A lot had happened in just a few moments. jvb was attacking the beast who had fallen across my back and Nero was fighting both of the other beasts.
I crept up behind the closest beast to me, 'telling' Nero in my mind which one I would attack so that he could distract the one and fight the other. He must have 'heard' me because just as I prepared to leap on the back of the one closest to me Nero brought his sword down in a sweeping motion in front of its face. It immediately turned its broad back just enough for me to jump and cling to its shoulders. I brought my knife around in front of its throat and sliced a deep furrow from ear to ear. Blood gushed all over my hands and with a sudden shrug of its shoulders the beast flung me against the wall. My head hit with a resounding thud and I swear I saw a dozen stars floating in front of my eyes.
Just then, I felt something heavy fall into my lap. My first reaction was to raise my knife and plunge it into whatever had 'attacked' me which I did almost by instinct. I felt a bloody hand grasping my arm, heard a gurgling sound, and finally able to see I looked down just as the light dimmed in my enemies eyes.
As the world blurred and receded into an almost tunnel like vision, I glanced around the room. Nero had the last enemy well in hand. Viper was checking on jvb and I saw BG disappear through the double doors.
I looked back down at myself and felt like I was just waking up from a nightmare; but if it was a nightmare, it would all go away, right? My stomach rebelled as I saw I was literally covered in blood. As the nausea rose in my throat, I knew the little bit of chocolate I had eaten earlier wasn't going to stay where I'd put it. I turned to the wall and lost everything, as tears streamed down my face. My first real battle... hopefully my last.
