His eyes stared unseeing up at the ceiling, the edges of the gaping wound on in chest still glowing from the heat of the whip.
A clatter to her right made Kira look up.
Elise stared at her in surprise, Jin held in her hands.
"Elise," Kira started.
Elise’s eyes dropped to the body of a Tuann from House Remie where it lay dead at Kira's feet. Her eyes widened and she spun, darting away.
"Stop, Elise!" Kira shouted, before rolling her eyes at herself.
Like the woman would listen in this kind of situation. Kira certainly wouldn't.
With a muttered curse and a glance in Finn and Raider's direction, Kira gave chase. Sometimes there was no choice but to trust in your companions.
This right here was why she'd tried so hard not to get anyone else wrapped up in this business.
These kinds of decisions were the sort to haunt you later. She hated the idea of sacrificing anyone, yet here she was doing exactly that.
Kira gritted her teeth and reached for more speed.
Elise rounded a shipping container, Kira fast on her heels.
Elise fled through a small gap before leaping onto the top of another pallet. Kira grimly followed.
Abruptly, they burst onto the docks.
To their left, a cavernous opening led into space, the battle being fought outside visible.
A walkway extended as far the eye could see, ramps branching off it leading to the ships nestled on either side.
Kira sprinted after Elise. If Elise made it to her ship, it was game over.
Kira narrowed the gap between them.
Just a little bit more.
Now.
Kira leapt, tackling Elise hard enough that she lost her grip on Jin.
They hit the ground hard and rolled. The walkway disappearing under them.
They fell, coming apart.
Kira hit the deck on her side, the landing knocking the breath out of her. Pain spread through her as she blinked at the ten-foot drop above her.
The belly of a ship blocked her view of the ceiling.
They’d rolled off the walkway and landed in one of the berths.
She lifted her head, seeing the landing gear of the ship.
With a groan, she flipped onto her stomach. From the quickly growing pain, Kira knew the boost Alexander had given her was wearing off.
She needed to finish this before it was entirely gone.
Elise was in the middle of crawling back onto the walkway as Kira forced herself to her feet.
