Fight Scene

[moon_custafer]

Crouched in the nearby darkness, Nine’s mother watched the brothers argue as if it were a stage-play, herself and Nine merely the audience, quite unconnected in the matter. But Nine wriggling again and abruptly biting down on her hand, she let go with a gasp, allowing the girl to hurl herself at Jake’s left side, scattering the bundle of bones in her fury.
Hellcat though she was in that moment, the child did not have nearly enough mass to knock over a full-grown man; but in his surprise Jake stepped off-balance, and his apparent lunge to the right led Bill to crack the barrel of the pistol across his brother’s temple. Ears ringing, Jake swung at him but missed. Nine’s mother felt a naked long-bone snap beneath the ball of her foot and realized she was dashing forward to seize Nine, who was still clawing at the dazed Jake. The fight had not yet gone out of the man, and he raised a ham fist to clout his small attacker, when Bill and the woman, from opposite sides, seized his wrist simultaneously.
“Nine!” her mother commanded. “Down! Stop!” Nine hissed but complied. Bill turned to look at her, his pallor noticeable even by moonlight.

Comments

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Pallor, eh? Hmmmm.