He heard the sickening thuds as arrows lodged themselves in his upper shoulders. He couldn't evade anything, he was a bright gold target. Oh, his poor armour, he rally is gonna have to make repairs after this is all done. He kept running though, he didn't feel the arrows, he couldn't feel anything for some reason. Probably too much power surges. Made him numb again. So many running people.
Gaius saw the chances, oh the so many chances. They could easily be harvested. But there's no time. They ran into the mass of people. The guards might know where they are, but they couldn't risk hitting the innocents. He pushed past the people, knocking a few over. A few guys stood in their way, "Hey! You aint goin' anywhere!" They rushed forwards trying to grab Gaius and hold him for the guards. Another memory flashed through his mind. Gaius sent his fist through one man's head. His arm went elbow deep, bloody and covered with fragments of skull. The other men started backing up. The guards were catching up.
The man's body collapsed to the ground Gaius's arm still embedded. He yanked directly upwards and broke through what was left of the man's skull. The guard were almost here.
"Get out of our way. Now." His tone was dead, robotic. The people around made a path to the nearest alley. They started again, the guards broke through the line of people. One rose a crossbow already loaded and cocked. "Don't you fucking move! I'll shoot you!" The guard took aim, but his arm shook, for some reason his couldn't fire. Guess it was Gaius's lucky day. They needed to either get out of Uthlyn or get unseen real fast.
They made it into the alley. Gaius stood in the opening for a second, and punched in the supports for the corner for one of the buildings. The building crumbled slightly and blocked off the exit. That would buy them some time. Gaius turned to Aelith, "That should buy us a moment to get out of sight." He looked down the alley, it was a narrow, quiet alley, ignoring the commotion on the other side of the rubble that is. He started running again, arrows still protruding out of his shoulders. The black ichor was starting to leak from him now as well. He saw up ahead, a man-hole of sorts. It looked like it would be big enough to fight their person through. He stopped and pulled the cover off.
The smell was absolutely horrid, the underdeveloped sewer systems carried everything for a long while. Gaius pulled back for a second, "This.. is not gonna be enjoyable... but it's better than caught and dissected." He climbed down, trying to be careful to not fall into the sewage that was pouring through the center of the tunnel. "It's fine down here.. More or less. I don't think they'll find us very easily down here."
He waited for Aelith to get down and he pulled the cover back into place. He reached for the first of many arrows in his shoulders and started to pull them out, he looked over to Aelith, "What is your name? We haven't had a moment introduce ourselves since our quick meeting."