Mythran's Master Of All

Croggart and Ren crept forward with wands at the ready. Once they were within a hundred feet of the giant, Ren shot her with the Wand Of Slumber. It hit her in the shoulder and spread out 10 feet, then dissipated.

“We've only got 2 minutes!” Ren nearly yelled, then ran the rest of the way. Teepo, keep track so I can shoot her again when the time's up.

“Already counting!” Teepo said as Ren reached the sleeping giant. She was helpless; and Croggart drew his sword.

“Don't!” Ren said. “That would wake her up right away!”

“And shouting doesn't?”

“Not for another minute and a half.” Ren said as he started using the Wand of Entanglement. He shot the space between the giant and her nest and all around her body; from her feet to her head.

“Ten seconds!” Teepo said, and Ren stepped back from her, and asked Croggart to step back as well. The giant started to stir, and Ren shot her right in the head with the Wand of Slumber.

“I think she's secure enough.” Ren said. “Shoot Groggot with the Wand of Slickness.”

“Groggot?” Croggart asked. “Not her?”

“If you grease her up, she'll slip out of the web.”

“Ah, got it.” He said and shot Groggot with the wand. He was instantly covered in grease, and slid slightly. “Nice!” Croggart said and grabbed one of Groggot's arms. It took a bit of tugging, but after a minute the giant's arms shifted slightly and the unconscious Groggot slid out from the giant's grasp.

“Ten seconds!” Teepo said.

“Okay, step back.” Ren said.

“I can't!” Croggart said as he tried to pick Groggot up again. “He's still too slippery!”

“Then drag him!” Ren said, and looked back at the giant. “She's waking up!”

*

Her thoughts were muddled and confused. She felt something holding her, and tried to move, then remembered her baby. She clutched her arms to her chest, felt nothing but a slickness, and opened her eyes.

“Ro?” She saw that her baby was gone and Ren standing close to her. “ROOAAARRRRR!!!” She bellowed her frustration and anger at him.

*

“Get back, Croggart!” Ren waved him to run, then shot the giant in the head again. She shook her head, then her eyes closed for a moment. A second later, she opened her eyes again and growled as she stared at Ren.

“Oh, crap.” Ren said, and tried to shoot her again; and got the same result. “RUN!” He shouted and stored the Wand of Slumber.

By this point, the grease had dissolved and Groggot could now be gripped easily; but he had still been within the area of effect for the sleep spell and remained unconscious. Croggart went back to him, picked him up easily, and hefted him over his shoulder as he started to run. Ren shot the Wand of Entanglement a few more times to cover the giant's chest and arms where Groggot had been, and took off running himself.

Ren heard a loud crash, then debris being crushed; and ran as fast as the mess of the cave would allow his legs to carry him. He actually felt fear, and that surprised him beyond anything that he'd seen up to this point.

I'm actually afraid. Ren thought, then realized what was going on. The giant has a Fear Aura! He let the surprise of the situation carry him out of the cave and away from the opening. Now that they were out of the cave and didn't have to be careful about tripping over the mess, they ran as fast as they could. Ren easily out-paced Croggart back to the cart, turned around and pulled out the Wand Of Shrinkage.

“What are you doing?!?” Croggart asked Ren as he passed, then put Groggot in the back of the cart.

“She's coming, Ren!” Teepo said as he flew over to land on Ren's shoulder. There were more crashing sounds coming from the cave, and then the giant walked out of the entrance. She was covered from head to foot in web and debris. It would take her a few minutes to reach them.

“She got up with all that stuff still attached to her!” Croggart said in surprise, and then Groggot started to wake up. “Brother! We came to rescue you!” He said, and shook his brother awake.

“Wh-what?” Groggot asked, groggily. “Who... what... Croggart?!?”

Croggart laughed and hugged his brother. “Were about to deal with the creature!”

“What? NO!” Groggot exclaimed and jumped out of the cart and ran over to Ren. “Don't hurt her! She kept me alive all this time!”

“How did she do that?” His brother asked. “I didn't see any food or anything in there.”

“Um... ah... I...” Groggot mumbled something, and Ren's eyes widened in surprise.

“No way!” Ren said as he glanced at Groggot, then back at the giant as she bellowed. She had worked one of her arms free and was tearing the debris off, along with a lot of her clothing that the web was attached to.

“What?” Croggart asked. “How?”

“I... I suckled her breast, okay?” Groggot said, and looked embarrassed.

“You... you...” Croggart shook his head. “I can't believe you nursed from a crazy giant!”

“You can ask her yourself.” Ren said. “Here she comes!”

She had managed to tear a couple chunks of debris from one of her legs, and hurled it at Ren as she started to run. Ren smiled and used the Wand of Entanglement on one of them, because the other one wasn't going to reach him. The clump of debris and webs stuck to the ground mere feet in front of him. She yelled an inarticulate roar at him, and Ren changed his concentration from his Command Aura to his Fear Aura. The giant kept coming, and then she hit Ren's Aura. Her pace faltered slightly and she slowed down, and she seemed wary for some reason. His Aura matched hers now, so he was no longer affected by her Fear Aura.

When she was within the 100 feet of the wand's limit, Ren shot her with the Reduce Person spell. She staggered and stopped running, then fell to one knee. She shook her head, then bellowed at him. He started walking towards her, and then he had an idea. Ren formed a Connection between his Dire Wolf Hooded Cloak and Screaming Terror ring.