Diana Jaeger

Diana had been the last one to leave the tower and she did so without incident, the teen setting foot on the ground mere inches from the rest of the group. She had climbed down, though she wished she could’ve tried out the method the blonde used to get Jeff out the tower. If the situation wasn’t a serious one, she would’ve demanded Loki do the thing all over again except with her as the passenger. Alas, they had to get Jeff out of there, so, she would wait until a more appropriate time to badger the blonde about that method.

When Honora began the dash to the tree lines, Diana followed though she was to Jeff’s left rather than in front of him. Though, she would only stay there until the group reached the trees. He was, after all, safe in her mind and so, she was no longer needed at his side. Besides, she would be way more useful as scout and so, she had quickly found herself a good tree to call her vantage point. Sure, she had a good feeling that the group had gotten away without a soul seeing them flee from the window, but she also knew that they could’ve just not have been paying attention to their surroundings.

Either way, it seemed she had made the right call for she saw a lone figure headed in their general direction before he/she had disappeared into the trees. She found herself leaping across several trees in order to get in front of the group. She hung upside down, holding her shirt up with one hand and saluting the group with the other.

“Enemy coming in hot!”

She chirped, giving the group no more than ten seconds before she was gone once again. A solid thirty seconds after she disappeared, the group would hear the sounds of somebody approaching - and that somebody sounded mad.

Elizabeth

Eventually, the whole group would make it to the ground. Elizabeth had taken longer than she expected but less time than climbing up. Soon after, the group would make their way into the forest with Elizabeth running in the rear of the group. She wanted to make sure than if long ranged assistance was needed to distract the bandits, while the group got Jeff away, that she wouldn't waste any time. Diana had disappeared off intro he treetops somewhere as the group continued. She was probably scouting out the surrounding area from above. When the brunette popped down out of nowhere, Elizabeth would nod as she had assumed correctly. At this moment, the woman would turn 180 degrees and kneel down. She would pull her rifle off her back and aim straight ahead, although it was harder to see in the forest than a lit tower or open field. The cowgirl would look harder as she heard footsteps quickly approach. However, she wouldn't have time to shoot once she saw the figure because it was too late. The man had dove into the woman tackling her and throwing away her weapon.

Elizabeth would squirm and punch at the man, as he attempted to restrain her. Her fist would connect with his cheek but it barely seemed to bother him. She would soon find out why as he began to punch her in her face, neck, and chest. She would gasp for air before finally giving up. She would lay still as the man wrapped one hand around her neck. He would then pull out a pistol of some sort and hold it pointing towards Elizabeth. Purple eyes would widen with fear as she stared down the barrel of his gun. 'Never thought I'd die by a bullet," she would think as she awaited death.

Loki

Loki was running along side Honora, Elizabeth had dragged behind them slightly and Diana had taken a solid leap into the tree tops disappearing from his view. The occasional rattle of leaves or falling shower of leaves was the only indication of where Diana was. Jeff was struggling to keep up with their pace, his chest heaved as his lungs struggled to take in more air. They group stopped abruptly as Diana hung down from a tree branch to warn them of an incoming enemy. Jeff no doubt was relieved to have a moment to catch his breath. Quicker than he could react Elizabeth was attacked. A rather large man had tackled her down to the ground as was pounding away at her face and body. Honora took off in his Elizabeth's direction immediately, her hands reaching for her massive pole arm in an instant. Loki pushed Jeff towards Diana before giving a quick shout and taking off after Honora.

"Keep him safe!"

With Jeff now in Diana's hands he would chase after Honora and get ready to defend his fellow crew mates. Honora reached him first digging her halberd into the mans shoulder. He reeled in pain, his pistol hand moving away from Elizabeth. Honora took this time to pull Elizabeth back away from his and Loki stepped in front of the two while they got ready. Elizabeth would get up quickly and Honora would be standing next to him as the man slowly stepped his way towards them. He was about 5 meters away and closing now. Loki would quietly mutter his plan to Honora and Elizabeth hoping they would do their part.

"Remember what I said about saying Bananas earlier? Well... Bananas!"

Loki's left hand would reach into his coat and pull out a light colored shell. He pointed the opening towards his target and covered his eyes pressing the indent on the back of the shell in. Even through his eyelids the blinding light that the dial emitted was quite bright. The flash dial stopped after a brief blinding moment and Loki opened his eyes lunging towards the man now. His flash dial was dropped on the ground now as he reached for his second dagger, now armed in both hands. He was closing the five meter gap quickly. The man who he had flashed was swinging wildly around him with one hand while another rubbed at his eyes in an attempt to fix the damage that was done. It was only temporary however and their window of opportunity was vanishing. Honora and Elizabeth would be lagging slightly behind him as they probably a second or two behind him. Loki ducked under one of the man's fists as he moved within striking distance and shoved both dagger at a forty-five degree angle upwards. Both daggers pushed in to the hilt doing good damage to the man, maybe even piercing a lung. The big burly sasquatch was quick to react to the pain, a giant fist crashed down onto his back soon after he attacked. Loki was smashed into the ground letting out a pained grunt as the wind was knocked out of him. Managing to work through the pain he rolled to his right away from the man so Honora and Elizabeth wouldn't have to worry about attacking with him in the way.

Diana Jaeger

Regulated to guard duty, Diana leapt from the trees the moment Loki had demanded she keep Jeff safe. She saluted the blond, a smirk on her face before turning around and heading in the opposite direction of the trio. She wasn’t worried about rather or not they would be able to handle the man that had decided to pursue them, there was three of them after all, and so she focused on one thing and one thing alone. Getting Jeff as far away from the action as possible. She had contemplated heading to town with the young man, but she wasn’t quite sure if her companions would know that she headed there and thus spend a long time scouring the forest for the duo.

On top of that, whomever had employed the group didn’t know her and she didn’t know them, so returning Jeff could only be done by the trio. So, she was pretty much forced to stay in the forest. She would take Jeff to the edge of the forest, the town of Yotsuba in plain view of the two. There they would wait for the trio to find them so that they could drop Jeff off at wherever he needed to be.

Diana spent that time talking to the young man. She didn’t particularly care if he replied to her queries or tossed in his two cents about the topic she was currently talking about. She just didn’t want silence to reign over the two. Eventually, the trio would arrive and Diana would greet them with a frightening amount of fervor. Jeff would be dropped off, Diana offered an official place in the band of misfits, and the group paid. All and all, it had been a good week.

Elizabeth

Elizabeth would lie still as the man began to squeeze her throat letting out a few small coughs before she watched a blade slice through the man's shoulder. Purple eyes would blink I'm surprised as she was dragged out from under the man. Who was this? What was happening? Where was Jeff? Elizabeth would look up to see dark hair dangling down near her face. 'Princess?' Elizabeth would wonder until Honora had stopped dragging her. The green-haired woman would turn over into a kneeling position as she tried to lift herself quickly onto her feet. With blood pouring from her nose, Elizabeth would wipe the blood with a bandana she had tied around her neck. After a moment of realization, Elizabeth would search with her eyes for her gun and quickly return it to her own hands. The whole time she had been listening to Loki's plan. As she positioned herself next to Honora, Loki would yell something about bananas causing the cowgirl to quickly turn her head and cover her eyes with one hand. Whatever he had planned, She sure wanted to see it but would trust his word when he said not to look.

When the group was able to look again, the big man was swinging his fists around blind, Loki was running towards him, and Elizabeth was wiping her bleeding nose. However soon enough, the cowgirl and the princess were chasing after the crazy blonde. First, there were two daggers to the chest, which seemed to be somewhere near the lungs. Then, Loki found himself face first on the ground, to which Honora would run in swinging her giant bladed thing around. With great luck to her, the man would end up with a giant chunk taken out of his neck. Elizabeth would have been standing back away from the two in case they needed assistance, however after that performance, she dubbed her assistance unnecessary and turn away from the dying man. Blood would squirt from his neck and the cowgirl would hear him fall to his knees before Honora would put him out of his misery.

Soon, the group found their way to Diana. They would then find Jeff joined with his people again. Then, Elizabeth would mope on home to take care of her injuries before heading off to the closest bar to drink away her sorrows.