Ikra began pounding Beam with his fists, pushing him back with each hit. Whenever Beam was about to hit Ikra, he would quickly zip away from the attack. The creature would screech in frustration, becoming more erratic each time.
Although Ikra was able to fight Beam, he couldn't find where the creature's flesh was. Every hit he got in felt like he was hitting steel, not Beam. Its body began to deform, denting in the areas he hit.
I need to end this
Ikra's power was strong, but it also quickly tired him out. He was sure that Beam was a beast he could deal with, but he was already tired from chasing Warhound. "Hey Wing!" He shouted out, "Can you and Anora make it out while I fight this thing?"
Wing tried pushing the boulder away from Anora, but its massive size and weight prevented him from making any progress. "Can you get your leg out?" Wing asked her, he noticed that she had already created a pool of blood from bleeding out.
She tried to forcefully pull out her leg, "No luck." Acting fast, he got out his knife and tried to cut her leg off, but she stopped him. "I've already lost too much blood, you should just get out of here"
"I already lived a good life, at least by my standards" She started to think about her past, "At least it was definitely better than yours"
Wing nodded his head, "Yup, you definitely lost a lot of blood. You're already showing signs of delusion"
Anora laughed amidst the pain, "Make sure to tell them I went down fighting" She then shooed Wing away "Leave me with my final moments now" Wing got himself up and turned to Ikra, "She's stuck!"
He thought about helping her himself, but he was too occupied dealing with Beam. He dodged as Beam struck a few tentacles at him, "We can't do anything, we have to leave her!" Ikra felt bad for Anora, they had worked together for a lot of missions. But she was a mercenary, she knew that it was part of the job to risk her life.
"No you don't!"
Ryu shouted out as he went to the fight. He looked at Beam, the monstrous serpent like creature that had countless tentacles behind him that tried and swat down Ikra. "I came to help!" He shouted out to Ikra.
"What?!?" Ikra shouted out, "I thought I told you to go out of here?" He was clearly frustrated, but couldn't scold him at the moment. The fight demanded concentration in order for him to stay alive, "We'll talk about this later!"
Ryu sprinted in, getting as much momentum as he could before landing a punch. "Ow ow ow!" He held his hand instinctively, the punch barely did anything. There was no way he could attack Beam from punching its metallic skin.
I need a weak spot
He ran around Beam, watching closely to find a spot where he could effectively attack it. Meanwhile, Pheo finally caught up to him. He saw Wing and Anora, heading to them as soon as he saw one of them was injured.
"Who are you?" Anora pointed her gun at Pheo. Wing slapped her hand down, "It's a kid, what do you think you're doing?" She looked at him pissed, "I wish I shot at the head the last time I saw a kid"
The statement made Wing sigh, "She's showing more signs of blood loss" What he said irritated Anora, prompting her to throw a nearby rock at him.
"The wound" Pheo pointed at it, "I can help you with that" She looked at him with doubt, "Alright, patch it up for me please" She pointed her gun at him, "Don't try anything you'd regret"
Pheo went to her leg, "Can I check what's in your bag?" Anora thought about it before answering, "Sure" Pheo grabbed it and rummaged through her belongings, grabbing anything that seemed useful.
"Can't you be careful with my stuff?" She asked as he watched him throw items away. He got out a waterskin and poured the water on her wound, cleaning it of all the dirt surrounding it. Then he grabbed a handkerchief and used it as a pressure dressing to stop her bleeding.
"I need your belt" Pheo held his hand out to Wing. "What?" He asked, holding his belt tight. "Just give it to me if you want her to live" He told him, "What can a kid do against you two with a belt anyways?" Wing sighed, he unbuckled his belt and tossed it to him.
Pheo caught it and wrapped it tightly on Anora's leg. "You actually know what you're doing, huh?" Anora lowered her gun down. She turned to see Ikra and Ryu still fighting Beam, both of them clearly exhausted. "I don't think I'll be surviving though"
"Don't say that" Pheo told her, "The first step to surviving is having the will to" She laughed at his words, "You're right. I can't believe I needed a kid to remind me"
"Wait, aren't you supposed to be ten years old?" Wing asked him. He's surprised at how calm and rational Pheo reacted. "I'm actually eight" He told him as he continued to treat Anora.
That young?
Wing was observing Pheo the entire time, the skills he displayed were like one of trained professionals. He had thought that Ryu would take a lonely path with the insurmountable talent he had, but as he watched Pheo he saw that someone else would be able to walk that path with him.
THUD!
"Dad!" Ryu shouted out. Ikra was hit by one of Beam's tentacles. Beam quickly sent his tentacles to crush him, but Ryu was barely able to punch them away. "I can't move, Ryu" Ikra told him, "You have to run"
He was spent, exhausted beyond belief. He had been exerting himself the entire time, from chasing Warhound to getting all the way here to fight Beam. After being struck down, he couldn't even move to get himself back up.
"No" Ryu went against his dad's wishes, standing his ground as Beam kept trying to finish off Ikra. "We're getting out of this alive!" He shouted out while punching the tentacles that came his way.
Wing began shooting at Beam, he couldn't let Ryu handle Beam all by himself. "Make sure you protect that idiot!" He shouted out as they both split the creature's attention.
Pheo looked at the situation, if it continued on like it was now they would eventually all end up dead. They were all doing the best they could yet it wasn't enough, what can he do that would make a difference?