She was fast but the bastard Geslack was fast too. Bremmington was at its peak when they took their time and relied on the cold tactical prowess that earned them their emblem of ice. But Lyra was more fire than anything else, and in that moment of rage, had made a fatal error. Steel clashed into steel as his scissors closed around the edge of her rapier, redirecting it so as to protect himself from the edge of her blade. Fingers gripped the sword's hilt as Lyra pulled back, the price she paid, a fist to her stomach.<br/><br/>His was a heavy and cruel hand. The air was knocked out of Lyra's lung and the world flipped over onto its head. Even from her precarious position on his back, the Geslack garden was a sight to behold, a flurry of bright colors passing by her. It was then that she noticed the fountain. Water and ice, the weapons of her house. She didn't have the opportunity to utilize it now, but she kept it in mind before focusing her attention on the icy shards raining down on them.  She wouldn't be able to escape this unscathed, but she could at least limit the damage dealt to her. Lyra waved a frantic hand to the left, redirecting the ice shards that threatened her. They veered to the left and embedded themselves into soft garden soil moments before her own back came into contact with the cement below her.<br/><br/>The force of the impact left her gasping and the world around her blurred. She had to take a moment to compose herself before she noticed Engel's dark face smiling down at her. She was unaware of the colors he'd spread through her veins, much too occupied by the searing pain shooting down her back and the scissors he held to her throat. His boot stomped down on her rapier and rendered it useless. It wasn't the ideal situation, but she kept her expression blank and spat out his name as if it were posion. "Geslack, you know why I'm here." She allowed the words to sink in. "Astor and Alvina. Do they sound familiar?" She would distract him with talk. "I believe you know them." She waited for him to answer then attempted to bring up her leg and knee him in the stomach.