"I did call them small fry and never said anything about nothing else attacking us. I just wish it wasn't an over sized lizard," as he said the last part the lizard swung its tail at them. Phoenix pushed Aria out of the way however he was hit by the large tail causing him to fly and hit a wall, his hand losing the fire it had in it. "That really hurt," his voice came from the darkness as his fire reignited. "Aria just stay out of the way. I'll take care of this ugly thing." The lizard must not have enjoyed being called ugly because it ran at Phoenix, attempting to take him into its jaws as food. Phoenix kept dodging it though in a small area such as a cave, with his height, it was difficult.<br/><br/>Eventually he ended up tripping, again his fire giving light going out. In the dark the lizard attacked him, biting his whole right arm, ending up with the thing in its mouth. Phoenix let out a scream of pain before igniting his whole arm on fire and spreading it around inside the lizard. The cave became a lit from light coming from inside the lizard, increasing and increasing until the lizard became so full of the flames that it blew apart, the results landing on Phoenix and around him. Some of it landed right in front of Aria, just missing her. "Well now we should go," Phoenix stated simply as he stood up. He wiped some of the lizard off of him as he brought back his flames once more and started walking. This time he didn't grab her hand due to being covered in less than desirable stuff and because his left hand was the one used for the light this time. His right hung limply at his side, he hoping that with the lizards blood on him that Aria wouldn't notice his right shoulder hurt. While the lizard hadn't bitten all the way through, he had gotten into the arm deep enough to cause possibly serious injury.<br/><br/>As they walked and the pain throbbed in his arm, Phoenix had one thought<span style="font-style: italic">We really need to get there already</span>