bodies,
putting them out for at least an hour, if not more.
“ I am glad we
are not facing off as enemies on the battlefield ,” Ken’slan said graciously
as Kara came back to him…then she did a double take and turned the other way
with little more than a nod of response.
She ran around the far corner, turning right and
flying down a few dozen meters to where she kicked into a mass of Scionate
heading their way, sending one of them back like a bowling ball through the
others before going Neo on the rest of them and physically beating their
shields down before landing punch/shots of stun into the 26 of them…with
Ken’slan coming around the corner to witness only the last few before it was
only her remaining standing.
“ Come on ,”
she said, bypassing him and heading back to the relic chamber. “ These guys are just a distraction .”
“ For you,
perhaps ,” he said, following her back with lopey strides but again refusing
to enter the chamber, instead turning about and playing guard should any more
soldier make their way to them.
When Kara entered again she noticed that some of the
mental positions had changed, and so did she…intending to just stun them all
with one go-around then haul them out one by one. She headed for the closest
one on the left and began to work her way around the square, eventually coming
to a group of five hidden within a small room on the interior 90 degrees around
the square. Freezing five minds at once was tricky, so instead she just hit
them all with a Fornax field and walked in to find them lying on the floor,
maintaining the field while she stunned them all.
On the way out she paused, noticing a particular relic
that she could have swore was Cloud’s sword from Final Fantasy VII. She shook off the notion, realizing
that some of these relics must have been trophies from past conquests, for that
sword thing definitely couldn’t have been used by a quadruped with no hands.
Kara made a right and continued around the square,
coming across a pair of armored guards along with one of the Chieftans, all
three of which she left where they lay until she’d finished with the rest. When
she came back to pick them up, she took the unarmored one first and dumped him
outside at Ken’slan’s feet, with the Scionate
recognizing Ura’bor and pulling his counterpart off to the side, separate from
the others.
Kara eventually finished bringing them all out, with
Ken’slan dismissing a pile of them as not being Chieftans, which the Human then
moved to another area as Paul came up to them.
“Tag,” he said, mentally transmitting an image of
hundreds of troops pouring into the complex.
Kara reached out her hand and fist-bumped Paul as she
passed, knowing that she was better suited to dealing with such large numbers
than he was.
Paul walked over to Ken’slan and inspected the haul of
prisoners.
“ Did we get them
all? ”
“ There are 2
missing. I do not know if they are in the den or not, but their leader is here ,”
Ken’slan said, motioning with his nose to where he had Ura’bor laid . “ How long will
they remain unconscious? ”
“ Depends on how
much stun Kara gave them. I would guess a few hours, but we need to restrain
them before that .”
“ We will need my
security for that .”
“ They’ll have to
wait a bit ,” Paul said, flinching as he sensed another group of soldiers
moving nearby. “ There are too many troops
around for them to get through .”
“ Can you handle
them? ”
“ Given
time, yes .”
“ Then go…I will
remain with these .”
“ Alright, I’ll
go hunting in the immediate area, but I’ll stick close in case a few slip by .”
“ I can handle a
few ,” Ken’slan said stoically. “ Help
the others .”
Paul nodded and ran off, extending his Ikrid range as
far as it could go and keeping it there like his personal radar, striking out
towards the nearest minds while staying close enough to keep a lock on Ken’slan.
It was tricky to
putting them out for at least an hour, if not more.
“ I am glad we
are not facing off as enemies on the battlefield ,” Ken’slan said graciously
as Kara came back to him…then she did a double take and turned the other way
with little more than a nod of response.
She ran around the far corner, turning right and
flying down a few dozen meters to where she kicked into a mass of Scionate
heading their way, sending one of them back like a bowling ball through the
others before going Neo on the rest of them and physically beating their
shields down before landing punch/shots of stun into the 26 of them…with
Ken’slan coming around the corner to witness only the last few before it was
only her remaining standing.
“ Come on ,”
she said, bypassing him and heading back to the relic chamber. “ These guys are just a distraction .”
“ For you,
perhaps ,” he said, following her back with lopey strides but again refusing
to enter the chamber, instead turning about and playing guard should any more
soldier make their way to them.
When Kara entered again she noticed that some of the
mental positions had changed, and so did she…intending to just stun them all
with one go-around then haul them out one by one. She headed for the closest
one on the left and began to work her way around the square, eventually coming
to a group of five hidden within a small room on the interior 90 degrees around
the square. Freezing five minds at once was tricky, so instead she just hit
them all with a Fornax field and walked in to find them lying on the floor,
maintaining the field while she stunned them all.
On the way out she paused, noticing a particular relic
that she could have swore was Cloud’s sword from Final Fantasy VII. She shook off the notion, realizing
that some of these relics must have been trophies from past conquests, for that
sword thing definitely couldn’t have been used by a quadruped with no hands.
Kara made a right and continued around the square,
coming across a pair of armored guards along with one of the Chieftans, all
three of which she left where they lay until she’d finished with the rest. When
she came back to pick them up, she took the unarmored one first and dumped him
outside at Ken’slan’s feet, with the Scionate
recognizing Ura’bor and pulling his counterpart off to the side, separate from
the others.
Kara eventually finished bringing them all out, with
Ken’slan dismissing a pile of them as not being Chieftans, which the Human then
moved to another area as Paul came up to them.
“Tag,” he said, mentally transmitting an image of
hundreds of troops pouring into the complex.
Kara reached out her hand and fist-bumped Paul as she
passed, knowing that she was better suited to dealing with such large numbers
than he was.
Paul walked over to Ken’slan and inspected the haul of
prisoners.
“ Did we get them
all? ”
“ There are 2
missing. I do not know if they are in the den or not, but their leader is here ,”
Ken’slan said, motioning with his nose to where he had Ura’bor laid . “ How long will
they remain unconscious? ”
“ Depends on how
much stun Kara gave them. I would guess a few hours, but we need to restrain
them before that .”
“ We will need my
security for that .”
“ They’ll have to
wait a bit ,” Paul said, flinching as he sensed another group of soldiers
moving nearby. “ There are too many troops
around for them to get through .”
“ Can you handle
them? ”
“ Given
time, yes .”
“ Then go…I will
remain with these .”
“ Alright, I’ll
go hunting in the immediate area, but I’ll stick close in case a few slip by .”
“ I can handle a
few ,” Ken’slan said stoically. “ Help
the others .”
Paul nodded and ran off, extending his Ikrid range as
far as it could go and keeping it there like his personal radar, striking out
towards the nearest minds while staying close enough to keep a lock on Ken’slan.
It was tricky to
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