On the Prowl

[grimcarebear]

Hezubah didn't have the strength to ward off all the blades. He lifted his hands and a thin chaos shield covered him. Most of the blades were deflected but many passed by, embedding them into his chest. The naga roared as the blood began to flow. He growled in pain and hunger. The boy seemed to know how much energy it took for him to stay in his most powerful form. He snarled faintly, wincing.

He hissed, pulling up another shield. He then hissed loudly, diving forward. He tackled into Viper. His coils wrapped around him and snarled, fangs dripping in his face. "You're way more trouble than your probably worth...but damn it all if I let this go..."He snarled. He hissed again, eyes searching for the young woman. He had almost forgotten about her...and she could still be a problem.

[leoin666]

Just as suddenly as Viper had been scooped up, they had both been dragged down by clammy, bony hands and pinned to the soft earth. In the process, he had dropped Snake-Eyes, just out of reach. He looked over towards his snkae that had taken the form of a blade that was right by the girl's foot. He smiled. He had made thie mistake of taking her lightly, so from here on in it was probably not a good idea to ignore her. She had made the mistake of not watching where she was standing.

As she scoffed proudly at the both of them, he spoke up. "Excuse me, lass, but there is something on your shoulder..." he smiled as Snake-Eyes had reverted to it's snake form and had stealthily slithered it's way up her back and up to her shoulder. He motioned with his face and Snake-Eyes quickly coiled itself around the girl's neck. "I know this is very rude of me, but of you do not release me, we are all going to die! Now, I dont think you realise the gravity of my abilities, sweetheart. So, I'll ask again, very nicely. Please, dear."

Viper looked over to the Naga who was straining and thrashing against the arms of the undead that were not about to give way. The differece between them was that Viper had leverage. And he wasn't the one that wanted to eat her.

[Lujayn]

Aneira stiffened. How had it gotten through the wards? Without moving her head, she looked down at her circle. There, the upper right. The stone was off by a few centimetres. Damn..

"There is a slight problem with your plan," she said calmly, trying to ignore the snake wrapped around her neck. "This spell is completely connected. If I release you" she pointed at him, "It will end up releasing him" she pointed at the naga. "Plus, if I die, the spell will just run amock and most likely you will both be crushed to death." She didn't exactly relish dying, however. "So if I do release the spell... you might want to move quickly out of the way."

A few muttered words, a vague gesture... and the corpses collapsed back into the earth from whence they came. At the same time, she tugged the little snake from her neck, and tossed it to Viper. He didn't want to eat her, after all, so she was probably safer off that way. Maybe.

She had never been a terribly good judge of character.

[leoin666]

As soon as Viper was released, he caught the snake and it coiled it'self around his wrist tightly once more. He moved with blinding speed, fading out of visual coherencey, grabbing the necromancer woman around the waist and sprang into the treetops, speeding along the thick branches, trying to put as much distance between the naga and the both of them as possible. "I'm sorry about being so sudden but we don't have time. The naga has your magickal signiture now and he is probably going to want revenge pretty soon after he devours some small village for a snack." shouted Viper against the rushing air.

"Anyway, you could prove useful to me! And I have the mushrooms that you are after. I believe they contain certain powerful qualities. When prepared a certain way, i like to use them as one of my favorite venoms... So, what do you say? You scratch my back, I scratch yours. What was your name, by the way, love? I did't quite catch it. Too busy being crushed by a plethora of undead hands!" he chuckled.