[ Over the din, zombies groaning like they're singing a John Lee Hooker song, Hei feels the ground quake. He whirls with a palm-heel strike to a slavering opponent, the force dislocating its jaw with a pop (it'll slow the bastard down, but not stop him), in time to spot Korra. And three very familiar zombies. ]
[ Fuck. ]
[ Dodging and weaving between teeth and claws, he sees them face off. The entire scene is controlled pandemonium. Same way he feels inside. Tick-tick-tick-ing a countdown to absolute kill-mode. He can forget, often, that Korra is more than spitfire temper and sassy teenygirl remarks. She can also be incredibly resourceful, and breathtakingly fast. Unfortunately it's not fast enough. When she's cornered, he tells himself she can handle it. The bloodshed and risks of another don't concern him -- only the placement and trajectory of his well-being does. But -- ]
[ But. ]
[ I can't leave her alone here. ]
[ Swiping his blade through a wall of rotted flesh, he creates an opening for himself. Breaks to maneuver until Korra's Gruesome Foursome are in his crosshairs. He lets a wire fly, knife embedding with a messy thwack in Tenzin's skull. Releases a catastrophic bzzzzzt of electricity, so the target crumples briefly. Giving Korra a diversion to knock the others back -- put some distance between her enemy and reconnoiter. ]
Action;
[ Fuck. ]
[ Dodging and weaving between teeth and claws, he sees them face off. The entire scene is controlled pandemonium. Same way he feels inside. Tick-tick-tick-ing a countdown to absolute kill-mode. He can forget, often, that Korra is more than spitfire temper and sassy teenygirl remarks. She can also be incredibly resourceful, and breathtakingly fast. Unfortunately it's not fast enough. When she's cornered, he tells himself she can handle it. The bloodshed and risks of another don't concern him -- only the placement and trajectory of his well-being does. But -- ]
[ But. ]
[ I can't leave her alone here. ]
[ Swiping his blade through a wall of rotted flesh, he creates an opening for himself. Breaks to maneuver until Korra's Gruesome Foursome are in his crosshairs. He lets a wire fly, knife embedding with a messy thwack in Tenzin's skull. Releases a catastrophic bzzzzzt of electricity, so the target crumples briefly. Giving Korra a diversion to knock the others back -- put some distance between her enemy and reconnoiter. ]