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You glance over at Ami and Jax, and they glance at you as well, everyone clearly remembering the last time they fought a Beast. Granted, it was a large pack, but this one is just one Beast. Maybe you have a chance to take it out? You radio over to Ami and Jax, telling them that you'll rush it to test it out. Jax starts to protest, but Ami nods. "All right," she says cautiously. "We've got your back in this." You nod at her before you charge at the Beast at the same time it rushes at you.

You collide with the Beast as it springs up into the air and knocks you off your bike and onto the ground, where the two of you wrestle for control over each other. Unfortunately, the Beast is much stronger and quicker than you ,despite your enhanced physical capabilities, and it has you pinned in little time. You yell at Ami and Jax over the radio to back you up as the Fiend leans down to take a bite at you. In desperation, you let out a quick burst of power that, while it doesn't harm the Beast, blinds it and it leans back, blinking in confusion as its grip relaxes.

This gives you a chance to push it off you, and you do so, shoving as hard as you can. It stumbles back a little, but that is enough as Ami and Jax jump off their bikes and dive into it, knocking it off you completely. The two of them start pummeling it as hard as they can while you get up and focus a little more power into your engine, unleashing it as asphalt shackles that grab the Beast's limbs and hold it to the ground, unable to move. Only then do you walk over to the Beast and start to deliver the hurt to it, stabbing and stomping on its head hard, dimly aware of the fact that the security agents are fighting a losing battle against the other Beast.

Eventually, the Beast stops struggling and lies on the ground unmoving. The three of you step away from it, panting and watching it carefully, waiting for it to dissipate. It doesn't, its wounds beginning to regenerate slowly instead, causing you to swear and stare at it in disgust. You glance over at the other Beast, which has just entered the alley, and you look at the others, telling them that everyone needs to retreat. Ami nods in agreement, to your surprise, and all three of you hop onto your bikes once more before you ride away from the Beasts.

Your radio crackles to life and Allenby's voice reaches your ears: "What's going on over there, Dorn Wilton?"

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