Before Ed or Lita could even process her words, Maddy focused on the most immediate threat to her flank. Zaun, despite his shock, was already recovering his footing. His assassin instincts told him that with Erwin down, he had to create a distraction.
"I have to break her line of sight," Zaun thought, his heart hammering against his ribs as he stared at his paralyzed captain. "If I don't blind her right now, none of us are walking out of this alley alive."
He reached for a hidden smoke pellet at his belt, intending to vanish.
He was too slow.
Maddy used her Thumping Locomotion to close the distance instantly, appearing right in front of him like a shadow tearing through the dark. Zaun's eyes widened as he tried to drive his backup dagger toward her throat.
"What?"
