Valerie looks almost bored as she parries the blacksmith's lunging attacks with the flashing blur of her own dagger, accepting the multitude of small cuts that open up on her arms to inflict answering ones on her opponent.  Blood, dark and congealed, oozes from her woulds as she slashes and parries both of her opponents as the first rays of dawn begin to peek out from the skyline.<br/><br/><em>I really don't have time to kill</em>both<em>of them.</em>- she thought calmly as her death drew closer with each moment's approach of the sunrise<em>And if my guess is right, I don't have the time to even kill one of them.  Best to experiment, however.</em><br/><br/>She stepped towards the blacksmith, her parries suddenly turning to attacks as she pressed forward with ruthless ferocity.  Duncan continued to stumble feebly from blood loss, though the thrust should have killed him instantly.  Her brows knitted furiously as she considered the nature of her enemy.  An Immortal, one that would be quite bothersome to finish before daylight reached them.  However, the nature of the woman before her was unclear, and before she left the field of battle she would at least determine whither she faced only one never-dying or two.<br/><br/>Her slashing lunge at the blacksmith left her open, and she smiled as the woman's long blade slipped into her chest, just above her right breast.  The blade lodged between her ribs as she stepped into Aurora's follow up strike, Valerie's own hand slapping away her dagger as she brought her own blade in a short flashing arc that buried itself in her opponent's stomach.  She enjoyed the shocked look on the woman's face, feeling an almost sensual thrill as she twisted the blade before withdrawing it.<br/><br/>The two women braced themselves against each other, each breathing heavily as Valerie continued to hold off Aurora's dagger and Aurora tried to free her blade from the undead monster's chest, her own lifeblood flowing freely from her wound.  Looking over her shoulder at Duncan, Valerie smiled, her blood splattered face glowing faintly as the first rays of the sun crested the tall buildings.<br/><br/>"Till we meet again . .  Immortal." she whispered before with a puff of shadow she was gone, Aurora stumbling forward as her support disappeared, leaving the bloodied street and the two Immortals alone with only questions and the corpse of the gate guard.