Oh, crap. His attacks weren't working, nor was his mimicry. What if he-
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He could feel immense pain- phantom pain, really- right under his neck, then... his vision became a screen of black fuzz, and his hearing faded, but not before picking up one last, mind-melting thing:
"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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Now, he was trapped. He was blinded, really, and who knew how long he had until that demon shifted its attention back to Ha'zi. To worsen things, he recognized that scream: it was Tytus. And recognized its effects... to his horror, he felt the quakes of hundreds of transformations popping off individually. Dear Eru...
He remembered back when he, Sig, and Daugo were taken to meet Belzagar for the first time. How they encountered one trapped Giantized man, a soldier, it seemed. There was no saving him… nor was there any chance for those rangers he shifted in Anorien.
He couldn't help himself from tearing up as each explosion sounded, thinking of all the innocents that had survived the Festival so far only to be sentenced to death by Tytus. How many had he known? How many had he worked with? How many had he encountered on a daily basis?
Fuck… this situation was always going down the drain, one event after another. Yet, this time, he was powerless. He hated this feeling of uselessness, of being unable to fight back, to help. There was no way around it, though- as long as Lasser was pulsing his ability, he couldn't do anything. He was back to being regular old pre-Mordor Ha'zi, 'cept this time he didn't even have the energy or strength to combat this winged threat.
What was he going to do? He pondered.
There was trying to pilot the body blind… which was redundant if he couldn't see nor detect what he was supposed to hit. Plus, he would be pretty exposed, and would have little idea if it started towards him. Not the best plan of retaliation…
Mimicry was out the window… thanks to fucking Lasser, again. Of course there had to be a power negater.
Seems like the only real option left was escaping from his nape, seeing as he couldn't pilot his body or use any abilities.
Now, this wasn't all too risky, to be honest… wait, shit, yes it was. While Miriel did have the thing distracted, he knew it was only temporary, and he would have no idea if it started over to him. For all he knew, he could open the nape to have himself be right out in the open for the kill. He sighed: Of all of the times possible for it to appear, it had to come right as he was at his weakest… no coincidence there, likely. Even though Morgoth himself didn't make an appearance, his power was still far reaching enough to bring trouble out here. Was he finally trying to strike out at his new batch of Karoltai…?
Anyway… direct exit of the nape was risky. Not only from the obvious, but there was also the risk of friendly fire, and the potential threat from the drone Giants Tytus had commandeered. Sure, he didn't really know what side the Screaming aligned to, but he didn't figure it was anything with good intentions if he sacrificed so many innocents at once.
Burrowing into his Giant form might work… though he'd never done it before, and he didn't have much energy left. Not worth the time to start testing it, really. It could be torn apart easily, too, in hunt for him. He was also reminded of Celeborn's state once he left the Giant… not pleasant, and still not enough energy.
Let's see… Oh, he could try to draw the beast away, distract it from Miriel for a second. Maybe she could get a chance to take it down with this window… Or maybe he'd get snapped in half in its jaws without a second to dodge. He did consider sacrificing himself… yet, he didn't know if it was only here for him. Would it pursue Ha'zi, or would it shrug and finish off Miriel? He had chills at that thought… being a coward and letting it kill his sole protector.
But then again… what else could he do?
Another idea came to his head, then: eject. He could shoot out from the nape, just like he did back on the island when facing Osman, he grimly recollected. He had experience training this escape ability for a while when with the Black Rangers- it wasn't the best practice, seeing as he couldn't really recreate the exact scenario that brought it out, but it worked well enough. Following through with this, he could land somewhere far away, get help, maybe even get the creature to chase after him. Excited at this plan, he started to settle into the familiar feelings he had in practicing: Confusion. Vengeance. Worry not only for himself, but for the safety of others. He closed his eyes, getting ready…
Except, this was useless.
If he shot into the air, he'd be going into the best place possible for the predator to get him. Going into its domain. And even if he landed safely… who knew how long he'd survive with powereds, dangerous Protos, and the Giantized everywhere. And he'd be powerless to stop.
Well, there goes that plan.
So, after much thinking, he came to one conclusion: escape out of the nape was the only option. He'd devised a small plan to focus on opening a window in the back of the nape, facing the ground… he could try a stealthy retreat from there, then creep away. It was dangerous, but so was everything else. There was not much left to do: out was what had to be done. Perhaps he could make it to the others: Dim, Tamara, Daugo… Or maybe Sig could help him, though he wouldn't put any trust in the man after that whole charade earlier.
Concentrating, he worked to split wide the flesh of the body, creating a breakthrough that he would immediately go to slip through and out once accomplished.