Chapter 6: Victory
Chapter 5
"Shit!" Stark launched an ice wall between Lara and the creature just in time, halting its second attack.
"Keep it distracted!" Hawk shouted.
Kira and the other D-rank dropped to their knees, starting an earth bind to lock the creature in place, but the moment their energy pulsed, the thing jerked violently and vanished...
...only to reappear behind Stark.
"No—!"
Stark turned, barely blocking with his arm. The force knocked him aside like a ragdoll.
"Teleportation?!" Kira hissed.
"No," Kaizen said through gritted teeth, pulling himself to his feet. "It’s not teleporting. It’s... bending its movement. Skipping frames."
Rael looked over, confused. "What does that even mean?!"
"It moves so fast it’s like it disappears, but it doesn’t. It just slips through in-between moments. Like... like time stutters."
Everyone was still processing that when Hawk shouted, "Focus! Watch for movement breaks! You see a twitch, attack!"