Chapter 1: The Corpse of Steel(14)

She stops moving, head rotating from side to side as she seeks out my voice in the darkness. The form I see at the corner is an adult woman, bound with her ankles and wrists behind her back and attached to one-another in a painful yoga-like pose. Clothing her body is a pale nightgown, much of her form bared to the toxic air. A few sobs and mumbles escape her mouth which I now realize is gagged. The cables on her limbs, and a blindfold over her eyes are the only other material that cover her pale flesh. The boy in the corner of the room screams loudly now and begins crying out 

"Kill it! Kill it before it gets us!"
The woman rocks and slides on the dirty ground, knees scraping as she drags them forward with the only movement she can muster while bound. Dark fluid leaks out of the torn flesh as she forces herself through the darkness.
01100101.jpg
Art by Nekore: https://twitter.com/Nkr_VD/status/https://wimgs.ssjz8.com/upload/1500358965108305920/photo/1
"Ma'am, don't worry, I'm not here to hurt you." I open my arms, fingers extended in a harmless pose despite her inability to see it and begin making my way to her side. "I'm a Legatus. I'm gonna need you to be still for a moment while I untie you. Can you do that for me?"