The canyon valley was dead quiet. Aside from the obliterated tank, there were no more contacts. The only sounds he heard was the angelic drone of the Banshees and the loud metallic churning and thumping of the Scarab's every footfall. The Phantom flew silent, true to its name. The Plague scanned the valley for movement. Enormous boulders, tall trees, clefts in the cliff face. Plenty of places to hide. Then it occurred to him to start panning up the cliff.
Just as he did this, from behind him on the opposite side of the Phantom, Xepo called out, "Spectres!"
Out of nowhere, enemies seemingly materialized and started shooting plasma at them, not just from below but above. A flat ledge high up on the cliff was teeming with Jackals. They all stood side by side with their glowing point defense gauntlets, some orange, some blue, overlapped in a solid horizontal line. The only gap in their line was to accommodate the Shade anti-infantry plasma turret. Behind the line of shields was a couple of Brutes and about a dozen surrounding Grunts. Ludo glanced a quick check behind him and saw Fliz and Xepo aimed upwards, exchanging fire with their own enemies. He kept an eagle's eye out for more of these ambush ledges.
Joha, Theg, and the Arbiter had been out in front, scouting ahead. They got hit first and all scattered in different directions like cockroaches when the lights come on. Ludo lifted his carbine and set his sights on up towards the ledge. He could see the very top of the turret, but the gunner was out of view. Ludo patched over to the HIGHCOM and reported, "Commander, take us up. I need a better angle."
"Hold on," Rtas said as the Phantom descended.
The Hunter Generals roared a simultaneous war cry, the combined bellowing just loud enough to be heard over the Phantom's triple set of under-mounted heavy plasma cannons. The pair split up, jumped out of opposite doors, and linked back up on the ground. As Rtas brought them back up to the ledges, Ludo saw both Hunters take aim at the surviving Spectre, which was speeding away minus its gunner. Their arm cannons glowed hot green with explosive radiation.
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Purple Package
I got the latest few panels from my new artist... not my cup of tea. Looks like taking on new people may turn out to be more of a detriment than anything else, might as well go with the tried and true artists who know how to get the job done. It's not bad, just not what I was looking for. None the less, the price is paid and the past is history. Gonna post the new panels and move on with a different artist. My apologies in advance if the quality is not up to parr. Visit 5Realms - Comics - Agent Zero Kills the Marvel Universe.