((Mod Granted OOC Note: Hey guys! Sorry to be bumming out so often, but due to my stupid school's intense orientation, I'm not sure how often I will be able to be online over the next couple of days. In order to keep from holding up the thread, I'm having Charlie get knocked out before the post where Ionia attacks her, simply for purposes of saving time. Jai, Christen and I have all talked about it and decided this was a logical course of action to take given the situation. Again, I'm really, really sorry- I promise life will be normal soon! And I'm also sorry that my characters have been such drama-llamas lately. xD; ))
Charlie appeared at almost the same time as Nic, trying to take in the situation as quickly as possible so as to decide the best course of action. She resisted the urge to vomit at the sight of the dying person in the monster's jaws. She didn't have time to be sick- she had to do her best to stop this beast from killing anyone else. She was already edging around it and trying to stay out of it's line of sight when she heard Ethan's suggestion. "I'm already way ahead of you Ethan," she said, her voice deadly measured calm. "I'm going to attack it from behind and shoot it's head." She had almost made it to the other side of it's body when suddenly she felt an explosion of pain at her back. Her knees gave out from underneath her and the world began to tilt and spin at a perilous angle and speed. Everything sounded strange, as though filtered through water and her breath was too loud in her ears. The next thing she knew the ground was rushing up to meet her, before everything went black.