Holly Short painfully crawled to her feet from beside the wall into which the troll had thrown her. She winced with pain, and with her low magic level, she wasn't healing very quickly. The humans were staring at her. She placed a small silver orb into the middle of the floor and called them to come.
"Watch." She said weakly in their language. She turned around and closed her eyes. A bright flash ensued and mass unconsciousness reigned. The people fell where they stood. The troll was already out. Retrieval was coming soon, and Holly knew that she had at least a few minutes to rest before retrieval – and Commander Root showed up. She let her knees buckle and she slid to the ground and into unconsciousness.
Retrieval, led by Commander Root himself soon arrived. They looked in. The humans all lay unconscious. They were breathing, the squad could tell. The troll was still alive and unconscious too. The stepped through the opening. Root looked around. A piece of LEPrecon uniform material could be seen from between the legs of a table. He walked through the wreckage and gasped. Holly lay unconscious on her side, blood seeping from a slash on her neck. Root knelt beside her limp body and rolled it over. She didn't stir. He shook her lightly. She still didn't move or awaken. He took one of her limp hands by the wrist and took her pulse. It was a very weak. As he let go of her arm, her eyes fluttered open weakly.
Holly thought she could see a bit of concern in Commander Root's eyes as she opened hers. It soon vanished and was replaced by a purple rage. He started yelling at her.
"Short! You were given orders not to attempt retrieval. ORDERS! You weren't invited in either! You idiot!" She winced, hurt by Root's insults as well as his loud shouting.
"They… they called for help…" She gasped, barely loud enough for Root to hear, then she passed out. Root paused for a moment, confused. He suddenly realized what he had done. He gasped and took Holly's pulse again. It was no better, in fact, it was slower and fainter. She wasn't healing either. He guessed that Holly was low on magic, so she could not heal herself. He healed her, blue sparks passing from his hand to her wrist and from there to her various injuries.