”Down!” he roared to his Gryphon form that didn’t like being ordered. It seemed to understand the urgency and the situation quite well. Probably better than anyone here. Gryphon form chirped quickly wrapped it’s talons around Beast form’s legs. Carrick added, ”Fer **** sakes! Please! And thank ya!” he cried as he struggled to push the beast form upper half fighting wings and tail to get it’s back.

”Stay the **** down!” struggled as the beast form thrashed about smacking Carrick in the nose with the back of it’s head. ”******” he spat up blood and tossed an elbow at the back of it’s head. It howled in pain enough to give the other two attacking forms a headache. More of a headache than they both already had. ”Stop fighting us!” he grunted back tasting blood. Was it his lip?

Carrick leaned back and then brought the only thing he could down on his beast form his head. There was a loud clunk and then he fell a few inches. Did he black out? His face was on the carpet that smelled like musty beast form. Did he normally smell that bad? His hand moved under the beak that was urging him up. ”I’m fine.” he lied and then both forms shook their head and looked around. Where did his beast form go?

There was a roar but it seemed more familiar like it wasn’t coming from his hearing but from within. ‘Fight!!!!’ he shook his head trying to rattle the beast form. ”I’d kick ya out if I knew you wouldn’t try to kill us!” he said still tasting blood. ”Where’d she go?” he asked to his Gryphon form. The large magnificent beast turned and tilted it’s head pointing.

”Perfect!” he said stumbling forward and hopping on the back of his preferred form. Carrick knew an opportunity when he saw it. Odds were he’d never get this chance again and he was okay with it. They both were. ”Lead the way!”

Aoi had run to the first place she thought of, the teachers dorms, surely one of them could help. Her faith however was undermined by the lack of people she had found on the way. Sure enough as she pulled open door after door, each room looked entirely as it should but lacked people. She backed away from the last door in the row, finding the lack of people almost more worrying then the rampage. It got her brain to thinking as the logicle parts of her mind struggled to overcome her fear.

She backed away as her mind flared with the bEars pain and for a moment she felt it's thoughts, rage, confusion and lack of confidence born from the long fight. The bear was fighting to survive and realizing retreat was not an option if it ever had been, but mostly The bear was tired. Aoi knew it had to be hot even in this weather.

She heard it and turned around to see see Carrick mounted on his griffin form like a knight. "Is this real?" she asked still thinking to herself questioning their situation andnot her new friend riding his other form. "None of the teachers are hear, could we be trapped in a dream or a mirage?' she said not quite recalling the English word for illusion. Maybe they could somhow escape it or maybe their was a time limit, really Aoi just kinda hoped the bear would croak and she would be free.

”Don’t know. Ya really want ta stop and question this ****” he asked mounted on his Gryphon form. Carrick never felt so gallant before or so in love with himself. To think that much greatness in a hallway. She was lucky she was witnessing the sight. It was probably once in a life time.

”The **** are all the teachers?” Carrick asked passing the open doors. ”Ya think it was lunch time. Not a bad time to go on a booze raid though no?” he mused only to feel his ride shift under him as if to correct his thinking.

”Alright, alright...” he sighed loudly, ”Just fleeing fer our lives no fun got it.” he huffed and then the Gryphon huffed. A roar responded in the distance and Carrick and the Gryphon both turned their head, ”Yer form’s kicking his @$$.” he said clearly all too happy by the sudden turn of events.

”Ya really want to stop and question everything?” he asked reaching a hand down to help the girl up onto the back of his final form. ”If it is a dream there’d be more ---- hey!” his other form shifted under him again then turned his head to focus one eye on him. ”Fine, fine.” he didn’t finish his thoughts. He’d have time to roll around in a pile of money later, dream or not. He had a pile of singles under his bed.

”Could try running?” he asked not sure. ”Or falling. I usually wake up from falling.” he said closing his eyes and leaning off his current steed. His Gryphon form threw a wing under his human form to soften the fall. Carrick opened his eyes, ”**** nope.”

Aoi mind still raced to try and make sense of what was going on around her. She could not help but try to unwind it even if she had no real idea of how to do so. She had also figured the Teachers could fix this, after all they were use to this, maybe? So she was stunned to find they were not there.

SShe took little joy in the news though in a sense she could feel it. The bears growing confidence even with it's pain. The strange part to her was a normal bear would have...she shook her head and killed the thought. It was not a normal bear nor a normal situation.

"I..No i don;t think mr Bear wants to talk" she said taking bhis hand so she was sitting behind him. She watched the fall plan with a bit of amusement despite the situation but then tried pinching herself to see if she would wake up, with the same success as Carricks try. "Running might be better, maybe if we escape the mansion itself things will be better" she said wincing as more dust and plaster fell from the ceiling, the lights flickering a bit.

Aoi considered this was not unlike some horror Anime she had sneaked in watching when she was suppose to be sleeping back home. This was insane but at lease Carrick was there. "You all right" she asked looking down at carrick.

”Are any of us alright?” he asked shaking his head and somersaulting off of the wing of his preferred form and landing on his feet. Instinctively he threw his hands up in the air like he just completed some acrobatic feat. Lowering his hands, ”Was really wishing it was a bad dream.” he said with a loud sigh.

Looking back to the other shifter on the back of the Gryphon, ”Can ya still shift? Hadn’t tried meself but it’s all quite up here.” he said tapping his head then looking back to the Gryphon form. ”We got to go get him don’t we?” he asked mirrored eyes locking on each other. There was understanding and both the Gryphon and Carrick huffed loudly tails and wings drooping saying more than either one could vocalize.

”Aoi... go and make a run fer it. I’ll never sleep again knowing I let the dumb me loose. He needs ta be caged at least. Dumb beasty.” he said rolling his mismatched colored eyes and looked to his Gryphon form. ”Can’t ask ya ta come either...” The Gryphon form took a step closer to his human form and they instinctively touched heads.

”Would have loved ta have gone flying with ya.” there was a purring sound enimating from both forms.

Something felt odd. The Gryphon form seemed to be pulled closer towards Carrick. Neither form fought it but suddenly felt at peace. A second passed and the Gryphon form phased into the irate Irishmen. Suddenly it was just Carrick and a no longer supported Aoi.