Ambush 2

The beautiful Lady Juliane had fought hard and well. She had even killed an opponent with her axe. But the fighting had taken it's toll on her - she was injured and exhausted.

"I must leave this battlefield immediately if I am to survive this day" she thought.

As she tried to get up, a woman dressed in black armour stepped in front of her and raised her hammer.

Lady Juliane knew she could fight no longer. "Have Mercy!" she cried. "I yield".

The woman in black armour didn't bother to answer her. She would have loved to have taken a fine looking woman like Lady Juliane prisoner. The fun she could have had with her captive - and the hefty ransom! But unfortunately, she was under strict orders that no prisoners were to be taken. She brought her hammer down hard on the side of Lady Juliane's helmet.

Lady Juliane fell to the ground. Her head swam from the blow. She was confused and felt drunk. Everything seemed slow motion. She became aware of a weight on her body.

The woman in the black armour watched as Lady Juliane fell face down on the ground after her hammer had hit her helmet. She could hear Lady Juliane groaning with pain. Before she could recover, she straddled Lady Juliane's back and pinned her to the ground. She then drew her dagger.

Lady Juliane tried to lift her head to understand what was going on, but her assailant placed the palm of her hand onto the back of Lady Juliane's helmet, and pinned her head to the ground.

Lady Juliane felt her face being pushed into the mud, but before she could react, she felt the sharp tip of a dagger thrust through the chainmail of her armpit.

"Noooo!" shouted Lady Juliane, but her protestation was cut short as she coughed up her own blood from her punctured lung. The woman in black armour withdrew her dagger and briefly admired her work. She would re-join the battle, and if she survived, she would return to Lady Juliane and begin stripping the valuables and fine armour from her body, whether she was dead or not.