[MunchkinMan]

Let me make something absolutely clear with respect to Running Away and combat:

1. You can only Run Away if you are losing the combat. This is said as much in the rules.
2. The only person who can decide when to give up trying to win the combat and accept defeat is the player whose turn it is. A helper can not, suddenly, decide that he no longer wants to be in the combat and Run Away, nor can he, by will alone, force the combat to end and have both players Run Away. There are cards that allow this, but it is not in the helper's ability to end the combat, as I said, by sheer will. Most of these cards force the combat to end, so BOTH players must Run Away. Most, if not all, cards which allow a helper to leave on his own let the helper leave without penalty, so Running Away is not required.