[Josie_Arrikanez]

Aea was on the Serraptor's heels. The sound resonated like tittilating music in her highly atuned senses, causing her perceptions to race. What was it? Another creature? A human perhaps? Was it friendly or would they have need to fight once more? Than again, the sound could very well be concentrated wind forcing its way through a crevice, who knew? Behind her, she could hear the others. One had thrown himself in to the cavernous chamber whilst another spoke of things she could no longer percieve. They had already travelled too far down the corridor for the illumination of the world to reach them, thus through the inky black veil that surrounded them. Instinctively, she reached out to grab at her companion. It wouldn't do to get seperated in this labyrinth, after all. "Oy, you still there?"

[jojocoolo]

OOC: So sorry, I wasn't allowed on the computer for a while...

The three taigras watched the others as they fought, arrived, fought some more, and fell into the hole. Cloud had shifted, seeing if her wounds had healed enough to move. They had. She stood and walked stiffly over to Shadow. "We should go too." she said. Shadow looked up quickly, snapping to attention. He turned to Cloud and smiled. "Yes, we should." he said, turning to Raindrop. "Raindrop, pay attention! We need you to climb a palm tree and get some of those cracked coconut shells...the empty ones." he called. Raindrop lifted her head and looked up at the closest tree. Well, it's something to do. She shot forward and climbed the nearest one, her claws leaving ruts in the bark. She knocked down some empty shells, then jumped down after them. She pushed them to Shadow. He smiled at her and dipped each one into the water, letting them fill up. Some had fallen down with something vine-like. Good enough to act as a rope. Noticing they didn't have enough, Raindrop collected more and helped him tie the filled coconuts together. They kept a long piece to help them get back out of the hole, and turned to Cloud. "We're ready." he said with a smile, and they jumped into the hole, bringing the supplies.

[Gizmo]

Scarjaw heard the others jump down behind him.  More mouths to feed if we get lost, but they could come in handy if we encounter something hostile, he thought.  He kept running down the hall and eventually caught up with the two pets ahead of him.  "Dark enough for ya?" he asked the fenling.

[robopup24]

"Of course I am." Finite muttered as he peered down the strange hallways. Maybe exploring this place wasn't such a good idea, now that he thought of it...

The Serraptor breathed in the sandy air, picking up the scents of the others. Ah, so they decided to follow. That was the least of Finite's concerns right now. It was getting steadily darker and darker as they proceeded further and further.

If this had been a horror film, mummies would've popped out at them. But this wasn't a horror film...was it? Finite hoped not. Almost immediantly, he scorned himself. Mummies don't hide in dark corners and jump at you. Those were tales told by old wives to scare you...

Still, he couldn't help feel jumpy as he tried to see through the dark.

[Josie_Arrikanez]

That explanation was hardly substantial. Aea frowned, displeased with the entire thing. She was a desert dweller, was she not? Not some cold, dark, musty cave crawler. Without the ever present sun to sustain her seething confidence, the Fenling felt for the first time, in a long time, very small and very powerless to defeat her surroundings.

So disheartened by the dark, she rushed forwards towards the only voice she knew. Granted, this would sent her head first into the Serraptor's rump, but that wasn't the worst of what was down here. The worst were the dead things...

Oh gods no the dead things. Her eyes widened merely at the thought, but it did nothing to help her sight as she ran quite literally into a large something. Uncharacteristically she jumped back, bristling. "The hell?!"

[robopup24]

"What the-"

Finite spun around, claws ready to slice. He quickly trotted over to Aea's voice, fangs bared in a snarl. "Watch where you're going, will you-?" Before he could finish his sentance, something dead and calmmy slammed itself over his snout, cutting him off. The horrible something threw him onto the sand, smothering him with its sheer weight.

The putrid smell of decaying things suddenly filled the air as the Serraptor kicked his attacker off. Something still hung to his ankle though...holy shiz, was that an arm?!

[Josie_Arrikanez]

"Oh sh-" Her own voice trailed off, the putrid scent catching her senses. Oh gods no, please no. Aea's ears flattened to her skull as she backed away from the source. The Fenling's worst nightmare had been realized. They were being assaulted by grotesque corpses, or something dang well near close.

Before she was even capable of perceiving the idea to run, something seized her tails within a fierce grasp and hauled her from the earth. Panicking to the highest degree she wriggled, desperately scrabbling at the walls with her claws as she attempted escape. This was to no avail, and the assailant simply yanked her away from the ancient support. The momentum carried her onto the rotting tendons, where her claws continued shredding into the semi-solid substance. "Get away from me!!!"

[robopup24]

Crap. Mummies. Dark rooms. What's next?

"Aea!" Finite yowled as he fought off the undead attackers. Her cry seemed to rally up some sort of fighting spirit in the Serraptor as he sliced off some other corpse's head. "You stupid Fenling, can't you help yourself?" Before he could say anymore, another undead slammed into him, knocking him into a pit.

Well, at least it's not filled with any scorpions or anything like those movies. Finite thought as he ripped his attacker apart with his fangs. Dang, he tasted horrible!

Wait, what was that skittering sound...? Oh crap. "Speak of Xai're." Finite softly swore as the scorpions began to fill the pit.

[jojocoolo]

Shadow perked up, hearing alot of scuffling ahead. He froze, trying to figure out where the sound was comming from. Behind him, Raindrop and Cloud stopped, confused. "Shadow?" Cloud whispered to him. He turned quickly, startling the sisters. "Shhh. Can't you hear that? Where are the others? ...uh oh. I think that's them." he spoke in a rush, then turned and charged for the sound. He smelled the horrible stench before he heard the sounds. He heard the Fenling scream and ran towards her voice. Before he could get to her, he tripped over something. He felt it move and bristled, then relaxed a bit when he realized it was Finite. "What's going on?" he asked, scared for once. Behind him, Raindrop was putting her supplies onto Cloud. "You can't fight. You'd only get yourself killed." she whispered, and Cloud looked at her in surprise. "You're actually being mature, and you're keeping me from getting killed. You're growing up Raindrop, but that doesn't matter right now. They need your help."

[Jaden Wolf]

OOC: I know you're pretty far in, but this seems to be a great time to put in one of my pets ^-^

Tekk

Two glowing white spots appeared in the darkness, looking around. Behind it were some glowing marks, ones seen often in the basantha shrine. Temple marks. This was a temple pet, woken up by the sounds ahead of it. Suddenly it moved, running along the stone floor. With a mechanical growl, it tore through whatever was holding the fenling up. "You should not be here. This is a cursed place. I should not be here either, but you're lucky I am. You need as much help as possible to get through these tunnels." he said to her, his mechanical voice ringing through the suddenly silent chamber. The only other sound was the scuffling of a few scorpions. "I believe there is a hall ahead that is lit up enough to see." he said, a strange sense of urgency in his mechanical voice.

[Gizmo]

Scarjaw slapped a corpse's head off with his claws.  "Stupid zombies," he growled.  The serraptor spun around and sliced one in half with his foot.  He then jumped on the nearest scorpion and slammed it's head into the wall.  Scarjaw commenced to fight and taunt the attackers as he followed the fellox.

[robopup24]

Finite wasted no time scrambling to his claws and following the Fellox. He hesitated though as soon as he jumped out of the pit. "Oi! Aea! C'mon! We're over here! Follow the glowing light!" The Serraptor suddenly let out a blood-curling yowl as a scorpion managed to grab ahold of his tail. With a snarl, Finite whipped it off. "Stupid bug!"

[Josie_Arrikanez]

The Fenling writhed and struggled against the behemoth grasp of the hulking corpse that held to her. Keratin extensions of her digits scraped away at the decaying matter whilst ancient fingers sought tear her away from the undead. Both creatures seemed fit to be had for one another until, roused by the familiarity in Finite's audible emotion, Aea doubled back onto her own body and began rending the flesh away from the hand that held her. Taken aback by the renewed ferocity, it dropped the Fenling, recoiling. However, this was no showdown, and as soon as her paws met earth she ripped from that place and onto the heels of her companion. "Let's get out of here!!"

[Gizmo]

As Scarjaw ran after the fellox and the others, a corpse grabbed him and pulled him to the ground.  He clawed at the arm until it let go and tried to scramble to his feet.  Scarjaw was forced back down when a fairly large scorpion started lunging its venomous tail at him.  He crawled backwards, dodging the lethal barb as it sprung toward him.  The arachnid's giant weapon struck the floor of the tunnel, each time nearly missing Scarjaw.  When a quick flick of the scorpion's tail forced him to dive to the right, Scarjaw's path curved right into the wall.  He was trapped with a giant scorpion blocking his way.  Before the monster had a chance to strike, he went on the offensive and clawed it in the face with his foot.  This baught him time enough to jump on it and kill it.
But now Scarjaw had another problem.  The other pets were nowhere to be found.  He was alone in a tunnel full of undead and scorpions.

[Jaden Wolf]

Tekk looked over his shoulder and looked to see if the others were following. He wouldn't leave any behind. He thought they were all there when he remembered hearing two other female voices, and seeing a taigra. He also noticed that the other serraptor was gone. He stopped instantly and wheeled around. He scanned the darkness, and heard a small sound...the sound of a scorpion dying. "Wait here!" he shouted to the others. He wasn't trying to be commanding, he was just trying to make sure no one got hurt. He ran towards the sound and came face to face with the serraptor. "Are you alright?" he asked, as he looked down the pitch-black halls, trying to find the two females and the taigra.