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Meanwhile, somewhere in Canada, Lexx stood quietly on one of the few spots of dry land he could find. Energy was wading in several feet of water nearby, thoroughly enjoying the feeling of squishy mud under foot. He was supposed to be searching for his opponent, but was having a difficult time resisting the urge [...]
There was nothing out of the ordinary about the small group of ducks. They were just animals. Energy swam away from the ducks and past a few fish. He took a moment to make a snack of one of them, then was on his way again. The large dice cut smoothly through the shallow water, [...]
Energy was just about to grab the duck in his mouth when it exploded into a cloud of quickly spreading mist. Energy reared his head back, raising it up above the mist. The duck was nowhere to be seen. Energy sighed and sat in the water trying to figure out what to do next. If [...]
Then, he noticed a glimmer of reflective light across the surface of the water to his side. Energy twisted around only to be hit by an explosion of water. The duck was right in the middle of it, wings spread and red eyes fixated upon Energy. And it let out a fearsome ‘quack’ which took [...]
The duck landed with a wet plopping sound, right on Energy’s muzzle. The long talons immediately sunk into soft flesh and latched him firmly in place. Energy howled in pain as a pulse of energy enveloped him and began draining all of his power. He writhed and thrashed in the water, trying to fling the [...]
“Now, Sythe!” Lexx intervened, sending out a relay message to a second dice. Energy had only been bait. He was never intended to be the real combatant. Sythe screeched, diving from where she had been watching in the sky. Her glimmering feathers had kept her completely hidden from view until she was needed. The duck [...]
The pair landed several feet away in shallower water. The duck complained with more erratic quacking, but did not put up much of a fight otherwise. Sythe had her talons sunk firmly around his wings and into his chest. She splayed her wings out to hold her up. Energy sunk into the water with a [...]
“Cooperate, or I will keep you in dice form.” Lexx knelt reluctantly and retrieved the duck from Sythe. He offered his covered arm to Sythe. Her wings were too heavy for her to lift off from the water. Sythe fluttered her wings and fluffed up her wet feathers, then she jumped up to the more [...]
