The Free Plain

Zaltos eyeballed the mans meat. Even though he had ate his fill, Godfrey's hunk of meat smelled and looked so go. Zaltos would point ahead, trying to get Godfrey to look. If he did, Zaltos would quickly lean over and steal a bite out of it.

"Let's go!" He would speak as soon as he stole a bite and lept forward to lead and not get thunked on the head by Godfrey with the meat...

It wouldn't take long before Zaltos smelt the scent of Sinn and Owa. What really caught his attention was the scent of another that he had no idea who it could belong to.

"Hmn..Be careful Godfrey. There's someone lurking ahead that doesn't belong to Sinn's party..maybe it's a beggar or something? They don't smell very good.."

Owa squinted his eye. The sound was hell. His acute senses combined with what was sure to be a concussion made it excruciating. Owa powered through though only showing an ear twitch and squinted eye when the pulse went out. Owa retorted to disgusted tone, "Never met anyone who was too cowardly to attack after boasting so much earlier." Owa had learned his lesson in their last fight. He shouldn't attack but be attacked. He knew he had a greater chance of victory if Sinn attacked first.

"I believe we'll see a lot more action on our path than either of us wants... Oh well. We'll fight our way to glory, pick up a few women for our glory, and possibly just mess some things up... But an enemy we can't see is as dangerous as a dragon." Zaltos spoke.

He kept moving, sniffing the air. With the wind blowing, it was hard to pinpoint the enemy. Zaltos wasn't too worried though, whatever it was, it wasn't targeting him at this very moment. With no Phoenix State markings, nobody except Sinn would know he was related.

"Maybe... but i'm going to have a little fun." He spoke, chuckling a little.

Zaltos took notice as to how close they were to the snake in the grass. He then noticed Sinn and Owa surrounded by TPS soldiers. With sights set, he would focus a little energy on himself to partake in a small Soul Step.

When the next breeze came through, Zaltos would vanish in the swaying grass. A second later, he was behind Xi Li in the grass. He would make no movement as he appeared in a crouching position. As Xi Li was spying on Sinn and Owa, Zaltos was spying on Xi Li. With the wind blowing to the south, there was no way for Xi Li to smell or even know he was there unless Xi Li could sense magic.

Zaltos reached down into the dirt and filtered through it till he found a small pebble. When he found the pebble he would position it between his thumb and index finger on his right hand. With a quick snap, he'd throw the pebble at the back of Xi Li's head, or at least what little could be seen. It wasn't anything serious, but Xi Li would feel the pebble.

Once the pebble was thrown, Zaltos dropped back down into the tall grass. He'd laugh inside, expecting Xi Li to think it was Godfrey.

Owa chuckled, numb to the sound. Numb to everything. "Free? There is no point in me being free. Our laws... I have left the mountains. I cannot return. This is our way. I just wanted some fresh air, a veiw and the taste of steel out of my mouth."

Owa stood up as Sinn came in range. In the motion he threw a fist full of dirt in Sinns face. He kicked Sinn's Shin and then stompped down on his foot so he couldn't get away. The hand that was on his chest slid into his coat and Owa drew steel. It was hidden in his armor. Never searched or stripped he mangaed to keep the dagger hidden well enough. His next action depened on Sinn's reaction Owa's counter attack, most importantly the dirt to the face.

((Sorry for delay, have been busy.))

Xl-li had taken a coiled stance in an effort to spring out quickly into Owa and Sinn's fight if need be until of course, she unexpectedly got hit by a pebble in the back of the head. She snapped to look behind her only to find Zaltos just hitting the dirt just disappearing from sight and Godfrey standing in the open. Her stance snapped 180 degrees and her snake like body sprang at Godfrey in an attemtpt to land her torso directly on his so her tail could wrap around his arms a keep them at his side and constrict, not enough to crush bones, but enough to stop movements. If her attack was blocked, dodged or she was pushed away she'd lie low and speed away through the grass at extreme speeds making an easy escape as they recovered from her failed attack. If she happened to get grabbed or grappled they'd find two large dangerously sharp fangs in their arm pumping neurotoxins quickly into their bloodstream, and if not treated quickly, death was certain.

Owa expected a dodge and counter, Sinn was a good fighter and Owa knew this. Using Sinn's partial blindness to his advantage. The agility and strength of a Volkrim was about to come in play. The Volkrim ducked low and stepped forward when Sinn lunged. Owa let Sinn grab his hand right hand, ducking low dodged the uppercut. The Volkrim's left hand was free and he grabbed Sinn's right leg. Owa dung his feet in and the Volkrim straightened up lifting Sinn off the ground.

Using all his strength Owa threw Sinn at the wall of men around him, more than enough force to make Sinn loose his grip on Owa's hand, though the dagger would surely go with him. Three men in the wall would be knocked over when the force hit them. Sinn, still partially blind would have trouble recovering in time to stop Owa. Other soldiers would likely have a moment of shock, even soldiers so finely tuned as the Phoenix State's, a delay in moving to stop Owa... An opening left in their fence.

He made a break for it. Owa took two wide but fast steps and leapt across the four men surely struggling against one another to stand. Owa landed on all fours and took off running like the beast his kind resembled. Fast and hard he fled the caravan. He was low and the grass was high, archers stood no chance of hitting such a fast target in such conditions. He remembered the archers from the Bell Mines so Owa moved in a slightly serpentine pattern just in case.

Sinn would find himself being lifted, but thrown as easy as the beast would have liked to. When Owa would lift Sinn, Sinn would strengthen his hold on the hand. When Owa went to throw, Sinn would use his right hand to grab onto Owa's arm also. As his hands made there way down Owa's arm, one would pry at the fingers while the other pulled the blade out of his hand.

A loud thud would be heard as Sinn crashed into the soldiers shields. With the dagger in hand, Sinn would take a quick glimpse and threw the dagger as Owa took off. The dagger was sent to pierce into the beasts hind legs. If the blade found it's target, it wouldn't be anything devastating, but maybe it would slow Owa down a little.

As Sinn released this blade, he was beginning his recuperating. Ignoring how the soldiers beneath him felt, he'd give a powerful shove off with his arms. The black energy around Sinn's hands would pulse, sending a hammer like blast into the soldiers shields below him.

"WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DEALING WITH?!" Sinn shouted at Owa as he rushed in his direction.

As Owa ran like a beast, Sinn was just as fast. His feet barely touched the ground as he sprinted towards Owa. Obviously the two would disappear before Xi Li would be able to follow due to their current situation.