Zetsu and Piercing
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Keenan didn’t know the full extent of his injuries, he could feel a sharp pain in his chest and and a severe ache in his arm, but regardless of them he couldn’t exactly keep laying around in a battlefield. He pushed himself up to standing and used his staff to steady himself, putting it away shortly after so he could get over the rubble to the stairs.

With one hand clutched to his chest he briefly gazed out over the field to see the republic on the run. However, he had little interest in the battle and turned back to the ruins intent on finding either his target again or Ideon. Instead he was faced with a jedi as she was coming out of the entrance. With the suddenness of her appearance Keenan’s reaction was to drop into a defensive stance, armored hand forward and his unlit saber in the other.

As Lahana ran out of the temple she heard the commander order the troops to fall back. She was confused for a moment, not understanding why they were running, but then she saw the scene around her. The Republic was losing. She bit her lip in irritation and continued running, only to run into a dark jedi. "Sith scum, get out of my way!" She ignited her two sabers and swung them down towards his head.

Keenan was a bit surprised by the Jedi's reckless approach. As her sabers came down toward his head he raised his arm, her sabers would short out on his gauntlet, at the same time he pointed the hilt of his own saber at her chest and ignited the blade, intent on impaling her with that simple act.

Lahana turned off her sabers and swiftly put them away as she noticed them impact the dark jedi's gauntlets. She'd heard of lightsaber resistant material before, if she weren't in the middle of combat she'd wonder where he got such a rare material. But as she'd learned a long time ago, distractions on the battlefield were a recipe for disaster. Her eyes followed her foe's movements, she noticed him point his saber towards her. Right before it ignited and impaled her she bent backwards, then placing her hands on the ground and executing a backwards somersault. She kicked at her opponent's hand holding his saber as she flipped back to her feet. 

She needed to get away, as much as she wanted to vent her frustration at failing to kill Ideon she'd either be killed or captured if she stayed. Being locked in a cage again was not an option. Using the force she sprinted off towards the Republic fallback point. She hoped the dark jedi would not follow.

The jedi's kick knocked Keenan's hand away and allowed her to get out of his range before he could strike and make her escape. He didn't even try to pursue her, only looking in the direction she ran for a moment and then turning back to the ruin. Seeing the rubble blocking the entrance he quickly took off to find a side route around.