Izumi stared at the large building in the distance and then looked over at the girl who was looking behind them. That was a recipe for disaster. "Lets go! That thing will catch up to us!" Izumi took the lead and kept the girls hand in his. He didn't seem to realize it for whatever reason. The only thing running through his mind right now, was that he wanted to live long enough to say thank you to this girl when they got to safety.

Autumn felt the boy gran her hand once more and tug her after him as he ran. "B-But.." She started to protest, glancing behind them again. A bad mistake. She wasn't watching where she was putting her feet and her right foot got caught on a root sticking out of the soil and down to the ground she went, letting out a small cry on the decent as her hand was ripped out of the boys. She lay there for a few seconds, dazed before pushing herself up into a seated position. She hissed as a pain in her ankle made itself known. Already the skin was swelling and turning a nasty purple color. She tried to rise and put weight on it but it turned under her and back down she went, letting out a small cry.

Bristlebane groaned, of course it breathed fire, it couldn't just happen to be chimera that couldn't breath fire could it? And it seemed the snake also seemed to be able to breathe some strange sort of poisen that withered the nearby vegatation even as he watched. Oh gawd that thing was loud, and moving, fast. Bristlebane nearly tripped over one of the many roots spread throughout the jungle turning to face foward. He picked up his pace quickly and agily covered the ground between him and the castle. Out of the corner of his eye he saw several other poeple also sprinting away from the Chimera but ignored in favor of keeping his footing. At this rate unless the Chimera did something unexpected he should make it to the castle before the beasty did. He grinned down at Cas, "Real as that castle over there, I hope so anyway cause if not then we're real trouble. Keep looking back there and tell me if it starts to catch up would ya?" he asked keeping up his blisteringly fast pace.

"Ah, good call! I've got a weapon myself. If you'd like, I could give you a crash course on weaponry sometime." He says, feeling like a casual conversation would keep him from messing up along the way. So far, he'd been doing pretty good in terms of avoiding any stray roots or branches that could prevent him from making a clean getaway from the chimera. "Man, of all the things to be chased by, it just has to be a chimera. In a jungle, of all places!" Ven states.

Izumi made sure the girl stuck behind him. Suddenly he didn't feel her hand anymore, he stopped immediately and looked back. She was struggling to get back on her feet and go straight into running. Izumi knew he had to give her some kind of support so they could get to safety. He ran back to help the girl up. "Lean on me, I can hold you up." Izumi quickly looked back towards the beast, he was slightly confused to see another boy messing with the Chimera. As soon as fire escaped its mouth Izumi knew they had to get out of there. Izumi's adrenaline was really starting to get the best of him now. For whatever reason, he was driven to sweep the girl off of her feet and make sure she was locked in. She seemed to be weightless to him. He began to run as fast as he could, making sure he knew where his feet were landing so he wouldn't trip and fall. If he saw that boy again, it would be the second person he would have to thank in less than a few minutes.

"Lean on me, I can hold you up." Autumn glanced up in surprise at the boy. Why had he come back? He could have ran on ahead and made it safety. She followed the boys line of sight and saw that another boy had arrived and seemed to be trying to fight the beast. She gasped, fearing for his life. He couldn't take on a full-grown Chimera! She squeaked, feeling herself suddenly lifted into the air as the boy scooped her up and take off running. She wrapped her arms around his neck, a light blush on her cheeks as she was jostled from how fast he was running. She looked over his shoulder in time for the boy who had been dancing with the Chimera turned and ran for his life. Glad that he had finally saw sense Autumn faced forward, seeing they were approaching the castle. They arrived and Autumn looked up at the large structure. The gate was shut tightly and there did not seem to be a way in. Her eyes caught on a dark shape that was lighter than the darkness around it. She gasped, pointing. "There's someone up there!"

"Oh, would you? That would be wonderful, Ven. I've got seventeen older brothers so they all tried to teach me some things, but they've decided that I'm too small to use a crossbow, not strong enough to draw any sort of regular bow, and a little too squeamish to use a knife. I'm halfway decent with a sling but my brothers don't approve of it." She giggled a little crazily at his next comment. "I've read about chimeras. But I thought they were typically found in dry climates, like tundras and deserts and plains. Usually deserts, but there's been at least a couple of ice chimeras terrorizing the northern villages over the past thousand years. I've never heard of one in a jungle before though."