Steel Burner

Chapter 4; of diamond dogs and griffons

Omior awoke in a cell of some kind; he decided to observe his surroundings to get a sense of where he actually was. It was very old and most likely inside a cave. Few torches were there, just enough for people to see the rooms.

While observing his surroundings, Omior saw the silhouette of Vigil lying in the corner of the cell, covered in a few cuts, but otherwise, relatively fine.

"Hey, Vigil. Wake up." he started, Vigil just groaned, "Come on, wake up."

"Wuh? Ow..my head. Where-where are we?"

"In a cell, most likely in a cave. What we need to worry about is who did this and why."

“Oh, so getting out isn't on our priority list?” Vigil asked.

“Of course we need to get out of here, I just didn't state that cause I was pretty sure you already knew that.”

“Yeah, okay.”

The sound of a person dying was heard on the other side of a wooden door at the end of the hall, just barely in sight of the two.

**********hours earlier**********

A strange green creature of sorts hopped out of the bushes it was hiding in. Carefully, the small creature followed the group of diamond dogs to a cave in the nearby swamps. He jumped behind a nearby tree as the last two diamond dogs stopped and turned around to guard the entrance to the cave.

The creature was a sickly green with giant ears and sharp teeth, He had a small burlap like bag on his back, sticking out of it was multiple tiny spears with razor sharp edges. Carefully, it grabbed two out, one in each hand, then stealthily he sneaked to the far left of both guards.

Cocking his tiny arms back, he aimed to fire his spears off at the dogs' heads. He fired off the one in his left arm and it made for a direct hit to the dog closest to him, cleanly going through the bone and tissue of the skull, and out into the wall above.

The second dog turned to face the attacker just as the second spear came flying towards him. The dog let out a cry of pain just as the spear made contact with the center of the dogs face, lodging itself in the center of his skull.

The creature wasted no time as it ran past the two dead foes, running at a speedy pace through the corridor's. After a bit of running, he jumped into one of the darker corners of the hallways, narrowly avoiding detection from a group of six dogs who were most likely finding out what the commotion was outside.

The creature decided to hurry faster as he made for the end of the corridor and made a hard left. Upon the turn, he entered a fairly moderate sized room in the cave. Inside the room was a door to the right guarded by a dog who immediately took notice of the intruder.

"Gremlin in the caves!" The dog screamed right before a tiny spear pierced through his neck effectively silencing the dog. With a loud 'thud', the dog fell to the ground dead.

Opening the door with haste, the creature slipped into the room full of cells. Calling out in a raspy voice he scoured the cells for the prisoners.

"Hello, creature and pony... where is you?" he said searching yet another empty cell. "Grell has come to rescue of creature and pony thing.. Where is you two?"

Upon hearing this, Omior cautiously peered out of his cell towards the voice. Vigil tried to sneak a glance as well but the creature quickly caught sight of the two and ran to their cell.

"Good! Pony and creature still okay. Stand back pony and creature. Grell shall take care of the locks." After finishing his sentence, Grell pulled a small knife from his sack and jumped up and latched onto the lock. He quickly started to fumble with the locks inner mechanism with his knife. Mere seconds later, a satisfying 'clunk' was heard and the cell door was unlocked.

The sound of dogs were heard at a distance, rapidly increasing in sound by the minute. Omior decided to look through the room to find his items wherever they lay. Vigil stood there nervously looking at the door and every few seconds, Grell.

Then, Vigil decided to speak up: "What the hell are you? And why are you helping us?"

"Grell is Gremlin, Gremlin enemy is the gryphon leading dogs." Grell explained. "Gryphon enslave Gremlins, so Gremlins fight back."

"Who is this gryphon?" Omior asked as he picked up his items which he found by a nearby desk.

Grell never got the chance to answer as at least twelve diamond dogs flooded the entrance and went straight for the three.

Unsheathing his sword, Omior got ready to fight, standing just in front of Vigil. Grell grabbed two spears from his pack, leaving four left he tossed them at the same time. The first spear went through the head of the packs face. It made a clear entrance and exit as it impaled itself upon the next dog's left eye. The second spear hit a third dog in the right leg, causing him to stumble and whine in pain falling to the ground.

Grell pulled a slightly longer spear out that was bladed on both sides as he got ready for the rest of the dogs. Omior ran at the dogs, sword arced far to his right side, ready for a side swipe.

Slashing, Omior took out three dogs, leaving a total of six left. The nearest dog to Omior swung his giant club. From the range the dog was at, Omior had no choice but to parry the dogs strike. Another dog joined him as the others passed the samurai to go after the other two.

While the dog swung his mighty club with all his strength towards the samurai, the other dog made quick weaker jabs with a small knife towards him. This effectively stopped the warrior from making any progress in their battle.

Grell had more luck on his side though, as the four dogs went straight for him to try to kill him. Grell pulled his knife out and threw it at the dog closest to him 'in the place where the sun don't shine'. The dog fell over, bleeding onto the ground, tripping a dog that was behind him.

The other dogs kept going at him in full force, to which Grell ran towards them, double bladed spear held firm in his grip. He jumped through the air, spear colliding with the two in the neck, effectively cutting their throats. He ran at the dog that had gotten to his feet and they both went for a strike with their sharp weapons towards one another.

The dog fell to the ground dead, Grell ended up with a rather size able slice to his right arm which started to bleed.

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Omior had finally gotten a strike in at the dog that used speed to his advantage; he took a risky move by lunging his sword at the dog, cutting off the dogs right ear. As Omior pulled his sword back, the other dog made for his arms and managed to make a small cut on his right arm. The samurai wasted no time and used his sword and swung in a wide arc from below the dog to up above the dogs head, slicing him in half.

"Let's get out of here." Omior said as he picked his satchel off the ground and looked to the other two.

Grell decided to speak up "Yes, it wise if we get to safety before Grell gives creature and pony long explanation."

"Human, he's human." Vigil decided to say.

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A diamond dog went colliding through the door which was the gryphons quarters. Startled, the gryphon faced the dog and barked: "REPORT ROVER!"

"Intruders! In the cells, they're escaping!"

The gryphon ground his teeth as he gave his order "Release it and cut off their escape."

A/N: And we are back! so good to be writing this story again and just like i promised the chapters will start getting longer. sorry if its inconvienent that the story goes down with the dark tag and all. too much violence jam packed for it to not be set in mature instead of teen.