Snippet #2160824

Erin Tyryl

Nemesis gave a sharp bark of pain that Erin matched as the bond was just about crushed by the hit from the behemoth. He toppled over onto the ground, dirt picking up around him. He could hardly breath and he felt warm, coppery liquid in his mouth. Erin knew Nemesis was taking too much damage to keep going, he'd never bled in a fight before. After a moment he managed to get a choking cough out and blood spilled onto the ground. Though, as hard as he tried, he couldn't get back up to continue the fight.

"Don't push it, Erin," Nemesis growled, though his voice was panting as he spoke over their connection.

"I know..."

"We tried."

"I know..." Erin coughed again, his vision swimming as the earth underneath him seemed to move on its own. A strong grip took hold of his arm and he was pulled up over someone's shoulder. They proceeded to drag him away from the fight, leaving the behemoth to it's wild swinging. Erin tried to get free of the grip, but he couldn't move.

"Nemesis," he muttered, turning slightly to look over his shoulder. It was the only thing he could do, but instead of seeing the sleek black of Nemesis' fur, he saw the brilliant white of his sister facing the creature head on. His heart nearly stopped as he tried to muster as much strength as he could to go back to her.

"Let go," he ordered, though his voice was far from threatening, "Rue!" His breath sucked in as he watched her duck and narrowly miss the deadly blow that the beast tossed at her. If it hit her, she'd be dead in an instant. Her body was glowing white and the ground had turned to ice. One of the behemoths legs was already encased in the dry ice that was Snow's ability. Again she ducked as the creature tried to hit her, her body was nearly flat to the ground as the dry ice encased the other leg. The behemoth screamed in pain and rage, throwing itself backwards as it howled to the raging storm over head.

Rue stumbled to her feet and the glowing white that had encased her faded away. She started backwards to the group, her eyes carefully watching the creature as she was still in the danger zone. Erin could tell she was utterly spent as she stumbled and swayed on her feet. The behemoth came forward, its beady eyes locked on her and swung outwards with its fingers outstretched.

"Nemesis!" He shouted in fear, trying to get as much strength as he could back and send it to the wolf. A black streak alerted him to Nemesis' movement and he crashed into Rue, knocking her down to the ground to avoid the incoming hit. The wolf barely got down out of the way, the fingers brushing across his back and sending him sliding away from Rue for a mere moment. Erin's breath panted in and out of his lungs as he watched, too weak to do anything to get to either her or his bond. However, Nemesis was determined and his form rushed to her once more, his jaws locking on the back of her shirt and began dragging her to the group. Once he was there, Nemesis dropped down, huffing. He layed his head against Rue's shoulder, worry in his voice as he spoke to Erin.

"She used too much power, that and with her losing a lot of blood from the wound, she's unconscious now. Brave, I'll give her that, but stupid. Just like someone I know," Nemesis turned to look at Erin.

"Rue. But she's alright, right?"

The dire wolf nodded his head, "For now, but we can't stay here. She didn't do that for us to just sit and wait for the damn thing to break out. Lets get moving. Let Luca carry her, Aslan or Samuel can help you, Suren too if she can."

"Right," Erin turned to the group and repeated what his bond said. They weren't far from the flag. Finish climbing the hill and then down on the other side in the valley is where they should find it.