like moth to flame

Venom wasn’t taking it as easy as she had when the break first happened. She was probably pushing herself too far, but until this moment the thought never crossed her mind. The young Empress pressed her luck too far and again fell victim to the swamp, but this time it wanted her other leg. With her right one bandaged and in a splint she couldn’t get enough leverage to unstuck her left leg. The more she moved the more her pelvis sunk and the more stuck she was.

Worry didn’t take hold of her, she was just too prideful to call for Hattori to come and get her. She assured him that she was more than capable to making a trip like this on her own. She was just so close to being fully recovered. The shinobi trusted her, and he’d been a fool for it.

But that was blaming him, the situation Venom found herself in was all her own fault. Fear really set in when the scream of a mountain lion could be heard not far off. An unnatural chill ran down her spine and her quills lifted. Immobilized like she was, she was going to need all the defense she could get. Still she didn’t call out for help. Venom could still pull this out.

The lion appeared from the shadows, it stalked forward on short strong limbs and only had eyes for her. Venom growled deep in her chest, but the puma wasn’t stupid and knew exactly the predicament the she wolf was in. Venom was wondering if she had found the moment to panic.