Rhys nodded in understanding to the situation. It was simple. They already had the advantage, they had eyes on them, they were coming from the back, and Via, while observing was also distracting them. He couldn't have asked for a better situation. They finally reached the pair, still invisible behind the foliage. He pointed at the older girl and waited for Kane's nod in approval. He melded his mind through Jester. Through the hyena's eyes he looked at the little wolf pup. Jester growled in understanding, he pulled out of the hyena, nodded at Kane once more, and in one fluid motion he pulled out his knife, lept out of the tree's and wrapped his arm around the girl's neck, pressing the point of the blade into her throat.
"Kitty! Run!" she screamed out and the other girl bolted, and the girl he held hostage elbowed him in the stomach, surprised he released her.
She whipped a knife off her belt, there was a spot of blood running down her throat. She snarled him and launched. He defended himself from each of her blows, but finally she caught him, slicing him in the ribs.
"Fuck! You bitch!" he growled.
She launched at him again, and he grabbed her arm, twisting it behind her back. She screamed and it distracted him from the constant task of keeping his mind closed. It opened and information began searing through his brain.
He finally shut his mind and he pinned her to the ground. The adrenaline was wearing off, his side was killing him and he could feel the blood dripping down his side, soaking through his tattered shirt and pants. He looked around, Jester had the little wolf pup cornered, but wasn't in a fighting crouch. Instead he sat head cocked, staring intently at the pup, who was yipping and whining. It was like Jester was listening to him. Kane and the younger girl were nowhere to be found.
"Kane! What's your status?" he called out.
The girl struggled against him, and he pulled her arm tighter behind her back. She cried out again. He wanted to stop hurting her, in fact, he should probably kill her, but he couldn't bring himself to do it. Instead flipped her over and hit her Highest Spring, Spirit Tower Gate, Winnower Gate, and Sea of Blood pressure points, temporarily paralyzing her. She glared at him, and she began yelling at him, but he didn't pay attention. He didn't know if she knew where to hit him, but she got him good in his subclavian vein, it attached to the jugular vein and he was loosing a fair amount of blood. Kane had his medical supplies. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. Pulling off his shirt he tore a strip off, wadded the rest against the wound and tied it in place. He slowed his breathing, but his vision was starting to redden.
"Kane!" he yelled out, but it wasn't as loud as he needed it to be, he turned to Jester, who had abandoned cornering the wolf, and stared at his human companion with concern. "Jester. Get Kane. Now."