Confrontation

Seamus jumped over the fallen tree trunk and gazed at the cave mouth visible only partially due to the rich overgrowth of vines and grass. Large footprints were there and a visibly trodden path on another side which was probably the route of large beast towards its cave.

He was only one deep inside with others hiding at the periphery to provide support at a moment's notice. He proceeded alone because he had a certain knack of masking his energy which is useful for sneaking around.

He looked around cautiously so to find the small flag which has to be found to complete the quest. He soon spotted a small flag hanging upside down from the cave mouth wall.

"Those sh*tt heads…..Surely they will not make it a little easy for us. "

He swore under his breath and proceeded slowly towards the Cave all the while praying that beast was sleeping or something. So it doesn't notice.

Jayden and Kyle were at the spot two hundred meters behind.

"What's taking him so long for, he has gone just to confirm whether the beast is here or not?" Muttered Jayden in the complaint as it was not by his style to be sneaky. If they had to fight, they had to fight that's it.

"Jayden, maybe he didn't found flag yet. Should we move ahead to support in case of surprise attack of the beast?"

"Well, I think what you say is reasonable. Let's move a little closer."

Kyle and Jayden left their designated position and slowly crept a little closer. Jenny's oblivious to their change in position was hiding farthest to all.

They were almost near the previous position of Seamus when suddenly Kyle slipped out and fell over Jayden. Jayden immediately lost his footing and tumbled from horizontal trunk to forward.

Seamus was almost near the flag with it being within reach of ten meters. He almost lost his footing when he heard a large crashing sound that too from extreme closeness.

Just right at moment, he knew they lost the chance of sneakiness. Thus he jumped and plucked little flag and dashed madly toward an open area to prepare for a clash with the beast. If he stayed there considering close rocks near the cave mouth Bear will just bulldoze of and he will be crushed to paste by his tackle.

He found Jayden and Kyle gathering right at the front, he knew immediately from where the sound has come. He did not have time to get angry as he took the battle-ready position.

Jenny was extremely nervous about the whole quest which was simply an open conspiracy against their clan. When she heard a crashing sound, the color drained from her face. She hurriedly rushed towards the source and found three already there. She managed to reach them in few seconds but it was then she realized it was extremely quiet there.

Seamus also noticed the quietness and after confirming he was relieved visibly. He sat down and breathed heavily.

"For hell, I thought it was coming. Turned out it was not in it's a den," exclaimed Jayden as he sheathed his sword.

"Sorry, It was my mistake. I slipped on the dry leaves and caused that disturbance "

Seamus immediately turned to them and said," First of we agreed on positions. I didn't give you a signal to move then why the hell did you leave your position?"

Jayden immediately turned red and said," I thought it was quite a time passed since you left so we will be unable to provide support in time…."

"It is not time to argue, we should leave as soon as possible from this place to avoid contact with it, "said Kyle.

"I will scout and see where the beast is, you all proceed towards the venue ground." She offered and began to leave when they heard the roar of the beast.

"It's here " came to a voice from above and a young man with long black hairs jumped down from a tree branch.

"Before you ask, let's deal with the beast. Don't worry you don't have to trust your backs on a stranger. You should fight usually as you do. I will provide support from the side."

Zeph hurriedly stated while running towards another side from where the team was grouped.

"We can't fight with intruder….."

Before Kyle can finish Seamus who was strongest and understood the horror of the beast cutter her off,

"Ok, we will fight together. Take your position. It is disturbing but I want to clarify with our strength only one out of us has a probability of surviving this Beast."

He stood in middle with muttering chants to start elemental fluctuation in the area.

Jayden moved ahead and sheathed his sword and ironically he had positioned himself mostly in front of his sister providing maximum protection.

Jenny took out her Bow and knocked arrow over it. Kyle took out her short sword knives and stood at the side of Jayden.

A big Bear almost the size of a small house came running from the path and stopped in front of the group. It had large fangs and eyes red burning with anger looking towards intruders.

It had large claws on his hand and was on four legs crouching to pounce at any moment. Sheer size and sharpness of claws were horrors inducing in the hearts of warriors.

Now Battle was in a triangle position with group and beast at two ends and Zeph standing on another side who was ignored by beast due to him being alone.