Ao Tenshin lumbered into position beside Martin with an eager little squeal, her shell rising beside him like a moving bunker. Each step made the ground answer with a dull thud, and when she angled herself toward the nest entrance, the tunnel suddenly looked much smaller. Her claws scraped against the ground as she lowered her huge body, neck stretching forward and eyes fixed on the ants gathering inside.
The sound she made was cute enough to make NukEncore smile. Everything else about her promised that anything trying to slip past Martin would have to survive being hit by a small house first.
NukEncore drifted farther back, flames gathering around her hands in playful little flickers. Her grin slowly returned, brighter and more dangerous than before.
Flash Fang studied the formation.
