[OOM] Taris, the Labyrinth, surface.

[stuck_mynock]

It's night when they emerge from the lift, with clear skies littered with stars, the majority of which are blocked out.

Up above them, casting a shadow over them, is the vast, distinctive shape of the Wyrm, engines trailingthrough its mass of tentacles, lights gleaming, sharp, spiney legs moving back and forth through the air.

Atton peers at the shape, thoughtfully.

"Well. Kriff."

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[guppy_sandhu]

"The answer no is not an option." Guppy points out, drawing his sword in one hand and shifting the blaster to the other. He starts shooting at the soldiers whilst they're growing ears.

[will_scarlett]

"Aye, we can."

Will turns and grins at the closest soldier before first firing off a few shots and then drawing his sword.

[stuck-mynock.livejournal.com]

"Great," Atton says, watching Koren as he starts running towards them. "I'll get out of your way, then."

As Koren gets close, Atton rushes forward, grabbing him and leaping upwards to land on a nearby building - just a small one, but high enough up that they're a reasonable distance from Will, Guppy and the soldiers.

[guppy_sandhu]

Guppy slashes and shoots at everything that comes near him, except Will, sometimes at the same time.

[will_scarlett]

The soldiers are starting to adapt to the blasters so Will moves in with his sword and is able to cut down a few of them without too much damage. He's aware of how Guppy's doing so if there's a need he can shift to help him.

[stuck-mynock.livejournal.com]

Up on the building, Koren and Atton are a blur of browns, reds, black and greys, and the occasional crackle of lightning as they fight. For a brief moment, Atton is knocked away, hitting the ground near Guppy and Will. He gives them both a quick grin before leaping up to the building again.

[guppy_sandhu]

Guppy doesn't have time to grin back, he slices a ninja where the carotid artery would be, blasts at the areas under knees where the artery would flow, and kicks at pressure points when all else fails.

He feels almost detached from his own body, but only in the sense of someone who is drowning. Around him is a pile of groaning, dying or dead people, defeated only by a man's determination to survive for his brothers, wife and baby.

[will_scarlett]

Will gives Atton a nod as he dodges some claws and cuts down another soldier.

[guppy_sandhu]

Guppy, who has somehow managed by sheer luck to kill most of the zombie soldiers around him, gets jumped on by a persistant straggler. He feels the claws scratch the surface of his abdomen, and rolls with the sword...

He whimpers as he accidentally chops its head off, sending a splurt of blue blood stuff out. Then he scrambles to his feet to get to the next one.

[will_scarlett]

At the sound of Guppy's whimper, Will turns and is slashed in the side before taking down the soldier attacking him.

[stuck-mynock.livejournal.com]

Up on the building, the blurs slow to a stop, as one of Koren's arms, sword still in hand, goes flying through the air to skitter across the street.

Koren snarls, slightly, rubbing his arm. There are tubes there, and beneath the tubing, muscle and no skin.

"You're like the footsoldiers," Atton says, slowly. "Just smarter, aren't you? I thought that as their leader, you'd be different. But you're exactly the same as them."

Masters, and apprentices.

Atton's eyebrows go up, as he abruptly realises something.
"You're not their leader, are you? You're the apprentice, not the master."

Koren just snarls again, charging up bolts of lightning around his remaining hand. A moment later, Atton's sword slides through his stomach, then quickly back out again with a splatter of blue over Atton. Atton swings one arm, knocking him off and down to the street.

[guppy_sandhu]

Guppy polishes off the last zombie currently attacking him and rushes to check that Will is okay from being slashed.

[will_scarlett]

As the arm flies off, Will looks up after taking down the nearest soldier,

"Atton, ye well?"

[stuck-mynock.livejournal.com]

"Just great," Atton says, hopping down and wandering over to them. "That went pretty well, I think."

[guppy_sandhu]

"I think I might have a repetitive strain injury."

[will_scarlett]

"Na sure what that means an I've only a bit o'a scratch. Now let's leave this damn planet."

[stuck-mynock.livejournal.com]

"Yeah. Let's head off."

Atton has just sheathed his sword when Koren moves, suddenly, from his spot sprawled out in the street, blurring towards Atton to set his remaining hand to his back.

There's a flash of purplish light, and the colour drains from Atton's face.

[guppy_sandhu]

Guppy does the only thing he can think of.

He punches Koren hard in the face.

[will_scarlett]

Will moves to try and catch Atton and slashes at Koren,

"Atton!?"

[stuck-mynock.livejournal.com]

Atton sags against Will, flopping against him slightly.

Nearby, a ship lands in the street, the ramp lowering slowly. Koren turns, sweeping into it and vanishing from view as the ramp is raised up again and the ship lifts off, soaring away.

"'M fine," Atton mumbles, regaining his footing. "'M fine."

[guppy_sandhu]

"Sit down." Guppy says gently, shaking his hand out and moving quickly to support Atton. "You've gone a funny colour. What did he do?"

[will_scarlett]

Will's doing his best to hold Atton as much as he can,

"Atton, dinna go anywhere on us."

[stuck-mynock.livejournal.com]

"We don't have time t'sit down, we need t'get back t'the ship. S'some kind of Force-y toxin thing. I'll be alright, c'mon."

[guppy_sandhu]

"A forcey-toxin thing?" Guppy asks, keeping one hand on Atton as they keep moving. "How do we fix it?

[will_scarlett]

"Aye, just to the ship, isna far."