Umbridge High School Building, Saturday Evening

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There were some clouds hanging around the spires of Umbridge High School, but not enough; there was an overlaying sense that there shouldn't be as much sunlight shining down on it as there was.

It was quiet. Kind of. There was tension in the air, a wound-up strung-up thing that ensnared the school. Somehow it seemed as if even the birds didn't want to touch down on the building itself, and the gates seemed to fold into themselves, even if they weren't quite shut.

And all that on a weekend, too.

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Re: The Library - The Assault

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"You have no right to occupy this island," Ender said. If she kept firing on the bookcase he might be able to wrench it loose...

He ducked underneath it and felt the heat scorching it on the other side.

Re: The Library - The Assault

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"This is High Inquisitor Umbridge's island," Cassie pointed out. She moved to the side to hit a second bookcase, hoping to make it and him explode.

Re: The Library - The Assault

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It blew out a good portion of the bookcase, but Ender had been fast, had seen it coming.

Now that there was a chunk of it divorced from the rest of the case, though, he had a shot. He rushed forward to push the still-heavy case on top of her.

Re: The Library - The Assault

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Cassie yelled and dove to the side, throwing a blast of power at Ender as she rolled.

It might not have been completely on target as she had still been working on attacking while on the move before this happened.

Re: The Library - The Assault

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No time to go for a syringe.

Ender threw himself towards him as the power went searing over his head. He snagged a piece of broken-off wood as he went and, hoping that her powers took a few seconds to kick back in, lashed out at her head with it.

Re: The Library - The Assault

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It did take a few seconds for Cassie to be able to do spells, so Ender did indeed have time to hit Cassie.

She had a moment to feel shock at the idea of someone getting close to her, and then she crumpled in a heap.

Re: The Library - The Assault

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All Ender could think of was that if he let her get up again, she'd probably end him - those blasts had already scorched part of his shirt.

So he brought the wood down a few more times against her head. Had to get her to stay down-- just enough to get her to stay down.

Or maybe not.