There were more people than Alys had expected, and her journey to the inn was not a quick one. She was jumbled and stepped on, generally ignored in the throes of panic. People were stupid - they were drawing attention to their fright as they tried to escape, but Alys was resigned by it all. Where were the guard? Where were the defenders of these people? With a frown, she fought through the citizens and passed buildings that she could only hope were familiar ones. If she’d taken the right path, the inn should only be up another few streets and then she’d be able to return to Celim, wherever she might be.<br/><br/>After being battered and abused by the crowds, she finally spotted the inn up ahead. There was a smile on her lips and excitement in her step - she’d be able to get her weapons and gear and then…..and then what? Jump into the fight? Save people that wouldn’t bother giving her a second glance if she were in trouble? Alys quickly kicked those negative thoughts from her head. Life had jaded her in some ways, but as always, she saw the good in a person, even if there was no good left in people as a whole.<br/><br/>A scream caught her attention, and pausing in a doorway of a building that was not the inn, she looked around to scan the area for the distress. Shouts from citizens directed her toward the west, just in time to see a pair of monstrosities barrel toward the unexpecting crowd. She sighed heavily as one of the monsters cornered a young woman, and while the young woman looked ready to fight for her life, Alys knew she didn’t stand a chance alone. Hell, Alys wasn’t even sure she, herself, stood a chance alone either.<br/><br/>With it’s back toward her, Alys saw her advantage and acted upon it without hesitation. Reaching into her boot to secure the second dagger, she hid the her bag behind a large crate where she figured it would be safe, and took action. Her feet tore across the ground, and she knocked a few people off their feet in the process. She shouted words of warning to passersby, and while her voice didn’t sound entirely like herself, it was the loud roar she gave that surprised her as she leaped onto the back of the creature and drove both daggers in deep.<br/><br/>The creature gave the most horrendous cry at the surprise attack, lashing about to grab the fiend on it’s back. Alys was taking no prisoners, however, and she used her strength to pull out one of the dagger to drive it into the skull of the monster instead. The girl had fled in those quick seconds after her attack, giving Alys nothing but a second glance as she ran down the street. The monster’s cries had not gone unignored, and Alys came to that realization as she felt the shirt she wore grow tight around her neck seconds before she became airborne.<br/><br/>The creatures had travelled in pairs, and Alys hadn’t paid enough attention to the second one. It had come to the aid of it’s partner, throwing Alys back against a nearby wall. She landed against it with a loud ‘thud’ and her breath escaped her for several long moments as did her consciousness. Her head hit hard, knocking her senseless as she had been unsuspecting, and her weapons were gone - both driven to the hilt within the first monster that she had jumped upon.<br/><br/>All of this for a simple bow, she’d later think with disdain, if she survived. She should’ve just hid in a tree instead.