Can leave shield as cover

“I’m going.” I glanced back at my two friends. “Stay here. As long as you’re behind the shield, you’ll be protected.”

They both did a double-take.

“Wait, what?”

“What are you —”

But before they could mount a protest or try to argue, I was gone, ducking smoothly around my makeshift barrier and into the line of fire, and once I was clear, I moved.