Talons catch into her hoodie, scraping against her skin causing pain. THe bird is too close to shoot and she needs to drop it, to grab her knife.

Xue Yang's sword cut the bird and it fell sideways, still fighting even as it fell and dragging her with it. She attacked the feet with her knife but as the edge of the ship got close she attacked her hoodie instead, the bird tumbled with strands of red fabric, but no Buttercup.

She scrambled back from the edge, plunging into the emptiness, that fear can be dealt with later, she doesn't have time right now.