I wanted to get out of this fight. There was no way that they would be able to win. "Can you take me to the others, Cinnabun? I want to see them. Cocoa can handle them for a bit." I asked. The guardian just looked at Cocoa and sighed out loud. He then looked at me and said "If a well regarded and esteemed warrior like you requests it, I will give you sanctuary." "Go take him to the others. I will call for help if I need it." Cocoa said as he rotated his shoulders one at a time. Cinnabun took me by the hand an led me to the stairs. "I actually am happy you are here to visit, Canan." he said. "Oh yeah? Tell that to Cocoa when he tries to fuck me." I responded with a big roll of my eyes as we went up to the grounds proper. He giggled. "C'mon now, Sir Hawks. All he wants to do is mate with you. You'll even love it when he does. He's skilled, strong and has soft fur." Cinnabun said. "If you feel that way, why don't you have sex with him?" I shot back. He stopped and looked at me in shock. "What makes you think that we don't all mate with each other already." he said. That was true. I did not know that.
Getting to the top, Hopper and Snowflake appeared and sniffed at me happily. "You're here! Yay!" Snowflake said as she pulled me into a hug. I hugged her back. "I'm so happy to see you back here." Hopper said as he pulled me into a hug of his own. I hugged him as well. Cinnabun told the others about what was happening below. They did not take it well. Snowflake sighed and Hopper facepalmed. "Why do they think they can beat us? We are guardians deities. This is the only reason we exist!" she asked. "Even if they got past us, everyone else would fight them to protect the shrine. How dumb do they have to be?" Hopper said derisively. "Don't underestimate them just because they look weaker than you. They firmly believe that they are in the right. That can give you a certain type of power to defy the odds." I warned. They looked condescendingly at me as they turned to the stairs. They then began to descend. "Just stay up here until we solve the problem." Hopper said. I just sucked my teeth and went around to see who I could find. I was able to find all 8 of the Protectors-Black Ops.
Hanging out with them, I found out that they were not that popular pretty quickly. None of the others wanted to socialize with them. That was fine with them. They were all used to being an independent unit. They were all strong enough to beat everyone gathered here aside from the guardians and the deities here. There were some nice paladins and dancers that were happy to see me. It was mostly because I was in parties with them or they remembered seeing me during the fights around the shrine. A few of them came up to me and said hello. I took time to catch up with them. Some had been promoted since the last time I met them. Others had been on a guard duty shift that never seemed to end. It took a few hours before the guardians came back. Cinnabun, Hopper and Snowflake looked agitated and concerned. "We all thought it was over when we beat them into submission. One of those Protectors set a nasty trap for us. Cocoa was trapped in a box and crushed to death." Cinnabun said angrily when asked. I walked to Hopper and Snowflake and pet them. They seemed less agitated.
