[ WP ] Tell me the middle of a sci-fi epic . No beginning or introduction to the setting or characters , nor any context to what 's going on , and no resolution of any kind .

`` Zelfris! The Rendblade, now!'' Chand panted, agony written in blood across his ruined features. `` Kelnick is almost at the precipice!'' 
 
 Zelfris wrenched his arm from the Umlit's gaping maw, wiring catching against every serrated tooth. The nanos coagulated into flesh, flesh needed to close the precious few inches between the blade and utter failure. He could n't fail. Not again. Not after Seras. Vicuous fluid oozed from his ports as he put the last of his energy into reforming and unforming flesh, willing muscles to clench and relax, praying for the first time since he'd gotten turned into a monster that there still was a God. 
 
 He hurled the Blade at Chand, the blue-plasma arcs of latent energy resonating with the crystal-scars, pulsing with light that tingled in the air and made Zelfris remember, for the first time since childhood, the ghost of hairs raising on the back of his neck. 

