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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ankh-Morpork Guard" data-source="post: 2915056" data-attributes="member: 10079">Chapter 362The sound of the blaster rifles firing wildly was gone in an instant, replaced by a loud, violent crack. Eyes darted through the chaos to see one of the Trandoshans fall, its blaster rifle having just slammed into the side of its skull. The eyes then caught sight of Marix, who had not had to use the Force for even a second, and who had also not stopped moving. Another crack echoed in the room, this one from her arm catching the second Trandoshan in the gut, breaking at least two ribs in the process before she tore the large weapon out of its reptilian hands and spun to use it as a club against one of the human guards behind her.    The Trandoshan only stumbled back, hissing in pain and clutching its chest, but the human was flung back into the bulkhead, the back of his skull hitting it first. But the larger reptilian humanoid was not as easily taken down...and attempted a strong punch aimed straight at Marix’s face. But it was all brute force, and nothing else...meaning that she had little trouble in ducking under the strike, then rising up in time to grab the large arm, snap its wrist, and rake her now-unshearthed claws across its face.    That was enough to send it down, though it was definitely not dead, the intense pain had sent it into a state of shock. It had also sent all of the remaining guards into the same state of shock. All of the violence had taken place in only a matter of seconds, and now two of the large Trandoshans and one of the human guards was already down...the other three, a Rodian, Twi’lek, and another human, were suddenly not so eager to press the attack.    Instead, each of them took careful steps back, blasters up and ready, though their arms were shaking noticeably. Marix knew that in a few more seconds, they would open fire again. Panic had a way of causing awkward moments of nothing at times like this...especially when most weren’t used to the kind of actions Marix was willing to take to end things quickly.    And so, before the blasters opened up again, the large Alraxian woman was moving again. Claws now gone, as she was not currently attempting to kill them if it wasn’t necessary, Marix instead connected with the human’s face with a strong punch, sending him against a chair and down without any trouble. The Rodian actually brought his blaster around to swing it at her, but Marix had no trouble kicking the weapon out of his shaking, long fingers before shifting her balance and delivering another strong kick, this time to his small chest, and sending him against the table. There was a snap from his spine thanks to the strength of the kick, but Marix took no real notice of it.    The remaining Twi’lek, however, did. He fired off three panicked shots from his weapon, none of which came anywhere near her and actually got closer to shooting his downed companions. Marix reached out and wrenched the weapon from his hands before using it as she had before and knocking him to the ground with the butt of the weapon.    She then casually dropped the weapon to the floor and turned to the remaining source of noise in the room. Taril was standing exactly where she’d left him, up from his chair but looking like a statue in some kind of violent earthquake. His eyes were so wide it looked like they were going to pop out of his head. And, of course, his mouth was wide open.    A few quick steps and Marix was next to him, grabbing his arm tightly enough to get a yelp of pain from the small human, and before he could start begging for her not to kill him, she growled, “You’re coming with me.”    Then, without waiting on a response, she turned and headed for the exit, dragging the helpless man along right behind her. He managed to sounds of protest, but neither of which were words in any language that Marix had ever heard before, so she chose to ignore it...well, truthfully, she would have ignored it anyway. The door slid open after she slammed the switch and Marix was almost depressed to see no one waiting there.    “W-wait!” Taril finally managed some kind of word, then tugged at his arm, which caused him to yelp in pain again, before whimpering, “They’ll kill me!”    “I’ll kill you,” Marix responded flatly, continuing to drag him along behind her as she made her way down the corridor the way they had come before.    [Marix...]    Instinctively, Marix glanced up slightly. [What, Loki?]    [They are...attempting to break open the hatch...] Loki sounded slightly distracted, which wasn’t all that surprising.    [This is exactly why Jyren pesters you about having some kind of defense.] Marix commented with a grin on her face. Not that she agreed with Jyren, of course, but it was vital to take the time to taunt the poor Kanyak whenever possible...as he’d do the same, and worse, if her guard was let down even slightly. [Don’t worry, I’ll be there in a moment. Keep Toby sealed in someplace safe.]    There was a pause, then Loki seemed to mumble. [...should I be worried?]    Marix rounded a corner and glanced at the panicked looking Taril she was still dragging along behind her. [I’m bringing a new friend.]    [Yes, well, that sound good, but ah...] Loki paused again, then there was the equivalent of a mental whimper. [I believe I have made enough friends out here. These are bloody persistent enough as it is. Do we really need more?]    Marix’s smile finally faded as she started to hear the sounds of blaster fire echoing her direction. She sighed, and gripped the human’s arm a little tighter while picking up the pace. [Just hang on. I’m almost there.]</blockquote>

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