Posted by Alyson on 6/10/2008, 3:06 pm, in reply to "Re: An Unwanted Encounter continued..."
As the Were-wolves drew closer to the trio, the Human shoved the Dwarf off of the back of his horse and onto the ground.
When the Dwarf looked up towards the Human as if to ask why, the man snapped, "Get the woman and get out of here! Take to the sewers! I'll hold them off!"
The Dwarf merely nodded in agreement and ran over to Alyson, "Sorry about this, woman, but we have to go!"
"What? Huh?!" cried the elementalist trying to remain conscious, "--!!"
Summoning up his courage, the Human drew forth his sword from aside his saddle and brandished it before he led his steed into a headlong charge at the Were-wolves, "Tally Ho! Tally Ho!!
The Dwarf grabbed The Elementalist, lifted her up into a Fireman's Carry, ran off the road and down a side ditch to a sewer grate that was fifty yards in front of them. As the Dwarf ran as fast as his short legs could carry him, the retreating sounds of Werewolves howling, a horse neighing, a man screaming and bones breaking could be heard in the near distance. By the time the Dwarf reached the sewer grate and set Alyson down, the only thing that could be heard from where his Human companion chose to make his last stand was silence.
Normally the elementalist would of resisted being thrown over the stout fellow's shoulder but she was in no position to argue.
Quickly removing the wrought iron grate which appeared to be three times larger and four times heavier than he was, the Dwarf said to the Elementalist, "Have no fear, woman, we'll be out of harm's way soon enough. Just stick with me and we'll be fine."
Grabbing Alyson once more, the Dwarf shoved the Elementalist inside of the sewer main and pulled the iron grate back into place, "There we go, as safe as we can be. I'd like to see those critters try and reach us now. By the way, who are you anyway, woman?"
"Ack!" Alyson was lurched into the sewers abruptly, "don't underestimate a werewolf, sir dwarf. While though savage, there's always a smart one in the pack. Those are the ones you should worry about, sewers or no sewers."
Alyson propped herself against the foul smelling walls of the sewer tunnel, breathing heavily, "Alyson is my name."
