“Li, it’s on the move!”

“Yes, I noticed!!” Liaena snapped back as she skiddied over a canal bridge, screeched to a halt, then back-peddled several steps to look up at the distance form of Malizia in the gap formed by the waterway. Even without the visual evidence, it would have been quite clear that something was gravely amiss in the city, as the thundering footsteps of the demon made the very paving slabs underneath them shake, and the splintering crashing of wood and stone from buildings the demon simply ploughed through was clearly audible. 

[i]“Oh Light…it’s like the Dragon all over again”
[/i]

“It seems to be on a rampage”

“--Noticed that too!”

“….not in the direction of the mountains” Kathlin finished her sentence as she stopped beside Liaena to also gaze out upon the carnage. “I don’t think the gryphon plan is going to work”

“No, no, we can still fix this. We’ve got the time…” Liaena muttered distractedly, before being interrupted by a tug on her sleeve from her companion as she pointed at the sky. 

“Time isn’t the problem here, Li”

Overhead, the sky was filled suddenly with gryphon riders, clad in the Stormwind colours of blue and gold as they swooped down towards the demon. The rider in the lead, raised a plated hand to point it down at the creature. This signal was immediately followed by a volley of rifle mortar – shots barrelling into Malizia, who dealt with this minor irritation by twisting around and yelling something incomprehensible at this range. The riders pulled out of their dive after the first bombardment, to start turning around again. 

“Yes….they have gryphons. Good idea, Kitty!” 
Liaena exclaimed, to which her companion gave her a bemused look. “What idea?”

“We can hitch a lift! They’re soldiers. Say it’s on Holy business”

Kathlin gave her friend a Look, which strongly implied she was running through all the many, many problems she had with this plan, only to settle on the most obvious. “How do we get up there?”

In answer, Liaena merely glanced around, before darting off the bridge and along the canal path until she reached a small open-fronted store. It was completely abandoned, the owner presumably having long since fled in terror as the girl stuck her hand in the front to pick up a small bar of chocolate. She then stepped back into the middle of the path to proffer the chocolate at the sky pointedly. 

“CAW!”

“Ow! Watch the talons, idiot bird” Liaena grumbled as Hester the owl landed serenely on the bridge rail, half of the chocolate bar already vanishing down her gullet. The girl then turned back towards Kitty. “Come on then. I’m running on emergency reserves of shrinking-potion. Let’s not waste it”