Deadly Game
I didn't just move; I vanished from their vertical plane.
I slammed my body flat into the freezing mud, rolling hard to the right. The freezing, muddy water splashed across my chest and face, immediately masking my body heat. Just as Malakai had predicted, the thermal scanner on the left guard flashed a bright red error code as my signature vanished from his screen, blinding him for two critical seconds.
The sudden drop caught the right guard completely off guard. Before his brain could register that I was no longer standing, I swept my leg out in a wide, vicious arc. My boot connected with his weak, mud slicked right heel with the force of a sledgehammer.