And right now, Kira needed a needle not a nuclear bomb.
Kira spooled the two tiny strands into the center of her palm before compressing them into a spherical shape.
The method was slower than the way she used her ki before. When she’d rip it from her core and whack her enemy upside the head with little finesse.
She was hoping the tradeoff would result in less damage to her veins.
Footsteps sounded on the other side of the wall as those waiting lost their patience, deciding to pursue their prey rather than wait for it to come to them.
Tighter and tighter Kira spun her ki. Until it bucked against her control like a wild horse being brought to heel.
Pain lanced the inside of Kira’s mind.
Not yet. Just a little more.
Like idiots, the enemy on the other side of the wall crept closer, never questioning why Kira and Raider had relinquished the field of battle without firing a single shot.
There.
Kira glanced at Joule.
He took a deep breath, one hand forming the shield as the other lifted the blade he held.
Devon firmed his stance.
Good luck, Kira told the two silently as the footsteps paused on the other side of the wall she was touching.
About damn time.
Kira released the tight clamp on her ki.
For a moment, the world stilled, nothing happening.
The ki lay there.
And then, like a pressurized volcano whose magma had finally found its way out, her ki erupted.
It exploded outward, pulverizing the particles that made the wall into dust, but not killing anything beyond.
Dust and rock billowed outward as Kira took back her hand, feeling pride in her work.
That technique had worked so much better than she’d anticipated.
With a final nod of approval, Kira looked back to find Devon, Joule, and Raider frozen in shock.
“All yours,” Kira said.
Her words jolted the pair out of their stunned states.
Joule and Devon surged forward, disappearing into the cloud of dust.
“Could have used a skill like that during the war,” Raider observed as he joined her in front of the hole she’d created.
Kira shrugged. “We could have used a lot of things in those days.”
Ships that could better withstand Tsavitee weapons. A fleet with experience in fighting an enemy like the one they’d faced. Allies who didn’t try to make deals with their enemies.
The sound of battle came from the depths of the dust as it began to settle, showing Devon and Joule holding the advantage.
