The pair heard Ruby's warning, and split, Spiral about-facing and shooting the other way since he was further behind, and Kariya boosting forwards in an attempt to outrun the falling tree. The tree slammed into the ground between them...
Spiral picked himself up from the far side of the tree, sporting several cuts from flying wood chips on his left side, back and tail. I'll deal with this later. he thought. Is it just me, or does this storm seem to have calmed a bit?
Kariya was somewhat luckier, having sprinted ahead of the tree before it fell. The impact had still knocked her off her feet, but she didn't get a bunch of flying wood splinters in her backside like her brother. Realizing what happened, she called out,"Spiral! Are you okay?"
A response greeted her from the other side of the tree. "I'm fine. Give me a minute, and I'll be over." Sure enough, a short time later Spiral came around the tree.
"I'd hardly call that fine, Spiral," Kariya said upon seeing his state. "You could've gotten yourself killed!"
"Well, I'm still here. Where were we?" Spiral asked.
"...Right," Kariya replied, and the pair began moving off towards Ruby, Spiral moving a bit slower due to a cut on his left leg. While not really all that serious, the cuts still did hurt. This is really starting to tick me off... Spiral thought as he continued on.