Madeline Fights Against the Legion

The men rushed suddenly. All was chaos. Only a few of the men carried battered guns while the rest rushed forward with what looked like spears, swords, and clubs. They were nearly on the party in an instant. Ward dropped one to a shot in the head then wounded another who darted away.

Dr. Giles broke and ran. Sam moved too slowly away from the rush and Madeline saw a spear hurl through the air and crumple Sam, his lower jaw and mouth a bloody mess as he convulsed on the ground. Madeline had pulled out her pistol and fired. It was frantic and she shot one man haphazardly in the leg.

He fell slumped to the ground wounded. Madeline turned her pistol to another and fired every shot at the oncoming attacker in a frenzy. The first few rounds missed but the rest of the magazine landed true and he stumbled, whirled, then toppled over dead. She scrambled to move away and ready another magazine.

As she was just about let her slide forward, chambering a round, she looked up and suddenly saw out of her peripheral vision a blurry elongated shape. She thought she felt pain in her head but she felt nothing instead. And everything was still.