Lloyd was extremely concerned for his friend so he sprinted over to the building, to help him. It was almost totally dark when he reached the building. Lloyd saw that Orren and the five other horsemen weren't far off, and as a matter of fact, were so near that s he climbed up the stairs inside the building, he could hear Orren's order to his men, to bring him the head of the enemy leader. Lloyd couldn't let this happen. He finally made it to the balcony and he peered through the gaps in the rock railing as the horsemen dismounted and headed towards the entrance, below. Lloyd couldn't bring Boyce to consciousness. Boyce had been hurt and Lloyd knew that he was passed out because of the pain. Boyce's entire left shoulder was bleeding through his armour. Lloyd had to get Boyce back to the mansion and have him bandaged up there. First, however, he had to make the squad below him less of a threat. He drew his gun, leaned over the railing and started to fire down on them. He managed to kill two of the men but the rest retreated with Orren, out of range from Lloyd's weapon. When they became calmed and after they regrouped, they charged the building but then quickly turned and retreated back to Halls. Lloyd was astounded then he looked up into the dark northern skies towards the strange thunderous clapping and searing whistling. He saw a great squadron of Kenttitian Eagles being led by Empal. The eagles circled the city over the square. The men controlling them weren't aware of Boyce and Lloyd below them, but they did see Orren's squad (or what was left of it), quickly withdrawing to the relative safety of Halls. Some of them attacked Halls and others continued to circle. This gave Lloyd the perfect opportunity to take his best friend back to the Blue Mansion. Boyce had luckily regained consciousness and got to his feet with Lloyd's help. "I saw you crash into this building." Lloyd told him, then gently touched his shoulder. "Does it hurt very much?" Boyce painfully looked into Lloyd's eyes and smiled. "Just when I laugh ..." he said, then continued. " ... what do you think?" They smiled at one another and Lloyd helped Boyce to slowly descend the stairs, while he watched out for the enemy. For further protection he had Boyce keep his helmet on and his gun out. The thrill of the fight and the accident was still with both men and Boyce didn't really feel the pain in his shoulder because of it. He was sluggish in his movement but he didn't have to be totally held up by Lloyd. All he needed was to be steadied by his friend while they rumbled up the road, back towards the Blue Mansion. They were just about to reach the door of the mansion when there was a sudden escalation of fighting centred around Canon's Butte, but slowly spreading to the mansion's side of the city.