Whoever Brings The Night

[Sara]

Didia backed away, breathlessly, as Alexius pulled her off of the man. She glanced, panicked, for Aia as chaos erupted in front of them. Alexius was a natural though, deftly yanking the bound man with an arm around his throat. Didia wanted to yell at him to put them out of their misery and end it but she didn't. She was one of a collection of people maimed by this man. They all deserved to see him suffer. 

She moved to Aia as Alexius spoke, watching as the man collapsed back down onto the dirt of the courtyard, apparently unconscious. "Fine...I'm fine...Aia you're hurt." she swallowed and in the dim light good vaguely see wetness on her tunica. Blood. Bile rose in her throat and she tried to breathe through her mouth. She hated blood. Thank the Gods you're here Alexius..." She breathed and at his instruction, she squeezed Aia's shoulder and hurriedly ran to go and get Theo. She took the stairs two at a time until she was outside the little room that she'd decorated for him, banging on the door with all of her might. "THEODORUS GET UP, GET UP, GET UP!" she was banging relentlessly, so much so that neighbours started to scream at her to shut the fuck up. "Aia's hurt!" 

 

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[Chevi]

There was some commotion going on in the courtyard below. Theo had had a hard day of work and had gone to bed early; he was out like a light, and only woke up when the screaming started. Not normal, neghbors-arguing screaming. Something else entirely. He was hurriedly putting on his tunica, when someone banged on his door. He could hear the panic in Didia's voice.

"THEODORUS GET UP, GET UP, GET UP! Aia's hurt!" 

Damn.

Theo tore the door open, seeing a very pale and disheveled Didia. He turned, grabbing for his bag. "What happened? What's going on down there?"

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[Chevi]

Alexius struggled with the man. Aia was ready to pick up his knife and murder him, but Alexius managed to knock him out. Aia watched in disgust as the attacker crumpled to the ground. She leaned back against the wall.

"Bastard cut me." she hissed; Didia was already running for the medicus. Aia pulled up her skirt to see the wound; it didn't seem too bad. Deep, but not spurting blood. She'd live. She bunched up her skirt and pressed it against the wound with a groan. "I'll be fine. Do we kill him?"

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[Atrice]

This was a new situation to him, and yet, nothing new about it at all. This was about catching a bastard of a maniac and protecting people he cared about, like Aia and Didia right now. Alexius had no time to think, he just had time to act and the moment he'd paid attention to the screaming from the courtyard and then his own name, well, he was busy from that moment. Just tossing a tunica on, jumping down the stairs, seeing what was happening, get the sicko tied up and then away from the women. And then knocked out, because he was being a pain in the ass and Alexius had no time for that. Not when someone was hurt! 

Now the idiot was on the ground, unconscious for now, but he wouldn't stay that way. Alexius sent Didia to fetch Theo, but she spoke up before she left. Alexius shook his head, "Thank me later. Go get Theo!" He said urgently, they needed Theo so that he could patch up Aia and maybe together with Didia, fetch Lucius. Meanwhile, Aia was leaning to the wall and checking out her wound. Alexius looked towards her as she explained she'd been cut. She claimed she'd be fine, but Alexius didn't like the look of it. Not at all. Had it been himself, he wouldn't have cared, but it wasn't. Then Aia wondered if they should kill him. Their prisoner? Because that's what he was now, wasn't it? Alexius looked down on him.

"There's nothing I'd love more right now." Alexius almost growled, looking at the unconscious guy on the ground, "But... it would be too easy for him. He doesn't deserve easy." He added and kicked the guy in the side. He let out a sound but didn't wake. Kicking someone unconscious was not nice. But the attacker had been not-nice to a lot of people. He didn't deserve anything good coming his way. Alexius looked at him. He only had his hands bound. They should tie up his legs too. And his mouth... Alexius looked to Aia, "Do you know where there's more rope or something?"

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