"Now, Sythe!" Lexx intervened, sending out a relay message to a second dice. Energy had only been bait. He was never intended to be the real combatant.
Sythe screeched, diving from where she had been watching in the sky. Her glimmering feathers had kept her completely hidden from view until she was needed.
The duck didn't realize he was the intended prey until Sythe was already on top of him. He quacked furiously and tried to jump free of Energy, but in the midst of feeding he wasn't able to escape. The hawk didn't hold back, slamming into the duck and knocking him toward the water.
