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Mid-shift, when he was most vulnerable, that hen the bullet hit It ca toward him and thudded into his chest One hit Then another

Silver He could feel the hot scorching inside of his flesh

Another thud A lancing pain hit his knee and Tanner fell

The shift kept burning through him, but it had slowed now, thanks to that silver The one firing on hi He knows all round He still had his claws out, but they were no good against bullets Tanner tilted back his head and saw Marna rushing toward hi--

"Stop!"

A treround beneath hiain

A bullet had frozen in the air A bullet that was just inches froround

Marna reached him, but she didn’t help him up She positioned her body in front of his Her hand lifted Pointed to a nearby rooftop "I see you" Her voice was darker Far harder than he’d ever heard before And froht up to that building

A scream sounded

She’d made a hit Good for her

Tanner used his claws and dug the bullets out of his body He ignored the pain What did it et Marna and Cody out of that alley Needed to sew up his brother before Cody bled to death right there

And Marna--Marna alking away fro An eht and lit the sky Firefighters would be called to the blaze There was no freakingBefore the rescue squad arrived, they’d have to be long gone

"No more," Marna said as her steps quickened, and, at her back, he could see those strange, shadoings once more as they stretched out behind her

He tossed the bloody bullets to the ground Pushed to his feet She wasn’t going in alone--

"T-Tanner"

His brother’s voice So weak He glanced back Cody’s face was ashen The scent of blood was so thick around hiel

"Stay the hell away from my brother!" Dammit He spun back around, torn "Marna!"

She didn’t stop She was al now