Strike Team

Jesse actually starts talking sense and we head to find the rest of the group before talking more with the skulls or heading into the green building. He is overly excited and heads off toward the barn in a dead run. I sadly don't fly that fast - and I am tired. It has been a long day and this Western way of rush, rush, rush without taking time to calmly ponder the situation and decide on the best method. I keep plugging along and I hear Jesse shouting about do I have rose wafers. I already used what I had, and I tell him that. Since he is obviously in need, I veer towards the barn to see if I can find either Lee Chung or some rose wafers somewhere. As I get closer, I can see a slime trail of dead and dying vegetation. It is like someone who is exuding death is just walking around and not thinking about the environment or the necessary balance of the world. I decide that perching on the corner edge of the bunkhouse and being above the coming confrontation would be the best place. As I am settling into place, I cast my gravity bow spell in order to do more damage to that armored thing. I draw back to strike my first blow and my bow string actually breaks. Apparently, it has been working even harder than me today. I calmly take out another bowstring and begin putting in correctly while watching what is happening below. It kinda looks familiar, but I keep my concentration on the job at hand - restringing my bow because it must be done carefully and with great precision so that it can help me in the coming battle.
 
I focus on my chosen target, aligning my energies and accepting that balance is necessary for the world to work in harmony. This enemy is not natural and therefore must be removed from the world. I take a deep breath and release the arrow and it hits and causes the enemy to stagger. It then looks up at me and while not exactly fear - it isn't anger either. It throws the weapon that it is holding, and it manages to hit the arm that I use to hold my bow. It stings some and causes me to drop my bow which lands on the enemy. It responds by yelling, dropping to all fours, and running due west. Not what I expected to happen at all.
 
I fly down and grab my bow and then go back to the roof and fire again at the fleeing monster. It is an abomination and should be removed from the world. I hit solidly and then it stops glowing: the horns, the armor, everything. I can't see it anymore and Xifeng is too far away to be able to assist me in hunting it down. It was going due west so I can hopefully determine where it is and get in another shot, though I have no clue whether I will hit or not. Perhaps the darkness is limited in some way or maybe it will begin to dissipate. Then on the other side I see the creature emerge, still heading west. I prepare the next shot. I can see that I hit it this time and then I see a glowing neon green ball of energy heading towards me. I drop to the roof and it flies over my head. I stand back up and shoot another arrow at the creature, but the arrow flies past it without hitting. I must find my balance again and focus. I need to kill this abomination. I take a steadying breath and fire with great purpose. I hit and it responds with another ball of neon green energy. I drop to the roof again and it flies over my head.
 
I see Xifeng swoop in and do an attack and then veer off suddenly. I know that she was coming in from behind and she should have been able to draw blood, but I don't think she did. I wonder if there is some shield spell in place? Then Bart is grappling the sheep to the ground and I can't get a clear shot. The rest of the team manages to capture the last of the demons and all is quiet. Why do I have a strong sense of doom?
 
 
 
Xifeng's journal
 
Cow must die. Cow is not good, I keep flying after cow and take my steel sharp talons to it over and over. It runs from me as it knows that I am mighty hunter. I strike again and again. Then a wild gust of wind - where could that have come from - swoops me a few feet away from my target and I miss one round. How does it run so fast? I fly faster than an arrow and catch up and slash at its eyes. I strike it again and it dies!! Now I head back to my mistress to see what trouble she has found.