Sandra came at me immediately. Her blade was already in position, angled perfectly as she aimed to snap it around my neck in one clean motion. At the same time, Isabelle didn't hold back either, pulling the trigger and firing straight at me. Behind me, Juliette charged forward like a freight train, shield raised, her footsteps heavy and crushing against the ground like she intended to run me over completely.
Everything happened at once, layered over each other in a way that would overwhelm anyone who couldn't keep up.
I reacted without thinking.
I pushed off the ground and jumped, clearing Juliette just as she drove forward like a spear. The force behind her charge was ridiculous. If I had stayed there even half a second longer, I would have been flattened like roadkill. The air shifted from the sheer force of her passing, like a truck rushing by at full speed.
Before I could even fully land, something else came at me.
Krista.
