Tsen couldn't breathe. He laid on the debris covered bed, looking down at the worried eyes of his animal companion. "Hehe. Don't worry there, little guy. Imma just need a minute, Shui." Tsen struggled to take in air, and he felt like he couldn't move. Broken bones? At least 2. He recalled the events that happened just moments ago as he laid in agony on the bed.
***
"Hold on tight!", he had called out as they plummeted from the Hokage Clifface. They had just avoided a chilling attack that would have threatened to freeze them solid. Doing a slightly logical maneuver, Tsen threw himself from the mount and avoided the attack. Now he plummeted towards the apartments below.
As he slammed into the roof, the first thing that happened was all the air left him. Secondly, his bones snapped in his back.
12 breaks had concluded right as he slammed into the third floor, landing heavily with a thud on the bed in the southeast end of the apartment complex. Luckily, the room was empty.
Unluckily, Tsen couldn't feel his spine. How lucky had he been that the bed was there? It saved him from immediate death, but if the enemy was to show up now, he would surely die.
***
"Hey little man, go on and get outta here, mmk? Imma chill right here." Tsen pet the top of the panda's head, and it coo'ed in resistance, nuzzling under his chin. "Hey now, I said to go on, git!" The creature didn't budge. Sighing, Tsen laid his head back and waited. Unless someone friendly came along, they might not make it through this ordeal...
