[i]The moment Axel took a single step, Zach made a mad dash forward, his toes pounding into the ground and sending dust and dirt into the air as he accelerated to his top speed of twenty three miles an hour, then, a foot away from Axel he suddenly slowed, showing the agility of somebody who had been working at it most of their life. His right foot right below Axel's right shoulder, he aimed a slash toward Axel's gut; either it hit and be Zach's success, or Axel struck him and it be a failure.[/i]