The moment the Sentry hurled its bomb-like core of condensed energy, Miriam reacted first.
She yelled at everyone to move, grabbing Lyra by the wrist as the two blurred into streaks of gray and gold.
A thunderous detonation tore the arena in half, swallowing the place where they once stood.
Having decided to take my time a little off, I moved evasively behind a distant wall, cushioned within the swirling wind cocoon Miriam had cast on me.
Every bone in my body reacted to their dash as a shockwave vibrated through them. With my eyes lit in admiration, I acknowledged their immense power.
'Wow!'
Dust clouded the sky, which was made visible after one of the Sentry's mad attacks. Debris rained down like shattered stars.
Yet, through the haze, two silhouettes shot upward.
Miriam burst out first—her silver-cloud hair whipping around her, wings of compressed wind unfurling behind her like blades of the sky.
