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| 30. Ambush. | 32. Rapport. |
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31. Evolving Tactics
Spots. "Breakthrough!"
Fang. "****, run faster!"
[ Team Kitty ] Claws : ****, ****, ****, I'm almost there!
Fang. "****ing tell me something useful, Claws!"
[ Team Kitty ] Claws : I'll set the trap, give me three minutes!
Fang, running. "**** you, we don't have three minutes!"
Spots. "I can hold them for one."
Fang. "One! Then what!"
Spots. "Then you hold them and I shoot. Ready? NOW." She flings herself around and makes the shield wall again... when the crabs hit it, the impact shoves her back half a meter. She hisses. "SHOOT, FANG!"
Fang starts picking them off. Her movements are quick, competent and steady... but she's cursing continuously.
Suddenly, from the com:
[ Team Kitty ] Claws : ****!!!!
Spots. "Claws...?"
[ Team Kitty ] Claws : The ****in' grid is OVER THE TRAP!
Fang. "You have got to be kidding me!"
Spots. "I'm almost to quarter power, I've got to stop or I won't have anything to run with."
Fang lunges toward her, activates shield, stares at settings. "****! How do I do this??"
Spots grabs her arm with her free hand, resets the shield and springs back as it opens to fill the corridor. She starts shooting, stops—"Keep your head down, for God's sake! Kneel!"
Fang, dropping. "****! I am not a kneeler!"
Spots ignores her. "Claws? Where are you?"
[ Team Kitty ] Claws : Comin'....
Spots. "Come faster, please."
Fang, muttering, sweating. "Fang-two would have run with that."
Spots. "He's going to be fine. And so are we."
Fang, staring at shield settings. "****, I'm down a third already!"
[ Team Kitty ] Claws : What's the shield strength at?
Fang. "Still 100%, but my suit power's draining fast."
[ Team Kitty ] Claws : Spots, get behind her. DO IT NOW!
Spots dives behind Fang... as a grenade bounces off the shield wall.
Detonation—
| 30. Ambush. | 32. Rapport. |
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