[i]"I did nothing, A."[/i] She replied in a mocking voice. "Liar." Then, she fired. The round went straight through Garin's left knee, blasting it apart and nearly cutting the leg in two. Then...Alpha....disappeared? All Garin could see is a puff of smoke where she was. "You shall suffer as I did, more so even." He heard behind him as he felt the cold barrel of her rifle from where he lay. "Yield."

As her rifle was aimed at the ground and she would have had to taken time to raise it, Garin jumped out of the way and behind a pillar.

Even behind the pillar, the round was unimpeded. A weapon of this caliber, meant to destroy steel and energy and magic, would not be deterred by stone and flesh. Instead of tearing his knee apart, the round now passed through his shin instead, shattering it and rendering that leg useless.