What They Died For (Open)

Zuci listened to him intently, the animosity growing in her with every foul word he said. She prepared herself for his attack, but not before saying words of her own. "You're the only traitor to your people, and that's coming fron a non-Tuffle! I said you wouldn't be killing anyone else today and I MEANT IT!" Zuci screamed as she powered up to the fullest, unleasing a barrage of Ki out towards Sen. Though she was wounded, she put out every last bit of power she had. Unfortunately for her though, the mortar had a large range to it; even with them being cloaked there was a chance some of the Tuffle soldiers would get caught up in the attack regardless.

Zuci therefore focused her efforts less on the attacks aimed for her- She knew she could take it and live, she just had to trust her body and deal with the rest of the attack. As a large bubble of Ki burst from her and waves of it spread forward she managed to keep it all straight at the mortar; it exploded in front of her, but when it threatened to expand past her that's when she made her move. Her Ki expanded and contorted, almost seeming to strike back at the explosion like it was trying to compress it- In fact, that was Zuci's intent all along. As she diffused the explosion to keep it in front of her she ignored the harsh burns and the intense heat to focus solely on protecting the soldiers.

It was many minutes she spent dealing with the explosion; by its end, most of the block had been eviscerated, buildings leveled entirely, though the small parts that had taken little damage were all far behind Zuci where the soldiers had feld. Through the smoke Sen might have seen a dirtied, battered and bloodied Zuci still standing, arms out in front of her with horrible burn marks on her. If she got into a healing chamber quick enough they might not last, but that was nowhere near her biggest concern right now.

Lowering her shaking arms Zuci grinned and spat at Sen.

"All that for nothing. What a waste of a man."

Though he might not have agreed to it, Zuci was sure he wouldn't cause wanton destruction if she was no longer in the area. Building up a Ki Blast in her hand she made a motion to throw it at Sen but in reality chucked it straight at her feet. The added smoke and dust covered her as she lowered her already reduced power level to its lowest before making a getaway, intent on spreading the word about a rogue Tuffle for everyone to deal with in the future. It was a shame, but in her eyes the destruction they had already caused was inexcusable.

As she ran and eventually tried to fly off in order to mask her movements, Zuci could feel several of the Tuffle soldiers moving back in. With Sen having expended what was likely his strongest weapon, Zuci doubted that he would stay to fight. She looked back at the destruction with a grimace; next time, he wouldn't get the chance to unleash such carnage.