"Etrina, wait here. I'll need my staff back for just a quick moment."
Inspired by seeing Meagan take down a sniper, and recalling where he saw the barrage of shots come from, Zaofan turned on his own speed, and blasted off on foot.
He zig-zagged between walls, the sniper shots reliably tracking but unable to get a bead. In the middle of three passes, he spawned three Zanzoken copies of himself, and the gray beams passed right through. But it was enough for Zaofan to appear as a fourth copy, and... "RUBY TAIYOKEN!"
The red light piercing through some of the smoke, the shots had stopped. Zaofan sped through the smoke and saw a gray figure rubbing its eyes. By the time the figure could see Zaofan, it was too late -- "SCARLET X!" a mighty slash with the glowing bo staff slammed the figure across the chest, hurling him into a wall like a ragdoll. Another sniper went down.
Unsure of any other snipers, Zaofan made sure to run back at top speed back to Etrina, and he returned the staff for her support. "Thanks for waiting," he said, out of breath and leaning against the wall.