Had the inhuman been paying attention, she’d only find herself further enraptured by the movements of Winter. Pan could move near silently herself, stalking, waiting – just as dangerous if not more so than an apex predator. This was her element, as much as it plagued her life some days.
This wasn’t a time to lose focus or reminisce.
That was for when she was glancing at her reflection at the bottom of a glass.
Gun at the ready, she supports the bottom of the pistol with a closed fist - leaning, elbow on the handle - slowly creaking it downward before she bursts through with a snarl.
Winter could dance - to Pan, this was her own. Steps, then movements, timed to a silent song.
One step - an elbow thrown, catching an orbital and crushing it. Two step - a shot rings out, and a pistol is thrown into a jugular for tally number two. Three steps – one target left, meeting their mark with a knife to her ribs and another shot to her left leg before they’re the last to fall.
Catching her breath, Pan taps the floor twice with her foot - a raspy call following. “All clear, ‘m sure.” She says, kneeling for her pistol she’d previously tossed, ignoring the blade in her chest.
all clear. so could be the assumption, but winter is practiced in the art of the hunt: to lay in wait for prey to stumble towards their haven. it’s a beat, maybe two, after pan signifies safety that it’s torn from her throat and spit out at her feet like a mockery. the insult comes in the form of inbound footfalls from above. she counts six.
it’s all in the momentum - petite figure displaying physically untold strength with a leap, a lift, hands curved around balcony’s rails to focus the power into swinging her body with a gymnast’s finesse and form. the momentum - it’s all she needs to bring herself up and over, finding her landing on the shoulders of another man clad in all black, thighs balancing her with an iron hold. both hands finding hips, before whipping forward to bury a thrown blade in the spinal column of the two ahead.
a breath, muscles tighten, and she cocks her hips to incite the sounds of snapping between her legs. the man falls, and she uses him as cushioning for her own landing. one of the prone forms is still writhing, uselessly attempting to pull himself along to cover. she follows, eyes drawn to the other woman and her injuries.
“ you’re improvising poorly. if you’re going to storm in with a pistol, use it like a gun. not a knife. “ there’s a manner of haughtiness to her speech, a drowned melody that has become laced in misery. she’s not humble, not trained in modesty - she’s trained in survival, and prepared to call foolishness when she sees it. heel splits into temple of downed thug, gaze unbroken.