CHAPTER#117

"Oh God!' Mike screamed in agony rolling in the grass. Kali's mind moved into the serpent on his chest so that she could see the defeat in his eyes. "It hurts so much, oh God, it hurts! I'm so fucking hard right now!"

What?

Mike stuck his tongue out at the snake on his chest, his eyes flashing yellow. "Wanna see my boner?" A scorpion's tail burst free of his pants, striking Sebastien hard enough in the chest that he exploded into sand. Mike's body shifted into something smaller, the succubus becoming a little girl in a gymnastics outfit. The snakes suddenly tumbled free, and Lily sprang out of the way just as hundreds of pounds of solid stone crashed into the ground, killing the snakes that had been there.

Kali cried out, her hold on the spell faltering when the connection was violently severed from so many snakes at once. The cracks in the sky glowed, and the rain she had been holding back started to fall. Shaking her head, she opened her own eyes to see a woman with large stone wings stand up from the impact crater in the grass. Snake mash fell from her stony skin, and her glittering dark eyes radiated hatred.

The gargoyle flicked a snake head off of her shoulder, then flared her wings out. This scattered snake chunks everywhere, and Lily (who stood nearby) cried out in disgust.

"Rock beats slithers." The gargoyle grinned, and LIly groaned. Kali saw movement back at the house and turned to see that the goblin had pushed open the garage door. Out came a woman and Mike on a horse.

No. It was Mike riding a centaur, his arms wrapped tight around her midsection. She raced past Kali, taking a wide turn to leap over Sebastien, her hooves caving in his skull. The homunculus collapsed into a pile of sand, the grains vibrating as he struggled to pull himself together. He had warned Kali that the regenerative properties of his homunculi would be slower with his presence spread so thin.

"After them!" She yelled the command with her mouth and her mind. The snakes shifted directions, but couldn't keep up with the centaur. She looked into the maelstrom above, commanding down bolts of lightning to chase them. The centaur was now dodging back and forth, Mike tilting dangerously from side to side. The Sebastiens chased after her, but one of them got captured by Lily who tangled up his feet with her tail. She had returned to adult size, but now wore a mixed martial arts outfit replete with hot pink gloves. She forced Sebastien to the ground then used an armbar hold on him, stretching his arm backward until it cracked. He exploded into a small sandstorm, reforming a few feet away.

The world cracked open up above, a hole finally forming in the Geas. Through her multi vision, she could see the storm clouds escaping into the real world, the guy mowing his yard running inside in alarm. She commanded the snakes outside to return -- she needed them by her side.

The Iwa cried out in agony. The cyclops had slowly retreated from it, and the spirit was now close to the gargoyle. Still covered in the blood of the snakes she had crushed, she put the being into a head lock and smashed her fist repeatedly into its face. The cyclops speared it from behind with her blade, the finishing blow causing the spirit to flee back to its plane of existence, its contract with Kali officially broken. The smell of damp mud and ozone filled the air.

"No." Kali's voice was barely a whisper, and she pulled two more heads from her necklace, summoning the dangerous Iwa trapped within. How had this happened? Somehow, despite her planning, she hadn't been prepared for Mike's counterattack. To her left, she caught Sebastien running along the fence, but was more preoccupied by the kitchen plates that were now whizzing fast enough through the air that they were punching holes through Sebastien, scattering sand everywhere. Mike had somehow organized these creatures into a well oiled machine, their antics keeping her attention off of the spells she was casting.

She cast away the angry Iwa, commanding them to take Mike down. They rocketed through the air, the gargoyle tackling one in mid-air while the other moved past. She commanded the winds to pick up, the turf around her ripping into the sky. The gargoyle rolled across the yard, attempting to punch the spirit to death. The cyclops moved to help, so she set the lightning on her once again.

A funnel cloud had formed, the swirling mass threatening them from above. Kali used her magic to hold it back. The storm was meant as a battery of power, and if the funnel fell, it would ruin everything. Shingles ripped off of the roof, spinning through the air.

"Fuck!" One of the Sebastiens in front of her had exploded into sand when a car tire blasted through him. The other Sebastien was running toward the porch, holding his cane like a sword. At the car, the goblin was busy removing another tire for Beth to throw. Beth was busy pirouetting, her pointed fingers guiding shingles down from the sky.

Where on earth had she obtained the ability to do that? Kali opened her third eye even wider, gathering her snakes around her. With Sebastien occupied, she monitored the heat signatures of the combatants all around her. Nobody would be able to get close without her seeing them coming.

Summoning up a wicked wind, she was able to deflect the next projectile that came her way. The crack in the sky was already shrinking, her attention pulled away for too long. Grabbing the last two shrunken heads from her necklace, she threw them to the ground, commanding the spirits within to protect her. The gargoyle had stuck her hands inside of the monstrous maw of the spirit she had been wrestling with, then ripped it apart. The cyclops was fighting Sebastien, who had drawn a sword out of his cane. Sebastien had decades of sword mastery, yet the cyclops easily dodged his attacks, slashing away at his limbs.