[CupcakeDolly]

Clang!

The creature's head lurched back, and it blinked its massive eyes as a crossbow bolt clattered to the ground in front of it. It seemed to sway for a moment until it remembered what it had been doing, and its head rolled around once more to face its quarry in the hole that had been made in the brick wall.

Clang! Clang clang clang!

Following the quick blows to its body, the monster fell back, its many legs flailing in the air before it rolled to a stop with a loud Thumpf! against the wall behind it. Debris rained down onto its prone form, momentarily turning its fur the same white color as the walls of the building it had nearly brought down upon it. Carefully, its legs stretched out again, bringing it back to its full height. The creature's head, however, was inverted now, its hazel eyes shining from beneath its massive jaw, which it now unhinged in order to let out a deafening roar.

Hunkered down on her perch, Ophelia clapped her hands over her ears, waiting for the noise to cease. She watched the upside-down creature shake debris from its furry thorax and rolled her eyes. The girl cupped her hands around her mouth and directed her annoyance at the projectiles which had served only to enrage the beast when she shouted: "It's got armor, you stupid bullets!"