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Re: The Dividing Line - Station
Vlado gave a short, barking laugh. "I shall place down some orange pylons momentarily, sir." Unsheathing the crossbow and taking the chance to stock back up on bolts, he checked the map on his HUD. "There's a safe room up ahead - that is, no crawlspaces for them to sneak up on us. Used to be - huh. A jail. Strange." He raised his hand and pointed at a nearby door. "This would radically increase our chances of survival. They are coming for us."
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Talen and Reno arrived just in time to see a door blown off their hinges in front of them, revealing Forester and the rest of the group on the other side. Nadia grinned behind her mask and nodded at the cyborg. "Good. The more firepower the better. I think the Diversion Team is pulling them away, but they'll defend Command none the less." She shook her head. "I don't know what they're doing here in such massive numbers! The way things go we'll stumble over a few Scarabs before we're through." She sighed and checked her shotgun. "Alright. Good job with the door, Forester. Stay with me. Draven, take point. Talen, Reno, rear guard. We're going up to floor. . . 36,"
she said after checking her map.
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Fletch grinned in his helmet as he walked over to the bulkhead and turned the heavy handle effortlessly. "Don't you worry, I was captain of our high school's Ultraball team. I know how to throw." As soon as Kars had prepared himself, Fletch stomped over to him and grabbed him with both hands. For a second, he debated whether to crack a one-liner or cite Lord Of The Rings, but neither seemed appropriate. Not with a load of roaches on their way to chew through their faces. Instead, he tensed for a moment and then jumped into the air, raising Kars above his head - and dunked the Kopek down the tunnel. The small alien found himself enveloped in darkness, his own flashlight barely enough to cast a dim light on the smooth, featureless tunnel around him. Ahead of him - far, far down the tunnel - he saw something glow, barely bigger than a pinhead and only very slowly coming closer.
Over his connection to Hiram and Fletch, Kars could hear a protesting bleat as the human dealt with the Xyr in kind, propelling the goatling down the tunnel with the slammest of dunks before throwing himself down the pipe, deactivating his mag boots on the apex of his jump and pushing himself off the rooms roof with all the power his HIT suit's legs can produce.
Vlado gave a short, barking laugh. "I shall place down some orange pylons momentarily, sir." Unsheathing the crossbow and taking the chance to stock back up on bolts, he checked the map on his HUD. "There's a safe room up ahead - that is, no crawlspaces for them to sneak up on us. Used to be - huh. A jail. Strange." He raised his hand and pointed at a nearby door. "This would radically increase our chances of survival. They are coming for us."
---
Talen and Reno arrived just in time to see a door blown off their hinges in front of them, revealing Forester and the rest of the group on the other side. Nadia grinned behind her mask and nodded at the cyborg. "Good. The more firepower the better. I think the Diversion Team is pulling them away, but they'll defend Command none the less." She shook her head. "I don't know what they're doing here in such massive numbers! The way things go we'll stumble over a few Scarabs before we're through." She sighed and checked her shotgun. "Alright. Good job with the door, Forester. Stay with me. Draven, take point. Talen, Reno, rear guard. We're going up to floor. . . 36,"
she said after checking her map.
---
Fletch grinned in his helmet as he walked over to the bulkhead and turned the heavy handle effortlessly. "Don't you worry, I was captain of our high school's Ultraball team. I know how to throw." As soon as Kars had prepared himself, Fletch stomped over to him and grabbed him with both hands. For a second, he debated whether to crack a one-liner or cite Lord Of The Rings, but neither seemed appropriate. Not with a load of roaches on their way to chew through their faces. Instead, he tensed for a moment and then jumped into the air, raising Kars above his head - and dunked the Kopek down the tunnel. The small alien found himself enveloped in darkness, his own flashlight barely enough to cast a dim light on the smooth, featureless tunnel around him. Ahead of him - far, far down the tunnel - he saw something glow, barely bigger than a pinhead and only very slowly coming closer.
Over his connection to Hiram and Fletch, Kars could hear a protesting bleat as the human dealt with the Xyr in kind, propelling the goatling down the tunnel with the slammest of dunks before throwing himself down the pipe, deactivating his mag boots on the apex of his jump and pushing himself off the rooms roof with all the power his HIT suit's legs can produce.