Seeing that brute force was ineffective against her enemy, 'Hayley' waited patiently as the beast charged at her, now resorting to a melee attack. Instead of trying to slow the beast down, the black sludge began to gather around her hands and forearms, thickening her sludge 'gloves' to protect her limbs from the fire. With both claws aimed at her, she grabbed him by the wrists in a vice-like grip, fighting his considerably monstrous strength with her own. She looked into the beast's eyes, but her own eyes reflected nothing but cold, calculative thinking. "Information updated. Proceeding with elimination of Nigel Howeland." Instead of trying to tip the beast's body, she began pulling his claws in as if she was trying to dislocate his shoulders or, worse, break his own arms instead.