There were probably more of those things around so Eris thought it was best someone hang back a little and deal with any that happened by. Viral's order then to move towards the portal was a little confusing; she wasn't trying to eliminate the entire species, only any in the area that might attack them. If that was what the commander wanted however she'd go along with his wishes. "You heard him Orion, we're getting them out of here!" she shouted back, waving the villagers on and pointing to the portal at the rise, "Nice and easy everyone, no pushing or shoving! We don't want to have to carry anyone through because you got excited and tripped!" People certainly did perk up seeing a means to go home though and if not for Orion's quick snaps they might well have taken off running. Grinning proudly at a job well done she turned back to Viral and moved closer, all but ignoring Yumi as she looked at him happily. "We should celebrate when we get back, don't you think? I can think of a few ways..." 

"Let's focus on getting back first before we worry about celebrating," Yumi said through clenched teeth, narrowing her eyes as Eris gave her a pleasant smile. She would sure love to reach out and hit that woman but now wasn't the time to be fighting over something so silly, they still weren't out of this yet. Keeping at Viral's side just to be sure he wasn't going to have any troubles she smiled when they crossed paths with Shu and Takeshi, giving the former a quick little hug and patting his head. "I'm glad you two came, it's nice knowing we have a little extra help," she said before looking to the older boy, "Um... I have to ask... Are you two able to use Ki? Like... At all? I haven't been able to get mine to work since I got here." Was it a result of her becoming more like a Beastman? Yumi could manage without Ki as she had for most of her life but losing it so suddenly was going to be a little shocking.

"Nah, I tried flying right away and couldn't even get off the ground," Takeshi admitted as he looked at his feet, hopping for good measure and shrugging his shoulders, "See? Nothing. I don't know what the deal is but it sucks, having to walk everywhere would get real old, real fast. Er... No offense Viral." Just was nice to have the option to fly sometimes, they had the Ki for it and they may as well use it. The fact that nobody here had access to theirs though was very confusing and he couldn't even pretend to know why it was happening. "We'll have to talk to Vegeta when we get back about this, he'll know what's up. Or... He'll have a better guess than we do." After all that guy was a genius and knew way more about this kind of thing than any of them here, they just used the stuff. Following the villagers back towards the portal Takeshi folded his heads up behind his head, humming thoughtfully for a moment before looking to Viral, noting how run down the guy seemed to be. "So... You guys run into a lot of those things here? Must have sucked fighting in this place, its like a desert in here..."

Ah, so there were the prisoners. He had wondered how they had gotten free from the confines of that cave and now it knew, some meddlesome children from the other side were responsible. Grinning broadly as they went about unawares the hooded figure vanished from his spot, teleporting to a closer place and reaching into his tattered robes. "My my... Barging in here and taking our play things, how very rude..." the being laughed as he took out a book and flipped open its pages, "You children should be taught some manners." Stopping on one page its empty blue eyes scanned over a passage of words in the blink of an eye, reciting them flawlessly in a language utterly alien to anyone present. Even from a ways off as he was an attack was easy, and after raising a hand towards the group it finished its incantation, the ground shaking violently before it began to split, jagged rocks sprouting up from the center of the tear as it raced towards the group. 

Things had gone south very quickly as evidenced by the sudden quake that shook the ground. If matters weren't bad enough with that alone the spikes erupting out of the ground looked to be coming after them too, forcing Yumi to grab Viral and jump out of the way as Takeshi did the same for Shu. What in the world had that been? Lifting her head off the ground her eyes widened seeing a robed figure several meters away, his hand glowing blue and pointed in their direction. That wasn't one of the creatures, and it very clearly wasn't a human or anything of the sorts... So what was it? Pushing herself to her feet she gasped when another attack was sent their way, responding by slamming her fist into the ground and breaking up the rock before them, causing the attack to hit her own and shatter at the meeting point, thankfully stopping short of them. 

Orion couldn't make heads of what they were seeing either, neither he or Eris had ever seen an enemy quite like that before. It wasn't Ki they were using as he could recognize that, and for that matter he couldn't detect any energy from the being at all. What manner of attacks was he using? The portal was so close for them now and the villagers nearly out, even with this new foe here they had to keep going. "All of you through the portal, now! Once you're through you'll be seen to!" he barked loudly at them, watching as the villagers scrambled up the incline for the rift home. They likely had to fight again here, or he might if another wrench hadn't been thrown in their plans. Racing towards the portal now were another half dozen of the creatures, barreling towards the villagers and likely trying to kill them before they left. Dashing up the incline past them he charged the closest one and grabbed it beneath its head, lifting it high into the air and spinning on his heel before releasing it into another, sending them tumbling away. "Through the rift, NOW! We'll protect you!"

Well Eris had gotten what she'd asked for, it looked like they were going to have a little more fun before going back. Letting Orion take the closest two she kept closer to the group itself, intercepting the first one to reach them. Diving into it with a kick she smashed it in the side of its head and promptly followed up by throwing her body into its own, knocking it away again and causing it to nearly topple over. Snarling she flexed her hands before imbuing them with energy and dashed forward, slashing away at its side in a frenzy that left its torso looking like paper through a shredder. Finally the villagers were beginning to get through but they still had to fight, she and Orion would go until the last creature was dead and then they'd help the commander.