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He just didn’t have enough mobility to aim it very well.  She charged, anger still flooding her face, and the man tried to adjust his aim.  He managed one more shot that went wide and nicked the frame of the apartment’s door, and then she was on him.
     
    Nadya kicked out with her foot, knocking the pistol out of the man’s hand and sending it skidding down the hallway.  She spun with the kick, putting her back to the man briefly as she jumped into the air and brought her other leg up for a second kick.  As she finished her spin and faced the man again, she extended her leg and smashed her foot into his mouth.  The man’s head flew back, blood and teeth spewing from his mouth as he fell back to the floor.  Dazed or unconscious, she didn’t know and didn’t waste time to check.
     
    She crouched down over the two wounded men and made short work of them, snapping each of their necks.
     
    Nadya relieved the dead man with the broken jaw of his shotgun, pumping a fresh shell into it.
     
    As she did, she heard the elevator ding as it stopped on the floor.  She turned to face the lift, raising the shotgun, ready for more armed goons.  The gate began to slide up to allow the occupants of the elevator to exit but it never managed to open fully.
     
    A furred fist slammed into it.  There was the sound of metal bending and then a loud twang as the gate was knocked clear of its tracks, sending it smashing into the wall on the other side of the hall.  Nadya’s eyes widened as she saw the hulking beast emerge from the elevator.  The head was distinctly wolf-like but it walked upright, like a human.  It was covered in midnight black fur.  And the sheer size and bulk of muscles it had was something that neither wolf nor man possessed.
     
    “Son of a fucking bitch…” Nadya muttered.  “Goddamn werewolf…”
     

Chapter Eight: Narrow Escape
     
    Nadya ran back into Ulbrecht’s apartment, bending down to scoop up one of the dead goons’ pistols and shoving it into the waist of her pants.  She grabbed her jacket off the table and slung it on then headed for the open window.
     
    She stood on the fire escape outside the window.  The hard metal dug into her feet and she realized she’d forgotten to grab her boots.  Looking through the window, she saw the werewolf move into the apartment’s doorway.  His head turned and he looked straight at her.
     
    No time to go back for them now.
     
    She turned and started down the fire escape as quickly as she safely could.  She saw Ulbrecht below her, just about to the ground level.  Once he reached it, he stopped and looked back up to her.  His expression told her that he wasn’t sure what to do next.
     
    She didn’t have time to give him any hints.  She was too busy concentrating on not falling down the steps and breaking her neck.  Up above, glass shattered and bricks crumbled.  She didn’t look up but the expression on Ulbrecht’s face told her enough.  The werewolf wanted onto the fire escape as well.
     
    A moment later, the metal scaffolding shook hard and made Nadya stumble.  She was close enough to the ground so she leapt over the side of the railing and landed on the sidewalk beside Ulbrecht.  She hazarded a glance back and saw the beast on the fire escape, looking down at her.
     
    “Got a car?” she asked Ulbrecht.
     
    He nodded.
     
    “Well, move it!”  She gave him a shove and he took off.
     
    “My keys…” Ulbrecht said, looking back at her helplessly.
     
    “Don’t worry about it!” Nadya yelled back.  “Just get us to the fucking car!”
     
    The ground shook underneath her feet and she glanced back, seeing the werewolf rising from a large crack of crumbled bricks where he had landed.  The beast turned to the pair and started towards them at a running pace.  He was much faster than either of them and it was abundantly clear that he would reach them before they could get to the car.
     
    Nadya selected a few choice Russian