Ran switched to his hand cannons and fired on Anja while he ran. The higher caliber weapons had the effect he had hoped. Her silver armor couldn’t simply bat these away with ease, instead needing more liquid metal to smack the larger projectiles away and the strands chasing Randal pulled back to aid the defense and move the glyph out of harm’s way.

“You will not prevail,” Jac called from behind, forcing the Special to turn his attack and leave the glyph for the moment. The ninja dodged and rolled to avoid the gunfire rather than trying to deflect it.