"Elliot, barrier—now!" Fiona barked, her gaze darting to the crowd of onlookers still milling beyond the safety markers. Their wide-eyed stares lingered on the horizon, oblivious to the shadows seething beneath the treeline.
Elliot's hands snapped upward. Earth tumbled as a translucent shield erupted from the soil, crystalline filaments weaving skyward like molten glass.
They fused at a single apex, sealing the dome with a resonant hum that sent vibrations skittering down Fiona's spine.
"Barrier deployed!" Elliot reported, watching as Takashi dashed forward at the notice, the fists of his mecha tightening. William on all fours shot out towards him, its tentacles reaching for his limbs.
"Deploying thrusters!" He announced his mech sky rocketing to the sky for a mere instant, dodging the attack completely. For a heartbeat, it hovered—a silhouette against the sun— the rays shining past it's cracked before plummeting like a comet toward the creature.
The Vaeltheir recoiled.
