Alex stretched out her neck and stood high on her legs, spreading her wings and pushing up to take flight off the hill. She shivered as she flew through a cloud of moist air and flew low to the sand that was still warm from the sun. She flew low and her belly scales scraped the sand, and before she knew it she was running on the ground, and slowing to a stop. And she stopped for a reason. She gazed at the sight before her. Facing her was a hunting party of at least twelve humans.

She snapped out of her initial response of shock and snarled, her tail lashing and her nostrils flaring. She let out a series of low growls that humans wouldn't hear. but they were signals of danger.

Adrian sat bolt upright when she heard Alex's distress. He growled normally before following her trail to where she was. 

Alex smiled as her friends came to her aid. Spikes rose on her back as she bared her teeth. Her nostrils closed themselves and she spat a flowing stream of fire at the humans. When she looked up. She found that none of them actually got hit. The alll held up their thick metall shields just in time. She snarled in frustration. She rushed forward and snapped the head off one, slashing another with her long claws. She released more fire and torched one more. She felt a searing pain in her back left leg, her blind spot, and whipped her head around to see a human sword embedded in her leg. She snarled and dragged the human away with her jaws, tossing him around like an alligator, keeping him alive and in pain. She pinned him down with her claws, sinking them into his little body before tearing off his upper section with her mouth, spitting it out and tossing it in the direction of another human.

Adrian soared above the battle. He used his keen eyesight to target one human specifically, diving down at the perfect angle and grabbing it in his claws. It stabbed one of his toes and was dropped from almost a hundred feet. An easy victory for the dragon. A painful loss for the human.