Beast Soul

"We don't know what kind of power we have. We'll only end up being a burden to him if we interfere in this fight.." Gerald shook his head and waved his hands dismissively as he spoke. "And what if he loses?" Alphonso, who was tending to Clarice's wounds, asked, which made the rest of the group turn their attention towards him. Gerald didn't reply immediately. He thought about it for a few seconds, and then, while biting his lips, he responded, "Well then, we'd have to try and forcibly activate our powers. And pray. Pray a whole lot."

Max, who was sitting next to Clarice and listening to the whole conversation, looked at his palms, squinting his eyes as he stared at his hand. He then turned his head and looked around him. The whole place was covered in large trees, shrubs and bushes. His eyes widened.

"Guys," Max whispered softly, and the group of boys turned their heads, staring right at him. Max took a deep breath and exhaled, and then continued. "I may have an idea…"

BAM!

"Gah!" Noah let out a short shriek as blood shot out from inside his mouth and onto the concrete road that had been destroyed by the bat-like creature's attack. His eyes were wide open, staring straight at the monster, which roared loudly as it swung its skeletal tail straight at him, the sharp end of which was pointing right at his forehead, moving through the air with incredible speed.

'F*ck this! I'm not going to lose to this monster! Not like this!' Noah was panicking. A deep sense of dread was evident on his face as he raised both his hands up into the air in order to block the attack with a maniacal expression, facing the rapidly approaching skeletal tail without any hesitation.

Slash!

The sharp end of the skeletal tail pierced through one of his hands, which made Noah scream out loudly as he was filled with pain. However, it had stopped moving right as it began to pierce through the flesh of his other hand, and Noah immediately pulled both his legs back before pushing forward, striking the monster's clawed paws through the ground.

BAM!

"GRRRRA!" The monster roared angrily as it's body was shot out like a massive boulder and crashed onto a large billboard that was on the side of the road, making it fall down onto the ground along with the creature with a loud noise.

"God f*cking damn it!" Noah cursed out loudly as he got up from the ground and rubbed his injured hand and his previously wounded abdomen, and then bit his lips. 

'This isn't looking good for me…' Noah said to himself while squinting his eyes. Although the superpowers that he received enabled quick healing of injuries, it did take some time to do so. And if this fight does continue to favor the monster since he is now weaker, then maybe he could end up losing, or even worse, dying at the hands of this creature.

He then saw the monster rolling on its back on the ground, attempting to get up from the ground in order to continue the fight, and he clicked his tongue with a frustrated expression on his face. 'I need to finish this as soon as I can..' Noah said to himself as he began floating gently in mid-air. He then stomped his foot in the air, and all of a sudden, his speed increased and he shot forward like a missile, appearing in front of the monster in an instant. 

"GRRRAAA!" The monster, however, was very alert, so it roared loudly as its skeletal tail shot towards Noah's abdomen, aiming for the wounded part on his body.

"Oh, no you don't!" Noah yelled loudly as he stomped his foot in the air once again, diverting himself from the intended path, changing directions in an instant, as the skeletal tail passed by his face, lightly grazing his hair as it shot past him.

Whoosh!

Noab swung his fist right at the monster's chest, but right then, the monster immediately opened its mouth as a bunch of tentacles shot out from within its throat, heading straight for Noah once again.

"F*ck!" Noah let out a loud shout as he tried to move out of the way, but he was simply too late to defend against the attack.

BAM!

The tentacles wrapped around Noah's legs in an instant and swung him sideways before he could get a good hit on the monster, and he crash landed on the ground with a loud noise. 

Slurp! Slurp! Slurp!

The tentacles pushed down onto the ground and raised the monster upwards and onto its feet, and it dashed towards the fallen Noah, who was only in the middle of getting up.

"GRRRRRAR!" The monster opened its tentacle filled mouth as it swung its skeletal tail straight towards Noah, aiming directly for his forehead.

"Look out!" A loud scream interrupted the attack of the creature, and as it turned its head towards the direction of the scream, it was bombarded by a large amount of dandelion flowers, which enveloped the creature within seconds, making it unable to see even a single thing through them.

"What the?" Noah, who seemed confused as to what the hell was going on, then turned to look at the direction in which the scream had come from, and found Max standing on the road with both his hands stretched out, and Gerald standing right beside him, looking tense and anxious.

"Max and Gerald?" Noah's eyes widened with surprise as he called out to them, and Gerald waved his hand back at him. "Noah! Come over here!" He yelled out to him loudly.

Noah turned to look at the monster, which had been completely covered in the dandelion flowers, and then back to the two boys, and then dashed towards the direction of Max and Gerald.

"GRRRRRAR!" The loud roar of the creature was heard from within the hoard of dandelions, as the winged beast burst out from the top of the swarm of flowers, roaring loudly once again as it headed for its new target, Max.

"Max! We need to move! Now!" Gerald, who saw the creature charging towards them through the air, said anxiously as he grabbed Max's shoulder and pulled him to the side. 

"Oh, no you don't!" Noah, who saw that the monster had found a new target to attack, yelled out loudly as he shifted his route, sliding carefully through the destroyed concrete road and grabbed onto the body of the fast approaching monster, pushing the creature away and causing the two of them to slam against a large tree, resulting in a loud collision.

BAM!

Both the creature and Noah fell down onto the muddy terrain. 

"Ugh!" Noah, who got up first, groaned loudly before rushing towards the fallen creature, but before he could reach it, the monster immediately used its skeletal tail to push itself up from the ground and roared loudly. "GRAAAAR!"

Noah breathed in and exhaled right as the monster was preparing to attack, shooting out flames from his throat, which burst straight onto the creature's face, pushing it back a few steps.

"Max, wait…" Gerald said in a hushed tone as he followed Max, who stood near the very end of the concrete road and looked down at the fight between Noah and the creature.

"Do you really think this'll work?" Gerald asked Max, who didn't reply immediately. Max stretched out his hands and squinted his eyes, as sweat began to appear on his forehead.

GRRRR…

Right as he did so, the monster, which was roaring loudly until now, immediately stopped moving and looked around a few times, as though it had lost its senses. Noah stared at the creature with confusion in his eyes, before his gaze shifted towards the two boys up above the concrete roadside.

GRRRRR…

The creature began to make weird noises as it fell down onto its knees, and was using its wings to support itself from falling down.

"Perfect! That's just what I needed!" Noah said with a smile on his face as he charged forward. 

Tap! Tap! Tap!

He moved with incredible speed as he leapt high into the air, and within seconds, he was standing right behind the monster.

Whoosh!

With no resistance from the monster, which had now started to twitch uncontrollably, Noah grabbed hold of the monster's head from behind and tightly gripped it, before pulling it using all his strength.

"AHHHH!" He screamed loudly as he pulled the creature's head, and the flesh on its neck began to be torn apart, which caused dandelion flowers to fall out from within its esophagus along with the massive amount of blood, flesh and bones.

Thud!

As the creature's head was completely ripped out by Noah, the headless body of the monster began to twitch uncontrollably for a few more seconds before falling down with a loud noise, and Noah dropped the head onto the ground, while letting out a heavy sigh.

"I can't believe that worked," Gerald said with an astonished expression on his face, and Max nodded his head, replying, "Me neither..."