[h1]Katrina Meyer[/h1]

[quote=@Mokley] Meanwhile, Kat was rushing down the stairs with Vincent not far behind, a robot-head heavy in his arms.

< Oh, it's such a relief to hear a human voice, > the queen's voice said through a speaker in the robot head. < I hear a commotion, are you under attack? What sector of the Wall are you in? I can send you an escort. >

The boy glanced over to where Kat and Vincent approached; alarmed, he flung the coat over Maria's head and shoved her into Flor. While they were occupied he launched himself at Liam, throwing him to the ground, and bounded through a door into the next room -- beyond which was the outside of the wall, where the masses of Grit were howling.[/quote]
The first thing that struck Kat was how human the Grit seemed, especially compared to the ones that had attacked them on the wall. So human did the Grit seem that the fight at the base of this section of the staircase appeared almost comical; a kid going up against a group of adults.  However, the strength of the boy (and here, again, she couldn’t help but think of the Grit as a [i]boy[/i], he reminded her a little of one of her brothers when they were children) was clearly something extra-ordinary. Not to mention whatever magic he had performed earlier. Kat didn’t really trust magic much at the best of times. Magic was something she felt refused to play by the rules her machines understood; hence why the runes she had tattooed on her person were so basic.  
Such thoughts were immediately thrust out of her mind, however, when the boy charged towards the exit to the outside of the wall, and the howling Grit beyond. Almost in response to that howl, Kat swore loudly and profusely.

[i]We need to get out of here![/i]

[quote=@drewccapp] Vincent opened his mouth to respond, but the Grit came to a locked door it let loose another howl which the others outside responded to. That thing was an enemy, but was the Queen actually a friend? He didn't trust her especially since this particular incident. "How exactly do you expect to protect us with most of the city's population turned to stone and the city overrun with the very enemy you strove so hard to keep out? Can you afford to spare the men to escort us from the Wall to wherever you are? I bet this entire incident is your fault anyways."
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He put the robot head on the floor and glanced over towards where the Grit went. "Better not chase after a cornered animal." He then looked back at Moth and prepared to write his Sigil over the wound with the stylus that Father made him.[/quote]

Although Vincent being so frank to the Queen was quite entertaining it was perhaps, felt Kat, not a great way to convince someone to help you. Especially given that they seemed likely to be overrun by Grit at any second. After Vincent put the head down, Kat walked over and picked it back up.

“Erm, your majesty, if you [i]can[/i] help us then any help you can give in the next five minutes or so would be very much appreciated! Out location is…”

From her jacket she pulled out her tech-specs and switched them to GPS mode. Looking at their co-ordinates, she read their location out to the robot head (thinking of it as talking to a robot head was a lot less nervewracking than accepting she was talking to the queen).

Having finished, she folded her tech-specs and put them back in her jacket, turning to the others.

[quote=@rechonq] He turned around and looked through the door to the cafeteria. He saw the boy struggling with the lock to a door that led outside. The other side of the door showed the outlines of many more Grit. Their shadows being cast through the distorted glass in the door. Flor decided that area was better off closed and he began to shut the doors. 

When he finished he returned to Maria. "Are you ok? We may need to start moving much faster than we are. It looks like the Grit may be catching up to us."[/quote]

“I’m doubt that’s a [i]may[/i].” Kat stated, frowning. “We need to get out of here right now. Those stars-” She pointed over at the stairs leaning downwards, “-seem like the only way.”

She looked over at Vincent, who held a collapsed Moth in his arms. “Can you carry him? Say if he gets too heavy, we’ll take turns till he wakes up.”

With the robot head in her arms, Kat started heading towards the stairs.

“Let’s go!”