The creature shifted its gaze to the two figures attacking it.  Part of its arm ripped off as a fireball struck it.  Howling in rage, it lashed out at the glowing girl slinging fire at it.  In a millisecond, the edges of its arm hardened into a sharp edge, keen enough to cleave steel asunder.  The orb that was its head began spraying the beam helter-skelter in the general direction of a man running up behind the lady.

In the same instant, another two booms echoed across the city two blocks away on each side. Another pair of creatures began pulling themselves out of the ground from each side.  Immediately, they too began laying waste to the surrounding city.