The Unraveling - Going Deeper

Medusa · 11-23-2024, 02:58 AM

She managed to finally steady herself with Umbra's help. So much was going on and in her dazed state from the pain and adrenaline, it was getting hard for her to keep up with what was going on. The worm kept going, however, refusing to fall as it continued to attack, going for someone that had been rooted in fear. In the blink of an eye, the stranger was gone. She couldn't say she was disgusted at what she had just witnessed, but for the first time in her life she felt genuine fear begin to creep in. She was practically a sitting duck, was she next?

No. The boy that had run toward the entrance in a vain attempt to lead it out was next. To her surprise, the worm slithered out of its hole, a lot bigger than she anticipated and there seemed to be no end of it in sight. How big was this monster? In the blink of an eye, it impaled the colorful wolf, sending his body flying toward the entrance. Perhaps if she were in a better state of mind and in less pain, she would've joked about taking his pretty pelt home...but given the situation...

The ice around them began to crack and fall, distracting the worm as others began to throw things and make it rain on top of the worm. Medusa kept herself pressed against the wall as she backed away, snarling with a mixture of fear, anger, and pain as her mind struggled to figure out what to do. They started to stab and throw things at the walls and the worm, a group effort to try and quell the beast. She didn't know what else she could do at this point as she limped back, and Enyo eventually joined her to offer her support. While the skeletal queen was far from prideful, she had always been one to throw caution to the wind more in the name of adventure and facing the unknown. Though perhaps this would be an eye opener for her. Or maybe it wouldn't. She was getting older after all, life was too short to remain cautious all the time, but maybe it wouldn't be such a bad idea to dip her paw into that water from time to time. Especially when she was pregnant, but alas, that was neither here nor there at this point. She was in this deep, and she'd be damned if this creature was going to be the end of her!

She bares her teeth as she leans against Enyo and Umbra for support, watching as the others impale and attack. As she takes a few steps back, the worm seems to set its sights on her once more, though it barely missed her by a hair, she stumbled from the violent crashing and ended up cutting her inner leg on a shard of ice. She snarled in pain once more, legs trembling from the effort it was taking to stand and keep herself upright. The only thing that was barely keeping her going at this point was pure adrenaline, and the fact that she wanted to get back home to her children. And of course, for the ones she carried to make it back home, too. She struggles to pick herself back up once more, and while she was doing that, the worm took yet another life. This was it, wasn't it? Was this where she was going to die? Would any of them make it out?

In a vain attempt, her companion rushes in to aid the others, the cougar seeking to leap at the worm in an effort to help shred the cracked and exposed bits the others had opened up. As Enyo went for her own attack, Medusa did her best and grabbed a nearby icicle, wrenching it from the ground and flung it at the worm before her injured leg gave out on her. She was closer to the entrance, but she couldn't quite run. They had no choice but to kill this thing if they wanted to escape.

"Medusa"

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