Location: Wayland; Mining Platform - Mt. Tantiss Complex Tunnels - Base of Core --->>> Bomb Location
Objective: Maze Runner [Objective 3]
Allies: [member="Graad Hokan"] | [member="Darth Wyrrlok VI"] | [member="Verz Horak"] | [member="Briika Detta"] | [member="Chaos Maxtor"] | [member="A'den Shereshoy"]
Enemies: [member="Laguz Vald"] | [member="Ebenezer"] | [member="Jun Nez"] | [member="Token Waters"]
Gear:
MAP:
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIxas0a-KgM[/media]
As Anija was continuing to move the lift downward, her comm warbled, and for a moment, her concentration faltered. She didn't have the time for this! But Verz's comment drew her up short mentally.
<Take my Bes'uliik. It will get you there faster....There is a booster ability on the engines... here is how you use it....> She quickly outlined the concept (check the bes'uliik sub link in my sig). She knew her comments were terse, and might be interpreted as rude. But right now, she didn't have time to apologize for it. After she cut the comm, she gave quick instructions to ANNE. Up on the surface, near Verz's current position, Anija's bes'uliik decloaked, and there was a hiss of pneumatic as the canopy raised slowly. For now, Anija left an open Comm to Verz, and instructed ANNE to mute her audio pickup. This allowed ANNE and Verz to converse without further distracting Anija from her task.
Back in the lift, Anija swore. The elevator had dropped several meters and stopped again. Fortunately, neither her nor her companion (Wyyrlock) were hurt. She'd heard Graad's voice on the comm, and grinned as she remembered what he'd said they were going to do. It was risky,
Jare'la. But it was doable. Frowning, Anija studied the map and the blinking orange indicators on the map overlay. They had reached the bottom of the shaft quicker than she'd thought. Turning to Zhaerack, Anija muttered an apology and then briefly outlined what had happened, and made sure ANNE transferred him a copy of the map and kept it updated with their locations.
Here goes the craziest plan ever.... she thought to herself as she used the plasma torch in her right gauntlet to cut a hole in the lift floor. Carefully, she lifted the metal out, and set it aside.
"Follow as quickly as you can. And be prepared for anything..." Having said that, she took a deep breath and dropped through the hole. The drop was shorter than she'd expected. Reaching into the Force, she used it to slow her fall slightly, allowing her to land and roll back to her feet. Then she took off. The floor beneether her feet shifted slightly from an aftershock, and Anija stumbled for a moment as she ran down the short hallway to the next lift shaft.
When she reached it, Anija took a few deep breaths and reached into the Force again. She didn't have a jetpack, but with the Force, she didn't need one. She stood on the precipice of the final lift shaft and just breathed. Adrenaline coursed through her veins, and she could feel her pulse pounding in her temples. Another deep breath, and then another. And then she
leaped. Perhaps she was Jare'la herself... but right now, she didn't care. All she cared about was the mission. And completing it.
The leap drove Anija's heart into her throat. this was perhaps one of the craziest things she'd ever done. Right up with almost piloting them into The Wheel. Air whipped past her visor, and she could hear a faint whistling outside her sealed helmet. ANNE projected an elevation ticker on her HUD, counting down as she reached closer to the bottom The numbers ticked down quickly. When the ticker reached ten meters, it flashed red and Anija exerted herself in the Force. It wasn't easy, and not exactly like other things she'd done in the past. Spreading her hands out facing the ground, she
pushed against it with the Force.
As she drew closer to the floor below, Anija swallowed. By this time, she would have reached (and possibly passed Graad and Briika's position - as little more than a purple and black blur. Just before she would have fallen face first to kiss the duracrete floor, Anija felt her Force push taking affect. Her rate of descent slowed, and she tucked up her knees. When she hit the floor, it knocked the wind out of her for a moment or two. Being the Force enhancement specialist that she was, she was able to draw oxygen into her lungs and breathe evenly after another minute or so.
Brushing herself off, she pushed to her feet and sent a quick message to Briika and Graad to follow. As she looked around, she spotted Elgyn's armor and belt. grinning to herself, she rifled through a few of it's holsters and pouches, grabbing what grenades she could find as well as one of the blasters as a backup. And that stim looked rather nice too... And then she took off again. Her muscles were beginning to ache. But she didn't care. Again, she drew on the Force as Ember had shown her. She'd done this kind of thing before, she could again. Her boots scrabbled against the rubble-strewn floor for a second or two and then she was off again, sprinting through the detention blocks. She could sense Elgyn up ahead and grinned.
As she drew closer, she tapped him on the shoulder. At the same time, everyone would feel the ground begin to rumble again. It wasn't as big a quake as before, but it still caused rocks and other rubble to fall from the ceiling and quickly pile up to block the entry way on the bottom of the stairs behind Laguz.
This is about to get interesting. Anija thought to herself as she sensed Graad and Briika working to close the distance behind her and Elgyn. It was now that Anija bent over as her exertions caught up with her. For perhaps a minute or so, she just focused on breathing and keeping her senses open as ANNE scanned for any others approaching.
As she rested her hands on her knees, her external audio pickup began to feed her, an odd sound. That of many funny scrabbling feet, and a low rumble that was very different than that of the earthquake. Frowning, she increased the gain on it as it came through her external pickup. The sound grew louder. Whatever it was, it was getting closer.
Perhaps thirty seconds later, the side wall of the bomb chamber exploded inwards. From the hole exploded a writhing mass of small creatures. Each was about .25 to .5 meters tall.
Kremlins. The earthquake and it's aftershocks had woken them. The mass of creatures spread out into the chamber, angling towards Laguz, and some towards the Mandos. Behind the collapse, a second group was swiftly closing in on Token and Ebenezer, cutting them off from Laguz and Jun Nez.