A woman sped quickly across dark streets, desperately trying to escape. She rounded a corner and hit something… or someone. She fell to the ground and noticed a dark figure standing above her.

"Uh, ello miss." She shrieked in fear. "Good ev'nin to you too…"

The dark figure offered a hand. She shakily accepted it, and was pulled up. She came face-to-face, or rather, face-to-top hat, with a small, gruffy man with a dusty mop.

"Anythin' I can do for you, miss?" She nodded shakily. "Run, just run, as fast as you can!" She continued her run down the street. "Cor, 'at was on weird lady." His thoughts were shortly ended by a black hammer colliding with the back of his neck.

The woman rounded again into a dark alleyway, sure she had escaped her pursuer. She decided here was a good place to stop, given she hadn't seen him for the past mile or so. She was so focused on the fact that she was safe for the moment, she didn't notice the figure perched on the roof above her. Even as the figure dropped down, she was oblivious to its existence.

"Deary me, arma" She snapped her head to the side, looking for the source of the voice. "Look, here's the one who thought she could escape." The last word absolutely dripped with venom.

A man emerged from the shadows of the darker part of the alleyway. Grey scar on his eye and a raven perched on his shoulder, it was unmistakable, this was the man who had been following her.

"G-g-go away!" "Or what? Need I remind you of who has superior firepower?" with that, the raven on his shoulder transformed into a cutlass, and placed itself into his hand. He sifted the blade through her ruby hair before softly pressing it into her jugular.

"I wouldn't move if I were you. A sudden move might frighten me and cause a rather… unfortunate event to occur." He pressed the cutlass slightly harder into her fair skin, drawing a miniscule amount of blood.

While distracted by his blade, she didn't notice as he hit a set of pressure points on her neck.

Her vision began to blur and she felt a dull pain in the back of her skull as she fell to the ground.

The stars and night sky began to blur as she lost consciousness.