okay Bus.... (Sorry it took so long to get to the edit! -ISP problems) Jodi has the creature by the throat yes, (which if you have ever wrestled with a very BIG dog, this is the closest you come to having them at a disadvantage)!!! LOL The only thing that saves Jodi though is Tolari's tail slamming the creature OFF of Jodi. I guess I didn't make this clear, so let me rewrite this and let me know if you think that will work. Jodi is not a super hero by ANY means, she is a naive, impetuous young girl!!
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Blessed One, seriously adrenalin is truly amazing. I have never in my life been able to lift three hundred pounds, ever... before or since...
but in the middle of a tornado, with eight little girls to take care of as a camp counselor, I ran 1/4 of a mile through wind and rain with six of them hanging off of my arms held straight out! They averaged about 60 lbs probably (they were third graders) The girls told me later, they were not running, I was
carrying them and they were just hanging on to my arms like a gym bar! The only two girls that could run fast enough to keep up were hanging onto my shirt tail and running behind me. I would have sworn I could no more have done that than I could sprout wings and fly
but... I
did it when that tornado was bearing down on us!!!

LOL
Seriously though, please review the rewritten version and see if you think it reads better. Let me know if it doesn't or if you see more problems, it can always be edited!
~Cyberwing