by Seethe » Thu Apr 19, 2007 3:58 pm
Kilisha turned pale at the sight of what was happening. She continued to hold her bow on the sorceress, but she quickly began to doubt if that was what she should have been doing. The sorceress had already helped the mercenaries twice and could have attacked them either time had she chosen to.
The sound of Seryntas' shout made up Kilisha's mind. She didn't know if the heavily armored bounty hunter would make it to Xiao Long in time, and she couldn't stand the thought of what would happen if he didn't. A sort of rage welling up inside, Kilisha left the sorceress and charged up the stairs.
Once she got close to the top of the first flight, she could see that she had a clear shot at the orc's legs. She didn't want to risk hitting Xiao Long, but she didn't know if she could make it up the stairs quickly enough either.
Deciding that time was the greater risk, Kilisha pulled back her arrow and took careful aim as low on the orc's leg as possible. As she was about to release, she saw the sorceress, wings having reappeared, levitating up to deal with the orc as well.
But as soon as the succubus reached Kilisha's level, she stopped her ascent and turned to face the mercenary succubus. Kilisha was purplexed by this for a moment. Then, seeing the sorceress making a gesture with her hands, she quickly moved to switch her aim to the spellcaster. But before Kilisha's arrow was in line with the winged demoness, the sorceress' hand thrust forth and a burst of electricity coursed from it and through Kilisha's body, bringing with it a wave of shocking pain. Kilisha's bow dropped from her hands and the succubus fell and tumbled down the stairs back to the floor. A few seconds later, her mind faded from consciousness, but her muscles continued to twitch and spasm.
Watching Kilisha's fall, the orc laughed loudly. Then, loosening his grip on Xiao Long, he turned her around and grasped her by the shoulders with one arm. With the other hand, he drew Xiao Long's swords from their places, tossed one away, and held the other to her throat.
"Surrender... human!" the orc called down to Seryntas.