The Journey

Not too far up ahead, they could make out that someone was being attacked. It didn't dawn on Zuki who it was until the smell of his blood reached her nose. Once she recognized Gunther's scent, Zuki took off running. Not really thinking about what her plan would be once she reached him.

"Zuki, where are you going?" Rin called after her.

"It's Gunther. I smell blood, and it's his, I'm sure of it," she called back to Rin as she caught sight of Gunther wrapped up in a snake's coil.

"Let him go," she yelled at the snake., Gunther looked down to see her standing there no more than a yard away from the snake.

"Ssssshe looks better than you do," the snake said, dropping Gunther to the ground and going after Zuki. She shivered as the snake slithered towards her.

Before the snake could get any closer to Zuki, Gunther thought it would be a good idea to transform. The sound of bones cracking and popping seemed to echo even with the trees surrounding them. Even the snake had stopped to look at the giant as he grew in size. His bones and muscles had to elongate to his new height and phasic.

"Now, you just look like a toy for a kid," he said with a laugh. Reaching down to pick up the snake by his tail. Zuki watched Gunther spun the snake around his head. She could feel the wind with every pass of the snake's body.

"Sssstop!" yelled the snake.

"Okay." Gunther let the snake go in mid-spin, sending the snake flying through the air. Those of Zukis group who were quick-footed had watched the whole thing from a distance. Spirit had thought about helping out When the snake changed targets. What stopped him was the sound of Gunther's transformation. It sounded painful.

"Okay, being a giant has to be horrible for the body," Spirit said. The sound was hard for him to forget.

Damon and the rest came into view just as Gunther began to change back into his human-like form. Once again, the sound of bones cracking and rang out. The only difference this time was the sound of them breaking and snapping. The sound even caused Zuki to cringe since she was standing the closest it was louder to her ears.

"I wonder how far that snake was sent flying," Spirit asked. In an attempt to hide his discomfort over Gunther's transformation.

"Depends on how fast Gunther was spinning it and how heavy the snake was," Jenx interjected. Even he was grateful for the distraction of conversation.

"Either way, it's out of here, and we won't be seeing it any time soon," Jen replied. Taking his attention off the direction, the snake went flying and back to where Zuki and Gunther stood.

"Good point, it was funny to watch, though," Spirit said with a chuckle.