[PQ] I Need A Hero

ely So much for letting the nigh-indestructible Elyna take the lead: Roana seemed to think she had a better chance of fighting off this monster imitating a baby than Elyna, so Elyna was going to let her risk her much more fragile self. No matter that Elyna found the bloodstains or the location of the cries first; no matter that she’d explicitly told them to let her scout ahead and take the lead; no matter that Elyna thought that warning the thing behind the door was a dumb idea and they should’ve just rushed forward and taken it by surprise. If it was friendly, they’d straighten it out. If it was hostile, however, they’d just announced their presence. While it was entirely possible it would’ve known about them anyway, now it definitely did. Too late for that—though she’d be having a word with the ex-captain about tactics later—so Elyna just took her glaive off her back and stood to one side, ready to lunge ahead and skewer anything that tried to attacked them. It had luckily come through the trip with her, since she took it with her everywhere. Placing her body between Isla (the most fragile member of their party), Elyna shot a glance to Edrei. ”It might not even be locked.” Elyna didn’t even bother whispering; Roana’s strike against the door had already alerted everything in the infirmary that they were there. ”If nothing springs through, let me open it.” After all, Elyna could take more than a few hits, way more than Edrei and Isla. Roana, loathe as Elyna was to admit it, was the better fighter, and also probably better suited towards protecting their more fragile teammates. In fact, if something didn't come out soon, Elyna was going to throw caution to the wind and go in. She was getting tired of waiting, and of this cat and mouse. She was a predator, and wouldn't be intimidated by something that sounded like a baby.