He had never been to these parts before. But that was because a pack had once laid claim to these islands. They had moved elsewhere, it seemed, because Diablo didn't smell hide nor hair of them along the coastline. He was curious about the islands, so he made the journey to the more tropical-looking island. Upon reaching its shores, he shook off the seawater from his coat and looked around. This was an impressive place...and he wondered if the pirates would thrive better here. Though he had to admit, he quite liked the black sand beach, too. His paws flexed into the white sands on the beach as he eyed the treeline. What did the trees hide? Had the pack that lived here left anything interesting behind? Or did they take all their treasures with them? Only one way to find out, right? Eager to check things out, he made his way toward the trees, unaware of the dangers that lurked within. Unbeknownst to him, he was fairly close to a predator he had never encountered before, a creature that was perhaps the stuff of nightmares hidden so well he hadn't noticed it lurking nearby. "Speak"

Rivin had seen him leaving… and this time, rather than linger in Pirates lands, wondering if she should chance leaving, the red streaked female threw caution to the wind and trailed after her brother, even as he saw to the islands. Diablo… wasn’t the most perceptive. It seemed like he didn’t pick up on her following after him at all. She’d have to talk to him about that. She knew they weren't super close, but Diablo was her brother. She might have connected with Senn easier but if someone got the jump on him she’d be pretty pissed. Once she stepped onto the beach Rivin immediately shook out her coat. Hmph. Salt water still felt weird… but she was getting better at swimming. She’d need to surprise Jack with that fact at some point in the near future! Her green gaze turned toward the treeline and the form of her brother. “Oi! Diablo!” She called out to him in a loud bark. He wasn’t getting away from sibling time that easy!

He considered himself the holier-than-thou type. Nothing could touch him. He was the best, even though realistically he wasn't. It's just what he had convinced himself of. Of course, he had failed to notice his sister had followed him here. Failed to notice the danger lurking in the trees. He slipped into the underbrush, on his way to explore the island that Ashen had left behind. He wouldn't make it far though, because he suddenly heard his sister call for him almost as soon as he crossed the threshold from the beach to the jungle. His ears perked and he turned to find Rivin coming up the beach towards him. Irritation spread through him for a moment. What was she doing following him!? Had their dad sent her to keep an eye on him? Before he could say anything, he heard something else nearby. The soft crackling of dry leaves. The snap of a twig. He briefly glanced the other way into the jungle but saw nothing. Probably some rabbits or birds running from his sister's loud mouth. Turning his attention back to Rivin, he huffed. "Rivin!? What the hell are you doing he-" He was abruptly cut off as all of a sudden something struck him. He felt needles in his side. A weight was suddenly grabbing onto him, wrapping around his body. He yelped with surprise, which quickly turned into fear and panic as the weight wrapping around him grew tighter. He heard a terrible hiss before his world shifted and everything was starting to spin. His heart hammered against his chest as he struggled to move. His forelegs were free, but the rest of his body? Wrapped up in an embrace nobody wanted to be in. "Rivin! Help!" His breath was squeezed from his lungs, and the only thing he could barely think to do was bite the shit out of the snake that had him in its grip. He kicked and thrashed the best he could, biting over, and over, and over at any part of this thing that he could get. "Speak"

Catching Diablo's attention was easy enough and Rivin found herself smirking. A smirk that quickly faded when her brother was abruptly cut off. What? Something struck her sibling and Rivin’s ears fell flat at his yelp, not yet registering what was going on. Then she saw it, saw how something was wrapping around her brother, and Rivin waited no longer. She was running before he even started to call for her, a snarl ripping from her lips. No. One sibling had disappeared, she wouldn’t lose another. Not like this. Not while she could do something! The body of the thing was wrapping around her brother, and she couldn’t risk impaling it without potentially running it through and hitting Diablo. Rivin lunged at the thick body, fangs snapping down, ripping, tearing. With as big as this beast was a bite and hold wasn’t going to do anything. She couldn’t think, her mind buzzing as her heart leapt in her chest and pounded in her ears. Tear it apart, rip it away from Diablo. That was all she could think of. She had to save him!

"Speech," 'Thought.'

She was coming to his rescue. Though honestly, he wasn't able to pay much attention to what she was doing when he was getting squeezed. He had no idea what this damn thing was, and didn't even know that snakes could grow this big! He snarled and yelped in fear, pain, panic, and rage as it tried to back away from his sister, but still it wouldn't let go. It had released its grip on him, the fangs unsticking from his body. It hissed and waved its head toward Rivin, trying to discourage the other wolf from attacking. Diablo took another chance and sunk his fangs into the snakes body, causing it to react in a way that he had been better off keeping his mouth shut. It lunged at him, jaws open as it aimed straight for his face. "Shit!" He instinctively threw paws, using his claws and paw-hands to strike at the snakes eyes, but not before its fangs managed to catch his muzzle, leaving gashes in their wake as he tore it off his face. Snarling, he lunged with tooth, claw, and horn. Teeth dug into the snakes body as he sought to rip apart where he could, claws scrabbled at its face, and when he swung his head after the snake had moved and forced him to release his grip, he was lucky enough to get a hit in with a horn stabbing right into the snakes eye! It hissed and made a terrible sound that he didn't even know snakes could make as it recoiled, finally releasing its grip on his body and he was able to slide out onto the ground feeling heavily bruised, winded, and he wasn't sure if anything was broken, but man everything was hurting!

"Speech"

This damned snake! Rivin tore at it, using fangs and what little damage her claws could do. If she didn’t need to keep an eye on the thing she would have been stabbing at it with her horns as well - anything to get it to release her brother so he could get away. It thrashed below her, finally releasing Diablo as it turned sights on her. Rivin snarls around a bite of scales and flesh, fixing the beast with narrowed eyes and prickled fur. Diablo was far from perfect, but he was her brother and she sure as hell wasn’t going to let this thing end his life early! She clamped down, but apparently whatever Diablo had done to it pissed it off more, because it went back for him.

“No!” She released the hold of the snake, lunging to a spot further up while her brother dealt with the face. This time she did use her horns, gouging deep into the snake as it hissed and writhed at the attacks of the two wolves. Then at last the damn thing released her brother with a terrible sound and was recoiling away. Rivin fell off the body, panting, looking around from Diablo with widened eyes. His muzzle looked like shit but he was alive, and she scrambled over to him, protectively moving before her brother as her gaze followed the snake to make sure the bastard was retreating before she looked back at him.

“Fucking hell… Anything feel broken? We should get out of here before it decides it wants more.” And then she was going to have to treat those gashes. They looked nasty.

"Speech," 'Thought.'

He breathed hard as he lay slumped on the ground, trying to catch his breath after that ambush. He didn't move nor protest as Rivin came to stand protectively over him, keeping an eye on the snake to make sure it didn't come back for a second round. "Ugh..." Everything hurt so bad! He was struggling to catch his breath after being wrapped up so tightly. He swore he was going to lose consciousness, but he did his best to keep himself steady as best he could...he didn't want to know what would happen if he passed out... “Fucking hell… Anything feel broken? We should get out of here before it decides it wants more.” He slowly nodded, "Yeah...let's get the hell out of here..." He slowly rose to his feet, his legs wobbly as he faltered a couple of times, shaky limbs threatening to let him fall. For the first time in...well...ever probably, he leaned against Rivin for some stability as he tried to regain his bearings. "I've never...seen a snake that goddamn big before..." Hell, he didn't even know snakes that big existed! He would let her lead the way to safety seeing as how he could barely focus. "Speech"