As the arrow soared past Lance, he realized his time to go was now. Rushing forward with his shield up, he deflected another shot, and was now in front of the new man. Bashing him in the face with his shield, a quick few slashes to face did him in. The other one in the meantime had readied yet another shot, an it struck Lance in the arm. Reeling back, Lance rushed forward and tackled him. A quick stab to the head was all it took. Standing back up the  leader  attempted to shoot at him, but missed entirely. Slashing him accross the chest and then tackling him, the bandit was out cold. Scrambling to his feet, he ran towards the escaping assassin. Lance shouted to all in the area as loud as he could: [color=0072bc][i]"Attack! Don't let him reach Veronica!"[/i][/color]