Chapter Twenty-One "Can't Hide Anymore"

Ximendos sat with Akasha, Glado, and Brutus in the bar casually alone.
Ximendos
Damn I want to know what happens already
Akasha
Patience my lord
She reached across the table and put her hand on his
Ximendos
I am no child! Allow me to be anxious my dear
Glado
Master, can’t I just blow up some more things?
Ximendos
No, that is so annoying, we are better then that
Brutus
I want to smash things
Glado
Shut up you big idiot, go smash your brain
Brutus
How about I smash yours?
He stood up
Glado
I would like to see you try
Akasha
You two behave like two idiot children
Glado
Oh please don’t tell us what we are
Brutus
Yeah, you’re not our mother
Akasha
Thank god, I would have drowned you the moment you spoke
Ximendos
That’s not very nice Akasha
Akasha
Well I never said I was nice
Glado
You’re just a bitch
Brutus
Ha a dog!
Akasha
And what are you?
Glado
I prefer not to answer that
Akasha
And why is that?
Glado
Because I don’t need to answer to you
Brutus
Pussy
Glado turned to Brutus
Glado
Why don’t you go smash your brains in now?
Ximendos
Enough, I swear you all are at each other like animals
Malic walked into the bar
Malic
Ello mates!
Akasha
Greetings Malic
Malic
What a long day it’s been. Just to let you know, the shadows are fully set in every city and street in this country.
Ximendos
Good, now we just wait for Orthak.
Akasha
That will take time. His goal is to get the girl killed and kill Merdos. Velis knows too much and we must silence her, along with her curious lover.
Glado
Agreed but I don’t see why you didn’t let me just kill Velis myself
Malic sat down
Malic
Everything is going just dandy I suppose, why can’t we move in on the White Coats now?
Glado
They are still a formidable threat
Malic
Bullocks
Orthak
No, it is true
Orthak appeared out of nowhere
Ximendos
Orthak, what news do you bring us?
Orthak
It is done; the girl and boy are dead. We now also know the whereabouts of their homeland
Akasha
So what news do you hold that they would be able to stand up against us?
Orthak
I examined their roster of warriors. As we know, the boy Arkain is a sky walker, this by itself is a threat. They also have two children who posses the eyes our lord does and other children with great power. We know this, but they have something more.
Ximendos
What is this more?
Orthak
An Elf
Akasha
Impossible
Orthak
No, it is true. Under our noses they kept this secret. They have a small army that can truly oppose us. Master, you can see what is going on. This is a three sided war we are not going to be able to avoid. This will come to a climax, and this globe will be our battle ground.
Glado
True, it will come soon
Ximendos
It grows steeper, the level of caution we must take. At this very moment, the sky walkers have raised more elementals, fire, snow, wind, and lightning. They will come soon to lay waist on the world of man, we must choose to fight or move aside.
Akasha
Surely we fight, not for these pathetic humans, but for ourselves.
Glado
And we will fight no question about that.
Brutus
Wait, so will we be fighting with the White Coats?
Ximendos
No, we will kill them to if they get in the way
Malic
I want to kill them all
Orthak
We must prevail, oblivion approaches master, and we must overcome it
Ximendos
I’m positive we will. Be a little more optimistic my friends
Orthak
My lord, there is something else
Akasha
Can’t it wait Orthak?
Orthak
No, I’m afraid the White Coats also have an ally we are ignorant of; he apparently can smell the scent of people.
Brutus
What does that have to do with anything?
Orthak
Well you see, he followed Velis’ scent all the way from the White House to the White Coats
Glado
Well then it’s a good thing you don’t have a smell then right?
Orthak
Yes, but you all do
The glass of the front window smashed as four small grenades flew in and landed under the table they were all sitting at
Glado
How exciting
The grenades exploded. Two seconds later rockets flew in destroying even more. The bar was destroyed, though it still stood, the inside was lost. James Gunner stood on a roof top directly in front of the bar. He had his sniper in hand as he waited for them to exit.
James
Come on kids, exit the party
Brutus and Glado were the first to walk out just to fall into an explosion by set claymores.
James
Got you
Akasha strolled out next
James
She seems to be alright
Bam, he shot at her shoulder she dodged it
Akasha
You have to do better then that!
James
Fuck
He aimed for Glado who dodged each one as well
James
How can they dodge like nothing?
He hit Brutus in the stomach, shoulder and head
James
One down
But Brutus didn’t fall.
James
Shit, shit, shit, why won’t you die?
Ximendos
Because they aren’t humans
Ximendos appeared behind James
James
Holy shit
He jumped from the three story building
Ximendos
Ta, ta
James landed on his feet, he began to fire with dual hand guns at them, and nothing was hurting them.
Glado
This got boring fast, is that all you can do? Smell us then shoot human weapons at us?
A shot hit Glado in the shoulder
Glado
Not working
Suddenly Glado was hurled into a wall by some unknown force
Ilias
Stand back monster
Glado was getting up
Glado
You’re calling me a monster, after knocking me back with your eyes?
Ilias
You die here
Glado
All you White Coats say that but never come through on it
He laughed. There was an explosion in front of Ilias and Ilias jumped into the street.
Ilias
Odias go!
Odias appeared and grabbed onto Glado’s arm, sinking his teeth in.
Glado
Damn dog let go!
Glado disappeared
Ilias
He’s gone
James
He can’t run forever
Brutus
Hello
He socked James in the face and James flew across the street. Ximendos and Akasha stood on the roof top James began his attack on.
Akasha
This man, James, there has to be more to him
Ximendos
I’m sure there is
James threw off his jacket
James
You want a fight; I’ll give it to you
He began to transform, in an instant he was a giant wolf that looked like it could tear houses down
Akasha
Didn’t I tell you?
Ximendos
Interesting, this is rather amusing
The werewolf charged Brutus and tore him apart
Ilias
What a monster
James started at Ximendos and Akasha and roared
Brutus
That was something different
Brutus’ body began to form, as if it were putty
Brutus
Not many can do that. You’re a werewolf