[b]Lenier[/b]

Getting a closer look, it seemed like Lenier was going to have to entertain Nirema after all. The scavenger was pale and trembling, on his last legs as far as the state of being alive went. He hadn't brought any medical gear, so Lenier wasn't sure the guy would survive being carried back to the underground. Was it worth it to make the effort?

He glanced down as the Scavenger asked for his help, the fact that he was able to talk at all a small miracle. The Daybreaker held back a sigh, mulling over what to do. They'd spent enough time that a few more seconds wouldn't make that much of a difference.

As it turned out, he didn't get a choice. 

Blue lights and a monstrous scream, then sudden pain from parting flesh, muscle, bone. There was barely time to notice that something was missing before he was suddenly flying through the air. Impact, once. Again. Before his flight was broken by a third and he was left to slide to the ground in a haze of pain. 

"fuck," Lenier coughed weakly as his head shifted slightly to see movement through his blurry vision. He also didn't see his leg, which was generally the biggest problem a top a bunch of other problems like broken bones and damaged organs. Blood poured out of the stump he now had for a leg, and he bled from the several wounds that had been created. His vision was limited to one eye, because of the red blood that had gotten into the other one and made it difficult for him to see. [i]That went well,[/i] he dully noted as he focused on regenerating the damage that had been done by the sudden assault. 

Needless to say, Hikari was on her own for a bit.