"Rumble!" Corra shouted for me, making a lunge to help me.
A long tail whipped at her, knocking her right out of the air.
Jaws snapped at me, instinctively I threw up an arm to shield myself.
A yelp of pain escaped my mouth as the jaws clamped around my arm and I was thrashed back and forth.
I clawed at the attacker with my free paw, getting thrown across the room and bouncing off a stack of crates.
Corra ran up to me once she had gotten on her pedes and helped me up. "Are you alright?" She asked.
Before I could answer, my optics caught the attacker lunging at us.
"Watch it!" I shouted, pulling her into a roll to safety.
I ended up on my back, skidding to a stop with Corra now standing over me.
The attacker slid into another stack of crates, howling in anger as the crates crashed and banged around.
Corra quickly got off of me. "They're fast." She says nervously.
I jumped up, facing the threat. I instantly froze.
It was one of the creatures from the lab. It screeched and lunged at me, ready to kill.
I barely managed to duck to the side in time.
Corra followed my moves. She was never much of a fighter, hating the field and the death that came with fighting. She knew how to defend herself but always doubted her talent.
As the creature quickly recovered and looked to us, I held up a wing to guard Corra from its sight.
It snarled and crouched, getting ready to attack once more.
Corra looked around frantically before lifting one of the heavier storage boxes and throwing it at the creature's helm and grabbing my paw, bolting out.
We ran full speed out to the Hall, but in a split second the creature suddenly appeared in front of us, whipping it's long tail at us.
Bravely, and to my surprise, Corra put herself in the way of the tail.
It coiled around her arm, the creature quickly turning to throw Corra down the Hall.
I took an opening and struck at the creature with my own tail blade.
For a fraction of a second, the creature flashed a bright blue glow, my tail blade merely scratching the wall and dropping to the floor.
It then landed a hard hit to my side, sending my tumbling back into the storage room.
How did I miss? I had everything right, the aim, the speed, the timing.
There was no way It could have seen me, reacted that fast, and had time to move out of the way.
It wasn't possible. It just wasn't.
Corra got back up, the creature between her and I, but I could see she wanted to get to me.
I signaled her to keep her distance, rapidly glancing around in desperate search of a weapon.
As luck would have it, one of the crates that had been knocked over was full of blasters.
The creature screeched and darted at me, but this time I was ready.
I leapt towards the broken crate, snatching a blaster and opening fire on the creature.
Shockingly, every shot missed.
The creature's blue glow returned, lingering for a few seconds as It dodged around each shot.
It moved at speeds so fast, It nearly became invisible.
I stared at the beast, stunned by Its shocking speed.
The glow faded as It whipped Its tail, the blade slicing the blaster in half.
Corra's faceplates filled with fear but she attempted to attack the beast from behind, successfully as It was focused on me.
She landed what would normally be a deadly bite to the neck, but the creature barely reacted.
It's armor was merely scratched but It took notice of the attack, howling and swiping at her, sending her flying into another stack of boxes.
While It was distracted, I thrust my tail blade up, aiming between the plates of armor.
A horrible scream of pain shattered my audio receptors as the creature reared up on Its hind legs.
I tried to yank my tail blade back, but it was lodged tight.
The creature struck out with Its claws, severing my tail just below the blade.
I thought I knew what pain was. An agonized cry shot out of me, my form overrun by fiery pain.
Corra stumbled to an upright position and tried scratching at the creature.
It snarled at her, moving to catch her in Its jaws.
This is where things get... Complicated.
It was like time just slowed way down, Corra and the creature almost frozen in place.
I lunged forward, moving at almost normal speed, hooking the creature with my claws and yanking hard.
Things went back to normal, the creature collapsing to the ground with my claws around Its throat.
I froze, taken aback by what had just happened. I had just jumped across the room in less then a second.
A sharp screech reminded me of my position. I looked down, seeing my severed tail blade still embedded in Its throat.
Instinctively I struck the blade, thrusting it deeper into the creature's throat.
It yelped and jolted before falling limp, laying dead on the floor.
Corra panted and looked at me. "Are you ok?" She asked, looking more worried about me than herself.
I stood still, a mixture of shock and pain keeping me locked in place. I'm not even sure I blinked for almost a solid minute.
"Define 'ok'..." I finally managed to speak, still staring blankly.
She frowned and took my paw, leading my back to the medical bay.
"I could've lost you Rumble." She says as we approached the bay where the medic was holding down a struggling Phoenix.
"Phoenix..." I mumbled, making my way over to her. The femme gave up and panted, slowly laying her helm down but not fixing the awkward position she was in.
As I reached her bed I started to hug her, sort of collapsing halfway.
Obviously she didn't see me the first time cause when I touched her, she jumped and snarled, the medic holding her down again.
Corra protectively pulled me away from her. When Phoenix saw it was me, her faceplates filled with fear. Her nightmare nearly came true.
"Phoenix...?" I stood there, held up by Corra, just plain stunned.
If Corra hadn't been quick enough, Phoenix could have just taken my optic out.
I knew Phoenix wouldn't hurt me, but this rage thing was becoming a problem. A big problem.
What if she did lose control? What if she hurt someone?
The femme looked at me, seeming shocked at herself. The medic slowly took his weight off of her.
She started having what I believe human call a 'panic attack'. Her systems were hyperventilating and she dashed off, sliding on her faceplates for a few strides due to her being unable to maintain her balance.
"Phoenix, wait!" I called to her, trying to follow her.
Corra stopped me. "Rumble, your injured!" She says.
"So is she!" I argued.
Corra frowned. "Rumble." She tried to argue back. Phoenix had disappeared down the hall.
"Then you go after her!" I responded, accepting that I would never be able to catch up to her in this state.
She vented and nodded. "Very well." She started walking off.
All I could do was rest and wait for Phoenix to get back. Why did I have to react like that?
I climbed onto a bed, falling into a comfortable position and exhaling heavily.
What a day...
And it was just getting started.