Kai hadn’t known what was going on for several minutes. Between the Sword in his hands and the snake on the ground, he was mentally occupied as it was, but then artillery fire started ripping through the air, and then there were jets flying around deafening him with their engines, and still Anguis was screaming. In the end, everything seemed to be helping to drive Anguis away from the city before she had the chance to get further in, but it took every ounce of his concentrati

Kai watched as Jay hugged his parents goodbye. Notes of jealousy were brushing up against him inside, and despite his best efforts, he couldn't help but feel his resentment for Jay growing just a little bit more. Sure, he had been hitting on his sister for a while now, and that was an egregious mistake on Jay's part, but at the root of it all... the true root... was this. Not that Kai was altogether very aware of it. Seeing Jay with his folks, all safe and sound, seeing them

Cole had never felt such a rush of energy before, as if he were a water balloon, full to bursting and could pop at any given moment. It had started slowly, back in Ouroboros. The Scythe had been effecting him for some time, helping him, directing him, but it wasn’t until they went after Anguis that things seemed to change. When he had been needing a way to follow the snake—a way to travel faster than his powers alone could reasonably allow—the Scythe seemed to read his thoug

Denial is a funny thing. Almost imperceptible if you’re not looking for it, but it can warp how you perceive all of reality. In this particular moment, the ninja were feeling a certain type of denial despite the fact that it was clear as day that they had lost. No, it couldn’t be the Great Devourer. She couldn’t be free. There must be some other explanation. A dream, a hallucination, a different snake altogether maybe? Sadly, no. The longer that gigantic snake reared its

It was quiet on the ship after Wu and his students had left. Quiet and cold and empty. There had been a brief moment, up on the top deck,...

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Cole’s head felt a pang of familiar pain, and red rimmed his vision. The Scythe was in his hands, lifted and waiting to unleash its power...

Planning an attack always made Kai fidgety, but he’d never before felt as though he couldn’t sit still for more than a minute like this....

The ninja were staring at Wu, eating their breakfast as slowly as possible and maintaining an uncomfortable amount of eye contact. He...

“What does it mean?” Cole asked as everyone watched Wu pace back and forth. “It means we’re probably all going to die.” “Monty,” Wu...