Afua lifted his head from his paws to the sound of a young boy. “Help, somebody please help!” He took off running towards the sound. “I'm coming! Hang in there!” He approached a young Sima. “What is it, what's wrong?” Afua asked. “It.... It's got my mommy!” The little boy said, looking off towards a gigantic rat dragging a Sima away. “Darn those ROUS's.” Afua cursed. “I'll get her, just stay here and whatever you do, don't go near them.” He took off as fast as he could in the direction of the giant rats. Afua approached the ROUS and struck it with his paw. Surprised, the ROUS dropped the boys mom and turned towards Afua. “Run!” He said to the Sima. “Get out of here and be careful!” The ROUS struck at Afua and tackled him. Afua pushed the animal off and struck it again. The ROUS clawed him on the nose just before Afua hit it's leg, injuring it enough for it to run off. When he turned around, however, Afua saw another ROUS about to attack the boy. He took off, taking out his sword in theprocess. “Get back!” He said, though the sound was muffled from the sword in his mouth. The ROUS smirked and turned towards Afua. “Just leave the boy alone.” He said. “Oh I'll leave him alone for now, but once you're gone there will be no one to stop me. “I'll protect them both with my life.” The boy's mother said. “Ma'am get back! I can handle this!” Afua said. The ROUS attacked Afua but he quickly counter-attacked, cutting off it's toe. The ROUS yelped and ran off towards it's brother, slightly off balanced from it's lack of toe. The mother looked towards Afua. “You're hurt. It got you on the nose.” She said. “Come back to our home and let me clean it for you.”