With all my strength, I shoved Jocasta to her left, between two parked cars, then flung myself after her. As I did, I saw the elfs machine pistol clearing his holster. Time seemed to kick into overdrive, and everything suddenly seemed to move at a slow crawl. I saw the machine pistol barrel coming up, saw the elf clamp down on the trigger. The first rounds spattered off the floor as he let the recoil drag the barrel up toward me.