Swamped

"The Six-Gilled Fenguin. Well, Lesser Six-Gilled Fenguin, apparently they discovered the swampdwelling one is actually a different species... oh, sorry, I'll explain more when we're in captivity, since we'll have time to pass there. Suffice to say that it's mostly harmless, from a distance at least, but it makes a lot of noise when provoked."

Dean slips towards the edge of your cover.

"And the thing is, it's actually quite easy to provoke. It tends to stay deep in the muck, watching for disruptions on the surface. Then it rises to see if the disruption is food. If it can't find anything, or it's still hungry, well, that's going to be quite the distraction. Be ready, in case this works."

You prepare yourself to run. You can't really focus on what Dean's doing, but out of the corner of your eye you spot him gently dropping a stick into a patch of deep water.

A moment later, a massive creature rises from the muck, snapping the stick in two and roaring. You can't get a good look at it, but from what you can see it could be either a fish or a bird.

"RUN!" Dean shouts. "And faster than you were planning! That's a Greater Fenguin! I thought they were only in the desert!"

You're already running. The Marshguards are in a panic, and it takes them some time to sort out who's going after which of you and who's attempting to drive off the Fenguin. By that time, you've all scattered, and you hide behind a rock as you try to figure out what's going on.

Four Marshguards rush for the Fenguin, while from your vantage point you see the rest split into groups of two and run for each member of your group. Jackson seems to bide his time, and rushes out with the decoy when most of the guards are diverted.

"There's two more over there!" you hear someone shout. Two guards are headed your way; you figure you might as well let them catch you.

Unfortunately, it doesn't look that easy. The Fenguin's more than anyone was bargaining for; it's already slapped two Marshguards aside with its... fin? Wing? You can't really tell.

"Forget the Bogknights! We'll stop them at the main gate! Everyone, after the beast! Kill it or drive it away, it doesn't matter!"

Well, this wasn't exactly how the plan was meant to go, but you suppose you can work with it. What should you do now?