09-30-2014, 01:13 PM
Bas couldn't really look behind him to see what the girl and Nox were doing. Pyotr had stumbled and lost hold of the power. So it was just him facing down the tunnel in the opposite direction.
And he was getting tired. He'd been making explosions and pushing things back for he didn't know how long. Couldn't have been more than a few minutes, but already it felt like he'd been in the ring with Charlie for a good 8 rounds and while he hadn't taken any hits, just dancing around avoiding any blows had wore him out. He found himself closer and closer to Nox and the girl and Pyotr, till their backs were almost to each other.
The explosions and pushes came further and further apart and the creatures- at least the number of them was considerably less now- were getting closer. One lunged at him, all teeth and claws- it looked like a man but its skin was all shiney and leathery and its teeth jutted out from a snout of all things- and Bas moved to the side just in time to avoid it. He yelled out to warn the others and saw a blade flash. The girl got him. Thank God.
The panic gave him a brief surge of energy and he sent a large explosive fireball into the tunnel and the creatures that didn't die shied back. It was a brief rest only, but he could turn around and check on Nox and the girl and Pyotr. What the hell was that guy doing anyway?
Nox had made a wall at the mouth of the tunnel those things had been coming that direction. It was solid and looked like Nox was holding it. They didn't have much time. The junction in front of him had a mouth to the way they had come in and those creatures had passed seeming to be focused on coming to them. "Let's go!!!!"
He grabbed Pyotr and heard the rest follow him as he dashed into that tunnel. Nox came last since he was holding the barricade up.
As Nox came through , Bas turned around and let go as massive an explosion as he could manage right at the junction. The walls and roof shook as they fell back and debris started to fall. He wasn't sure if Nox let the other barricade go as he ran. Bas looked back and saw the junction still held though. He tried to weave another explosions to bring down the roof there- and hopefully not on themselves- but the power fled from him. He prayed to the Holy Mother but no matter how bright the light she held out for him, he couldn't grab it. He saw creatures' eyes moving toward the tunnel they were in and panicked.
He needed to bring the roof down. But there was nothing for him to do it with!
And he was getting tired. He'd been making explosions and pushing things back for he didn't know how long. Couldn't have been more than a few minutes, but already it felt like he'd been in the ring with Charlie for a good 8 rounds and while he hadn't taken any hits, just dancing around avoiding any blows had wore him out. He found himself closer and closer to Nox and the girl and Pyotr, till their backs were almost to each other.
The explosions and pushes came further and further apart and the creatures- at least the number of them was considerably less now- were getting closer. One lunged at him, all teeth and claws- it looked like a man but its skin was all shiney and leathery and its teeth jutted out from a snout of all things- and Bas moved to the side just in time to avoid it. He yelled out to warn the others and saw a blade flash. The girl got him. Thank God.
The panic gave him a brief surge of energy and he sent a large explosive fireball into the tunnel and the creatures that didn't die shied back. It was a brief rest only, but he could turn around and check on Nox and the girl and Pyotr. What the hell was that guy doing anyway?
Nox had made a wall at the mouth of the tunnel those things had been coming that direction. It was solid and looked like Nox was holding it. They didn't have much time. The junction in front of him had a mouth to the way they had come in and those creatures had passed seeming to be focused on coming to them. "Let's go!!!!"
He grabbed Pyotr and heard the rest follow him as he dashed into that tunnel. Nox came last since he was holding the barricade up.
As Nox came through , Bas turned around and let go as massive an explosion as he could manage right at the junction. The walls and roof shook as they fell back and debris started to fall. He wasn't sure if Nox let the other barricade go as he ran. Bas looked back and saw the junction still held though. He tried to weave another explosions to bring down the roof there- and hopefully not on themselves- but the power fled from him. He prayed to the Holy Mother but no matter how bright the light she held out for him, he couldn't grab it. He saw creatures' eyes moving toward the tunnel they were in and panicked.
He needed to bring the roof down. But there was nothing for him to do it with!