Blood on the Asphalt biker
Reyes ducked, the blade cleanly slicing through the thick durasteel support pillar behind her as if it were made of warm butter.
She countered, driving her scavenged combat knife toward the Striker's neck joint.
CLANG.
The harmonic blade flicked up, entirely severing the thick iron blade of Reyes’s knife.
"They're too fast!" Reyes grunted, falling backward as the Striker delivered a devastating, hydro-pressurized kick to her chest plate, sending her sliding across the smart-glass floor.
The Striker didn't pursue her. Its featureless, black-visored head snapped toward the plush synthetic couches. It had identified the highest-value targets: the unconscious, glowing Code-Born kids.