super lavitz, the hero of bahamut (gripes) wrote in emillion, |
When the thing lunged, it threw Lavitz's trajectory off completely. The attack connected, but not where he'd intended, throwing him off its back with a force that rattled him for no longer than a period of five breathless seconds, long enough for him to hear Kiernan call out.
While both he and Lucy heard him, he was the quickest to react, but they both made a move. He hadn't even needed to think about why he was running; what mattered what whether he got there in time. Lucy bought him several moments while she rained fire down on the beast, distracting it for long enough to plant himself in front of Kiernan in a Cover like some big damn hero.
But before Lavitz could hear any protests from his friend, the fire was over, the thing resumed its lunge, and teeth sinking into him was the only reality he could process. The fangs bit in deep -- right down to the bone, he knew, could feel it most unnaturally -- and flung him as if he weighed nothing. He hit the ground with all of the tension of a doll, the sky swimming and his vision blurring, and Amarant roared before dropping down fast, digging claws into the dinosaur's face.
The blood staining the grass was wet against his hand, impossibly hot along his skin. The price of courage, he could hear Mag say in his head as he closed his eyes to stop the clouds from swarming.