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[b][u]Thaum: Group C[/b][/u]

They ran deeper and deeper into the unknown, their eyes fixed on the ominous tower in the distance.

"Thanks Dylan--" before he could say more he was given an odd look and yanked forward. "Hey, hey, are you okay?"

The monsters behind them were catching up, but they didn't dare stop. The purple fog that hung low had slowly began to ebb away, and the Pride found themselves back in Thaum. The tower appeared closer but seemed unreachable at the same time. The city had been turned into a maze, some houses were upside down, some were gone completely, and one of the buildings had turned into a giant tortoise.

"This is crazy..." If she saw any more of this, she would lose it. The giant tortoise began to cross the street and Xan stopped dead in her tracks, gaping at the insanity that was unfolding before them. "Tortoise house."

"That's," Lucien looked up at the giant thing, "amazing."

The sound of angry snarls grew closer and the summoner quickly looked over his shoulder, both the bearon and giant spider were charging towards them with maddening speed, Oren, was a little farther behind. "Okay, no time to sight see!" He placed both hands on the metallurgist's shoulders and began pushing her forward. "If we don't get torn to shreds, we'll have one heck of a story to tell our future grand kids." Lucien motioned for them to run, but the floating staircases, sharp turns and overall twisted layout made it horribly hard to navigate, let alone not crash into a twisted house or giant pumpkin. 

Xan snapped out of whatever daze she was in and began to think. If they ran aimlessly, there was a good chance they'd get caught, or run into a dead end. Maybe they could evade it if they hid somewhere? [i]Think, think, thinkthinkthink[/i] Her eyes flitted from building to building before landing on what looked like a dark toy store. "In there," she grabbed the person closest to her by the arm and took a sharp left. Xan waited for the others to run inside then slammed the door shut.

In her panicked state she quickly began pushing tables, chairs, and anything she could get her hands on in front of the now locked door. It was useless, but it didn't look like she would stop anytime soon. Even with a barricade, the bearon and spider would easily managed to break through. "Maybe...maybe they'll run past us." Another chair.

"Uh, guys?" Lucien sounded horrified.

"Maybe they won't notice," Xan continued propping things against the door, failing at trying to remain clear-headed and calm. It was happening all over again, that bear would burst into the room and everyone would get ripped to shreds [i]again[/i].

"Guys!" Lucien pointed at the display window. 

Charging straight towards the glass was the bearon. 

There was a crash as the mutated bear charged straight through the display window. Glass shards sprayed all over the room and the entire toy store shook when the animal tripped over a manikin and began knocking down shelves, one by one. In the distance, the giant spider and Oren approached. 

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[b][u]Thaum: Group B[/b][/u]

Atlas was running was fast his could, thoughts flying and lungs burning.

Every once in a while, a giant ball of fire would be chucked at them. Thank the gods, none of them had been roasted alive yet. "It shouldn't be much farther," he tried to sound confident. He knew Thaum like the back of his hand, but with the thick fog, he honestly didn't know if they were even heading in the right direction. To turn back would be suicide though, so the only thing they could do was run. He hated it, feeling so utterly powerless. 

They ran and slowly the fog began to clear. He could make out the city's outline now. "We're in Thaum, west side." He informed. Despite the chocolate paved road and out of this world houses, he felt sure they were in the west side of Thaum. There was the gate (now made of giant pencils), the Sparrow's inn and the blacksmith's shop. The tower was a little deeper into the city, but the city itself was like a maze now.

There was an explosion and one of the wooden houses behind them was set ablaze. "That building over there!" He pointed at a rather normal looking place. "It's full of weapons, we can go in there or we can make a run for the tower." Little did they know, the swords and axes were nothing more than chocolate bars and candy canes now. "What's it going to be?" He was hopping from foot to foot, ready to flash step if need be. 

There was a sickening crunch and before they knew it wood and glass were sent flying everywhere. The giant skeleton pulled its sword out from what was left of a house and slowly began to approach. Smoke filled the air, and Thaum began to burn.