14 : Back To Back, A Fight To The Death! Today

The first wave of scavengers lunged from the dark. They weren't men anymore—just shells of chrome and desperation. Kaelen fired. Crack. The lead scavenger’s head blossomed into sparks and oil. Jace didn't wait; he dived low, his blade finding the soft chinks in the armor of the next two.

"Better make them count," Jace muttered. He stepped back until his spine pressed against hers. The heat from her body was the only thing keeping him grounded. "Back to back?" "To the death," she whispered. 14 : Back to Back, A Fight to the Death!

The neon lights of the Neo-Saitama slums pulsed like a failing heart, casting long, jagged shadows against the rain-slicked walls of the Dead End Alley. Kaelen and Jace stood at the center, surrounded. The first wave of scavengers lunged from the dark

Kaelen holstered her empty gun and managed a grim smile. "Always." "Better make them count," Jace muttered