Last spark from the ashes

Blaze is with her, rifle raised. Before them the newest Vex turns to look down upon this sudden challenge.

//A hydra,// Blaze mutters appreciatively. It must be three times the height of the minotaurs, with jutting ribs sweeping from its segmented, serpentine body. Armor-laden as it is, it floats gracefully above the ancient stone, the side facing them veiled by the large rectangular shield which moves counterclockwise around it. Something much more than a standard energy shield: three can play with dimensions here. Blaze fires a fusion round into it, testing, but that doesn't make a scratch.

The hydra trains a brilliant blue optic on them, the one point left unarmored. Then the cannons either side of its broad head open up, right through its shield. Twin streams of concussive purple fire scour into the stone. Even Blaze moves fast to avoid them.