The flaming car was flung off the ground, flipping upside down in midair to descend upon a dozen retreating police officers. They hopped out of the way just in time, but one stumbled and fell onto his side. Bullets took him in the neck seconds later.
She had to do something!
Anna turned, running for the townhouses on the south side of the road. Throwing her arm out to the side, she put up a Bending that turned the world into a smear of colour just before bullets converged on her. They curved upward instead, zipping off into the clear blue sky.
A discarded rifle on the curb.
Sliding her foot beneath the barrel, Anna kicked it upward and caught the grip in one hand. She ran through the grass toward the townhouses, cognizant of people crying out for help behind her.
She leaped with a sur
