[i][u][b][E'nasha Williams & Joseph Windsor][/b][/u] ((Collab with Lucius Cypher))[/i]

E'nasha was right to think it was a demon approaching, however it seems her frantic prayer was ignored. "That thing's already spotted us!" El'kan whispered to her quickly. 

"Well, if you're so worried about it, DO something." She hissed back. She saw El'kan take a deep, calming breath, and he pulled out his favorite weapon, a very untrustworthy boomerang. 

"That thing will not do us any good against THAT thing. Just, let me try first." She said as El'kan aimed to throw it at the creature. He sighed but put the boomerang down while she called to Sir. "Sir! Distraction please!"

At her command, the Raven fearlessly dive-bombed the creature as it landed, only to get blown away by the strong wind its wings made as it touched down. Sir tried to maneuver to glide back over to the tree he was in before, but E'nasha couldn't see where he ended up because she and El'kan got shaken out of the tree by the same wind, El'kan landing heavily on top of her. 

"Crud, sorry." El'kan mumbled as he helped E'nasha to her feet. "Are you ok?" He asked after they had both ducked behind a tree so the creature was unable to see them for a moment. 

"I'm fine, you just knocked the breath outta me is all." E'nasha was leaning against the tree, breathing heavily through her pain. "You've really gotta loose a few pounds." She said as she finally got her breath back. "So, what's the verdict? Will playing possum work on this thing, or should we run now?" 

El'kan shook his head at her, looking around the side of the trunk. "I don't know. Running is probably the better guess though." He grabbed her hand and tried to pull her away from the tree. When she refused to move, he looked at her worriedly. "What's wrong? Did'ya break something when we fell?"

"No, just trying to think... The second it sees us again it'll probably start chasing us, and it doesn't look like it'd be bothered much if it knocked down every tree here to get to us." She replied quietly, pulling his wrist so that he was backed against the same tree trunk as she was. "So, running might be out too. Unless you have a way to keep it from seeing us."

The Roc flew through the air for another swoop. It's prey hid in the cover of the forest, but that would not protect them for long. These soft creatures were slow compared to itself, but made for tasty morsels. As it flew in for another attack something cut it. The Roc let out an ear-piercing screech as it diverted it's path and flew higher into the skies. When it got to a safe altitude it looked down to see what had attacked it.

And what the Roc would see, and for the two humans in the forest, was a small blue elf riding what looked like a ball of water. The look of determination in his eyes masked the fear. He was just out here to get his journal that he had left earlier that day, but than he saw the Roc menace those two strangers in the forest! He couldn't have sit idly by, but he wasn't ready to fight a Roc! Luckily there was a light rain earlier before, giving him an ample supply of water to use.

"Run you two, run away!"  The elf shot his hands out from his side, sending two thin blades of water flying towards the Roc. Seeing the new threat the bird of prey was able to effortlessly avoid the attacks, but the elf was relentless, stalling it for the other two to make a break for it.

"Let's go!" El'kan said as he grabbed E'nasha's hand again. Together they ran back along the wall in the opposite direction of the way they had been going before. E'nasha barely had thought about who it was that had yelled at them to run, she was a bit more worried about if he'd be ok facing off against that creature alone. 

She was about to try and go back before she remembered they wouldn't be able to help him anyway. [i]He must be confident in himself to try and take on that monster... That or he's just really brave, or dumb.[/i] As if he could sense her unease El'kan slowed to a light jog, squeezing her hand as he spoke. "Hey, don't worry about that guy. Didn't you see him? He was controlling WATER, like actual water!"

"Yeah, I saw him. So? Just because he's got mageblood, that doesn't mean he'll be ok. C'mon, we gotta keep going. We aren't far enough away yet to slow down." E'nasha said as she sped up again. "We have to find some other people or something, that guy will probably need help." El'kan nodded his agreement and they kept running along the wall. 

The Roc shook her head, her eyes blinked as she let out a screech. Her claws danced clumsily on the ground which she wasn't build well for when she peddled backwards, avoiding the blades of water. Her head jerked to see the two she had been chasing darted across open field and away. Feathers fluffed and her body hopped to intercept the two, her head lowered and wings tucked in. Her beak opened to clamp down and seize the slower of the two, E'nasha. 

All E'nasha heard before she found herself being pulled into the air was the beginning of a panicked warning from El'kan and a screech from not too far behind her, probably from the creature. She tried to run faster or try and duck behind something, but she was too far away from the trees and the wall didn't really have any places to hide on it, so she was unable to do anything as she felt her feet leave the ground other than scream.

"No, no!"

The elf had been trying to harass the Roc for as long as he could, but the beast proved to be tough. If it didn't simply dodge his water blades, it was able to shrug off all but his most powerful attacks. If he had more water to use he could have taken this beast down himself. Joseph continued to assault the Roc with water, trailing behind it. His attacks grew more frantic as it dove down towards the two humans running for safety. This was Joseph's only chance to hit it with one of his strongest attacks, since it was flying a semi-strait path. He focused the ball of water he was standing on into a spinning cone, before it grew even thinner until it became a watery spear. It was spinning with such speed that it could bore through the wall of the college if he missed. And he really hoped he didn't miss. Planting his feet on the soggy ground the elf hurled the spear at the Roc, aiming at the center of mass. 

Blood dripped on the ground as the Roc took off, her beak struggled not to drop her earned treat.Pain rippled through her chest yet the spear flew pass and into the College wall, cracking it on impact. The weapon had hit her regardless, her body barely fast enough to miss being impaled while she slapped her wings against the ground. her feet lifted and rose from the ground rapidly. Air swirled and gusted about, knocking El'kan and likely Josphine off their feet in her retreat. In moments the Roc was several feet in the air before she transferred E'nasha to her talons, both the youth and the Roc disappearing towards the nest. 

E'nasha started to get dizzy as she felt a strong wind around her, meaning that the creature had started to fly. Quickly attempting to calm down and focus, she reached her thoughts towards the plant-life around her. She had just barely felt the familiar rush that meant the plants were responding when a sudden movement completely broke her concentration. The creature had been holding her in its beak when it had grabbed her from the ground, as she saw when she felt its large talons wrapping around her body, constricting her lungs and causing her to pass out.

El'kan, still on the ground, watched in terror as the creature lifted E'nasha up, and he nearly screamed when he saw her figure go limp in its grasp as the creature flew higher. He thought about throwing a weapon or something at it, but was too afraid that he would hit E'nasha to do so. 

Thankfully, as the creature was getting farther away, Sir came up to him and landed on his shoulder. "Oh, thank the gods! You're ok at least." He said to the bird. He pointed at the quickly retreating figure of the creature in the sky and gave the only command he was sure Sir would follow right now. "There's E'nasha. Follow her Sir!" The Raven responded immediately, taking off after the creature and E'nasha. El'kan took a moment to get his thoughts together, and decided to go look for the Blue Elf-guy that had tried to fight the creature earlier.

"No..."

The elf fell to his knees. He began to pull at his hair and was close to crying. "No! How could I have let that monster get away!" The elf was close to sobbing in rage when he noticed El'kan approaching. He composed himself, but was still rather sadden about the whole ordeal. But he had to put that aside to make sure this one was at least unharmed. 

"Are you okay? You're not hurt are you?"

"Not physically, no." El'kan could see that the Elf was trying to hold back tears, just like he was. He forced himself to keep his voice steady as he spoke to him. "Th-thank you for trying to help us, even though..." He let the sentence trail off as he tried to think of something to say other than [i]even though E'nasha got carried off to who-knows-where by a giant bird-monster.[/i] 

As he thought that, he remembered. "The Raven, the one I sent after them, he'll be able to show us where that thing took her. Well, it'd be us if you'll still help me..."

The elf shook his head, looking over where the Roc had taken the girl. It was dangerous even for himself... But he had a responsibility. "Alright, but first let's head inside the college. We need to get ready." The elf was thinking how much he was to blame for this. And frankly, he was scared. He was more used to teaching students the ways of Hydromancy than hunting down monsters. But he couldn't be a coward now, not while that girl was in danger. They'd still need time to prepare, but with any luck the team sent out to deal with the Roc will save her before the worse would happen...