Her brain was in a current state of gel or at least that what being possessed felt like. The white monster was in her brain, prodding around her head like some kind of parasite. She ran and ran faster than she thought possible into the cursed forest she had become all too accustomed to these past few months. The only reason she did not resist his forceful entrance was that she also could see what he saw. The situation was dire.
She saw vague images of a team of those nightmarish demons lurking around the edge of the Everfree, the team could be no more than around 15 of them. They seemed hesitant to go outside into the open but were eyeing a cottage that made her stomach drop.
Butterscotch was tending to the animals as he always did inside but the figures of the former Cutie Mark Conquerors were there also. It seemed they were helping him feed the birds.
"How am I seeing this?" She found it odd that her stamina had stayed on its level the whole frantic run.
"What you see are the pieces of me I left behind to guard the town. I expected some resistance but not a whole force of them. My Others will never stand a chance against a force like that." He spoke calm inside of her subconscious, she wasn't entirely certain that voice just wasn't her own brain making up thoughts.
She began to speed up even more. "But why are they here then? Why do they want to get out into the open so badly...and what's an 'Other'?"
"I have been in that forest so long I no longer grasp that information, a lot of what I once was decayed decades ago and only now do I have a chance to collect my thoughts. The only information I retained from my old life is that I must destroy every one of these demons or a fate worse than genocide will befall this world. Your second question can wait for now, we have more pressing matters to focus on" A sharp jab filled her head.
"Ah Ow! Why did you do that!?" Somehow she got even faster after that jolt.
"I apologize but I am aware that I can enhance your body if I can implement some of my essences into you but first I am working out how to remove the remaining bile those blood spawns left inside of you." Another sharp jab only this time Spines barely flinched. "The Spawns must want to spread out from the forest into your home, they are more than likely planning to make the settlement a base for their operations...they will kill anyone in that house without prejudice I must warn you" Her pace reached unbelievable speeds. "...you are quite impressive Spines." Was all he muttered before settling back in her brain.
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Several figures shifted around in the shade of the trees. All of them were full of anticipation for the oncoming slaughter for it is rare to ever get this sort of chance to expand out from their range of influence since the dreaded hunter was quick to take out all who came close to the boundary of the forest.
The severe lack of attacks by the hunter led to the thought that it was far too distant to focus on the outer layer. While that also seemed unlikely the fact that they were not dead yet proved that the hunter was occupied. This was just too good a chance to put off.
The largest but slimmest of the Blood Spawn moved to the edge of the cottage window. It could feel the life force of four horse civilians, three children and one adult. The Alpha Spawn sent out a quick series of noises at a frequency only they could hear to call that no threat was present. In a moment the whole wall was covered with thin black figures. The plan set up was simple, kill the large one in one swift attack to the neck, capture the children in the initial confusion and take turns draining each of them of their life force until they were nothing but a husk, then share the flesh of the adult...the head went to the Alpha of course.
The Alpha peered in to see the adult feeding a very disgruntled-looking bunny while the three children aided in feeding other animals. Slowly the Alpha crept out small thin tendrils from its claws to sink into the lock of the window. A corrosive liquid burned the lock to uselessness and opened. It could already taste the flesh... Something felt wrong.
The Alpha turned its head to see the whole unit of Spawns either dead or horribly mutilated on the ground. Several black tendrils lead back to a black creature with white eyes. By its knowledge, this creature fit the proportions of a young dragon female but this inky color and deadly abilities were never before seen or recorded by the scout archives. How silent was this beast to be able to kill some of the most deadly Blood Spawns without any prior detection, it reminded the Alpha greatly of the dreaded Hunter.
The black creature brought all six of her tendrils back into a defensive position, her fangs opened to let out a low growl. The Alpha was at a disadvantage, the lack of cover from being out in the open is a death sentence to beings like itself who are trained in the of art shadows. The Alpha sped to the side back into the forest, this must be reported back to the Overlord but just before it could tap into its ability to boost at near sonic speeds a tendril came out and tripped the Alpha to the ground. Before it could even think to recover all four of its limbs were torn off in a brutal fashion by the snake-like appendages.
The once-proud Alpha trashed around the ground like a worm, how could this be? An entire elite unit decimated within one minute the insanity of it all boggles the mind. Before it could ponder on this thought further a black claw picked up its head. Her voice was that of two, one sounding female and the other aged beyond compression. "I PROTECT THE WEAK, YOU FAIL."
The last thing the Alpha saw was the venomous smile this creature gave.