Let the show begin

[Sora Ryuu]

The petite Naga jogged down a narrow corridor. She stayed close enough to the human to hear, but kept out of his sight. Every Naga she found was headed to an exit and she passed the word. All Naga were to shift to their birth form until the alarm was lifted. They all had questions she did not stop to answer, but inside she seethed. That human would pay for the shame she had to endure. Thankfully, after his banter with the one exit he neared, he began heading roughly in the right direction, but he would pass the room if she did not act. She circled around by way of another corridor, grabbed a length of rope from one of the rooms on the way, and then she waited. His particular scent was almost there. One…two…

All four feet and five inches of serpentine muscle torpedoed from her hiding place and plowed into his mid-section with enough force to toss his pitiful carcass into another room. It was large and empty except for a bench that lined one wall. On one end, another door led to a smaller chamber where the Archway was kept. Sora landed in a wide-legged crouch blocking the only other exit.


“Go through the door in the other room, Ancient. You have caussed enough trouble here. When you return, you will know more than you do now.”


‘Not that you know anything at all.’ It took a great deal of effort to keep that comment and her hands to herself. She almost wanted him to react as he had thus far just so she could have the satisfaction of roping and tossing him through the doorway with as many bruises as she could reasonably inflict.