(Only if there is absolutely no way out, in which case the story is over, anyway. It COULD be that only you are caged, or there is just a cage ABOVE us, but not around us. Who knows?
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<Worry about it later. Fight Controllers now!> I knew that there wasn't any time to help the strange guy, and he'd be dead anyway, if we lost, so I returned to the action...
to find myself surrounded by three Hork-Bajir. Great.
I faked a move toward the farthest one, then dove past him as he moved to intercept me. He gashed my spine, but I managed to take his legs out from under him. In a flash, I had him by the windpipe. I tore it out and turned back to the other two, watching them from five yards away.
<Do you REALLY want to mess with me, fella'?> I asked the one in front of me. He lunged at me, and I flipped to my back, kicking and slashing, using his momentum to send him flying backward over my head.
<WRONG ANSWER!! What about you, Yeerk?>
Something clocked me from behind, leaving me dizzy. The Hork-Bajir was moving to slash me, and I barely missed getting my head taken off. I leapt away with a nasty hole in my shoulder. Well, that paw would be useless until I could demorph. Phooey. And ouch.
<Leah and Edward! Are you guys okay?>
(Bedtime for Esty. G'night, all!)