Rix hated the nest modification.

While Rix was the stealthiest, she did only have ten Power. Gesai only had Sixteen Defense, and the item was a Tier above her, so Rix could have easily stabbed her with it. We had no idea what Glima’s Defense was, but we did know that Gesai had sixty-two Power. I doubted that Glima had put all her points into Defense, so there was a very good chance that Rix couldn’t stab her, but Gesai would have no problem.

I watched from outside while the two of them slipped in. It only took a few moments and Gesai was out and running towards the Warehouse with Glima in her arms. Rix was right behind her and dumped all of our weapons, including the summoning book on the ground beside me.

“They were on her table.” Rix shrugged and took off.

I ran over to the bunk and stuck my head in. "Our weapons are on the ground out here, grab them when you go.”

I could see that Oz was trying to explain the situation so I motioned out the door. "We’re doing this, let’s go!”

I ran inside Glima’s living quarters and took a left. I ended up in Glima’s room, so I had to turn around and go into the other room. I winced as the door creaked as I opened it. I didn’t have anything to knock out the daughter. I thought about hitting her, but I couldn’t bring myself to do that. I knew I was wasting time.

“I am going to be the death of us all." I muttered as I scooped her up princess style and pulled the sleeping girl out from under her covers.

She tried to scream, but I clamped my hand over her mouth and started running. It was slower than I would have liked. If I had my skills, then I could have Dashed, but I didn’t.

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I got to the Warehouse and Glima was starting to come to. She was wrapped tightly with red cloth that had her hands behind her and her crystal band heavily covered.

“What do I do with her?” I shifted Sylph so I could hold the struggling girl better. “OW!” I shifted my hand and held her head close to my chest and I let her feet hit the floor. "She bit me!”

“There’s rope over there.” Rix pointed at the other corner. The redheaded Shooter was pulling stuff out of nooks from all over the Warehouse.

“How much stuff did you take?” Gesai looked at the slowly growing pile.

“I didn’t know what we’d need, so I grabbed a little of everything.” Rix brought over another stinger. "We’ve got two of these, but I don’t want to kill her.”

Sylph strained in my arms and let out muffled screams.

“Can someone help me with her?” I looked at Rix. "This is really hard with only one hand.”

“When do I stab her again?” Gesai watched the other woman walk over to me.

“We want to give ourselves as much time as possible, so you can let her come to, but keep the stinger pressed against her. If she moves, jab her, then we run.” Rix grabbed the rope from me.

“You’ve done this before.” I tried to ignore the tongue that was salivating all over my palm. I looked at the girl. "Would you stop that? You know I’m just going to wipe my hand on your shirt?”

That got her to try to scream, then try to get her teeth close enough to bite me.

Rix finished with her hands and threw the rope up to the second floor.

“You’re going to hang her?” I couldn’t believe even Rix would be that barbaric.

The look I received told me that I should have thought it through first.

Rix climbed up to the second floor railing and started tying off the rope.

“Wait.” Glima’s voice was weak. "Take her with you.”