As Akihiko wrestles the Alligator's mouth open, he hears the sound of another shotgun shell being loaded, right before Yang rockets forward from the tree where it threw her with a single blast to propel her, closing the gap in only a second. Her Aura was enough to tank the blow, but she'll have to be careful about taking a hit like that again. Another blow from its buddy will probably break it, and she'll definitely have some sore ribs tomorrow, but not broken or cracked. Just sore. And Akihiko has left her a perfect opening. Yang couldn't ask for better.

As she rockets forward with a battlecry, her mechanical arm comes up, shell already loaded...and blasted straight down the Alligator's open maw. The creature's belly bursts open from the shot and Akihiko feels it go limp in his grip. That's one down.

"Thanks for the opening." Now there's only the first one left, and thanks to its dead pal, Yang's got plenty of power stored up in her Semblance. They just need to line up the right hit.