Everything has gone quiet. Lane gets out of her hiding spot and sees the beast is down, but still twitching.
Guy turns to Lane with a cocky grin, "Alright it's dead! Do I have the job?"
Lane's eyes widen, "I don't think it's dead!"
Guy turns around and sees the beast begin to rise up. It's still alive and has all its limbs back.
"What the hell!?" says Guy.
The beast is now dead, focused on him. It tries to claw Guy, but he ducks under the attack. The beast slashes at him again, but Guy quickly reacts and chops off the beast's arm for the second time.
The beast screams in pain and smacks Guy with its other arm. Guy blocks the attack with his sword, but he is off his footing and is launched across the pub.
Guy flies in to a chair and then crashes into a table. He gets up and sees the beast's arm has started to regenerate, and the severed arm is turning to ash.
"How do I kill this thing?!" Says Guy.
The beast rushes in. Guy plants his feet and blocks the beast's razor sharp claws with his sword. He cuts off the claw and then slashes the beast across the chest. Guy begins stabbing, slicing and hacking at the beast continuously with his sword, cutting deep into its skin. Finally, the beast raises its claw and catches Guy's sword. It slices deep into the beast's hand. Guy tries to pull it back, but the beast rips the sword from his hand and throws it aside. The beast tries to slash Guy, but he quickly jumps backwards out of the way.
The beast Paces back-and-forth, waiting for a moment to attack, it's in between Guy and his sword.
"I'm not fully recovered enough to fight this thing hand to hand, but what choice do I have," he thinks.
Guy raises his fist ready to fight, the beast and Guy charge in at each other.
The beast slash at Guy, not giving him a chance to attack. Guy looks for an opening, but there isn't one. The beast has gone wild trying to hit Him.
Finally, Guy has an idea. He raises his arm and blocks the beast's attack. Its claw cuts into Guy's arm, and he grunts in pain, but then Guy smiles. He now has an opening to attack. Guy hits the beast with a combination of blows so fast that the beast can't react. Guy smashes the beast with punches, kicks and knees. He targets the beast's leg, dropping it to its knees, and finishes the onslaught by slamming the beast's face through the floor boards.
Guy is out of breath, and after using his power against the pale men, and this fight, his body is begging him to rest. The beast groans in pain, but still recovers and pulls its face out to the floor boards. Guy is furious, he backs up and then takes off running at the beast. Guy leaps up and drop-kicks the beast.
The beast is launched across the pub and through the pub wall. It continues tumbling outside, past the lawn, and finally crashes into a tree on the treeline.
Lane watches Guy run through the hole in the wall after it.
"What is he doing? Clearly punching it won't work!" She thinks.
Lane runs over and grabs Guy's sword off the ground. It's a little too heavy for her, so she grabs it with both hands and runs to the hole in the wall.
Guy stands across the lawn from the beast. He notices it has almost knocked over the tree it slammed in to. The beast stands up and roars.
Guy response, "Come on!"
Lane pokes her head out of the hole, "Guy, I've got a plan!"
The beast starts to run towards Guy, "So do I!" he says.
"No Guy, you've got to trust me!" Lane is ignored.
Guy runs head first at the beast.
The beast sees Guy coming and lowers its head to run him over, but Guy jumps over the beast and runs towards the tree line. The beast slides to a stop and turns around to chase after him, but Guy isn't fleeing. He runs up to the tree that the beast almost knocked over and wraps his arms around it. Guy tugs on the tree with all his strength. His face turns red as he tries to break the tree from its base.
"What are you doing?!" yells Lane.
The beast is all most on top of him. Rip! Finally, Guy manages to tear the tree away from the stump. He quickly turns around to face the beast, wielding the tree like a hammer.
"Die!" he slams the tree on top of the beast. Boom!
The dust settles and there is no sign of the beast. Guy looks at Lane from across the yard, "I told you I had a plan."
Lane rolls her eyes and points at the tree. Guy sees the beast's head and arm come out from under it. The beast is trying to claw its way free.
Guy throws his hands up, "Why won't you just die!"
"Guy, you need to cut off its head!" yells Lane.
"You should leave the fighting to me!" says Guy as he stomps on the beast's head trying to keep it down.
Lane loses her temper, "Would you listen to me for two seconds! I've spent years learning the properties of healing magic, and one thing I know is the head controls the body! You need to cut off its head!"
The beast frees itself from under the tree and begins to heal its broken bones.
"Fine! Throw me my sword!" yells Guy.
"Catch!" Lane holds the sword with two hands, she spins and uses the momentum to throw the sword.
It flies through the air, but then falls flat only a few feet in front of Lane. Guy looks visibly annoyed from across the yard.
"Sorry, it's heavy!" says Lane.
A shadow comes over Guy, the beast is standing behind him with its claw raised. Guy rolls out of the way of the beast's attack. He makes a run for his weapon, and the beast chases after him. Guy reaches for his sword, but the beast grabs his leg and throws him back towards the tree line. Guy hits the ground and rolls back to his feet.
"So I need to take off its head? Fine!" Guy thinks to himself.
Guy runs at the beast one final time, and the beast does the same. The beast slashes at Guy, but this time Guy leaps over the attack and lands on the beast's shoulders. The beast swings its arms around trying to buck Guy off.
Guy grabs under the beast's jaw. He twists the beast's neck and pulls up with all his might!
"AAAAAHHH!!!" he yells.
The beast screams in pain as its neck tears from
It's shoulders. Guy rips off its head, blood shoots out of the throat, and the beast's body falls over.
Guy sits down covered in the beast's blood.
He throws the beast's head to the side and takes a deep breath. Lane looks disgusted.
The beast's body turns to ash along with its blood on the ground and on Guy's clothes. He has killed the beast.
To be continued...