The unconvinced soldier hears the message from 'central,' but rather than being assured his eyes open wide and he brandishes the pistol even more readily, directly at Sterne's head.
"Control! I don't know if you can hear me but this is a 001 situation, unauthorised Supers in the vicinity, attempting some kind of mind control. Central plaza, central plaza!"
The other solider raises one hand to his head, running it through his hair.
"Jesus Wiersbowski you can't point your weapon at the Major. We're gonna have our asses handed to us for this man, come on!"
But the other ignores him, simply shouting at you;
"Get down on the ground, now! I will not warn you again and I will use lethal force!"
Ebon continues to pace back and forth. "Does it seem like their taking to long? I thought we would have heard the jet by now." He picks up the pace almost jogging now as he bounces back and forth. "Should we go look for them?" He looks to Spore and Napalm.
Beads of nervous sweat run down Sterns face as the situation suddenly turns very hostile. For whatever reason this soldier was resisting his attempts to influence him and they were now running out of options.
f#++ it! Sterne curses to himself and holding the soldiers gaze he slams his mind with a shockwave of psychic energy, attempting to overwhelm him and prevent him from acting.
Stand down soldier ! You are making a big mistake and you are not going to shoot me! Sterne says forcefully as he unleashes his mental assault.
With his luck finally running out, the soldier is frozen stiff to the spot. The charmed one, assuming his compatriot is finally just standing to attention, relaxes a little.
That is until he begins to hear a blaring siren ring out all around the base and see search light burst open and begin sweeping the central plaza where you're standing.
Sterne visibly relaxes as he sees the soldier stiffen up and remain stationary and he knew he had succeeded.
Then the base erupts with search lights and blaring sirens.
ok soldier , I’ve got work to do. Your partner here is obviously suffering from some kind of episode. Stay with him until the medics get here and explain to them how irrational he has been, he’s stirred up the whole damn base for nothing. Don’t worry though I will speak on your behalf. Your CO will know you had nothing to do with it.
We will need your jeep. Carry on soldier Sterne says with a salute and moves toward the Jeep.
come on, let’s move he says to Bobbi and Trystt as he climbs into the jeep.
"Holy sh*t we gotta get out of here now!" Bobbi says. "Outta the way doc, lady driver here." she jumps into the driver's seat and barely before Trystt can get in she stamps on the accelerator, taking off like a bat out of hell.
Clinging onto the jeep as Bobbi speeds off. He wipes the sweat from his brow
thanks Trystt, I’m not sure what you did to those guys but it helped me to gain control of them. That did not go as planned.
I don’t know if it was the adrenaline or what but I couldn’t get a handle on them! When he pulled his gun on me I thought I was going to get shot for sure. There was no holding back then, I had to incapacitate him, he’s paralysed but only temporarily he says Trying to explain what went wrong.
Ebon jumps as the sirens start blaring out, he was already on edge."Damn!" He moves forward looking out to the base.
"We have to get in there!" He looks back to the others hoping for some solutions. "It didn't work they got caught."
"Right, let's go." Napalm pulls out his epi-pen and injects himself. His pupils dilate for a moment and then tighten down to pinpoint focus. Despite the lack of light, Napalm can see easily.
He moves up to the fence, testing it again with his baton to be sure it hadn't been electrified as a security measure. Once he sees it's safe, he begins climbing.
Ebon moves along side Napalm, placing his hands together and clapping them his form begins to shimmer as he climbs up the fence.
Though he'd rather wait and trust The inside-team, Spore follows Ebon and Napalm to the wall, and walks right up the side using his constituent vines to hold himself upright.
He'll throw down a vine to help the others if needed.
The trio manage to clamber up the fence and over the razor wire that tops it without injuring themselves.
Dropping down to the other side, they are in darkness, though massive swathes of light cast from towers in the corners of the base cut through the darkness every now and then.
You have absolutely no idea where the others are.
Bobbi screeches the jeep up onto two wheels for a second that seems like forever as she hurtles towards the hangers.
She swears like a sailor as she fights with the wheel but eventually gets it back under control.
"Coupla minutes away, gonna be coming in hot!" she shouts over the wind that snatches at her words.
She is referring to another vehicle that comes rising up into the rear-view mirror. It looks as though the passenger is loading an assault rifle and preparing to lean out and open fire.
"Sooooo, now what? Gain then some time with a distraction and retreat to the pickup?"
Ebon lands on the other side of the fence with a roll, he is up quickly looking around. He attempts to listen and spot any sign of the others or where guards might be heading too. "Damn it." He curses, having no idea where he would even start.
"We run in there now we are going to get lost, and if we trust them they should be able to get out of this. I can't really see where the hanger is." He looks to Spore. "I think your right Spore." He then turns to Napalm. "This isn't the way I wanted it done but it's the way we have too. Can you start making some noise? Take some of the attention away from the others? Then we should move back towards the pickup point."
Napalm nods. "You want me to be loud and draw lots of attention? Yeah, I think I can do something like that. We're going to want to be out of the way though, so that we don't bring them down on us."
Napalm moves forward in the dark, looking for any vehicle nearby. He plans to cut the fuel lines to allow gasoline to leak out before he tosses a bomb for a bigger explosion.
THe driver suddenly snatches at his eyes and screams. "I can't see, I can't see!" He panics and the wheel slides left and right. His passenger is tossed about like a ship on the ocean and though you hear the squeal of brakes the jeep shoots violently off to the left and smashes into the side of a building.
Another two vehicles take up the pursuit and this time you hear the hollow pop of gunfire behind you.
The hangar is in sight now, a massive building on the west side of the base but between you and it are several soldiers hustling to form a blockade. They too have weapons ready and look about to pound the jeep with automatic gunfire.
Napalm, Spore and Ebon rush up to the nearest set of parked vehicles. They look civilian but it doesn't matter, they are probably insured.
Crouching down Napalm crawls under the vehicle and rips out the fuel line, sending a spurt of acrid gasoline pooling beneath him.
Sterne whips his head around as the jeep behind them suddenly piles into one of the buildings and he looks at Trystt aghast.
what did you do? he shouts they could be seriously hurt ...or worse. Christ this has got out of hand!
We have got to get out of here, Don’t stop Bobbi! Get us through them, we’ve got to get to this damn plane and get the hell out of here, but if it looks like we can’t complete this mission, then we abort, we vanish and get out as fast as we can Sterne shouts as they hurtle toward the blockade.
Napalm rolls out from under the truck, trying to avoid any gasoline spilling on him. He quickly walks away from the group of parked cars, pulling out one of his grenades. He twists the knob, setting it, and then casually flings the grenade over his shoulder.
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Trystt rolls her eyes at the Doc's freakout, but says nothing as she dismisses the driver's blindness, allowing his neural pathways to connect again. Looking ahead, she reaches out again, but to the air this time. A fog billows out, blocking the potential shooters' sight.
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Napalm rolls out from under the truck, trying to avoid any gasoline spilling on him. He quickly walks away from the group of parked cars, pulling out one of his grenades. He twists the knob, setting it, and then casually flings the grenade over his shoulder.
The parked car erupts in a shower of flame and glass and metal and then a second later the two vehicles that flank it go up in a similar vein. Napalm, Ebon and Spore all run to take cover and can feel the heat of the explosion on their backs.
A collection of voices can be heard coming toward the explosion, a muffled mess of different exclamations.
..."Under attack...!"
..."Terrorists...?"
..."ohmygodohmygodohmygod...."
...."said some sh*t about supes...."
A squad of 8 men and women are rushing toward the explosion, sirens - probably from a fire vehicle - can already be heard further east in the base.
Hit
Hit
The five soldiers between the jeep and the hangar see the fog bank suddenly roll in out of nowhere and shoulder arms immediately. When they open up there is a roar of automatic gunfire that rips into the jeep, the high-pitched whistles and whines of bullets whizzing past mixes with the sound of smashing glass and the hollow punch of projectiles striking metal.
Bobbi cries out in pain as a mist of blood bursts in the jeep, a bullet having struck her in the arm. Sterne too feels searing pain in his abdomen and there is a sudden head-spinning pull to the right as one of the tires explodes.
But Bobbi plunges through the fog heedlessly.
The hangar is ahead now and she pulls up beside it with a screech of tires and grinding metal. In an instant she is out, ignoring the pain in her arm, her hair a blonde halo around her as she whips out her collapsable staff. Sprinting inside you see several military jets and more advanced troop carriers in various states of repair.
Selecting one, and secretly hoping it is flight-worthy, Bobbi runs toward it.
"They are going to be on us in seconds. I got to get this thing running and ready to go, you're going to have to hold them off somehow!"
The five soldiers are converging on your position with more surely to follow close behind.
Sterne holds his breath as they plunge through the fog bank and as Bobbi cries out in pain the psychic connection he established between them activates and in his minds eye he can see the bullet wound in her arm, with a thought he sends her bodies immune system into over drive and the wound begins to close
Moments later he grunts in pain as a bullet rips through the jeep and tears into him and he clamps his hand to his side.
do what you need to do, leave them to us Sterne shouts as he leaps out of the jeep.
Looking across at the five soldiers he reaches out toward them with his mind focusing his powers as he attempts to fool their senses and make them believe their commanding officer is ordering them to hold position, do not advance until he arrives with reinforcements.
I am trying to get them to hold off, I’ve made them hear an order from their CO telling them to wait.
I just hope it works!
Waiting just long enough to see if he has been successful Sterne then moves toward the entrance to the hanger takingbsome cover behind the door.
"Boom..." Spore whispers, barely audible over the cacophony, as he watches the fire with a mix of reverence and fear.
"Should we go? We'll need to move to the pickup, but we've helped I think. And I don't want to hurt anyone... he rumbles.
"If they don't make it, we'll be back to break them out," he says without leaving any room for debate on the topic.
I’m ok Trystt, the bullet just grazed me he says as he feels around under his body armour and his hand comes away bloody. is that you? he asks gesturing toward the mini thunder storm that had sprung from nowhere to block the entrance to the hanger impressive. that should slow them down. Even so Mockingbird needs to hurry, we don’t have much time. he says as he waits nervously, expecting a barrage of gunfire at any moment.
"I don't want to hurt anyone either Spore, don't worry about that." He pats his friend on the back. "I wanted this to go smooth but what happens happens. We won't leave anyone behind. Now let's get to the meetup."
"More moving, less chatting! Something tells me they'll start looking for us soon!" Napalm runs his hand up his thigh and you see lines of circuitry embedded in his pants light up. He starts running, and quickly becomes a blue as the piezoelectric crystals use his motion to power the circuitry which then imparts extra momentum to his legs and pushes them even faster.
Success
Success
Success
Fail
Fail
Two of the soldiers reach for earpieces at the sides of their heads and nod but the remaining three obviously don't hear the illusory order and stack up at the hangar doors.
As one rounds the corner to fire a massive bolt of lightning almost singes off his eyebrows and he staggers and falls back in a heap. The other two wait for a break in the crackling lightning and lean in to open fire.
Hit
Hit
Bobbi sprints into the hangar. Two technicians rush to stop her but she vaults over one and cracks the other across the side of the face with her staff, putting him out for the count. The other she kicks in the gut and then butts him across the back of the skull before continuing her breakneck sprint across the hangar to the nearest jet. A Pioneer Jump Jet suitable for troop carrying and international flight. If it flies, it will be perfect.
Spore follows Napalms back towards the fence, albeit at a much slower pace...
Crying out in pain Sterne throws himself backwards from the entrance as he gets shot again, this time the bullet ripped through the meat of his shoulder.
Clamping his hand over the wound he focuses his mind, projects a barrier around himself and vanishes from sight as he moves further into the hanger to join up with Trysst.
Hp 29/45