Christine Tane has just said to Michael, in a tone of hurt accusation,
"You're not Sky."
Janet, doing what she can to assist Micheal, says "No, Sky is over there. We're his friends. Now sit still so we can make sure you're okay." Then she calls over he shoulder, "Sky are you sure all the ninjas are dead, I really don't want to have to fight them again."
A ninja comes wobbling out of the hotel's back entrance. The left side of his head is one solid purple bruise, and he's having trouble tracking with his eyes. He has a knife in his hand and is wavering between Faded gray and solid color, although the colors are mostly black, because ninja.
He makes a fist and grimaces. A tattoo on the side of his neck glows red-hot and sizzles, and the bruise on his head fades from purple to red and shrinks to the size of a baseball. He solidifies, no longer Fading in and out.
Christine, looking over Janet's shoulder, sees him.
"Look OUT!" she screams, gripping Janet's hands.
Janet feels an electric thrill rush through her. Her magic, previously tapped out, returns, causing her to Fade just as the healed Fade throws a knife at her back.
The knife passes through Janet and JUST misses Christine's head. Michael is able to jump back in time.
Sky, without rising from his position kneeling next to Christine Tane, sips thoughtfully from his hipflask, and with his other hand draws an automatic from his coat pocket and shoots the ninja four or five times in the chest, two or three times in the head, or until the clip is empty, whichever comes first.
ReplyDeleteMichael: "No I'm not" says Michael kneeling back down after dodging the knife "but, like Janet said, we're with Sky, and I personally don't plan on letting you be killed by ninjas. If you think that you can move, or be moved, we should find some place safer than this and find the rest of our group."
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