It's been a long day." Daring remarks as she gets up.
"If you are so worried, go help him relax. It will really get to Glide when we see her next." Spitfire says.
Daring nods and walks over to the tent as she yawns. "Such an amazing day."
Sentire smiles as she sees her climb into Arkon's hamik and thinks to when she crawled into Dusk's.
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