"Did that work?"  Abigail blinked down at the marine she struck down.  It was hard to believe but the body at her feet and the wet red liquid on her blade meant it was impossible to continue doubting further what the end result of her attack had been.  "I didn't think it would be that easy."  Her stomach lurched at the thought and she was completely unaware of the attack coming towards her.  

It was hard to tell what it was exactly that brought the swinging blade to her attention.  Perhaps there was a glint of light in the corner of her eye, or maybe she noticed a change in the air around her.  Whatever the reason was it came just in time.  The slicing blade rushed towards Abigail.  With a yelp she raised her blade up to parry the attack, which was successful as far as not finding herself cut in half was concerned, but her grip wasn't the best and the blade sailed out of her hand and landed in a sand dune a few yards behind her.