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[quote=Riley]"Let's go, Lesley, you're the tallest one, lead on!"[/quote]

With that, the three of them sprinted through the forest. The boy dodged branches and hopped over logs. He could've outran Riley and Lesley if he wasn't too busy jumping with excitement at the turtle dragons roars echoing throughout the forest. It was like he had signed up for some kind of Jurassic Park reenactment the way he ignorantly enjoyed the dragons presence. Not the best mindset to have but it was inevitable considering how things usually turned out for the best whenever him and Niran would find themselves in some kind of predicament. 

A sudden shriek could be heard to their right, Lesley grabbed Riley and Toby's wrists and turned his head in the direction of what may be the others. "Was that Jasper? Or Leila?" He asked. Without hesitation Toby called out their names.

"[i]JASPER! LEILA![/i]" He shouted and immediately took off. "Toby!" Lesley shouted and pulled Riley along with him as he chased the boy down. Toby was fully sprinting through the forest with a lighthearted smile on his face as he was determined to find his friends. "Jasper! Leila!" He continued to shout, "Ran-ran! Harper! Come out come out, wherever you are!" He had sprinted for a good twenty to thirty seconds, leaving Lesley and Riley in the dust. The increasing sound of gunfire and shouting was enough for the boy to realize he had most likely lost his sense of direction, another stomp could be felt throughout the ground as Toby fumbled about trying to keep his balance. 

[i][b]"FIRE!"[/b][/i]

Two soldiers kneeled beside eachother, one of them balancing what appeared to be a [url=http://i.imgur.com/lGXxIAz.jpg]bazooka[/url] on his shoulder and the other with his hand on a string attached to the weapon. With the pull of the string the bazooka's barrel exploding into a cloud of steam as a rocket shot through the sky towards the turtle dragon.

 From where he was standing, Toby could barley make out Japhet and Est firing their weapons at the dragon which had to have been at least a hundred yards from his position. He ducked and moved as close as possible towards the action, eventually crouching beside a tree. His eyes moved back and forth between the soldiers and the turtle dragon in astonishment. The forest was a warzone but to the boy it looked like just another fun game. He suddenly felt envious for not attending the paintball group, it was like something out of a movie. 

The rocket exploded into the turtle's shell and looked like nothing more than a firework compared to it's massive size, however it was enough to tick the beast off. Toby watched in amazement as the turtle dragon's front legs began rising high into the air and were slammed back into the earth. It roared with absolute ferocity, the hollering echoed throughout the entire forest as the ground shook as violent as ever. Toby was thrown to the side, the darkness not granting him a chance to keep his head from slamming into a rock. He gripped his head and cursed to himself. 

The two soldiers began to reload their bazooka as the turtle dragon bellowed once more. Toby lifted his head up in the direction of the soldiers, his face scrunched up in pain and disorientation. 

"C'mon, [i]c'mon![/i] Hurry up and reload!" One soldier shouted to the other over the sounds of gunfire and hollering. As they prepared their bazooka the turtle dragon wrapped it's tail around a tree, gripping it tightly before pulling it from the earth. The boy watched as the dragon used it's tail to launch the tree towards the two soldiers, both of them too slow to avoid being crushed by it.

"....Huh?"

Dirt and mud were hurled through the air as the tree slammed onto the soldiers and splattered onto the boy. Toby's expression turned from pain to confusion at the unsettling scene he had witnessed. He tried to pull himself up however he was still disoriented and somewhat disturbed. The moment he was on his feet an attempt was made to run towards the soldiers aid. 

In two steps he tripped over himself and was on the ground once more. His head throbbed, the sound of gunfire suddenly felt deafening and unpleasant. He tried to wrap his mind around what had just occurred before him, but it was hard for the boy to comprehend. It almost felt like he was in a dream. Every second the battle before him seemed less and less like a game. The tree was huge compared to the soldiers size, they couldn't have survived. Toby managed to pull himself onto all fours and began crawling towards the tree.

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"Toby!"

Lesley and Riley had finally caught up. "Are you okay?!" Maneuvering through trees and rocks, Lesley dropped to his knees beside the boy and placed his hands on his shoulder, helping him up to his knees as well. "Can you move?!"

"Yeah yeah i'm okay, I just hit my head is all,"

"DO NOT run off like that again! You hear me?" Lesley stood up, pulling Toby up along with him and placing his hands on both his cheeks. "You're all dirty, and you're bleeding, dumb boy." Another roar from the turtle dragon caused them both to jump. "Let's get out of here, we have to find the others,"

Toby attempted to push Lesley off in protest, "No, hold on, there's two soldiers over there I have to make sure they're okay," The boy's words were somewhat slurred due to his head wound and his attempt to push Lesley away was in vain. Turning back he could see an arm sticking out from underneath the tree. "Toby! We [i]have[/i] to [i]go![/i]" Too weak to reply he gave in and was pulled away from the warzone and back towards the inner forest. 

The trio ran through the trees with haste, trying to distance themselves as much as possible from the turtle dragon. Lesley made sure to keep his hand on a dizzy Toby's wrist as to keep him from running off again. 

[quote=Ace]"MAAARRCOOO?"[/quote]

Toby's head shot to the right at the sound of a familiar voice, "Hey! I think I heard somebody!" He pulled hard on Lesley's arm and the three of them came to a stop, "I can hear someone! It's this way!" 

"Where is it coming fr-ah! Toby!" He had managed to slip from Lesley's grasp and began running towards Ace's position, following the sounds of her shouting which became louder by the second. Dodging and swatting branches out of his way he had forgotten the necessity of yelling 'polo' in reply. Toby shot out from behind a tree at full speed to see Ace walking through the forest not more than ten feet away from him.

"POLOOOOO!" He shouted hoping she would move out of the way, but it was far too late and he was running far too fast. Toby collided into the red-head, tumbled through the dirt and came to a stop by slamming into a tree. The impact caused some leaves to slowly descend from branches and onto his face. Even after witnessing what was most likely the death of two soldiers earlier, the boy couldn't help but start laughing as he lay on the ground, covered in leaves. 

"I found Marco!"