Sinking in clouds

"Now!" Klautz commanded.

Selena, who was hiding behind a boulder, pulled a rope as she gritted her teeth. The twigs and vines stung on her soft hands causing her to bleed but she didn't falter as if her life depended on it. 

Klautz had told her multiple times how important this job was and how failing in it could have big repercussions. So she couldn't help but give it her all.

The rope tightened before the golem's leg making it triple on it. This caused the golem to stumble. 

Its stumbling added with the momentum it had gained was enough to make it fall off the edge of the floating island. But for reasons good or bad Klautz was in the way. If Klautz continued to stay so the golem might break its fall and push Klautz through the end instead.

The golem was a few inches away from Klautz, so any efforts to dodge its onslaught from Klautz's side would have been useless. It was simply too late to dodge.

But then something unexpected happened...