Shaun Calhoun and Dominique Corleone
Both Shaun and Dominique were cornered and separated like a couple of deer being hunted like a pack of wolves. It was a rather intense situation no less being in more, how you say, hunted type of situation. For Dominique, however, he had a more serious predicament on his hands. As he was in a circle, the four horsemen circled around him as if they were trying to daze and confuse him. It did work for a moment as the dust and thunderous claps of hooves slamming against the earth began to mess with his senses, which cause him to shake his head to get a grip of what was going on. And when he regained his sense of direction, he saw that they were all beginning to charge at him, weapons burning fiercely with the color purple filling his eyes.
Out of complete instinct, he quickly rose his arms above him to cover his head, hoping that the shield itself would protect his body. However, that wasn't the case. Suddenly, the ground around him began to rumble and quake just as loud as the hooves of the horses themselves before, without a hint of warnings or alarms, the soft and plush grass below his feet quickly became uprooted and grow before the sunlight filling Dom's eyes were quickly shut off from him. He meekly looked up to see that he was looking at the soft shades of green above him with the sun's circular outline being seen as well.
"Wha..." Was what he whispered as he looked to see what had happened. All around him looked like a large green slightly translucent sheet that was thrown over him. Yet, there was nothing around him. No horsemen, no weapons, no Shaun or Artosh, nothing. It was even silent for a moment. It was like he was in a vacuumed space in which there was no escape. Soon, after, he began to feel his heart beat a little faster now in concern. "O-okay...What is going on here..." He whispered to himself. Composing himself, Dominique walked up towards the fleshy green sheet that covered him, and with hesitant and slow movements, lifted his right hand up to place his palm on the surface of his green prison.
Upon feeling the touch of it, he gasped softly and tensed up before quickly removing his hand away from it. It soft, fuzzy, and fleshy texture sent chills down his spine as it was nothing that he'd ever seen before.
However, on the other hand, outside of the pod was different.
The four horsemen all stood staring at the unknown and abrupt arrival of this alien object standing in between them and their prey. This soon made them agitated as they once again began preparing to charge into the object. But suddenly, in a blink of an eye, a large, sharp thorn emerged from the growth that surrounded the pod, only to then impale itself into one of the soldier's chest, and going out of the other side. And all the while this commotion went outside, inside, Dominique just continued to watch in worry and anxiety as to what was going on.
"Um...Hello? Can anyone hear me?" He said a little louder with an unsure tone in his voice, which quite frankly filled the cool, quiet, and dense air around him.
Meanwhile, Shaun watched as his own force had to be contained. He stood a great distance from them, only to see that two of them had fired off their arrows into the air. It was like watching shooting stars light up the dark skies, which were sadly replaced by the presence of daylight that soon consumed their shines, only to become shadows in the sky. Shaun grunted as he prepared his shield to block their attacks, only to catch something out of the corner of his eye. As he turned his head to the left of the mysterious object, he saw that there was a young blond male wearing his usual loose-fitting, yet ever-so comfortable clothes. His face which was usually so pale with only the bright sapphire eyes piercing into you thinking of what you were going to say next. But now, that wasn't the case. That usual pale face had now become bright pink and red, yet his eyes...His eyes seemed to be a soft pink as well, as if he was upset over something. But given the distance that was between them, it was kinda hard to exactly tell. But even so, Shaun had an uneasy feeling about what was going on. But unfortunately for him, that feeling was completely overshadowed by his current tasks.
Before he could get a chance to react, Shaun soon found himself collapsing in the dirt and grass as the arrows made impact with him, and throwing him off balance. If it wasn't for the fact that his shield was protecting him at the most basic level, he surely would've got hit with a more serious blow to his body. But for now, he could feel a sudden pain in his right arm as one of the arrows managed to hit and stun him. While on the ground, Shaun watched as the horsemen all began to directly charge at him, causing him to take a more drastic turn. While laying on his back, he took his short bow and aimed it towards his enemies before a water arrow twice the normal size for that particular bow formed in his hand. And with the simple release of his fingers, he shot the arrow.
As it escaped from his grip and traveled through the sky, it quickly unraveled into what appeared to be a rather large tidal wave of some sort. It continued to travel in a fixed, neat, and straight path as it waters itself was quickly churning violently as if it was in a storm. Soon, the arrow made contact with its targets head-on as it quickly created a large cylinder around all four men and their horses, only to be swallowed up by the violent waters.
Although the crashing waves and churning of the water was similar to that of a hurricane, the water itself stayed within the cylinder itself, as on the outside of the shape, the average person could only watch the events unfold as though they were at an aquarium. The sight of the Terra Cotta knights and horses to be swirled around and submerged underwater was as if they were all sucked out to sea. As that continued, Shaun looked down at his arm only to see what looked like a bright pink swath on him. He groaned softly and winced as he got up, putting pressure on his arms. Soon he walked towards Artosh with what now looked to be a face of concern and warmness.
"Thank you Artosh. For letting us train. I would love to continue fighting and practicing, but for now, I must put it on hold as I just remembered something that was very important for me to take care of right now.
I am really sorry for such a sorry fight, but I think someone needs me. I hope you don't mind, and if you need to, you can tell Allistor about me, and also I'll accept any consequences that you throw at me for such a lackluster fight. But please sir," he said looking into his eyes with a soft smile, "can I end my training early and go and fulfill a quick task."
Behind him, the sudden sound of rushing water filled their ears as his invisible cylinder suddenly gave way, thus releasing the army from their trap. The water itself reverted back to normal water, soaking everything in its path, including Shaun's shoes and socks, as well as Artosh's as a rather ankle-high wave came crashing into them. He looked down to blush slightly before turning to see Dominique, who was still in the sudden plant, calling out for help. "Oh? Oh my...What happened..." He softly said to himself as he blinked and arched his eyebrows in confusion.
