Viral was pretty much having the worst time possible with Yumi being so floaty, she could see exactly where he was and his instincts were telling him it would be no use going after her underground to ambush her. Frustrating her pretty quickly he tried to go after her once again, trying to make a grab for her but found that she had gone over him again. Hissing in anger he turned around, but she wasn’t there. Looking around for any signs he didn’t understand what happened to her, hissing lowly before hearing something from right behind, his upper back feeling strangely numbed by some strange force. The fins on the side of his head twitched, turning out to be his ears as he listened out for what that was and where it was coming from. Turning his head he couldn’t quite see where she was, snarling in frustration as he tried to reach back but couldn’t get his arms over his head. Snarling and hissing in frustration he stumbled around, swiping his tail as if it’d help to get her off.

The creature had already found frustration in being crushed so many times, now they were talking about capturing it rather than killing it. While it certainly didn’t want to die it didn’t want to be captured either, that would be the worst outcome. They would only wish to torture it and tear it apart for information, prolonging its suffering until they had no longer a need for it. That was even worse than death as far as it was concerned, it meant there would never be relief from a painful life full of suffering. The options were limited and from the looks of it that girl couldn’t control her friend. Taking that as a suitable opportunity to get out of here it slowly pushed itself off the ground, holding its shaking claws to its chest as it tried to use its regenerating abilities to recover enough health so it could gain the energy needed to go underground again.