He was too surprised to respond to the kiss the way he would have wanted, but he was glad for that at the present. This wasn't a place to linger for any reason. That, and he could almost feel a subtle aura about her once the shackle had been released. It was unnerving. 

"Right, let's go. But I'm not leaving without Hilde." he told her, and poked his head out into the hallway. "She's in possession of something that needs to make it to Nuln." He turned back to Isolde. "That's where we're headed." 

Suddenly he felt the Castle rock slightly, and a rumbling noise of something heavy impacting the walls further within the structure. He blinked, confused for a moment. There was something off about the low rumbling. He could have sworn he heard screams within the back of his mind. "Dammit." he said. He'd heard such an engine before. "The Castle is under siege, and if I had to guess, it's from the Chaos forces we were running from." 

He grabbed her arm and ran out into the hallway, the slight woman being easily lead by the strong Sergeant. He wasn't heading for the exit though. He was making his way to where he heard the crack of a pistol. It had been before the siege engine had gone off. It might have been Hilde. 

Cerdic lead Isolde down the hallways, past guardsmen that were running towards the battlements in a disorganized fashion, before finding an unconscious Hilde below a dead Gilbrecth. 
"What?" Cerdic breathed. He pushed the Templar off of her and patted her face none-too-gently. "Hilde! WAKE UP!"
[hr] 
In the black of night, within the towering trees of the Reikwald, the Hell cannon fired a second time. Its unnatural and foul noise and hellfire were plain for anyone to see if they were within a mile of it on the ground. Or many miles in the air. Little did the defenders who hustled up to the battlements, or the Chaos besiegers know, that they had been spotted. 

Reigynferlgar the Crimson's great serpentine head swung toward where the battle was now beginning, and a low rumble emmitted from her throat as she whipped in the air and shifted directions towards the commotion. She would not be there for many minutes, for she was miles away. But it was only a matter of time...
[@Austronaut]