Brianna was worried when the T5 stopped following her. The gun turret simply looked for another target. Why would it do that?

"Hello, darling."

Brianna, still flapping in midair, looked down. Jia, the tyranical meta-spider of Aisling prison, crawled from the opposite side of a giant rock.

"Mornin' Jia. Had fun in the EPS prison?"

Jia only grinned. "I've found a new boss now. And he's a lot more fun than your brother. Now, I'm going to clip your little wings, and then find that Mason-snack your team stole away from me."

Brianna backed away. Please don't let her figure out what sword Rama has. "Come and get, you eight-legged hussy!"

Jia crouched on all eight legs before jumping in the air. Brianna knew that this would be easy to dodge. She flew left. Which is exactly what Jia expected. The Chinese spider shot out her webbing. It caught Brianna by the ankle.

"Oomph!"

Both the Bird and the Spider fell on the ground. Jia's eight legs spread out the force of the fall, while Brianna crashed into the brush. "What's the matter, Banshee? Not use to being grounded?"

Brianna tried tugging the webbing. It didn't work. She looked up at Jia. They don't call me Banshee for nothing... And with that, Brianna belted out a perfect B flat in an inhuman octave, right at Jia. The same 'wail' that shattered buildings and cripplied guards.

Jia only grinned and tapped her ear. It was plugged. Brianna stopped shouting. "Oh, Saint Patrick..."

Wham. Jia approached the pinned Brianna and delt the girl a hard blow to the check. "You think Merlin would let me fight unarmed?"

Brianna's foot was stil restained, so she could do little as Jia picked her up by the neck and pulled her up. Both of their bodies were soaked from the rain. Brianna's brown-red hair was sticking to her face, and Jia's was pulled back behind her ears. The Bird's clothing was sticking to her body, while the Spider's black corset remained waterproof. It was the perfect example of the huntress in her prime preparing to deal her weak pray the death-blow. "Tell me, where is Templar? I can smell him, but I can't see him..."

"Jia...I -- ack -- can't breathe."

Jia's almond eyes shone brightly as she hissed. "That's the idea, darling, that's the idea..."