When time resumed its normal flow, I immediately tightened my grip on the Starakian, making absolutely certain she couldn't break free or make any sudden movements.
"W…What?!" she let out in utter shock, her entire body going rigid as she suddenly found herself restrained.
One moment she'd been standing freely with her weapon aimed at a target, and the next—from her perspective occurring instantaneously—she was completely immobilized with a hostile human's arm wrapped around her neck and waist, preventing any movement whatsoever.
The disorientation and confusion in her voice was obvious.
"Rachel!" I shouted, calling out to snap her from her own moment of disorientation.
Rachel flinched and looked around quickly, clearly caught off guard by the dramatic change in everyone's positions. One second I'd been across the room and she'd been bleeding in the hallway, and now suddenly we were both inside the room with the Starakian girl restrained.
