Sunny whimpers through the gag in his mouth at the blow to the back of his head. Unfortunately, Vincent and Dawn's protests are too muffled by the sacks for Bog to hear over the bubbling stream next to the bush they're hiding under.
He had been so happy to see the goblin king that he called out without thinking. Of course, he wouldn't be able to see them despite being right over them. That's why those two had the squirrel hide under the bush when they heard his wings approaching. They were already jumpy from hearing the sound of a horn and from what Sunny can see of both of them now, hearing Bog sound the horn again is unraveling whatever bravery they have left. Especially since he isn't moving from his spot above them.
"This is bad, Alexander," Rufus mutters.
"Just keep quiet. He'll go soon enough once he realizes that no one is here," Alexander assures, his darting eyes betraying his unease.
"Why don't we just leave them here? We're already deep in the goblins' territory and that map Roland gave shows that the castle is only a short distance away," Rufus mentions.
"True," Alexander hums. "Plus, if we are caught before we can return to the Light Field palace with the others then we can say that we were following the goblins to try and rescue Vincent but once we saw them kill him, we returned to get help to avenge him."
Sunny struggles harder against the ropes binding him as he hears the sound of a blade being unsheathed. They may have tied a pretty good knot but he almost had it undone before he had seen Bog. Just a little more...
"Now, now, little weak prince, time to join your weak mother," Alexander coos, grabbing the sack and poising his dagger to strike.
"The only weakling I see here is you," Stuff growls.
Sunny blinks as he looks up to see figures approaching the bush, barely having a second to notice them before everything goes crazy. The squirrel panics and runs from the bush with its forced passengers as several goblins pounce on the two fairies. He doesn't hear the brief struggle or Alexander screaming in pain as his wing is broken in the fight. All Sunny can hear is his own muffled screaming along with Vincent's and Dawn's as the scared animal starts bucking wildly.
Bog is quick to catch and soothe the frightened squirrel before slicing the loose ropes on Sunny. The elf gratefully slides off the squirrel and onto the ground before removing the gag from his mouth. He barely notices as the sprite prince soon joins his side, Vincent's antennas drooping and looking paler than he should.
"You're my new best friend, BK," Sunny mumbles groggily, holding his head in an effort to get the ground to stay still.
"Hey! That's my title, Sunny!" Dawn protests.
"Don't open that sack!"