Onweer had been considering dashing out with Yvette and Brian, she really had. It wasn’t fear that held her back, nor some sort of rebellious spirit. It had been the man, Ebeneezer, that made her hesitate. Something about his demeanour, about the way his head jerked to the side a second before the attack, as if he’d heard something the rest of them hadn’t. Then there was that spark in his eyes – was it panic or disinterest? No matter, she didn’t deem him stable enough to be left alone. Even when half of the Junkers ran out of the ATV, she stayed behind and kept an eye on him. However the situation seemed to be quickly escalating, dragging everyone remaining in the vehicle out to help.

It all proved to be in vain when a stray bullet caught the man in the forehead, his body collapsing heavy on the ground next to her. Onweer cursed silently, casting a gaze around the battlefield. The driver of the ATV had snapped and was running around shooting blindly, the leader of the Survey group was overpowered, the vehicle’s cannon was demolished and there were bodies everywhere around her feet…. The woman bowed her head slightly and sighed, leaning her back against the cold steel. This was such a bad idea from the very start and with the first bullet released chances for negotiation had disappeared. If there even were any to begin with. Her brown eyes locked on Ebeneezer for a long moment, watching the blood pool out of his forehead and soak into the ground. Then she pushed herself off the steel frame, and over it, swiftly climbing on top of the ATV. In a quick motion that took her breath away and made her world darken for a moment, she steered a gust of wind coming in from the hill to curl around her body and then leave it, scattering in all directions. With it she left a cry out of “cease fire”. It was a long shot but hopefully the Divers would misinterpret the blast for pure power and not just an elemental spell. Hopefully they wouldn’t see that the staff in her hand was helping her stand upright, hopefully they’d consider her standing on top of the ATV a somewhat threatening move and not one of desperation. After all, she was willingly making herself the easiest target on the battlefield and nobody was that stupid. 

“Enough blood was shed, on both sides!” She made sure to be well out of reach of Jensuo’s hammer and display as much of her impassive smirk as she could. “Right now our forces have evened out – you’ve demolished our strongest weapon and we’ve killed some of your comrades but don’t be fooled. We didn’t come unprepared.” Her finger rose to point at Brian. “Our friend here has a rare ability. His senses stretch far and wide underground and as we speak he has his sights trained on you.” The nastiest, toothiest bad-guy-grin stretched her bitten lips. “And you do not want to see what he can do with it. Not to mention you have no idea what I’m capable of. Do you really want to risk any more lives or are you willing to parlay?” Would they buy it or did she just seal Brian’s destiny? She really hoped he could muster a more convincing threatening expression. A long shot, a desperate move. But she was the wild card after all, and that’s what she did best.