When Danger Rears its Ugly Head

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Behind the first a second shimmered into existance. Teleported in or something, Jade assumed.

"Hit Mark Theta. Assisting in extermination protocol Alpha." It too had a savage looking vibro-blade. It's second arm was capped with a single gun barrel. "Initiating plasma cannon." It monotoned.

"Guys, guys, GUYS!" Jade squealed, squirming more insistantly now to get out from under the man mountain.
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Jamie pushed himself out from the pile of people. As they were, there was no chance of escape, or even living. The Hit Marks were bulky, but they looked relatively agile for wha they were. The pinnacle of Roo defensive technology. Close combat effectiveness coupled with range capability made them virtually unstoppable, not to mention that they could phase out like the Roo themselves.

Each of them, standing roughly 6 feet tall looked unimposing compared to the taller members of the Blue Dwarf crew, but these things were frames of super-strong alloy developed by atemporal science, created for nothing other than war.

Squeezing out from underneath Evelina, Jamie once more cursed the ten year stint on Fernandos, and wished for the same physical position, under other circumstances. Jaxx had also managed to pull himself out of the pile, his greater height than any of the others making it an easy job for him. He stood in front of the pile of people, giving them a chance to get up.

"Gnarly guns." He said, getting out his holo-whips and chains, beginning to spin them up around him. "See what you make of these!"

The first holo-fibre slahed through the front of the first warframe, a glowing line where it had passed right through it.

Passed right through it?

Jaxx stepped back for a moment, gaining more momentum in his swings, and tried again, this time with one of the more solid chains.

"Jaxx!" Jamie called, just getting to his feet. "They're atemporal, just RUN!"

Alex got to his feet at that point, his SNIG JLS in hand, pointed at the mechanical monstrosities.

"Holograms!" he called, "It's an Ambush!" and started firing. Much like the reaction that hard-light holograms would have, the bullets did nothing.

***Assessing Threat Level*** buzzed Hit Mark Echo. ***Threat Level: Trivial.*** it continued, and turned towards the pile.

***Initiating Scorch and Burn Protocol. Disintegrating with Extreme Prejudice.***

The plasma cannon on the arm of Hit Mark Theta began to glow, and the barrel span. They had time.

"COME ON!" Jamie yelled, getting everyone up.

From the bottom of the pile, Jade called up "Get them off me! I can barely breathe!"

"Jaxx, give me a hand!" Jamie called, prompting Jaxx to put away his ineffectual weapons, and grab the pile of human-shaped genetic material (Because that covers GELFs too).

Jaxx ran with Evelina on his shoulder for a while, and pulled Jade to her feet, giving her a quick push away from the Hit Marks.

"Sergeant!" Jamie called, taking cue from Jade. "Fall back! We can't hold them here!"

In response, Alex dropped an empty clip from his weapon, and loaded a new one. "Agreed, Corporal. Get Patterson to signal the retreat. We regroup at position Three."

Jamie rolled with it. "Sir!"

Alex reeled off another burst with his gun, covering their escape and expertly supressing the corridor, as his bullets went straight through the Hit Marks.

<tag. Time for a tactical retreat, aka Bravely Run Away.>