Penelope suddenly felt the weight of the mercenary leave her chest and she blinked as she realized he had been shot with an arrow. With his focus off of her, the knight rolled away from him, trying to regain her breath as she reached for the other dagger in her boot. She glanced over at Crow, giving a momentary look of surprise as she saw the thief on top of the horse. Recovering from her initial surprise, she began to move to Crow's aid, worried he wouldn't be able to get the horse to move in time. However, as he managed to get the beast to take off, the female knight paused in her steps and watched as he rode off. Behind him, one of the first riders reappeared and gave chase to Crow.

She eyed the mercenary on the as he gave a frustrated look as Crow took off before his gaze began to flicker back over to his horse. Penelope met his gaze for a brief moment before turning and making a mad dash toward the riderless horse. The knight heard fast footsteps behind her, telling her that the man was trying to reach her before she got to the horse. He wasn't quite fast enough and the knight hurried to get up into the saddle.

As she prepared to swing herself up into the seat, she spotted close movement out of the corner of her eye and realized that the mercenary had reached her faster than she anticipated. He raised his weapon to attack and thinking fast, Penelope delivered a sharp kick to the side of his head. The mercenary fell to the ground and Penelope swung herself up onto the saddle of the horse. The female knight winced in pain as she realized his sword had caused for a small cut on her leg. 

Determining the pain wasn't serious enough to be concerned, Penelope focused back on the situation at hand. She was about to chase after Crow when her gaze flickered over to William, who was locked in a tight combat with the same mercenary. Neither seemed willing to back down and the older knight was clearly struggling with blocking his attacks. [i]We all need to get moving.. Maybe we can take them on horseback..[/i] The mercenaries were skilled and clearly organized but it seemed to Penelope that they weren't really working that closely together. Perhaps if she could get William to coordinate with her, taking them on would be easier. 

The female knight changed course and charged towards William and the mercenary. She took a swipe at the mercenary, who was unable to block her attack due to having to block William's. He grunted as she managed to cut his arm. It wasn't much but it was enough to get him to back up for a moment. 

"William! Let's go!" Penelope commanded as she maneuvered her horse to chase after Crow. William narrowed his eyes at her but followed. 

"I don't exactly think running will get us out of this situation." William snapped as he rode after her. He glanced over his shoulder to look at the two mercenaries that were chasing after them before looking ahead towards Crow and the other mercenary. 

"It won't! But it'll keep it from getting worse." Penelope snorted as she clenched the dagger in her hand. "Just stay close." The female knight raced ahead to catch up with Crow, moving her horse to come up on the other side of the mercenary that was after him and took a swipe, hoping to catch him off guard like she had done with the mercenary William had been fighting.