Chapter. 30
"I... I was not aware that you took part in operations too, Natalie." Said Beatrice nervously.
Beatrice, Alice, Leon, Natalie, and Connar rode the transport to their next mission site. Alcie sat between Natlie and Leon as she was still shake up about her dream, she wanted to talk to Connar about it but as he made death glares at Natalie there was no way she could talk to him right now.
"Well, I do. We can't leave everything to you miserable sinners, can we?" Stated Natalie.
"Could have fooled me." Replied Connar.
Natalie grinned. "Fooling you is easy."
"You want to start something?!" Connar stood up, with his hidden blades out. "Your drones aren't here to save you now bitch."
Natalie stood up as well and drew her short sword. "I don't need my accessories to take you. I did it before, didn't I?"
"You took me by surprise and had better equipment. It won't happen again."
"If I wasn't a peace and stability officer I'd cut you down right here." Connar swung his right arm to stab but Natalie blocked with her sword.
The door lowered as the group arrived at their destination. "We'll settle this later." Connar backed off and ran out side. Natalie switched to her sniper rifle and fallowed after him, the others right behind.
The area was an old will'o refinery with towers and large pipes scattered around. Connar grappled to the top of a tower, once there he spotted a pair of sinners with their accessories right behind.
The thief leaped off the tower then threw his thorn at the middle of tower and swung around. The sinners drew laser cannons and their accessories used rocket launchers.
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Natalie and Alice dove for cover behind large cargo containers. One of the accessories fired a rocket at the container above the one the girl were hiding behind, pushing it off by the rocket blast.
Natalie grabbed Alice and used her thorn to get out of the way. Leon ducked under a cement road black and took aimed with his sniper but had to hide again as the sinners used their laser cannons.
The officer used her sniper to shot one of the sinners but the accessory returned fire, hitting Natalie in the chest.
"Natey!" Alice used her green thorn to heal her. "Please stay with me. Leon!"
The accessory looked though its scope and shot a pipe which released steam on the enemy. They dropped their weapons and held up their arms the cover their faces. Leon shot one of the accessories, Alice picked up Natalie's sniper and shot the other one.
The lone sinner got out of the steam and fell to his knees, then was shot through the head by Alice and Leon. "That's what you get for hurting Natey."
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Beatrice climbed up the pipe work and found a citizen. "It's okay, I'm here to get you home." Beatrice picked up the citizen and jumped down. As she was falling she spotted another citizen about to be picked by an enemy sinner.
Beatrice handed the citizen to her accessory then took out her pistol to shot the sinner stealing the other citizen. Once she spun around the citizen was flying at her, Beatrice held out her hands and fell to the ground as she caught them.
Running back to the RRU Beatrice spotted the others, Alice healing Nataile while Leon was guarding them. "What happened?!"
"Natalie got hurt!" Alice then noticed the citizens Beatrice and her accessory were carrying. "I got her, you get them to safety!"
Beatrice nodded and ran to the RRU again.
Natalie's pain subsided in the green light of Alice's thorn. "Stay down Miss Woo. I'm not done yet."
Natalie looked around to see no one around. "Where's Connar?"
"Still haven't come back yet, just hope he didn't hurt any citizens." Alice removed her thorn from Natalie and stood up. "Okay Miss Woo, your good to go!"
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Where the 'flying' citizen was Connar stomped on an enemy sinner's head until it cracked. Looking around he saw three sinners, each carrying a citizen to their RRU, with their accessories walking behind them.
Connar leaped from his position and threw his to one of the pipes. Connar swung under the pipe and kicked his legs forward for more momentum, then at the top of his swing Connar launched himself at the group of enemies.
The accessories turned around and Connar planted his feet on the middle accessory, as the machine fell Connar extended his hidden blades and impaled them into the accessories necks, shoved them down then stomped on the accessories head.
The sinner's heard the attack, they turned and the middle sinner was hit in the forehead with a flare knife, thrown by Connar.
The sinner's backed away was their ally was down, they turned back to their RRU and put down their citizens. "Go! get to-"
The sinner was cut off as Connar beheaded the them with one swing of his chainsaw sword. The two citizens ran for the RRU but Connar unpinned a frag grenade and tossed it into the RRU.
The citizens stopped and ran back the way they came, the RRU exploded and the blast knocked them down. The three citizens panicked as Connar searched the bodies, he smiles menacingly as he drew a flamethrower off of one of them.
"Alright you shits, march."
"No!" One of the citizens stepped up to Connar, but thief used his newly acquired flamethrower on him. The citizen chased the others around, screaming for help until he finally feel to the ground and burned.
"Your well being means nothing to me. Unless you want to be cooked like your friend here, walk." The remaining citizens nodded and slowly walked passed Connar. The thief pointed his new weapon to the air and released a jet of flame to scare the captives. "Faster! Like your life depended on it!" The citizens put their hands up and began speed walking to the other side of the refinery.
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Beatrice delivered the two citizens to the RRU, Natalie, Alice and their accessories joined her. "How many citizens do we have now?"
Natalie took out her tablet. "Two, there's three more."
"Two more!" Everyone turned to see Connar walking two citizens to them at gunpoint with a flamethrower.
The captives saw the other sinners and ran towards them, almost jumping into the arms of Beatrice and Alice.
"Help us!"
He's crazy! He's gonna kill us."
Alice knew she wasn't going to get anything out of them in this state, she turned her attention to Connar. "What did you do to them!?"
Connar just gave a cold stare that even Natalie flinched at. He carried his weapon into the transport, Alice and Beatrice lead the citizens to the RRU and climbed into the transport.
Leon grabbed Natalie's shoulder. "Connar's mentality has changed, use extreme caution."
"Thank you Leon" The officer and the accessory boarded the transport.
Everyone took their seat opponent of Connar, who still held the flamethrower.
"Could you put that way?" Asked Alice, to which Connar pointed the weapon at her.
With Alice in trouble Natalie stood up. "Holster that weapon before, AH!" Connar pointed the flamethrower at Natalie and pulled the trigger.
Natalie dived to the deck as the fire flowed over her. Leon charged at Connar but the thief drew his assault rifle and fired half the clip into Leon.
Everyone stayed still during the whole ride back to the panopticon, as the door opened Connar backed out of the vehicle, holding up the rifle and dragging the flamethrower. Once outside he put away his weapons and walked away to the elevator.
Alice checked on Natalie and Beatrice checked on Leon. Beatrice's thorn removed the bullets and repaired the accessory. Natalie had first degree burns on her back, Alice used a will'o pad from her medkit to treat the officer.
Seeing Natalie in pain again, by one of her own friends. Alice grit her teeth in anger. "Connar, he needs to be stopped. If no will do it, I will."
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