Speed Is King

"How big is the giant wolf, gramps?" Jessica asked Brock.

"It's almost as tall as me, but much thinner." Brock replied in Elliot's mind as he trotted steadily through the gradually thinning forest. "I am the biggest and fattest ancient beast in this continent!" Brock boasted shamelessly.

Elliot dutifully conveyed Brock's reply to Jessica's question once more.

It was probably his fiftieth time conveying Brock's answers to the many questions that the two girls had about EVERYTHING. Literally everything, from Brock's age, his wives, his offspring, his hobbies, his bear friends, his enemies, his favorite food... EVERYTHING.

"And the softest and the most comfortable!" Jessica added with a giggle.

Brock snorted with laughter at Jessica's words.

As a solitary King, Brock had not had a good conversation in many long years. Having a little girl tease him that way was rather novel and entertaining for him.

"Ooohh that's really cool! Can I have him as my personal mount after you tame him, brother?!" Jennifer asked.

"Sure! Anything you want, Jen." Elliot replied easily and laid down lazily on Brock's back with a contented sigh.

"I want my own personal wolf mount too!" Jessica immediately said. "Gramps, how many giant wolves are there?"

"There's only one." Elliot answered without waiting for a reply from Brock. "But there are many giant ancient beasts in the world, and I am going to tame them all. You can pick one for your personal mount later, alright?"

"There are many giant ancient beasts?" Jessica's eyes shined with awe and wonder. "What sort of beasts? Are there dinosaurs?"

"Are there giant birds to ride on? I want to ride on a giant eagle!" Jennifer said excitedly.

Elliot sighed and resumed his unpaid job as a message boy between Brock and the two girls.

Elliot and his two sisters were riding on top of Brock's large back, and were having a great time chatting (read: interrogating Brock). They enjoyed the feel of the wind rushing through their hair and the lolling motion of Brock's gait while watching the forest steadily pass them by.

It had been a long time since the three siblings had a relaxing time such as that moment. And for their best and most relaxing moment in many long years to occur just one day before the earth turned into living hell was an irony that Elliot truly lamented.

Elliot had finally brought his sisters to meet Brock two hours ago after they had completed their preparations for the apocalypse as well as for dealing with the Snow Wolf and his pack.

As expected, the two girls were very shocked and very scared when they first saw Brock and his building-size frame.

"My other tamed beast is very large. But he is also very kind. And is fully under my control So don't be afraid okay?" Elliot had said to the girls, who had nodded distractedly at him while playing with Ellie and Rex.

Apparently they weren't paying attention to his words at all, because when they finally saw Brock…

"EEEEEEEEK! MONSTER!!! BROTHER! JESSICA! RUNNN!!!" Jennifer screamed loudly in fear as she grabbed Jessica's shirt and pulled her back so hard that she almost tripped.

As for her, she bravely got in front of Elliot and took on the position of "rear guard". BROTHER GO!!!" She screamed and pushed Elliot backwards really hard!

Jessica didn't need much urging as she quickly grabbed Elliot's shirt and tried to drag him away too!

"BROTHER LET'S GO!!!" Jessica yelled.

"Girls! GIRLS! Don't be afraid! That's my tamed beast. THAT MONSTER IS MINE! IT'S TAME!" Elliot had quickly shouted to calm them down.

"Wha-what? That giant monster bear is YOURS?" Jennifer gasped in shock and whirled around to look at the giant bear which was… snorting and grunting as though it was laughing really hard.

"Yes. It's mine. Don't worry! It's under my control!" Elliot patted his chest and said.

"Whaaaat… You could have warned us before hand that your other beast is huge!" Jessica said accusingly at her brother as she straightened her clothes which were almost ripped by Jennifer when she pulled her earlier.

"Yeah brother, you should have warned us!" Jennifer grumbled as she took deep breaths to calm herself down, all the while keeping her eyes trained on the giant bear.

"I did tell you girls." Elliot sulked. "You were too busy playing with your new pets to listen to me."

"It's ok brother. We forgive you." Jessica reached up slightly to pat Elliot's shoulder.

"People make mistakes sometimes and forget things. It's totally normal." Jennifer patted Elliot's shoulder as well and winked at Jessica, who immediately winked back.

'I totally missed the part where he told us about his huge beast! Hehehe.'

'Yeah me too! Hehehehe.'

Still, even though they know that Brock belonged to Elliot and was fully under his control, he was still a MASSIVE, building-sized bear! Both girls gulped nervously as they walked closer to him.

However, they quickly overcome their surprise and fear when they saw him lie down as low as possible to allow Elliot to climb on top of him.

They bravely followed Elliot up onto his back, and squealed loudly in fear, then excitement and then exhilaration when Brock took off at a run into the sparse forest.

Very soon, their fear of Brock turned to complete adoration when they discovered that they could communicate to him via Elliot. They had even taken to calling Brock "Gramps" because he was so old!

Elliot had never heard his sisters laugh so loud and so happily before, and he felt really, really happy in spite of the looming doom and gloom.

His happiness had not dissipated one bit even after two hours of boring travel and nonstop conveying messages.

However, the relaxing atmosphere was soon broken.

A sharp screech from one of Elliot's hawks sounded from the sky and immediately, Brock slowed down and stopped. He sniffed the air and nodded. "We've entered the Snow Wolf's territory. His pack is nearby."

Author's Note

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