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<br/>​</div>Shiro had barely enough time to assess everything taking place. Their wrecking ball combo had worked! Unfortunately, it had also added certain complications to the battle field. The chained grimm was now growing in size to take the dead alpha's place. In the back of his mind, Shiro chided himself for not anticipating that the grimm's pack dynamic would not also have a system in place for if their leader fell.<i>'Idiot'</i>he told himself, this meant they were on borrowed time. In point of fact, some of them actually were on borrowed time, such as Red for example. Shiro didn't know the fine details of how her semblance worked, but he recognized aura drain when he saw it. Still, even if only catching glimpses from the corner of his eye, Red was as much a beast as any of these creatures. Her form, speed and strength all combined to make an incredible warrior, even when her power was literally divided in two. Even now with her mirror images being pushed to their limit, she fought just as hard. If they didn't act now, those valiant efforts would be wasted.<br/><i><br/>
'No,'</i>Shiro narrowed his gaze at their enemy,<i>'that simply won't do.'<br/>
</i><br/>Leader had noticed the wolf bounding up behind them well before Shiro would have. Red's words in his ears didn't even process before he noticed his team mate's posture shift subtly. He watched the boy spin around and the black orb disassemble in midair, only to clamp down and integrate into Leader's gauntlets. Truly an impressive device! The boy loaded an explosive charge and then, in the most brazen act Shiro had ever seen from someone with prescription lenses, faced the giant charging grimm head on.<br/><br/>"Glasses, I'm leaving the grabbing of the key to you." Leader shouted, "I'll try to hold this guy off, but it looks like Red's having it rough too. Time to leave!"<br/><br/>Leader's tone brook no argument. He didn't even pause at being referred to as 'glasses' again. Both Leader and Red were going into a fight they couldn't win just to buy time. Time enough for him to retrieve the key.<br/><br/>In a wickedly quick motion, Shiro wrapped the still loose chain around his hand and gripped it in his fist, then tugged at the line, crouched low and leaned back at an angle. He never got to witness the hulking grimm dive at leader. Instead,<i>Second Chance</i>suddenly snapped the line tight as it tried to reel in the growing new alpha still bound in chains. But the beast was far too heavy for even the full effort of the weapon... which was exactly what Shiro wanted. Instead, it was<i>he </i>who was pulled, skidding towards the beast at a pace far faster than he could ever have run. Shiro only got to feel the shockwave from the blast of Leader's explosive palm strike behind him as he lowered his center of gravity further and turned his skid into a full slide, streaking across the floor and reaching out the snag the key off the ground as he flew by. With a flick of his wrist, the weapon hurriedly unwound from the new alpha which was now getting its footing once more. It seemed... angry, if he had to guess. With the chain quickly reeling in, Shiro's slide quickly lost momentum and he pushed himself up to his feet before he could come skidding to the stop directly under the Alpha's maw. Gripping the key in one fist,<i>Second Chance</i>finally reeling back into his other, he looked up at the monster. Just running was suicide. Even still somewhat injured, it was recovering at a record pace and could surely chase him down with ease. There was only one thing he could do now. Twisting to put everything he had into the throw, he turned and slung the key across the room towards where Red and Leader were fighting. "Catch!!" He couldn't be sure who would be the one to intercept it. Distantly, he wondered if they could get the doors open in time to-<br/><br/>His next thought was interrupted when the Alpha swiped at him. Shiro's peripheral vision and reflexes barely managed to save his neck from being ripped open, and when the next strike came, he had already spun around to face the wolf, slinging the watch and chain up while sidestepping the attack so that the creature's right leg was now loosely tethered. Before he could do anything else, the Alpha's open jaws clamped down on his left shoulder, his aura trying desperately to keep it's razor sharp teeth from ripping him apart right there, instead, the beast just managed to sink its fangs into his flesh. He shouted out in pain, then whipped the chain up and around the grimm's one remaining horn, pulling with all the strength in his right arm. The creature's horn was tied to its right leg, and now that Shiro pulled with all the leverage he could manage, either the beast's head would turn sideways to lull open and free him, or its leg would get pulled out, forcing the beast to fall to the ground. He just hoped enough of its bones were still broken that its neck might yield, because if it was healed enough by now, neither outcome seemed likely.