<hr/><div align="center"><em> Libby gains some footing.... or not... </em></div><hr/><br/>As soon as she notices the spikes doing damage to the creature she glances back toward Terry then to Zac for a brief moment. Her voice raised now as she continued to fight back. Lowering her shield for a split second she sheathed her sword and grasped at a spine that fell below. With a tumbling move she grabbed it and threw it at one of the Manticore attacking her. The spine landed square in its upper chest and neck area, where she watched as it stumbled a little and cried out in pain. Its claws dug at its own neck. The sharp pointed razors ripped at its flesh, sending a spray of blood across the ground and nearby shrubbery, as it tried to remove its own weapon from its body. Triumphant in taking one out, Libby nearly forgot about the other and it got off a good shot at her leg sending one straight through her shin and out the other side. Libby cried out in pain as the feeling of the venom seeped into her shin. The paralyzing affects didn't take long as she felt her leg go numb and wobbly. Her face paled and she grasped at another spine from the ground, but her leg fell out from under her and she landed on her bottom with an groan.<br/><br/><strong>"Zac... Terry.. the spines will poison and paralyze...... them..... just like it will.... us."</strong><br/><br/>After throwing the other spine toward the second  beast her aim was slightly off and it went flying into the forest behind him. She grumbled about missing, she hardly ever missed. Struggling she tried to stand back up and had little success in doing so. Instead she just unsheathed her sword and took on as much defense as she could muster now.