That's it. No one gets to pull this shit, not on her time.

"Like hell."

As one of the chicks in armor rushes forward, she reaches for her gun. "Don't--"

And then she fires. BLAM! The bullet hits the metal chest of one of the girl's armor and she falls; it ricochets off with a sick metallic thudding sound.

Fuck! And I didn't ever want to do that again! The EMT that's never stopped living inside her, not even the moment Joe died in her arms, steps forward; the soldier or whatever the fuck she is just... lies there on the ground, not moving.

Jesus.

"Oh, my God. Are you...?"

Fuck!

The next thing Hero does is make a loud and completely incoherent sound as that girl's staff meets her chin, hard.

And that's all she knows.