<span style="font-style: italic">(( Sorry for my absence, my net connection was down in the past two days. My luck in my last post I was going to sleep.  <img alt="8O" src="./images/smilies/icon_eek.gif" title="Shocked"/> ))</span><br/><br/>After a couple of hours the gryphon spent in relatively peaceful slumber - which he couldn't afford for a very long time - suddenly he heard something that was loud enough to catch his attention. He opened his eyes but didn't move, and sniffed into the air, picking up an unknown scent. Well, not completely unknown but he was sure it wasn't one of the fellow rebels. He didn't see anything, and as much as he heard it, the intruder was behind him. He decided to wait for another moment, but that already prooved too long. Before he could have realized what's going on, the intruder jumped to him, drifting it's claws between the feathers. The griffon snarled loudly and cursed himself for being so stupid, while he was trying to overpower his attacker. By a powerful flap of his wings he managed to sweep it off his back and after a rather fast spin he found the creature in the front of him. His eyes widened in surprise, seeing a young lizard. A lizard he saw before, an assassin that served the king! So he WAS followed! The avian's eyes quickly narrowed and he pounced upon the creature, his claws hit it's head and it collapsed unconsciously. The gryphon growled and stepped closer. He wanted revenge for the wound he got from a sneaking little worm. After making his mind up he easily grabbed the lizard's torso, placing it's head into his maw, then tossed the little body into the air and gulped down the scaly form. His stomach churned in satisfaction, but his back was still burning from the pain. He looked around quickly for the healer when he realised that she must have left to war as well. And they left him here! He chirped loudly and by two powerful flaps he took off to head to the battlefield, to aid his fellow warriors and to have his revenge on the king.