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She repeated the process twiceeach weapon haruns from her He then uard

All the while, Leto battled the wrecker, who had also released his grayle power, so that two plureen-tinged, flowed in strange whirls above the warriors, e counter-dance

Thorne stood off to the side, shotgun in hand, looking for an opportunity, his eyes intent on the battle

Vela watched mesmerized as both warriors battled in an inco

Fiona returned to stand close to Alison and, like watching a sliding door part swiftly, the women disconnected and becaressed

Vela’s heart swelled at the sight of Sa pace with the Third Warrior

"Look at him move," Alison whispered "My God"

"I know" Fiona breathed raggedly, her arms now crossed over her chest

Then she felt it, another vibration through the grid "More wreckers"

"Shit," Leto muttered "At least we have the weapons" A distant explosion sounded

They had to get this job done and get out of there They were running out of ti She focused on Saht, she entered Samuel’s mind which whirred with movement, just as he moved

She relaxed and sent hiy

What folloas a kind of explosive response in Samuel as he whirled in the air, just as the wrecker whirled, but did a lateral whipping movement, took his opponent out at the knees

Thorne moved in, and took his head

The battle was over

Vela called out "We’ve got to get to get Duncan Now!" The athered her darkening ability, swept up the group and carried theht to Duncan’s cell The darkening allowed her to see inside, where torkers were cutting an unconscious warrior down

"Men, use those daet Duncan now Here" She patted the wall Another distant explosion sounded "We’ve got about twenty seconds" Samuel approached the wall, lifted his weapon and fired, which sent hirated Thorne and Leto launched inside, pushed the slaves away, grabbed Duncan then hauled hi He was still bound by ropes and bled from one end of his body to the next

Just as an explosion took out the wall opposite, Vela sped the group down tunnel after tunnel, faster and faster She could feel Duncan’s life force ebb The warrior was alet the execution, he’d been beaten and sliced to the absolute ri her, but she also knehat she could do

The next h their initial entry point and planted her hands on the wall to create the seal Dauns exploded beyond the wall She felt a terrible vibration "I can’t hold it," she called out

Merl stepped in and planted his hands on the wall His Third Earthshe’d ever known Together, they sealed up the wall

Then silence

"Are we safe?" Endelle asked

"Jesus H Christ Are we safe?" Vela turned to her "Yes" She eased away from the wall

Endelle looked at Duncan’s unconscious form and called out sharply

"Jeannie"

"Yes, Madame Endelle"

"Get Horace over here to the palace

No, faster than that I want him at my position"

"Done" Five seconds later, Horace appeared next to Endelle He dropped beside Duncan, but addressed Fiona "I’ to need you" The woman didn’t skip a beat Vela watched as she repeated her drawing-in process, so that Horace’s power took her over and she went to work on Duncan

The moment Fiona put her hand on Duncan’s chest, he jerked once, then drew breath

Tears sprang to Vela’s eyes

They’d caught him just in time

Duncan had almost died

Samuel slid an arm around her waist