They were approaching the combat zone, Robin saw the blips on her Radar, she felt the rush of blood coursing through her veins, the adrenaline starting to affect her perception of time, every second felt like a decade, as if anticipating an oncoming storm she braced herself, her anxious foot tapping started to sound like a clock ticking down, she heard the radio crackle to life with Sara’s voice, her friend’s voice,
“Marking bandits.” her HUD showed little red diamonds over the enemy positions,
"Wonder how they got the funds to afford all those drones." the sound of her voice cut through the deafening noise of Robin’s eager trembling. Sara lined up the drop,
"Robin be a dear and take out those AA guns for me." Robin, upon hearing the request started manually putting in all the visible AA guns on Thrasher's on-board computer registering system as objectives,
"Consider them gone." Robin was confident, this was not 'that' hard of a mission after all, Sara continued
"I don't want to derail the train by shooting it with missiles, that risks destroying the elemuntum." the cables on Thrasher detached from the flying Therux mech.
Thrasher hit the train with a resounding thud, the metal on top of one of the cars bent and creaked as the claws started to dig into them,
“I hope you don't mind me 'dropping in'.” Almost immediately a few of the drones began to target her mech, with one glance she sized them all up and determined she could win the engagement, she squeezed on the trigger in her right-hand control stick as her Retina painted a target on the three mechs and like that three quick bursts of her Plasma cannons left three pairs of neat holes in the middle of three drones, melting through essential mechanical and electronic components, turning them into nothing but smoking husks and sparking electronics twitching and shaking on the floor of the train.
A fourth still remained trying to attain a lock-on on the far end of the train car, Robin was starting to hear her heart beating, her eyes dancing back and forth reading data flowing through her helmet and with one push on the sticks, Thrasher dashed forward,
“These Drones have a shitty design, too easy to break apart…” the Thermo-Claws made marks on the metal flooring leaving a smoke trail in her wake, as she closed the distance the Mechanized drone was able to achieve a lock-on, she immediately jumped off towards the right breaking the lock-on blaring on her screens, she put the Thrasher into full sprint and jumped right back on the train swiping the Drone’s head clean off as she did, the drone in its death throes waddled backwards and shot its primary weapon off to the right before it hit the next train car, stumbled onto the ground and fell off the train its missile created a huge explosion kicking up a plume of sand in the distance.
Robin quickly got back on track with destroying the AA as she watched the White Hare take down an additional three drones,
“That’s seven of thirteen, more than half-way done clearing this train of ‘known’ Mechanized threats.” she licked her lips in anticipation as more enemies were closing in on her position, she got to work and climbed over one of the cars to reveal an AA gun platform pointing right at her, she was surprised as it started firing towards her, the rounds did 10% Damage blowing off the minigun on Thrasher’s shoulders, Robin gritted her teeth, she clenched up, her chest heavy, she found it hard to breathe, the claustrophobic cockpit made it even more difficult, and after a second of surprise she snapped her guns on target and squeezed the trigger.
Two bolts of plasma right on the gun, its ammunition blew up right behind it, the gun being engulfed in the fiery blaze, she let out a deep sigh, she continued on to the next gun, the blips started getting closer, the beeping in her helmet started increasing in frequency, she then switched her radio on, speaking with rapidity and clarity on the other Mech Pilots' frequency,
“T., Alecto, N., This is Callsign Fang Requesting assistance, I need some cover so I can take out these AA guns, there are six known Mechanized units left, I can't focus on two things at once, especially in such a tight space, so anything you can do to take the pressure off is appreciated.” Her tone was cold and calm but it was delivered quickly and concisely, it was indicative of someone who’s served in the Army for an amount of time.
She continued on with the Rabbit's request and pushed on towards the next AA battery on the Train, her blood now boiling as it raced through her body, her senses all focused, her instincts were sharp, and her Northern qualities were starting to manifest through her actions, her mind and body now geared towards full 'fight' mode, she will continue to take out AA guns until they are all neutralized or until someone else takes them out of commission first.
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