He smiled at the woman in front of him, not only one of the first people to be nice to him, but he was getting the feeling at least from her words an actions that she liked him. His heart skipped a beat when he realized he had his hand on her cheek and was less than an arms distance from her. He leaned in and tried to regain power over his lungs and breath.<br/><br/>Regret at doing so overwhelmed him. Blood and fire burned in his nose holes, the stench of death and smoke stung something primal in him. Taking his hand off her cheek and pushing him behind her he looked all around the area. Any skills he had from hunting he put to use. “Stay back, I think something is wrong.” He was trying to retrace steps. His thoughts swarmed to his group. The battle going on, were they behind it? No. He had to get to them. Try and help them get out, they would do the same for him. He hoped at least.<br/><br/><b>“We need to find Dorian and Blindfold.” </b>Not noticing that he was using the nick names he had given Y'vaste he cast a spell to make it so his bones didn't break as easily and took Twinkle form her mothers arms.<b>“Look out and make sure nothing happens to me while I'll make sure she is safe” </b>Putting the protection of these two was about the only thing he could think of.<br/><br/>Leading Sparkle to a darker over growth of leaves they walked closer to the battle and closer to where the rest of the group would be. The blood was... tasty. Foran wanted to think overwise but the Ramen inside of him hungered for bloodshed, the person, the shell, wanted peace and to be loved. These times called for a darker person however.<br/><br/>The things what were attacking looked to be ordered, they had a pack mentality he could use that to his advantage. They attacked like a pack and would react like one too, he hoped. Though this did bring up more questions.<br/><br/>Making sure both girls were safe, Twinkle still in his arms he was able to sneak away comparatively easily with all the sound and movement around him, the fire privileged good cover as it was hard to see past, the sound of death was enough to stop anyone from hearing his tapping of bone against wood.<br/><br/>His mind starting to roam around thought bombarded him. The troops were organized, that meant this was no raid, or some attack by beasts. They had a target then. Someone or something was in the town they wanted. What did this town have that was special, nothing. Not no one, his group had come into town the day this attack happened, seems like someone wanted them dead. Who did they want dead. Dorain could have made enemies, but this large? no. The ashen elf was an unknown it could very easily be her. Everyone else seemed to plain, he himself had a few owners he had not gotten along with, but they did not command armies. The cast on his arm was getting heavy with the weight of the little girl in his hands. He let her down for a second and they stopped to take a breath.<br/><br/>So it was either the girl named Dawn, or Blindfold. He grunted with he thought of the druid girl, She was also unknown, they knew only that she had never left that village, maybe that was so she would not be killed? Had she done something wrong and those towns people were her protectors? It seemed to farfetched. Maybe the invaders were after something, a hidden treasure in the city. Also farfetched.<br/><br/>He heard foot steps into the building and the clinking of metal on metal, A guard had been run through by a sword, the monster over top of him was smiling as if it were enjoying the kill, like a snake trying to finish off a bird who was trying to protect its eggs. Hiding Twinkles eyes and trying to suppress Sparkles Gasp he waited for the thing to leave. When it finally did he sighed and leaned back against the tree. The next path he would have to take was right into open space, they would be able to see him as he tried to cross it. He saw at one end a man with a gun firing off green bullets, or at least it looked like a man from the back and this far away. He was a leader or general of some sort. The thing walked away and out of battle range so Foran made a run for it. He was almost there, almost to the rest of the group.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>