Vatik smiled with satisfaction at the quick displacement of the two men.  She harnessed her crossbow on her back and began to work her way down the hillside.  As she descended she made a list of what needed to be taken care of next in the immediate moments from most important to least.  In minutes she was on the path standing above the crying hostage and two dead bodies.<br/><br/>First she retrieved the arrow that had not been lost to the forest.  Vatik grabbed the end of of the steel bolt and placed her booted foot on the bandits skull, pulling hard to dislodge it.  After wiping it clean and replacing it in her quiver she turned to the woman.  She needed details on who she was and what had happened, the hostage could give them.<br/><br/>Bending down Vatik pulled the woman into a sitting position and shushed her as she untied the gag.  "Your captors are dead, I am not here to kill you.  Calm yourself."