Michael stopped as the vampire rushed past him taking care of Ace before he could get there. Which was good as the waaay to large bird raised its wings and flapped them with massive force. In addition to the gale blowing with immense force several of its feathers, as large as spears, detached and hurled themselves at the fleeing humans. Michael ran away teleporting erratically dodging as the feathers as they randomly smashed into the ground causing fractures to spread through the ground. Luckily the bird only seemed to have the intent of driving them off and unless one of the small group managed to get impaled they should be in the clear. The slope lead down to a swampy area, boggy with vines and bushes everywhere.