" What the hell was that" Blink murmured. It seems his instincts are sharper as of now . They both looked in the same direction and instantaneously their bodies told them that something was going Down. The place had been too quiet . Though no cricket sounds could be heard. Even for this place it was odd. They didn't shrug it off they started walking onward out of the forests.
" You know it's always a bad thing to wait for what's going to come out from hiding" John said " so let's have you wear this" he added. He said these words while he took off his bag . " I see you are still in a lot of pain " added the father in a caring tone . " Just a little bit" he said
John : So can you run . ( He gave him a serious look as he said this.)
Blink : I don't think so. ( He said this crouched slightly onto his chest and held it slightly.)
John : okay then let's have you put this on. ( He opened his bag and then pulled out a star shaped prism which was glowing bluish.) Hey happy birthday I know it's a little bit too late but I was unable to give it to you yesterday so here . I planned to give you this on a special occasion for a while but not like this one. But life doesn't go the way we plan it to be so here you go it was always ment to be yours.
Blink : What is this ( he got curious once as his father handed it to him he took it and in that moment when he took it immediately its color changed from blue to a dark-red shade and then it happened all of a sudden it attached itself onto his hand and in an instant like a magnet it moved to from his palm which he had gripped it with force and re-attached again on his chest. It seeped onto his chest by burning some pieces of his clothes but it was a mystery because his clothes re-stitched itself.) Oh my goodness (he said this when the prism changed its color when it touched his palm). What the fuck ( he said this when the prism was reattaching itself through his chest. As this happened his father pulled up his shirt.)
Blink : Now you are the one who is hurting me, so stop it. ( His father looked at him suspiciously as if he was checking then he stopped)
John : Let's find cover soon ( he told his son.) it's starting to get dark.( They started walking out of the forest.)
As they were walking out of the forest,they started walking faster Blink's chest wasn't hurting as much. Little did he notice his eyes started changing the color of its natural pigment of brown to a shade of dark-red . As they were walking there was some light up ahead at a range between two-five hundred metres away.
Little did he know his vision started changing. It was as if it was becoming more clearer. He could see at least twice the distance he could see clearly on an ordinary day his hearing became sharper, his nose which was normally sloppy at smelling stuff was now much more refined. It was as if he could even taste the air. Just like that his stomach growled loudly so that even his father could hear. " We better find a good spot to cook this large chicken" said John in a humorous way. " Guess I'll eat it too it seems," he retorted back and in a low tone.
They continued walking and then all of a sudden Blink held his hands on his chest and felt a small burn in his rib cage . " The hell ," he said inwardly. It stopped for a few seconds so his father didn't ask him a question then as they were about to walk again. He crouched to his knees and in an instant he screamed so loudly that no one dumb enough could avoid a scream like that.
" Fuuuuck fuck fuck " he said this a dozen of times as he rolled up on the ground like a rag doll his body felt as if it would break down in an instant, his eyes rolled back as if it would be the last thing he would be see that day or in his life . As darkness started to dawn in his eyes from all the pain and the tears started flowing down . He lifted his body arching his ass towards the sky and his stomach followed suit. He lifted it to an angle which wasn't ordinary. " It hurts so bad dad help me " Blink said. " No no no no " he said this around ten times or so " not now of all times" he added. It was as if he knew what was happening but not the whole gist of it because he was still surprised.
A few seconds later due to the pain he was foaming in his mouth and when his father was about to take out a drug to knock him out he fainted from the pain that he felt on his ribcage . His breathing now became ragged and his hands started becoming pale ,his started whizzling when he was breathing. " Shit damn it of all times when your mother is not around and I need her or your Aunt or that goofy goody two shoes of a student."
He then started coughing and after a few seconds he coughed up blood and quit some amount. His muscles started spasming even more than usual. He did all the necessary protocals needed to save his son and by grace and enough planning it became possible to get his son out of danger because his magical bag had enough storage to store drugs to treat a severely injured squad. Also because of the number of times he had to save his squad out of harms way quickly and a dozen times before he had become adept to do such kinds of treatment.
His son was now out of mortal danger and he had now started to recover from the potions he was given by his father and the wound seemed to be closing and re-openening itself black veins had pooped up from his skin indicating he had been poisoned. " I thought this thing was going to go slower, but it seems the poison is spreading even faster than I had prepared for. This poison is deadlier than I thought.
JOHN POV
I picked up the scalpel from my bag and this is one of the times I think back and say thanks to Moragi for such a wonderful gift for if not for this bag many would have died on my watch and I would have not been able to lift a finger and help as many people as I have since he gave me this gift. And today it is the most important artifact I have in my arsenal . So instead of reminiscing let's see what is going on inside of this little body of yours my son . I got close and as I was treating my sons wounds when he was unconscious I could not stop my hands from shaking.
Me of all people a the man who has been in countless battles and almost died some certain number of times and now I am really shaking. I don't want to loose my son in this amount of chaos . I breathed in and out and concentrated because I knew that if I can't help him now he would die. In the next few minutes. I pulled my act together and looked I did so and concentrated my vision on the wound on his side and I knew that if I didn't do anything at this moment, I will loose him for sure.
So as I did this insition with nothing to help me I had to concentrate my mana on my eyes. My vision became superb and in the end. I saw it, a small mould which was attached to the open wound so I used some anesthetic and pulled out the mould I also had to cut some small chunk of his muscle . He might have been out of deaths door but he was not safe . In this moment when I was about to finish the procedure and close my son's wounds .it happened the wind started feeling ominous the ground wasn't shaking but I felt that there were a lot of eyes on me and more so on my son. The thing or whomever was watching wasn't alone and were now about to attack me and my son and in this case, I wouldn't allow this to happen for it would spell and stir only more anger within me.
I waited for the thing to first attack but it was proving futile to wait. I took out a shield orb from my bag and in this moment I let down my guard . I was attacked by a venom bat and I knew something was completely wrong venom bats are not supposed to be in this part of the woods so how and why. I have to find out what's going on with this place and very soon at that.
" What a beautiful meadow this is" my son said in his slumber. At least one of us is having a nice time sleeping, I just smiled without even realizing it and in this moment I felt relief as if a weight had been pulled right off my shoulders. In this moment also was when the venom bat was about to hit me but to my surprise it was too slow. I slapped it on its head and it slammed the ground while its skull popped." Shit I guess I put so much force into that, gotta dail it down some bit."
The clock bat I remembered now they were different from this kind of bats . While they had strong feet which they used in conjunction with their wings to fly and maneuver the forest. The venom bats were worse they were much faster and lighter hence they flew even faster and moved through denser woods easily. That was mainly their difference but also they had even more different features. But the most distinct one is that clock bats are able to go active round the clock. This is what makes them even more dangerous.
Oh and when I was about to take my son and leave the Forest to find a place to rest the ground started to rumble . I put my son down and then I used a bracelet which was on my hand to be able to stop these fools who were constantly getting in my way. Considering they are wild animals I guess I had no other options but to just do it.
I have foes on three fronts my back and front and time is of essence so no wasting it . Guess that bat did call for back up so let's finish this quickly. I then placed my son in a flat position so that he wouldn't be affected by his wounds and the shield would protect him and keep him in a vacuum not easily noticed. His leaking magical pressure would also disappear, for a while. As this happened the shield that covers my body changed . It was invisible to the naked eye and yet it was now moving all over my body.
I was now ready to take these pesky beasts down, and I had no interest or intentions of taking my time. " So let's go and get this over quickly My kid is waiting on me to finish this quickly and swiftly . So a horde of venom bats and clock bats on one side and a slithering black whip on the other side and an enormous peak black black bear. I got my work cut out for me.