[center][b]Shadow Zone Wing - Matthew and Kiku Collab[/b][/center]

Matthew looked around the area after he touched the ground, mentally noting the open routes. He was rather surprised when Michael used radio to talk to them, “What a creep.” He commented as Bruce called on to them and barked orders. He silently repeated what he was asked before nodding and running off to the alley and ignoring the other guy that was supposed to go with him. Reaching a spot in the alley, Matthew took the time to make sure the safety of his gun was off and flexed his fingers as said appendices was all tingly from the last mission and turn purple while he grew in muscle. He was broken out of his musing as something tapped him on the shoulder and he whipped around to see Kiku on his face. As the woman leaned on him, the mutant relaxed a bit. “Was this payback?” he commented before humming on Kiku’s suggestion. “I don’t mind, I’ll shoot anything you’re not running to then. And tricks? Nothing cool like that, just jump higher, a bit stronger and all. Oh, my nails are poisonous, so there’s that.” Their conversation was over as they spotted the stalking wolves and the spotter moving to safety. He took a glance at the woman he was paired with from their position as he counted the wolves. 

“Two wolves, one for you, one for me,” He said, raising two fingers. 

Kiku seemed to straighten up as she spotted the wolves, and even more so when Matthew mentioned them. It seemed that she was taking things a lot more seriously than last time. Truth be told, a bit of fear had been placed within her. She thought back to the surgery, and the incident of being shot. All of it was…

No. She was Kiku, goddamnit. This was the life she’d chosen: the one where she lived and fought and survived. No, not just survived even, but thrived! She was the fucking queen of this place. The star of the show! She may have been knocked down last time, but she’d gotten up and was more badass than ever.

Looking over at Matthew, she didn’t say words anymore. Only using symbols and gestures to indicate her intent. She pointed at herself, and then to the roof of the building above them, on their right. After that, she indicated she was going to go after the wolf on the right, and that Matthew should go for the one on the left. 

It took Matthew a bit to understand what Kiku was trying to tell him although he was unsure on how she was going to get to the roof quickly but decided to just roll with it, maybe she also has the same mutation he had, although that might take just as long. He nodded once before leaning against the corner with his rifle up and glanced at her, as if saying ‘go ahead.’

Kiku just smiled when Matthew nodded his agreement to her plan. She had been hoping he might be a little more confused, so that what was to come might be a little more of a shock. She put her hand on the cloak she’d worn since leaving the chopper, hiding all of her more...shocking features. She paused though, realising she’d missed a detail. Pointing at him, then herself, she tried to make it obvious she wanted him to shoot first, and start of the combat.

Then, with that settled, she pulled off the cloak, excited by getting to test out her newest mutation. As soon as the cloak was thrown off, she flexed the new weight on her shoulders, the wings on her back flickering out as she gave Matthew a little wink. He might also notice the metallic glint of her new left arm: A mechanical prosthetic. She didn’t give him much of a chance though, as she quickly leapt into the air, wings moving quickly and silently propelling her onto the indicated roof. She moved over to the edge of the roof, silently stalking the wolves as she waited for Matthew to open fire. She had a knife in her right hand, and gripped the pistol in her prosthetic left limb: hoping she wouldn’t need to open fire any time soon. She really wasn’t confident in her shooting, after all.

Matthew frowned at Kiku’s next set of actions. Why would she ask him to shoot at her first? She repeated the action again as his confusion was shown on his face until he got that he supposed to shoot at the wolf first. Nodding his understanding, Matthew watched as Kiku threw off her cloak and he stared in surprise as a pair of wings extended and seemed to glow from reflected light before Kiku took off to the roof, leaving the other mutant staring at her wake. Matthew shook himself out of the daze and looked for the wolves. Taking aim, Matthew pointed his rifle to the closer wolf before remembering Kiku’s plan and changed his target to the left wolf. After he was sure that the bullets from his rifle would fly towards the wolf, Matthews squeezed the trigger.

Kiku grinned as the sound of bullets echoed through the alleyway as suddenly, Kiku launched herself off the roof. She used her wings to make any trajectory alteration until she was sure that she could silently take out the wolf. She aimed to plant the dagger into its skull, and if the bastard still moved when she landed, she’d unload her pistol’s clip into its skull. Even her poor marksmanship skill wouldn’t have her to miss at this range...right?