102 This is War! 6 Bite off more than one can chew (2/2)

With intrigue it shot open fully, the pond no longer being water, instead fully comprised of a single solitary eye.

As it did an invisible aura sought to free itself from its long seized body. It remembered this aura, it could not possibly not respond! All thoughts of food had left its mind, as from the deepest recesses of its mind a command to move appeared.

The old fossil began to churn outward, its limbs that had remained stationary for centuries finally twitched. As it twitched the nest that it housed felt turbulence in the water behind it.

The patrons of the nest moved in unison like they had all been given a command. The nest father could not be moved!

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Tiamat felt a turbulence in the water as his gills flattened at the side of his head. His instincts screamed at him, and just as quickly as it began it quieted. the illusory waves that it had felt in the water began to become corporal as titanic figure appeared from the bottom of the island.

The patrons had arrived!

With a screech Tiamat warned his fellow kin, stretched his neck and glared menacingly at the approaching force.

As the first patrons face breached the front of the water the sea kings charged, a duo squaring off against a single serpent. Tiamat himself leading the charge and getting a first hit on the hard scaled snake.

His pointed face sharply pierced through the grayish brown scales on the creature's head as hateful red eyes glared back at him. With a sharp snap of his teeth he circled around the form of the snake tearing at its skin.

Around him all the other sea kings too attacked. Not letting the gargantuan snakes even fully recover from being bashed onto, they fought them with a fervor and vigor that curbed the snakes' momentum.

The one that Tiamat attacked with another eel-like sea king with pink scales finally roared, its voice tearing through the air and seemingly signaling to the other Yuda. As a collection the others too roared, invigorating the savage sea kings , for they took it as a display of pain.

But that was not to be. The attack might have been able to threaten the younger Yuda, but it was only scratches to the older ones. The onslaught had at this point served only as a point of annoyance.

Had it not been for the target of the sea serpents being on the island , they would have charged right back at the sea king horde. Their fangs sinking into their soft juvenile scales and their venom melting through their innards.

The patrons were not called the fiercest of the nest for no reason. As the leader finally brought itself to its full height, it had the satisfaction of seeing its attackers cower, well most of them, the smallest still seemed keen on antagonizing it.

With unreal speeds the patron Yuda shot forward, its jaws salivating as it spread wide enough to swallow a sea king whole!

Luckily however, Tiamat seemed to have expected that. With a mighty twist he swam out of the way, quickly jumping over the serpentine arc to savagely bite onto the shaggy head of the serpent.

Now the snake screamed, not out of anger or annoyance but out of pain. As Tiamat had bitten onto the snake's crown, a younger and bluer sea king had snapped harshly onto its neck.

With a twist of its head the blue sea king brought the older Yuda twirling around, foam and sea spray bursting through the air as a whip lash noise echoed out of the place where the serpent made contact with the water.

Tiamat held on for dear life, his death grasp not letting up. The huge tumult that had overturned the Yuda had also brought him closer to the snake's brain, and Tiamat was desperate to partake!

With a final bellow of aggression the blue sea king curled itself around the Yuda's neck, clenching its only limb hard around the weakest portion of the scaly monstrosity.

The Yuda balked as its jaws were forced open by the sudden force, long enough for the pink eel like sea king to surge forward and bite into its soft and weak tongue.

Then with a mighty heave it pulled outward, dragging the pink thin piece of meat through its twin gate like teeth and below its mean jaw.

As the Yuda began to rise, the blue sea king quickly uncurled itself, biting hard into the weak scales and into the more tender muscle beneath. As it fell the outer scales were peeled back and the Yuda screeched.

With a final bellow of rage, Tiamat who had been nibbling at the snake's head finally reached past the skull. The eel like Yuda screeched outward as sparks began to fly off its tail.

With a quick motion Tiamat jumped off the monstrosity and flopped into the foaming water next to the panting blue sea king.

With a crackle of electricity through the eel's body the serpent arced backward, a strong smell of burnt flesh and alcohol began to spread through the air. With a final week bellow the Yuda fell, its eyes closing in pain as it roasted.

Tiamat glanced around him, his eyes staring at all the other Yuda patrons that still swam in the open waters.

'Don't bite off more than you can chew they said….How smart…'