Chapter 30: Pincer Movement.
"I don't sense any dark presence here, looks like they don't have Nightmare Assassins on this base," Ack said turning to look at Tik from their hiding spot in a rather large tree branch that overlooked the Scalathorian base.
The thing was almost identical to the one already in their possession except it seemed to be missing the rather large tower in the centre for the network control, the one in their possession must be a data hub, meaning most of their military and communications traffic was being routed through it, not to mention the jamming that was blanketing the planet and surrounding space.
"Grand Patriarch and Matriarch this is Captain T'Lethran aboard the Grand Matriarch's Fury are receiving over?" a distinctly feminine Yautja voice cut through their helmet comms.
Ack nodded at Tik and she pressed her comms button, they were far enough away they even if they were speaking without their suits muting their voices they wouldn't be heard unless they shouted, or Tink's case roared.
"This is Grand Matriarch Tik eleth Mason go ahead Captain T'Lethran over" Tik replied not recognizing the ship designation.
"Ahh it is good to hear your voice Grand Matriarch, I am just calling in to tell you the Dreadnaught in is orbit and ready to assist wherever needed, Matriach Sela eleth took the liberty of naming the ship, she said and I am under order to quote this to you, 'It hits like my Matriach when she hits her hand with my Patriach's anvil hammer' she told me you'd know what that meant," T'Lethran said.
To her left Tik heard her beloved one snort a laugh into his helmet, he pressed his comms, "Tell my beloved daughter she's a genius and if she finds that hammer in orbit I'd really like it back, I really liked that hammer" Ack said into his comms making Tik aim a playful swat at his head which he deftly dodged.
"Don't worry Captain my most beloved one knows exactly what it means and I'll be having words with my beloved cub when we get back, but until then it is good to have you here Captain, speak to the other Captains in orbit as of now you are under the command of Vess aboard the Dreamer, she will have your orders and where that new ship of yours can best be used, until we meet good hunting and may the goddess bless your hunt, Tik eleth Mason over and out" Tik said glaring at her still sniggering husband.
Her Ack must have sensed her glare through her helmet and he reached out and patted her arm, "Oh don't be sour my love, she could have told her to say it hits like my mother after the time she ate too much Gunthrar meat and couldn't get into her ceremonial armour, as I remember I had to replace two cabinets that day" he said playfully.
Tik growled darkly, "Don't remind me of that, it took me three weeks of jungle running to get my arse back into that armour" she snarled and Ack playfully patted her rear.
"And what a result, after all that running and all those squats I could have sworn you made a deal with Paya to sculpt it for you, plus I swear she's enchanted it because every time I see it, it takes my breath away and takes almost all of my Dream Warrior power to pull my eyes away let alone my hands," Ack said sensually as he ran his hand over her armoured rear end and Tik felt a purr rising in her throat, not to mention a growl.
She had to fight it back down, this was not the time or the place, they were on recon not a wild frolic in the trees, though if it were armoured Dream Warrior or not, nothing would stop her from claiming her prize.
"Maybe after the hunt here is done I'll show it to you if you are a good ooman boy" she purred at him sensually knowing he wouldn't be able to resist and she could almost feel him smiling under his helmet.
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's hunt!" he said defiantly and this time Tik did purr, it was hard not to when her husband was all fired up like this, it was infectious.
The pair dropped down from the tree and retreated back to the staging area they'd set up in a ring of tightly packed trees, there waiting for them were Tik's own team Hunter one, Ack's team, plus the other Clan Mason teams that had accompanied them, plus numerous Surface Stalker prides many of which were new having come from the nearby surface entrance to the underground.
They all stood to attention as the pair entered including the Raptorians oddly enough, "At ease, ok we got a good look at the place, it's pretty well fortified, I don't think the trojan horse trick is going to work a second time, we didn't see any vehicle traffic either coming or going, the only thing that seems to be moving from this place is Draconis scouts, so we need a way inside" Ack said.
"They have a great many snipers not to mention heavy weapons mounted all along the wall and ramparts, they also seem to have been doubling their efforts to clear the skies of those large six-winged things that like to hunt them, we saw a great many of them died around the base, it's like they've been left out to warn off the others from their territory," Tik said pointing to the areas where she'd seen things on the holosphere image her husband had set up of the base.
"Ummm Grand Matriarch if I may, I may have a way inside" Yish a rather young Battle Angel said holding up her hand like she was in school.
Both of them looked at her and Tik gestured for the softly spoken Xeno girl to continue, "Umm well when we were at the other base I got a look at their perimeter walls, the metal might be smooth but we Xeno's could climb it easily if we retract the glove and foot sections of our armour, all we need is a way to circumvent the high voltage they have running through it to prevent the fauna attacking it" the young Xeno said.
Ack scratched his chin, "Hmmm Xeno's can carry quite a load when climbing too can't you? But I doubt even you guys could haul a fully armed and armoured Hunter or Seeker up a wall that big" he said.
Yish shook her head, "No Grand Patriarch, not a Hunter or a Seeker especially not a Yautja, it would be incredibly difficult with even a human on our backs, but possibly a Raptorian or two, they are very light in comparison" Yish said looking at the Surface Stalkers.
"So now we just need a way to get past the electricity" Ack said thoughtfully.
"What about stun eel skin?" one of the Raptorian prides suddenly piped up and they both turned to look at them.
"What's a stun eel?" Ack asked.
"It's a type of eel that's native to the rivers and large lakes of this region, they are pretty big about nine foot in length, they discharge a high voltage shock to stun their prey before devouring them, their skin is a natural insulator and a very good one at that," they said.
Ack scratched his chin then shook his head, "No that won't work if it was simply a case of wearing gloves then they wouldn't need it their armour is protected against high voltage, the problem is they can't stick to the wall if they can't use their claws" he explained then the Raptorians seemed to light up.
"Would gel work?" they asked and Ack seemed taken aback.
"Gel?" he asked and they nodded.
"Yes the stun eel skin is full of the stuff, we harvest them to use in industrial insulation, the stuff is thick and sticky as hell, if your Xeno's coated their hands and feet in this stuff it won't come off easily, it usually needs an industrial grade solvent to get it off, but it will coat their skin in a natural insulation that will prevent electricity passing through it" they explained and Ack lit up as he looked at Yish.
"Would that work?" he asked and she shrugged.
"I don't see why not Grand Patriarch, as long as the stuff isn't slippery we should be able to maintain traction," she said and Ack nodded.
"Ok you girls take my wife and show her where to hunt, she'll get you as many eels as you need," he said and Tik straightened up and turned to face the Raptorians who looked a little concerned.
"Are you sure Grand Patriarch, these eels can be very dangerous to the unprepared" they said and Tik growled till Ack laid a hand on her shoulder calming her temper.
"Trust me girls, when it comes to hunting there is no better than the Yautja, it's their way of life and out of all of them there is no better huntress than my wife, if you saw her trophy wall at our home you'd understand," he said swelling Tik's heart with pride, of she, was definitely letting him admire her rear after this hunt that was for sure, she had some delicious uses in mind for that silver ooman tongue of his.
The Raptorians nodded and led the way as Tik gestured to Hunter one to follow her, the two groups left together leaving her beloved Ack to continue planning the assault, he would undoubtedly fill her in on all the details when she returned victorious with her trophy, if this eel skin was a pretty thing maybe she'd make him a nice posing pouch to wear with it, it would make a nice replacement for the fluffy sun fox one she made him after she broke it tearing it off him with her mandibles.
The Raptorians looked on nervously as Tik crouched on the tree limb overhanging the lake, she slowly towed along a piece of something the Raptorians called skimmer bird, they were little four-legged birds that could walk on water due to their incredibly light bodies and wide feet, they actually seemed to skate along the surface of still water, the Raptorians had been setting up an overly complex plan to catch a couple till Tik simply cloaked then snatched three of them out of the air as they flew by her.
She had her visual sensors running in cold-blooded mode to spot the long eels when they emerged from there, it didn't take long for a huge shadow to emerge from the depths of the river, like a long snake it slowly rose towards the bait and suddenly an alarm in Tik's mask went off to tell her she'd been hit with a high voltage shock, the eel had shocked the bait and the current had travelled up the line, as the eel rose to claim its prize Tik struck.
The huge eel slammed down in front of the stunned Raptorians with a squelch as Tik pulled her combi stick free from its head, "One stun eel as promised" she said looking down at the creature, its hide looked thick and somewhat rubbery, but it was a gorgeous hue of blue and purple, of she was definitely skinning this thing and claiming its hide when the Raptorians were done getting the gel out of it, it was going to make her Ack a very nice pouch that she could not wait to tear off him with her mandibles.
The Raptorians did their thing and extracted a thick green gel substance from the eel by basically squeezing it out like a tusk paste tube, once they were done Tik took out a dagger and expertly skinned the creature leaving behind what looked like a burst sausage as she rolled up the skin and stashed it away, she also took a couple of teeth as a trophy that would go very nicely in a necklace or possibly as a predlock charm.
Once back at the camp the Raptorians handed off the gel to the Battle Angels and they analysed it to ensure there was nothing dangerous to them in it and once they were happy they gave Ack the thumbs up.
"Ok people listen up let's go over the plan and it's a very simple one..." Ack began and Tik sat listening to her beloved one talk and even though the details of what he was saying were sinking in she couldn't help but picture him naked but for an eel skin thong which barely hid the joy that was hers and hers alone, she pictured herself running her claws over his silky skin before leaning down gripping said thong and liberating her beautiful treasure before sliding it into something much snugger and much warmer.
"...alright people you all know your jobs, we wait for nightfall and then we attack, let's get this done the first time and done right, dismissed" Ack finished and Tik sighed heavily, she loved listening to her most beloved one talk, hell he could read her a pauking communicator codebook for all she cared, as long as he kept speaking.
Tik watched as the nearly invisible Xeno's scaled the wall, their ability to stick to just about any surface was unparalleled and it had made them a truly worthy prey when she had hunted them in the distant past, now the mere thought of someone harming her beloved Xeno brothers and sisters filled Tik with a form of rage so pure that it didn't even have a name, the Xeno's of Clan Mason were beloved by all, even if she did have to shoo some of the more annoying ones off the roof of her house every so often.
Now as she watched the Battle Angels scaling a truly massive electrified wall with two Raptorians a piece riding on their back gripping their dorsal tubes she couldn't be prouder of how far they'd come, Clan Mason simply wouldn't be Clan Mason without its three hives and their wonderful offspring, not to mention the multitude of hybrids that now existed since the grand awakening and evolution thanks to their very own Dr Grace.
Once over the wall the Battle Angels would back up the Raptorian Surface Stalker team that had gone with them, their job was to silence any guards on the wall and to make their way to the power generator feeding the wall, once that was down, it was go time.
It took only ten minutes for the Raptorians to find and neutralise the generator, a fact that was obvious as the brightly lit base was suddenly plunged into darkness, one of the scouts at the base of the wall tested it with a probe quickly and gave a thumbs up, "All teams, all teams, go go go!" he beloved Ack yelled.
Tik propelled herself from the tree she'd been sitting in and slammed into the wall about three-quarters of the way up using her wrist blades to give purchase, her Hunters were doing the same all around her, as one they all loaded and fired their assention hooks up and over the wall before activating the motors which allowed them to basically run up the wall vertically, unlike her beloved Ack and his Seekers who actually just ran up it.
They were passed by a series of blue streaks that shot up and over as the Seekers passed them moving at incredible speed, while that was happening the Raptorians were using their own version of the grappling assention guns and were currently swinging out of the trees en masse to being their own climb, pretty soon all of them were swarming up and over the wall and onto the ramparts beyond.
The Scalathor and Draconis never knew what hit them, as their night shift guards and maintenance were coming out of their dormitory carrying torches to head to the generator room to find out what was happening they met very angry Xeno's and Raptorians coming the other way, curiously the Battle Angels were still letting the Raptorians ride them in pairs and they looked like miniature knights mounted atop their noble steeds as the Xeno's lept at surprised guards.
A Draconis guard raised her weapon to fire at the Battle Angels before her face slammed hard into the metal floor smashing her snout with a spray of crimson blood, Tik simply stepped off the woman she'd used as a crash pad when leaping from the ramparts to the floor below and finished her with a kick to the head so hard that it snapped her neck like a twig.
At the sound of the commotion outside a swarm of confused Scalathor began to pour out of the barracks trying to figure out just what in the name of hell was happening, Tik's shiny new casters popped up from under their fins and began to whine as they spun up, "As my beloved Ack would say, lets pauking rock!" Tik roared and opened fire.
The barrage of fire that the cannons on her shoulders unleashed surprised even Tik herself, it was like having a minigun on each shoulder popping off rounds constantly, they were constantly switching between targets as they presented themselves sending streams of plasma down range towards the crowd of Scalathor as they desperately tried to organise themselves.
A couple of them managed to get around Tik and tried to attack her from the rear, not reckoning on the perimeter defence system of Tik's armour, as they popped out to shoot at her a couple of Tik's casters spun one hundred and eighty degrees and fired back at them so now Tik was actually firing in two directions at once.
She let out a tremendous battle roar that was instantly picked up by the other members of the Clan creating a crescendo of noise that echoed back at them from the metallic walls of the base, it had a powerful psychological effect on the Scalathor and Draconis soldiers visibly rattling a good many of them, not content to be a mobile gun turret Tik pulled out her mighty war hammer and it snapped into shape, she was going in.
Tik leapt through the air kicking off a pile of crates to boost her jump height and as she got above the large group of Scalathor she saw two of Ack's Seekers joining her though she couldn't tell who was who below their armour, both appeared to be ooman, "Seekers on me!" she roared and they both kicked off some crates alongside her following her right down into the fray.
Tik brought her huge war hammer down on the top of a Scalathor's head with a mighty dong noise that resonated out around her, the impacted Scalathor simply crumpled like she'd hit an empty cardboard tube, two of them charged at her screaming loudly till there were two bright blue flashes and only the bodies kept running with blood fountaining out of their necks, their heads stayed where they were.
She saw both Seeker's briefly appeared to flick the blood from their blades and then vanish again into the melee, her beloved Ack trained his Seekers extremely well, a constant source of pride for her, a Draconis bellowed a challenge and aimed her rifle at Tik, the shots she got off before Tik reached her simply impacted Tik's shields making them ripple, the moment before Tik's war hammer hit her full in the face her eyes widened in fear, here was an enemy who did not simply run because you yelled and shot at them, this enemy ran at you and hit you in the face with a rather large block of metal.
Tik's cannons were still going to her amazement, she would have thought they would have overheated by now but they were still firing in all directions, the all point defence system was making her extra dangerous because it didn't matter where Tik was she could still hit you, to her right she saw a flash of gold and heard a yell, she turned just in time to see three Scalathor down one of her Hunters by using their tails to sweep his legs from under him, they concentrated their fire until his shields collapsed as he scrambled to try and get back to his feet.
Tik bellowed a roar and with a spin threw her war hammer at the nearest one with all of her strength, the golden hammer flew straight and true, it hit the woman square in the back of the skull with such force her head actually exploded in a shower of gore and bone, the other two began to turn to see who in the name of hell had killed their ally, they were just in time to see Tik charging right at them before she spun through them slashing both of them multiple times with her now unsheathed Smart Discs clenched in her hands.
Both women fell and she turned to the fallen Hunter and wrenched him to his feet, he instantly saluted, "Thank you Grand Matriarch! I owe you my life!" he said and she nodded.
"Get your shield back up and get back in the fight young one, do not let them get behind you," she said and the young ooman Hunter nodded before charging into cover to let his shields recharge, but that didn't stop him firing at the enemy in order to defend his allies.
Tik turned and with a spin threw both of her Smart Discs out into the fray using the targeting system to pick out targets, the metallic discs danced and weaved as they dodged friendlies as struck their intended targets, causing screams to erupt from the sudden loss of limbs that they had only a second ago, but Tik didn't stand idle, as he cannons finally overheated and entered their cooldown phase venting clouds of steam around her head as they cooled down Tik flicked both sets of wrist blades out and charged forwards.
Just as Tik eviscerated two Draconis with a quick flurry of stabs there was a loud dong from her right and she turned to find a Scalathor froze in place with the top of her skull caved in, blood was leaking from both her ear canals and she appeared to have gone cross-eyed, frozen in place as her brain struggled to comprehend that it was now dead, sat on top of her head was a very familiar golden block, as the Scalathor collapsed in a heap Tik was surprised to find a group of Raptorians behind her, well more specifically two of them, one stood atop the other's shoulders holding her war hammer.
"Lose something Grand Matriarch?" the one holding the hammer asked holding out the now rather bloody hammer to her as she jumped down from her pride sister's shoulders and the rest of her pride tightened up into a defensive ring around them all shooting outwards.
"Thank you bold one, though I must confess I find myself surprised you were able to wield it," she said and the Raptorian grinned.
"The name's Vesma and this is my pride and honestly there's nothing to it once you know the trick," the little Raptorian said as Tik took the hammer from her.
"Oh? And what trick is that?" Tik asked curiously as she punched a charging Scalathor in the face sending her wrist blades right through her eye sockets and out the back of her head before pulling them back and watching the blades readjust to their original positions.
"Let the hammer do the work, just get it moving and let the weight carry you till it hits something squishy," Vesma said and Tik roared with laughter.
"Oh I like you small one, come find me after the battle I'd like to reward your swift actions," Tik said and Vesma waved her hand.
No reward necessary Grand Matriarch, you are here fighting for our soil that is reward enough, though if you were to put in a good word for me and my pride with a certain pretty human boy of yours that I and my pride have our eye on me and my pride certainly wouldn't say no" Vesma said making Tik laugh again.
"I will see what I can do, come find me after the battle and you can point him out," she said the whole pride pumped their fists into the air and cheered as they ran off to continue the fight, Tik laughed and shook her head as she grabbed an unsuspecting Scalathor from her hiding place behind some crates by her tail, swinging her like a screaming hammer to take a Draconis that was lifting off out of the air, then proceeded to use the screaming Scalathor to beat them both to death, she was liking these Raptorians more and more with every minute, they were a fiery little bunch.
Suddenly there was a loud bang and yelling from her right and Tik whirled around just in time to see what appeared to be the captive Scalathor males running from a large smoking hole in the barracks building, something or someone had obviously blown open their cell and now the utterly terrified males were running around in confusion right in the middle of a war zone, Tik's heart froze as she saw multiple Scalathor turning their weapons towards the terrified males as they ran trying to find cover from the projectiles ripping through the air all around them.
"NOOOOOO!" Tik screamed as the closest Scalathor opened fire on them obviously to prevent the invaders from taking them away from them, a rage like she hadn't felt in a long time surged through every fibre of her being, these animals would turn their weapons on the truly innocent just to deny them the right to even know what happiness and freedom was?
They would kill their own kind simply to prevent either the Raptorians or Clan Mason from freeing these innocent creatures, a series of flashes appeared around the group of terrified males who ran towards one another and clung together in the middle of the field to scared to take another step and not knowing what to do or where to go they did the only thing they knew how, they clung together and screamed in fear.
That scream for mercy was answered, the flashes around them were Seekers, her beloved Ack had arrived just in the nick of time with the two others that Tik had seen earlier, the three of them stood as a living shield for the innocent males, their blades sung as they moved cutting each and every projectile from the air before it had a chance to find innocent flesh, the three of them were moving so fast they were blurs to all who saw them, to the naked eye it looked like there was a ring of Seekers surrounding the males using their mighty blades to protect them, the air around them was cracking and arching with electricity generated by the sheer power and speed of the Seekers.
Tik went berserk, she felt the pure fire of the Eternal Huntress flow through her, as pure daughter of the Eternal Huntress Tik felt the call to answer dishonour with the justice and vengeance of the Eternal Huntress, it filled her every cell with a thirst for justice for these poor creatures, the anger and pure rage welled up inside her at the display of supreme cowardice and vileness these so-called females displayed towards these males, these were their sons, their brothers, their fathers, they were supposed to protect them, cherish them, love them, that they would throw their lives to the void without even the slightest hint of compassion or even mercy set Tik's soul aflame.
Tik let out a roar so loud it felt like it shook the whole place, it carried with it the power of her anger and it lit the hearts of the others around her with the same fire, all the Yautja Berserkers were doing the same, male and female alike, the fires of rage were burning and burning bright, it also seemed to carry over to their new Raptorian friends because small bellowing roars were coming from them now as well, Tik hoisted her war hammer above her head and led the charge running right at the Scalathor without a single care, all she knew was this outrage must be paid for in blood.
"Goddess guide my hands as you guide those of my husband, as his hands protect let mine destroy, as his hands hold the shield that keeps the innocent safe let mine hold the sword by which the guilty die, let me send their souls to you to be judged for the crimes they commit, make me your instrument, make me your sword, I will hunt your prey and I will destroy them!" Tik chanted to herself over and over as her blood rage grew and grew, it was like her blood was made completely out of liquid fire now, she hit the first Scalathor so hard that she flew backwards taking three others with her.
Tik swung left and right as the Scalathor and Draconis desperately tried to fend her off, but even when her shields collapsed and round pinged off her armour Tik simply kept swinging, all around her the rage was flowing like water over all of her allies, she saw a pride of Raptorians pounce onto a Scalathor who had tried to shoot down the males as they'd tried to flee and such was their rage that they used their vicious clawed feet to slash her to death without a single shred of mercy.
More joined them and suddenly Tik felt a presence to her side, turning to lift her hammer her hand stayed as she recognised the armour and the giant sword, it was her beloved husband, glancing back she saw that the males were surrounded into two overlapping bubble shields, the tightly packed knot of males were guarded by the Battle Angels now and they were utterly furious, as she watched saw one whip her tail out of the bubble stab it through two Scalathor and launch them right at their allies while another reached through the shield grabbed one and head-butted her so hard she broke the woman's neck.
Ack blocked a shot at her with his large blade cutting it clean in two, then he twisted clearing her path to drive her combi stick through two women hiding behind a crate, no words were spoken between the pair as they fought side by side, both understood and knew how this must end, there would be no mercy here tonight, there would be no redemption, there would be justice and there would be blood and they were both perfectly fine with that.
As the main battle ended the Hunters spread out and with the assistance of their Raptorian allies they hunted down and eliminated every single last Scalathor and Draconis, Tik and her Ack were part of that hunt and no one escaped their fury with her most beloved one claiming the final kill of the battle, using her very own combi stick which he plucked from her hips and with a throw so mighty it made the large spear fly the whole length of the base and nail the last fleeing Draconis who attempted to take flight to the metal wall of the base itself, where she hung pinned like a pupped with the strings cut.
Then he let out a bellowing roar that Tik picked up and soon every single person from both Clan Mason and the Raptorians echoed it, it was the last of the blood rage venting, the fight was over, justice had been served and righteous vengeance achieved.
Ack placed a hand on Tik's broad shoulder and patted it softly, his helmet retracted and she noticed that he looked exhausted, her beloved Ack was no berserker, he did not fight using the power of fury as his fuel, his fuel was the clam serenity that being a Dream Warrior granted him, but seeing what he had ignited his anger, plus then adding his wife's call to arms in the form of her war cry and he had simply let himself surrender to the anger, but it came with a price, a price all Yautja Berserkers knew well.
She hooked her arm under his and propped him up giving him a knowing look as he nodded at her in appreciation, "I have you my love and I always will, now let me carry you" she said softly ensuring that these words reached only his ears.
"You're the only one I will ever let carry me my heart," he said softly, leaning on her as he did.
Suddenly a cry went up from the Raptorians, "VICTORY!" they yelled and the cry lifted the hearts of the battle-weary, their allies lifting their weapons yelling and cheering as they did, both Tik and he beloved Ack looked at one another and did the same both roaring her hand holding her war hammer and his huge claymore sword.
There had been losses of course, battle was a bloody nasty business and the pair saw the Raptorian medics scampering around as were the Battle Angels, the Seekers had retaken their guard duty over the innocent Scalathor males to allow the Battle Angels to join their comrades in saving life, Tik pressed her communicator.
"This is Hunter one to both the Dreamer and the Grand Matriarch's Fury, we require a squadron of Battle Angels at this location, this location has been secured but there are multiple casualties, Hunter one one over and out," she said.
The response was instant, "Roger that Hunter one one stand fast the Angels are coming" was what she got back.
Literally, seconds later streaks began appearing in the night sky like shooting stars, "The Angels are coming my love" Ack said looking at the night sky, the roar of the pods filled the night before the landed all around them bursting open and sending four Battle Angels each bursting outwards instantly on the hunt for wounded to heal.
"This is Seeker two one to both Hunter one one and Seeker one one site secured, minimal casualties here, they never knew what hit them, Seeker two one over and out," Ryan's voice said through the comms.
"This Bronze six to all call signs, the Scalathor network just lit up like a freedom day tree here, they know we hit them, they are mobilizing for mass retaliation, looks like some local scouts got a look at what we were up to an reported it back to their central ground HQ, they are mobilizing!" Smoke's voice exclaimed over the comms.
Tik and Ack looked at one another and nodded grimly, Ack pressed his comms button, "This is Seeker one one, to the Grand Matriarch's Fury, time to live up to the name that ship is blessed with, hit those pre-prescribed targets, you are then weapons free to take out any large armoured divisions away from their bases, lets these fuckers what happens when you pauk with Clan Mason or our friends! Seeker one one over and out" he snarled.
"Roger that Seeker one one hold on to your pauking arse here comes the pain!" Captain T'Lethran replied and above their heads were a series of flashes in orbit, from the distance there were incredibly loud booms that rolled over the landscape sending animals screaming from the hiding places in the trees and undergrowth.
Three bright flashes on the ground in the distance lit the night sky, "Fire in hole mother paukers" Ack said as the huge guns aboard the Grand Matriarch's Fury found their targets, the huge tungsten slugs from the huge rail guns slammed into the ground with the force of a nuclear bomb utterly erasing their targets from all existence.
"Target's destroyed, the fleet is moving to provide orbital coverage, Grand Matriarch's Fury out," T'Lethran said.
Tik looked at Ack, "Looks like the time for sneaking around has ended my heart, now its time to really hit these paukers where it hurts" she said and Ack nodded, then pressed his comms again.
"Seeker one one to Bronze Six, execute kill command, fry their network, then broadcast a message to the Raptorian command prides, tell them staging posts Bravo and Charlie are secure, supply depots one through three destroyed with orbital strikes, reinforcements requested, also further innocents to be transported to safe zones, transport teams required at this location and at Seeker two one's location, message ends, Seeker one one over and out," Ack said.
"Roger that Seeker one one, executing kill command, sending viruses, will contact Raptorian command ASAP expect a response soon, Bronze Six over and out," Smoke said.
Ack glanced over at the knot of Scalathor males that were now being tended by the Battle Angel reinforcements while his Seekers stood guard over them like watchful angels, "For them and all who have suffered like them, we're going to pauking win this and then we're going to take the fight to their pauking door, we're going to kick it right pauking through my love, right pauking through" he said his voice filled with anger and Tik nodded, she was pauking ready, where her beloved one stepped she followed, even if it was right through the gates of hell themselves.