Mila released her breath, panting heavily as she tried to calm her heavy lungs. Her vision blurred with the initial drops of tears as the armored warrior disappeared into the mutilated swath of trees without even looking back behind him.
When Mila's breathing settle, her ears caught Michael's groaning at her feet.
"Michael!" she squeaked, mentally chastising herself for her delay as she dashed to his side, brushing the last traces of the pellet's powder off his face. A sense of relief surged over her as his eyes reopened, the lack of redness showing that the powder had gone inert.
"What the fuck..." he grumbled as his muscles regained their strength.
"Shock powder. It freezes the body and dazes the mind for a short time. It loses its effect not long after being broken from its pellet,
