Ch. 7

Of Good and Evil

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"Everyone, get in the air ship now!" Lacey demanded as the laser blast from the spider tank's cannon effortlessly blew a hole into the hangar door and knocked Wilma, Ashanti, Lacey, and Gates off of their feet as debris fell on top of them.

The spider tank operator and the unit of Atlesian soldiers seized the advantage and fired upon their downed foes while the low ranking White Fang soldiers hurriedly threw the debris off of them and made a mad dash for the air ship as if they were mice being chased by a horde of rabid, hungry cats.

"Crap, crap, crap!" Wilma screeched as she grabbed Gates's arm when she saw him fall down and ran towards the air ship as fast as her legs could carry her while keeping a firm grip on her friend's arm and on top of that having to force down the pain from her previous injuries.

Gates, in another capable display of his marksmanship, turned his body to the side and took careful aim before depressing the trigger causing an Atlesian soldier to cry out and hit the ground as she tightly gripped her wounded hand.

"Lacey, hold this please!" Ashanti bellowed as she quickly handed the sergeant her rifle and stabilized her footing as the spider tank fired off another shot at Wilma and Gates who managed to barely get out of the way, but they were still flung forward from the force behind the energy blast.

Lacey hurriedly took Ashanti's rifle and tilted it along with her rifle to the side a bit as she felt the zebra faunus grab the scruff of her collar and hastily drag her to the air ship as if the creator of Grimm was after her. Taking careful aim, Lacey squeezed the trigger and immediately her enemies were forced to take cover as a hailstorm of bullets flew their way like heavy rainfall while others fell from the onslaught of bullets before the spider tank blasted another cannon shot which was aimed at them this time. Ashanti, seeing the cannon shot headed their way, put her hands underneath Lacey's armpits and using all of the strength in her legs, jumped back as far as she could as the energy blast impacted the area where they once were.

Thanks to Ashanti's actions, she and Lacey weren't turned to paste from the force behind the cannon shot nor were they obliterated into nothingness, but they both were still sent flying forward with the heat burning away at their uniforms and causing some mild burns on their flesh. Ashanti and Lacey harshly tumbled across the floor like a driver going at high speeds suddenly flung from their windshield where they came to a stop with the zebra faunus lying on her belly while Lacey was lying on her back.

"Both of you let's go!" Wilma wailed worriedly as she grabbed both of her friend's arms and dragged them up the damaged ramp into the air ship while Gates grimaced when he felt a bullet hit his shoulder only for the White Fang goon to fire back and yet another tin man hit the ground while putting a hand over the inside of his elbow.

"Gates, get in!" the reindeer faunus shrieked concernedly and despite the deafening sounds of battle, Gates heard her and tactically retreated towards the airship while continuing to fire at his enemies while Wilma helped by wildly blasting rounds from her rifle at the soldiers forcing some of them to take cover.

Seeing Gates sprint up the ramp, Wilma quickly closed the ramp up and ran over to Ashanti while Gates slung his rifle over his shoulder and knelt down next to Lacey.

"You okay?" Wilma asked her friend while helping her up to her feet which Ashanti nodded at it before frowning when she saw that part of Wilma's pants was torn revealing a rather nasty burn mark running down her leg that was a bright, furious red.

"Wilma, Ashanti, get to the turrets and blast these guys!" Lacey shouted while she ran towards the pilot seat with Gates not too far behind causing the two friends to hastily nod and sprint over to the machine guns before they both gasped and fell forward as the spider tank fired upon the air ship causing it to shake uncontrollably.

"Uh...Lacey," Gates grumbled while patting her shoulder causing the sergeant to turn around and find that the ramp, the only thing separating her team from their enemies, had fallen down from a well placed shot from an Atlesian soldier.

"Damn it; Ashanti, come back and help Gates fend these guys off! I'm going to try and get this thing moving!" Lacey shouted as she frantically searched the panel for anything that may seem to start the air ship while Ashanti took out one of her throwing axes and flung it at one of her foes who shot the ax out of mid air and tried to advance up the ramp only to be shot in the knee by Gates.

Wilma, in the meantime, managed to reach one of the ladders leading to a turret only for another shot from the spider tank to rock the aircraft which made the reindeer faunus gasp as she nearly fell on her face only to stop her fall with her forearms. Shaking her head, the White Fang goon quickly climbed to her feet and shifted her head to the side a bit so her large antlers wouldn't get in the way as she slowly climbed down the ladder and sat down on a chair that was in control of the turret guns. Grimacing and letting out a low hiss when her butt flared up in searing pain, the stout faunus shook her head vigorously before refocusing on the task at hand.

"Okay Wilma, just think of this as shooting a really, really big rifle," the reindeer faunus breathed out as she tentatively grabbed the handles meant to maneuver the turret around and slowly aimed the barrel of the guns at the soldiers trying to move into the air ship she and her friends were on, but were being repelled by Ashanti and Gates for the time being.

Just as she was ready to fire, Wilma was forcefully flung forward and hit her head on the handle as another shot from the spider tank made the air ship shake like a building in an earthquake causing the stout faunus to groan and let out a breathe before regaining her composure. Taking careful aim, Wilma squeezed down on the triggers and let loose a three round burst of the turret that hit a soldier in the chest and sent him crumpling to the ground causing his comrades to immediately switch their attention to Wilma.

Gritting her teeth, Wilma shot off another three rounds as bullets began hitting the glass around the small compartment she was in, but the reindeer faunus paid it no mind as let loose multiple three rounds bursts from the turret that would miss the majority of the time, but would sometimes hit their mark and send a soldier crashing to the floor.

"Wilma, let the bullets fly, girl!" Lacey chided her causing the reindeer faunus to raise a brow and shake her head as she pressed the triggers as hard as she could and watched as thousands of rounds flew from the barrel towards the direction of the soldiers causing the reindeer faunus to widen her eyes as tin men began dropping like flies from the wild barrage.

While the Atlesian soldiers were busy dragging their wounded behind cover, one soldier jolted when he saw a musket ball embed itself into the wall mere inches away from his face. Another tin man, however, wailed as a round shot hit the metallic structure of his foot armor where his big toe would be and collapsed on the floor while holding his foot as he let out a bitter curse.

"I can't hit anything with this!" Ashanti snarled angrily as she slung her muzzle loading rifle on her shoulder and took out a throwing ax and while Gates ducked back into cover and took out a primitive hunting boomerang.

"Try aiming off target a bit," Gates suggested as he took out a large hunting boomerang and carefully peeked out of cover where he found his next target that was focusing their fire on the compartment Wilma was in.

Bringing his arm back, Gates threw the boomerang as hard as he could at his distracted foe and saw the boomerang bounce off the helmet causing the soldier wobble on her feet before falling onto her back while breathing slowly. Ashanti followed suit as another energy salvo from the spider tank made the air ship tremble, but the zebra faunus managed to remain focused and hurled her throwing ax at a tin man who was about to fire into a gap in the area of the ship Wilma was in, but the back of the throwing ax hit her in the side of her helmet.

The Atlesian soldier let out a cry and hit the ground face first where she lay still while letting out a groan causing Ashanti to nod as finally, the air ship began moving forward at a snail's pace. The reindeer faunus allowed a grin to come to her face before she resumed maintaining suppression fire on the tin men while ignoring the ear splitting sound of the downed ramp dragging across the ground.

While she was busy keeping the tin men at bay, Wilma couldn't help but let out a quick laugh as after the air ship endured a few more shots from the spider tank, Lacey rammed the giant aircraft into the spider tank which knocked it on its side where it rapidly flailed its legs in a futile attempt to get upright. Seeing her enemies retreat, the reindeer faunus kept her grip on the handles and kept a lookout for any other soldiers headed their way while hearing Lacey order Ashanti to get to the other turret.

"Alright, we just need to get to the warehouse-"

Lacey began only for the spider tank to bombard the ship from its helpless position with the energy blast impacting the side of the ramp and sent Gates flying forward like rag doll where he hit the glass, collapsed on the panel, and crashed to the floor where he lay deathly still.

"GATES!" the sergeant wailed as she abandoned her position in the pilot's chair and knelt down next to her friend's motionless form and meticulously inspecting him for the damage that he suffered.

"Lacey, what happened!? Why did we stop moving!?" Ashanti shouted nervously as she began firing at approaching Atlesian soldiers and knocked down a few with a flurry of bullets while Wilma hissed when some bullets flew through the gaps of the glass and impacted the wall next to her head.

"Gates got hurt really bad so our mission just got a lot harder!" Lacey yelled into the walkie talkie as she gently propped her friend on a wall off to the side so no stray bullets would hit him causing him to groan while Wilma gnashed her teeth together and gripped the handles of the turret tightly upon hearing this.

The reindeer faunus was briefly taken aback as the aircraft began moving across the ground at a far quicker pace than last time which was good, but her blood ran cold when she saw that the bulk of the tin men's forces diverted itself from fending off the chainsaw commando's forward assault and instead focused their attention on them.

"Uhh...Lacey? I think the tin men caught on to what our plan was," Wilma pointed out causing the sergeant to snarl over the walkie talkie and slowly increased the speed of the air ship once again as what seemed to be a whole horde of soldiers fired at the compartment's the reindeer and zebra faunus were in.

"Ugh! Just go away already!" Ashanti roared as she let held down the triggers as hard as she could and knocked down some approaching soldiers while averting her fire away from those dragging their wounded into cover, but that left a whole lot of other tin men stoically marching forward while firing at the chamber she was in.

"Augh! Lacey, can we please go faster?" Wilma asked as politely as she could while letting out a whimper when a bullet whizzed through the gap in her chamber and grazed her arm causing blood to splay across the walls like paint.

Gritting her teeth, Wilma leaned to the side a bit to provide some cover for her body while keeping one hand on her wounded arm while using the other one to maintain suppression fire on the approaching soldiers which did little to stem the tide of battle.

"Don't worry guys; the warehouse is just up ahead!" Lacey assured the remaining members of her team causing Wilma and Ashanti to mentally sigh in relief as they continued to fire at the swam of soldiers fearlessly marching towards them.

The reindeer faunus gasped and tightened her grip on the handle so she wouldn't be flung off to the side when she felt the sergeant suddenly turn the giant airship around and began backing it up. Ashanti, however, gasped and put her hands against the glass to prevent her head hitting against it when she felt the air ship suddenly crash into something causing the zebra faunus to irritably sigh as she continued to bombard the soldiers. Feeling the airship lurch forward a bit and then quickly back up made Wilma's head spin and wondered what the sergeant was doing, but trusted whatever Lacey was trying to do.

"Alright...almost...ugh! Just one more push!" Wilma heard the sergeant say over the walkie talkies while the aircraft once again moved forward a bit before crashing into something from behind causing the reindeer faunus to raise a brow a bit only to let out an agonizing wail as a bullet firmly embedded itself into one of her antlers.

Violently trembling and feeling her world spin, Wilma tentatively reached for her injury and felt warm, sticky blood smear across her hand causing the reindeer faunus to let out a frantic breathe before she felt her body get deathly cold. The last thing she saw before slumping down on the handles of the turret was more bullets flying her way like heavy rainfall and the only indication she was still alive was the rising and falling of her chest.


"Alright, got it! We're through!" Lacey yelled over the walkie talkie as after ducking beneath bullets flying her way, the sergeant finally managed to back the passenger area of the airship through part of the wall of the warehouse and then ensured the aircraft would stay in place while the team took their plunder.

"Wilma, let's get the dust and get out of here! I saw a place on the map where we can hide out for a bit until the air bus can pick us up! Wilma, can you hear me?" Ashanti asked concernedly as she climbed up the ladder and then sprinted as fast as her legs could carry her to the compartment her friend was in and saw, to her horror, her friend breathing slowly while lying face down on the turret handles with blood slowly dripping down onto a puddle on the floor.

"No...please no," Ashanti mumbled as she quickly placed her rifles on the ground so they wouldn't get in the way and climbed down the ladder while doing her best to ignore the barrage of bullets now focused on her as she carefully hoisted the unconscious reindeer faunus over her shoulder with ease.

Scaling the ladder, the zebra faunus saw Lacey kneeling down next to the opening to the compartment with her hand extended causing Ashanti to descend down the ladder a bit in order to make lifting Wilma through the small opening easier.

"I got you," Lacey assured her blacked out friend while securing a strong grip around Wilma's arm and waist as she tugged her through the entrance to the turret causing the sergeant to let out a quick yelp as she suddenly found herself on her back with her inert friend on top of her.

"Grab Gates and let's get the dust out of here!" Ashanti shouted as she put her weapons back on her shoulders and then lifted up Wilma into her arms bridal style before running down the ramp of the airship causing the sergeant to nod and scurry to her feet in order to get to Gates.

Kneeling down next to her friend, Lacey put one of Gate's arms around her neck and gripped the area underneath his armpits before standing up and jogging down the ramp to see Wilma propped up against the wall while Ashanti shot one of the cargo containers open with her rifle.

"Okay Lacey, what are we going to do about the tin men death squad literally right outside the door?" the zebra faunus asked her friend while riddling holes into the edges of another cargo container that caused part of the door to fall off while Lacey set Gates against the wall next to Wilma and put a hand on her chin.

"I...think I have an idea," Lacey responded as she took out her walkie talkie and fiddled with it for a bit before holding it up to her mouth and speaking into the device.

"Lieutenant, my team and I are pinned down in a warehouse with all the dust by a whole lot of tin men so we need you and your men to push the forward assault into the base," Lacey requested politely as the sound of a pained scream and the revving of a chainsaw could be heard on the other line causing Ashanti to cringe.

"You're lucky that raiding the armory is a secondary objective," the lieutenant barked at the sergeant who maintained her composure while switching the device off just as the sickening, squelching sound of sharp, metal teeth cleaving through what sounded like flesh could be heard by the duo.

"Okay, that solves that problem, but we still need a way to get Wilma and Gates out of here safely along with all this dust," Ashanti stated while prying open another cargo container door by using her sword as improvised crowbar which broke the blade in half, but did manage to jam the door open a bit causing the zebra faunus to snarl.

"Ugh, that's it!" Ashanti roared as she took a step back and with all the strength and fury she could muster, kicked the bent edge of the cargo container door which sent it flying off its hinges and skidding across the floor with an ear wrenching screech.

Lacey recoiled and did a double take on what she saw before her eyes widened and held up her index finger while bouncing on her toes a bit.

"Oh, oh, I know what we should do! We need to knock down all the cargo container doors, blasts some holes in them like a three hole puncher, and then use something to tie them together!" the sergeant explained causing Ashanti's eyes to widen like saucers before she shook her head and narrowed her eyes at her friend before groaning and shooting off another door.

Nodding, Lacey took out her own rifle and began shooting off the hinges of the cargo container doors in tandem with Ashanti before they finally managed to knock them all down and were left with eight cargo container doors lying around the floor.

"I'll get the doors together, you go find something to tie these together," Ashanti said while putting her foot on a downed door and giving it a strong kick causing it to slide across the floor where it collided with another one.

Ashanti saw Lacey nod and scurry off to find the binding while the zebra faunus quickly went to work aligning the doors together in a large square as to her relief, the soldiers outside were no longer focusing on them and instead focused on the lieutenant's forward assault. After managing to get the doors together, Ashanti frowned and put a hand on her chin as she examined the makeshift pallet intently before she let out a growl and turned her head to Lacey who was jogging back to her with her arms full of chains.

"It's not going to be big enough, Lacey," Ashanti pointed out causing the sergeant to bit down on her lip as they both suddenly heard a door up on the walkway being slammed open causing Lacey to look at the zebra faunus and gesture at their injured comrades.

Nodding, Ashanti rushed over to Wilma and Gates and grabbed both of their wrists before dragging them behind the shipping containers before she took out her own rifle and jogged next to Lacey just as a squad of soldiers sprinted onto the walkway. Before Ashanti could even level her rifle, Lacey had already fired upon the tin men causing one soldier to stagger back and slam his spine into the railing while another one grabbed her gut and doubled over causing Ashanti's jaw to drop.

"Don't just stand there, help me!" Lacey yelled causing the zebra faunus to shake herself out of the stupor and began firing in the direction of the soldiers causing some to shield their faces with their forearms, but most of the bullets she had fired missed their mark.

Lacey, on the other hand, managed to recall the training she had subjected herself to in order to become a huntsman and although her skills from that time had dulled, she managed to hit her target more often than not causing more tin men to slump to the ground while clutching their shoulder or sternum. However, just as the ex-huntsman to be was getting in the zone, she heard the infamous click of her rifle causing her to curse which her enemies took note of as one soldier in particular aimed her rifle at the sergeant and fired.

Lacey wailed and fell to the ground while clutching her combat boot where her big toe was causing Ashanti to quickly turn her head and run over to the sergeant before tugging her towards the crates while the tin men continued to fire at the duo.

"That's for my friend, you bitch!" the soldier in question shouted while switching her line of fire to Ashanti who bobbed and weaved as best as she could while dragging another one of her comrades behind cover.

Ashanti winced when a bullet grazed her thigh, but paid it no mind as she managed to get Lacey behind the shipping containers with their unconscious comrades as Lacey took off her sock and combat boot to inspect the damage while the zebra faunus resumed firing back at their enemies.

"Ahh...that's not good," Lacey remarked as she saw that her big toe and the toe next to it where black and blue causing the sergeant to let out a sigh and put her sock back on as Ashanti too heard her rifle click.

Cursing, the zebra faunus ducked back into cover as a bullet whizzed by where her head once was and bounced off the ground near Lacey's leg causing the sergeant to jolt as she put her combat boot back on while taking out her sword and handing the zebra faunus some clips of Gates's ammo.

"Ashanti, I'll cover you," Lacey told her friend causing the zebra faunus to raise a brow before having to bite back an obscene curse as a bullet grazed her arm.

Taking a deep breathe in and letting it back out, Ashanti loaded a clip into her rifle causing the sergeant to place a hand on the large container and slowly climb to her feet before facing forward. Forcing most of her weight onto her other foot, Lacey limped out of cover with Ashanti slowly following behind as the sergeant placed the flat of the blade against her palm and held it up to her face which stopped a barrage of bullets dead in its tracks. The tin men were briefly taken aback by this as their projectiles harmlessly dropped to the ground before they resumed their assault while Lacey batted away bullets with the flat of the blade or held it up to head level to impede some trying to get to Ashanti.

Some bullets did pass by the sergeant despite her best efforts as Ashanti recoiled when the occasional bullet came too close for comfort and either flew past her head or hit the ground next to her foot, but she did her best to tune it out as she blasted a fiery hole into the cargo container door. Ashanti cautiously moved around the makeshift pallet while shooting more holes into the doors while Lacey awkwardly moved in order to keep herself in front of her as a bullet slammed into her knee. Luckily for the sergeant, the last of her aura absorbed the impact although Lacey still winced from the blow, but managed to stay on her feet as she kept the bullets away from Ashanti as best she could in her current condition.

"It's done!" Ashanti bellowed causing the sergeant to nod as she gestured towards some crates while limping towards it causing the zebra faunus to sprint and tackle Lacey behind them just as a storm of bullets hit the ground where the sergeant once was and caused a miniature, fiery explosion.

"Lacey, were out of ammo and we can't take these guys on in close combat so we need a miracle here," Ashanti stated just as a fire dust bullet impacted the crates the duo was hiding behind and blew up causing the remaining members of the team to go flying back and skidding across the floor before they forcefully hit their heads against the wall.

Ashanti let out a groan as she got up and held the sergeant close to her chest before running behind a cargo container as bullets continued to rain down on them before the zebra faunus gently sat Lacey down before taking a knee.

"Well...we're not completely out of ammo," Lacey reiterated while gesturing towards Ashanti's muzzle loading rifle causing the zebra faunus to scowl, but nonetheless stood up while offering her hand to the sergeant who crawled over to where Gates was and took his muzzle loading rifle along with some of his cartridges.

"Alright, instead of firing at the soldiers, fire at the area near them so that way they can't dodge it and we might hit some of their friends," Lacey recommended while clutching Ashanti's hand and getting to her feet with her friend's help before pointing towards the side of one cargo container causing Ashanti crouch down and creep over to it.

Lacey, on the other hand, hobbled over to the other side while suppressing a hiss as she tried not to force her weight down onto her two main toes before she crouched down a little as Ashanti bit down on the paper cartridge. True to Gates's analysis of the obsolete rifle, the gun took an ungodly amount of time to load a shot as the zebra faunus had to pour some of the powder down the barrel and the rest into a pan near the trigger before sealing the pan up like a door. Ashanti then had to drop the bullet down the muzzle where it got stuck on the way down even with the zebra faunus trying to push it down with the ramrod while Lacey was already primed to fire with her musket.

"Just a sec..." Ashanti trailed off as she finally managed to get the bullet down and pulled the hammer back before looking at the sergeant who was holding part of her sword out of cover while looking at the flat side of the blade intently.

"We'll fire on my mark," Lacey said softly just as a few AK-130s joined their cohorts and were taking the time to analyze who they were firing at exactly causing the zebra faunus to curse and tightly grip the butt of her rifle.

"Now!" Lacey shouted causing Ashanti to snap out of cover and fire her rifle, but to her dismay she saw her round shot go off course and hit to the right of where she wanted it to, but it still managed to knock some tin men and their robots off of their feet.

The other soldiers didn't get a chance to process what had just happened as immediately afterwards a conical bullet impacted one of the support beams which threw some of the androids and soldiers off to the side where they landed on their arms leaving only a few of the soldiers and their robots left. After loading another musket ball, Ashanti peeked out of cover a bit and saw that all of the AK-130s were focusing entirely on Lacey's position causing the zebra faunus to raise a brow before firing at the damaged support beam.

Once again, Ashanti's shot went wide and hit the wall next to the support beam which made some of the soldiers stagger forward, but were otherwise still capable of fighting. An accurate shot from Lacey finally brought the support beam down and caused the soldiers and androids to crash to the ground with a thud leaving the soldiers in a barely conscious state, but were otherwise still alive. The AK-130s, on the other hand, slowly got back up and slipped their red visors over their face that shone through the dust cloud the impact of the walkway hitting the ground caused causing both Ashanti and Lacey to balk.

"INTRUDERS HAVE 15 SECONDS TO SURRENDER OR LETHAL FORCE WILL BE UTILIZED," the battle droid boomed as it along with its remaining brethren transformed parts of its arm into a mini-gun and pointed it at the two faunus causing Lacey to fire one last shot from her rifle that tore apart some of the androids, but left others still standing.

"LETHAL FORCE WILL NOW BE UTILIZED," the lead bot of the androids stated before a round shot from a musket impacted the ground in front of them causing a miniature explosion which turned them into a pile of scrap causing Ashanti and Lacey to jolt and look in the direction of where the shot came from where they saw Gates leaning most of his body on the side of the shipping container while clutching Wilma's muzzle loading rifle.

Ashanti put her rifle over her shoulder and began to jog over to her friend in order to check up on him before she felt a hand on her shoulder and looked at the sergeant blankly.

"I'll check up on Gates; you take away all the guns the tin men used so they don't use them against us when they wake up," Lacey suggested causing the zebra faunus to nod and jogged over to where the groaning tin men were and chose four random rifles that were lying some ways from the soldiers and slid three rifles along with some clips over to her friends.

Picking one up from an unconscious soldier's hands, Ashanti aimed it up at the roof and ran her fingers over the grip before shrugging and placing the rifle over her shoulder and taking some ammo clips with her. Ashanti would then go around destroying the rest of the rifles by stomping down on them and shattering them like glass while grabbing as much ammo as she could for her friends and herself before deciding she had enough as she began to walk over to them just as something firmly grabbed her ankle. Gasping, Ashanti looked down and found the solider who shot Lacey in her toes gripping her ankle while hatefully glaring up at the zebra faunus with her teeth clenched.

"You fucking bastards...there's good faunus fighting for equality the right way and then shits like you set all their hard work back to square one," the soldier growled angrily as she continued to keep her grasp on Ashanti's ankle who opened her mouth to say something, but quickly closed it and looked away from the tin man.

"...You're right," Ashanti conceded as she gently shook her ankle free and knelt down to take the soldier's walkie talkie away before deciding to confiscate the other soldier's walkie talkies while the angry Atlesian soldier glowered at her the whole time.

Smashing all of the walkie talkies save for one into an recognizable pile of scrap, Ashanti began to walk over to her group just as she found Lacey finishing up tying the cargo container doors together with the chains before limping inside a cargo container and began piling the dust on the pallet. Handing Lacey the radio, Ashanti helped her friend and although they were forced to use the walls of the shipping container for extra space in the pallet, they managed to pile all the dust onto the makeshift pallet while Lacey hopped up the mountain of dust like a squirrel and began tying it down with chains.

"C'mon Wilma, up you go," Ashanti whispered to her unconscious friend and gently lowered her down against the pile before tying a chain around her waist like a seat belt causing the reindeer faunus to moan while Lacey set Gates down near Wilma while handing him some ammo clips Ashanti stole.

"Ready?" Lacey asked her friend who nodded and loaded a clip into the rifle she confiscated before aiming at the wall causing the sergeant to open fire at the wall with water dust rounds while Ashanti used lightning dust to batter the wall.

Slowly, but surely, their bombardment blew a giant hole in the wall big enough for the humongous pile of dust and the pallet to fit through causing Ashanti to put the safety back on her new rifle and take out her old one and load a clip into it. Going to the front of the makeshift pallet she grabbed a length of chain while aiming her old, boxy rifle out into the open while Lacey took out her walkie talkie and spoke into the device.

"Lieutenant, we have the dust. We're going to a hiding spot Private Ashanti suggested so the air bus can pick us up undetected," Lacey stated while doing her best to ignore the horrible cracking sound she heard on the other line just as the chainsaw commando began to speak.

"Guess you and your unit aren't as useless as we thought. Very well, my men and I are pulling back and rest assured sister, Adam will be very pleased to hear this," the chainsaw commando said in a gruff, but somewhat amiable tone causing the sergeant to voice her affirmative before stepping in front of the pallet next to Ashanti and grabbing a length of chain.

"Well...lead the way," Lacey said tiredly causing the zebra faunus to look at the angry Atlesian soldier with her eyes downcast before nodding slowly as she began tugging the pallet to the spot she saw on the map with Lacey's help while doing her best to tune out the cursing the soldier was shouting her way.