Zero’s words were not heard by his friend but it heard. The massive head snapped towards the boy and the growling deepened. It had intended to bound towards the mare and stallion with the small foals but here was a crippled yearling with the same blue lightning marks. An easier prize, an easier meal, at any rate. Or at least it might have been, if the entirety of the family hadn’t come forward as the warg was turning in Zero’s direction. The fillies, the mare, and the stallion all got between him and the lightning-backed yearling, presenting a range of targets.

Just then Lucius came diving in, screeching his pain at Vorsa as he circled near her - his panic evident and rising as he tried to communicate with her that this wasn’t his bonded. Torn between the choice to protect Mesec and stop him, the roc’s cries joined into the fray in the meadow. “Mesec!” the zephyr shouted through their bond, echoing the cry from Gaucho, and flinching away from the mangled beast that lived in Mesec’s mind at the moment. Swooping down low, he tried to distract the warg and was rewarded with a strike - silver claws only just managing to find their mark on one of of the four wings. Another cry, but in pain this time, as the zephyr spun out of the way, getting altitude. The pain of losing some feathers, of the scratches he earned, was nothing compared to the heartache of having his bonded lash out at him - in his right mind or not. Circling away, wing beats clumsy now but hope would not be lost.

Annoyed as it was with the shiny bird, the monster had other things to focus on. The wave of fire had effectively turned its attention from the foals and mare and it gathered shadows around it to teleport to safety - hoping to re-appear somewhere off to Gaucho’s side. It had not been fast enough, the fire burning the coarse hair on its neck as the monster turned so that it was not only shadows but smoke as well that settled around it when it reappeared.

As the warg became solid once more, it knew it wouldn’t be able to call on that magic again - the drain on its energy was too much. Tooth and claw would have to do and it had enough adrenaline and anger to keep going long enough with those. With a fierce snarl of a challenge it was moving - paws pounding on the earth as it ran towards Gaucho, ran toward the one that was on fire, heedless and uncaring of any burns that would come. Heedless even that it was attacking the biggest target and the biggest threat. Its silver eyes were shining red with the reflection of the fire and it was all the warg could think about.

Lucius was still screeching nearby, trying anything to get Mesec to snap out of it - flying to Ampere and Zero both and crying out at them, desperate enough to ask the blue bitch for her help. The warg was far too filled with rage to be called back to sense by a name. It leaped, hoping to find some sort of purchase on Gaucho with an outstretched paw or with the jaws that followed close behind - eyes wild and mouth a snarl of silver and spit as it snapped.

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SO MUCH HAPPENING let me know if there's anything that doesn't make sense please

warg!Mesec summons shadows around him and teleports away from the wave of fire but gets singed on his neck and front
re-appears off to the side (with Gaucho still between him and Ampere and co? depending how they move) and charges Gaucho, trying to bite him

one of Lucius's wings is wounded by warg!Mesec and he tries to get Ampere and Zero's attention, thinking they might be able to help Mesec wake up