Emma cringed at the thump, but went immediately to her friend, pulling a handkerchief from her pocket to wipe the blood from his horn. The man against the wall groaned and struggled to stand. Emma approached his prone form and placed a foot on his chest, slamming him back into the space between the wall and the carpet. She knelt to remove the pistol from the holster of the semi-conscious man and hit him across the face with it.

"Don't you know who I am?" she growled at him.

The man squinted, looking past her to where Fios stood. Emma hit him again, causing blood to drip down to his eyes from a cut on his forehead. She stood and kicked him from his place propped up against the wall so that he was lying on the floor.

"I am the Kraken," she hissed, rolling him over onto his stomach with her foot.

Fios sent out a question about the statement, and Emma shrugged, stuffing the pistol into the belt of her jeans before jumping up onto his back.

"I need a flashy name to scare them. Do you think you can make your stab wound there look like a shotgun hole?"

Fios concentrated his magic, pointing his horn towards the dead man. "Done."

Emma put her arms around his neck and leaned forward. "Thanks for coming to get me, Frey," she sent to his mind.

"You always feel the need your feelings into words when I am already aware of your gratitude," he said with a smile.

"Yeah, well put it down to my humanity like we usually do." She pointed to the window and Fios trotted over to kick it in. The glass fell onto the carpet as if it had been smashed from the outside. He moved to the next window to smash it outwards.