"They are tenacious," he ducked as an ax swiped into the alley. He dropped to his butt and the blade cut into the wall above his head. He looked up at it with a few strands of hair falling into his face.
"Come on," he complained and rolled to the other side of the alley as the blade of the ax dropped down into the ground nearly cleaving him.
"Hold it," Jin pleaded and held his hands in front of his face. The man fumed with anger as Jin held out a potion bottle. The ax shattered the glass bottle.
The armored man rose the ax high above his head and dropped it down. "Mister," a woman's meek voice called from behind him. A blonde head poked out of a cardboard box. Jin glared at the ax and rose his arm. A magical circle surrounded his feet and a shield of light sprang to life around his arm. The ax bashed into the shield.
"You okay," He smiled at the girl who beamed back up at him. "Good. NOW RUN," he took her hand and dashed out of the alley. An explosion ripped through the alley. Fire burst into the street. Jin was thrown into the street and the girl's body tumbled across the sidewalk. Jin reached out his hand for her, but she was too far away. He took a deeper breath and focused as much as he could on the magic in his body.
A larger magic circle appeared around his hand. A beam of light shot out and shimmered around the girl. She slowly stirred and pulled herself to her feet.
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