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A bit too take stock of the situation was in order. For one thing there was a guy with a big sword. She had come along just in time to see him swing it at a smaller guy. And now the other one was moving in with a staff. Then there was a women doing something, looked to be moving in towards the fight, several people lieing prone or getting up.

"s**t." First instinct was to turn and run really. Bad place to be. Instead she quick made a decision involving not wanting to get shot in the back or something.

Obviously the guy with the sword had started it. At least he was the first one she saw making a move. Still leaning against the wall she rotated her wrist around in a few sharp turns. Had the effect of a crank as a lenght of lights unraveled and slid down onto the ground.

Not very imposing really. At least not until she pushed off the wall, swayed a bit, and stopped moving her wrist with like six feet of it snatched up into her right hand from her left side. Still not very threatening. Least not unless you payed careful attention and noticed that the lights glowing fiercly bright and making a very 'humming' sound.

Yeah man, her weapon was as weird as her huh? Also useless kind of as the little guy was in close like that. Instead she just started moving in a large circle around them, attempting to not get get in the way, or get behind the sword-guy.

Unfortunately for Sunstrike, moving in close to a guy with a big sword wasn't as foolproof as one would think. While the weapon appeared to be heavy, it was actually quite light, making it easy enough for Athan to readjust the weapon for another attack by the time Sun had come down under his guard. Athan had his sword raised above his head. Point facing directly upwards.

Sun's foot came down atop his own, just about the same time that Athan brought the pommel of his weapon and the entirety of his weight crashing down towards the base of the man's exposed neck.

Athan would probably still be hit if Sun continued, but the force of the blow wouldn't be nearly as much as it would have been with a very strong man forcing tempered metal into a fairly weak portion of the body. Hell, if Sun took the entirety of the impact, he'd probably end up being paralyzed.

Exposed neck? Sunny was looking down at Athan's shoes? Considering the next to nothing distance between the two characters that would have been a little hard to do without some uncomfortable head against chest stuff, as well as guessing where the hell Athan's jaw was.

Mind you...it did mean that the hilt of a very large sword was coming down upon Sunstike's head, meaning to crack it like a walnut. Sun bottled the attempt at the jaw and again threw himself backwards, gaurd up.

He had to rethink his strategy if this guy could move that sword around so easily. But he did know that he sure as hell didn't want to get caught out with that yellow beam.

surprised oc Twitch, I gotta preview more often man...!XD

He blinked in surprise when both Flare, and the strange new woman cropped up.

((Well it was aimed at the base of the neck. And since Athan is standing directly over you and you're coming forward, it makes sense that his sword would head towards the point where the neck meets the back, which would be easily available if I'm thinking this the way it is..but, whatever, this all works.))

Sun moved backwards, and Athan's sword hit nothing. This did allow him to reset his stance, but little more was achieved at the time being. That woman was closing in again, and he didn't know how much longer he'd be safe from her. Injured or not, she was still a threat if he had his back turned. There was a guardian angel overlooking him somewhere, he just couldn't tell how long they were going to be there.

No time to think, no time to rest...give 'em hell.

He was already lunging towards Sun again, his left hand leaving the hilt of one sword and moving to rest above the pommel of another, smaller weapon. This time there was no slash, just a straight up thrust towards the midsection, aimed slightly towards the left (Sun's right).

((I am...definetly running out of time.))

NPC's these may be, a lot of them they may be, but lets not forget things about the shades, hm?

Needless to say the rooks at the very least were just as combat trained as the goons were, and they all just wouldn't mill around waiting for dark matter to spill onto the ground. This was a defensive position after all.

The goons would meet the first resistance at the embankment. Four towering rooks, bolstered by a singular bishop.

Guns and shouts were taken as an obvious threat and dark musceles in morphic bodies flexed and made weapons. The goons themselves would find themselves rushing into four very large and imposing axe's out of durable plate armour.

The clash was immense as they swept down into the troops.

Flare would continue to weave for as long as she thought fire was coming at her, which brought her much closer to Athan and Sun's battle than she would have liked. Within ten feet of Athan and Sun, nearly directly to Athan's right side.

Not hearing/seeing any more shades being hit by bullets for the moment, Flare took this opportunity to unleash her gathered energy in a fireball, aimed at Athan's right side, just above his waistline. She wasn't too worried about hitting Sunny; the fireball was about the size of a basketball, and, besides, she thought Sun was fireproof.

((Grenade launcher...does not compute? Unless these are the back up troops for Kraun that have just somehow managed to actually BRING one in under stealth?))