Wake up! Riane exploded out of nowhere, screaming. Her voice shattered through his mind, followed by a boot scraping over a rock behind him. Lexx came alive, swinging his wings out defensively to block the attackers.  Get away from them! His foot slid off the rock and into the water, but only for a moment. With powerful sweeps of his wings, he beat his opponents back. There was a tug on one of his wings as the bigger of the attackers grabbed the feathers. Not about to be brought down, Lexx kicked and twisted away, losing a feather in the process.