You feel the heat before your eyes open and focus on the remains of the ruined fence. Flames crawl over the skeletal remains of a crude wooden wagon to your left. It looks as if the wagon might have simply been dropped into a wooden heap beside you, torn and splintered wood trails towards you, inviting the flames to burn even closer.
From somewhere in the goblin camp comes an incredibly loud roar. A goblin shrieks in pain before falling silent.
There's another rape-slave to your right. She's naked, wimpering in terrified shock and curled up into a tight ball.
A trio of goblin warriors rush past, spears in hand, racing towards the direction of the roaring beast.
Your body aches and you're still bound to the fence. Mustering your strength you start to pull on your bounds, not trying to break them but edge down to the torn end of the fence. With a bit of luck you should be able to slip the hoop free from the rail and gain your freedom.
There's a thud as something heavy lands behind you. Instinct screams at you to freeze. Beside you the other woman continues to whimper. You don't dare look over your shoulder to attempt to see what creature or monster it might be attacking the goblins for fear of making your situation worse.
Silently, you will the wimpering slave to be quiet - not to attract the monster over. Luckly, another small band of goblin fighters attempt to chase the beast out and a number of spears fly overhead. The beast, whatever it is, leaps once again, over your head and into the shadowy twiligt as it goes after the foolhardy goblins.
It's a large creature; quadrupedal, with a large head and long tail. Manticore, griffin, a dire boar or something more exotic - whatever it is, you're confident the goblins will be suitably distracted for a long time to come - should any of them survive at all. Escaping the camp is key to your survival.
Success! Your bound wrists slip free from the broken rail. Now you've an important choice to make. You could stagger immediately away from the camp and, hopefully, towards safety with your wrists still bound. A quick and neccessary escape. You could delay your departure to try and free your wrists but risk being noticed by the attacking beast or goblins. You also have the captive crying to herself beside you to consider as well. Should you try and free her? She'll slow your escape, might even ruin your escape but can you really leave her here? |