the Harpy Queen now trying to dig her way out of the corpses of her offspring that were mounded on top of her. The moment she was free, she saw me coming for her and it was the first time I saw real fear in her eyes. But then she now knew what I was capable of, although I had to admit, trying to call forth that same power was no longer happening.
I knew then what I must do, which was reach the Eye and try to reclaim the power it had given me. This, of course, was easier said than done, for the second I made a move towards it, I was suddenly plucked from the ground and in the grasp of one of the Harpies.
My leg swung uselessly as I was clasped in the tight hold of two bird’s feet circled around the tops of my arms. I knew at any second all she had to do was drop me and I would be a goner, never surviving the fall. However, like every bad guy in a movie that wanted to talk before just killing the hero, she didn’t do this. So, I quickly took advantage of her lack of brain power and her unwilling ability to use what little she had. Meaning I swung my legs, doing so until gaining enough momentum so I could pull myself up until they were partially vertical over my head and shoulders, like I was doing a lazy handstand. I then hooked my ankles at the back of her neck and tugged her head down, making her flight uneven. She then had no choice but to let go, however this was something I was ready for.
Now with my hold still on her neck, the moment my arms were free I grabbed onto her scrawny ankles. Then I let my legs fall, using them to swing again, only this time to the battlements the moment that we were close enough. The second I dropped everything in my body hurt as though my bones had been rattled and organs misplaced. But hey, at least I managed to roll into the fall, now ignoring the pain.
I sprang back into action and looked over the broken wall to see the Harpy Queen below ripping one of the wings off one of her dead offspring, making me question what she intended to do with it. I didn't have to question this for long as she started to make her way over to the Eye, telling me this was how she intended to pick it up. Then again, she had obviously been smart enough to do this the first time when kidnapping Nero and I, so it made sense.
This meant that that once she had it in her possession, she was going to make a run for it and take the Eye with her.
“Not on my watch, bitch,” I said, watching as the Harpy was coming back round again and obviously intent on trying a second time to take me out. I took a few seconds to weigh up my options and came back with the craziest one yet. Then with a quick scan of the ground for a weapon it suddenly hit me that I still had one on me! A weapon I had made sure to keep hidden when being shoved in a cage...it was my trusty talon still in my waistband.
“Well, that's convenient,” I muttered to myself getting ready to do the next crazy ass thing. I took a couple of steps back readying myself to make my move, hoping my timing was on mark or I was so screwed, cartoon pancake style! Then when the Harpy was just in the right position for me to do something potentially suicidal, I said
“Come on Fae, you jumped out of a damn helicopter before, this should be a piece of cake…NOT FUCKING LIKELYYYYY!” I shouted, letting the last word continue on as I took a running jump before landing on the back of the flying Harpy. Then with no time for a ‘phew, good job you’re not dead congratulatory, victory salute’ at myself, I quickly grabbed her neck. Then she was forced to concentrate on levelling herself out, making her wings adjust for the added weight of having me clinging to her back. This was when I acted quickly before she could buck me off, I put the talon to her neck and told her,
“I will slit your throat unless you take me down to your