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Morgan glances up at you and snickers softly before saying, "Yeah, that's what happened, all right. Sounds unbelievable, doesn't it?" You glance over at the hostile before turning back to Morgan. "All right…let's take this last one down and we're good to go," you say as you tell Morgan what the plan is.

You lay your hands on Morgan's chest and focus your energies into her. She's about to protest when a warm glow envelops your hands and flows into her. A startled look appears on her face, and she looks at you. You explain that you just infused her with a bit of your strength, allowing her to move around normally for a short while so that the two of you can take care of the hostile together. She grins at you and picks up her rifle and combat knife. "All right…let's do it, then," she says, getting to her feet.

Morgan shoots a short burst at the Shadow, and it stands there, absorbing the bullets, allowing her to charge at it with her knife. The Fiend grabs her hands, and the two of them grapple briefly for a moment as you quickly circle around them, positioning yourself behind the Fiend before you radio Morgan, telling her that you're ready. She glances up at you before she rams her knee into the Shadow, stunning it briefly before grabbing it and hurling it at you.

You pull out your combat knife as the Fiend hurtles through the air towards you, and you thrust it out, causing the Shadow to fly straight into your weapon, and it pierces its body. The Shadow shrieks and howls as it struggles to pull itself free, and you let it slide to the ground before delivering a punishing stomp to its head, crushing it like a melon. The Shadow lies still for a moment, and you look at Morgan, grinning. She looks back at you and pumps her fist into the air. "Yeah!" she shouts before getting down to one knee, clutching her side.

You walk over to her side and make to inspect her injuries, but she shakes her head. "No need. Just radio HQ and tell them what happened, okay?" You tell her that you've activated a distress beacon already, and she nods her head tiredly. "Good…now we just have to wait…"

Hopefully, waiting is all you'll have to do.

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