"Hah! You again?!" Cid spat, really sick of Nash right then. "I won''t wait—I really need an outlet to vent


    right now, and I''ve decided on your girl! I''ll have her right now, and no one gets to say otherwise!"


    He waved his hand, and two goons promptly strode up to restrain Kat.


    Nash tried to stop them, only to get knocked to the floor.


    "Let me go!" Kat screamed, terrified because the goons and Cid were serious.


    Even as she iled and struggled violently, she turned and leveled a pleading look at Soren—her


    prince on the white horse, her only salvation.


    Soren finally cleared his throat right then, rearing his head and bracing himself as he said, "Please, let''s


    talk about this. She''s a friend—just let her go! I''ll get you someone better—"


    Cid pped him again and snapped, "You''re talking when I''m not done with you?! Get the fuck out of


    here, or I''m gutting you like a pig!"


    Soren was left deted right then, hanging his head in silence.


    The rest of his friends reacted the same as they saw that, keeping their heads down and not saying a


    word, a stark contrast to their imposing presence earlier.


    These were all Sunzer goons—they really would get violent with them.


    "Stop!" That was when Nash bellowed, knocking away the goon restraining him and snatching his


    machete, leaping up at Cid and pressing it against his neck.


    "None of you move!" he bellowed. "My hand might slip if you do!"


    "G-Geezer!" Cid was surprised by Nash''s sudden outburst but soonposed himself and narrowed


    his eyes. "Well, color me surprised... You''re actually a martial artist!"


    "A martial artist?!"


    Everyone was stunned.


    Even Kat did a double take—her own father was a martial artist?! She never knew!


    "Let my daughter go!" Nash snapped again.


    He was suddenly apletely different man—his re was sharp, and his machete was slowly cutting


    into Cid''s skin.


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    "Do you even know what you''re doing, geezer?!" Cid growled through his teeth, feeling the prick on his


    neck. "You might be a martial artist, but you''re not going to beat all of us!"


    "I know!" Nash bellowed. "And I don''t care—let my daughter go or die!"


    "Let her go! Do it now!" Cid barked at his men, seeing that Nash was dead serious.


    He had numbers and influence, but he would be dead if he kept pushing Nash''s buttons!


    What''s the point of all that if he was dead?!


    "Run, Kat!" Nash cried once he saw that his daughter was freed.


    Kat, however, stood still, her tears welling up in her eyes. "Dad... What about you?!"


    "Don''t worry about me—just run! I''ll be right behind you!" Nash said, forcing a smile.


    While he was distracted, he did not notice a goon picking up a metal bat from the floor. The goon


    quietly closed in and struck Nash, knocking him to the floor!