Ivan

As Ivan watched the equine mare approach, he barked a short command, and the three wolves still waiting at the shoreline, rose and looked his way. He snarled at Lakota, not feeling any fear, and, oddly for a creature capable of mind-speech, he didn't feel her magic begin to stir, either. This wasn't going according to plan. Ivan and his wolves had a long standing agreement with Walter; they would let him know when they saw boats and other crafts entering the water, and in turn, Walter would aid them in capturing any equines stupid enough to trap themselves in the water. Never before had such a…rescue party arrived. Still, a castaway wolf and a horse? 6 wolves could easily handle them.

Advancing, Ivan growled, an amused smirk on his dashing features. "Come to join the fun have you?" Ivan inquired in the mare's mind, his voice ever polite, if not still edgy. It was only after these smug words left his mind, and entered hers, that he noticed the foggy hazy. With alarm, he snapped his neck up, narrowing his eyes, but by then, as Lakota would have known, it was already too late. Ivan felt a burning sensation around his eyes, and nose as Lakota's poison infiltrated his system. "NO" He projected powerfully as his lungs began to spasm, violently seeking pure air. The two around him, being much smaller had succumbed quickly, and were already writing around on the sand in agony. Forcing him to stand, Ivan glared at the mare as the poison finally took hold of him in his entirety. His legs gave out, and with a final growl, he slumped motionless to the sands.

The remaining three wolves retreated a few paces as the cloud billowed around them, barking and snapping. Could she do it again? They wondered. Without their leader Ivan, they merely stood growling, unsure of what to do next.

Walter

The wolves had promised him things to play with. Walter had an entire menagerie under the waves that he had collected over the years. Although he didn't like to tell anyone, what he really liked to do with his time, was put on little plays and and musicals for the fish who lived in the deepest cracks of the sea. Lately, he'd been wondering why he even had this arrangement with Ivan…Every time they discussed it, Ivan was quick to produce reasons which seemed very thought out and agreeable at the time, but later, in his quiet moments, Walter felt like he was getting the short end of the stick. NO Walter heard Ivan's voice cry out. Frowning deep under the waves, Walter probed for the wolfs' mind, and found that it was no longer there. Rage welled up inside the Kraken, but it dissipated quickly. If Ivan was gone…well the horses and the wolves could be his!

Greedily, his tentacles moved faster and faster. Walter watched with an eye as big as Cormac, as the water-horse swam towards him. The tentacles which were still underwater thrashed and moved towards Cormac, but he was too small and agile. Walter let out a cry of frustration and tried to grab the pretty black and white unicorn, but missed. He already had a pegasus in his collection, but, he wasn't choosy. Besides, Phaedra was moving slower anyways. From his vantage point under the water, he shot out another tentacle towards Phae, gently wrapping it around her lithe body, and bumping the wolf, Lupus, out of the way. He held her around her girth, immobilizing her wings, and held her about 25 feet above the water. Ignoring her screams, he reached once again for Apollo, but the overo had already moved into water which was too shallow for his tentacles.

The Wolves

The remaining three watched fearfully as the Kraken grabbed the sooty palomino up and out of the water. "Oy mate! That ones' ours!" One of them barked out loud, clearly not capable of the same mind speech as Ivan was.

I don't have any wolves in my collection… Walter thought from beneath the waves. Still holding Phae out of the water, he advanced closer, though only his tentacles were visible. The two which had been moving towards Apollo and Lupus, now diverted towards the wolves on the beach…"Help me get the wolves." Walter's voice boomed in their minds.


[Summary: Lakota kills Ivan and the two wolves at his side. Walter grabs Phae out of the water, and demands that the horses help him get the remaining three wolves.]