Fuu tries to rush past the Gnolls, but isn't quick enough

Fuu could get past them-- even if they caught her she'd break free. All she had to do was pick up speed and break through them. She knew it was a terrible plan, it shouldn't have worked before and it could fail so easily but she was going to use whatever adrenaline and determination she had to push through. She started running.

The gnolls approached at a similar speed, and Fuu could make out that they stood much taller and broader than most gnolls they'd seen, and were suitably equipped with mismatched armor stolen from Gods knew where. Fuu began to doubt her plan even further, but one more look over her shoulder to see Emmaline revitalized her. "These must be going for the boar, not us" she thought. maybe they hadn't even noticed them and they could rush them. Her time to thin was up, and Fuu led the push.

She shoved between them. They stood just far enough apart that she could squeeze underneath their shoulders and break free. She had passed without a scratch and found herself filled with excitement!

Smiling for the first time since she had woken up, Fuu looked back to make sure the plan had worked. Emmaline should have been right behind her, but instead... she had stopped. The situation had finally gotten the better of her.

'She sounded so defeated... I should have listened better!' Fuu thought, cursing herself. She couldn't help but watch in shock as Emmaline dropped to her knees, and then fell onto her hands. It filled Fuu with so much rage and sorrow to see her final soldier fall, and yet her only response was to sprint and get away from the caves.

Tears stung her eyes as she looked onward, all she needed now was to get out. Finally she was free of having to think about others all of the time. The thought came across her quickly and just as rapidly she felt the immediate surge of guilt. Who was she to be celebrating as her friend was about to be ****?

The first of the gnolls dropped down to all fours in excitement when it saw Emmaline collapse. It circled around her and placed its paws on her either side. It let out a harsh cackle at the ease with which Emmaline had submitted.

Emmaline hated how it it sounded, she hadn't intended to just let them have her, she just... couldn't keep going. Her arms shook under her weight. She didn't want to have to fight but she knew that if she collapsed it would be far more shameful with her face in the dirt. She looked foreword at Fuu and hoped that she would at least make it out. The gnoll continued to scratch at her bare skin. She noticed how sensitive her skin was and let out a whimper, only to feel even further disgust as the gnoll grinned even wider.

The other one approached her, but it seemed gnolls, were deeply territorial. The gnoll topping Emmaline snapped at the other. The other backed off quickly and set its sight on Fuu. Emmaline only prayed that Fuu could outrun the gnoll, the one chasing her was smaller so perhaps there was a chance.

Fuu kept sprinting, and had so nearly cleared the gnolls when her pursuer dropped to all fours. In a matter of seconds it closed the trail. The gnoll made sure that Fuu could her its panting, for only brief moment before it tackled Fuu. Emmaline dropped her head when she saw the gnoll grapple Fuu, she felt herself on the verge of tears before the gnoll atop her pushed her head into the dirt.