Reunions

"Crap crap crap crap CRAP!" Adam panted as he ran down the alley as if his life depended on it. And, as it so happens, it did depend on it.

"Where are you running, sweetie?" echoed a woman's voice around him. Ignoring the swirls of mocking laughter, he made his way through the labyrinth of alleyways in the dim lamplight, constantly looking over his shoulder should a hostile arm reach from the darkness.

The clip-clop of Adam's shoes on the rainy concrete suddenly became offset by the pitter-patter of bare feet coming from around the corner up ahead. Not wasting an instant, Adam pulled his katana back and lunged to meet the sound. Only too late did he notice the newly-appeared girl he was stabbing at was not the one he was running from.

"Ohmygah!" she cried as she twisted around in time to dodge the blade, only for Adam to crash headlong into her. The two lay sprawled on the wet pavement for a moment before the girl sat up and groaned "Are you seriously gonna charge me every time we meet?" Adam propped himself up on his elbows.

"Oww, what are you--Kira?"

"Yup," she answered as she stood up and wiped the dirt from her shorts, "Oh great, now my butt's all soaked. Doesn't help that the only clothes I can wear to transform in aren't exactly waterproof." She reached her hand down to Adam and pulled him up.

"What are you doing here?" Adam asked.

"Nice to see you too."

"No, that's--Sorry, but I'm kinda running for my life here." A guttural hiss trailed through the alley from behind them. They both turned and assumed a defensive stance.

"Running from that, I take it."

"Yep."

"So what is it?"

"Laylah. She's succubus I killed once. Long story."

"Hey, I've been tracking one of those, too! Maybe it's the same one?"

Their conversation was cut off as trashcans and dumpsters were knocked clear across the path ahead of them, crashing into the far wall. Around the corner stepped a beautiful, dark-haired, nude woman. The rain had caused her hair to lie in stringy mats and the makeup around her eyes ran down her cheeks. Her appearance was not helped by her gleeful, wide-eyed smile.

"There you are," she cooed with delight as she took a step closer, "And look! You found a friend. How sweet. I don't normally play with girls, but I'm flexible."

"Gross," Kira retorted.

"So have you ever killed a succubus before?" Adam asked in a slight whisper. Laylah took another step. Her skin began to ripple and squirm as if something was slithering beneath it.

"Um...no," Kira whispered back, "How do you kill one?"

"Iron and fire worked the first time, but we don't have any of that here. Hence the 'running for my life' bit." Laylah's smile grew wider as a needle-like beak sprouted from her mouth. Her eyes rolled into her head as her skin began to shrivel and crumble like dried leaves.

"Fire, huh?" Kira said with a grin.

"Yeah, but I told you we..." Adam face-palmed, "Right. Duh."

Laylah threw her torso forward as branches and spines burst through her back. Her face flaked and broke off as her true, monstrous head shredded through it. All traces of humanity were lost as her legs exploded into roots and her trunk uncoiled and elongated. She now stood before the two humans as a hideous, tree-like monstrosity. She slithered closer and closer, backing Adam and Kira out of the alley and into the open street.

"Oh crap," Adam moaned, "Uh, Kira? Any time you'd like to..."

"Was just about to. Stand back." Kira closed her eyes as her body was engulfed in light. Her hair grew into a wild mane as her clothes melded into her hardening skin. Her fingers and toes lessened and her spine extended into a whipping tail. Her shoulder blades sprouted new appendages, quickly forming into powerful wings. Kira's transformation was beautiful to behold, unlike Laylah's perversions. Within moments Kira was no longer a girl but a humanoid dragon.

"What is this?!" Laylah hissed as she recoiled in surprise.

"This is a fire-breathing dragon, bitch!" Adam shouted as he and Kira charged forward into the fray.




Sorry about the fail perspective. Adam should be much smaller or Laylah much bigger. Argh. >_<

My end of an art trade with my buddy , a team-up of one of his heroes and mine against one of my villains. I really like Kira, and her world fits very well with my world of The Ending Night. And they have actually met before, in MC's awesome story right here: [link]

The Ending Night, Adam, and Laylah (c) me
The Dracustome and Kira (c)