No sooner had Shen shot the gigantic brute with no respect for gender then he saw that two of his lesser cronies were coming towards him.  Oh.  Trying to keep him from his target, were they?  Fat chance of that.  Dodging around their halfhearted strikes, Shen used the front of his Colt Special to whip one of the hand-tattooed thugs across the face.  "Stay down, if you know what's good for you!"