OUT OF THE ASHES
In the span of seconds, the newcomer had taken aim and taken out every last one of them with extreme prejudice.
Knight lay there for a moment, staring up at the ceiling, as he tried to wrap his mind around the sudden unexpected respite granted them. Even as he struggled to clear his mind, the lights were suddenly blocked out by a stranger who was dressed like the guards, except wearing a helmet and sporting a bandanna tied around the lower half of their face. Knight stared into familiar green eyes and came to the only appropriate conclusion.
“I must be dead. Because you couldn't possibly be here, Kira.”