As Silver handed out orders, Adrian assessed the situation. Blocks in this part of the city were particularly large—to accommodate all the warehouses and office buildings. There could be alleys on the way, but the city was built almost entirely to a grid. This fight took place in a web of straight tunnels, with minimal cover, and nothing had yet to come his way. Staying where he was wouldn’t do any good—with nobody to shoot at and nobody to spy on, he was only wasting time. And the longer I sit here, the more time they have to be thinking what I’m thinking. “On it, Cap! Nawlin, I’m going ‘round the side—we’ll catch ‘em in a crossfire if they try to back out.”
He rubbed his GEAR’s arm on the corner of the building he’d been pressed against, rounding it and taking off down the street with his rifle tucked close. It was a quiet dash down the street, until he rounded the next corner and very nearly plowed into one of the opposing GEARs at the apex of its turn. Adrian cursed as the two machines bounced off of each other and, in the ensuing chaos, managed to put several holes in its torso with his rifle.
He rubbed his GEAR’s arm on the corner of the building he’d been pressed against, rounding it and taking off down the street with his rifle tucked close. It was a quiet dash down the street, until he rounded the next corner and very nearly plowed into one of the opposing GEARs at the apex of its turn. Adrian cursed as the two machines bounced off of each other and, in the ensuing chaos, managed to put several holes in its torso with his rifle.