The vehicle, coaxed by John Davis' machinations, swerved out onto the lumpy subway tracks. The tires were wide enough to avoid any dangerous catches or spills from the small gaps between the several steel-plated rails, warranting only a few troublesome bumps as the truck began to pick up speed on the track.
Almost as soon as the vehicle left the garage, several more crab-type NMX, similar to the one that was just recently torn to pieces by the crass lass Val Faire, literally poured out from the stairwell. Dozens of them spilled into the empty subway station, but it did not take long before one of them spotted the wake of the escaping truck and began to give chase. Spurred on by the single pursuing scuttling terror, the rest of the swarm of fifty or so began crawling at an alarmingly quick pace into the subway tunnel. The Delsaurian, at the rear of the truck's large rear bed, peeked his head out and observed as the swarm of crab NMX spread out onto the track several hundred yards away. It wasn't a pretty sight, nor was the idea of being chased by them a comfortable one; the Delsaurian quickly sat back down, his cybernetic eyes clacking softly in his worried state. The other citizens sat in the middle of the truck bed, keeping together and as far away from risen edges of the vehicle as possible.
The bed of the truck, occupied by a handful of the marines, Flint Vanderhuge, Violetta De Luca and the civilians they had rescued, had apparently been used at one point during the NMX occupation. The metal floor was littered with a number of things; trash, mostly, but also a dirty cot, several bags of spoiled food, and other urban survival tools, no doubt gathered hastily by the previous owner of the vehicle. Although they were nowhere to be found, what they had left behind was visible and available enough.
Violetta De Luca reached up and held her earpiece to the side of her head, the slight gusts from the vehicle picking up speed beginning to rustle it from her ear. "Davis, try to safely speed up! I don't think we can outrun them at this rate," the female officer spurred John on as she peered out from her side of the large construction truck's cargo bed. Although they were a fair distance away, it was plain to see that they were gaining ground on the vehicle. Although their claws and teeth might not be much of a threat to the soldiers individually, it was possibly quite lethal to have so many after their blood. The unarmored civilians, Admiral and Grand Admiral were at much higher risk.
Flint Vanderhuge, at the rear of the vehicle, had already drawn his overtly large firearm, aimed and fired. The absurdly-large caliber pistol round soar through the air, colliding with the leading crab NMX further down the tracks. The beast appeared to explode in a mess of brown mush and torn limbs, only to be stampeded over and replaced by the rest. Flint snorted indignantly, smirking as he flipped the breech-loading pistol open and began to replace the empty shell casing with a fresh round. "Might want to start thinking about thinning them out if that's the case, De Luca," Flint warned Violetta, keeping his eyes focused on the swarm quickly closing in behind them.
Violetta De Luca turned and looked at Flint, nodding along with his assessment. "I agree. Marines, thin them out!"