Unwilling to let Ghwerek get too much of a run going, Felix stops firing acid to take a chance on something.

He mutters something quick under his breath and makes a gesture like he's pulling a rug out from beneath the troll.

Lacking an immediately better choice, Arkady shoots the fleeing troll in the back.

Roger will take a pot shot with the dart gun. He watches the knights to figure out what the next move is. Do we pursue, or not?

The target is fleeing, there's no time to be slow and steady, the time to go is now!

Arkady: Guns: +2 Roll: -2 Total: +0
Ghwerek: Fists: +5 Brawler: +1 Roll: +1 Total: +7
Ghwerek gains spin!

Arkady's shot goes nowhere close to the fleeing Troll's back.

Felix mutters and pulls out an imaginary rug...

Felix: Mysteries: +0 Roll: -2 Total: -2
Ghwerek: Mysteries: +4 Roll: -1 Total: +3
Ghwerek gains spin!

For some reason, Ghwerek falls forward - and turns the fall into a somersault, not even slowing down as he vanishes beyond the range of the lights.

Roger takes his own shot...

Roger: Guns: +2 Roll: -2 Total: +0
Ghwerek: Fists: +5 Brawler: +1 Roll: +0 Total: +6
Ghwerek gains spin!

Roger isn't quite sure where the dart lands, but it's not in Ghwerek's hide.

The Knights see their foe escaping, and each throw themselves into one last desperate attack...

Sir Sparhawk: Weapons: +5 Roll: -1 Total: +4
Ghwerek: Fists: +5 Brawler: +1 Fleeing vs melee: +2 Roll: +0 Total: +8
Ghwerek gains spin!

Sir Ulath: Weapons: +4 Roll: +0 Total: +4
Ghwerek: Fists: +5 Brawler: +1 Fleeing vs melee: +2 Roll: -2 Total: +6
Sir Ulath misses, but Ghwerek gains no spin

The troll is... a lot faster than he looks, and he easily avoids both blows. And now - ah, now Ghwerek has an opportunity. One that he has been waiting a long, long time for.

"Ring thief! Little robber! I do not forget your touch, tiny brigand - and you will not escape us again!"

Even as he's running, he holds up the Blue Rose...

Ghwerek: Mysteries: +4 Spin: +4 While running: -1 Prepared (Magical) Trap: +2 Roll: -1 Total: +8
Piper: Mysteries: +? Roll: +? Total: +10
Ghwerek: FATE point: Overwhelming Greed: +2
Ghwerek: FATE point: My Vengeance Is Eternal: +2
Ghwerek: Total: +12

There's a flash of blue light - and then there's a large, translucent blue sphere floating alone behind Ghwerek. For some reason, against all the laws of light, that blue glow illuminates nothing around it, it is merely a blue glow that doesn't reflect off anything...

...but inside the sphere Piper is visible, the little girl apparently unharmed but looking quite shocked to suddenly be trapped in a blue sphere that's following the troll around.

Felix: XXXXX O
Sir Ulath: OOXXX OO

Ghwerek: Regeneration

Ghwerek: XOOXX XXXX Minor consequence: Acid-burned Moderate: Bleeding Moderate: Sliced

Ghwerek vanishes into the dark - the bright headlights are ruining your night vision, and unless you have some way of seeing in the dark you can no longer see the Troll directly (but you can guess roughly where he is by watching the sphere)

If anyone could see his face clearly in the contrasting shadows and light, they'd see Felix's face go pale with utter horror... then go scarlet with incandescent rage.

"You let her go this instant Ghwerek!" Felix roars. "Come back and face us or you'll never hear your precious music again! I'll see to it that all light and sound and joy are struck from your world for all eternity! I will leave you with nothing, such that even the most meager bits and baubles will be lost to you!"

Since he's got the blue ball for a general location, Arkady aims.

Arkady: Guns: +2 Roll: -2 Total: +0
Target: +0
Tracking the glowing sphere isn't the easiest thing to do...

Arkady tries to calm himself, steady his nerves, take a breath. There's too much adrenalin in his bloodstream, though.

Felix loses his temper and rages:

Felix: FATE point: Compel: Overwhelming Greed
Ghwerek accepts the Compel! Ghwerek decides not to leave you entirely!

Ghwerek's blue ball slows down, and soon comes to a halt...

Ghwerek: FATE point: Declaration: "There is a small stream nearby, providing water for the cows to drink - and which will additionally serve to wash off the acid"

Sir Ulath: FATE point: Declaration: "The Terrans are between Ghwerek and the stream. He can't get to it without going through or around us"

As you watch the blue ball pause for a moment, you hear the babbling sound of the little stream behind you... and then the blue ball moves towards the right. To the rocky ground.

"Everybody out of the light!" yells Sir Sparhawk abruptly, suiting action to word by rushing into the dark himself. Sir Sparhawk, who's not wearing his helmet because of the dent left in it the last time Ghwerek threw a rock...

Felix: XXXXX O
Sir Ulath: OOXXX OO

Ghwerek: Regeneration

Ghwerek: OOOXX XXXX Minor consequence: Acid-burned Moderate: Bleeding Moderate: Sliced

Felix and Theresa charge out of the light towards the blue orb and attempt to hit Ghwerek again with the acid stream.

Roger does his best to get out of the light.

Arkady grabs the Sergeant, takes some of Felix's cryo bombs from the truck, then heads off into the darkness turning on the night sight feature of the tactical scope. He's angling towards the stream as he makes his way trollwards.

Felix and Theresa charge for Ghwerek. He's gained enough distance in his own run that they can't reach him this round; but now he's stopped to look about for rocks, and they should be able to hit him next round.

Sir Sparhawk and Sir Ulath accompany them, closing in to attack distance as well. They, too, should reach it next round.

Arkady rushes off to place himself between the Troll and the stream, cryo bombs at the ready; while Roger dives into the dark and tries not to be too visible.

But while he can't run too far while seeking out rocks, Ghwerek has managed to find one rock...

Ghwerek: Weapons: +4 Roll: -3 Throwing In The Dark: -2 Trollish Night Vision: +1 Total: +0
Felix: Endurance: +2 Theresa: +4 Roll: +2 Total: +8
Felix gains spin! (Felix gets +1 on his next roll, whatever it may be)

Whether due to the dark, or because he underestimates Felix's speed, the rock misses its target so badly that Felix isn't even sure whether or not he was the target. But he's pretty sure that he saw just the slightest stumble, there...

Felix: XXXXX O
Sir Ulath: OOXXX OO

Ghwerek: Regeneration: Nothing to regenerate

Ghwerek: OOOXX XXXX Minor consequence: Acid-burned Moderate: Bleeding Moderate: Sliced

Felix activates the night vision on his goggles if he thinks it will help and closes the distance to continue the attack.

Roger tries to use the cover of darkness to get a clear shot.

Arkady attaches the taser to the Sergeant (presumably where the grenade launcher would be attached and with tape) so he can actually use the sight to aim; then starts aiming at the troll. Hey, a night vision equipped tac sight has got to be better than doing it naked eye.

Arkady takes a moment to attach the taser to the Sergeant, and then starts to aim.

Arkady: Guns: +2 Supplemental action (taping taser to Sergeant): -1 Darkness: -2 Tac sight: +2 Roll: +0 Total: +1
Target: +0
Aspect 'Steady Aim' gained!

Patience is a virtue - and that tac sight completely eliminates the dark that Ghwerek is trying to hide in.

Felix reaches the Troll...

Felix: Guns: +2 Sidekick: +4 Visor: +4 Darkness: -2 Night vision: +2 Spin: +1 Roll: +2 Total: 13
Ghwerek: Fists: +5 Brawler: +1 Roll: +1 Total: +7
Ghwerek: Troll of Iron: Damage rolls down instead of rolling up
Ghwerek: OOXXX XXXX Minor consequence: Acid-burned Moderate: Bleeding Moderate: Sliced

Ghwerek gets a chest-full of acid.

Roger takes needs to get bit closer to get Ghwerek within range, and thus he proceeds to do so while he tries to prepare his shot...

Roger: Guns: +2 While moving: -1 Darkness: -2 Roll: +2 Total: +1
Target: +0
Aspect: Steady Aim obtained!

Despite the confusing, dark melee, Roger manages to keep a good idea of where the troll is.

The Knights catch up to Ghwerek in the dark:

Sir Sparhawk: Weapons: +5 Darkness: -2 Roll: +1 Total: +4
Ghwerek: Fists: +5 Brawler: +1 Roll: +0 Total: +6
Ghwerek: OOXXX XXXX Minor consequence: Acid-burned Moderate: Bleeding Moderate: Sliced

Sir Ulath: Weapons: +4 Darkness: -2 Roll: +2 Total: +4
Ghwerek: Fists: +5 Brawler: +1 Roll: +0 Total: +6
Ghwerek: OOXXX XXXX Minor consequence: Acid-burned Moderate: Bleeding Moderate: Sliced

The Knights are having all sorts of trouble hitting the troll in the dark... but the troll's long arms put him in range of Felix again.

Ghwerek: Fists: +5 Dark: -2 Troll night vision: +1 Roll: +0 Total: +4
Felix: Endurance: +2 Theresa: +4 Roll: -2 Total: +4
Ghwerek: Fate point (Talk to the Fist): +2 Total: +6
Felix: XXXXX X

Ghwerek manages to punch Felix in the shoulder - not quite enough to do more than shake him up... but there's promise of a lot more to come in future punches.

Felix: XXXXX X
Sir Ulath: OOXXX OO

Ghwerek: Regeneration: Nothing to regenerate

Ghwerek: OOXXX XXXX Minor consequence: Acid-burned Moderate: Bleeding Moderate: Sliced