THE PARKING GARAGE

The sudden gunfire from The Chairmen fell upon her quickly. Quicker than she was able to react to with significant effect. No split-second movements, no cool Neo-like dodges and certainly no quips or one-liners. The Chairman's first bullet flew fast. She was luckier than some, but not lucky enough, she thought as one of the lead projectiles collided with her and tore through her right shoulder cleanly in a spurt of red. The pain of it hit her suddenly and sharply, sending her stumbling to the side as the thugs behind her adversary drew their weapons in turn and began firing.

At least, that she was ready for. With a twist of her torso and a thrust of her left arm, the air in front of her hand warped and pushed outwards with a low, harmonic 'WH-MMM'. A cloud of red energy formed a wall-like construct in front of her for an instant before dissipating. One could almost watch as the bullets rebounded weakly, bouncing away to the ground in different directions. The repulsion of the bullets bought Star Ruby enough time to make a mad dive/glide for one of the Garage's many pillars.

Her shoulder throbbed angrily at her, seeping bright red onto her already bright red suit in a slow trickle. At least the shot was clean, she thought. Lord help her if the shot got stuck or worse, fragmented within her. Head aglow with crimson energy, it hid her grimace well as she leaned around and threw a triad of red energy bolts along the floor with a series of high-pitched 'VZSH' sounds. These bolts weren't charged, and would be purely force, intent on knocking the thugs over or away.

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