A turn in the tide of battle

After that brief look at what is going on around us, we return to our protagonist’s actions. Notice the same pattern of intent and reversal that we saw earlier now being used against the protagonist.

Lucky charged at the last trooper, head down, hoping to take him by surprise. But the man was much stronger than him. He turned Lucky aside, and slammed him into the wall.

OOOF!!!

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Since we are more in the protagonist's head than other characters, we get to see more detail about what they are experiencing. What’s different here is that we get to hear directly what Lucky is intending to do (take him by surprise) and experience the effect of the reversal blow (OOOF!!!).

Biff quickly crouched, trying to avoid the wild shots of the falling soldiers. However, one beam nicked him and shockwaves rippled through his body as he fell, wounded.

THUD!!!

Vijay, still in mid air, popped her rifle and aimed at the one remaining rider. But he was already a step ahead. He opened a shield, absorbed the energy from her shot, then channeled it back at her. It struck her in the chest, threw her back against the building behind.

CRACK.

Jola quickly swam to one scuffle, determined to help. But the large human was too powerful for the group. They flailed, kicking and striking each of the group hard.

UGH!!!

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A turn in the tide of battle