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Starfire had trained for this for most of her life. Aerial combat was her bread-and-butter, so to speak. She was fast and capable on the ground, of course, but the sky was her home turf. Star bolts charged in her fists, ready to shoot down the Toyman as he whipped around to point a weapon at her. At this distance in the dark, she couldn’t tell much besides the fact it was a gun, and beyond that it didn’t really matter. Starfire was prepared to fire her own bolts in response, already twisting her body to make an evasive manoeuvre as the weapon flashed with a bright light. 
Time seemed to slow impossibly, fractions of a second stretching into minutes as the energy beam didn’t graze past her like she’d expected. It didn’t hit her either. Something got in the way, something Thor-sized. The realisation hit her too slow as she watched him drop to the ground like dead weight. He’d taken the hit, not realising she was already prepared for it. 
[color=F5276C]”THOR!”[/color] she screamed after him. 

Dragging her attention back to Toyman as he loudly celebrated his triumph, she unleashed a barrage of star bolts hoping to distract him long enough to get to Thor on the ground. Not only was he vulnerable, but so was Zach now that Thor was down. 

Starfire turned and dove toward the ground, only slowing right as she touched down to avoid risking any more harm to Thor as she landed right next to him. Settling to her knees, she quickly looked him over in search of obvious injuries - blood, broken bones, anything that would indicate the damage done by Toyman’s weapon.
[color=F5276C]”That was beyond the realm of stupidity!”[/color] she berated, though there was no bite to her words. 

The Toyman still needed to be stopped, and as much as she wished she could put this battle on pause to take Thor to a doctor, that wasn’t in the cards. Someone needed to take control of that sleigh and bring him down to the ground so he could be arrested. 

Turning to look for Zach, she called him over, [color=F5276C]”Zach! Can you look after him? Toyman must be stopped here. He’s too dangerous.”[/color]

She stood again, she looked to the sky and could see the sleigh wasn’t flying in the same clear, smooth arc it had been. Something was disrupting them above, but she wasn’t going to assume it would be enough to ground him. 

Pushing off the ground again, this time she aimed for the lead reindeer. Surely Toyman wouldn’t be stupid enough to shoot near the reindeer and risk killing one. Starfire slowed as she approached the first, it’s eyes looking wild and panicked. They followed their training and obeyed the pull of the reins, but they were spooked by being off course in the middle of a snowstorm. Starfire made soothing sounds, gently cooing as she took hold of the lead reindeer’s halter and started to tug, redirecting them to bring the sleigh down to ground where perhaps she’d be able to get control of the situation much easier than in the sky.