It's out there - somewhere

Manea didn't look to see if Chade agreed to her demand or not. She simply trusted that he would follow her direction and keep himself safe. She remembered a time when she would run head first into a fight without a second thought and would revel in the adrenaline and the challenge that it would bring, but these days she had a lot to live for and so many depending on her. She was more cautious than she had once been and infinitely more protective as well.

The tiger charged at them with a roar, but she knew the big cats well enough that she knew they wouldn't grapple with her on the first pass. She braced herself just in case, but as she suspected it tried to fake her out and scare her off with a loud roar and a swipe of its large paw. She dodged back to avoid the swing with a smirk. Unfortunately she couldn't just leave it alone and get out of its territory since this was where they had at least temporarily made their home and she didn't want it to be a problem for them later. Chade did his part and circled around, which she saw him do from the corner of her eye, but she kept the cat's attention with her own growls and snarls until he was able to get around to its back leg.

Unfortunately the tiger dodged him and tried to spin to attack the boy, but Manea stepped in before it could do anything. As Chade scrambled back she lunged forward, grabbing its front leg in her jaws and crunching down hard around the bone, shaking her head and tearing the flesh as quickly as possible while she still had a hold on the limb. The tiger roared again, this time in pain, and right before it could swing its head around to try and bite at her she let go and jumped back again. When the tiger spun to face her she noticed the obvious limp when it tried to put weight on its leg and mostly failed, stumbling a bit as it squared off with her again.

Manea | Temno | Ciemny