Shroud was many things, but a coward at the point blank barrel end of a gun was not one of them. One of the many perks of umbrakinesis was that there was never a shortage of shadows. There was always one...somewhere, an Shroud could feel them all. Including the one made from the gun barrel on the knuckles of his assailant.<br/><br/>His reaction was flawless but Shroud was no slug either and with a mere twitch of his fingers, the brute's gun shadow over his knuckles came to life, wrapping and twisting around the front of the barrel then began to snake up the large armored arm holding the gun. Shroud foelt resistance against his shadowwork and that's when he realized the special feature of this man's armor; it was definitely tuned to resist supernatural forces and even the natural orientation of a shadow was no big exception. Shroud had to think fast as his hold over the warriors' arm would not last.<br/><br/>In a split second decision while the gargantuan armored Templar was briefly distracted Shroud sprung into another short but full sprint. While barely maintaining his hold over the Templar's arm, Shroud gathers what little energy he had left to teleport via smoke cloud the last two meters and slammed both feet as had as he could into the large chest plate. From that momentum Shroud backflipped off the Templar and surrounded him in a sudden cage of shadow spikes, knowing full well it won't hold him long.<br/><br/>As Shroud landed he knew this was his only chance, risk more energy and attempt to finish the Templar off, or escape with the others since his orriginal plan had officially gone to shit.<br/><br/>Shroud reluctantly chose the later of the two and bolted back down the hallway towards Sean and the female Harbinger of Earth. When he arrived he was surprised to see Sean in heated combat with a peculiar opponent, another Harbinger. Shroud could feel this man's energy and it wreaked of chaos and mental instability. But his powers were something to behold. Shroud watch this new Harbinger pass off Sean's electric attacks as if they were a mere spring breeze. Whatever his abilities, Shroud knew that fighting this man would have to be more strategic than anything, and they didn't have time for strategy. Sean must have thought the same thing as he managed to summon some new power and sprinted away in blinding speed, picking up the girl on his way. All Shroud could do now is assist in covering their escape and catch up to Sean.<br/><br/>Launching himself into another sprint, Shroud took a different evasive maneuver by lowering himself to the ground and slid right through his own shadow passing around this new threat. Once past Shroud popped out of the ground and unleashed a massive smoke screen that covered a section of the hallway top to bottom, hiding another wall of newly sprouted shadow stalagmites. Satisfied that he bought more time for them, Shroud went chasing after Sean and the girl.<br/><br/>After a few lucky guesses, Shroud caught up with the other two near the storage vault. Shrouds' breathing was heavy after the energy he exerted in both recent escapes but they weren't out yet. Looking around and findig no clear direction of where to go Shroud grabbed both Sean and the female Harbinger.<br/><br/>"Close your eyes and hold your breath, not sure what this does to others but it'll only be for a second." With that Shroud sank the three of them into their shadow's cast onto the ground and slid underneath the secured vault door. After emerging on the otherside Shroud looked the two over and found nothing physically wrong with them from the shadow travel, save for all their physical exhaustion.<br/><br/>"This should give us a little time to figure out how to get out from here. We may be able to find some vent in here and work our way from there."