Brianna found herself face down with dust in her mouth. She tried talking, but she could only breath with a nasty rasp in her voice. Rose grinned. "Get up." Brianna did so on instinct. Rose kicked her in the gut, and the Vanguardette was down. "Get up again."
Lady, if my throat was working, you'd be so dead right now. Brianna managed to roll (which is very hard with such a massive wingspan) and fired the last two arrows of her crossbow. Rose dodged the first arrow but the second one nicked her at the shoulder. "Bitch!" she shouted.
Rose was trained in hand-to-hand combat, and Brianna quickly learned that the few punches she learned from the Vanguardians did little to stop the unleashing of hands and feet trying to crack bone. What's more, Brianna was a lightweight and her wings were slowing her down. Rose knew this and took advantage, forcing the Banshee into a corner where her wings would be useless. Rose lifted her snipper rifle and aimed it at the girl's forehead...
...when a massive axe knocked the gun right out of her hand. Rose turned and saw Grimm heading their way. Instantly she used her pheromones to get Grimm closer. To her surprise, he calmly walked past her to get Brianna. "Hey Banshee, look alive."
Why isn't he coming to me? thought Rose. But then she realized -- Grimm had no nose. She realized she was out of her league and retreated. Rose stopped when she felt her own gun's muzzle aimed at her. Phil, grinning, was holding it. "Call your friend Fire off or you are going to have a hole in your abs. I can shoot quicker than he can melt this thing."
Phil looked up and saw Grimm giving his orders to Banshee. "What do you mean your voice is gone? You might be the only on tht can tackle Shock."
