As ambiguous as Scorpion was these days, it was still a hell of a relief to see him appear at their side. As they came to a panting stop, Lipton gave the ninja a quick nod - he may understand that Scorption just had business on the mind, but old human standards of intereaction were hard to quell intirely.
He turned back to Jax, waiting for orders, and promptly ducked down when the call came, hand braced on the ground and knees bent into a crouch. Even then with all the magic - it was only fair to call it that, at this point - around here, he didn't expect the impact to be quite that severe, and one of his knees dropped to the ground as he was thrown off balance. He loooked up just in time to see the awful sight of the centuars destruction - he'd never seen anything like it, and even numbed as he was to death and gore, it was still a horrifying sight. He pushed himself to his feet, checking his rifle as Jax and Sonya got to theirs, and moving into the stairway after them when they led the way.
"Nice moves." He commented briefly to Sonya, sure to keep quiet in case the apartment wasn't so abandoned after all.
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on 2011-04-05 03:23 am (UTC)He turned back to Jax, waiting for orders, and promptly ducked down when the call came, hand braced on the ground and knees bent into a crouch. Even then with all the magic - it was only fair to call it that, at this point - around here, he didn't expect the impact to be quite that severe, and one of his knees dropped to the ground as he was thrown off balance. He loooked up just in time to see the awful sight of the centuars destruction - he'd never seen anything like it, and even numbed as he was to death and gore, it was still a horrifying sight. He pushed himself to his feet, checking his rifle as Jax and Sonya got to theirs, and moving into the stairway after them when they led the way.
"Nice moves." He commented briefly to Sonya, sure to keep quiet in case the apartment wasn't so abandoned after all.