In swirls of motion too quick for Brandt to comprehend, Anna closed the distance to the nearest offending soldier. She dipped below his aim, dropped, swung her leg about, and lifted him from his feet. Anna steadied herself straight away, and while the soldier flopped towards the floor, she pounded his chest with the force of a jackhammer, ploughing him hard onto the concrete. His ribcage shattering from the blow triggered a release of angered shouts from the surrounding soldiers, who opened fire.
Brandt flinched when Anna executed a diving run, jumped up, and speared the nearest soldier. She snapped his rifle off him, rammed the butt into his face, raised it, and bashed it again into an SS officer who tried to grab her. Spinning about, she clutched his shoulders and used him to take the f
