[b]after carefully dodging the first two slashed I grab the serpents tail on the third, driving my nail (sword) into its upper back and flinging it away from me with immense strength, as I do I grab the handle of my nail and hold on tight, slicing the serpents lower section into two right down the middle, though not high enough to kill instantly[/b] [u]again I speak, mouthlessly, the voice ringing through the immediate arena and partially audible on the surface[/u] With every step a pandemic....... [b]the lifeblood wings again form on my back while underwater, I the jet upwards out of the water, landing on the boy as the lifeblood absorbs back into me[/b] It will be here soon....be ready.....