“You know... I should be thankful for you turning me back into my true form, even if it is temporarily, but right now... you’ve made me pretty mad. And trust me, us demons can get pretty cranky over the smallest of things.” Cradle growled, pointing the needle at Sera, ignoring Nat who unused to her new stuffed body was currently having trouble trying to move an inch.
Cradle, after turning back into an incubus was wearing no clothes but was instead covered in layers of his magic string that almost comically made him look like he was in a white cocoon.
“Don’t make me laugh demon boy, I have more magic that you could possibly believe, give up now and I promise I won’t turn you into the slimy toad you are.” Sera laughed, feeling completely in control now.
Cradle grinned. “I’m the only one who should be making threats now, since you turned me back to my old form, I can access some of my innate magic now. So let me give you a taste.” he said as at the tip of his needle, a small point of green light was gathering, quickly forming into a spinning hellish green fireball aimed directly at Sera.
Sera’s face fell as she didn’t have enough time to counter the fireball. Instead in her large body, she could only try and dive out of the way as Cradle launched the fireball directly at her.
While she barely missed getting hit, as the fireball hit the wall behind her, exploding in a small fury of fire and heat, the force of the explosion knocked her to the side , her durable body mostly unharmed but causing her a considerable amount of pain as she felt some of her vines get incinerated by the magical flames.
Sera managed to land standing up, before seeing Cradle launch another fireball directly at her.
Crap.
This time she took the full brunt of the blast and gave out a yell of pain as she felt her outer vines writhe in pain as they were burnt to a crisp.
Still standing, Sera managed to cast a magic barrier around herself , trying to calm her intense breathing as the barrier flickered on and off.
“That flimsy defense won’t help for long against my fireballs, besides from the looks of it, it’s only strong enough to protect against magic energy, meaning any physical attacks will be able to phase through.” Cradle laughed.
Cradle, never breaking eye contact with Sera, walked towards her, keeping an eye on Nat who was doing her best to move her fumbling body.
“Don’t hurt her, you weirdo!” Nat spoke through her mechanical voice, struggling to stand on her flimsy legs.
“Shut up daughter, Daddy’s gonna take care of this pest now.” Cradle said in a mocking tone, moving past Nat’s body.
Angry, Nat tried moving but stuffed toys weren’t made to move on their own. Instead all she could do was try to control her anger, which she found she couldn’t. A deep feeling started riding up through her body and for a second Nat felt like she was going to choke. Unable to contain it anymore, Nat screamed as she barfed up a torrent of purple string and cloth.
“Ahh! Fuck!” Cradle shouted in confusion as he felt his body get wrapped up in even more silk, the purple threads blinding him. Nat continued spraying her seemingly endless amount of purple dragon cloth through her mouth, beginning to enjoy as Cradle started struggling to get out of the increasing amount of cloth that enveloped him.
Seeing her chance, Sera dropped her magic barrier, and rushed towards Cradle, doing her best to avoid the magic needle which the incubus was waving around wildly in his blindness.
Instead, of grabbing him, Sera channeled her body’s own innate abilities and in an instant summoned up her own fire, a mantle of violet flames surrounding Sera as she breathed a wave of purple energy, wash over the Incubus, the cloth surrounding him instantly igniting.
Cradle screamed in pain as he quickly became engulfed in purple fire, lunging around wildly with his needle, hoping to get a random strike in at his attackers.
Sera managed to deftly dodge his strikes, and moved around him, turning off her flames as Sera picked up the doll Nat with her lower set of arms.
“Good job Girly...” Sera said in approval.
“No problem...” Nat said, feeling tired all of the sudden, as they watched the Incubus yell in pain.
“He won’t burn to death will he?” Nat asked with some concern in her mechanical voice.
“Nah... he’s a demon, they can certainly feel pain from heat, but trying to kill them with it is a lost cause.” Sera answered casually.
When the violet flames eventually fired down, Sera immediately moved towards Cradle, who was now an unconscious burnt mess on the floor, the incinerated cloth ashes around him.
Sera carefully grabbed the magic needle with one of her arms, making sure not to prick herself with it as she and Nat decided what to do next.