Previous: A Door that Opens Part 16 The sword pierced through Nikk's shoulder, causing her to cry out in pain as she never had before, and causing her face to twist in horrible anguish. The surrealistic knight in celestial, starry armor shined among all of the dark, and red gloom all around them, and his sword struck true. Alys's grin widened as she saw Nikk's blood begin to seep out of her shoulder, and onto the black rock below them. Nikk glared at Alys for a moment, and then back at the strange-looking knight who pulled his sword from her shoulder, drawing another large grunt of pain.