Fighting Fate
But we'll get out of it.
His voice was soft, and he rubbed my back soothingly.
I nodded my head against him, "I refuse to let death by overgrown pigeons be my end."
Ben laughed and pulled me closer.
"Agreed love."
Suddenly the creatures, who were roosting in their respective nests on the high ledges above us began to caw. The sound was borderline deafening, and the cave walls and floor shook around us.
Then from the back of the cave came a creature, just like rest, but with a large crown of spiked feathers on his head.