Thread:Abbykurle/@comment-33999335-20180520125803/@comment-30921738-20180603002332

Akurle ran into the main room and glanced around. "Where's Jetleap and Jim?" Buttons was about to say something when they heard a roar from outside. "Stay inside!" Buttons yelled as he ran outside. Despite his warning, Akurle followed.

Outside it was storming hard. Rain was pouring down, and ocean spray was splashing up everywhere. A huge red creature was lurking outside, jumping across the stepping stones. It snarled as Buttons ran out of the shelter of the cave. Jetleap was on one of the stepping stones.

"Isn't that the creature that can't touch salt? How did it get here!" Akurle called through the storm. "I don't know! Stay back!" Mr. Buttons yelled in response. Before Akurle could respond, Mr. Buttons jumped onto the first stepping stone in a single leap. Then he jumped onto the next, where Jetleap was. At the same time, the red creature jumped onto the next stone. They were only a single stone apart.

Mr. Buttons didn't hesitate. He Jumped onto the next stone and then leaped onto the creatures head. The beast roared in fury and took a step back. Salt water sprayed on his legs, and to Akurles horror, his skin started to bubble and steam. The creature snarled and shook his head furiously, knocking Buttons off. He stretched out his paws and barely managed to grab onto one of the stones. Akurle realized that his paws were steaming. The creature's skin must be as hot as fire.

Akurle jumped onto one of the stepping stones. "No! Don't touch it!" Buttons called back to her. Akurle nodded and grabbed Jetleap, then set her gently on the floor of the cave tunnel.

Then there was a flash of bright blue light, And Akurle was in her Frost Form. The raindrops froze around her, as if her body was emitting freezing-cold air.

Akurle leaped onto the next stepping stone with ease. She jumped onto the next one just as the red creature lunged at Mr. Buttons. It grabbed the fat cat in his jaws, and he cried out in pain as the creatures burning teeth sunk into his skin. Akurle howled with rage and slashed at the creature with her claws. Her paw burned for a split second, then the frosty air around her cooled it down.

Akurle slashed at the creature again, the temperature dropping rapidly as her anger increased. This time her paw only felt a bit warm. The beast seemed surprised that she could touch it without getting hurt. Buttons had fainted in his jaws. The beast suddenly dropped Mr. Buttons into the waves below him.

"No!" Akurle reached her paw into the water to grab him. Bad mistake. The water around her froze instantly. Akurle ripped her paws away before the water could freeze any farther. The beast used this time to lunge at her. The air around it heated up rapidly as he bit Akurle. She barely felt anything and jabbed the ice spikes on her head into his shoulder. They started to melt, but Akurle ripped herself out of the beasts grasp.

Ice met Fire as Akurle and the monster wrestled on the wide stepping stone. Akurle felt herself falling into the ocean, but the water froze underneath her. She jumped up, and the ice melted from the monster's heat. The beast jumped up and managed to pin Akurle down, trying to stab her wth the horns on its head. Akurle tried to get away, but the monsters heat was overcoming her cold.

Suddenly there was a splash and Buttons rammed into the monsters side. He plummeted into the water, and his skin started to boil and melt. The beast grabbed into the stepping stone, screeching in agony. Buttons took a step forward to push it in, when the monster whispered something in his ear.

"Master told you not to tell anyone." Then he slipped into the waves and disappeared.

Akurle turned baxk into her wolf form from pure exhaustion. Mr. Buttons had bits of ice stuck on his ears and back, and the fur on his paws was singed. He collapsed to the ground.

Akurle picked him up by the scruff and carried him back into the cave, setting him gently on the moss bed where Jetleap was a second ago.