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What the fake Rock lacked in speed, he made up for in brute force Mace’s head snapped back when he took a punch to the nose Blood spurted The daain He wiped at the blood with the back of his hand

With his ability to anticipate e, but it was lost in the narrow confines of the corridor In a space this tight, strength beat speed hands down

They have her The bat’s voice in his head was distracting, and Mace took a step back to give him time to deal with it That step took hi hely and advanced on him

Is she hurt? He dodged the fist that ca Rock over his kidneys Once Twice It barely uy was one massive steroid-enhanced muscle

Some Don’t like these bad people

A flurry of strikes in both directions left Mace breathless and spitting blood Rock showed only irritation, and slow dread crept into Mace’s ht he lost? The one where he let his teaht that took him away from Keiko when he’d only just found her?

The bat sent hie of her Alone, small, and vulnerable, surrounded by people ere out for her blood She didn’t stand a chance And everysacrificed for Freedom’s cause

Over his dead body

Rock grabbed hi his stomach as he snarled in his ear, “Any last words, asshole?”

Voow kiss?”

Rock’s head pulled back, confused and disgusted Obviously he’d never heard of the move Mace didn’t hesitate—he sent his head into his opponent’s face, using it as a battering ra soiant’s turn to bleed

Rock staggered back, giving Mace an opening, and he didn’t waste it Using every bit of force that he could muster, he hit one of the only two vulnerable spots he could see on the guy—his throat

He felt his punch hit true For a second, a look of startled beiant’s face, and his hands flew to his throat And then he crumpled His windpipe crushed His life over

Mace didn’t take tiloat He stepped over the body and picked up his weapon just as another Freedohter appeared from the base around to watch him fall Instead, he ran for the elevator His nose was broken, but the bleeding had stopped, and one of his eyes elling shut He could ignore both complaints His main worry was the pain in his chest every ti his ribs were cracked, maybe even broken But none of thatto Keiko He wished he could use his bat to pass on aThat he’d keep his word That soet her out of this alive

If it was the last thing he did