"Morgana, Isuke, find us a way to get out of here not on foot! We're losing her," Hoshi said to the Lorrfolk and scientist as she took a furtive glance back at Molli, who was fading fast. "Molli, keep a lookout on our six and sides. We need you!" With no way for the team to revive her, let alone heal the wound in her shoulder. The only thing left to do was keep her mind on the battle at hand and hope she didn't lose consciousness tucked behind Hoshi, who continued to shield Molli with her own small frame.
An expression of incensed rage on the face of William and Aiko's attacker morphed into something more confusedly irate as William blocked and parried every blow coming at him. Dropping his lip to seethe his breaths out from between his clenched teeth, the security guard seemed to be at his mind's bounds. Suddenly faced with William's shin tucked into his knee, he was out of his body's bounds, too. He was William's shield, but he was a strapped one as he grasped at his belt to pull a gun from his hip.
The security guard Sif targeted had been waiting for an opportunity to get in on the fight and she gave it to him. When she knocked his shin out from under him and grappled in close, he was quick with a retaliatory blow, palm striking into her face as she got close, then bringing his fist back for a punch to her gut. It wouldn't be enough, he knew that, and he too drew a pistol from his hip.
Aiko had been the only one to follow Hoshi's orders, but the order to have everyone target one man only worked if everyone did so. So far, nobody had been able to take out the man they were taking on alone.
Taking this in, Hoshi honed in on the man with the AR just as Aiko shot then spun against him. Unarmored but still able to move with the graceful precision she was known for in her Kirie, Aiko's movements and line of sight leading her meant Hoshi could track her movements even before they happened. Avoiding her XO even as she shot the lethal Type 45 came second nature to the captain as she dealt a finishing blow to the man. His semi-automatic clattered to the ground, no longer spraying out gunfire into the old sandstone walls behind Hoshi and William. Captain Hoshi followed Aiko's crimson eyes as they sparked on another target. Hoshi couldn't fire on him from her position without clipping Sif, so she simply watched with cold satisfaction as she saw Aiko's brisk shot at him knock him asunder.
Unlike his compatriots, the ID-SOL had unequivocally impaired the crew and Hoshi took comfort knowing Aiko's sights had been laid on him, hoping for some kind of justice for Molli behind her. Sustaining an injury to his hand, the man's Zen Arms gun flew into the air, but it was soaring only briefly as he lunged his neck forward and clasped the .45 between his teeth. His lip curled into a smile as he raised his arm. At first, Hoshi thought he was showing off his gruesome wound from Aiko, then she realized it was the other hand which she had shot. This one he was raising was flopped down beneath where it should biologically connect. It had opened on a hinge, revealing that his arm was a cybernetic gun of some sorts. From it came a bright blue muzzle flash that elongated as it exited his arm into a rod-like shape that was bordered by a light pink color. Hoshi realized, appalled, that he had a hidden plasma gun within his arm that he was aiming and firing directly at Aiko. She aimed her own stolen pistol at him after, shooting at his head, but the bullet dinged off of it like it had hit a ship hull.
An expression of incensed rage on the face of William and Aiko's attacker morphed into something more confusedly irate as William blocked and parried every blow coming at him. Dropping his lip to seethe his breaths out from between his clenched teeth, the security guard seemed to be at his mind's bounds. Suddenly faced with William's shin tucked into his knee, he was out of his body's bounds, too. He was William's shield, but he was a strapped one as he grasped at his belt to pull a gun from his hip.
The security guard Sif targeted had been waiting for an opportunity to get in on the fight and she gave it to him. When she knocked his shin out from under him and grappled in close, he was quick with a retaliatory blow, palm striking into her face as she got close, then bringing his fist back for a punch to her gut. It wouldn't be enough, he knew that, and he too drew a pistol from his hip.
Aiko had been the only one to follow Hoshi's orders, but the order to have everyone target one man only worked if everyone did so. So far, nobody had been able to take out the man they were taking on alone.
Taking this in, Hoshi honed in on the man with the AR just as Aiko shot then spun against him. Unarmored but still able to move with the graceful precision she was known for in her Kirie, Aiko's movements and line of sight leading her meant Hoshi could track her movements even before they happened. Avoiding her XO even as she shot the lethal Type 45 came second nature to the captain as she dealt a finishing blow to the man. His semi-automatic clattered to the ground, no longer spraying out gunfire into the old sandstone walls behind Hoshi and William. Captain Hoshi followed Aiko's crimson eyes as they sparked on another target. Hoshi couldn't fire on him from her position without clipping Sif, so she simply watched with cold satisfaction as she saw Aiko's brisk shot at him knock him asunder.
Unlike his compatriots, the ID-SOL had unequivocally impaired the crew and Hoshi took comfort knowing Aiko's sights had been laid on him, hoping for some kind of justice for Molli behind her. Sustaining an injury to his hand, the man's Zen Arms gun flew into the air, but it was soaring only briefly as he lunged his neck forward and clasped the .45 between his teeth. His lip curled into a smile as he raised his arm. At first, Hoshi thought he was showing off his gruesome wound from Aiko, then she realized it was the other hand which she had shot. This one he was raising was flopped down beneath where it should biologically connect. It had opened on a hinge, revealing that his arm was a cybernetic gun of some sorts. From it came a bright blue muzzle flash that elongated as it exited his arm into a rod-like shape that was bordered by a light pink color. Hoshi realized, appalled, that he had a hidden plasma gun within his arm that he was aiming and firing directly at Aiko. She aimed her own stolen pistol at him after, shooting at his head, but the bullet dinged off of it like it had hit a ship hull.