Fighting Titan Skadi

"Lookout," I said, trying to keep my voice level and clear. "If you can hear me, mark a good target for me."

The crosshairs that appeared in my field of vision seemed to be fixed to one point of the crystal landscape, so far below me it looked like pitch black.

I brought the cannon around, aiming for the spot. More notifications popped up, telling me I was off target.

I adjusted appropriately, centering on the spot.

Already dark, the sky seemed to darken a shade. I felt a shift in air pressure, like it was all a bit harder to fly in, or I was being pushed down.

I twisted around, putting the gun below me, and I dropped my weapon.

Titan Skadi, visible only by the glowing metal at the edge of each major panel of armor, was above me.

I met her, flying to her, crashing into her with forcefield and everything else. I felt armor crack beneath the impact, transmitted by an awareness of physicality that wasn't touch.

Then she was gone.

Below me, swinging.

I flew down, diving, letting my forcefield come back as I seized the gun by barrel first, to pull it out of the way of a swinging axe arm.

She hit my forcefield instead. I didn't have the handholds necessary for my weapon.

Already hard to make out in the gloom, Skadi was drowned in darkness.

- Radiation 18.10