Overhead is the sound of ship engines coming closer. More than a few engines, in fact. Malco bares his teeth in a fierce smile, "you're outnumbered."

Anakin rolls his eyes, "we're always outnumbered. We're used to it."

Then, of course, several more things happen at once. One of the guards dives for his lost blaster, Malco reaches for a holdout blaster strapped to his ankle, and Kista goes for the guard going for his gun.

Anakin is perhaps a split second too late to move to intercept and Kista slams into the guard at the same time he gets his blaster up and pulls the trigger. She crumples to the floor and Anakin lets out a snarl, reaching out with the Force and slamming the guard into the wall.

He didn't like Kista, but she'd been under his protection.