The beast hit like a freight train and Juniper found herself at a loss for words. She could hear Kuram talking to her, but his voice was hazy and dreamlike and second only to the pain that bloomed across her chest. It was difficult to so much as speak and she wondered, for a brief horrifying moment, if she'd broken something. The pain intensified when she was tossed, and Juniper spent a moment on her side, to regain the strength the monster had so easily sapped out of her.<br/><br/>Glass canon, that was the word Sera had used to describe her. She was still trying to crawl out of that niche and improve her own strength, but for now, she'd failed and left Kuram to deal with the beast on his own. She sat up to see the last few moments of the fight, eyes enraptured by the green glow that had rendered the monsters paralyzed and defeated. So this was the power of the cleaver clan. Admiration only dug its roots deeper.<br/><br/>But the victory of battle was short-lived, Klause and Sera arrived at the worst moment.<br/><br/>"Klause! Sera! Don't get near it!"<br/><br/>Neither Juniper's nor Kuram's words got through to the leader and the archer on time, Juniper was just about to race toward her friends in hopes of doing anything to get them out of harm's way, but Kuram was already on it. The monster's arm was cut off, but he'd suffered an accidental injury in the process.  The monster was defeated.<br/><br/>Kuram made her way toward her, words barely leaving his lips before he toppled over and fell. His weight brought on the familiar sting from earlier, but she was far too worried about his well being to care. "I'm fine... you're not. We should get you to a hospital or something." She held onto him for a moment, concern written all over her face.  Had they not been through a life-and-death situation. This position they'd found themselves in would have left her flustered. "Kuram, do you think you can stand? We need to tend to your wounds."<br/><br/>It was around then, that Klause's strong arms wrapped around the fallen boy's waist. He hauled Kuram to his feet before having the slender boy sit on the grass. Klause hadn't been fond of the Cleaver boy when they first met but guilt was written all over his face. "You're going to be okay. We've got a first aid kit."<br/><br/>Klause and Sera worked in tandem to stop the worst of Kuram's bleeding and wrap up his wounds, and once that was done, they attended to Juniper. Nothing was broken, but  a dark and ugly bruise had spread across her torso where the tendons and dark flesh had hit.<br/><br/>"Thankfully," Klause exhaled. "It's nothing serious. You two should be alright."<br/><br/>"We weren't expecting to have a Break Beast in the area so soon," Sera added. "Apparently they're multiplying like rabbits in the spring. We just cleared the area yesterday." She shook her head. "This isn't good. Klause, we should get back to HQ and finish the rest of meeting."