As soon as the girl finally collapsed, several figures who had been waiting in inconspicuous places around the square converged on her. She was still somewhat conscious, if not coherent. She moaned, moving slightly on the ground. The first to arrive at her side was a bear of a man, shoulders wide as a mountain, chest round as a barrel, arms thick as tree trunks. It was odd that he was the gentlest of the lot. He stopped his cohorts from having too much fun with her as they arrived at her side, kicking and punching and pulling hair.<br/><br/>Her only response to all of this was to moan, and mutter something involving the name Jacob. She peeled her eyes open, saw the face of one of the men leaning over her and gave a loving smile, "Jacob... I'm so sorry..."<br/><br/>The man sneered, thinner than the rest by far, with the nose of a rat, batted her hand away, then slapped her across the face. She offered no resistance to the slap and her was head sent whipping back on her neck, eyes rolling back in their sockets. The whites of her eyes were all that were visible as her body began to convulse. Every muscle seized, back arching, limbs contorting, foam gathering at the corners of her mouth. One man had been in the act of lifting her from the ground, but dropped her as the seizure hit, surprised by the reaction.<br/><br/>"Balls... she shouldn't be that far along for a couple days! Who shot her?"<br/><br/>A timid voice, a hesitant hand was raised, "Uh.. I-I did..sir." He was a pudgy man with a flat, wide nose and a flat, heavy brow that gave his face a squashed look, like he'd run into a wall too many times as a child.<br/><br/>"How much did you put in the dart?" asked the bear.<br/><br/>"W-well... all of it, like you said, s-sir."<br/><br/>"IDIOT!! I SAID THAT WITH THE FOUR DARTS YOU HAD, YOU SHOULD GET IT ALL USED!!!! THAT DOSE WILL KILL HER MUCH TOO FAST!! WE'LL NEVER SAVE HER ON TIME!" the largest of the men, still kneeling over her, began barking orders to the rest of the men, "No time to lose! Pack up, saddle up, and ride out in five! All of you! GO!!"<br/><br/>Through all of this, the girl's seizure lasted, then finally began to subside. As the men scattered in a frenzy to fetch horses and saddlebags, she lay twitching with the final tremors. She was still utterly unconscious, no longer making a sound.<br/><br/>"Blasted idjits," muttered the man with a gentle stroke of her cheek, "They've killed her. He'll have all our heads for this. Hang on in there, miss... We'll get you that antidote. Don't even think of dying yet. We've got too many plans for you. Been looking for you a long time now."