“Do you know how to use the staff?” La’Rue asked as she and Roan emerged out onto the top of the freighter.
Roan held the staff out in front of himself and extended the rod. Twirling it, he aimed it at an approaching Legion fighter that was firing on their allies and released a powerful burst from the tip. The orb-shaped ball of energy cut through the center of the fighter from stem to stern and it then spiraled out of the sky and disappeared beneath them.
“Yes,” he replied, aiming at another Legion fighter.
La’Rue swallowed. Extending her staff as well, she focused on remembering what her mother had taught her before she was murdered. She and Roan moved with the fluid grace of dancers as they smoothly maneuvered in an effort to protect the freighter. All around them the sky was filled
