Aleyna stumbles down the ramp falling short of the handle on the door as she reaches out for it. She lays there staring up at the ceiling as blood from the sword wound in her side flows freely onto the stone floor of the Blue teams entrance to the Bloodworks.
She coughs as blood begins to drip from the corner of her mouth and she manages a small chuckle. A High Elf appears in her field of vision, looking down at her shaking her head when Aleyna smiles her teeth stained with blood.
"I won."
"Barely." Esaera leans down pulling Aleyna by the arm and hauls her into the Red Room, pulling the door shut, she struggles to carry the Breton before she lets her fall onto the rim of the Fountain.
Esaera grabs her by the hair and unceremoniously dunks her head into the enchanted waters, holding her there as Aleyna pounds her fists against it struggling to get up.
Her head breaks the water with a loud drawn out gasp, coughing and sputtering, she giggles to herself still a little dazed as Owyn appears at her other arm and helps Esaera haul her limp body deeper into the Bloodworks.
They dump her onto a bedroll making her cry out in pain, rolling onto her good side clutching the still bleeding wound that was beginning to heal. She rolls onto her back arms splayed out and chuckles to herself again managing both a groan of pain and a laugh.
"I won."
Her eyes roll back and her head falls to the side as she passes out.
"We need to speak to her." The voices seemed a thousand miles away as Aleyna blinks, the bright light searing her eyes.
"She needs her rest, Blade."
"That woman is an Agent of the Imperial Army, not some Pit Dog. Go in there, shove a potion down her throat and prop her up so I can speak with her, or I'll go in there and do it myself." Aleyna's eyes roll back in her head as she licks her dry lips and tries to speak. Her throat is dry and she rolls onto her side as she coughs clutching her still tender wound.
"Achille." One of the voices says as the two Blades march into the small alcove where they put her on a bedroll only hours before.
"Good, you're awake." Aleyna winces as she slowly pushes herself upright and rests with her back against the wall, looking up at them with her dark green eyes.
"What can I do for you, Cyrus?"
"You know who I am?"
"Do you protect the Emporer?"
"Of course." The Blade says puffing out his chest, she fixes him with a stare, it sends chills down Cyrus' spine its like she could see into him.
"Then of course I know who you are."
"Yes, well... You need to gather your things Agent, you're to come with us." Aleyna looks past the two heavily armored men and gives Owyn a nod, the two Blade Knights look over their shoulders then at one another as she watches them.
"All right you two, what is going on?"
"Your presence is required immediately, we're evacuating the Emporer as we speak you're to accompany him to Cloud Ruler Temple." Aleyna extends her arm and Cyrus steps forward pulling her to her feet. She rests her hand against the wall and holds her side, wincing in pain.
"What's happened?"
"Geldall, Enman, and Ebel are dead. Assassinated." Her green eyes snap open again as she looks at them in surprise.
"All three heirs, dead? How did this happen?" Almost reflexively, her spine snaps straight shoulders squared, the clear signs of someone of authority. The Knights, like all good military men in the presence of a superior officer, instinctively snap to attention.
"We don't know not yet, but the Emporer asked for you personally." Owyn returns handing Aleyna her big leather pack, she grunts in pain as she swings it onto her shoulders and claps her hand on her old friend's shoulder.
"Something's happened but I'll return." She brushes past him as the Knights step out of her way.
"For your payment, I assume?" Aleyna looks over her shoulder her dark green eyes glinting in the light as she smiles.
"Of course."