Linka ducked behind a lead barrel as she entered the vault, Nukem firing
close behind her. 'I just need to get him in the far corner and then get
out.' She yelped and dove out of the way as the barrel was blasted away.
"Come here, blondie, and get what's coming to you!" The yellow mutant angrily picked up a crate and threw it at Linka, who leapt clear in the nick of time.
'Bozhe moy! I must be quick!' she told herself, not realizing that Nukem's blasts were herding her to where she would have no escape. She hid behind a stack of lead plates and was looking for her next move, when she realized she was trapped as the plates, her last line of defense to deflect his radiation, were blasted away.
Duke laughed and cracked his knuckles in anticipation. "Now you're mine," he said and began advancing toward her with a now-dented barrel in his hand. A new alarm could be heard as Linka raised her hand. "Wind!" she called, expecting a gust of air to push Duke into the wall, but the ring merely flickered briefly before dying altogether. Linka began to feel fear work its way into her mind as she looked at it in realization. 'The radiation,' she thought. 'It is too much!' She looked back up at her adversary, spotting the incoming charge just in time. She flattened herself to the floor as the projectile crashed overhead. "Wheeler!"
She was scrambling up and running from the insane Eco-Villain when both noticed a loud creak and a slam. They turned to see that the door had been shut, and a red glow was now making its way along the edge, melting it and the frame together. "What is he doink?" she mumbled. Nukem turned his attention back to her, grinning malevolently.
"Looks like the Pyro-Planeteer just sealed your fate, punk." He suddenly let loose with a barrage of gamma blasts that the panicked Russian was hard- pressed to avoid. She was suddenly contacted by Ma-Ti.
'Linka! Where are you?!' she heard him "say."
"I am still in the vault! I need—ah!" She broke off to backpedal out of the way of a blast that was half infrared and half gamma. "Tell Wheeler I need help before—" She gave a blood-curdling scream as one of the blasts managed to connect dead-center. Linka was thrown back as she felt the intense radiation eat right through her once-protective suit down to her skin. She fell to the cold, metal floor as the beam ate away at her body and a loud noise resounded through the room. A different kind of heat permeated the room, and her last thought was of how much she still loved Wheeler.
"Come here, blondie, and get what's coming to you!" The yellow mutant angrily picked up a crate and threw it at Linka, who leapt clear in the nick of time.
'Bozhe moy! I must be quick!' she told herself, not realizing that Nukem's blasts were herding her to where she would have no escape. She hid behind a stack of lead plates and was looking for her next move, when she realized she was trapped as the plates, her last line of defense to deflect his radiation, were blasted away.
Duke laughed and cracked his knuckles in anticipation. "Now you're mine," he said and began advancing toward her with a now-dented barrel in his hand. A new alarm could be heard as Linka raised her hand. "Wind!" she called, expecting a gust of air to push Duke into the wall, but the ring merely flickered briefly before dying altogether. Linka began to feel fear work its way into her mind as she looked at it in realization. 'The radiation,' she thought. 'It is too much!' She looked back up at her adversary, spotting the incoming charge just in time. She flattened herself to the floor as the projectile crashed overhead. "Wheeler!"
She was scrambling up and running from the insane Eco-Villain when both noticed a loud creak and a slam. They turned to see that the door had been shut, and a red glow was now making its way along the edge, melting it and the frame together. "What is he doink?" she mumbled. Nukem turned his attention back to her, grinning malevolently.
"Looks like the Pyro-Planeteer just sealed your fate, punk." He suddenly let loose with a barrage of gamma blasts that the panicked Russian was hard- pressed to avoid. She was suddenly contacted by Ma-Ti.
'Linka! Where are you?!' she heard him "say."
"I am still in the vault! I need—ah!" She broke off to backpedal out of the way of a blast that was half infrared and half gamma. "Tell Wheeler I need help before—" She gave a blood-curdling scream as one of the blasts managed to connect dead-center. Linka was thrown back as she felt the intense radiation eat right through her once-protective suit down to her skin. She fell to the cold, metal floor as the beam ate away at her body and a loud noise resounded through the room. A different kind of heat permeated the room, and her last thought was of how much she still loved Wheeler.
