The man with the samurai sword appeared in sight within a flash.  Literally.  The light of the sun bounced off his sword into MacKensie's eyes before she had even seen him properly, then after that the ogre was dead and he was just... there.  Yet another display of remarkable powers.

She mentally dispeled the shock of this and aimed her one-handed crossbow sharply left and right around the battlefield, looking for enemy targets.  What she saw was townguards chasing skeletons out of the gate and out of sight, and the Beserker Ogre falling into the dirt, inpart covered with ice and hoarfrost.  She put her away her crossbow, clipping it onto her belt at the small of her back.  It was over.

"We did it," she said exuberantly, almost bouncing in excitement, beaming a smile at Adam with a hand on his shoulder.  She walked forward, sharing a smile and a handshake with a townguard.  Then she clasped forearms and a pat on the shoulder with another.

"Thank you, Ranger," said one of them.

"And you, sir," she replied.  She wasn't sure why he called her 'Ranger' but...  "I'm glad we could help."

Eventually she got to the man with the samurai sword. MacKensie could tell by his clothes that he was one of them.  He stood out a mile away.  "I'm MacKensie Trydant," she said, offering her hand to shake.  "Thanks for the assist."

When she saw the American man and the Dutch woman who had gone off in the other direction before the battle, MacKensie was overjoyed.  She realised that they must have been helping the evacuation and she was glad that they were back.  She went over to them, wanting to offer handshakes and goodwill, also to ask if everyone got out safely, but she fell into silence when she saw the Commander.  He looked on the edge of death.

She stood in audience as the town's leader called everyone over and explained the situation.  Of course, this only brought more questions - she didn't realise Adam had picked up an artifact from the Skeleton Leader - but the Commander at least provided some answers in his speech too.  MacKensie didn't need telling twice, and chose to digest the information later - she was ready to go.  Although she was glad she didn't speak up first, because when Adam and the dutch woman spoke, they sounded far more sensible and knowledgeable about the things they would need before they just [i]went out[/i] into the wild for two days.  MacKensie pursed her lips in a solemn smile to the American who showed his manners and his heart when he refused the reward.  It seemed she had a good group around her.

"Oh, ummm..." MacKensie was surprised when she was the one who was given the satchel of silver to carry.  It felt a little scary to be charged with everyone's money.  Awkwardly, she looked around to see if anyone disapproved, then took her backpack off and put the reward away.  "Huh?" was another note of surprise when she put the backpack back on and could barely feel the change in weight.  It was clearly a heavy satchel she'd had in her hand just a moment ago, but her backpack felt just as light as it always had. "Strange," she muttered.

"I'm with you," she said to the woman with the longbow next to her, then looked over to Adam and nodded inclusively.  If this task was really so important, then she would do anything necessary to see it done.