​     The Silver Centipede slammed into Estelle's right side; the Silver Scorpion slammed into her left.

     WHAM!

     Knocked her completely out. 

​     She dropped to their feet like a rag doll.

​     Hoby smiled, and Belle nodded in anticipation. Yes, they were going to enjoy tearing this little bitch apart.

​     Only:

​     The door to the Valid's van slid open.

     Brock didn't even bother to get all the way out of the van before...

     BRAAAFFFFF!

​     He let go an azure blast that hit Belle and Hoby so powerfully they were both sent hurtling.

​     Brock flew out of the van. He hovered over Estelle's prone form. The table top had landed on top of her so that she was kind of protected from shrapnel, but he wanted to make certain she was really protected.

​     Three algrim warships converged on him.

     Damn!

​     Three ray blasts emanated from each of the warships, nine ray blasts altogether.

​     Brock was able to hold off the initial assault with his force field, but it took all the energy he'd just got through storing up. Lucky for him, three Azure warships then joined in on the fight ​so that it became warship versus warship, leaving Brock alone. 

     More or less.

​     One of the warships caught Brock with one last blast. It was enough to knock him sideways and slam him, still in his wheelchair, to the floor.

​     He had just enough energy to protect himself against the falling debris or any attacks from single algrim soldiers.

​     Still, he was out of the fight, at least for a couple of minutes...

​     and feeling very, very vulnerable.

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