It seemed she briefly realized her goading had only spurred a intense power within him. Then it happened all so fast, the ground and surroundings took the brunt while slinging her with it all. Believing he had her, yet he saw his Master's Green saber launch from within his churning robes. It flew right for Mara and she caught it through all the chaos she had used it to her advantage. The roar of the quaking debris crackling, splitting, hurling, and tumbling across the area covered his angry yell. Such irony, that he had the very saber she had used to kill his master and now she had his Master's green saber.<br/><br/>As things settled, he saw she had struck a boulder. Mara's wounds opening up again and trickling blood as she rose from the rock. At this point Skylar did not care if she bled out, at least she would be weaker and may pass out from blood loss. Hoping that would be the case since it would make things easier, even as she is slowly rising he grips her saber igniting it.<br/><br/>A red beam buzzed to life in the air with a solid hum. It was different, and strange to him. Yet he would not miss a beat as she took her time gathering her wits, oh he kicked himself for wasting all that precious time he could have used to disable her. Yet it was to late, she was already retorting once more attempting to goad him more. It worked once, and she paid for it dearly but his thoughts were becoming more like a fine cutting edge. A saber battle was coming, and he would not shy from it even if he was using her saber and she using his dead master's green. Injury was not an option for him, nor a continued battle with someone so injured.<br/><br/>Calculating eyes taking in the debris, he would already be gathering the force drawing it in to use once more. Even before she charged, the distance rapidly closing as she came for his right side, but it was not where she was that he truly focused on. Instead it was the force that helped guide his predictions on where her saber was going to be, simply because of how fast they could whip those sabers. When she leapt over him he used his free hand to grasp a small boulder and yank it powerfully across the scene towards her landing location. It would fly while his focus returned his hand to the saber. Both hands guiding it to greet her swing deflecting it smoothly away from harming him. That small boulder would be arriving at the end of her swing, it would most likely knock her flying across the loose soil. It was likely to hit her im the arm and shoulder as it returned to her side, cushioning the impact to center mainly on her arm.<br/><br/>With her injuries, and her head still somewhat spinning she may be able to sense it so it is a likelihood that she could attempt to deal with it before it slams into her. But Skylar would not miss a beat if she stopped it with the force he would be in motion. Whiping out his leg to hope his boot will strike the back of her heel and pull, leaving her balancing on her bad leg. Hopefully able to give another swift kick to her bad leg, aiming to throw her to the ground if she was off balance. Combat happened so much faster in close quarters combat, and she was suffering from multiple injuries. Skyler made sure to press his advantage with a calculating mind.<br/><br/>If for whatever reason she landed on her back, he would be quick to try and kick the saber free from her hand in a rush of movement. Only to force grab it as it turned off and pull it into his free hand to ignite its blade and point them both at her.<br/><br/>If nothing panned out quite the way he planned, he would defend himself moving to have their sabers crackle in contact, if she pressed on he would show he was not a push over. Aiming for her already existing wounds should the openings present themselves even while blocking, maybe a quick jerk would singe her open wounds while inflicting more mind numbing pain.<br/><br/>Inside him the killer intent quickly fading, remembering his strong desire to have the counsil give her punishment. Perhaps even torture, so it might strike her as an attempt to further hurt her or if she caught on to the idea he did not wish her to bleed out. Somehow with Mara's condition she would be hard pressed to even consider making him move from his green circle with saber combat alone. The lush green circle of grass yielding beneath his boots being the sole survivor of the force blast in this area.