April steadied her breath, her claws glinting as she circled Vance.
His TakeOver Mode was powerful, but now she understood its weakness—he wasn't thinking, just reacting.
"You figured it out, huh?" Jax's voice crackled in her ear.
April smirked. "Yeah. He's fast, but he's predictable."
Vance lashed out with his metallic tail.
Instead of dodging outright, April sidestepped at the last moment, causing him to overshoot.
The moment his tail slammed into the ground, she moved—
'Strike where he's open.'
She dashed forward, claws slicing into the cables along his side. Sparks flew as Vance recoiled, his massive cybernetic body twitching.
"Tch… You little—"
He lunged again, fangs aimed at her throat.
April didn't panic.
Instead, she baited him.
She feinted to the right, tricking his instincts, then darted left—straight under his jaw.
With one swift motion, she drove her claws into the joints of his mechanical throat.
Vance let out a garbled hiss as his body convulsed. His TakeOver Mode flickered, the nanotech struggling to hold together.
Kai whistled over the comms. "Damn. She took him apart piece by piece."
April stepped back as Vance collapsed, his cybernetic cobra form fading.
He groaned, reverting back to his human body, bruised and beaten.
She exhaled. "That was a lot of fun."
Jax laughed. "You're a fast learner, little Wolf."
But April barely had time to celebrate.
Because in the distance—watching from the shadows—stood another figure.
Someone from Ragnörak.
And they had just found their next target.