Walrus hissed and she thwacked her spiked tail against the guard's side and reached out with her talons, scratching his under scales. She launched out of the water, hovering over the ocean. "What is wrong with you?" Walrus growled. "I'm not with the IceWing army!"
She paused for a moment.
"Is the queen alright?"
"Then what are you doing?" The guard hissed, wincing, noticing her bioluminescent scales, "We're all down there fighting. I don't know where or what Queen Koi is doing, but we are far and away crushing the IceWings. Animus or not, they aren't built for swimming."
"Look," Reva began as the SeaWing soldier dove back under the water, "we warned the Queen. The soldier alerted her, or they wouldn't have all been out here fighting. But I need to get back to Blackflower and Brightscales and tell them off this new threat." She appeared in front of Walrus for just a moment, "Where are you going to go?"
Koi slunk through a hallway, breathing heavily, sporting her typical blood shot eyes. She heard shouts and screams coming from up ahead. Koi picked the pace up, snatching a spear off the wall. A massive IceWing suddenly rounded the corner, charging towards her.
Enchant this spear to kill that IceWing! She thought quickly. The spear lurched from her talon and smashed into the IceWing, bouncing off harmlessly. It continued to clatter off of him and the IceWing caught it. The spear quickly reversed directions, throwing itself at Koi. The SeaWing Queen reached out to catch the spear, but it changed directions ever so slightly, shredding her talon. Koi shrieked and the spear fell to the ground.
The animus approached Koi with a grimace, trying to think of how he should have worded that last spell. Leif snatched the spear back and launched it at the Queen. Koi dodged it, her mangled talon dragging beside her. Her scales lit up and flashed randomly. Leif chuckled air bubbles and reached for the spear again, this time hitting Koi is the shoulder. The Queen shuddered. Leif smiled.
Kalmar had seen the IceWing leader slip into the palace. This was it. Their Queen was done for. But, in a way, that was a good thing. He couldn't defeat the Animus. He couldn't protect Koi. If it were any other Queen, he wouldn't have thought twice about saving her. But it was Koi and Koi needed to go. Kalmar shot through the water like a bullet, slamming the palace doors shut and getting a few other SeaWings to help move a large boulder in front of it. The water was tainted a deep blue. IceWing blood. Kalmar shivered and headed back to the battle scene.
As a last desperate effort, Koi whispered, "Enchant this room to keep the IceWing animus trapped, seal off all exit points and," Leif ripped the spear from her shoulder, "make it impossible for him to escape." The spear plunged into her chest, and she collapsed.
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