The woman noticed immediately, her head turning to fix green eyes upon him. In the instant when he fired, Calissa's body stretched into a blur of colours, the bullet that would have killed her swerving off to his left.
The fallen Keeper resolidified and strode toward him. “Tanaben!” she exclaimed, shaking her head. “I was wondering if I would ever see you again. I owe you for putting me in that cell!”
She lifted her own weapon.
Ben ducked behind the tree, grunting as a bullet zipped past on his right. Nothing hit the tree trunk; he suspected that it would be thick enough to provide adequate cover, but Calissa was precise. She wasn't going to waste ammunition.
“You're not gonna win this!” Ben called out. “We've got people everywhere!”
Something hit the tree trunk with a loud THWACK, an
