[i]One shot. Two shots. Three. Four. Five gunshots pierced her armour and flesh, resting hot against her muscles. Her muscles contracted around the areas. Shoulder, stomach, right bicep, left lung, left bicep. She laid there where she had fallen and slowly fell into a sleep.Her eyes remained open, her expression frozen in an unafraid stare.[/i]

She took a deep breath as her eyes flickered back to life. How long had it been since that fateful night? She stood, falling forward again and coughing heavily. "Shit...what year is it?" Erica asked the air, standing tall this time...or about as tall as she could. She walked out of the dungeon of the castle where she had been placed for an impromptu execution. "Did I live through all that?" she asked again, trying to figure out how she was even remotely alive. She looked around again and started walking towards the central hall of the castle, looking for whoever was in charge of the people hiding out in the castle.