Josh gave a sharp cry of pain and slammed her again into the tree, harder than before, trying to knock her off.

One of her legs lost its death grip on him with that impact, though she kept beating away with the rock.

He slammed her once more, grabbing at her arm again and twisting it sharply until it gave a sudden snap, like a dry twig.

Hryssa gave a high scream, the rest of her limbs loosening as the pain overtook her for a second.

Josh was able to break free and grab hold of her neck tightly, but the pain drilling into his skull was too intense for him to focus enough to drain her. Blood was running down his face. She'd hurt him bad, he knew, but he couldn't stop now.

Her uninjured arm came up and grabbed hold of his wrist, trying to pry it away even as she started kicking again.

He grabbed her wrist and held it up over her head, weathering the kicks and best he could as he tried to force her down. If he couldn't drain her, he could at least restrain her.

She got a moment of strength, pulling her weight up on her restrained arm and clamping her teeth down on him again.

He had to fight hard to keep her hand still clenched about her throat, squeezing it tighter and tigher, though now his hold on the other arm was weakening.

She kept biting even as her vision was blurring, the edges turning black. Blood flowed freely into her mouth, spilling out down her chin and over his hand.

Josh's vision was fading as well, the pain in his head and hand mounting too high for him to bear. But he only had to hold her until she passed out, he kept saying to himself over and over again. Only until she passed out...

Ten seconds later and her teeth stopped tightening, another five and her grip loosened and the kicking stopped. Add another ten, and she was limp against the tree.

Josh let go of her at last, breathing hard. He'd done it. He'd managed to hold on long enough. But it couldn't really be called a victory, because seconds later he had slumped to the ground as well, the pain taking it's toll. He tried to get up, he had to find Naome. But he couldn't, and in the end he ended up just as unconcious as she was.

(Well, this is an odd twist. How long should they be out?)

((maybe an hour or so... and wake up at the same time))

(Give Josh a half minute advantage, he needs to actually control her this time around if we want the plot to keep going)

Said time later, Hryssa was stirring.

Josh was already sitting up, clutching his head with one hand.

Her eyes flickered open, locked on him, and two seconds later she remembered everything and the fight reentered her eyes. She started to move, but stopped and hissed in pain when her broken arm moved.

((thanks for the reminder!))

Josh looked down at her with a little frown, and pressed one hand lightly against her good shoulder. "Stay down for now, that arm's just gonna hurt more if you move it."

(Time to make a new topic!)

"That's just code for the fact that you don't want to tussle with me again, hows the arm?" It was the same one she had bitten the first time around, that thing had to be screwed up by now.

(I'll make the new one in a sec)

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