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Without warning, a loud noise and bright flash, which by now was obviously known as a Daisy's thruster pack, could be seen and heard going off, about 90 yards ahead of Maya and Kazuma. Within two seconds, a crashing could be heard and Satomi's daisy could be seen crashing through the canopy, LASR pointed straight at Maya. The neko opened fire, hoping to be heroic and knock Maya off of her Teammate. Hoping was the key word. The rubber bullets flew wild, one nicking Maya's LAZR, and 4 hitting Kazuma in various appendages, critically wounding him. Satomi hit the ground with a loud crunch, ending up in a pile on the floor, slightly dazed, and slowly getting back up.
The simulated pain from the Daisy kicked in, making Kazuma grab his leg, where one of the bullets hit. "Ow! Shoot her, not me!" He tried to stand, but his leg gave out and he fell back down. "First I'm captured, now I'm crippled by a teammate..." Kazuma sighed and let the scene unfold in front of him.
Maya tried firing her LASR at Satomi but the damn thing seem to be jammed from the damage. Frustrated, Maya tossed the broken weapon aside and jumped at Satomi before she can pull off another shot while at the same time sent a telepathic message to Karen and the rest of Nova squad for backup. "Oh no you don't!!!"
That half a second of attempted fire by Maya was all the time Satomi needed, bringing her own LASR to bear on the now pouncing enemy. two short bursts of three rubber bullets erupted from the weapon's muzzle, 5 hitting Maya, the last knocking a righteous hole into a tree. One to each appendage and one to the chest, the force knocking the wind out of maya, even with the suit on. She was thrown backwards, landing on the ground with a thud. her HUD read critical damage to both arms and legs, and Major damage to her torso. She was alive, but not very useful anymore.
Karen ran forwards, desperately firing at Satomi. "You killed the team leader! Even though she hated me, she was like a friend to me!" She seemed to be taking it a bit too real as she fired her clip at Satomi.
Lance had given up on watching and decided to use the opening Satomi created and snuck to the enemy base. He crouched behind a tree, about 20 meter away from the two members of Kaze at the base. "Good night," he said, squeezing off a three-round burst at the closet armor.
Satomi, still alert, noticed Karen rushing forward, firing wildly, and managed to jump out of the way, but she jumped the wrong direction and got nicked in her gun arm by one of the bullets, reducing it's effectiveness by 45%.
Lance's burst sang straight home, dropping Brandi like a fly, but it had the side effect of alerting Sarah, who turned around and fired back, missing, before rushing off towards the dots labeled "Kazuma" and "Satomi", dragging with her Brandi's 'dead' armour, for no apparent reason. "K1, K2!" she called "we've been compromised, converging on your position" she called wildly over the encrypted channel.
Maya was struggling to get up but to avail, her injuries were slowing her down. Maya then saw that Satomi was ignoring her so using all her might, Maya struggled to grab Satomi by the leg and then activate her Daisy's jump jets to try and knock Satomi out on anything in there path.
A sudden motion at her feet alerted Satomi, and she tried moving, but a second too late. an armored hand grabbed her ankle and then Maya's jump jets went off, propelling the pair forward, straight into a tree. Satomi got her leg slammed into the tree, the force actually dislocating her knee and causing simulated 'heavy' damage to it. Maya was flung wide, landing in a bush, and taking no further damage. Now four out of 8 armours were lying on the ground in varying states of 'disrepair'
Lance followed behind the fleeing Sarah's armor, staying behind about ten meters. He couldn't get a clear shot and didn't want to waste time and ammo trying to get the shot. Once she stops, I can get into a good position and take the shot.
Karen watched with an open mouth as Maya's armor grabbed onto Satomi's foot and propelled them both into a nearby tree. "Um... Lance?" she said, her voice shaking. "Maya's been taken out and I don't Know where Hotaru is. So... now that your team leader, what should I do??"
Maya was still feeling dizzy after that wild ride, she tried to get up but to no avail, she need medical help. Maya struggled to give the rest of Nova squad one last message. "Hotaru... Lance... Karen... It's... all... up... to you guys now. Good Luck and stay alive, thats all I ask!" With that Mayya started to zone out.
"Seems the tables have turned," Kazuma said camly to Maya. "It was fun, but here we are, both crippled on the ground...Well, I guess I'll follow your lead and sleep for a while."
As soon as she reached the rest of her team, Sarah turned around and fired at her pursuer, whom she could still see through the trees. What luck she thought, seeing all the rubber bullets go wide, lance having no trouble avoiding them.
Satomi tried getting up, feeling both real and simulated pain in her right leg. she leaned against a tree instead, and, seeing Karen, fired at her, and miraculously hit her opponent in the legs, though most of the shots went wide.
Lance ducked behind a tree and slammed a fresh clip into his LASR. "Karen," he sent over the team radio. "Aim for Satomi, I'll get Sarah!" He rushed in to the field and open fired at Sarah's armor, using a series of three-round bursts.
"I hear you," Karen said, but before she could react, her balance fell as the pain sensors told her that her legs gave out. "I'm incapacitated!" she shouted at Lance. Readying her LASR, she found her attacker and fired, squeezing down the trigger.
Lance's shots flew wide of Sarah, as the tiny Neko jumped out of the way behind her own tree, copying Lance and slamming a fresh magazine into her LASR
Satomi, lamely damaged as she was, managed to dodge out of Karen's shot by simply falling over.
Team Kaze was now ready to fight back, the uninjured Sarah firing at her equal opponent Lance, and the lame Satomi parralelling her teammate's situation.
Even lying on the ground, Satomi was able to pinch off an accurate round right into Karen's temple, Knocking her out instantly. Sarah tried a new tactic, rushing out to fire on her opponent. The result: she tripped on a tree root and was now lying in plain sight of her enemy. To add to her terrible luck, she had lost her LASR in the fall.
Lance launched for the opportunity, not hesitating from the unexpected result and not leaving himself too open from seeing an opening. He jumped out, fired off two bursts, and jumped behind the tree again, waiting to see the results of the attack.
Lance's timing and accuracy were dead on, the bullets reaching Sarah before she could even move. A light shone on his HUD, confirming the KO of his opponent.
Satomi noted the loss of her temmate, also. She checked her HUD for Lance's position (ala her drones) and discovered he had looped around behind her. thinking hard, she did the best thing she could think of to get out of the way. go up. Sitting up (not without difficulty) she activated the jump jets and flew above the canopy.
Lance ran into another clearing about 20 meters off and engaged his boosters to find his opponent. He didn't want to boost right into her, but if she was watching, she could probably tell where he was. He prepared his rifle, ready to fire right when she appeared in his vision.
Satomi was slightly startled to see lance appear above the trees, though it wasn't an entirely unexpected course of action for him to take. ready as she was, Satomi's damaged arm caused the shots to go wide, one getting close enough to lance to put an alert on his HUD.
I have to end this before she gets lucky, he thought. If this shot hits the target, it will all be over. If I miss... He ignored the further possibilities and focused on the goal at hand. He took extra time to aim and had his AIES stabilize the boosters as much as possible to get a clear shot. He lined up the sights and fired at the flying enemy. "Sayonara."
With all his steadying, Lance's shot was on course. Not 100% accurate but not inaccurate either. In any case, Satomi's wavering flight caused the shot to impact on her left leg, taking it out, but what were legs when one was flying?
In response, the neko returned the favor, unloading the rest of her Magazine at the Yamataian enemy of hers. even with the wild firing, she only hit him once, likewise in the leg.
Lance held his ground, or air, while withstanding the barrage of bullets surrounding him. Escaping the attack with only a hurt leg, he resumed his earlier attack position and fired once more at his one remaining enemy.
Lance's shot sailed home, right into that same leg, as satomi managed to keep her concentration on the LASR she was reloading, which she now turned upon Lance and fired.
Lance, getting rather annoyed at his opponent's endurance, fired the rest of his clip in the same steady manner, but this time adjusting his aim so he wouldn't hit the same leg again.
Her short burst managed to lodge one of it's bullets in the weaker armour of his left armpit, completely 'removing' it.
Lance's adjusted aim wasn't quite enough, merely bouncing off Satomi's waist and causing 'light' damage. in the reprieve, the Neko had adjusted her own aim, taking another shot at lance, hitting him in the thruster pack, which turned off, dropping him the 75 or so feet to the forest floor.
At that moment, Kail's voice could be heard over the radio in every PA. "Good job soldiers, that was a decent first attempt. In a real battle, you'll have to be better however. That's why we're training you. Once I unlock your PA's, you may return to the hangar to change. Anyone with injuries, head to the Med center. Oh, someone grab Hotaru and Karen, they can't move on their own right now."
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