Kaos jumped towards May and picked her up, as she was struggling. May's heaving changed the flow of the wind itself. She knew the end was near. Kaos was breaking down. It was difficult for him to take it, even though it was anticipated. He held her by the broken wing and carefully dragged her.
Kaos suddenly felt the air getting heavy and a certain mist followed. As he dragged her through the pavement, he saw a big pond at the end of it. They reached the final destination, the Judas Kiss. May with her last bit of vigor said breathlessly "Thank you Kaos, me here on time, thank you". Kaos slowly pushed her to the shoreline of the pond and ran a few meters back to hide behind a rock. Suddenly Kaos observed ripples smashing the dead leaves on the pond against the smooth rocks at the banks. Kaos even though disheartened by May's situation he was very excited to see what Lady Namazu looks like. From the center of the ripples emerged two gigantic snake-like structures followed by them was a colossal streamlined form. Kaos quickly identified the beast. He said to himself, "So the intel was true Namazu is a catfish".
May's eyes sparkled and joy swept over. Even as she was struggling to take a breath, she recited "Oh great Lady Namazu bless me with yo...". The catfish suddenly threw its mouth around May and swallowed her completely and quickly dove back into the pond. Kaos was dumbstruck. His mouth dropped wide. He stared blankly at the lake for a minute. He didn't take time to notice what this place is. He realized what they do here. That there was nothing holy about this place. It has all been a ruse. All the stories sung, all the praises offered for Lady Namazu was nothing but a ploy to get the beings of religion to surrender before a catfish so it can feed on them. The first time in many years Kaos found himself tearing up. It hit him hard, the murder of his only friend added to the shattered hopes of bearing wings.
Kaos is not a usual being of The Religion. He takes matters into his own hands. He doesn't let things go. He was determined. He knew exactly what he should do. He had to shut this whole place down. Kaos was named so for a reason. He wiped his face with his twisted leg. He jerked his leg to click it back into place. And now he pulled his firm face down.
He grabbed the largest pebble he could afford and swung it high into the air. The pebble touched the sky and sped down to hit the surface of the water with a great force, disturbing the whole lake. The lake quickly went silent for a second and ripples gradually started churning the lake from the center. Kaos could see four shadows swimming in circles near the surface. Suddenly all four of the shadows popped out, splashing water everywhere. He was shocked to see there were four of them, that there were four slickers. "You called us little one?", the biggest out of the four uttered in a mystical voice. She wrapped her tentacles gently around Kaos and said "You're not ripe yet, we can't eat you, come back dear after a year". Kaos got furious and replied, "In a year this place will neither exist nor you, I'll burn the whole place down with the help of fireflies". "Why child must you be so angry ? Let's discuss what the reason for your anger is", the voice came from behind the bigger catfish, "Calm down and give us your argument, if fit we will do as you say". Kaos wasn't expecting them to be peace lovers. He didn't think the life snatching, rumor spreading catfishes to be rational. Kaos calmed himself down and took the chance they gave to speak. He saw this as an opportunity to use his ace card, the brain cleansarabra. Kaos stared at them and said, "This place is..."; "Let me stop you right there", one of the catfishes interrupted him, "Where are our manners, let's start by introducing ourselves before getting into the matters". "I'm Namazu, and these are my 3 younger sisters, Alaina, Rouseh and Prailie", she swept her tentacles in the air as if to address them, "Together we rule Religion, as the goddesses of religion, now who might you be?". Another nerve got pulled for Kaos. He couldn't believe the audacity of them to still address themselves as the goddesses. But he held his mouth tight to prevent frowning and said "Kaos is my name and I'll be the devil to end your reign, but I'll borrow your rationale and let you explain what this place is, I'll listen to you and still burn this place down".
All four of the catfishes stared at each other and then suddenly burst into laughter.
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