Paw Missing / Sword in the Chest

We couldn't lose this battle! We couldn't let the Nartec use the Sea Blade. We couldn't let the ship survive.

And we had to get back to the surface!

I bit and tore, leaped and scratched. But we kept backing up. Back to the bridge. Back to where Ax stood working feverishly. In seconds we'd have to pull him into the battle. And then...

We were cornered. There were just too many of them! They were exhausting us with sheer numbers.

Blood ran down my haunches from the points of handheld spears.

The harpoon wound in Rachel's shoulder oozed badly.

Cassie was panting, her sides heaving, her right front paw partially gone.

Marco had a short sword protruding from the black, leather chest of his gorilla morph. Shocking to see.

Even Tobias was wearing out from struggling to gain altitude over and over again in the small, relatively low ceilinged space.

From diving, talons outstretched. Raking one Nartec face after another.

Something had to give.

Something...