Traveled him several feet to one side, right atop the wounded mindreader, leaving behind the riveted steel bands holding Richter down. That is his third travel, so he is getting low on oomph.
But he's jazzed, baby, jazzed! His luck has never run so hot!
The three Iron Guards float, held aloft by their Heavy. Their Torch sprays fire to illuminate the room, not locating Sky immediately.
Sky falls on the Reader with Richter. The Reader groans, then Richter slugs him with surprising force. The Reader lolls, knocked senseless, although his eyes are still open.
Kaze, Nick, and Christine cross the lawn to the hangar with no problem at all, since all of the Iron Guard are hunting Sky.
Sky feels himself grow heavy, so heavy that he cannot stand up. A Traveler can jump with whatever he can carry, but what if he cannot even carry his own weight?
The Iron Guards float down into the middle of the room and split up, to take Sky from three angles.
Kaze, Nick and Christine arrive and see the Torch's flames lighting up the room. They can't quite see Hitomi, but they see the three Iron Guards, the Torch in red, the Mover in blue, and the Heavy in green. Kaze never got to know any of them very well; they weren't very friendly.
Saburo, who is NOT Faded, shouts, "Ito!" and the Mover turns around, startled beyond recognition.
"Saburo?" he says, followed by a Japanese sentence that means, "Have the devil Grimnoir made you into a zombie? For you are dead!"
Sky shoots the Heavy. Maybe it will make him drop the other Iron Guard, and put out the fire for a moment.
ReplyDeleteAs Kaze (with Nick and Christine) move past Ito, she whispers in Japanese,
ReplyDelete"Your boss struck Saburo down. Left him for dead. Hitomi is out for himself. A dog. He would do the same to you."
They go to help Sky unless Ito immediately attacks Saburo.