Reunited with Meg at last, Jenny and her big sister work together to defeat the Centaurs and get back the Light.
“I’m strong enough to help.” Jenny stared at her. “Let me.”
Meg cupped the side of her face in a rough palm. “I don’t like it.” She smiled. “But I’m not sure I get a vote.”
Jenny grinned. “Nope, you don’t.”
Meg kissed her forehead again. “You got a plan?”
“Let’s get out there, and when Tiron raises his hand high enough, I’ll shoot him in the fingers.” She held up her bow. “That should make him drop your light thingy.”
Meg scowled deeply. “You have been hanging out with Barb too much.”
“I like Barb.” Jenny laughed. “She’s so grouchy all the time.”
Jenny ducked under the ledge and moved carefully into the open air of the chamber with Meg behind her.
Across the chamber, Barb had managed to wrangle a pulse cannon away from a Centaur and was shooting in between yodha arrow strikes. Jim wasn’t obvious anywhere, but it was probably better for everyone that he was staying out of the way.
Danny and Mickey had teamed up on the other side of the chamber as well, Danny with a set of knives and Mickey with a length of rope. They spun around each other like they were two halves of a whole, like they’d been fighting together their entire lives.
Toward the center of the room, near the lava pit, Tiron shouted at his troops.
Tzaitel and Velanna found side by side near him, energy saber blades swinging in unison like a dance.
Meg emerged next to Jenny and took her arm. “I’ll run at him. You shoot him.”
“Is that all?”
“We can improvise from there.” Meg smirked. “Unless you think you can’t hit him.” Her eyes twinkled.
“Oh.” Jenny spread her feet and took aim with grin. “Challenge accepted.”
