Takeshi was still afraid as hell of fighting this thing but he couldn't leave Shu stuck there, he was in way too much danger. Even as he fought to protect his sibling he trembled and his skin was pale and clammy, and rather than chase and keep on the pressure he began desperately trying to claw Shu out of the goo so they could get away. When Shu was finally free he took a moment to try and calm himself, his head snapping to the left hearing the creature make a tear off through the woods once again. Despite his fear he became angry it kept trying to flee, taking off after it with his brother and Viral once more. Viral was pissed but that was hardly anything new, he didn't care enough right now to bother hearing him out. Breaking out of the forest and into a plain once more Takeshi became stunned as they saw lights up ahead, several towers of smoke rising up from the same area. People? And now this thing was making a beeline straight for those lights, was it going to attack them? He was too freaking hungry and tired for this!

If it were smaller the creature might be able to use the grass as cover to lose these three yet it was just too large, its back sticking out over the blades of grass like a dorsal fin in the water. Once the grass shortened and became nearly nonexistent there was no cover for the beast and it was utterly out in the open, the three strange beings on its tail still. The village was getting closer but then so were they and it would likely be attacked long before it ever got there. In a desperate attempt to be rid of its attackers for just a moment it reared up in mid-stride before lunging towards the ground, its several arms tearing down into the earth as it burrowed down, managing to submerge its entire body. Normally it only did this to sleep and yet it would have to try ambushing this way now, unable to handle fighting them otherwise. By following the vibrations of their footfalls it traveled over to where Viral was stood, trying to come up beneath him for an attack.