Steven was to the right, next to a rock slab, Donald on the left, neither of them had drawn their weapons.
"Hello Nate, so nice of you to come so soon."
"You knew I'd be here, so why are you still here?"
"If you must know, I had plans for killing you here, but certain...benefactors, have convinced me other wise. So you see,
I am here because you came too quickly for me to escape."
"Bullshit, you always had at least three ways out of a place."
"Actually I have four this time, but before I go, I must let you have a gift." He whistled, as if calling a dog and from behind the stone slab came.
"Asuyuka..." Ash breathed.
"Yes, nice name. Of course you'll have to excuse me from this, she is quite...hostile right now."
"What did you do?" James demanded.
"You'll find out in three hours, or when she dies, whichever comes first." He smirked as the platform he was on lowered itself and another plate covered the hold that it left. Then Asu came at them, scythe slashing at them. Bruce took the full hit, while James and Ash went around and tried to hit her with the blunt ends of their weapons. Suddenly, they were blown away by a gust that came from Asu. James landed head first, but it didn't seem to do anything but knock him out. Barbara, however, landed with her arm straight out, leading to a compound fracture that left her awake, but unable to do anything.
Nate, however, was left to deal with Asu, who, over no more then 10 minutes learned how to control a scythe well enough to keep him guessing. Left, right, up, trust, parry, fake, left, all of her moves blurred, leaving Nate at the distinct disadvantage. If he wanted to kill her, it would be all too easy, but he couldn't, something in the back of his mind told him that she needed to live. And in all honesty, it was probably the only thing that kept him from disarming her…literally.
His dislike of flashy moves aside, Nate realized that he had to use one now. Pushing her far enough away to be able to complete it, he formed two spheres in his hands, one gold, and the other purple. He pressed them together until they fused into one swirling mass of blue. This he split back into two; then threw them alternately, splitting the other sphere to remake the thrown one. This he kept up, with her blocking everyone. Something had to give, and it would not be one of them.
Suddenly, a ruby red beam hit her, making her fall and letting the scythe drop. Nate glanced over at James, who was up, and pointing his phaser at her limp body
"You ok?" Nate asked, flipping open the tricorder at his belt and taking a scan.
"Other then seeing double, super."
"You have a concussion, and blood pockets outside your skull."
"How are you Barb?" James leaned over to get a look at her.
"I can see my bone, what do you think?"
"Ready for the trip home then?"
"Hell no, I'm gonna have someone with an actual medic's qualification look at this first."
"You ruin all of my fun Barb," said Nate, helping James up. Then the base's computer, in a disturbingly bad mock-up of Steven's voice, came over the intercom.
"Attention, all personnel, the base's self destruct system has been activated, one minute to ant-matter detonation"
"I'd say that just ruined all of your fun."