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Back had quit shooting as soon as Rurik had entered her line of fire, and nodded affectionately at Christine as she pulled him away. That was no place to hang around, even if she knew it the back of her mind that he was in no danger from her.

Following his lead she peered into the smoke. She didn't see the chicken, but then again she couldn't see anything. She would have been able to confirm the kill if she could use her thermal, but seeing as she couldn't the best thing to do was keep shooting to make sure they were down.

But not with the FLAK gun. Rurik was right, that was way to much smoke.

The sound of her mini gun revving up began, but it was quickly overshadowed by the sound of shifting stone as a pair of hands suddenly shot out of the wall, one right at her. With only barely time to react started shooting with both her arms. The damage the FLAK gun did was at best pitiful, and the mini gun bullets succeeded only at boring a small hole in the palm. As the had descended on her she let loose with her cannons and missiles, close enough to feel the heat and force of the explosion wash over her and sending large stones flying into the air.

But it was still coming. She'd managed to blow off the fingers and leave the palm a pockmarked warscape but it came all the same. Back braced herself, bringing up her shields in defence, but it was like trying to defend yourself from a train. Her arms were pushed into her chest, knocking her mind out, and her legs tore up the grass as she was pushes back and over, thrown face up on the ground from the force of it.

Luckily for her the stone hand had been to grab her, and hadn't kept pushing on. Unluckily for her she was now a turtle on her back, staring up at the hot sun and fuming. She struggled uselessly to at least turn on to her side and could swear she could hear a good laugh building on the audience as her predicament became apparent. "Rurik! Christine!" she choked out as soon as she got her breath back. "Help!"

To add confusion to this unhelpful mixture of frustration and shame she felt something materialize in her hand. She held them up, bewildered. Children's playing cards? 

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