Ace now noticed a second opponent, this one, apparently being the actual threat. He had to act fast.
"Shadow might not be susceptible, but flesh and blood is!" Ace shouted drawing the only thing he had that could possibly be considered a weapon. It was a long black machete whose scabbard was attached to the back of his armor, the blade a magnesium alloy that was sharpened nearly to the atom. He swung at the pole slicing through it with enough speed and precision that the blade scarcely made a sound, and were it not for it's unbalanced weight, it would not have begun to fall.
"Now for the so called 'Shadow'" he muttered whirling around turning on the headlamp in his helmet. Alex prepare shields for use as a dielectric field.
"If you're thinking what I think you're thinking we could both fry, how about we use that as a last resort?" Alyx responded, knowing full well when he'd said "Dielectric" that he was going to use the soon to be exposed electrical wires, in conjunction with his shields to turn himself into one giant capacitor. The plan, while brilliant, was also insane. Funny how those two coincide so often.
Ace's mind was processing a better way as she was retorting. Brute force is useless against photons, unless we're talking black hole size, so the opposite of a photon, or a lack there off would likely have the same properties. Light however can be scattered and absorbed. So if black paper, absorbs white light, then what would absorb the black paper. Supposedly enough photons hitting it would cause it to simply combust from the heat produced, but I can't generate that much light that quickly. But in the event of a shadow, photons cut right through it, however this has taken on a physical form..... But it does respond to brute force, if it's not harmed by it.....
His wheels continue to spin, using every bit of data he and Alyx know, as due to the nature of their link then can to a certain extent pick each other's brains, trying desperately to find the most effective solution with minimum collateral damage.
