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Leon was obviously disappointed by the lack of damage his hit did. It seemed like he was trying to... cut a river? Of course! Leon threw the dagger directly at the spawn like an expert and then took his cloak off, setting his sword on the ground. Luckily, there was a rather large rock that was only about 35 pounds, light to Leon, that was the right size. He lifted the rock out of the ground, and placed it in his splayed cloak. He then gathered the edges of his cloak and effectively made a flexible club. "[Blade! Try blunt weapons! A splash does more to water and ice than a slice does!]" he shouted to Blade who was on the other side of the spawn. He hoped desperately that this spawn had no idea how to interpret ibixian. He hefted his cloak-rock over his shoulder and waited for a moment to see if he would be given the order to attack again, or if it would be assumed.

"What the fu..." He bit off the rest of his curse, staring as the rest of the party began its attack.

"How the bloody hell can it move so damn fast..."he muttered.

The command for freezing it was shouted by the Leader, just as the New Guy threw his dagger at the spawn...

...his dagger...at the spawn...HIS DAGGER!

"MY DAGGER! You...you! That! SON OF A"

Rushing forward just as the wolf summon thing began howling and doing...something, he skidded past the spawn, raising his Sock Rock.

"You have something of mine of great importance mister spawn! Sure, you didn't really take it from me, but damn it I want it back."

He swung the sock, missing the spawn as it dodged, using that crazy speed it possessed.

"Oi, running away? GET YOUR a** BACK HERE."

A icy wind filled the area, causing not only himself, but the spawn to shiver to.

"Hey, what gives?"

The wolf thing began to attack, snapping at the spawn's legs while the bloody thing attempted to evade it while dealing with the sudden change in temperature.

"Hey, careful what your biting there! My dagger is in there somewhere! That thing is actually important to me and I would appreciate it if you didn't leave any bite marks on it. Thanks in advance!."

He hung back this time. Like hell he was going to interfere with a giant wolf summons battle with a spawn. He only wished he had popcorn or some treat like that right now...

"Falconer, don't worry, I'll get your knife back. Don't worry so much!" Leon yelled as he caught the view from Blade. It was surprising, and was even more shocked that she didn't fall or even show signs of pain. "s**t" he mumbled to himself as he sprinted forward, swinging his rock-cloak with considerable speed. He skidded downward on the ice expertly as he finally swung at another of the spawn's legs, hoping that the removal of the other one would slow it down. If this connected, the leg would probably be ripped off. At this time, Leon was incredibly glad that he wasn't affected by cold almost at all, though he could feel the sudden drop in temperature. As he reached the blood spill he slammed his arm with the root into the ground which then attached itself to the ice instead of him. Within a second it had absorbed all of the water and was stretching into the spawn's severed leg. In that second, Leon grew another root on his arm. His own energy levels were shrinking in order to keep these things alive in this cold, but it was worth it. If it saved these people and got rid of a spawn, then it was worth it.

Silver couldn't help wincing when Blade yelled at her. "I'm sorry..." she whispered weakly, "I can't really control it once I've summoned it..." The after effect of summoning this creature was going to be bad, she could tell. She was already beginning to tire, which wasn't a good sign. Please, hurry... she thought desperately.

He had been here too long. His fili was not strong enough to withstand him staying much longer. Yanking hard on the leg in his mouth to hopefully rip the gap open further and deeper wound this spawn, he released it long enough to adjust his position to leap on the creature's back, spreading his fangs to sink them into the back of its neck and immobilize it...he hoped. This monster was harder to defeat than anything he had ever faced.

Blade knew that this was too good to be true- something else had to happen! Never, in all of the experience that she had in fighting spawn, had she seen one take so much damage. Could it be, that...? She ignored her thoughts, focusing her power on the spawn itself. The shadows in the premises twisted and bent, as if trying to rip themselves out into the light. The leg was that had been torn off began to dissolve and move back to its owner, only to be disintegrated by Doina's fire spell. The water spawn screeched, loud enough for Blade's ear drums to vibrate and cause her to go deaf for a few seconds. However, even as the water spawn moved to skid across the ground, stone spikes suddenly shot out from the earthen ground. It was caught, however, Blade knew that that dirt would do little to keep it trapped for more than a few seconds.

'{Alright then.}'

'{Let us?}'

'{Just try not to kill me. I'd appreciate it.}'

Blade stabbed her sword into the ground in front of her and closed her eyes. Claws of ebony crept out from her shadow, nibbling idly at her heels before shivering over her skin and moving up the rest of her body. She tilted her chin upwards just as the black reached her neck, moving past it and over her face. Her skin was now pure black, as if she had born in the far southern plains that laid in the continent just below Pangaea, separated only by the sea. Then the black on her skin shuddered, black magic curling off from her body in a dark, barely shimmering smoke. The dress she was wearing shifted around her, guided about by an invisible breeze. Her eyes, now open and only her pupil showing, locked onto the water spawn. Now her skin was a pure pitch-black, making her look more like some sort of an entity than a human. Her feet floated just barely above the ground, a symbol forming through the frost underneath her. Blade took in a deep breath and then released it, mucky fog shooting out from between her lips. The fog shot over to the water spawn, twisting around before a barely visible form appeared in the middle of the fog. It lifted up what looked like an arm and then slammed it down, the misty aura surrounding it following its movements and smashing into the water spawn. It wasn't enough to kill it, Blade knew that, but it sure as hell would do something... or at least she hoped it would....

Just before the black hand came down on the beast the spawn's legs curled up like a dead spider, beady eyes flickering over to the magical-casting group not too far away. Water appeared out of no where and hurled out like massive whips just as the shadow hand fell upon it, crashing into the surrounding houses and buildings.

"Use everything!" Blade ordered as loudly as she could, her voice echoing unusually. She ducked down just as a wall of water soared above her, droplets stinging at her skin. She moved to get up but stopped, remaining in her crouched position as her eerily empty eyes stared out at what was happening in front of her. Now... it wasn't just a quest to kill the water spawn, they had to do it- Blade didn't know how sturdy that church was. And, unless this town had some sort of extreme protection spells that could fend off the water spawn's current attack that was turning the area around them into rubble... Blade didn't want to see a place so beautiful as this destroyed. She'd seen it too many times. They had to kill it now- for the people that lived here.

{{Hope that keeps ya'll busy....}}

It seemed as if, for a moment, that there was the possibility that they all might make it out of the battle alive. The spawn was screaming, although Blade wasn't sure if it was out of irritation or out of pain, as Silver's summon's teeth sank into its neck. She took in a deep breath, trying to focus her energy in the case of another possible attack. And then... a scream.

'

She didn't want to move- she really shouldn't at all. All of the people who had weapons and could fend for themselves had moved off to face against the spawn. She couldn't move, even as the kid was being carried off by a wave of water. He was lucky that he hadn't died when the wave had crashed into him, but if he wasn't plucked out soon he was going to die. Blade forced herself up onto her feet, stretching an arm out. Black vines whipped out, transforming into a massive hand. The hand opened itself out and messily tried to grab onto the boy. But the body of water was moving too fast and ripped through her shadow arm. Blade gritted her teeth in pain, flinching before she forced my energy through her arm and into the extension she'd created. Hopefully the kid would have enough sense to grab onto the shadow, else he'd most likely be smashed.

"Grab it you stupid-" she cut herself off, reminding herself that now was not the time to be screaming insults at her teammates. Or burden, whatever fit better. Blade's senses flickered back over to the spawn and her surroundings, ducking down again as she realized that another powerful arm of water just few inches away from her head. The veil she had clipped to her hair was ripped out, leaving her body in curling black smoke and vanishing into the liquid.

Snarling around the flesh of the water spawn in his mouth, his eyes seemed to glow ever brighter. If someone was listening closely, they would hear him speak in the ancient language, "Saria'varu." The air seemed to get even colder, and the strong winds of the mountains came down. Carried on the powerful gales were shards of ice, sharp as daggers. They avoided the companions of his fili, and came towards him and the beast he held in his jaws. They passed right through him, instead launching themselves into the flesh of the spawn, even as the arctic air he summoned began to freeze and shatter the blood of the spawn.

Silver wavered on her feet. She didn't have much time left. Her eyes darted around slightly, and she saw that many of the elves who had stayed at home that night were opening their windows. Those who knew magic were casting freeze spells, obviously trying to defend their village from this monster. Unable to help it, a soft breath of relief left her. "Please... Let this finish soon..." she whispered.

{{Be wary about how much you say you do to the spawn, Eva and Mental. I know that I sound like a b***h by bothering you so much about it, but the Tidal role play has closed before due to someone controlling the spawn.

Also, the giant water typhoon thingies are like... destroying houses, so there's going to be a lot of debris. =3=

Also, I edited my post. xD}}

As the chilled air rippled through it the water spawn struggled, legs flailing wildly. The ice shards stabbed into the protective armor but did not break it, only serving to create more cracks. Then, Doina's spire came crashing down. All of the damage that the spawn had taken around its protective core was shattered- it sounded almost like glass. The pointed front of it stabbed strait through and a high-pitched, almost female-like scream ripped through the air. Blade herself was still focused on trying to catch the kid, up until the arms of water suddenly died, leaving Falconer to a possibly messy fall. The spawn's legs flailed wildly before it suddenly went limp. Blade watched, eyes wide, as it twitched, eyes rolling around before locking onto her. The giant arm of black she'd created faded away, falling to the earth and draining itself through the dirt. The spawn remained unmoving, eyes still staring at her.

"<...Good-bye.>" Feritae whispered, blinking slowly before the spawn's head went limp. Its entire body began to crack, legs shriveling up. Then the body broke apart by the cracks before melting and fading away into the earth. Mist rose up from the spot where it had been, swirling around before it drifted off. Blade stepped over to where the mist was heading before she turned to look at Silver. They had just won. They had just ******** won and done what had been considered the impossible- they had killed the water spawn! But Blade felt no victory, instead, the hollow hole that had building up inside of her heart seemed to take another bite and make a larger hole to bleed through. "" Her voice drew off as the sound of beating wings drew her attention. Big wings. Blade's eyes moved slowly, almost unwillingly, as an alarm sounded off inside of her head. The sound of clicking talons seemed to be amplified and she turned in the direction of where it was coming from. There was a bird. Giant, beautiful, and absolutely majestic.

It was the wind spawn.

Its wings ruffled and it cocked its head at the warriors, chirping at them. Blade knew that she was going to die. She'd just used up all of her energy, they'd all almost died and-

...It flew away...?

Blade let out a squeak as it disappeared, both of fear and happiness that she'd somehow not just died. And then, without warning, her hand flew up to her mouth, but not in time to prevent blood from spewing out. She averted her head, blood spilling out from between her lips. She gasped and fell to her knees, clutching her chest while crimson dripped out from the corners of her mouth. She kept her head bent down and struggled to breathe, feeling the shadows that were clinging to her body tighten, refusing to let her draw breath. She choked, holding her neck and shutting her eyes while she desperately tried to claw the black off. Finally, just as her world began to turn black, they let go. Pain scorched through every inch of her body and she could feel the black magic beginning to slide off of her skin. Invisible knives and claws dragged down through the black painfully, splitting parts of her skin open. After what seemed like an eternity it drew away, sinking into the symbol that had formed beneath her and then fading away like a shadow scared off by the light. The arm that she'd channeled the dark magic through was scratched, ripped, and some of the pieces of her skin were hanging off from the muscle as if she were a half-skinned deer.

'' Blade's vision blurred and she hit the ground, her arms and legs suddenly too weak to support the rest of her body weight. A pool of blood began to form underneath her, pain tearing through her body like iron-hot needles. Her insides felt like they were being squeezed and then ripped out, thin nails screeching on her bones. Tears leaked from her eyes and she let out a gurgled shriek of pain, beginning to burn like paper being presented to a flame wherever light brushed gently across her skin.