Not that they got very far - Kali and her squad reacted immediately. They quickly drew their sidearms out - heavy suppressed flak pistols. Each one was slightly larger and more menacing than Kali and Freya’s handcannons. And instead of firing massive slugs, these guns fired superheated tungsten pe
Freya and Lucifer swung above and below the enemy mecha, and flanked them vertically. Because of their comparatively higher speed and agility, they were able to strike from both ends and slice into their targets with relative ease. Their plasma lances scored deep gouges in their chitin with expert
She found stronger and stronger resistance the more pressure she applied, as though the parts themselves were reacting to her. But it wasn’t like they were thinking - it felt more to her that it was simply the way they naturally operated. That they were created to be resistant in the first place.
Kali spun her infrasonic staff around her body with practiced expertise, then swiped at the uniformed Drogar in front of her. There was a loud CRACK as she struck him on his ribs, and pushed him a couple of meters to the side. She watched as he stumbled around and regained his balance. And just as
“Looks like we’re pretty much done here,” she said. “Command,” Xylo said through comms, “all mission objectives met, and we’re headed back towards the extraction zone.” “Acknowledged, commandos,” Aurora replied. “Send notification once you’re back in the air.” Aurora then flipped her comms from t
Certainly nothing with its own consciousness. “It’s like a mirror,” ze said over comms. Like Freya, hir voice echoed with a kind of a digital signature, as though it was created purely through computational means. “Or maybe more like I’m controlling a mirror version of me,” ze continued. “How’s
Lucifer’s heart thundered madly in hir chest as ze fell down an eternal darkness. It seemed ze had been falling for centuries, and yet it took no time at all until ze hit something. Hard. It felt as though ze had literally fallen back-first onto a slab of titacrete. Pain spread across hir body, but
And although ze didn’t have the energy to fight back, and although hir body throbbed with the pain of multiple broken bones, ze still managed to extend hir middle fingers and point them at hir father. “Die,” ze shouted. “Just die forever!” ~ “Lucifer!” Freya screamed into her comms. She watched