Alina squeaked the moment Atrius drew back his fist to throw the first punch at the monks; such an act left her staggering for a moment. His shout however with his added hand motion however did spring her into action to quickly follow; only to pause again when monks with actual weapons came into the picture.<br/><br/>Again he gestured to her to go while he distracted the monks, she blinked but soon got the idea the moment a monk tried to slash at her. The slash startled her, but yet she simply stepped aside from it. Dunking and quietly side stepping as the monks took more focus on Atrius as she herself vanished into the treeline. Although luckily she didn't seem to wander too far.<br/><br/>The gong going off yet again would awaken the rest of the monks who didn't seem to get the picture as the armed monks where quickly to try and dash after the man into the woods. Although within a short time he would draw enough distance to get out of reach of the monks, but only to flop down bleeding on the ground... But the question remained.... Where was Alina?...<br/><br/>Shouting for her at first seemed to show no results, if anything it would only alert the monks of his location... But yet nothing but the sounds of the early morning filled the forest.... Was it all a dream? the thought would cross as the blood draining from him obviously wouldn't do his mind any good... But yet just as easily to bring him back to reality Alina could be seen creeping around the corner of a tree, her back firmly pressed to it as she shifted from one tree to another before spotting Atirus.<br/><br/>She gasped seeing him on the ground bleeding, but quickly rain to his aid, her hands taking grasp of the wound at his back. She shook lightly, her long hair draping over and even along  the ground as she sat beside him. {I wish I knew what was going on..} She spoke her words laced with worry and a touch of fear, but her attention was more fully drawn to Atrius as hands continued to hold his bleeding wound at his back. {Hold still.} She spoke, or at lest tried speaking to him as her attention was drawn away to the sounds of monks yelling in the distance.