Diablo hiked for hours, then made camp and slept. The next day he got up bright and early, shouldering his backpack. he was quite close now. He hiked for another hour or two and heard a rustle. Diablo crouched lower and sidled through the bushes silently, lancing around. His acute hearing picked up on every sound, his pupils sharpening to catch every detail. Diablo finally saw two people... one male and one female. Were they the shapeshifters? This was right where the map had led him...

Tiger paced. She was getting impateint. "Mantis are you sure it worked?"

"Yes Tiger chill. He should be here by now." Mantis ran a hand through his hair. Tiger continued paceing. She wasn't too sure. They had fought so much she just wanted to figure things out. Waiting wasn't here strong point.

Diablo's ears tried to perk as the humans started speaking but he then remebered he was a human. -So it is them- he thought, relaxing a little. He straightened and walked into the clearing. "Looking for me?" Diablo asked gingerly, praying this wasn't a trap.

Tiger's sharp eyes flashed "yes if you're a shifter." She sniffed the air. "Don't even bother answering. I can smell a devil." She smirked

Mantis spoke "I'm Mantis mt spirit is a praying mantis and this is tiger lily but everyone calls her tiger she has the spirit of a tiger." Mantis smiled

Diablo's striking amber eyes snapped with amusement as the girl spoke first before he turned his attention to the male. "I am a shifter, and nice to meet you both. I'm Diablo... and as you commented, my spirit is a Tasmanian Devil." He turned his gaze back to Tiger for the last part, shifting the weight of his backpack a little.

Tiger smirked. " I haev a history with devils a long time ago one saved my life. So it's all good. Just watch what you whish for." Tiger smirked again and looked at mantis.
Mantis shifted his weight. "so umm what did you think of the firefly?" He smiled slightly " Did it work all right? It didn't give you any trouble?"

Diabl let a small smile tug at the corner of his mouth, but gave no other signs of amusement and turned his attention to Mantis. "It worked fine. No trouble, unless you mean the big lump on my head where I hit the ceiling like a rocket ship gone mad because I was startled by a tiny firefly that started talking. But, if you aren't talking about that, no trouble whatsoever." He cracked a smile, unshouldering his backpack and leaning against a tree around the outside of the clearing.

"oh good that was the first time I used them. Any suggestions on making them a little less startling? Just te;; me and I'll make it happen" Mantis knew he sounded like an excited tennager but he couldn't help it. He loooooved technology.

"Mantis is a tech wiz in case you haven't figured that out. Now on to more serious things, can you fight?" Tiger asked narrowing her eyes.

River galloped into the clearing a second later still in horse form. Then she shifted to her human form. Her black and silver hair was down. She was wearing dark jeans and a blue t-shirt. There was a long knife strapped to her side.

Mantis looked at the new shifter. "oh boy did the firefly work for you too? any ideas on improvement?" Mantis looked at the new girl and smiled. Tiger rolled her eyes.