Athena has never been a camping type of girl, she would rather lock herself in the library than stay in the middle of the woods, in some cave, sleeping in a sleeping bag by the fire and listening to stories. Until now, she hadn't come to these outings, because she wasn't a guardian. But here they are now, seven pairs of combat comrades, plus the two educators, preparing the cave, in the middle of the forest, for the coming night.

"I thought you liked nature" Athena flinched slightly and Jungkook wrapped his arms around her waist from behind, resting his chin on her shoulder. "I love her, but in small portions" Athena sighed and looked at the mountain again. "Did you take your pills?" Jungkook asked suddenly and Athena looked over her shoulder at his profile. "Yeah, why..." it took her a few seconds to grasp his question and she gasped, slapping his forehead.

"Is that all you think about?" Athena snapped at him and he shrugged. "I have the most beautiful and literally fiery girlfriend in the world, I'm a man, don't you expect me to think about how to discover new nuclear fuel?" he brushed his lips against her neck and Athena tossed her head to the side despite her protests. "They'll see us" she mumbled and felt him smirking against her neck. "Not if we're fast and you're quiet" Athena blushed, giggling as his hands moved along the curves of her body.

"Yooooo,I know my sister is having sex but I don't need to see it" Tyra's disgusted voice made Athena jump out of Jungkook's arms who just smirked "Come on,Mr. Kosari wants us to get together" she spun eyes and turned on his heel, walking away. "See, I told you" Athena tried to walk past Jungkook, shyly avoiding his gaze. "And I told you I'd have you one way or another" he growled and pulled her by the arm, grabbing her neck and kissing her passionately before the two of them walked back into the cave hand in hand.

The evening passed in a briefing, which no one tried to remember, then many stories were told, the cave was lit by the fire in the middle of it and by the laughter of the couples. Athena was so tired from the trek and the ensuing revelry that when Jungkook put her in a sleeping bag and lay down next to her, wrapping her in his secure arms, she was long asleep.

Jungkook fidgeted and mumbled something, but his eyes opened wide when a hand covered his mouth and Jimin put a finger on his lips to keep him quiet. He nodded and Jimin let him go, spinning on his toes, still crouched down. The duckling, he approached the next sleeping bag, one by one waking the others. Jungkook looked around, the fire was still burning, his eyes fell on Athena and Mykena who were standing at the entrance of the cave.

He narrowed his eyes, Athena's hands were flaming and she was clearly in a fighting stance, shoulders slightly hunched, knees bent, her fists burning almost to her elbows, while Mykena was pressed against the wall of the entrance and they both stared intently at the cave entrance.

Mykena and Athena looked at each other and Mykena nodded and then turned to the others. "We have company and it's not friendly" echoed in their heads and the Guardians quietly moved closer to the cave entrance as their knights formed a semi-circle behind them, protecting the two tutors. Athena's hands went limp and she crouched down, placing her outstretched palms on the floor, her breathing slightly quickened, Jungkook watched carefully as she lowered her head, trying to steady her breathing.

The tension in the cave strained everyone's nerves and their eyes followed the movements of the others, until somewhere outside came the heavy rhythmic sounds of footsteps, not just footsteps, but sounds of the movement of something very heavy. Whatever it was, it was getting closer, and the closer it got, the warmer it got in the cave. Kira stepped forward quietly and crouched slightly behind Athena, in the moonlight, the entrance of the cave slightly flashed multicolored - Kira's shield sealed the opening, protecting its inhabitants.

"What's happening?" -Coach Kosari."I have no idea, but Mykena and Athena sensed something" - Jimin."What is this noise?" - Tyra."If only I knew" - Mykena."They are...huge"-Athena. "The forest dies of fear, every living creature!"The relationship Mykena was creating between them was full of questions. The very fact that two of the guardians had taken up front positions, protecting the entrance, was something worthy of attention.

"Can you feel the forest?" Jungkook asked mentally as Athena nodded. "The air is heated enough that I can use it as a sort of sensitive locator" he raised his eyebrows, apparently he had no idea how far Athena had come in her training, they had a lot of catching up to."What do you think is going on?" Kira asked and Mykena shook her head. "I don't know, I don't understand the language, but I sense a thirst for blood" Mykena answered and Tenari also approached. "Here but you three, we're all useless" Athena looked back at Jungkook, her brows forming a deep crease, lowered low above her eyes. The sounds of trees breaking and falling, hitting the ground hard, got closer and closer. Everyone tensed, Tenari was right, except for Athena, Mykena, and Kira, even the knights couldn't do much without their weapons.

"What are we going to do?" Alina's trembling thoughts broke the silence that had fallen. "We will fight if we have to" all eyes focused on the tense back of Athena, who was still kneeling with her palms on the floor. "You can't fight alone!" Jungkook protested, if she had to, with her powers, her energy wouldn't last long. "It's okay" she hummed and Jungkook gritted his teeth.

A noise was approaching and everyone tensed, the knights approached their guardians, ready to support them. A spectacular scene unfolded before their eyes. Several giant-like creatures made their way through the trees, knocking them over as if they were bowling pins. Their bodies moved clumsily, illuminated by the moon's rays, allowing their watchers to get a good look at them. Their bodies looked like a mass of broken tree trunks and rocks stuck together by glowing burning lava. Sakrants!

"It is impossible!" screamed Miss Panaria's thoughts, panic taking over her thoughts, making it difficult to communicate that Mykena had been trying hard to maintain for the last half hour. "How..."Coach Kosari couldn't string a simple sentence together. The creatures were about a kilometer from the cave, moving deeper into the forest, when one of them stopped and looked back, as if sensing they were being watched.

Kira and Mikena were at the end of their strength, the two had kept their strength active for too long, Jimin and Yoongi were also breathing heavily. Another of the Sakrants stopped and turned. "They...know we're here?" Athena was trembling with tension, Jungkook was right, they couldn't fight here, they weren't prepared, she wasn't ready for such a fight.

"Calm down! It doesn't help to panic, if I have to I'll teleport us back to campus!" Athena gritted her teeth, Zika could teleport some of them, but not all of them at once, and after only three or four jumps with a minimum of two people, her powers would run out. It wasn't a field game, it wasn't fun. The Sakrants stood still for a moment, sweat broke out on Athena's forehead, they looked around as if searching for something, and then a bright light flashed before them and they sank into it.

"How, shouldn't there be portals? They should all be sealed for ages!" Miss Panaria paced nervously back and forth through the cave and Mr. Kosari stopped her, putting his arm around her shoulders. "They're looking" Mikena answered and slumped against the wall, Jimin immediately ran over and hugged her, crouching next to her. "What are they looking for?" asked Tyra who was just frozen in place with a horrified expression in Namjoon's arms.

"They're looking for Jungkook" Athena answered instead of Mikena and stood up, turning to him. "Me? Why on earth would they be looking for me?" he tilted his head, strongly doubting her words. "Do you understand them?" Mykena looked at her in surprise, but Athena shook her head. "Not exactly, kind of like, I don't know how to explain it, it's like the flames are talking to me" Athena moved closer to Jungkook and he reached out his arms, wrapping her in his safe embrace.

Mykena glared at Athena and jumped to her feet. "You can't, you wouldn't..." Athena just buried her face in Jungkook's chest and he felt her tears wet his t-shirt. "She can't what?" Alina and Tenari insisted at the same time. "Athena, that..." she cut Mykena off, looking at her. The other girl stepped back in horror, staring into her eyes for a moment, then her startled gaze shifted to Jungkook, who frowned, not understanding what was really going on and why he was so important.

"Let's go home, we have a lot of work to do. If they have found a way to unseal the portals, then they will come back, we must be prepared" Mr. Kosari patted Miss Panaria's back reassuringly and ordered the knights to pack up. Athena ignored the commotion and turned back to the entrance, staring in the direction the Sakrants had disappeared.