Shadow's Advent

Chapter Three

She pushed her hair off of her face and looked down at the ground. She ran her hand across the smooth, reflective surface; it was ice. She was sitting on sea ice. Caraka dragged one clawed finger across the ice; it didn't make a mark. 

Why couldn't she make a mark on the ice? This was unnatural. 

She heard another hissing sound. Caraka spun around, catching a glittering, rainbow-like glint in the mist. 

She tried to get to her feet, but her legs kept giving out on her.  

There was another glint. 

Caraka looked around, her heart racing. There was a low hissing sound, snake-like. She could hear something sliding across the ice around her; she could feel its eyes on her. 

Then, it came. A gigantic snake-like creature came slithering out of the mist, its scales gleaming like rainbows in the dim light. Long spikes ran down its spine and its slit eyes fell on Caraka. 

She tried to scramble away, her feet slipping on the ice. L-Le-Leviathan! 

"Hello, Caraka. Long time, no sssee," the creature hissed, a slight bit of humor to its voice. 

She backed away. "W-What are you doing here?"  

He slithered towards her. "I could ask you the same question." 

"That's none of your business," she snapped. 

He arched back, his long, dragon-like head hanging over her. "Don't act that way. You remember the last time you did that?" 

"Leave me alone, I want nothing to do with you...or him." 

"You act like you have a choice. I could drag you back and there is nothing you can do about it." 

The blood drained from her face, but she kept her hard look on him. "You wouldn't dare. You are nothing but...an image. A falsity! Y-You can't touch me! He can't!" 

Leviathan curled his lips back, revealing his overly long fangs. "Don't test me. You know what we can do."

"What I can do." 

She backed away again on her haunches. "You don't control me and neither does he." 

He hissed and arched his back, ready to strike. 

An arrow cut through the mist and hit Leviathan below the eye.  

The monster shrieked. Black blood dripped onto the ice near Caraka. She finally was able to find her legs and scrambled to her feet. 

Something grabbed her arm and pulled her into the mist, away from Leviathan as he dragged his head across the ice. It pulled her away, forcing her to run. Suddenly, it stopped and she fell into it, clutching it around it's waist. She looked behind her, to see if the monster had followed them. 

"You know, you have a pretty tight grip." 

Caraka looked up and stared right into Kytheran's face. "You!" 

He blinked. "Yes...expecting someone else?" 

"Bu-I-Wha-" She shook her head and punched him in the stomach. "How many times are you going to grab me out of nowhere like that?" 

Kytheran glared. "How many times are you going to be chased by something?" 

"I-but-I wasn't being chased by anything!" 

He raised an eyebrow. "Oh really?" 

A high piercing shriek resonated through the air. 

Kytheran grabbed her wrist. "We need to get out of here."