Bad Medicine

Power alone does not win battles; however, when your opponent fights with roughly double your strength and skill, then power wins battles.

She didn't lock her hands around my neck; she grabbed my left elbow and shoulder. Pulled and twisted. Simple.

She dislocated, and then ripped off, my left arm.

Oh, I screamed like I was being murdered. My blood sprayed EVERYWHERE.

The edges of my vision had gone black. Within that, a ring of red, and within that dim and colorless, swam the grains of the floor.

<System. Medical. Stop Bleeding. Now.>

[System Health module activating.]

Gods!

[You have 4/40 health remaining.]

[Bleeding: 3 condition detected.]

So much for putting up a fight, I thought, becoming aware of the slurping and chewing noises.

"You will STOP." someone screamed. "You see what she's doing to him, what do you think will happen to us if she escapes?"