Rose, Ellaria, and Enya were practically flying up the staircase. They saw Annie and Ethic, and Rose shouted, "Freeze!" to the creatures they were fighting. Continuing past them, and accidentally brushing against Ethic, she and the girls burst onto the top of the garden.
Rose gathered the girls close to her and found a place to conceal themselves. After that, she ripped her jacket off, unprepared for the pain but knowing she had to stop the bleeding. Laying down tentatively on one sleeve of her jacket, she placed the other on her wound and applied pressure, feeling the wooziness of energy loss beginning to hit her. "Girls," she said quietly, trying not to alert others or slur her words, "we're at the top. Let's... Take a..." But before she could finish her sentence, Rose slumped away into unconsciousness, her hand sliding away from her wound.