“It is a hex, of sorts. More so psionic in nature though- it's a type that influences the mind of a person”, Paige went to explain as they were making their escape. “In that case, I drew upon the man’s envy over his comrade’s crossbow. There had already been some sort of jealousy in him to begin with, which made the spell even more potent. It’s a trick I run across during my studies of magic in recent years.” Her magic was already innate, but it had to molded after sometime of going without it. It took time to knock the rust off it, and while there was some present, she’d like to think that much of it was no longer dormant. “It should last for some time, enough to have us fully escape them, or at least slow them down if they had killed him or was able to restraint and lock him away somewhere. She highly doubted that they would have planned ahead for such a situation and it would have been quicker to simply kill the man and save them some trouble. “The only other thing is that I can only use it on one opponent, and only once a day with how powerful it is.”

She came to a stop around the corner of the alley and peeked over it. The coast was clear, not a sight of those strange men around on the street. She leaned against a wall and sighed. Hiro had a good point though; as long as they were here, it would only serve to increase the likelihood of getting caught. This was terrific. She looked at the knight and shook her head, “Have no idea if there are any exiting portals around here. The airships would be our best bet- I’ve already climbed up here and it was hassle. There’s no way that I’m trusting the ropes going down from here.”

It was possible that if the men were smart, they would try and head to the ports and block their chances of escape, but somehow they didn’t appear to be too smart to her. Aside from that and their infighting problem, she figured that at best they were still either fighting or were actively searching all over creation for them. Either way that opened up an opportunity. “Hiro, do you know of any ports nearby? I figure that they would be likely looking for us now.” The idea of them being caught was already taken into consideration as well, but Paige didn’t take too many chances often. She figured that she had her counterpart from the other realm to thank for that. “One can only hope so, but we must keep on our toes. If you father was still alive, I’m sure that he would love to see you now. Family… is important.” She some discomfort in those words, knowing that she wouldn’t see some of them again while others were still spread out thin in this realm. “Whatever we do, we must stay alive, agreed?” With that settled, she peeked over again and when ready, she led him onto the crowded street and hopefully to a way out of here.    

Hiro listened carefully as she explained how her spell worked.  He didn't know how much destructive magic she had, but she sure knew a potent hex, such as the one she displayed on that man.  His father wouldn't have used such a spell, because he disdained such magic as dishonorable.

"Such spells are probably out of my league, I never learned spells that affected the mind, I learned elemental magic, though I need to work on expanding the amount of different elements I can control.  I'm mostly stuck with fire for the moment.  But such a spell sounds useful, though if you can only use it once a day, you must choose your target carefully.  At any rate, the enemy is down one or two people.  I imagine if they couldn't break that spell's hold, they would kill him.  Especially if he was a mercenary.  One less person to pay at the end of the job.  And the one who's leg I pierced, unless they have some potent first aid or something, he's out of the fight too.  But they could also have other men elsewhere in the city."  She said the airship was their best bet, and he agreed.  He didn't know the city well enough, but he remembered where the airship port was.  "I know where the airship port is, I suspect you're right though, and it's likely to be guarded.  I remember it being in the North section of the city,  it was toward the edge of the city.  We can get there this way.  You can't really miss it."  She seemed to get the implication that his father was dead, but it wasn't the case, to his knowledge.

"I don't THINK he's dead.  He brought me he here through a portal, but didn't follow me.  My memory is still a bit hazy of that time, I just remember coming of age, sixteen years old, and wanting to make my own, then it's a bit blurry, I remember being led to a portal and going through it, and ending up in another world.  Something makes it hard for me to remember exactly what was going on at the time.  He must still be in that other world, or maybe something happened to him on the way here.  I imagine he's still somehow watching over me, where ever he is.  He's very powerful, and he had friends in high places.  I wanted to become a hero on par with him and his strength.  He told me he was once a Deity in that other world we lived in.  He ended up giving the Throne of Fire to Aunt Caitlin, then the World Tree passed it to someone named Rhylana, who dad wasn't fond of.  But I agree, family is very important.  I have people I want to still see again.  I won't die.  I may not the same strength as Father, but you can see I'm strong enough to hold my own.  I won't let them kill me or you either.  We'll get through this.  Watch my back, and I'll watch yours."  She lead them onto the crowded street, Hiro kept close, while pulling his cloak's hood over his head, so he would more easily blend in with the crowd.  They made their way toward the Airship Port carefully.