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Rivka thought she missed. Her target didn't drop. The sound was so different from any target she had shot before, such a rough, abrupt shatter so unlike the easy break of a clay target that it didn't register. But she saw him- it?- stagger when the shot like a hammer struck his face. 

So probably not [i][color=8407c2]quite[/color][/i] human.

The shiver down her spine threatened the detachment she was carefully cultivating, the same motions that defended her reassured her with their familiarity. She was in a competition, nothing more. But her target wasn't supposed to stay standing after she nailed it with a perfect shot. When it shattered it [i]shattered[/i], it didn't stand there clutching its face. But Chie was free, Wei was awake, and the momentum had shifted. The confusion the ambush had instilled was burning away deep inside her. Her hands shook but for the breathing exercises that controlled her nerves, her heart pounded in her chest, her eyes were wide... But they hadn't so much as touched her. And they [i][color=8407c2]damn[/color][/i] well knew she'd hit them. 

[color=8407c2]"[i]Khuy tebe.[/i]"[/color] She hissed, straightening her legs to take a more stable stance. Stock to her shoulder, cheek on the metal to bring her eye in line with the sight. And she fired. First to the same attacker's chest, barrel rising to take another shot at his head in quick succession. Crystal had attacked Chie's other assailant, putting him on the back foot, and she [i]hoped[/i] that her own follow through had put one of them down for good. 

[color=8407c2]"Wei, would you be a dear and whistle us some help?"[/color] Rivka sighted on one of the men that had first grabbed Crystal and fired at his center mass. It was the cleanest shot she could get. With Chie and Crystal retreating towards her she had to watch her fire, though putting one more down range was as good a deterrent as any. Not that deterrents were going to work. Anyone that was going to be afraid wouldn't have done this in the first place. [color=8407c2]"Just as soon as you're done gushing your thanks."[/color]