[@dragonmancer][@Hillan]
Melany smelled the smoke before she saw it.  It was a rancid tang in the air that brought to mind rubber burning.  "That smell."  She mumbled, and her eyes went wide as she turned her attention to Xerxes, sure of what he was about to do.  "Not on the ship...."  She would've said more, had a lot more to say actually, but everything went boom before she got it out, and everything went up in flames.  "We just got the ship."  She muttered, shaking her head and getting to her feet.

There was a roar, and massive movement behind her.  On instinct she grabbed a hold of her kunais and ready for a fight.  A reptilian hand bigger than her reached out of the darkness and hefted her up like a rag doll.  "Jackal" she coughed.  "Don't worry about me.  Get the captain" but there wasn't enough air for her to do more than whisper.  Before she knew it she was hefted up.  A few seconds later the captain was saved too.  She wasn't sure if it was her words that got the sunny massacre's tank to do it, or the smoke guy.  Either way the point was the man had been saved.

A new threat appeared almost as quickly as the fog.  Smoke started to swirl around them.  "Damn it."  She muttered and started squirming.  "Jackal, buddy, your fire proof right?"  Melany coughed/ yelled towards Jackal's head.  "Why not cover us up and ignite it all?"