The group prepared themselves for battle against the giant basilisk which had just crawled out of the giant crater. “Lillith can you use any more magic?” She shook her head at Kali, I have slow cooldowns for most spells since they are master level.” The basilisk let out a shriek and charged at the group. “Brace your selves!” Yelled Alex. The basilisk ran and was closing distance to the group when suddenly the noise stopped “Hiayh!” The basilisk came down with a large thud. “What? How di it…” Before kali could finish her sentence an answer was given. “Awe I wish there where bigger challenges then this guy. Oh hey people!” The mysterious girl dropped from the head of the beast. “Hia hia! You guys look scared. Oh this thing!” The group just stared at the girl. “Ugh you guys wont talk till I do I bet. Boring fine ill tell you my name and you can tell me yours okay? My name is Tia I’m a bezerker in followings of my lor… ah nevermind that. What about you guys?” Kali stepped forward “My name is Kalisia stormborn, this here is Lilith, the other two are Zero and Ziro, and this guys name is Alex. I am a champion this is my party.”

“Champions party? Hmm Ive heard of you guys before you are the ones that killed Veksis? Hahahaa good finally the bastard died. Was a pain in my side. So annoying.” (This girl doesn’t sound trusting but also is weirdly energetic.) Kali thought. “Hey so listen I was wondering if I can go to town with you guys and trade these Basilisk parts for gold. Is it cool if I stick around? Cool thanks.”

The group didn’t have a second to say anything since she went straight to cutting the beast into pieces. “She’s… so strong.” Ziro commented, “Yeah we should be wary of her Kali.” Kali just looked onward as Tia came back to the group smiling with the basilisk parts. “Soooo, we ready to go or what, I can always get a headstart and meet you guys in the city. But I need a permit to trade, unless im with you.” Tia started to walk towards the city with the parts of the animal. The group followed after her, noticing how she seemed almost attracted to the animal parts. “Huh? Oh these, yeah, im only selling the Animal parts I don’t need those. I only need the blood which I got here. I use it to, satiate my desires.” “Satiate…” “Your desires?” The girls said, Lilith moved closer to Kali out of fear. “What do you mean by desires?” “Oh I forgot I’m a bezerker, with constant bloodlust, so I need to satiate it somehow and killing does the job for me. I’m also an experimenter.”

Tia went off to trade in the market the parts, Kali looked at Alex “Take the girls and Lilith out of here, im gonna keep an eye on Tia till she leaves the city okay?” “Kali, I don’t have a good feeling but ill trust your reasoning, if anything you are in the city, don’t leave it at all even if she does something outside. Somethings off with her.” Kali Nodded “Alright you three, Kali’s gonna stay here and finish up the shopping. Lets head back and wait for her.” The others looked worried but Kali gave them a reassuring look, which eased their minds a little.

The four walked off leaving Kali to watch Tia alone.

Tia came back from the stalls with a bag of Gold coins. “Can you believe the price I got for that kill?! Oh im gonna eaat good tonight! Hey, where did your party go?” “They went off to do their own thing. Hey you mind if I ask you a few questions?” “Shoot” “What exactly are those desires of yours?” Tia raised her finger to her lips to think. “Hmmm, I guess My blood lust, my animalistic nature, and my more devious needs.” The last answer she gave with a smug face. “Weird okay the next question, those experiments, what are those for and why did you need Basilisk blood?” “Those experiments are a secret, I’ll tell you later. I also collect blood samples from all species and more.” Kali gave Tia a cold look, the last time she saw an experiment was those gruesome tests in the Bastion dungeon, all those elates dead and for what.

“Hey! You still there?” Tia called out to Kali who was in deep thought. “Hey listen, lets take a walk and talk how bout it?” “Fine.” Kali and Tia walked around the city while Tia explained her being there. Eventually they made it to the city gate. Kali remembered to not follow her outside as she wouldn’t be protected by the nearby guards. “Huh? Why aren’t you following are we done talking?” “It’s not that Tia, it’s just I have some important business to do here in the city.” “Why don’t you just finish it later, I really have to show you something up ahead.” Kali didn’t budge. “Awe come on, do you not trust me?” “I… I don’t know.” “Fine I can prove to you that im trustworthy.” Tia walked back inside the city and grabbed her shoulders and tossed her outside the gate. “What do you think your doing!” “See, nothing bad happened to you I told you I wouldn’t do anything. Now come on I wanna show you something really cool.”

Tia lead Kali into the forest nearby the city, inside the forest they didn’t speak, until they came upon a statue. “A shrine?” Kali questioned. “Nope not just any shrine, it’s a rare shrine to the goddess Lasandra!” “L…lasandra… the goddess of.” “Hate and seduction. Funny story Kali, did you know that she had a husband once. But he was sealed away and upon his return was brutally killed by the gods.” Kali took a few steps back. “And you know, I kinda feel bad about this, since your so nice. However.” She turned around in an instant, sliding her left foot and swinger her left arm in a side swing. A purple dome formed around the two. “What… What is this. Who are you! Help!” “Ah shut it cry baby, no one can help you now. Oh before I you fall asleep from the toxins in the air, I should tell you. Its not Tia. It’s Tamara. Now bend to my will!” Tamara cast a spell towards Kali, she fell unconscious. “Jeez Lasandra and Morgan both said she puts up a fight, all I had to do was use some simple Illusion magic and melee weapons. What a bunch of dunces.” She took Kali’s unconscious bodyand threw her up on her shoulders. “It’s about time you two meet face to face, unlike Veksis, Lasandra has true power. My only thought is how amazing my Opera will sing for me because of this catch.”

Tamara Vanished through a portal.

Alex and the three girls didn’t feel right, its almost midnight “Alex, I think we should go and search for her.” Zero suggested. “Hmm okay it has been a while lets go searching around the city. Then if worst comes to worse lets search the outside.” The three girls nodded their heads and the four set out in the city. Lilith searched the market area, Ziro checked the castle interiors, Alex searched the warrens of the city, and Zero checked the front gate. Zero noticed something in the distance by the gate. “Her…Staff” Zero picked up the staff and rushed off outside. “KALI, KALI WHERE ARE YOU!” Silence. Nothing. Silence. Nothing but the buzzing bugs, stars in the sky, and the moon. Zero held the staff close and casted clairvoyance, which gave a trail of footsteps that lead to the forest. Zero stuffed the staff in her pocket gate and ran into the forest.

Following the footsteps in her animal form she ran through the forest until the footsteps stopped in front of the shrine of Lasandra. “KALI!” Zero cried out but nothing, coming out of her animal form she looked around. “Kali!?” She kept walking around the Shrine when a branch snapped. *swoosh* An arrow pierced through the woods and piercing Zero’s arm and hitting her chest. She cried in agony from the pain. “ahhhh, oh god please no! it hurts…. It hurts!” Zero’s body was shaking and she was in agony.

“Hey Mister Alex, where did Zero go?” Lilith asked in a worried voice. “I don’t know. Ziro.” Before she could speak “gah!” she fell to her knees in pain. “Ziro whats wrong are you okay?” Alex asked in response. Ziro replied, “Z…Zero!” She darted off in her animal form outside the city and into the forest at lighting speed. Leaving the others to run after her. Bolting at the speed of light she made it to the shrine to be met with Zero’s body on the ground. “ZERO!”