When Karogen spoke, the laughter stopped and a brooding silence filled the room.  Only the faint noise of breath and a slight clink of chains signalled that there was someone still in the room with him.  The silence stretched out for nearly a minute.<br/><br/>---<br/><br/>O'Toole watched as the cultist sprung backwards from the force of Bane's shots, tumbling back over the edge of the roof and plummeting to the ground below.  She stared at Bane in gratitude for a time until he barked an order her way.  That snapped her out of it.<br/><br/>"Got it," she mumbled.<br/><br/>Below, when the remaining cultists burst into flames and their leader fell unconscious from Chiro's strike, Halvorson felt that the battle was just about over.  He went out around to his men, checking them for injuries.  Then he checked on the Slayers, stopping by Baz to give him a knock on the shoulder.  "We beat 'em, seems like," he said.  He warily eyed Jania, unsure as to what she would do next.  He looked at Chiro and smiled.  "Nice shot."  Then he glared at Heretic.  "YOU got some SERIOUS explainin' to do."<br/><br/>Collins came out of the safe house, approaching the two cultists he had downed with his tranquilizer darts.  "Hey Janus!" he called.  "Gimme a hand with these!"  Janus came out, his Uzi at the ready in case of surprises, and helped Collins drag the unconscious furs indoors.