[b]Alicia Hayden[/b]

In spite of the pain wracking her body from that damn sniper, Alicia was able to give a vicious grin as she succeeded in dropping that wind user. Not that she was down, but considering the state that she was in, any success was better than none. She could be glad that she was at least able to contribute as more than just an additional target, even if it slowed her process of recovery and return to adequate fighting capacity.

At the same time their situation rapidly improved. Aside from the blocks of ice on the deck the ship was now free and able to proceed forward once again, inexorably approaching their destination. Somebody got smacked into the water, but it was doubtful that she was actually dead. They would have to be wary for her return.

She lowered her bow, panting as the magically inflicted pain surged due to her own expenditure. At least she had Penny to watch her back, something she was okay with while Suwako was busy dealing with Caroline. She just hoped that her friend was okay, and that Mariette hadn't decided to go for a backstab or something in the heat of battle. She wouldn't have put it past their 'ally'.

"Don't worry," she replied firmly at Penny's suggestion that she use the cyborg as a physical shield. "I've had worse. You focus on miss nuclear over there." She was a bit pressed to think of times, but she was sure that it had happened. She didn't even have a majorly broken bone right now. She would take the offer though, focusing on her recovery while she let the others fight it out. Hopefully she'd be more prepared for when they actually fought Justine than she was now