[color=fff200][b]~Ryley Grisdoe~[/b][/color]

Well, the Growl attack did slow the Onix down, but not when it decided to use it’s brain. Ryley couldn’t help but groan. Of course it knew Rock Polish. Of course. And just to add to this wonderful mess, a torrent of rocks pelted down ahead of them. That certainly didn’t help their escape. Hell, Abigail nearly got crushed by one! ...He recalled Fern just in case. Running was still the best option, but it was getting bleaker by the second.

They needed to slow down the Onix even more. There were trees around them. Bringing one down in front of, or even on the rock snake would slow it quite a bit. The problem was finding a way to bring a tree crashing down. 

As Ryley was entertaining ways to fell a tree, Melody decided to act.

[color=f49ac2]“Run, Abigail! It’s too fast, we have to split up!"[/color]

...No no no. Splitting up would be the worst thing to do now. They needed to find a way to slow it down with a variety of-

[color=f49ac2]“I’ll try and lead it in a different direction. You guys get away, I’ll be fine!”[/color]

No no no no no no no. No no no. No. What the hell Melody. Seriously, what the hell. You don’t just do that. You don’t just lead a gigantic rock snake away all by yourself. She had gotten into a dangerous situation earlier with the Spinarak, but that was different as they didn’t know how dangerous it was. This time, they all knew the danger (Well, maybe not Avery…), and Melody was still… 

By the time Ryley’s thoughts cooled down, Melody had managed to distract the Onix, and was leading it away from everyone else. She was fast, he had to give her credit, but a speed boosted Onix wasn’t anything to wag a finger at. ...And here he was, just standing like an idiot. Well, time to act. Deja vu could really suck sometimes.

[color=fff200]“I’m going to hate myself for this…”[/color] Muttering contemptuously helped calm him down as he made his next move, calling out to the group. [color=fff200]“I’m going after her. She's going to get herself killed”.[/color]

Without waiting for a response, Ryley turned around and chased after Melody. He couldn’t see either Melody or the Onix in sight, but the trail of destruction certainly helped. It took a while to catch up, but when he did, his blood ran cold. The Onix was there, but it had stopped. Frightening on its own, but the scary part was Melody was nowhere to be seen. 

Ryley’s thoughts turned towards various scenarios that could have played out, none of them pleasant. Almost all of them ending with Melody being dead. At least, they all did until Ryley noticed a flash of pink in a bush by the trail. That was a big relief. She wouldn’t be able to hide long at that spot, but at least she was alive. 

Now the burden of action lay upon Ryley. What would be the best course of action in this case? He needed to get in contact with Melody, make sure she was okay, but the Onix was currently looking around, probably for Melody, which inhibited his actions. First he needed to distract the snake somehow. The rest could come later.

Ryley picked up two decently sized rocks laying in the Onix’s wake and threw them in quick succession in the opposite direction of Melody’s location. As he waited for them to land, he noted the direction he threw them in was towards the Spinarak nest. Maybe, just maybe, he could use that to his advantage. 

In any case, as soon as the rocks landed, the Onix turned towards the new sounds created. Best case scenario, the Onix would follow the sounds presuming that’s where Melody fled. As for almost every other scenario, more work was to be done. Ryley used his created opportunity to rush over to Melody’s hiding spot, sliding behind the bush, hopefully out of view. He had to make this brief. 

[color=fff200]“Sorry for barging into your party, but we need to lead it to the Spinarak nest”.[/color]

Ryley couldn’t look to see what the Onix was doing, but he hoped it was blindly following the sounds of the rocks. That would save them from the possibility of death. Y’know, nothing big or anything.