When the monster appears next to Alana, she can't stifle the scream of surprise.  She had been watching the goings on in the room avidly, and hadn't even dreamed that the fight would be coming to her. Then she hears Sandy's panicked question and realizes things might be a whole lot worse than she'd thought.  Scared, she follows the first idea that pops into her mind.<br/><br/>The fragile bones of her hands thicken slightly, then begin to change shape.  They grow new protrusions that stretch out through her skin as it obligingly separates for them.  Soon the sharpened spears of bone stick out from between her fingers to a length of nearly 6 inches.  Three of these claws are on each hand.... making it apparent where her inspiration had come from.  And he mother had said comics were a waste of time!<br/><br/>All of this happened in seconds, as Alana looked frantically for the other woman.  She spits out at the creature "Where is she?!  What did you do with her?"