I walked to Logan and Rytlock as they helped a medic deal with the Captain's wound. "I sent word to Laranthir already. When the message gets to him he should be on the move." They both nodded as I looked down.

The medic looked at the crystal while I looked at her. I tilted my head as I recognized her as Gwen, from back in Dragons Stand. She looked at the Captain. "It'll hurt, Sir, but if we get a proper medic over here we can save your leg."

"That would be for the best, my dear." He nodded. She stood up and rushed over to another medic.

"When all's said and done here, we will move onto Ebonhawke and take the portal from there." I said.

Logan looked at me. "That will take us right to Divinity's Reach. that'll be faster than waiting for an airship at least." I nodded as he finished.

A medic joined our group as she looked at the crystal while Gwen tended to other patients. "To heal this enough to splint it will take a lot of time and concentration. It'll be painful for you, Sir." She said as he looked back.

"That's fine, my dear, do what you need to." He said as Ila-Rhese looked at the girl.

"You can use me to increase your magic through me." She said putting her hand on the girl's shoulder.

She turned and looked at her. "Are you sure. I heard what you said to Kasmeer earlier about being an Acolyte, but even your power is limited."

Ila-Rhese nodded. "I will suffer some pain and I will be tired but I shall be fine."

The nurse nodded. "Someone grab his shoulders and legs. He will try and kick but don't let him."

Logan moved to his shoulders while Rytlock grabbed his legs as they pinned him down. The Captain looked down as the nurse grabbed the crystal with one hand and his leg with another. "Oh son of a- AHHHHH!"

The Captain let out scream after scream as he tried to kick his legs. Rytlock held them still enough as the crystal slowly came out. He tried to thrash but Logan held him down tightly. When the crystal was finally out the medic held her hands on both sides of the wound. Ila-Rhese pushed hard on her shoulder as she began to get a blue aura. Her hand glowed brighter as the wound quickly began to close. The Captain's thrashes slowly died down as Logan and Rytlock moved. The medic slowly stood up holding her head, looking at Ila-Rhese. "Maybe that was a bit much. I can barely see straight." Ila-Rhese panted a bit with a soft chuckle.

The Captain slowly sat up as he looked at his leg then to Ila-Rhese. "When we get out of this desert I owe you everything Miss."

Ila-Rhese bowed softly. "You have nothing to offer nor to repay me for. I am doing my duties." He nodded softly as the medic slowly helped him up and found him something to use as a crutch.

I looked to Ila-Rhese. "Are you going to be ok?"

She gave a soft nod. "I shall be fine Commander. I need time to recharge myself."

I smiled. "You did a great thing. It seems that was the worst injury in the bunch, so you should get your rest." I stood up as I looked to the rest of the Pact. "Alright. Any of you not injured and not tending to those who are. You need to salvage what you can from the ship and make sleds. We will take turns carrying our wounded through the desert. Others will carry supplies. We are moving to Ebonhawke, due north."

One Pact member looked to me. "What of our dead, Commander?"

I looked to the airship as I shook my head hating my own answer. "We will send word for their pickup. Right now in the position we are in, our main priority is keeping who we can alive." Some of the members wearily looked around. "Take the time to mourn those we have lost, but we need to move soon." Everyone slowly started to get up as I heard mumbles in the crowd. The ship slowly started to change more as the sleds were being made. Supplies were brought out and set on them as wounded and the medics tending to them sat on the sleds. I looked around after helping make more as we finally got everything we needed ready to go. I looked around as I could see some of the Pact with parchments. The norn had written down the names of the Koda who had fallen in the fight. The Koda were a spiritual race of bear people. The charr took the Skritt who were sentient mice who enjoyed anything shiny. The humans gather the few Quaggan we had on board who were amphibious beings. They were mostly peaceful but knew when they had to fight.

Teams were split up to carry what things. A group of four would pull the sled with the supplies helped by Scruffy and Mr. Sparkles. Every other sled would have two while the rest carried those who were tired. Others would hold up the canopy for shade that cover our group. We talked over strategies just in case we ran into more branded. We grabbed a map as we looked at the route we would take. It seemed like a straight shot there with a little climb through the mountains. I hoped most of our members would be fine until then. We began our trek as the sun hung high in the sky again. I looked back as we got farther out to see the battlefield slowly disappear. I shook my head as I grabbed my rope tighter, pulling the sled with Ila-Rhese on it while looking out to the rolling landscape of sand.