[b][i]BANG![/i][/b]

He didn't even have the first word out before the pistol went off, having been pulled from the holster on her right thigh as she passed him, when her right arm was obscured by her body. She'd brought it across her stomach, still out of view as she passed him, and fired a single shot at his sternum before burying the tip of her sword in the concrete floor. From there, if he was still in range, she would use it as a pivot and swing herself around, using all the momentum of her previously forward charge and taking a single step on the wall before lashing out at his throat with a vicious kick and the subtle "snikt" of a claw popping out of her right (leading) foot.