Skandra slapped all of his vital parts in quick succession, short angry things that were more a play to discover pain than anything else. The laughing had died down, now that he had a good look at the circle of scorched earth that remained behind. If it were possible, Skandra would have brought them back to life so that they could be killed again. Immortals, probably. Working for Gershul, definitely. And now that they knew Gershul was here, it seemed obvious that the Immortal had something to do with this. Either he'd caused it or he was taking advantage of it, and Skandra would not have put either one past his dear old father.
"No," Skandra rolled onto his stomach, and then pushed to his feet with a grunt. "Looks like he winged you."
There were three anxious faces peering out of a cloudy glass window. One was slightly larger than the other two, of course. He wanted to tell them that they were going to be all right. That in the end, this would fade as a memory to be replaced by something happier. Skandra couldn't do it, for the same reason that he couldn't wait to kill Gershul's followers. Instinct was a pure driving force. You answered when it called or you were relegated to the realm of reasoned persons, somewhere outside of this hell hole and probably growing crops. Skandra never wanted to take a single ear of corn to market.
It was a short walk to retrieve his knife. The fellow's eyes were still wide open. Hadn't had time to register what was happening. Skandra seized the hilt of the thing and yanked it out with a gout of blood to follow. There was nothing in Skandra's possession on which he wanted to clean the knife, so he dragged the naked steel along the fellow's shirt. Once, twice, three times. Bleeding was stopping quickly - no more heart to make it go. When he stood up straight, knife tucked safely into his sleeve, Skandra's foot came back. Elbows lifted. He delivered a vicious kick to the back of the dead man's head. The a second, and a third, until he was raining kicks down on the dead man's unprotected skull.