Cassius crashed into a tree as a beast swiped at him with full force, "Agh! A little help here!" he said as he grabbed a hold on hope and rolling out of the way as the beast charged, knocking down the tree.
"Well, sorry!" fae said from behind the beast, inching her way to get a swipe at it, "not all of us have magic powers to tank that kind of hit! Crap!" she said diving away as the beast turned to her for a potential meal, "What is this thing anyway?"
"Looks like a mountain lion but that tail thing is freaking me out. Speaking of which, move!" He pushed her out of the way and the beast roared before it's tail swung around and the tip opened up, shooting a black liquid and practically melting the rock behind them, "Okay, probably best to not get hit by that." Cassius tried to charge at best and jump to attack it from above but it was too quick and the tail hit him across the chest and sent him flying, "This isn't working, his too fast."
"Cass!" Fae came running to him, "are you okay? that hit seemed pretty bad."
With a wince, he got up, slowly, "Agh, I'll live but that thing is pretty strong. I can't take it alone." The beast was eyeing down the both of them, its tail was whipping around air, and the tip of it was dripping that black goo, "I have an idea but you have to distract it for a bit." He quickly dived behind a large rock, leaving Fae in front of the beast wide open.
"What?!" She quickly turned her head as the beast charged at her, causing the ground to shake, "No, No, no no no no!" She ran away before ducking down as the beast leaped over her, "Cassius!"
"Okay, hopefully this works." Cassius focused on Hope, trying to gather as much magical energy into it. The sword started to glow brightly and started shaking, almost bursting with power, "Great!" He peeked over the rock and saw Fae struggling really hard to fend of the beast, "Fae! Stand still!"
"Have you lost your marbles?!" She ducked again as the tail tried to swipe at her, "I'm going to die if I stand still."
"Just trust me!"
After dodging another attack and seeing another one coming, Fae paused in a guarded stance, putting her trust in Cassius completely. She winced as the tail was about to hit her again, thinking that it might be fatal. She was waiting for the hit to come but all she felt was hard thud before being staggered, "What?" her hands glowed with ember light and her body felt as light as feather. She turned her head and saw Cassius firing a beam of light in the same color in her direction, "Cassius!"
He let the down Hope and breathed out deeply, "Alright, now we have a chance." he was out of breathe but picked himself back up. He tried to focus his mind, "Fae, can you hear me?"
Fae then heard an echo of his voice in her head, "Cassius?" she thought of her words, "how can you talk to me?" she then started slashing at the beast and dodging the incoming attacks with relative ease but she was still barely making any damage.
"Telepathy, magic. I'll explain later. Right now, we need to find a way to defeat this thing." He readies his blade and started going at the beast with Fae but now he was slightly slower than before, "He keeps coming at us with his tail every time we charge right ahead and vice versa. I'm going to distract it while you go cut off its tail then we'll go in for the kill together."
"Okay, I'll try. On your command."
"Now!" the two started going at the beast, Cassius charged right ahead while Fae circled back quickly. He tried to slash and stab at it but the it was to strong and did barely any damage. As the beast was swiping at Cassius, Fae jumped in the air and slashed down to cut off its tail, causing the beast to writhe in pain.
"I did it!" her excitement could not be missed, "Cassius!"
"Not over yet." The beast started to regain its composure and was angrier than ever, "That buff I gave you is not going to last forever, we have to make this quick. Go!" He started going head on to the beast, "Go for its legs!" He said over their telepathic link.
"On it!" She slid past the beast as it kept fighting with Cassius, managing to cut its front left leg.
The beast started standing on its hind legs and Cassius took the opportunity to stab Hope into its belly, "AAGGHHHH" The beast then slumped over, dead, "We did..." His eyes widen and his face relaxed.
"We did it!" Fae was jumping up and down and doing flip to show her enthusiasm, "That was awesome! Cassius."
"Yeah.." He said before dropping down and face planting on the ground, "Great."
"Cass!" She quickly ran over to him and knelt down, letting his head rest on her lap, "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, just exhausted. Casting that spell took a lot out of me." The amber aura started to fade away from Fae, "And it didn't even last long, great. Can't believe I'm so out of practice." he started getting comfortable in his position, "Where did you get such a soft pillow?"
"Yeah, don't get too comfy their buster." she was about to stand up and pick Cassius up but then she saw someone running up to them, "Who's that?"
"Whoever it is, I hope their friendly." he picked himself slowly back up, "I don't know if I can take on another fight right now."
A rugged man dressed in light brown archeologist outfit with a cowboy hat and bag on his side came into view, "Great job guys." the man said as he got close to them, "I thought I had to step in when you were about to get mauled but I'm so glad I didn't. You two are quite the power couple."
Fae and Cassius looked at each other with equal amounts of confusion, "and you are?" Fae asked the man.
"Ah, you must be new to Kraw. My apologies. Dr. Henry Walton Jones at your service. I'm the professor of Abraxis University and defacto leader of new Abraxis."
"Well, sorry!" fae said from behind the beast, inching her way to get a swipe at it, "not all of us have magic powers to tank that kind of hit! Crap!" she said diving away as the beast turned to her for a potential meal, "What is this thing anyway?"
"Looks like a mountain lion but that tail thing is freaking me out. Speaking of which, move!" He pushed her out of the way and the beast roared before it's tail swung around and the tip opened up, shooting a black liquid and practically melting the rock behind them, "Okay, probably best to not get hit by that." Cassius tried to charge at best and jump to attack it from above but it was too quick and the tail hit him across the chest and sent him flying, "This isn't working, his too fast."
"Cass!" Fae came running to him, "are you okay? that hit seemed pretty bad."
With a wince, he got up, slowly, "Agh, I'll live but that thing is pretty strong. I can't take it alone." The beast was eyeing down the both of them, its tail was whipping around air, and the tip of it was dripping that black goo, "I have an idea but you have to distract it for a bit." He quickly dived behind a large rock, leaving Fae in front of the beast wide open.
"What?!" She quickly turned her head as the beast charged at her, causing the ground to shake, "No, No, no no no no!" She ran away before ducking down as the beast leaped over her, "Cassius!"
"Okay, hopefully this works." Cassius focused on Hope, trying to gather as much magical energy into it. The sword started to glow brightly and started shaking, almost bursting with power, "Great!" He peeked over the rock and saw Fae struggling really hard to fend of the beast, "Fae! Stand still!"
"Have you lost your marbles?!" She ducked again as the tail tried to swipe at her, "I'm going to die if I stand still."
"Just trust me!"
After dodging another attack and seeing another one coming, Fae paused in a guarded stance, putting her trust in Cassius completely. She winced as the tail was about to hit her again, thinking that it might be fatal. She was waiting for the hit to come but all she felt was hard thud before being staggered, "What?" her hands glowed with ember light and her body felt as light as feather. She turned her head and saw Cassius firing a beam of light in the same color in her direction, "Cassius!"
He let the down Hope and breathed out deeply, "Alright, now we have a chance." he was out of breathe but picked himself back up. He tried to focus his mind, "Fae, can you hear me?"
Fae then heard an echo of his voice in her head, "Cassius?" she thought of her words, "how can you talk to me?" she then started slashing at the beast and dodging the incoming attacks with relative ease but she was still barely making any damage.
"Telepathy, magic. I'll explain later. Right now, we need to find a way to defeat this thing." He readies his blade and started going at the beast with Fae but now he was slightly slower than before, "He keeps coming at us with his tail every time we charge right ahead and vice versa. I'm going to distract it while you go cut off its tail then we'll go in for the kill together."
"Okay, I'll try. On your command."
"Now!" the two started going at the beast, Cassius charged right ahead while Fae circled back quickly. He tried to slash and stab at it but the it was to strong and did barely any damage. As the beast was swiping at Cassius, Fae jumped in the air and slashed down to cut off its tail, causing the beast to writhe in pain.
"I did it!" her excitement could not be missed, "Cassius!"
"Not over yet." The beast started to regain its composure and was angrier than ever, "That buff I gave you is not going to last forever, we have to make this quick. Go!" He started going head on to the beast, "Go for its legs!" He said over their telepathic link.
"On it!" She slid past the beast as it kept fighting with Cassius, managing to cut its front left leg.
The beast started standing on its hind legs and Cassius took the opportunity to stab Hope into its belly, "AAGGHHHH" The beast then slumped over, dead, "We did..." His eyes widen and his face relaxed.
"We did it!" Fae was jumping up and down and doing flip to show her enthusiasm, "That was awesome! Cassius."
"Yeah.." He said before dropping down and face planting on the ground, "Great."
"Cass!" She quickly ran over to him and knelt down, letting his head rest on her lap, "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, just exhausted. Casting that spell took a lot out of me." The amber aura started to fade away from Fae, "And it didn't even last long, great. Can't believe I'm so out of practice." he started getting comfortable in his position, "Where did you get such a soft pillow?"
"Yeah, don't get too comfy their buster." she was about to stand up and pick Cassius up but then she saw someone running up to them, "Who's that?"
"Whoever it is, I hope their friendly." he picked himself slowly back up, "I don't know if I can take on another fight right now."
A rugged man dressed in light brown archeologist outfit with a cowboy hat and bag on his side came into view, "Great job guys." the man said as he got close to them, "I thought I had to step in when you were about to get mauled but I'm so glad I didn't. You two are quite the power couple."
Fae and Cassius looked at each other with equal amounts of confusion, "and you are?" Fae asked the man.
"Ah, you must be new to Kraw. My apologies. Dr. Henry Walton Jones at your service. I'm the professor of Abraxis University and defacto leader of new Abraxis."