When the vending machine is a better shot than you, Sinclair, you've got a bit of explaining to do.

Tenenbaum aims her gun at the crawler, but with limited bullets she can't justify taking the shot unless she's reasonably sure it'll hit. And with crawlers, once they get going with their acrobatics, you can never be reasonably sure. Maybe Sinclair can take care of himself-----

He shoots the vending machine. Tenenbaum knows he can't see it, but she still deigns to throw an 'are you serious' kind of look in his direction.

Well, either he'll spontaneously evolve firearms skills or he'll wish he hadn't entered a firefight without them. In either case, Tenenbaum has a houdini to look out for.

A second later, there's a shriek of anger and the scene becomes a literal firefight, flames coalescing out of a red cloud and shooting straight at Tenenbaum. She dodges -- but the houdini caught her off guard and her cheek feels scorched, she has to pat out a flame on her sleeve. More fire follows and she breaks into a run.

Survive for the girls. Come on, Tenenbaum. Anything less is not an option.

She shoots behind her as she runs, and from the shriek of pain and the cursing she gets a hit -- but the fire keeps coming.

And then -- it stops.