Aria nodded and kept pace with Yerbol as they traversed through the dense foliage. They kept to the path in the hopes of avoiding any encounters with the rather vocal wildlife, so that the pair could maintain their focus on searching for further clues. 

Most of the sounds were just ambience, herbivorous creatures that didn't sound all that threatening, so Aria tuned it out and ignored the sounds. Until the roaring started. She grunted, crashing abruptly into the Jedi Knight's arm as he stopped her. 
"That sounds like it's coming from something dangerous..." she muttered warily in agreement, her pulse quickening as she trampled on to keep up with him.

A startled yelp left Aria's mouth as the chilled air cut through them. Her eyes watered against the breeze and she had to squint to try and see through the tears. She couldn't grab her sabers in time to stop the creature hitting Yerbol the first time, but she leapt forward and jabbed one saber blade towards the strange humanoid hoping to distract its attention from the Knight long enough for him to recover.  

Aria dropped back as Yerbol found his footing again and let him press forward. Sith she may have been, but Aria wasn't stupid. She knew Yerbol was stronger than her and had the better chance of standing his ground against this thing. She paced back and forth, her weight switching from one foot to the other and sabers poised to strike as she waited for a necessary opening.

The creature shrieked in agony and dropped onto its legs. Gasping, the Sith acolyte lunged forward to try and intercept it. She had seen it in its eyes before its head even began to tilt back. 
"Kill it, quickly before-!" she began to shout at Yerbol, but was cut off by the piercing howl it emitted and the chorus that answered it. 

"Oh, [i]kark[/i]." Aria snarled, breaking into a sprint towards the ominous structure.  She didn't need to be told twice, they didn't want to be loitering around when this thing'so friends showed up. They were a few feet from the temple when the pack of reinforcements caught up to the pair; then it was all adrenaline and straining for the next breath with the icy air creeping up on them and the beasts baying at their heels with every stride they took. Like the tombs on Korriban all over again, except these were no Tuk'ata or Shyrack, and there were no small openings into side chambers to crawl into where they could wait it out until the creatures got bored of waiting for them to come out again.

Darting through the temple entryway, Aria dug in her heels and spun around to face their pursuers. Yerbol was close behind her and as he passed she managed to shout out a warning. "Block your ears!" 
She had little time to wait or repeat it, if he hadn't heard her warning then that was his problem. She would rather momentarily deafen him than have them both eviscerated at the claws of these ice-breathed demons. Once Yerbol was clear of the entrance and the pack advanced towards them, under the illusion that their prey was now cornered and helpless, the acolyte planted her feet and lunged forward a few inches. Her lips parted to let loose a bone-jarring scream that sent the pack of beasts shrieking in agony and terror as they stumbled over one another to retreat from the rippling shockwaves.

They yelped pitifully and paced in the treeline for a few more moments before the pack collectively decided to abandon their quarry for fear of Aria screeching at them again. Turning to face Yerbol, Aria tried to smile through her gasps for breath. Her heart was pounding against her ribs and her sides ached from the mad dash they had made into the temple. "That should...hold them off for a while...! S-sorry if your...ears're ringing..."