The Black Hawks reacted instantly.
"Break! Break!" one of the pilots yelled.
The first tendril shot past the rooftop, missing the building by meters, but the second one came straight toward the hovering helicopter.
"Evasive!" the pilot snapped.
The Black Hawk banked hard to the left, engines roaring as the pilot forced it into a sharp lateral movement. The tendril tore through the air where it had been just a second earlier, the force of it sending a shockwave that rattled the helicopter.
"Jesus—!" the co-pilot muttered.
The second helicopter pulled up aggressively, gaining altitude as another tendril shot upward beneath it, barely missing its tail.
"Cold Reach One, multiple strikes incoming!" Sentinel Eye warned. "Trajectory is reactive—it's tracking movement!"
Adrian didn't hesitate.
"Fight back," he said, voice firm through the comms. "Do not hold position. Keep moving and return fire."
There was no confusion on the other end.
