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"There!" she shouts, and starts shooting her blaster into thin air on the right Sarah follows suit, not really ai to cover the same area as Ella
Most of the blasts sail harh, one of the electric currents seems to stop in midair It sizzles for a moment and I see the outline of Six’s skeleton, alround Six’s for surprised and confused that she’s been caught out She has to crabwalk backwards to avoid another volley of shots frouys!" I yell Ella and Sarah take aat Six
I slink along the wall, watching the action fro any attention to me yet, and that’s just the way our team wants it
In the center of the roorabbing Five’s ar it behind Five’s back He starts prying at Five’s fingers
"You , "but you’re still not stronger than me"
Nine forces Five’s hand open I can hear thehits the floor Immediately, Five’s skin returns to norhi his head
"Oops," says Nine "Looks like sohting so I alht on the bracelet that Nine tore off John’s wrist Figuring that ht come in handy, I pick it up and snap it onthat spreads upoff I forceout of view
"Hey!" yells John, and it takes ot sos to loith fire He sends two burning orbs the size of basketballs sailing right towards me
I wouldn’t have lobbed fireballs that intense at Marina if I wasn’t sure the bracelet could handle them The shield deploys in tiainst the wall, stunning her I don’t knohat she’s up to, sneaking around on the sidelines, but I’m sure it’s part of solance overto scuttle backwards as Nine stalks hiood I toss a fireball at Nine and he dives away That gives Five a chance to regain his feet and create some distance between them Of course, as soon as Five pops back to his feet, a bolt of blaster energy fro my tea herself
Five’s going to have to fend for hiet my bracelet back I race over to her just as she’s pushed herself away fro and she lashes out with a kick to ainst the wall, trying to pry the bracelet off her
"What’s your plan, Marina?"
"I’ll never talk!" she yells, getting into the spirit as she tries to head buttlessons from Nine
"John!" I hear Sam shout from the other side of the roo as soon as Saht teleports next tome away from Marina As I turn to face hi er onto one knee How am I supposed to defeat a teleporter in hand-to-hand coht, but he’shi before John can counterattack Next to ht teleported out of his clutches
"BK, go help John! I’ll hold down the fort"
He transfore hawk and soars out to help John That leaves
Our best chance for victory is still Six She’s pinned down behind cover, with Sarah and Ella blasting away to keep her there I can see her clearly froentle breeze blowing through her dark hair
Wait Where is that breeze coe in the room Six stands up from behind her barrier and thrusts her hands out towards Sarah and Ella Ella is knocked backwards, sorip on her blaster
Before they’ve finished tu forward Sarah reaches out to reclaim her blaster, but Six uses her telekinesis to send it skittering farther across the floor Six ju back to our side "Go, Six!" I shout, feeling a swell of pride; no one else in here would make this distinction, but I think of ainst the newbies And we’re winning!
As Six races back towards our side of the Lecture Hall, I keep my blaster leveled, ready to lay down cover fire
Eight is too busy trying to out a break for it Nine, however, sees it happening He tosses aside a battered and exhausted-looking Five and rushes toSix to turn invisible as Nine barrels towards her She doesn’t In fact, it almost looks like she wants to take Nine on
Nine swings first with a big overhand right hook that Six easily sidesteps Quickly, she rabbit punches his out frorabs her wrist when she tries to hit him with a palm strike to the nose With his free hand, Nine fires off a punch, but Six blocks the blow and hooks his ar one of the other’s arles, but I can tell that Nine’s starting to overpower her
For a uess it’s just my natural instinct to stand back when the Garde do battle, whether against Mogs or each other But then I realize that I’ve got a clear shot at Nine His broad back presents a perfect target I could end this gaer, Nine will drop and Six will be home free to make it back to our side
I line up my shot and fire