Stone Circle A girl worth fighting for

Other things were happening around him, but Murdock hardly had time to focus before a good fifty pounds of wolverine hit him in the shoulder. Intense pressure came before the pain, but oh boy, when the pain came, it came down hard. An undignified yowl escaped the older male, but even in this moment of agony, he was flushed with dizzying relief.

Stephie was safe. She was safe.

And Murdock was not. He reached for the brown mass attached to him and attempted to rip it from his shoulder, but his efforts were fruitless against the power of the creature's jaws. It was probably a good thing, too - while his shoulder hurt in the moment, it was still just puncture wounds, for the time being. If he'd succeed in ripping the creature away, his shoulder would probably be in much worse shape.

Luckily for him, Valette chose that moment to reappear once more. "Kill it!" Murdock huffed, choosing to drop down and attempt to crush the wolverine under his weight. He didn't expect the move to do much damage, but it might cause the creature to unlatch its jaws.