As his amber eyes left the charred corpse on the ground in front of him, he was relieved to see Celeste fully intact without blaster burns. Zack momentarily thought to apologize for his blunder in the hallway but dismissed it; it was in the past. All they could do was move forward. With the sound of the chains and blaster fire having echoed through the compound, it wasn't long before they could hear a chorus of shouts coming from deeper within, followed shortly thereafter by the stampede of approaching bootfalls.
Celeste's words echoed in his mind after she'd said them. Don't hold ba...hold back...D-Don't hold back. Each repetition of the words increased his heart rate and anger until the point of boil-over, his teeth grit and eyes focused on the doorway in front of them, chest rising and falling in great heaves. The seconds ticked by like days - weeks - as they awaited their prey, the thundering of approaching soldiers echoing louder as the tension thickened in the air.
The first henchman through the door met its end far too quickly as his face was crushed into the door frame via Zactar’s telekinetic grip, his limp body then flung to the side to allow more of the fools to approach. Two more guards pushed in, firing blaster carbines at the two intruders but their shots were immediately deflected back at the doorway with a one-handed swing of Zactar’s modified Makashi/Djem So fighting style.
Dashing to the right to allow greater maneuverability for him and his companion, Zack cut through the two guards with a long horizontal slash before returning to a neutral guard for the next to approach. That was when he heard the repeating beeps of a thermal detonator being tossed through the doorway…
Celeste's words echoed in his mind after she'd said them. Don't hold ba...hold back...D-Don't hold back. Each repetition of the words increased his heart rate and anger until the point of boil-over, his teeth grit and eyes focused on the doorway in front of them, chest rising and falling in great heaves. The seconds ticked by like days - weeks - as they awaited their prey, the thundering of approaching soldiers echoing louder as the tension thickened in the air.
The first henchman through the door met its end far too quickly as his face was crushed into the door frame via Zactar’s telekinetic grip, his limp body then flung to the side to allow more of the fools to approach. Two more guards pushed in, firing blaster carbines at the two intruders but their shots were immediately deflected back at the doorway with a one-handed swing of Zactar’s modified Makashi/Djem So fighting style.
Dashing to the right to allow greater maneuverability for him and his companion, Zack cut through the two guards with a long horizontal slash before returning to a neutral guard for the next to approach. That was when he heard the repeating beeps of a thermal detonator being tossed through the doorway…
@LadyRen