She whirled around and jammed a dagger in the tentacle that had been sneaking up behind her. The sudden thrashing ripped it from her hand, but it also gave her the breathing room she needed to blast the original tentacle she'd been dealing with, which was wrapped around her leg. A quick shotgun blast dealt with that, though even detached, the tentacle suckers still clung on. How irritating.

She still flashed Roy a quick thumbs up.