Adam pressed a hand to Ronan's cheek, trying to get him to stop moving and speaking so he wouldn't bleed out quite as fast. At this point, though, nothing would keep Ronan from bleeding out.

He lifted the gun and looked to Ivar, unsurprised by all the gore. Adam had only spoken to Ivar once, but he had made his true nature very clear. If he could, he would have just carried Ronan out and left Ivar to handle the last night horror. But he knew as soon as Ronan became exposed, the night horror would lose all interest in Ivar and come after them.

He didn't care about hitting Ivar, so his shot was much more confident. It went through the night horror's middle, and Adam was fairly sure it couldn't do much more after that. He kept his gun in hand but went back to focusing on Ronan.

"I'm going to call for help. Just a little longer, stay with me." He grabbed his communicator with his other hand and set to work.