The world slid in andout of focus, pain and the percussion of the blast making it difficult for Kira to keep her eyes open.
Dim shapes climbing through the smoking hole in the wall. The sound of shattering glass as Finn launched himself through the window Kira had damaged.
Raider appearing above her a second later, his mouth moving but his words not penetrating the tinny ringing in her ears.
The station shuddering around them every so often.
As if in a dream, Kira reached up to feel her temple. Her fingers came away covered in blood.
So that's why her head hurt so much.
Raider was gentle as he pulled her to sitting, his gaze frantic.
He should go after Elise, Kira thought, her eyes sliding closed again.
"Can't let—" Kira trailed off, struggling to focus.
She blinked as the figures around her wheeled, a strange shape with many legs launching itself from the ceiling. It wrapped itself around one of the figures.
Her mind finally made sense of what she was seeing. It was the Haldeel guard. His lower half restrained his foe as he separated its head from its shoulders.
The body didn't crumple, not until the Haldeel ripped the limbs from its torso.
The android's companions screamed, the metal panels protecting their heads and necks flaring like the hood of a cobra. Their mouths dropped open, letting beams of light blast toward the Haldeel. He spun his trident, diffusing them.
Finn moved to intercept, his en-blade carving a path through the androids.
The world snapped into focus.
"Kira, we have to go," Raider shouted.
"Jin. Where's Jin?" Kira asked, shoving her way toward her feet.
She stumbled and would have fallen if Raider hadn't caught her.
She didn't see Jin anywhere. More concerning, she didn’t feel him either.
"Elise took him."
Stunned, Kira could only stare at Raider. She didn't understand. Why would Elise take Jin?
"And you let her?" Kira knew it was wrong even as she made the accusation.
Raider dropped her arm. "There was no “let” about it. She grabbed him and leapt out of the hole. These things attacked right after."
Finn put distance between him and the last few androids, his left arm sweeping in an arc.Kiblasted from him, lifting the androids and flinging them into the wall.
They hit with a crunch, collapsing to the ground.
"That should be the last of them," Finn said with an approving nod.
When he faced Kira, there was a look of condemnation in his eyes.
Kira couldn't even summon the energy to move as she leaned against what remained of the wall where the window had been.
She took a look around the room, noting its complete destruction.
The table was on its side and in two pieces. The place where she'd sat had scorch marks from the blast.
