[Right][H2][color=#9cb6c3]Solomon Sparrow[/color][/H2][/right]
[right][b][color=#9cb6c3]Location: [/color][/b] Stritzel Estate, Kindeance [/right]
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	Bartholomew stepped ever closer, his axe ready to descend on the tripped beast lying on the floor. The fire had eaten away at the fur and skin of the bear, streams of hideous liquid fire dripped from its wounds. The enraged bear wasn’t through, though. With vigor, the beast turned and charged for one of the bear sisters. By now the two had joined up, them abandoning quelling the fire. Bartholomew wasn’t having any of that.  Standing in his path, the animated armor brought his axe down right into Ted’s shoulder, a move the beast intended.

	For a moment, Bartholomew gripped the beasts remaining fur in one hand, his axe in the other. All the while the bear wrested the armor, loosening his grip over his double bladed weapon. Before he lost it though, the bear sisters enacted their plan. The ground below them gave way, and both the armor and the bear sank as though it had turned into quicksand. The sudden change in terrain caught both fighters off guard it seemed. For just the moment, the two paused as they made sense of their new situation.

	“Well now. This is what I’d call a cage fight.” said Bartholomew.

	[color=f7941d]“Sorreh mista tin man. I don’ think I c’n free ya.”[/color]

	“Ha! This is fine.”

	Though whatever ritual they performed worked as intended, it seemed to have taken some toll on the girls. Lily coughed and was breathing heavily as though they had just finished a three hour run. But even so, she looked proud of her work. Having regained her breath, she even started to laugh a little. 

	[color=f7941d] “He's an ass! Make him feel like one for sticking you like that!”[/color] shouted Lily.

	[color=ed145b]“Yeah! Beat his ugly face in! Look what he did to Lil!”[/color] followed Rose. Their work done, Bartholomew laughed himself. Pulling his axe free, he let the shaft slide through his grip, halting the axe dangerously close to the bearded edge of the blade. Meanwhile, the fire continued to spread as any remaining glass bottles shattered in the heat and the contents spreading. With no one attempting to fight the fire, it was getting steadily worse.

	Now that they were trapped together, Ted gave up grappling the armor instead went to beating him. While he was able to endure several hits, new scratches, dents, and pits were being carved into his chest plate. Using his free hand, Bartholomew attempted to block some of the incoming hits, but being this close to the bear made it hard to block all of them.

	[color=f7941d]“Sorreh mistah.. we gotta go-- you gunna be aright?”[/color]

	[color=ed145b]“Ya aready made a fiyah.. it aright ta leaves ya?”[/color]

	“Haha! The heat never bothered me anyway. Go on then. Save the good bear. Leave this beast to me.” said Bartholomew. When the window arose, Bartholomew would use his blade equipped hand to return blows against the beast. Trading attacks with each other while the fire burned around them.

	[color=ed145b]"Gotit mistah!"[/color]
	[color=f7941d]"Thanks agin!"[/color]

	The bear sisters darted past the fire towards the next room containing the prison cells. Bartholomew stayed where he was mostly because he didn’t have much choice. Not that it mattered. His foe was trapped along with him, and the fight was not over, yet.


	Near the prison cells, Solomon noticed Veronica as she ‘cleaned’ off her hands, but didn’t comment. They were on short time, in more ways than one. Solomon was a little taken aback by Widernia’s response. She held a lot of pride to be this close to death and still be defiant.

	“I would listen to her. I have not known her to fail following through with her promises.” said Solomon. He packed up his supplies while he kept eye on the redhead’s recent bindings. They were holding, and it looked to be containing the bleeding well enough. He stood up, dusting off some of the debris from his legs.

	“Yes, unfortunately, the lab is on fire. I have a couple allies I can call. But the one we need requires sand. I don’t know if there is enough time for him to conjure as much as we need.”