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[color=Pink][i]Mac, arrows.  Mac, arrows...[/i][/color]

After James called the play, MacKensie limped around looking for her crossbow.  It fired bolts.  Not arrows.  A common mistake that everyone seemed to make, but there were more urgent matters on the table, right now.  For instance, and most importantly, Lillianna had been stabbed right through her mid-section.  Saving her life had become the top priority.  Zell clearly felt the same way as he threw caution to the wind and ran right into the lightning storm Lillianna had created.  MacKensie paused in her search, terrified for him and Lillianna as it seemed that all of them were being hurt by the lightning.  [color=Pink][i]Arrows, Mac![/i][/color] she berated herself.

After being punched for the first time in her life (something that almost made her lose her breakfast,) she almost had her arm pulled out of her socket when she was tossed into the cliffside and she'd injured her knee on the landing.  Now she was hobbling in pain, forced to turn her back to the action as she laid eyes on the weapon she'd lost earlier.  It was lay right by the corpse of the Alpha Female.  She retrieved it in time to turn around and see Clive meet his end at the hands of the steel-clad warrior.  She gasped, frozen stiff at the sight.

Was this the end?  Would they all die here?  When the powerful ninja stole the cube from Lillianna's satchel, MacKensie wanted to cry.  This thing was just too strong.

And then Adam's magical plants came out of nowhere and saved Lillianna, before forcing the enemy to drop the cube.  It was a small victory, but it meant so much.  It meant that the ninja could still be hurt, even without Lillianna's lightning powers.  It meant there was still a chance so long as they didn't give up!  What a splash of cold water to remind MacKensie of all of her friends valiant efforts so far.  Joji's unarmed challenge.  Fenna's aerial soaring swoop-

[b][i]"ROOOOOAAARRRRR!!!"[/i][/b]

MacKensie's rising determination grinded to a rough halt as she tilted her head back to marvel at this giant monster that charged into the fray and stopped right in front of her.  Even her mind fell silent as she stood statue-like, just staring at the thing.  What on earth was it?  The horns, the teeth, the claws.  She wasn't sure she could even imagine a creature so horrifying.  To be so awestruck on the battlefield was a deadly mistake and the ninja sought to make her pay the cost.  She turned to the sound of rapid footsteps and saw she'd been ambushed with no time to even blink.  With all the commotion of the giant monster, and the ninja right in her face, she could barely hear another voice shouting.  The sword of the ninja started coming down...

[color=Pink][i]It's over.[/i][/color]

She expected it to be a quick death - maybe feel something sharp just before nothingness.  But no.  She felt nothing of the sort.  Arms wrapped around her as she was thrown to the floor, tumbling and rolling to a halt with...

[color=Pink]"Zell."[/color]

She found herself and the Englishman holding eachother, nose to nose, and her brain realised exactly what had just happened.

"Y-y-you okay?" he blustered out.

[color=Pink]"I... I think so,"[/color] she stammered.  Then said more decisively, [color=Pink]"Yes."[/color]

He let out a breath of relief.  "Holy shit, thank fuck."

She whispered a short chuckle as disblief became appreciation that she was still alive.  As Zell got up off her, she lifted her feet to roll slightly backwards, then flicked her entire body in such a motion that she popped up onto her feet.  Dropping a bolt into her crossbow, she didn't even realise she was mimmicking Zell as she stared the ninja down with nothing but vengaence on her mind.  Eyes locked on her enemy, she stepped forward to stand beside her friend as he got his weapon back.

The promise from the Englishman needed no additional words from MacKensie.  He'd said everything that needed to be said.  And when he burst into action, MacKensie was in syncronization.  She rushed too, firing a bolt at the ninja, her raw speed taking the lead.  She faked a lunge at the enemy, then dashed left out of the way of Zell who engaged, then she lunged from a different angle, spinning into a precise dagger strike before dashing back out of the way.

Quick reloads, point-blank shots and spinning dagger attacks, in and out from a fresh angle each time - in perfect sync with not just Zell's attacks, but his determination and fury too.