The Blizzardclan vice-leader was taken by surprise when a young girl hurled herself at him. She was less than half his age, but clearly an apprentice, and, he reminded himself, an Exiler. Still, she was met with mild hesitance as Pierce froze, unsure what to do. In his moment's pause, the girl landed on his chest, causing him to stumble away from Vanari. He wouldn't have fallen had it not been for his own clumsiness, his hindpaws twisting as he tumbled down onto his side and felt claws raking over his cheek. An expression of set determination appearing on his features, the tom raised one of his back legs and attempted to kick ATHENA C.D.
off of him. His claws would likely dig into the smaller feline's belly, and hopefully wind her with the force of his kick. His front leg was bleeding and he could feel the venom - though he was unaware that that was what it was - from Vanari's fangs inching into his blood, numbing his leg slightly.
Then Vanari returned, his teeth fixing themselves around the smaller creature's leg once more and, much to Pierce's horror, crunched down on it. It snapped, blood gushing from the holes the komodo dragon's teeth and left and the bone being successfully and quite thoroughly crushed. The boyish serval suppressed a scream of agony, which came out as more of a squeak, tears leaking from the corners of his eyes as he attempted to tear his leg free of the other's grasp. Then, limping backwards with his paw held inches from the ground and attempting to balance on his hind legs for a moment, aimed to rake his claws specifically over Vanari's one of eyes, considering it was the only place free of scales that he could find. Whether he was successful or not, he would stumble, nearly crashing to the ground but managing to catch himself with his still-functioning front leg. For a moment, he regretted sending Doug away - he had overestimated himself, or perhaps underestimated the enemy -, but he pushed the thought from his mind. There was nothing he could do now but not die and hopefully still beat this guy up a bit.