#earthrunes

"In about...10 seconds.. get away from it" he says

And he has it charge the cyborgs that remain "7... 5...4.."

Coradel runs to grab Leonora so they both get out of range. "Where's this girl he's rescuing?"

"WIth him in the back room ... " BOOOOM!

Wyrded, the dreaming takes liberties... after all, explosions are meant to either haave you walk away withit behind you... or bullet time dodge the chunks and debris... Coradel does the latter, red hair spreading like a fan to the side before settling back in a wind blown look

She pauses a moment to savor the thrill of the blast...and then looks to Leonora with a grin.

Leonora has some cuts and bruises already, but nothing from that blast. The cyborgs are dead. And there's a groan from further on "Lil help?"

Coradel runs over to the source of the voice. "Hume?"

Yup. No robot to carry the voice, it's Hume's ...

She looks for him, moving debris if necessary.

The medical bay has bulelt holes.... and a girl who looks to be out cold with ... magic marker lines like she was beef about to be carved or a cadaveor aabout to be examined. She's got a fae soul, but it's temporarily undone and sleeping... so al lthat is there is a young girl barely in her teens . she's not cut or hurt...

but Hume is... bloody sword... a dead doctor and security guard...

and he himself is wounded with a bullet in the leg "I can't lift her like this"

"Leo, you get her. I've got him."

She quickly and efficiently takes his sword and wipes it off before helping him sheath it. "This is going to hurt. Ready?"

"Roger that" She picks up the girl after wrapping her jacket about her

Hume mutters "Would it matter if I wasn't? we gotta go. I've deleted all the files and sent a virus to boot... "

Coradel nods and hoists him up across her shoulders, firefighter-style. It's not glamorous, but wouldn't it be worse to be carried out cradled in her arms?

And out they go.. Hume grunts in pain but does not otherwise complain. Rather he says "how'd you find us?"

"It's a baroness' business to know about her people, Hume" Leonora says "ANd be there when they need help. She has her ways"

"Yes, I'm very clever, now hush. Leo, what's the best way out of the gate? My car's in the alley."

"Probably this.." Leonora putlls out the wire cutter "Back part.. come on" and they make their way out before police can arrive

"Nice." She doesn't ask why Leonora just happens to have a wire cutter on her.

Indeed. Any fiona knows, sometimes things malfuction and safe words aren't enough

"Thanks" ANd they head out soon in the car with a wounded hume and a comatose (Lot of those lately) girl

Soon enough, Coradel gets them settled in the car. There's not really enough room to seat them all comfortably...Hume likely has to cradle the girl while they're both in the back seat.

"Heroics hurt. I don't think I'm good at it" He mutters

Leonora rolls her eyes but smiles "YOu were brave where it counted. NO evidence of anything unusual in our area ?"

"All erased"

He assures

as they drive

Coradel makes quick work of getting them back to the hold. "Who is she?"

"A changeling.. they know her as an interdimensional alien ..." He says "Hidden ones I think... I was ... able to hack their creation. They did not expect that. Dictuming their own terminator against hem"

"Good work, there. I wouldn't have had a clue how to do that." She glances back. "Does she have a name?

"They call her subject XJ39.. " He snorts "Unimaginative twats"

"What do you call her?" Coradel says impatiently.

"When I learn her name I'll use that. " He says "She was like this when I got in. They were going to carve her up alive"

She nods, and then they're arriving at EarthRunes. "Let's get both you and her to the balefire." And the heaving and carrying is repeated.

This time, they get help.

And Coradel may realize she forgot to scold the boy for assigning Chancellors and Bards

It can wait. For now

(end scene)

((She hasn't forgotten. Wait for it. Just...wait.))