Shocked dismay flashed across the soldier's face.  "Holy shit.  Not another one."  She shook her head sourly, and her sword came free with a whisper of steel blade on leather scabbard.<br/><br/>"Chloe, stay back. Sethi, if you can, take a quiet look or listen at what might be around that corner."  Shield up, sword high, Cairn stepped wide, on the outside edge of the bend around the turn.<br/><br/>