Loro- Berserker Commander of the Tala clan
Alac- Second in Command of Berserkers Tala clan
Moran- Alac's twin sister and a berserker of the Tala clan
Kad and Kor- Twin berserkers of the Tala clan
Nic- Berserker of the Tala clan
Raven- Berserker of the Tala clan
Kano- Chief of the Tala clan
Sorry for the delay, I've been busy with taxes, school, work, and figuring out a new computer.
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Pain cracked through him in a mighty gush, rippling though his muscles in mighty contractions as his form rippled and was shaped by the new dimension he was traveling into. Magic changed him, insuring that his new form would be able to blend in with the natives. It didn't stop the process from making him grit his teeth as every muscle in his body contracted, becoming denser as it shrunk, but retaining their mighty strength. His bones shrank in size, becoming thick and powerful but allowing his frame to shrink. In essence he shrank a few feet while retaining his incredible strength and durability.
The new world he appeared in didn't come about instantaneously, but rather like the dawn, it came in a haze that slowly lightened revealing its truth in tantalizing slowness. Raven was behind him and to his left, while Nic protected his right flank as they appeared inside the summoning circle. Loro watched as the shapes appeared slowly, five tall ones surrounding one shorter one.
In his new form he saw that the taller figures were nearly as tall as he was, a shocking development. He heard Raven's murmured words behind him. " This sucks, I hate being shorter that all of them." Loro chuckled darkly as the world clarified around them, he felt a prickle of unease cross across the nape of his neck.
The smaller figure was a human woman. Her blonde hair was pulled into a thick tail that was draped lazily over her shoulder. Green eyes shone like emeralds, but Loro caught the hint of water in her eyes, tears yet to fall perhaps, Loro thought as the ring of protective magic fell away as he stepped forward,
His sensitive nose picked up the scent of the undead even as his keen eyes noticed their unnatural pallor. What were vampires doing here?
"Greetings human." Nic rumbled from behind him. Loro nearly snorted with laughter at Nic's subtle attempt at humor.
"And vampires." Nic continued on after a momentary delay. They looked at him with a slight disdainful look down their aristocratic noses. No matter what dimension they were in, vampires were snobs it seemed. Those these five seemed to need a serious attitude adjustment.
"Your not needed here." The tallest vampire intoned. He was tall with broad shoulders and close cut black hair. His dark eyes seemed to peer out with the weight and power of a dozen men. His perfect porcelain skin seemed to absorb the moonlight as a small smug smile crossed his face. He oozed superiority from his very pores, a dominant figure if Loro had ever seen one.
"Blood drinker, you need to remove yourself from my presence if you wish to retain your teeth. Raven barked out from behind him.
All five vampires hissed at this like scalded cats. Vampires did not generally enjoy being called blood drinkers. Or being told to leave an area, something about being immortal super humans gave them some serious arrogance. At least in Loro's dimension they understood that giant's were the unequivocal rulers. These vampires hadn't had to deal with a giant ever before.
"We are the ruler's here, and we have decided that you do not belong here." The lead vampire continued on.
Loro ignored him and focused instead on the woman in their midst. He could smell the heady perfume of her magic liberally infusing her blood. She was the mage who had stabilized this end of the portal and would open the portal back up to let them go back to their own dimension.
"You did good work , we arrived at the right place with all the body parts, for that I thank you." Loro told her, looking down into her frightened eyes and completely ignoring the five vampires who were crowding around her.
"Hmm, excuse me. Yes, me, the vampire coven leader. What do you think you are doing? I am in command here, not you. Learn this now and everything will go alright for you. You will leave, go back to your home dimension and report that the mage you were sent here to find wasn't available now or ever. Do these things, nobody will get hurt." the arrogant vampire continued on. His smooth voice was beginning to grate on Loro's nerves.
"Listen pipsqueak, I don't want to talk to you right now, I would rather be dealing with my contact, the beautiful woman you have there, for some reason I think you are holding her against her will. So you will shut the hell up, or I'm going to make a new necklace out of teeth." Raven growled out.
"Truly woman you are idiotic if you think that will happen. I am ancient, as are we all. We five are the most powerful creatures on this planet. There is little you can do but beg for mercy,"
Loro cut him off there. The smug vampire was to much for him to take anymore. He reached out with one of his newly shrunken hands, though still quite large, and grabbed the vampire by his ear. A squeal of pain burst from his mouth as he automatically bent his knees to avoid having his ear ripped off by the pissed off giant.
"Shut up you arrogant ass. You might be the most powerful thing on this planet, but from where I am from, there are things would eat you for a midnight snack. You are pathetically weak compared to any giant. Your venom useless and your powers a parlor trick to be used when we are bored in court. Admittedly your speed is impressive, but as evidenced now, speed doesn't do much when you are in the grip of giant."
It was at that moment the other four vampires launched themselves in a blind fury at him. Loro kept his powerful grip on the lead vampire with his left hand, while his right snapped up in a powerful blow that completely diverted the first vampire. Teeth were left behind as the vampire sailed out into the night, a beastly roar of pain following its blistering trajectory.
Nic roared in approval and caught two of the lunging vampires, one in each of his massive paws. They looked small next to the giant who had somehow managed to maintain the majority of his size. He proceeded to use them as battering rams on each other, their faces connecting with a crunch of bone on bone repeatedly as blood fell to the ground and both of the vampires lost consciousness. Raven caught the last vampire in a headlock and twisted him into what looked like a painful pretzel as she ground his face into the dirt while twisting his limbs into strange positions,
Loro looked at the vampire he held by an ear, who was hissing in pain but unable to move unless he wished to sacrifice his ear. Loro was ready for that too though, so he let his mind wonder to where the other vampire was, the one he had hit into the darkness. Loro didn't have to wait long, the vampire came back screaming with a vengeance, though Loro noticed he was missing a few of his teeth. Nic caught his foot as he sailed past him and slammed him into the ground hard enough that Loro winced.
"So, the five most powerful beings on Earth huh. Not to impressive if I have to say so." Loro looked down at the vampire and smiled sadly.
"Why don't you tell just what is so special about this mage I'm supposed to be picking up?" Loro roared downwards into the face of the vampire.