Robin wasn't listening to what was going on. He dashed to Kestral, moving her carefully.
"Kes," he said softly, his voice with some panic.
He could see the deep cut over her eye, which had covered her face in blood. She looked dazed, but she was still moving.
"Robin," her voice came in some gasps. The kick had winded her.
"Don't talk," he said, trying to wipe away the blood to see how bad the cut was, but it only smeared in across her face. "Easy."
But she was shaking her head, trying to grip his shoulder.
"No," she said in a voice no louder than a breath, as she saw her friend's head just behind her brother. The rest of him was shielded, but he was looking at Pepper "Jube...."
She tried to tell Robin that she needed to protect Jube. They'd hurt him. But she couldn't get enough air into her lungs.

Pepper seemed to be calming, as some of what he had done seemed to penetrate his skull. But his dislike of Jube, something that was within his core being, overrode it.
Who did the little gobber think he was talking to? He was nothing, but he stood there, bold as brass, talking to Pepper like he was his equal.
Pepper's cronies, however, were faster on the uptake. Something was wrong with the weird kid. Didn't everyone say that the people like him could go psycho? It was something they all talked about, the freaky guy who followed Kestral like a puppy. 
The two holding Pepper very carefully let go, wishing they'd run when the others had. There was 4 of them, including their [i]leader[/i], but this looked like he would kill at least 2 of them and the rest wouldn't be walking away.
They began to back off, leaving Pepper stood there.
"What you going to do, freak?" said Pepper, who either hadn't twigged that he was alone or hadn't noticed the air change around Jube.

ooc: you can take over Pepper if you like. He was your NPC. I just stole him ;) Beside, I think you're going to need to take over the next bit.