They rushed down the small hill as quickly as silence would allow, although the beast was clearly already more than alerted to their presence. They positioned themselves so that the beast couldn't possibly attack them both at the same time, allowing whichever one wasn't attacked to ambush the monster from behind.
Had they thought it through fully, they would have realised it was quite obvious that the beast would attack Kai, the bearer of the artifact. And so it was, as they stood there waiting in the jungle heat, sweat pouring down their backs and face; that the creature leaped out from the blackness, straight towards Kai.
The sudden attack almost ended him right there and then, but Kai managed to dodge the lunge at the very last possible moment, ducking beneath the lashing claws streaking towards his face.
