Chapter CCXVII: Where Am I? ~Gerobi
Gerobi looked to either side of him. On one side was a humanoid form of what resembled a purple snake-faced bull; on the other was another mutant/humanoid with a muzzle resembling a lion's and the eyes and hide of a crocodile, same color too. Both were out for his blood. On that note he wiped away a stream of his own blood coming from his mouth. As soon as his attention was away from the mutant creatures they attacked. When they were just feet from him Gerobi disappeared and reappeared a few feet away. Gerobi smiled at the satisfying thunk their heads made on collision, but his amusement did not last long. The creatures were up in a flash and the fight for survival was on again. Gerobi attacked first. He flew at them and grabbed their heads. The creatures' eyes went wide as their heads were knocked together and shoved into Gerobi's oncoming knees. When they recovered they anticipated his attack. When Gerobi advanced he was gored through the shoulder by the purple one and held up in the air while the green one pummeled him. As his energy was ebbing away with each punch, kick, and tail whip he saw and opening. He kicked the green one with a weak kick to the windpipe that knocked it over, and gave a well-placed punch to the purple bull's horn, smashing through it. Getting up on his knees he stared at the creatures while removing the horn from his shoulder and they stared right back at him with hatred. The ugly duo looked at each other then at Gerobi and stretched their hands out in front of them, palms out. Gerobi's eyes widened in realization and he wasn't sure he had enough energy to defend, counterattack, or even survive. He stood up and tries to charge as much energy as he could, but it wasn't enough. The creatures released their energy waves, and at that moment Gerobi disappeared... He felt himself being twisted, turned, and pulled in every direction, and as soon as it started it stopped. He looked at his new surroundings and wondered where he was, how he got here, AND WHY WERE HIS EARS POPPING!!!!! With drowsy realization Gerobi saw the portal had released him several thousand feet in the air and he was falling! With the energy he had just collected Gerobi focused on stopping before he became flatter than a pressed flapjack. A golden aura briefly surrounded him as he slowed to a stop just a few hundred feet above the ground. He floated slowly to the ground and blacked out.
When Gerobi woke up he had a pounding headache, but felt a little better. He was weak from blood loss, but all his gashes had formed scabs. He looked himself over and realized he was in shambles. His armor was cracked and broken in several places, his clothes were torn to rags, and who knew what his hair looked like! Gerobi pressed a sapphire colored stone with the insignia of his family in it, an angled black "G" on top of an ice colored "I" in the stone, on his wrist. His armor and clothes seemed to absorb into his body and be replaced by new ones of the same style, except his armor didn't have the large shoulders this time. His attention was drawn away from his appearance by blue shots in the air that changed colors. He decided to investigate. "I'm not in any shape to fight, but what better way to find out where I am?" Gerobi thought to himself as he flew towards the shots.