The sudden shout caused Ryker to look behind him as Hu Long tackled him to the side, just in time to see a long, metallic spike whiz past his face.
"Wow, nice catch!" he said, grinning as he quickly got his feet back underneath him before he and Hu Long fell to the ground.
"No time for gawking, get behind cover!"
Hu Long scrambled to get his own footing as he tugged hard on Ryker's jacket hood, pulling him behind a nearby outcrop of rocks. A whistling sounded through the air towards them as they did, before another long spike lanced straight through the boulder the two of them were huddled behind, the needle-like point jutting out from rock right between them.
Ryker stuck his head up from out of cover, seeing a large wolf looking down on them from the top of the valley. Its fur was a drab, sandy grey, causing it to blend in with the surrounding rocks, and it had a tail as long as the rest of its body that was lined with sharp spikes.
