The bullets whizzed downwards narrowly missing Magna Carta as she weaved in and out of the line of fire. Bladedancer went on the offensive however. She caught Mantis completely by surprise with her teleportation ability. With ninja like reflexes she appeared directly in front of him with her thrown shuriken and tossed her steak knife at his thigh.
Mantis turned to fire upon her with great speed, but as he got his shot off she teleported again! The knife struck true directly at the intended target. It sliced through his leg getting stuck halfway down the blade. Mantis felt the sharp burst of pain, but his adrenalin and rage kept him going. He scanned for Bladedancer through clenched teeth and horrible pain. She had reappeared down below. With careful aim he fired off a final burst of his weapon as the magazine clicked; indicating those were his last rounds.
The bullet managed to strike her arm before she teleported away. Mantis struggled to move toward the window he had entered through earlier on the catwalk. He got about halfway when his adrenalin was no match for his massive blood loss. Mantis fell upon the steel grating.
"Get back here...I'm not finished with you yet..." he thought. Then he began to crawl on his hands in knees towards the window.
His eyes began to go dark as he collapsed once more. Mantis struggled to maintain consciousness. He had no more fight left in him. Blood poured from his thigh in large gobs. His artery had been punctured causing him to bleed out. The blood dripped from the catwalk above upon the floor down below.
Mantis looked down over the walkway at Zach's lifeless body one last time. With tears in his eyes he whispered,
"Zach...I'm...sorry..." before finally blacking out.