Zeref ran.  He couldn't do anything else.  It was the only instinct in his body -<span style="font-style: italic">run.  Run fast and hard.</span><br/><br/>He took hold of Janessa's outstretched hands, pulling her along with him.  He'd already seen the rest of their group become doomed to horrific deaths; he wasn't about to let the only one left perish in the same way.<br/><br/>His feet worked like pistons, hurling himself through the clearing, away from the hairy terror pursuing them... away from Tia immobilized on the tree trunk...<br/><br/>He knew he and Janessa had no chance of saving anyone.  They weren't properly armed, and there were just the two of them against who-knew-how-many spiders.  As they drew near the edge of the clearing, he screamed, "Back to the house!  If we get there quickly enough, we can get people together and come back to rescue everyone!"  It was an empty hope, perhaps... a larger party would only draw more spiders to the area, but he couldn't bear the thought of abandoning the others here to die.  Even running away made him feel as if he himself had killed every last one of them.