She was too late.

Grace recognized the woman vaguely, silhouetted in the cave entrance by a flash of lightning. She was one of the other prisoners who had escaped. Now she was twisted, a puppet to some god's will, and intent on killing her charge. She didn't have enough time to finish this simple golem, let alone anything that could stop the powers of a god. She didn't even know if she [i]could[/i] stop the powers of a god.

Not as she was anyway. Not on her own.

Just being close to the cavern was extending her abilities far beyond what she could normally accomplish. She placed the nearly finished statue on the ground, a medium sized dog complete with textured fur, and stood in front of the two she swore to protect, grabbing a dagger from the ground as she rose.

"Leave this place," She told the woman floating in front of her. "I know this is not your will, and if you leave us I won't harm you."

At the same time, she wasn't taking any chances. She pressed the dagger into the palm of her hand to draw blood, and let it drip onto the cavern floor.

As her blood hit the floor, she felt a rush of power, almost painful in it's intensity. Adding her blood to the process had always let her make golems faster, but cruder. This time, the rock of the cavern obeyed her will exactly as four stone hands slammed out and gripped tightly around the intruder.

"We have to go," She said, once more bundling the voiceless girl into her arms and hurrying further into the cavern. As it got darker, she warned the timid girl to watch her step, though she found she no longer needed light in the cave. The stones themselves showed her everything she needed to know, and the images only got clearer the further she went.

She thought back to how it felt when she had used her magic, how something had almost delicately asked her to invite it to join her. She no longer had time to debate that, and simply reached out with her mind.

[i]"I don't know what you are,"[/i] She said silently, pushing her thoughts deeper into the cave, [i]"But I  will accept you if you help me protect these two."[/i]