the wounds are open and bleeding out
He was hurting her, more than before, and Ronin thankfully had time and sense enough to divert his attack as his daughter became a shield for the monster that held her. Sometimes, though, it took a monster to hunt one down, and as Ronin forced himself into a roll, springing up behind Skyler this time, it was to see Remi protecting Aoife from further harm. That was all his blighted mind needed, and in a gesture that was far too relaxed for the situation, he shrugged Emmett's axe from his shoulder.
"You get nothing." He snarled in response to the demand for a woman Ronin had never even seen, and in a blunt swing and a sickening thock, the hunter had buried the axe in the soft flesh of the back of Skyler's legs. Regardless of whether Aoife was out of harm's way at that point, the spray of red and the smell of copper took his senses entirely. Letting go of the weapon and seizing Skyler's collar, Ronin yanked the other man back, careening them both into one of the walls.
Injury to himself went unnoticed, and if the creature that had taken his daughter fought back, Ronin wasn't aware. A brief struggle and they were on the ground, Ronin astride Skyler. And then the blows came raining down.
Blood flecked Ronin's face in small amounts at first, amid the crack of bone and teeth, but as wheezes became gurgles and the sound of his punches grew wetter, the hunter was dripping with it. Teeth bared, blue eyes all but black (was it the low light? or something else?), the man beneath him had grown silent a long time before Ronin finally sat back, his chest heaving, breath coming out in exhausted gasps. His knuckles were torn, ink black mingling with the red, and there was a look of utter satisfaction on his face as he took in what he had done.
PP granted by Valentine! Skyler has been killed. :O
"You get nothing." He snarled in response to the demand for a woman Ronin had never even seen, and in a blunt swing and a sickening thock, the hunter had buried the axe in the soft flesh of the back of Skyler's legs. Regardless of whether Aoife was out of harm's way at that point, the spray of red and the smell of copper took his senses entirely. Letting go of the weapon and seizing Skyler's collar, Ronin yanked the other man back, careening them both into one of the walls.
Injury to himself went unnoticed, and if the creature that had taken his daughter fought back, Ronin wasn't aware. A brief struggle and they were on the ground, Ronin astride Skyler. And then the blows came raining down.
Blood flecked Ronin's face in small amounts at first, amid the crack of bone and teeth, but as wheezes became gurgles and the sound of his punches grew wetter, the hunter was dripping with it. Teeth bared, blue eyes all but black (was it the low light? or something else?), the man beneath him had grown silent a long time before Ronin finally sat back, his chest heaving, breath coming out in exhausted gasps. His knuckles were torn, ink black mingling with the red, and there was a look of utter satisfaction on his face as he took in what he had done.
PP granted by Valentine! Skyler has been killed. :O
THE
FALLEN STAR
