Nazirah Dimension

Shadow's eyes opened instantly, and she stood up silently. She looked down upon Juniper, who was trying to wake the Angel boy. She raised one of Kara's Pistols to her, and her demonic smile crept up.

"Don't move, Girl. Pandora wouldn't be pleased if I missed."

(( Uber sorry for the short post, and would it be okay if Pandora was.. Reasonably famous among Serakinians? ))

Tired red irises revealed themselves slowly as the girl held the leaf up to his nose. Blinking away the drowsiness and throwing back his arms stretching his entire body with a yawn. "W-what happen? Who ah yo?" Crow was finally getting faint memories of the past event. Everyone in the cave then everyone passing out. He quickly took notice that this girl beside him was unfamiliar to Crow but her appearance was somewhat...inviting. Well to Crow at least. She had a small hint of aura around her that just seemed lively, like flowers.

Instead of tensing up and running Crow stayed put and instead focused on what the girl used to wake him up. Curiously, he plucked the leaf from her hand and lifted it up to his nose. It had a favorable smell to it. Like the mint plants he would occasionally pluck a leaf from and chew on. It wasn't quite like it but it was similar. "Whah dis?" he says as he held the leaf out to her.

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Sabirah screeched once more as she saw the whip raise in his hand. Still flying towards him at tremendous speeds, she took notice on how he didn't even hesitate. This irked her and she came to the conclusion that he must have been a soldier in the war. Great, this was going to make this battle a whole lot more complicated.

The gryphon flew upwards out of the trees before twisting its body to the side and diving downwards pushing it's wings against the wind to make the dive just a little faster. Beak pointing toward the ground aiming straight for the mans head.

Although Astrad would have liked to blow the man's head off it would be too risky. He has seen what this gun can do as he was forced on how to use it. The effectively told him what it is capable of but he hasn't see it for himself. He remembers however that one shot from down the barrel was enough to obliterate an entire structure. So shooting at a single man would not only obliterate him but probably the others around him. He really didn't want to accidentaly hit the other person who decided to attack Maza. Before he could make another action a gryphon appeared as it shrieked. It is a fearsome creature but he wondered where it came from? Judging by the armor it has upon it, it is obviously somebodies maybe the other warrior's? When stepped towards the right to see past Maza there was no one there. Perhaps the warrior is on the creature? Astrad looked up to see it coming diving towards them but he saw no one guiding it. If he had doubts before about shooting the lengthy gun he certainly couldn't fire it now with the gryphon flying in too close. Astrad tehn turned his attention back to the woods and saw the remaining flowers. Seeing how the man is distracted Astrad holstered Nex Mucro and went to tear away the rest of the flowers. There were a quite a few left but nothing that won't take a lot of time. Astrad began to rip the rest of the flowers out of the ground as one by one there were fewer and fewer.

The angel boy woke up, and curiously took the leaf from Juniper's hand. "Whah dis?" he asked. "Oh, that's-" she was cut off by the Nexinian who had seen to have woken up, somehow, and was holding her at gunpoint. "Don't Move, Girl. Pandora wouldn't be pleased if I missed." Juniper looked up, and her eyes widened.

"Normally, I would say that this test is totally safe, but obviously, 'encouraging' statement is 97.8% a fabrication. Don't believe that you should disbelieve? Keep on going. If not, keep on going." BEEEP... *BANG*. Various sounds of machines and explosions. "Do note that 70% of all test chambers are sound proofed, so crying for mercy is, a majority of the time, useless. However, none of the test chambers are blood proof, so please don't make a big mess of yourself. Also, a note, this next explosion, will launch you the furthest distance, all the way to the next chamber." An explosion sends you across the room "Of, I forgot, this landmine testing chamber was meant for test androids. Well, you've stayed alive longer than any android, so that must mean that these landmines are faulty. It also means Serakinians make better human test subjects than Nexinians, so we'll keep a note about that." Besides, these weapons were meant to be used on you Serakinians anyway. Continue testing..."

Pandora, she's only heard mentions of her before. A wicked, something. She had something to do with the spider queen. A Serakinian yes, but why would a Nexinian work for some Serakinian.

Juniper looked into the eyes of the angel boy, hoping he could tell the Nexinian to stop. She picture her blood all over his face. In a panic, she grew cacti under the Nexinians feet. She got up. "Miss this!" she shouted, and closed her eyes and kicked her in the stomach. "Sorry!" she helped. She was tempted to call for Maza, but she knew he was fighting and distracting two other people, and dealing with more people would be trouble. If she called for Merlin, she might be revealed, and it might wake up the others, for the other Nexinian had been ripping the flowers out, and Merlin might get hurt. She was to rely on her own skills, and she had no idea if the angel boy would be with her, or against her, and if it was a good idea for him to do anything at all.

Maza who missed his first strike was now pulling the whip back when the Gryphon came flying down to attack him. He looked to the guy who held the gun to him to see that he was back to removing the plants, so he knew it would be soon when the others would wake up. Maza was a strong mercenary, but he was not a platoon, so he knew he had to act fast. A little bit further in vision he saw Juniper who was now engaged in her own fight.

Maza had two options in his head. The first being use a full powered shot on the gryphon who more than likely couldn't change direction in time since she was coming at full speed. The second was take a long range shot at the guy who Juniper was fighting, hope that the guy she was waking would go along with her, and somehow survive the Gryphon's attack. One day ago Maza would have definitely picked the first option, but he was dedicated to protecting Juniper.

Maza turned his attention away from the Gryphon and turned his striking whip on full charge. A bright blinding light emitted from the whip, so much that it appeared to be made of nothing, but electricity. Maza swung his whip and aimed it at the guy who Juniper was fighting. A bright surge of lightning shot out of the whip and headed towards him. Maza hoped that his shot would not miss as his eyes turned to the Gryphon just in time to see its final seconds in it's charge to attack him. Maza closed his eyes in acceptance of his fate.

Shadow dropped the gun, and clutched her stomach. She buckled over, being held up by the cacti. She moaned in pain, but nonetheless stood up fully, and her hands started to glow. She raised them, and caught the whip. She saw what was about to happen to the poor man, and she tugged on the whip - Her gloves and glowing hands insulating the electricity - And pulled him over to her.


She stared at Juniper, and when she spoke, her voice was more demonic and darker than Kara's. "I don't believe in second chances.." She hissed, breaking her feet out of the Cacti and leaping at Juniper, which would have tackled her to the ground.

Her hand was covered in a dark aura, and she raised it to impale Juniper. "Goodnight."

Jinny was still tired, but nontheless, she punched the demonic shadow in the back of the neck as hard as she could.
Jinny was prepared to run and as she then shouted to Juniper, "GIVE ME MY GUN!!! NOW!!!!!!"

Jinny had awoken when Astrad pulled out the majority of the flowers. Considering the fact that Crow was right next to her, She could smell just a tiny bit of the mint. After that, the sound coming from outside the cave was enough to wake Jinny up. At first, she thought that the shadow of Kara WAS INDEED the real Kara, but something about her appearance and what she said was enough to convince Jinny that it was just Pandora. Thinking about it, Pandora wouldn't just let Kara escape off the hook.

Maza felt a quick tug on his whip that pulled him away from the gryphon that flew directly at him. He saw that the figure who was attacking Juniper had saved his life. Maza was now confused on what to do. Twice today he'd been saved, once by Juniper, and the other by this newcomer. He felt an imbalance in his allegiance, similar to when he deserted the war against the Serakinians. Maza was now torn between the two people who'd saved him. He watched as the stranger raised her hand in preparation to attack Juniper. During this time he took his mind off the gryphon, under the assumption that he was now safe for the time being.

Maza quickly acted and decided that both should remain alive. Maza didn't have much time to ponder because Juniper was in danger. After catching his balance Maza took his absorption whip and swung it in a motion that would wrap around Shadow's hand if he hit his target. If he succeeded the whip would proceed to absorb the dark aura around her hand and convert it to electrical energy. Maza now needed the energy since he spent all of it. His attack whip was basically all metal with no charge. It could still hurt a bit, but it was not lethal enough to kill someone.

Shadow cried out when the whip caught her hand, and when the fist connected with the back of her head. She pulled her hand out of the whip when the energy disappeared, and she rolled out of the cave.

"Commendable, yet futile. If you wish to see Kara again, meet me at the Serakin Stone Dais, North from here. Juniper or the Angel should know where it is." She muttered, turning around to leave. "You might want to wake them up. You have until morning." She muttered, somersaulting into the air, and landing on the roof of the cave. She continued to run towards the Dais, and when she arrived, she grinned. The hammer and the swords were in place, and it was finally time to unleash that silly Nexis Weapon Pandora discovered, hidden in an ethereal realm of the Serakin.

She ran her hand along the Dais, and pushed one of the swords into the slot in the middle, and then the other in after it. The hammer started to glow, and it was raised into the air. A light green mirror appeared, and Shadow sat down, exhausted.

The Next Morning

Shadow smiled, and the now tied up Kara was tied to the Dais. All was falling into place.

(( Yeah, I skipped ahead for the next morning. Although, I would hope everyone would RP the events through the night, atleast. Or sleep. But hey, I'm not the GM. :D ))

(OOC: Fixed)

This thing, what the hell was it? Nexinian? Serakinian? Whatever it was, it gave her no chance to fight it. Maza had tried striking it. Juniper thought that that was a very bad idea, because now the attention was drawn back to the cave. And it seems this, thing, wasn't affected by electricity. Also, it seemed more an more people were getting into the action, mainly because they were waking up. She was at death point again, when one of the Nexinians attacked her. Juniper was about to thank and run, untill of course the Nexinian demanded her gun back. She put her hands in the air, and told her "I don't have it." Well, it's true she took it, but it's also true she doesn't have it.

Juniper needed to get her and Maza out of here, fast. Who's fighting who doesn't make sense anymore. At first it seems everybody is on the same side, regardless of their kind, then we have one Nexinian and one Serakin fighting Maza, and one, Nexinian or something, fighting Juniper, then the one fighting Juniper saves Maza while one of her Nexinian teammates attacks her.

Then the strange person started saying something, if they wanted to see their friend again. The Stone Dais, Juniper did know where that was, she just didn't bother going there often. But she couldn't stay here, and neither could Maza. She was not ready to try and explain things.

"Maza! Get out of here!" she shouted, likely that he'll hear her. His whips didn't seem to have all that lightning they should have, so he must have been in trouble. Now Juniper needed to find her own way to get out, and going deeper in the cave couldn't be an option.

Maza watched as Shadow retreated, he felt slight bad for attacking the perosn who'd just saved him.With energy drained from shadow Maza's attack whip was now back at full charge. Maza let out a sigh of relief and he ran towards Juniper. He ignored her command for him to escape because it was now his duty to protect her.

"Miss Juniper please close your eyes, I"m going to create an flash bright enough to distort vision. When I do this I want you to run as far as you can and I will catch up." Maza said as he lied about the last part. With everyone seemingly his enemy his chances of escape were slim. Maza lifted his whip as the metal skeleton of it straightened up from the surge of electricity that was moving it. Maza whipped the ground in front of him and a bright blinding flash consumed the surrounding area. "Go!" Maza shouted to Juniper, his eyes also distorted from his own flash.

Astrad finished removing the plants when he turned around he noticed that the man was not killed by the Gryphon instead he was by the cave. Then a shadowy woman seemed to leap from the cave and disappeared overhead. Whoever that was she seemed to be bad news. He could hear Jinny has awoken as she yelled for her gun and another woman saying she didn't know where it was. There seemed to be quite a bit of confusion inside the cave as people were dazed and confused from the flowers as well as the people that attacked them. Still Astrad wasn't sure what to make of all of this. He decided to head back towards the cave when the man with he whips created a bright flash of light. Astrad closed his eyes as he could not see. Astrad growled in frustration. He hated blinding lights, not because they pain his eyes but because his vision is more low-light than others. So when big flashes of light appear it makes it more easier to blind him.

"Jinny!" "Crow!" "Kara!" Astrad shouted towards them hoping to hear they alright.

"Just stay where you are!" Astrad yelled as he tried to move in the direction of the cave.

"Are any of you alright!?" "Yell if you can hear me!" Astrad shouted as he stumbled about.

Juniper nodded and closed her eyes. "Go!" She dashed out of the cave and covered her eyes. When her feet touched grass, she uncovered her eyes and didn't dare look back, at least not yet. She turned to the left, traveled a couple yards, and scrambled up a tree. She sat on the largest branch, one arm curled around the trunk, and watched the cave and waited for Maza to come out.

The weird looking Serakinian girl told Jinny that she had no idea where her gun was. This made Jinny absolutely FURIOUS.
When the man with the whips created the bright, Jinny could hear Astrad's voice from afar.
"Are any of you alright!?" "Yell if you can hear me!"
"ASTRAD!!! YOU'RE BEHIND THE MAN!!! IF HE RUNS TOWARDS YOU, TRY TO CATCH HIM!!!"
Jinny reached around blindly for her suit. If she got the suit on, she would be able to dash toward the Serakinian girl with improved speed as soon as the light would be over. She also wouldn't be affected by the man's whips, as her suit was shock-proof. (Jinny kept this design in mind since she has an electric-based weapon of her own)
Jinny had helped the Serakinian girl even though she had purposely put her to sleep in a time of mortal danger. It was time for her to pay.

Maza vision is still blurry from his own attack. He holds attack whip out in front of him as he blindly tries to make his way out of the cave. He hears someone call out to capture him, so he turns his attack whip on, which is now at half charge after the flash he just used. He knows everyone around him has blurry vision, so he decides to keep his mouth shut as he tries to make his way out of the area. Maza's footsteps are slow and hesitant, he tries not to make much sound, so the others can't detect where he is.

He heard Juniper head off to the left when she escaped, so Maza decides to head right. His slow speed would make his escape very visible and he couldn't risk her getting caught.

((Soo sorry for my inactivity. I was at my cousins house and I didn't want to hog their computer.))

Sabirah screeched as a blinding light lit up the clearing. Unfolding her wings while her eagle like claws covered her eyes. But she was going to fast and a slight tilt in her unfolded wings brought her flying straight into a tree and with a loud thud! she collapsed onto the ground.

Feathers picked up off the ground from the impact and flew through the air towards Maza where she opened her eyes. The light was so bright that everything appeared to be covered up from the left over light her eyes had picked up.(Don't really know how to explain it. When you come inside after you've been outside for a long time and everything seems to be...duller from the suns rays so you can't really see in your house. IDK.)

Slowly, the gryphon stood, eyes trying to pick up any of the color of the green grass, trees, but all she got was nothing. Instead of panicking, Sabirah was outraged as she through her beak up and screeched only to stop suddenly when she caught the scent of what seemed to be the man holding the whips. Head turning towards the man she began to blindly follow his hidden trail.

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Crow watched in utter confusion as everything started to unfold right in front of him. Suddenly, a bright flash of light exposed itself from the cave opening blinding everyone. Crow had little time left before his eyes began to burn and strain under the light just before he covered them. But his eyes were still straining against the rays hurting his eyes whenever they moved causing him to double over and scream in pain.

This torture refused to stop. Crows ears then picked up the sound of someone yelling. He knew what he was saying, but right now he weas to preocupied with his own situation to do anything about it.

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(Sorry about my lack of Nereus and Angra Mainyu posts as well.)

Nereus roared in anger as he missed the dragon once again. Opening his jaws and closing them making a loud Snap! sound that echoed through the night. This was getting pretty frustrating but the serpent knew that if he wanted this dragon as a snack, he had to use his sight as little as possible. Only occasionally did he look to see where the dragon was. Most of the time he blindly snapped his jaws into the air, flailed his head, and swished his tail.

Preparing for another attack, he dove down into the water, tilting his head to look up for the dragons shadow and ocean again burst through the abyss.

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Angra Mainyu growled in anger as the girl flew higher up into the air. "Come back down here you coward!!!" Angra Mainyu howls loud enough to shake the trees.

Maza stumbled out of the area where everyone was. He ran in through the trees hoping to escape, and his vision was still blurry so hit a branch or two on his way out. After Maza felt he was at a safe distance he collapsed on the floor and looked up at the sky, which was beautiful. He was out of breath as he panted. Maza had felt alive for the first time in months because of his lack of mercenary jobs recently. "Hahahahahahaha!" Maza's laughed aloud as he reveled in the excitement from the battle.

He then thought of Juniper and the stranger that had both saved him. He decided that he would meet the stranger before returning to Juniper, he needed to express his gratitude. First Maza decided it would be best to just star gaze for a while as he caught his breath.

Astrad heard Jinny shout at him telling him to catch the man. Astrad tried to grab Maza but he was hopelessly blinded. He tried swings his arms about in a grabbing motion in front of him. If one could see he looked like a mad man having a fit. Astrad turned from side to side reaching his arms out in all directions but without a clear sight it would be lucky if he could catch him. Unfortunately for Astrad Maza managed to escape. Astrad heard someone scurry through the branches meaning he must have escaped through the jungle. With Astrad's vision the way it is he would never catch him in those trees. Astrad then turned to where he thought the others were and shouted,

I'm sorry but he got away!" Astrad yelled with disappointment in his voice.

Astrad then proceeded to blink his eyes seeing if it would help him to regain his sight. He did this for a moment but nothing seemed to have changed, he didn't know how long it would take for his eyes to acclimate.

The blind gryphon slowly, but steadily gained her sight back. She could see the outline of objects now but everything was currently becoming black and white. Hopefully, the shades of colors would show themselves soon. She watched the outline of Maza escape into the forest. To peeved to follow the pests scent, she looked over at Astrad and the others. Spreading her wings and lightly flying into the cave landing beside Morana. Her energy, and overall magic, was clearly drained from the battle. Stress usually does this to her.

Gently nudging the girl awake, Morana sat up and rubbed her eyes with a yawn. Once taking everything in she hugged her friend. "Oh Sabirah! Thank the Lord you are here!" She says before tiredly getting up and stretching her muscles. The gryphon seemed to smile as she realized the small girl was unharmed. Carefully the gryphon turned around and shifted back into her normal form. Clothes, armor, and weapons where they should. "I want to thank you for keeping Morana safe." She reluctantly says to her enemy.

After catching his breath and his vision completely restored Maza got up to see the jungle around him. He looked around to see a cleared path of plants, which was more than likely where he came from. Maza decided it was aboviously not the best way to walk since he'd be going back to where he was, there was no telling if the people he battled cleared the area. Instead Maza decided to walk around the area to move to where Juniper was last seen.

Maza turned on his whip at a low power so it emitted a small light so that he could navigate safetly through the dense turrain. He began to walk around as quietly as he could. He took his time this time around because he didn't want to wear himself out. "Juniper?" Maza began to call out quietly.

As he walked quietly through the jungle he was hoping he might run into the stranger who almost killed Juniper, but saved his life. He knew the odds would be low, but the thought was still in his head.

Jinny
"I'm sorry but he got away!" Astrad yelled with disappointment in his voice.
Jinny started to regain her sight, at least a little bit. She could make out Crow, her suit on the cave floor, and items from her backpack scattered everywhere. Jinny had a feeling the girl from before was lying.

Jinny kicked the cave wall in pure anger. The elictro pistol was the only remnant of her father that she had left. When Jinny was a young girl, her father embarked on the project of creating a gun that could also be used as other purposeful devices with the main source being plasma. When Jinny's father and mother died, Jinny promised on her parent's grave that she would finish what her father started. And so, by the age of fourteen, Jinny had created the gun. There was only one in existence.

Jinny wanted to cry, but Morana's voice stopped her. There was another Serakinian over by Morana. She said,
"Oh Sabirah! Thank the Lord you are here!"
As she said this, Jinny realized it was better to have lost a gun than have lost a life. Then again, Kara would probably be losing hers pretty soon. The Serakinian in armor then said,
"I want to thank you for keeping Morana safe."
"No problem." Jinny replied.

Jinny didn't know how she was going to kill that hybrid-version thing of Kara without a weapon. She had learned a variety of fighting and acrobatic skills when she was a spy, but she never really put them to use in her bounty hunting. She decided that the only way to survive at this point was to put in a little extra work.


Pipa
The dog could talk. The problem was, Pipa had no clue what it was saying. Without Piper, Pipa had no way of translation. The dog was getting closer and closer. The forest below Pipa looked like it was turning into dense jungle. Pipa prayed for her and Piper's safety.

Piper
The beast from before had been attacking Piper and her dragon for a while. Piper's heart was beating faster and faster. Her and Pipa were probably both going to die, both in horrific ways. Piper looked out into the open sea. Great, now she could see an ISLAND in the distance! She was probably heading straight for the other country!

Piper tried to calm herself. What would Pipa do in this situation?
Pipa would try to get rid of the main problem: the beast.
How would Pipa get rid of the beast?
She would find the creature's weakness.
What was the creature's weakness?
Not being able to use it's eye, but it also moved slower when out of the water.
That was it. Piper would have to take the fish out of the water. She knew just what to do. She shouted her plan to Rawzah, who was now mostly calmed down. Piper waited until Nereus made his next move.

(ooc: sorry i haven't been posting in a while!!! i've been pretty busy :[ )

Nereus

Frustrated, angry, tired, hungry, and wounded, the sea serpent had had enough of this. It gaped its massive jaws and in the very back of his mouth, a bright blue aura emanated. Without another thought, a blinding blue beam of energy burst out of the serpents mouth shooting straight for the sky. As the beam dissipated into nothingness, the energy was momentarily sapped from the beasts body as it plummeted towards the water and with a huge splash, the serpents streamline body disappeared in the murky depths. As Nereus slowly sunk to the body of the ocean its energy regain and its eyes flashed open before tilting his head up and breaking the surface of the water mouth, yet again, agape. As it neared the dragon it slowly began to close its jaws.

Sabirah

Sabirah just awkwardly stood there for a couple of moments or two, looking at her surroundings a bit before turning to Crow who still had his hands covering his eyes. Her expression never changes as she kneels beside the boy and recites a small spell in his ear. After a couple of seconds, Crow had stopped whimpering and uncovered his eyes slowly opening them and looking around. The red veins that stuck out from all the straining had become almost invisible due to the healing spell. Sabirah smiled slightly and playfully tipped his bird skull helmet over the Angels eyes making him yelp and pulling his skull helmet back in place quickly, before scurrying up on his feet and thanking Sabirah. The Angel looked at Jinny and took notice that she looked a little upset. Carefully, the Angel walked over to her. "Wha' wron'?" He asks before sitting down where he stood.

Piper
The dragon barely escaped the blue beam of light coming out of the monster's mouth. Piper practically almost fell off Rawzah.
Piper put a determined look on her face as she watched below for the beast's next attack. Suddenly, it came straight foward, it's jaws slowly closing around the dragon.
"Alright.....NOOOOWWW!!!"
Rawzah quickly flew behind Nereus. Without hesitation, Rawzah wrapped it's strong arms around Nereus, picking it up literally out of the water.
Piper could hear Rawzah struggling.
"C'mon....you can do it....you can do it, boy...."

Jinny
It seemed as it out of nowhere, Jinny heard Crow ask her, "Wha' wron'?"
Jinny didn't want to tell Crow what happened. She figured that Crow was too innocent to hear what Jinny had to say.
Instead of telling him everything on her mind, Jinny just sat down next to him, looking down at the cave floor, and said quietly,
"I lost something very important to me."

Juniper watched the forest closely from the branch she sat on. Nobody saw her yet, and she didn't see Maza comming back her way after he had took off in the oppisite dirrection. They must had been too lazy to attempt to chase the two down, or maybe they were making a plan, or of course they were still blinded, which maybe would explain why Maza hadn't come back.

"Juniper?" Maza's voice called out. Juniper stood up on the branch to try and find Maza, but soon she saw him in the distance. She wanted to get his attention without shouting out, so she just crawled her way onto the end of the branch toward the closest tree and grabbed onto the other tree, hoping to be in better view of Maza, while making noise against the leaves.

Crow

Crow examined Jinny's expression. He was just about to ask what 'something' was when he noticed the sadness and seriousness in her eyes. Was there a particular reason she didn't tell Crow? Did she want to tell him but she isn't able to? Maybe she just doesn't want to. Crow looked at the ground. "Oh." was all he could muster. Crow looked back up at Jinny and smiled before speaking. "When mah frien's ge' sad, day do somepin call preenin." He says with a smile. "Day say dat cheer dem up. I wish I coul' preen yo but yo don have feaders." He says with a frown.

He begins to mess around with his cross necklace. Another dart has been placed by some unknown force. Maybe magic. The skull helmet on his head tipped over his eyes and the young angel huffs in annoyance.

Nereus

Nereus roars in outrage as his body is slowly dragged out of the water. It's massiveness proved a weakness for the serpent for his movements were slow and predictable. Slowly he brings his long tail out of the water and begins to swipe at the dragon.