Leap out of the way!
"What now?" you shout, but the elder is gone, one of the
fallen guard's whips in hand. You shrug, and decide to take another
one of them, but looking closer, see a small key. You insert it into
your handcuffs, very carefully, and they snap open, unfortunately
destroying the key in the process. Your hands are freed! (well,
obviously)
You peer around the corner, and see the elder being taken down by the
guards (although putting up a decent fight). Luckily, they're
distracted enough to not notice you.
In front of you are more tents, occupied by more of your old village's
people. Much as you want to help them, you see a storage shed nearby
on your right, its guards alerted by the
commotion.
You just barely miss him as he falls onto the pile. But now you hear
loud voices coming towards the house as more guards see what's going
on. And apparently they notice the tripwire as well.
