No sooner had Thames realized the Beast's attention was on him, he was already throwing Flashbangs at it.
He grabbed 3 from his where he had holstered them and activated them, threw them at the Queen.
This all happened in the amount of time it took to click a button on a website
BANG
BOOM
The Flashbangs exploded with sounds and light, overturning the creepy sounding clicks of the swarm. They completed their objective of disorientating the Queen but Thames wasn't even their to admire his handiwork has he turned and ran as soon as they were thrown.
What looked like an exit to the building was behind the Queen and he would be damned if he allowed her to obstruct him.
His footsteps pounded on the concrete floor as he sped down the hall, not taking notice of the environment.
That turned out to be a mistake as one of the Queen's long claws swiped just over his head.
WHHRRRAAK-KRSHHH!
The parts of the wall that was hit shredded as if it was paper, putting up no resistance against her rampage.
Thames took a slight glimpse back, his body drenched in sweat as he realized if he was even an inch taller, he would have been the one that was hit instead of the wall.
He saw that the claw the Queen had sent his way wasn't deliberate. It was caused by her still reeling violently from the Flash Grenades.
"If that was her being absent minded, I really don't want to face her when she calms down".
With that thought in his mind, he increased his speed towards the exit.
Thames ran with so much focus he didn't notice the Queen behind him had already started to recover from the disorientation.
She shook her head to steady her vision then she looked around for the small thing that had caused her so much sensory pain.
She saw it, it was running at full speed away from her. Her eyes locked onto it's body with anger, burning her crimson eyes a brighter shade of red.
SKREEEEEE-KRAAAK-CHIKCHIKCHIK!
The sound of Her furious Screech washed over Thames, Gripping him in fear, curdling his blood and almost stopping him in his tracks.
But he pulled on the remnants of adrenaline he had and pushed on forward towards the exit.
The Queen's anger soared, as she expected him to stop in his tracks, seeing as that didn't happen, she dove towards him, her long legs leaving deep gashes in the concrete and tearing over all the rundown furniture in her path.
Thames ran as fast as he could, he could feel the Queen was just right behind him, if he slowed down at all, he would be a goner.
He got closer to the exit and finally focused on ii. The entire wall was a glass wall, same as the other walls he had seen in the building.
The door was a standard revolving door.
"Son of a–, that's gonna take too long to open" On that thought, Thames pivoted towards the other part of the glass wall.
He unloaded his gun, then fired 3 quick shots so as to break the glass. To his dismay, it only cracked but did not break.
Thames holsterd his gun back and could only sigh as he didn't like what was going to happen next.
He picked up his speed and as soon as he got close to the window pane, he jumped though it.
His feet had barely touched on the ground outside no to talk of the glass fragments before the Queen came smashing through the glass with him.
CRASH
KRRSH
The wall gave way for her body, the glass didn't even stand a chance as it shattered completely.
The Queen had barely even touched the outside floor when she swung on of her legs at him.
Thames, having anticipated the attack, unsheathed the Great Sword from his back twisted his body in the sir to place it in the trajectory of the coming limb.
KRA-SHANG.
Thames succeeded in blocking the hit, the inertia that came with it, not so much.
His body was flung away by the impact.
Still up in the Air, Thames took in the view of the environment.
It was desolate, overgrown plant life filled what was once an urban hellscape. Skyscrapers leaned like gravestones, their glass facades shattered.
Vines gripped light poles and Tree roots broke through the Road. Vehicles lined the streets haphazardly, with sleek futuristic designs that Thames had never seen before, which probably catered to their owners taste.
Now they were abandoned, empty husks which would never feel the warmth of a rider again, or the rush of wind as they sped through what was once a sprawling metropolis.
There were also—
THRUNK
BRANGSH
THUNK-CLANG-GSSHHH.
Thames landed abruptly on the root damaged streets, bounced twice then skidded off the pavement before coming to an abrupt stop.
35% INTEGRITY COMPROMISED.
The words on his visor flickered on his lights lingering longer than they did the last time, as if to mock him, to laugh at him for the trouble he was going through.
"Gkff!", Thames spat out blood, his body reeling from the pain.
He was aching in multiple places, and he felt weak and tired.
"I need to rest, just a short break", he told himself, fighting to move his aching jaw.
The Queen loomed over him, an expression showing what could be seen as a smug smile on her beastly features, her mandibles snarled in satisfaction as she looked in hunger at the creature that had dared to irritate her.
Thames tried to stand as she brought her face closer, intending to devour him, but his body was in to much pain to register his commands
"Get up Thames ,GET UP", He screamed at himself, "You do not want to end up as bug bites this forsaken place, FOR CRYING OUT LOUD, MOVE!!."
The words had just left his mouth when the Queen pounced on him, wanting to devour him in one bite.
Thames closed his eyes in fear and then—
BOOM
BANG
BOOM.
The sound of explosions tore through the murderous silence as a salvo if ammunition landed on the Queens head.
SCREECH.
She cried out in pain darting her head at the direction in which the attacks came from.
She got more explosives in her face as a reward for her efforts.
The Queen screamed, then fell to the ground in pain, as the Salvo had cracked her shell and her front legs.
Not wasting this opportunity, Thames slowly and painfully rose to his feet, the slammed the Great Sword into her head, less with purpose and more just letting the heavy blade fall on it's Head.