[i]"You are unbelievable! I have no weapon and no skills and even if I had, why should I fight with you? I forgave you for ruining my window, gave you shelter and you made me lie to my best friend, just to keep your sorry ass safe! You single handedly ruined my life and don't even give a damn about it! All you care about is yourself and you can't care less about what you did means to me! You ruined everything for me and you don't deserve any help!"[/i]

Stunned, Kiara lowered her guard for only the briefest of moments to glance over at Trixie in shock. In hindsight, she should have expected something like this to happen. Barging into her home like that, dragging her into this conflict....what right did she have? Still, she had come too far to allow herself to be captured now. To die here would be an insult. 

Giltwith took the chance to raise his sword and slash it in a downward arc, launching a curve of energy composed of light and darkness. The attack just barely registering in her peripheral vision, Kiara swiped down to counter with her own energy slash. The two forces met and collided, bathing the room in a brilliant flash of light.

Before the Knight could react once more, Kiara leapt back behind Trixie and placed her palm over the AI's mouth. Putting away her summoned weapon, she took her other hand to pin Trixie's arms to her body and waited for the room to clear.

She was being desperate if she was now resorting to using a hostage for bargaining.