Mendyrian rushes forward again, punching Vark in the face .
Vark staggers back under the punch, his nose a bloody mess. "Stop! Stop, you crazy - "
"Back! Stay back, Bex!" Konghruul kicks at the vermin, throws his shoulders up, slides out of the creatures claws, and jumps back.
Asher steps inside the thug's clumsy thrust, smashing his elbow into the thug's throat, who gurgles, clutching his windpipe, and collapses onto his knees.
Bexellock grunts as a thug's rapier cuts though his tissues.
Taryk tries to dodge the continued volleys of bolts from above, but one grazes his arm.
Two thugs climb out of the hole in the deck, flames licking their skin.
The final thug slashes Mendyrian across her ribcage.
Aliyah runs up the stairs of the forecastle, and picks up the dropped crossbow. "We've got to get off this ship!"
Light pulses out of his eyes, then streaks across his skin to his left hand. A ball of light the size of his fist launches from his outstretched hand at the Rhagodessa.