Marc started vomiting from all the stress and Jona sat him down. Someone opened the church door and looked out.

Suddenly a voice sounded behind them, everybody spun around.

"Interesting interesting, they said I should limit coleteral damage, so I did my best, now let's finish this shall we?"

Everyone looked to the dead body of the woman, indeed there was a dead body but it was not hears. Instead it looked like somebody Marc new. It was a young womans body. He wandered as if he was in trance nearer to that body. Then it hit him, with such a force that he stubled back. "Oh GOD" he cried. "You killed her" he screamed at the vilagers, which seemed dumbfunded.

The mayor approched and he swallowed hard. "That is not the woman" he said slowly.

"Right gentleman, it's not me" a voice said from above. Everyone looked up to realize in horror that it was the woman they thought dead.

"I will make it quick and as painless as possible" she said. Then the buzzing started again. Black insects rose everywhere, and hummed around. The people started screaming and heading for the church, Marc didn't noticed any of that he just sat on the ground with an empty expression and felt absoulutly nothing. Around him insects started attacking random people.

The crawled spat acid on them and desolved the viliagers into nothingness. 3 dozen or so Mosquitoes ganged up on old Tony and sucket away his blood. Marcus was bitten to death by a swarm of bumblebess. Mrs. Nancy was attacked by an army of Ants how crawled into her mouth, nose and eyes and spat acid. Screams of pain and agony echoed through the village. A group of Locusts attacked small Joshs sister as she pushed him over the doorstep of the church. Everywere were people dying by insects, pleadings for help echode over the square followed by screams and over all of them was the loud buzzing and crunching noise of the insects.

The magician stumbled to his feet and mustered his strenght, the mayor helped the priest up. The priest screamed: "Begone undead, begone. Move to the ashes of your ancestors. Bow down to the light of life and BEGONE!" an beam of sunlight shot through the sky burning through the insects. The mage wove another set of musters in the air and flameing disks shot through the air cutting away the insects. "I ward the area against the, who shalt not bow to the sun, shalt be burned!" the priest shouted and a golden circle appeared around the three. The insects try to move past it, but where burned in the process.

"Interesting work" the woman said and jumped down. She looked at the circle and then to the chuch. "No let's see how strong this one is" she said and approched the church. A golden outline appeard on the church building and the sun started glowing. The woman motioned her hands to the church and the insects rushed to it, inside screams of panic where heard. But the insects where burned away. The insects started cycling and flying around the building looking for any weakspots. The sun ontop started shooting rays of light, burning some of the insects. The priest breathed heavily, the mage looked rather pale. Both of them nodded at each other and used the last of their strength for a devastating counter attack. Fireballs appeard in the sky around the woman, flaming lances circled. Then in one second all of the shoot towards her. The same moment firey waves appeared and burned through the insects. The mage slumped to the ground. A sunray bathed the area in golden light and burned every insect inside. The priest also dropped to the ground. The mayor stood now alone in the circle and watched the attacks unfold. Before the woman was hit by the fire a dark, misty cloud appeard around her blocking the fire lances. As the sunlight hit her shield it opened up, steaming. She jumped out of range and use the ice to block the fireballs. Then a shodow appeared next to her and a hodded figure stepped out, it raised it's stuff and dozens of small water balls appeared intercepting the rest of the fireballs.

It was silent in the village. The mayor watched in shock as the woman approched the border of the warded area. After some time the sunlight slowly faded away. The woman approached the circle with the mayor insight. Then she said: "You fought well, it was your bad that they had called on me, but maybe that's still better then the other ones" she nodded in direction of the church. "Farwell"m she said to the man. He nodded and just dropped to the ground, a moment later a dark wave pushed away from the woman, washed over the ward. As hit the church the sound of metall hitting glas was heard. The church glowed up, ones, twice and then the light stopped, failed.

Cling

The sound of broken glass echod to the silence, a short scream was heard from the church and then noting. The blackness retreated back into the woman and she turned around. Walking past Marc, without giving him another look.

She moved past the dancing area, the orchestar area, past the tables, where still some food and beer stood as if somebody would just come out of a building and would sat down again. Past some toys which the children had used to play. Past the colorfull decoration. She was carefull not to step on any of the dead. The black figure traling behind her. Past the bakery where still some bread waited to be placed into the oven. Past a dead pair of young adults who where trying to ask each other out before the attack happend. Past an old couple who wanted to celebrate at the local in. Past... Past.. Past...

Finaly she reached the watch tower. In the shadows stood a hooded person. "You seem successfull" he said "Do you question me?" she answerd while moving past him. He turned: "No, you did well" "My payment?" she asked? He handed her a a pouch. She nodded. "See you soon" the figure said. Turning around, Marc could see a golden sun at the back of his hood.

"WHY DID YOU KILL HER"? he screamed at the woman, he had followed her all the way here. "AND WHY DON'T YOU KILL ME?" he screamed. She looked at him, her eyes mirrored understanding.

"You were fine, I followed my instructions and did not fall under them" she said softly. I'm sorry for you, but it might be better.

"BETTER? SHE'S DEAD!" he stormed at her. As she was in his reach, he suddenly collapsed. His eyes went black, and he felt how hew lost consiousness.

"Sleep, you shall not remember.... not everything ... seems" were the last words he heard, before he drifted away.