His frantic push to find Donnie again leads him back towards the edge of the trees. The ground is shifting again, the jungle giving way to hard, packed earth and shrubs. The good news is that it gives Leo a wider field of vision - in time to see when a dark shape takes down someone who flashes purple for only a moment.

Or maybe that was just Leo's ninpo catching the spark of his brother's.

Whatever it is doesn't matter, because Leo's mind fills with a white hot panic. The fear lances through him, and before he knows what's happening his sword is in the air, and then Leo is landing within striking distance of the beast who's harming Donnie.

With a wordless cry, far from his usual puns and quips, he strikes through the creature, dark blood flying. Leo heaves and pants as he dispatches it, dragging it away from Donnie.