Altair was caught between a rock and a hard place. On one hand the rest of his crew would b safe for a while but had the threat of the lizardmen. On the other hand Lance could easily piss off the War Mistress and get himself killed. Taking a gamble he figured Lance had less time to play with than the others. Rising to his feet stumbling a little he wrapped an arm around Dalaena. He had one shot at this one false move and it was over for him. Focusing on his target it took all his concentration and everything else was blocked out. His legs tensed and he jumped up into a tree right to the top branch. The lizardmen noticed their prey getting away and started climbing the tree rapidly. It was taking Altair longer than normal to make the second leap and the lizards were getting closer.<br/><br/>With a loud grunt he was back in the air making the long jump to the ship but he realized before they started to descend that he didn't put enough into it. They were about a yard or two short of getting to the door. Letting go of Dalaena he pushed her towards the door. "Move now!" She didn't have time to worry about him and he wanted to make sure of that. It wasn't taking long for the lizards to react and run after them. Altair was just getting up as they closed the distance. Hobbling to the door he slammed his palm on the manual opening button and pushed Dalaena in throwing himself in after her. But he didn't have time to waste yet one lucky lizardman got on hand around Altair's ankle and was starting to drag him back out. It was fight or flight and with a loud yell he gripped the edges of the door and slammed it shut cutting off the arm completely. Altair didn't have time to see the cut off arm squirm around still attached to his leg because he passed out.