"Step right into the...Danger zone!" The sound of Cyrus' rifle firing and the bolt being cycled filled the warehouse where he still sat, ignoring the fact that he was probably going to bleed out soon.
"Danger zone! OW" The sound bounced off of the walls again and echoed back to him, though he helmet kept him from losing his hearing. After his next shot, he nearly off of the beam he was sitting on as he burst into laughter.
"Oh my god, his head. Oh man. I hope somebody saw that, it was all like...PPPTHHH. I'm going to have to tell faulkner about that one." He regained his composure and looked back into the scope to kill somebody else advancing on his position. He froze for a moment and looked over the scope and out the window.
"Oh shit." He rolled over and off of the beam, barely having time to connect the grapple and rappel down to the floor. The second he touched down the side of the building exploded inward and metal shards rained down onto his head. He dove for cover and got up against a box as the metal monstrosity pushed through what was left of the wall and into the warehouse, spreading smoke and debris everywhere.
"A Spider tank?! REALLY?!" he screamed as the tank stepped out of the smoke and fired it's gun at a grouping of boxes near where Cyrus was hiding, obliterating the bombs in them and setting off a chain reaction as the ammunition inside started to go off like fireworks. Cyrus covered his face and tried to shield himself as a string of curses poured out of his mouth. He took at least a half dozen bullets as they went all over the place and screamed as he felt his collar bone break from a bullet smashing into it. Hefting himself up, he sprinted through the pain and smoke across the warehouse.
"Shitfuckpissshitwhoreassmotherfucker can't fight a tank, won't fight it. Nope nope nope NOPE! Crap, the woman. DAMN MY SELF RIGHTEOUS SENSE OF HONOR." He screeched to a halt next to where he had lay down the woman soldier from his previous encounter and reached down to lift her up. He lifted her up and onto his shoulder and started to book it. Even though he was a strong man, this woman was heavy in her armor and as he ran, he unstrapped her armor bit by bit.
Making it out of the warehouse and across the alleyway, he reached a door just as the wall he had just came out of exploded as the spider tank drew closer to his position. He panicked and tried to open the door but it wouldn't budge. He couldn't get the strength to bash it down with nameless soldier #3 on his back so he turned and ran around the corner with his knees smashing into his chest as he did. Thankfully, he had chosen the back side of the building instead of the front. Running along, he noticed that the building was a large, empty,
@Voltus_Ventus office building. He knew that the building would slow the tank down and just kept running. He hoped that he would run into Cari or something as he did because at the moment, dying by tank was not a way to go.
Least not without some flair at least.
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Though the two were on their last legs, a helping hand from behind them lifted them to their feet.
@NuttsnBolts @Caits They'd both look to see the Captain helping them along. He took over for Niesha and hefted Cari himself. Faulkner approached with his rifle at the ready.
"General, there is a tank to the west of this building. Deal with it and get it to the western AA. Niesha, scout ahead, find us an escape route. Travis. " The outlaw came from around the corner behind them and approached.
"Assist her." The captain commanded and didn't wait for an answer from Niesha or Travis. Faulkner sped off to do as he was told while the captain set down Cari against the wall nice and gently.
"You're not done yet." he said and procured a first aid kit from his satchel. He knew she had a lot of cybernetics but she was just as human as the rest of them and the gauze would go a long ways towards keeping her alive.
He paused for a moment and held up her quickly sagging head.
"No, look at me, stare at my face, stay awake. Do not close your eyes for a second." He forced her to stare at him while he applied medical gel to her deep wounds. He grabbed an adrenaline pen finally and injected it into her thigh.
"Now get up. Come on. Fight's not done yet. We will retake this AA in time, we just need to get to the western AA."