The sound of metal clashing rang through the abandoned colosseum as Layla met the man's descending scimitar with the barrel of her bayonet, their movements blurring across the cracked stone.
Her long ponytailed braid whipped behind her as she shifted her weight, catching another strike before throwing a kick into his cloaked torso, sending him flying across the dust-covered arena floor.
The darkness flickering across his muscular frame wavered like unstable flame, but he managed to balance himself just as Layla aimed the business end of her bayonet and fired a rapid sequence of shots that tore through the air in bright streaks.
The Pirate Leader swung his scimitar quickly, cutting the bullets apart before they reached him, shards of light scattering across the colosseum's broken pillars.
Seeing this, Layla charged toward him, her bayonet morphing into a spear mid-step, and she hurled it toward him without hesitation.
