Catra's ears jerk, straight up, as Adora's scream pierces the air. That is - that is her fault, and somehow this feels much worse than any of the marks her claws had ever left on Adora's skin.
"Go home!" She orders Adam, leaping off of him to scramble up the nearest tree. She doesn't look back to see if he listens; doesn't even glance over her shoulder to see if Melog's still cloaking him. Some trees are still in the process of falling, either made that way by She-ra's sword or the earthquakes shaking them loose, and she bounds across them; using them as the fastest path to cross the distance. It takes only seconds but feels like an age to make it to where the creature is bearing down on Adora, and Catra lands on its back, digging in deep with all fours and letting gravity drag her down what passes for the ridges of its spine as it rears back in pain.
Bark and sticky sap-like blood rise rapidly around the grooves her claws leave, and sliding turns to clinging for dear life as it slams its legs back down. Melog's magic disappears in a burst from the impact, leaving her flapping like a violent flag in the air for a moment before her body remembers gravity and she thunks back against the creature with a pained grunt.
That had better have been enough distraction for Adora to catch up, she hopes.
"Can't you see the eye?!" She complains, shouting it down to her from the incredible height. Said eye rolls, trying to locate her - before it decides again to take its pain and anger out on She-ra, who is a much more visible nuisance than the thing on its back. It swipes for her again, aiming to crush her against one of the fallen trees. It is much, much angrier now.
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"Go home!" She orders Adam, leaping off of him to scramble up the nearest tree. She doesn't look back to see if he listens; doesn't even glance over her shoulder to see if Melog's still cloaking him. Some trees are still in the process of falling, either made that way by She-ra's sword or the earthquakes shaking them loose, and she bounds across them; using them as the fastest path to cross the distance. It takes only seconds but feels like an age to make it to where the creature is bearing down on Adora, and Catra lands on its back, digging in deep with all fours and letting gravity drag her down what passes for the ridges of its spine as it rears back in pain.
Bark and sticky sap-like blood rise rapidly around the grooves her claws leave, and sliding turns to clinging for dear life as it slams its legs back down. Melog's magic disappears in a burst from the impact, leaving her flapping like a violent flag in the air for a moment before her body remembers gravity and she thunks back against the creature with a pained grunt.
That had better have been enough distraction for Adora to catch up, she hopes.
"Can't you see the eye?!" She complains, shouting it down to her from the incredible height. Said eye rolls, trying to locate her - before it decides again to take its pain and anger out on She-ra, who is a much more visible nuisance than the thing on its back. It swipes for her again, aiming to crush her against one of the fallen trees. It is much, much angrier now.