A Study of the Hero
Cadmus
She wasn't particularly sure that it was wise to interrupt the soldiers, but the beast before her sounded like he was in a great deal of pain and she cringed at the thought of just sneaking by them without at least trying to help.
She looked around but didn't see any sticks to use as weapons, but she saw a few fair-sized rocks. Glancing back at the soldiers with their biting creatures hoisted high, she quickly reached down, picked up a rock, and let it fly. She was lucky – it caught one soldier's helmet and spun it around; he then stumbled and knocked into his brethren, and the squadron fought each other in a chaotic brawl before one had the sense to call for them to retreat.
All in all, it happened fairly quickly and then Sarah was left staring warily at a great beast tangled up in a trap – and the beast stared warily back, apparently unsure whether she was a rescuer or a particularly vicious scavenger.
Oro: This chapter's short, but I've much to do and little time with which to do it. I figured I could at least post one chapter today.
Hob: Something in this is public domain... something else is not...
Quill: And you can figure it out yourself!