Chapter Forty-Three Sophia leapt back in time to avoid the female operative as she slashed through the rubber membrane and landed on both feet. A male operative slipped through the membrane between the cars behind her. Now she was cut off from Olesya and Aviary. The operative in front aimed her pistol; but Sophia was quick to disarm her, breaking her finger. Sophia pivoted to the male operative. ‘Welcome aboard.’ He attacked, releasing her magazine. She fired and he absorbed the round into his chest armor. Sophia moved under his strike, her elbow catching his midsection and pulling down sharply. She dragged him by his hip, catching his chin with her elbow on the way through. The female operative elbowed her in the face, cracking the cartilage in her nose. The blow sent Sophia backward

