Ellie stepped back towards the piles of crates, giving herself plenty of breathing room for the coming attack. Shad noticed her apology and thought a moment before he spoke.
"If your still up to my bad ideas, I got one. If they are in a talking mood, anyway."
Ellie nodded as Shad turned to step towards the staircase, casting a ball of flame before him to illuminate the passage - further obscuring Ellie's presence as she slunk into the darkness around her. She bent one knee and took aim just over Shad's shoulder, waiting for the perfect moment.
Words, words, words... we should run. This was a terrible idea. We shouldn't be here without the others...
The trio carried on for what seemed like an eternity, Ellie's breath getting heavier, her bow arm quivering and her draw arm burning. She slowly eased her draw as Shad lowered his weapons, offering himself and denying her presence. The silence that followed his surrender sent a chill down her spine, time stood still and the flame on the stairs flickered gently in the breeze. One man motioned to the other, and Shad began to step back... the perfect bait.
Ellie drew hard once more, grunting as she did. As the brigand reached for Shad's arm, he turned to face the sound in the darkness.
"Eli!"
Against the dark blanket of night, the flickering light of the fire reflected off the arrowhead as Ellie let fly, piercing the brigand's bicep just above the elbow. Recoiling towards the wall, he braced himself against it with his free hand and proceeded to place a hefty right hook clean across Shad's jaw.
"YOU SHITS!"
Ellie stepped forward into the light, another arrow already nocked; as the brigand turned to face her once more, she released. With little more than a thump and a crunch, the brigand collapsed, howling in pain with an arrowhead protruding from his left thigh. Ellie rushed to Shad's side, dagger drawn as the last man lunged forward, ax raised high above his head.
"If your still up to my bad ideas, I got one. If they are in a talking mood, anyway."
Ellie nodded as Shad turned to step towards the staircase, casting a ball of flame before him to illuminate the passage - further obscuring Ellie's presence as she slunk into the darkness around her. She bent one knee and took aim just over Shad's shoulder, waiting for the perfect moment.
Words, words, words... we should run. This was a terrible idea. We shouldn't be here without the others...
The trio carried on for what seemed like an eternity, Ellie's breath getting heavier, her bow arm quivering and her draw arm burning. She slowly eased her draw as Shad lowered his weapons, offering himself and denying her presence. The silence that followed his surrender sent a chill down her spine, time stood still and the flame on the stairs flickered gently in the breeze. One man motioned to the other, and Shad began to step back... the perfect bait.
Ellie drew hard once more, grunting as she did. As the brigand reached for Shad's arm, he turned to face the sound in the darkness.
"Eli!"
Against the dark blanket of night, the flickering light of the fire reflected off the arrowhead as Ellie let fly, piercing the brigand's bicep just above the elbow. Recoiling towards the wall, he braced himself against it with his free hand and proceeded to place a hefty right hook clean across Shad's jaw.
"YOU SHITS!"
Ellie stepped forward into the light, another arrow already nocked; as the brigand turned to face her once more, she released. With little more than a thump and a crunch, the brigand collapsed, howling in pain with an arrowhead protruding from his left thigh. Ellie rushed to Shad's side, dagger drawn as the last man lunged forward, ax raised high above his head.
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