Aiden hit the ground clutching his stomach with his left arm. The blow had knocked the air right out of him. He was feeling weak and useless. He looked for his crossbow but it had fallen off of him. without a proper sling the crossbow fell off and now was in two pieces after Dreknor had crushed it. He was strong. TOO strong. How could you overpower something like him?

 As if a voice was guiding him e thought about the dagger he still had hidden. But it didn't make sense what good will a dagger do here? He thought for a moment, still in pain and trying to gather air back in his lungs. "[i]If you are trapped in a fight you cannot win you must do one of two things, Aiden.[/i]," His father's voice echoed in his head from multiple speeches from his childhood. "[i]You could die honorably and keep fighting, or live honorably and keep fighting. The difference is how much you use your head. If you can't beat the person, disable them from beating you, if only for a moment. Then the tides may turn[/i]"

Aiden gritted his teeth as he looked up from the ground, just in time to see Dreknor smack Bisa to the side. He pulled the dagger out of his boot while he picked his target...the neck. More specifically, the back of the neck at the spinal column. severe it there, and the rest of the body would be instantly paralyzed. Without that, all of this creature's strength would be useless. Aiden got back up to his feet and he saw Dreknor walk over to Agurious. The creature then lifted his foot to attack boy when Brisa jumped in between the two. 'NOW' a voice screamed in his head. While Dreknor was concentrated on his initial target at hand and about to strike, Aiden without uttering a word gathered all the strength he had, jumped forward, and drove his dagger into Dreknor's spine with both hands, just at the back of the neck. He hoped against everything that this would work, not for himself but for his friends. Because even if it meant his own death, if he could protect his friends and save them, he would be at peace.