Title: Game Over
Prompt 7/10: "Lost"
Get in, blow up the base, and get out.
Simple right?
"…Think you can just get out of here after damaging my operations?"
Not really.
"Think again, Alliance scum."
Hannah's teeth clenched at the sound of the silky smooth voice that echoed over the communications unit within the building. This guy had a lot nerve to tote superiority and they practically left his B.O.O. in a shambles; reaching over her right shoulder, she grabbed her rifle as it was ejected from the holster. In one swift motion she brought the weapon forward and shot the mercenary down where he stood.
She barely spared the smoking body a glance as she slid to a halt and crashed against the wall and out of the line of fire. The spot she occupied for but a second was illuminated by rifle fire, David threw himself against the wall and came to a clumsy halt mere inches away from the line of fire. The hall was full of mercenary personnel, all of them looking snipe the sneaky little group that destroyed their weapon's manufacturing base. "Peri, where are you?" Hannah shouted.
"I'm en route, just hang on," Peri 's voice crackled over the earpiece. "Try to get rid of the fireflies, for me in the meantime. If I land in that hornets' nest, there's no way we're getting out here alive."
"Roger that," David bit back a swear and fired blindly around the corner. The repressing fire of the enemy ceased for a split second; Hannah tossed a grenade into the room. The action did enough to scatter the enemy far enough to break rank, allowing the Alliance soldiers to deal more than their fair share of fatalities. The two of them continued to pick off the straggling enemy forces, David being as so bold as rushing the room and taking cover in unoccupied enemy space.
"David, you idiot, there are still snipers in the area," She practically hissed. David raised his arms over his head and fired blindly toward the enemy; three mercs went down in a melody of pain. Hannah pulled out from behind her cover and fired two grenades up into the railing; the snipers who prepared to take aim at her husband reacted a second too late to evade the oncoming explosions. Time stopped, the explosion shook the building, throwing debris and bodies across the way. Smoke billowed out and an alarm rang shrill overhead, the fire had yet to die out before the shooting began again.
She fell back behind her cover as her eyes fell on another target, this time running at top speed toward her. In the split second it took her to react the man was already on her. Jerking reflexively to the left Hannah missed the blade that now resided hilt deep in the wall, pushing off against the wall she butted her head against his. The mercenary stumbled back right into the line of David's fire. Hannah watched the body twist and turn in reaction to the gunfire, it tumbled to the ground the next instant like a puppet cut from its string.
"Fireflies down?" She breathed.
"Pretty much," David responded, glancing up at the doorway that lead to the ruined catwalk across from them. "I'm not reading any more life signs and I think you pretty much did the rest in with the grenades."
Hannah quirked an eyebrow, eyes moving to where he was staring. "I think the others ran out the door," She grinned.
"Hey, guys, are those fireflies down?"
"The fireflies are down, Peri," David affirmed. "Now-
"Now we just have to catch Drexler," Hannah interjected.
"You lost Drexler? Shepard, are you serious?"
"Well, I wouldn't call Drexler getting away losing him go, Per," Hannah supplied. "He's still in the compound."
"Well, then, I think you should catch him before he gets away," Peri said.
"As noble as the idea sounds, that wasn't our mission," David argued. "Hell, this was supposed to be a recon mission."
"At this point, the original mission statement doesn't mean a great deal," Hannah mused. "We caused a ruckus, one that might actually create a few problems. I think the least we can do is fix it."
"Or make it worse," Peri deadpanned.
"I know our commander, Jonas will definitely shit bricks when he finds out what happened," David grumbled.
"Maybe snagging Drexler might even things out," Hannah said.
"That's a big maybe,"
"It's worth a shot," Peri encouraged her friend. "I'm nearly there, so, make up your mind. We stayin' or you going after Drexler?"
"We're going after Drexler," Hannah answered without hesitation despite David's expression. Outside the building they could hear the Boa's engines growing nearer and nearer to their location, David's eyes shifted toward the large open door way across from them, the lush environment disturbed by the propulsion of Peri's ship. Hannah never once spared their exit a second glance, she reloaded her weapon and headed back the way they came.
"Okay... I guess I'll chill here until you bag him," Peri muttered.
"Roger that, we won't be long," David relayed, moving to catch up with his wife.