Glory Girl caught Roxy around the snout as the dog lunged for her, and threw her down at Lucy.

My mental images get weird when the names cause me to picture the dogs as other fictional characters. In this case, Glory Girl grabbed

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this great gal by the nose and threw her down at

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this asshole on the right.

(I think I liked it better when the name Lucy just reminded me of my friend.)

“Run!” Brandish called out her response.  She was facing much the same situation, unable to attack with the relentless pressure the dogs were putting on her.

Huh. I was ready to comment on Glory Girl having backup, but it actually seems like Bitch has already won.

Question is whether she’ll leave it at that.

Instead, she changed herself into that ball form where she couldn’t be touched or hurt, flying away with every hit she took, or controlling the direction so she could make her way for an escape route.

This is a fairly impractical type of invulnerability. Sure, she can’t be hurt like this, but there’s not a lot she can do either, is there?

Apparently she has some control, at least.

She managed to find enough pause to lash out at one dog and shout, “Get the wounded!”

Oh yeah, that’s still their main priority here, getting the wounded back to Panacea. Which I think Bitch doesn’t want them to do, because she sees the wounds as rightful punishment.

As the three dogs barreled toward her, she used her power.  She felt it extend outward like a vibration from deep inside her.  She felt that power shudder and reverberate, as if to let her know it was making contact with them.  She could see the effect.

Nice.

Could see them grow larger, see bone and muscle swell and shift.

Unlike powers like Taylor’s, Lisa’s, Alec’s or Coil’s, this power doesn’t really have that much of an active psychological feedback on use, but it’s still neat to see how it feels to use it.

“Attack!”

In moments, Glory Girl was contending with four dogs.

Forcefield or no, this is going to be troublesome.

Angelica advanced implacably, Bitch following at a walking pace.  The other three were attacking from every direction, cutting off escape routes, leaping onto the side of the building, leaping down, running behind her, or flanking her from the sides.

This is badass. You can tell she’s in control.

“Mom!” Glory Girl shouted, a note of panic in her voice.

And Glory Girl isn’t.

The heroine went for Bitch, who had only Angelica at her side.  Angelica positioned herself between enemy and master, and Glory Girl hit the dog broadside.

Seriously, no one listens.

Angelica barely reacted, turning instead to snap at Glory Girl.  Her teeth rebounded off the heroine’s outstretched arm, and Glory Girl darted backward, to hover in the air.

Incredible jaw force versus forcefield. Looks like the forcefield wins, at least for now.

Catching her breath?  Watching the situation?

Giving her forcefield time to regenerate? It sounded like that happens fairly quickly in Agitation, though.

That wasn’t how you were supposed to fight.  Bitch whistled hard, then shouted, “Magic, Lucy, Roxy!  Come!”

I mean, not throwing everything you’ve got at the opponent at every moment can be a valid strategy.