Jinx drove the twin swords deep into the flesh of the Titanaboa as its scales gleamed wetly under the rain.
Black blood sprayed across Jinx's face, then burned at every part of her skin it touched.
"AAARGH!"
She pulled the blade free and ducked, rolling as the creature's head whipped toward where she'd been standing.
The creature's jaws snapped shut with a sound like boulders colliding.
Jinx's boots slipped on the rain-slicked road as she scrambled backward.
Despite its size, the creature moved with terrifying speed, coiling in a half-circle, fixing its eyes on Jinx.
"Shit."
Jinx's head snapped to the left the moment her retreat toward the building was cut off by the creature's whipping tail.
From the corner of her left eye, she saw the survivors huddling on the opposite buildings closer to the News Industry, carrying pale expressions.
