Bat?

The mountain tiger got up just as Lucian did as if it had not just taken a lightning blast up close. 

 Both of the predators look at each other in observation. 

 Lucian found that the tiger had a slightly pained expression.

 "So even your mountain skin is not impenetrable," Lucian thought after looking at the belly of the tiger that had blackened from his lightning.

 There is a primal rhythm for battles in the wild. The natural pauses between fights or in some times the spontaneity of the fights. 

 If you think that beasts just fight with all out savagery, well you would be wrong. Some just like to play, they taunt the opponent, then just run away. 

 And because how you never know when you will have a battle with your life on the line, you have to learn to ignore certain fights. As they are just not worth getting yourself in danger for when a real threat shows up.

 Lucian understands this more and more as he spends his time here in the monsterverse.

 The two titans move in a circle in the classic fight style.

 Waiting for the other to make a hint of a mistake before they shot them dead in the head.

 The one to make the first move was neither the tiger nor Lucian, it was the leader bat that had been hiding behind a rock formation.

 When the Lucian and tiger had made almost a half circle with her now right behind the tiger's back, she took the shot.

 flying towards him in an instant with her wing burning edges she slashed at the tiger.

 Long slight burning lines appeared above the skin of the tiger. 

 With its tank skin, he didn't even flinch at the injury. The tiger clawed at the passing bat above him, but it was not able to even touch her.

 The bat was too fast.

 The tiger was practically radiating anger, at the insolence of someone taking a jump on it. 

 He was not hurt, well if you look past the burning lines on its back. His anger was from not expecting an attack from someone else when he was in a fight with Lucian.

 Like how the tiger had capitalized on an attack on Lucian when he was distracted by the leader bat, Lucian was also not going to miss this chance.

 Lucian went in running while the tiger was distracted. Claws charged with lightning Lucian brings them down the neck of the turned tiger.

 His claws dig a little into the flesh of the tiger after cutting through the thick stone coated layer.

 The tiger in pain pushed Lucian to the ground and followed that instant. 

 When Lucian sees the tiger claw coming to his face, he raised his arm to deflect and with the other he pushed himself back.

 The tiger did not relent and stayed on top and attacked Lucian's sides.

 Not being able to get away, Lucian grabs the tiger by the arms, achieving a deadlock between the two.

 Just when the two titans were wrestling it out, the leader bat comes flying on the back of the tiger and wraps her wings around the head.

 The tiger begins to struggle when the suffocation builds up. Tiger claws at the wings leaving deep tears in them.

 Finally getting a chance to attack, Lucian concentrates his level best. Lightning starts condensing as a thick layer on his fingers.

 Lucian then stabs his hand through the belly of the beast. The strong coat of lightning manages to pass through the stone layer and directly inside the tiger.

 The tiger releases blood curling roars, and the bat gets thrown away when the tiger starts thrashing in agony.

 Lucian still having his hand inside lets his lighting loose letting it burn throughout the tiger's body. 

 Even after he takes his hand out and distances himself from the tiger, it still spasms for a while until it stops struggling.

 Taking deep breaths in to calm his nerves Lucian looks towards the fallen leader bat.

 While walking to her as she takes slow breaths with low moans. Lucian looks at her wings that once so beautiful were torn all over.

 Coming some distance near her, he slowly stretches out with a psychic call. But the bat seemed in such pain that she ignored his presence.

 Lucian slowly reaches out to touch her. 

 When he lightly brushes his hand on her head the bat jerks at his touch. Lucian sends a message that he means no harm.

 The bat slowly relaxes in his touch. He then felt that the bat was trying to tell him something. When he extends his mind to her, he understands a bit. 

 Turning to look at the tiger corpse he gently picks the bat up and then carried her to it.

 Getting to it, he lays the bat near the leaking belly of the tiger.

 The bat then starts taking some sips of the tiger's blood.

 Looking at the bat's actions, he confirms the message that the leader bat had conveyed to him.

 "Drink beast blood."

 Lucian looks as she starts gaining energy to then suddenly drink the blood in a famished manner.

 The dim red glow on her abdomen flashes in and out for some seconds. The bat then literally burrows into the tiger's corpse.

 Lucian backs up at the sight uncomfortably. And gets further creeped by the weird noise of the bat feasting on the tiger from the inside.

 He then decides to leave the cave, but then Lucian saw as the tiger's corpse suddenly glow.  

 Lucian hurriedly retreats and then instantly is glad he did. Because right after he did the corpse bursts splattering all the blood and insides of the beast. 

 When he looked at the bat now flying in the centre of the burst, Lucian was mesmerised. 

 Her wings which were once torn at places now were burning in flames and looked brand new. 

 It was a magical sight but the heat was making him uncomfortable. 

 When he saw the bat flying towards him. He was first apprehensive, "Maybe she wants another fight."

 But what she did, he would forever remember. 

 "Surrndrr." This was not him interpreting her thoughts or intent but a direct message that she sent to him telepathically.

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