Felix felt someone grab his hand and he soon found that it was connected to Ember as she yanked him along. He took off though, happy to be able to do one thing he knew how to do. Run. That was much easier than trying to figure out how to fight those things.
Cossett felt herself being pulled the opposite direction and she quickly followed, glancing behind them every few seconds to check just how many of the weird animal things were following them.
(sorry busy day) The siblings pulled the pair into the heavily wooded area. A couple of the things had succumbed to the flames, but just as many were tearing through brush to get to them. They got into a small clearing where Tempest sent another bolt of electricity at them. They then pulled them deeper into the woods. "Hide!" Tempest hissed as he ducked behind a large fallen tree, covering up his blond hair with his hood
(It's ok, same for me so no big deal)
Cossett and Felix followed the directions as soon as they were given, with Felix ducking down the fallen tree with Tempest while Cossett took advantage of a nearby tree and scrambled up into the branches. She blended in easily with her dark clothes and hair, and the only giveaway that she was there was the faint rustling of branches as she climbed higher and disappeared even more.
Tempest held his breath as the ferals neared, followed by the man like figure. Ember had had an idea very much like Cossett's. She drew her bow string back and notched an arrow pointed at the male figure. "Find out where they went, master will be here soon and you know what will happen if we don't have them?" he scowled as they trudged through the woods, slowly getting farther and farther away from the young out of place teens or in Ember's case young adult.
Felix didn't move an inch as the creatures came closer, frozen like a statue even as they passed and it was safer to move. His knife stayed tightly clutched in his hand though, the one weapon he had to defend himself from the strange creatures and whatever injuries they could inflict. He wished he had chosen to climb like Cossett, only barely able to see her boots crouched on a branch that seemed way too thin to hold any of them.
Tempest finally let out a breath "Alright they're gone…thank god. You guys alright?" he asked He huffed a bit as he stood and brushed off the dirt and pinestraw from his hoodie and jeans. "Hey you wanna put on my sweatshirt so you bled in better here? You guys kinda look like your cosplaying from The Hunger Games or something."
Ember took her Bass Pro Shop hoodie along with Temp's Stranger things hoodie "It's not gonna fit perfectly but It'll work." Ember added
Felix stood up with Tempest, still on edge as he brushed stray pine needles off his pants and watched Cossett scramble down from the tree. "We're fine, and what's The Hunger Games?" He asked, glancing at their hoodies and then at the clothing he was wearing, "Can I just put it over this?"
Cossett didn't question the decision as much as her partner did, instead just taking one of the sweatshirts and after pulling off her jacket, putting it on. She hung her jacket over her arm and nodded, "Do I blend in better?"
"Oh it's just a battle royal movie between a bunch of teenagers." Ember waved it off
"Yeah you look almost like a normal teen." Tempest smiled "Now we…we got to figure out what the hell's going on. I suggest we get those notebooks but…I don't know if those things are still there."
"That sounds similar to our world." Felix said, taking the other hoodie and copying what Cossett had done, "I highly suggest that if your plan is to go back and get those notebooks, first we might want to get some more weapons? I don't think a knife is going to keep me or Cossett safe in the least from those things." He got a nod in agreement from her at his statement, one knife wasn't going to cut it.
(Cue stupid joke noise lol)
"Alright what do you guys need? I'll see if we have something like it in storage?" Tempest asked
"Temp! You know pulling from there wears us out quickly!" his sister reprimanded him
"So you pull one too so I don't pass out. Problem solved." He fired back, he looked back over and repeated his question
(more like: laugh track heh)
"I work best with knives like this, just with more of them." Cossett started, tapping the one she had and smiling, "To be more general though, anything I can throw." She wasn't terribly picky on what they gave, just as long as it had some sharp edges and she could do damage.
"Guns please." Felix chimed in, handing his knife over to Coss and leaning against a nearby tree, "Or a bow, both with plenty of arrows or ammo."
Ember gave a small little grin and nodded to Tempest "Temp give the woman some blades. Though you Felix are going for the big things I see." she mused
Both the siblings started to do a motion like they were opening invisible school lockers. They then plunged their hands into an unseen object and their hands vanished. Tempest pulled out a belt of throwing knives and put it down. He went back in and pulled out a greek looking sheathed short sword "Got you a little something extra in case one of those things gets too close. All the blades however were silver for some odd reason. Ember on the other hand pulled out a colt python with a brand new box of ammo. She started to pull out a Brown Bess but chuckled a bit "Oh you don't want that." and instead pulled out a crossbow with a quiver of crossbow bolts. The sibling looked really winded and tired after that display of magic.
Cossett took the weapons with a thankful nod, having no hesitance to strap on the belt and the sword, "Thank you two. I would suggest getting going right away, but first I think you should rest, get some energy back."
Felix's eyes lit up when he saw the weapons for him, almost acting like a child at christmas time when he took the gun and crossbow along with their respective ammo. He grinned and quickly loaded the colt, tucking the extra bullets into the box and slipping it into the sweatshirt pocket. The quiver he quickly slung onto his back and soon he was ready, though nodded in agreement for Cossett's idea, "Thanks you guys, and before we leave you guys need to rest."
"Alright…I trust you guys strangely enough." Tempest said as he sat down slumped against the fallen tree, almost immediately starting to snore. Ember on the other hand gave them a little glance before scrambling up the tree in an almost feline like way before falling asleep in one of the high branches
"I think I finally found someone to match my climbing." Cossett said, watching her scramble into the tree with a smile before leaning against the same tree as Felix. She was still confused as to where they were from, and where all four of them now were.
He laughed lightly and nodded, scanning the surroundings like he had a hundred times before. Felix didn't know how long they needed to rest after the magic they just did, but he was going to make sure nothing happened to them while they were asleep.
Back at the home of the young man…he came home and was quite distressed "What the hell!? My house!" he rushed up through his from door and started to check to see if anything was stolen, keeping his dog close.
Cossett and Felix eventually settled into a small silence, exchanging talk but staying quiet and spending more of their times just watching for anyone. This world was one place they weren't used to, even though it was close to their own world and so their senses were on high for anything out of the ordinary.
Soon enough police sirens were heard close by as the young man had called the police…as any sane person would have in his shoes. The Officers asked for his name which he gave "Joshua Sutton." Though both Joshua nor the officers could explain the large amount of black substance on the floors. The officers took a bit of the blood on the wall from Felix's hand print.
"Should we wake them up soon?" Felix asked, clearly getting impatient as he started to try to weave pine needles together. His gun was laid by his side, and his crossbow and quiver of arrows were hanging on a low branch on a tree across from him.
Cossett shook her head, dutifully keeping watch with her hand on her knives just in case. "Let them sleep, if they sleep for much longer though maybe we could try to hunt something to eat. I'm starving, last meal I had was yesterday morning, the blackberries we found."
Tempest soon jerked awake with a little gasp "Goddammit, stupid nightmares" he muttered he looked over to the competitor pair and said to them "You guys don't have any cash do you?" he asked as his stomach rumbled just a bit
Felix shook his head, though he seemed happy that one of them was awake now, "Nope, haven't carried money for probably a few months now, I can hunt though if you're hungry too." He heard his own stomach growl and he looked at Cossett, "Do you have any money?" She responded with a shake of her own head, messing with her knives.
"Alright I can take out some…oh wait you have my hoodie on. Think of American currency and reach into the hoodie pocket." Tempest instructed "I sadly did not put the same enchantment on my jeans." he told them as he patted his empty pockets.
"Uh…" He looked slightly confused and instead stood up and pulled the hoodie off, handing back over with, "Maybe you should, I have no clue what their currency looks like." Cossett rolled her eyes and laughed, muttering something under her breath and earning a glare from Felix, which just made her laugh again.
He reached into the hoodie pocket and pulled out a couple of tens, then handed the hoodie back. "We should be good now." He tried to climb the tree Ember was sleeping in "Wakey wakey!" there was a loud slap noise and Tempest feel flat on his back out of the tree. He let out a laugh "She's awake"