Showdown With The Resistance.

As the Freelancers were getting ready for their mission, the pilot Four Seven Niner was currently ordering a trooper pushing a crate around while she herself was working on a Pelican.

"No, no! This one goes here, that one goes there" She said.

The trooper grunts in annoyance. Carolina, Pyrrha, York, North, and South walk into the hangar while talking about some random stuff. Carolina walked up to their pilot.

"We ready?" Carolina asked.

"Just about. Running final checks now" The Pilot said.

"Alright, you heard her! Everyone onboard!" Carolina ordered.

"Great" Wash said.

"Alright" North said.

"C'mon D. Let's go. It's about time. Let's get this mission goin'" York said.

Suddenly their pilot noticed Delta "Woah, woah, woah. Hang on a minute, what is that thing?".

"This is Delta. Our new addition" York answered.

"Your new addition is pretty small" The Pilot pointed out.

"I said the same thing" Wash said.

"Don't start that again" Pyrrha warned.

"Delta is a computer program. He helps us figure stuff out. He's an A.I." York explained.

"Oh A.I. huh? What's the A stand for?" The Pilot asked.

"Artificial" York answered..

"I know what the fuck it stands for. What's it doing here?! Isn't it like one of those robots who takes people's jobs and puts them out of work?" The Pilot asked.

"I don't think so" York said.

"Have you been watching robot movies again?" Pyrrha asked.

"Maybe" The Pilot said before she noticed the trooper stop to watch them "What are you looking at?! I said put it over there, pay attention!".

The trooper resumes moving the crate around, growing more annoyed and tired by the second.

"Hey guys, get a move on" Carolina ordered.

"Hang on a minute. You. Green guy. Do you know how to fly a plane?" The Pilot asked.

"No, I do not" Delta answered.

"Huh, right. We're cool then. Everybody on board!" The Pilot said before she heard The trooper continue to grunt in annoyance as he's moving around the crate "Not over there, over there! Just quit screwin' around and put that thing back where you found it"

Exhausted, the trooper slams his head onto the crate. Everyone go on board the Pelican.

"This is Four Seven Niner. We are wheels up and engines hot. Leave a light on for us, command" The Pilot said.

"Roger that, Four Seven Niner. Good luck" Command answered.

"Thanks, command. Four Seven Niner out. Man, I would hate to have that guy's job" The pilot said as she starts the Pelican.

Soon they were enroute to the enemy base. This was it, this was going to be their one chance to finally end the resistance once and for all. Pyrrha was thinking to herself, she knew Connie was with the enemy now... traitor or not, she wasn't to thrilled about having to fight an old teammate. Why would Connie even do this? Well, if Pyrrha is lucky she can ask Connie herself... before any of her teammates try to kill her. The pelican suddenly rumbles slightly.

"We parking?!" York asked

"Indeed, we enemy base is right below us" The Pilot answered.

"How far below?" Wash asked.

"Do you really wanna know?" Their Pilot asked.

"Probably not... do I wanna know?" Wash asked.

"Seventy-five thousand feet" The Pilot answered.

"Uhh, that's high" Wash said, sounding nervous.

"No wonder you guys need computer programs, yes, that's very high" The Pilot said.

"That is approximately fourteen-point-two miles" Delta said.

"Thanks, D. You do not need to do that anymore" York said.

"Automatic conversion routines, offline" Delta said.

Carolina dismounts from the co-pilot seat "What's the plan?".

"Well, we know they're ready for us, so I figure they have defenses pointed in every direction. Except..." The Pilot began.

"Except they're probably not looking straight up" Carolina finished for her.

"They're probably not looking straight up" The Pilot agreed.

Wash walks up behind Carolina as she speaks "You thinking about a dive-bomb?".

"Oh no" Wash said as he returns to the rear bay.

"Sort of, but if we did a dive bomb, our engines would register on their thermals. Let them know that we're coming. I'm thinking... something else" The Pilot said.

Carolina slowly backs up into the pelican's rear bay "Probably wanna tighten that harness".

"Ohh no" Wash said as Carolina sits next to him as the Freelancers put their harnesses on.

"Calm down Wash, if this don't work, you won't feel a thing" Pyrrha said, earning a small snicker from South.

"Express elevator, goin' down!" The Pilot stops the engines throwing the pelican into free-fall.

"I think I'm gonna be sick!" Wash cried out.

"You know these suits are supposed to eliminate all wastes! You could probably throw up in your helmet and it would take care of it for you!" Carolina said.

"Yeah! You should test that, Wash!" York added.

"You two are assholes!" Wash yelled.

"Actually York, we were never able to get the vomit disposal patch beyond beta. Agent Washington would likely drown" Delta corrected.

"Yikes. Way to kill the mood, D" York said.

"Hey York, send that little green guy up here" The Pilot said.

"D, you heard her! Front and center!" York ordered.

Delta appears in front of the pilot "May I be of assistance?"

"Hey buddy, I need you to tell me when I can fire the jets at the last possible second. You know, to avoid crashing" The Pilot said.

"Please don't say crashing!" Wash begged.

"I understand. To prepare, I will need to calibrate for your reaction time" Delta said.

"Fine, go ahead" The Pilot said simply.

"When I say "mark", you say "sync". Mark" Delta said.

"Sync" The Pilot answered quickly.

Delta "Mark".

Pilot "Sync!".

"Calibration complete" Delta said.

"So, we're good?" The Pilot asked.

"I have high degree of confidence we will be able to complete this maneuver" Delta said before he flashes.

"Wait a second, why did you just blink like that?" The Pilot asked.

"That was just a standard maintenance routine" Delta answered.

"Dude! Did you just make a backup of yourself?" The Pilot asked.

"Confidence is one thing, but it is always prudent to prepare for failure" Delta said.

The Pilot scoffs "That's a dick move, green guy".

"I apologize if I have offended-" Delta began.

"Dick. Move" The Pilot interrupted.

Delta decided to move on "Prepare to fire engines on my mark. Five, Four, Three-".

The pelican fires its engines, landing right behind two soldiers.

"First floor! Everybody out!" The Pilot calls out and everyone jumps out of the Pelican.

"Okay, go, go, go!" York said.

"Why are we always jumping out of this thing?" Wash asked.

"Because it's fun! Now move!" Pyrrha said.

"Let's move people!" North said.

Carolins readies herself to jump "Yeah, let's move".

Carolina jumps off the back of the pelican, landing in-between some Insurrection soldiers and leading the Freelancers into battle. Soon, two warthogs drive up and fire at the group. The Freelancers dodge the blast, with Carolina using the attacking warthog to jump onto a higher platform. North and South take cover behind a container.

"South! Stay behind me!" North fires at the warthog drawing its fire "Go, go!".

York and Wash run ahead from another container with Wash calling out "York, move up!".

"On it!" York said before he was blasted back by an explosion.

"Oh..." Wash said.

"Fuck" York cursed.

Wash narrowly avoids another warthog round, using some sort of EMP attack on the surrounding warthogs. The gunner of one of the warthogs gets off only to be gunned down by South, who jumps up into the warthog and shoots the other gunner. Wash and York then run forward.


Inside the base, Blake, C.T and the Insurrection Leader are viewing the carnage through a monitor.

"They're here! I didn't think they'd find me so quickly!" Connie said in worry.

"It was only a matter of time. Let's deal with this!" The Leader walks up to an intercom and starts speaking "All hands topside! We are under attack, this is not a drill! Let's go people, move!".

"I should be out there too" Blake said.

"No, I need you in here in case anyone them manages to sneak inside" The Leader said.

"Yes, sir..." Blake said while clenching her fists. Her friends were fighting for their lives out there, and yet all she could do was watch.


Outside Carolina was firing her plasma rifles from behind a crate at a unseen enemy until she is pinned down by sniper fire. Wash and York, who are below take cover behind a wall, from a Warthog.

"We've got to time it just right! Wait for my mark!" Wash said.

"Call it" York said.

As four Insurrectionist soldiers are firing sniper rifles at Carolina, The Elite sniper walks up and takes aim.

"Okay, what have you got for me?" He said as he nearly hits Carolina.

"Woah!" Carolina said as she holsters a plasma rifle and moves to the other side of the crate.

"Carolina! I am positioned nearby. But if I try to move towards them now, I will be spotted" Pyrrha said over the comm.

"Understood. Hold on, I will make an opening for you!" Carolina said before looking at the snipers "Alright, boys. Me first!".

Carolina throws a grenade at the snipers but the elite Sniper shoots it in mid-air. As the grenade explodes, Wash and York move out of cover.

"Now!" Wash said before they are immediately forced back into cover by a warthog "No, wait! Not now, not now!".

"Come on!" York said annoyed.

Pyrrha tried to move closer, but the sniper fired at her, forcing her to take out her energy shield "Damn! I am pinned!".

Carolina is nearly hit again "Damn it! North, we're pinned down, I need you to take them out!".

"I can't get a line of sight on the target from here. But I might have a way to contain them" North replied.

"Just do it!" Carolina shouts.

Moments later, a device is thrown through the air and lands among the snipers. The device projects a domed energy shield around them. Pyrrha watched as one of the snipers holster his weapons and pulls out his SMG. He fires and is immediately killed by the ricocheting bullet. The dead sniper continues firing, sending bullets ricocheting all over the inside of the shield killing the other snipers as the elite sniper ducks. Some of the other snipers are hit and a couple of them fire as well, intensifying the gunfire. The inside becomes covered in blood. The domed energy shield dissipates and the snipers all fall to the floor.

Pyrrha grimashed "Not the cleanest way to go out...".

"Did I get 'em?" North asked.

"Yeah, North. you got 'em" Carolina answered.

"Say thank you to Theta for me" Pyrrha said.

"Will do. Okay we're movin'! York, you guys can handle it from here right?" Nort asked.

"Handle it? Sure. I mean, I nearly got blown up a minute ago, and now I'm paired with the squad's second worst fighter. But sure, we can handle it" York said.

"Great! North out" North said.

Wash looks up "You really think I'm the second worst fighter?".

"No, I was being nice. You're easily the worst" York said before he is punched to the side by the Sleeveless Insurrection Soldier.

"You were saying?" Wash said as he and the Soldier face each other "Uh oh".

Wash is knocked down next to York. The two Freelancer notice that he is carrying a rocket launcher. The Sleeveless Soldier fires at the Freelancers but they narrowly avoid it and are blown back. Washington manages to shoot the rocket launcher out of his hands. A Warthog in the background turns it's turret at Wash.

"Uh oh" The Warthog backs up and drives towards him. Wash manages to get up and begins running away "Car!".

"Damn it!" York fires his shotgun at the Sleeveless Soldier but the soldier knocks his arm away from him "Shotgun!".

The Sleeveless Soldier tackles York and gets up. Carolina begins to fire at him from the upper platform. The soldier dodges the shots by rolling. Carolina's plasma rifles overheat and she notices the warthog chasing Wash, putting him in-between a crate and the warthog.

"Oh, fuck! No you don't!" Carolina leaps off the platform and kicks Girlie off the Warthog's turret. She then jumps on Girlie but is kicked off. Regaining her footing, Carolina fires at the her, but the bolts are stopped when the Demo Man, who now has a robotic arm, backs the warthog up to block them.

He then raises his a shotgun with his robotic arm at Carolina "'Sup bitch. It's payback time!".

The Demo Man fires his shot gun but Carolina gets out of the way only for Girlie to attack her with dual pistols. York gets up and runs for his shotgun, surprising the Sleeveless Soldier who was trying to grab the shotgun as well. York punches him a few times and sends him with a kick. Grabbing his shotgun, York hits Girlie with the butt of his shotgun and prepares to fire at her. Girlie ducks as the Demo Man drives over her and uses the side of the warthog to knock York into the crate that Wash hides behind.

Pyrrha managed to rejoin the team as she charges at the Sleeveless Solider with her sword. The Solider barely avoids a swing from her before grabbing her arm as she went to stab him while holding her sword in a reversed grip. Pyrrha breaks free by kicking him in the chest. She goes for piercing strike, but the Soldier grabs her arm and shoulder and throws her away. Pyrrha rolled with the throw, using her free hand to flip and land on her feet. She is then forced activate her shield to block several shots from The Soldier's Pistol. Keeping her shield up, Pyrrha closed the distance and swings her sword at the Soldier, who dodged it before grabbing Pyrrha's arm and aims his pistol at her head. He leans her head to the side to avoid the bullet before she grabs the Soldier's arm and used it as leverage to deliver a capoeira styled kick to his head, making him stumble back.

Wash moves to the other side of the crate and pulls out a pad "Okay! Time to fight fire, with fire!".

The Demo Man in the warthog, Girlie, and the Sleeveless Soldier are charging at Carolina and Pyrrha. Wash presses something on his arm piece. A drop-pod lands. Girlie and Sleeveless soldier turn around. The hatch pops off, sending it towards the soldiers. Maine exits the pod and stands in front of the soldiers. Sigma then appears on Maine's right.

"Agent Maine, isn't that the soldier from the freeway? The one that shot you in the throat?" Sigma asked and Maine growls as he turns to face the two. They are reflected on his visor "I thought so. Sic 'em".

Maine lunges forward. Girlie readies her pistols while the Demo Man drives his warthog straight into Maine. The warthog smashes Maine into his pod sending it back on its side. Maine, now holding the front of the warthog slowly lifts it up and kicks it towards Girlie and The Sleeveless soldiers, tearing off the tow hooks. They dive out of the way, with the Demo Man landing next to his teammates.

Girlie turns to see Carolina holding her at gunpoint with one of her plasma rifles "Well, hello. What a pleasure to see you again".

The Demo Man runs up behind Carolina and punches her down with his robotic arm. Carolina gets up, noticing that one of her plasma rifles was badly damaged. Discarding the broken weapon, she raises her other rifle only for it to be hit with a machete. The thrower is revealed to be the Female soldier.

"Pleasure's all mine, bitch" She twirls two more machetes and charges at Carolina only for Pyrrha to kick her away.

"You resitance soldiers really don't like fighting anyone unless you can outnumber them, do you? Well let's even the odds a bit" Pyrrha said as she stood next to her older sister.

"Ready sis?" Carolina asked.

"Ready!" Pyrrha said as the two sisters were ready for a two on two fight.

The four soldiers charges at each other with Pyrrha clashing her sword with Girlie's machetes. The Demo Man steps in to try and punch Carolina. Carolina backs away as the Demo Man pursue her. While they did that, Pyrrha kept fighting Girlie, sparks flying around as their respective blades clashed. Pyrrha managed to grab one of the female soldier's arms before spinning around hr and held her blade to her neck.

"Surrender! I don't want to kill you!" Pyrrha demanded.

"A manufactured soldier don't want to kill? Bullshit!" Girlie said as she breaks Pyrrha's grip and kicks her back "The day I believe a murderer don't enjoy killing, is the day pigs fly and the stars flickers out".

"I am not a murderer!" Pyrrha shouts as she attacks her enemy.

The Sleeveless Insurrection Soldier was slowly getting up. He massages his head before looking at his right, he sees Maine, who cracks his knuckles and neck. The soldier swings his fist at Maine, only for Maine to stop it. Maine slowly starts twisting his arm, forcing his enemy onto his knees. Maine then readies his other fist and punches him hard enough to knock his helmet off... and possibly even his head. Maine turns around to see Carolina and Pyrrha are still fighting Girlie and Demo Man on a higher platform and rushes to assist. Carolina wild punches thrown by the Demo Man. She kicks him back, and regains her footing, pulling out an electric baton. She then charges at him, hitting Demo Man with a series of swings. Carolina kicks the Demo Man forward into Maine, who throws him into the ground like a wrestler.

"Rrrr, away with you!" He said in anger.

Maine begins charging at him but is sent flying by the Demo Man into Carolina, who tried to catch him. Carolina immediately gets up and charges again, while Maine jumps for his Brute Shot. He then fires a round but the Demo Man catches it and tosses it back towards him. The round explodes, briefly obscuring Maine from view. The smoke clears as Maine throws his Brute Shot at the Demo Man, severing his robotic arm with the bladed edge.

"Ah, my robot arm! Ah, you bitch!" Demo Man shouts.

Maine charges and kicks him, grabbing his brute shot, embedded into the ground. The Red Demo Man gets up and Maine fires several Brute Shot rounds at him, knocking him back into the ocean. The Demo Man disappears under the water while Maine watches for a brief moment then looks to Carolina. They both then looked as Pyrrha was fighting Girlie.

Pyrrha knocks Grilie's machete out of her hand before delivering an upward strike that knock Girlie's helmet of. Girlie backs up only to grab Pyrrha's arm to stop an downward stab. However, Pyrrha drops her sword before catching it with her other hand and stabbed it in to Girlie's chest. She began to cough up blood as Pyrrha's forced the blade deeper in to her chest.

"I'm sorry... you left me no choice" Pyrrha said.

"Fuck...you..." Girlie managed to get out before Pyrrha pulled her sword free and the female soldier fell down, dead.

Pyrrha sighs before wiping the blood of her sword "If only you had surrendered".

"They won't surrender until either they or we are dead. You alright?" Carolina asked.

"I will be fine, we got a mission to complete" Pyrrha said, brushing of her sister's concern.

"Right, let's regroup with the others inside" Carolina instructed.

Pyrrha looked at Maine "Sure you have recovered enough for this?".

Maine only nods, and Pyrrha followed Carolina.


Inside the base, Blake, The Leader and Connie were walking down a hallway, while Florida were spying on the group from a walkway. Suddenly, the Leader stops the group. Connie turns and aims her Magnums, and Blake looked ready to pull out her sword. The Leader pulls out a collapsible tomahawk.

"Catch!" He throws the tomahawk, and it embeds itself into Florida's chest and he falls to the ground "Surprise. We've got company coming. Cut 'em down!".

The two soldiers with gatling guns aim, revealing their customization. Their guns spin up, and fire into the walkway that Florida was on. They stop firing, and the Leader walks up to them.

"Hold this position" He ordered.

Wyoming pops out from behind a pillar and fires twice with his sniper rifle. The rounds rebound off the soldier's guns, and they open fire on Wyoming who rolls behind cover.

"Mow 'em down!" The leader ordered as the soldiers giggle and weep as they keep firing while The Leader walked away with Blake and Connie.

Wash and York arrive at Wyoming's position "Well, about time".

"Hey, Wyoming. Did we miss all the fun?" York asked.

"Hardly, chaps. Now where's our dear Carolina?" Wyoming asked before Carolina runs in and ducks behind a pillar, Pyrrha right behind her "Ah yes".

"Wyoming, move up!" Carolina asked.

"With all due respect, I'd prefer not to be killed. If at all possible" Wyoming said.

"York! Got any ideas?" Carolina asked.

"I don't know. Have we got any nukes?" York asked.

"You mean besides the one I'm going to drop on Wyoming if he doesn't move, the hell, up?!" Carolina said in frustration.

"Yes, I can see everything just fine from back here. Thank you" Wyoming said.

"We need to get into that bunker. That's where C.T and their leader are holed up" Carolina said.

"How are we going to get through all of this?!" Wash asked.

"So far, we're not" Wyoming said.

"Maybe Wyoming should try one of his knock-knock jokes" York suggested.

"Don't get him started York! Or we will be here all day!" Pyrrha said

"Oh, who's there?" Wyoming asked.

"Quiet!" Pyrrha said.

"Quiet who?" Wyoming.

"Ugrh...!" Pyrrha sighed.

"Urgh who?" Wyoming asked.

"All of you shut up. Okay, here's what we're going to do. Wash, you establish a line on that side. York and Wyoming, you-" Carolina is interrupted by a cloaked being dashing through the turret's fire. The cloak flickers to reveal Tex. She swings a punch at the Happy gunner. He dodges, and Tex rolls and cloaks out of sight. The soldiers fire at where she disappeared "Dammit, no! Cover me!"

"Cover me? That's the plan?!" York asked.

"Damn it Carolina! I'm going after her, keep me covered!" Pyrrha said as she dashed out of cover.

Wash dashes to the pillar on the opposite side, and prepares to engage "Open fire!".

Wash and York open fire as Carolina, who rushes at the gunners and jumps off one of them, only to be hit by the other. She lands badly, then gets up and runs after Tex. Pyrrha blocks the barrage of bullets with her shiled before jumping of a pillar to get over them and rushed after her sister. The twin turret soldiers fire on York and Wash, who retreat into cover.

"Man, Carolina really wants to win" Wash said.

"Yep. But it's not them she's fighting against" York said.


Inside the Command room, The Leader was tapping away at a console.

"We need to get to the escape vehicle" Connie said.

"I'm not leaving them!" The Leader refused as summons out two turrets from the ceiling by using a computer.

"You don't understand. They want me! They don't care about the rest of you. I know too much. If I leave, they'll follow me" Connie said.

Blake watched the doors with worried eyes, having a bad feeling about what or who could be outside. Her instinct was right, as outside of the room, Carolina is joining Tex at the door.

"Quiet, that room is guarded by turrets" Tex whispered.

"I can get past them" Carolina said.

"If there was a way to do it, I would have already done it" Tex said.

Carolina turns on her radio "York, I need you to cut the power on the main complex".

"Little busy out here!" York said over the sound of gun fire.

"Just do it" Carolina ordered.

"I'll see what I can do" York said.

Carolina looked up as she saw Pyrrha run up to them "Pyrrha? What are you doing here?".

"I am here to remind both of you that this is a mission, not a contest" Pyrrha said, her voice showing clear annoyance.

"Only one of us thinks this is a competition" Tex said, though there was a hint of mockery in her tone.

Carolina growls but Pyrrha cut in and whisper yelled "Shut up, both of you! I'd prefer if this mission didn't fail because you two are at each other's throats".

Carolina was about to respond until York's voice was heard "We're all clear Carolina. We'll be dark in less than sixty".

"Roger that" Carolina stands up and turns off her radio "Don't forget our objective. We're just here to retrieve the armor".

"Carolina, I know what the fucking objective is!" Tex said in annoyance.

"Are you two really still doing this right now?" Pyrrha asked.

Inside the command complex, the Leader still works on the computer until The lights go out.

"Damn it!" He said in anger.

"We need to go!" Connie insisted.

"Sir, I'm afraid I have to agree with CT on this one. If we stay we will get caught" Blake said.

"I already told you two, I can't leave them!" The Leader said as he pulls out a tomahawk.

"Most of them are already dead! Besides if we leave they have no reason to be here!" Connie said as she pulls a data pad out of the computer "Please, let's just go while we still can!".

She grabs the Leader by the hand and turns him towards her "Connie, come on!".

"You promised me. You said we would be together. I have all the information we need, I have my armor. We can take this to the right people and they'll..." Connie began.

"They'll what Connie?" The Leader demanded.

"I don't know! Make a deal with us! Keep us out of prison! They'll help us! Come on, we don't have much time" Connie said before the doors to the room open and the three freelancers enter.

"Actually, you don't have any time" Carolina said as she has her gun aimed at them.

"Carolina! Pyrrha! And you" Connie said as she looks at Tex with disdain.

"Hey Carolina, the power is off" York said.

"We noticed" Carolina said.

"What, no "thank you"? This was a complicated-" York began but Delta cut him of.

"Actually, I did most of the work Agent York" The AI said.

"Give it a rest, D!" York said.

Tex moves forward, gun still trained on Connie "C.T., you have something that belongs to project Freelancer, and you know how the Director hates to share".

"Calm your trigger finger, Tex!" Pyrrha said before she looked at Connie "Why did you do this Connie? After everything we went through, you just stab us in the back?!".

Connie moves forward "You three are fools. The Director is playing you. Don't you see it?!".

"C.T. stop it! We know you've been feeding intel to the resistance for months!" Carolina said with some anger.

"Ha, ha, is that who he told you we are?" The Leader asked, sounding amused by how little these people understood.

"You think you are anything else?" Pyrrha asked.

"Yes, we are the ones who don't murder people for fun" Blake said with a growl.

"You shut your mouth!" Pyrrha said, remembering Blake, she was the one who almost killed her back during the heist.

"They aren't the enemy Pyrrha. We're the ones working outside the rules, not them. You don't know what the Director has done. He's broken major laws. When this war ends, we're all going to have to pay for his crimes! Maybe some of us are already paying for them" Connie said.

Tex raises her gun "You need to stop talking, C.T.!".

"No, I know what you are Tex; and I won't take orders from a shadow" Connie said.

"What did you just call me?!" Tex demanded.

Carolina steps forward "You're coming with us, C.T. This is your last chance".

"No, I'm not going anywhere with you" Connie refused.

"Connie, don't make us fight you! We were friends, remember!?" Pyrrha said, hoping to talk sense in to her old teammate.

"Actually, we don't need you. We just need your armor" Tex fires and hits C.T. She falls.

"Tex!" Pyrrha shouts.

"No!" The Leader shouts.

The shot C.T. turns out to be a hologram and the real C.T. rushes forward, tackles Tex, and takes out her knife and pins Tex's right hand to her back. C.T. then pushes Tex forward into the Leader who strikes her with his tomahawk. Carolina ducks behind a crate as the Leader tosses some tomahawks towards her. She fires back at him. C.T. attacks her with a knife and Carolina fires, hitting a fake C.T. and dodging the real C.T.'s attacks. C.T. disarms Carolina and Carolina pulls out an electric baton and hits C.T. with it.

Meanwhile, Pyrrha gets her rematch with Blake as they clash their swords. Blake kicks Pyrrha back and tries to hit her with her blade, but Pyrrha blocks it and kicks Blake in the gut. Both began dueling with their blades, trading a few kicks as they did. Pyrrha did a low swipe with her sword but Blake jumped over it before kicking Pyrrha down. Blake leaps at Pyrrha, ready to stab her through the chest, only for Pyrrha to raise her feet and used them to throw Blake over her. Pyrrha leaps back to her feet and continued her clash with Blake while Tex and the Leader fight.

Tex gets behind him and flips him onto the ground. As he gets up, Tex kicks him in the head. He gets back up and the two resume fighting. Carolina and C.T. duel each other using Carolina's baton and C.T.'s knife. Carolina gets the upper hand and strikes C.T. several times. A fake C.T. disappears and the real C.T. lunges at Carolina. Carolina, Tex, C.T., and the Insurrectionist Leader attack each other before C.T. and Carolina resume fighting and the Leader and Tex resume fighting. Tex repeatedly punches the leader while Carolina dodges C.T.'s knife.

While all that was happening, Pyrrha continued her vicious duel with Blake who managed to leave a cut on Pyrrha's arm. She hissed a little but managed to defend herself from Blake's followed up attack and kicked her back. Blake hissed and attacks Pyrrha with a flurry of swings from her sword and even managed to hit Pyrrha's own sword out of her hands. Blake did not hesitate to take advantage of the now disarmed Pyrrha. But Pyrrha suddenly activated her shield which blocked Blake's strike. Blake stumbled back, and Pyrrha quickly rushed her. She grabbed Blake's sword arm before positioning herself under it. She then quickly rose up while pulling Blake's arm down. A crack followed by Blake's scream of agony echoed through the hallways.

Blake stumbled back, holding her arm after having dropped her sword "I'LL KILL YOU!".

Pyrrha caught Blake's attempt to punch her with her still healthy arm, before kicking her in the knee and then delivered another kick that sent Blake flying across the room. Blake was out of the fight now.

Carolina is attacked by a hologram C.T. which she defeats and the real one appears as the leader charges her. Carolina kicks the Leader over to Tex who punches him in the face, knocking him across the floor. C.T. and Carolina continue to fight. C.T. loses grip of her knife but grabs it again in the other hand and continues her attack. Carolina flips and disarms C.T. Tex charges at C.T. with a tomahawk and misses. C.T. summons a holographic projection. Tex grabs a second tomahawk and defeats the hologram C.T. before shoving the two tomahawks into C.T.'s abdomen and shoulder. The Leader begins to get up as C.T. falls to the ground.

Carolina grabs Tex by the shoulder "What the hell are you doing?!".

Tex shakes her off "Completing our objective!".

"By killing a teammate?!" Carolina asked.

"She's not a teammate. She's a traitor" Tex argued.

"She is our friend!" Pyrrha said.

They hear a door open. They turn to see the Insurrectionist Leader supporting C.T. into an escape vehicle, while Blake had to crawl inside. He then closes the door behind.

"Damn it! That's on you! I guess you can explain how we lost a whole suit of armor and failed to capture the leader of the resistance!" Tex said in anger as she turns on her radio "Command, we need extraction, now!".

"I've got them command. Read you loud and clear Texas. Clear me an L.Z. and get ready for pickup" The Pilot said.

As Tex walks off Carolina looks at her "I don't know what's gotten into you Texas, but you better figure out the difference between your enemies and your friends".

Pyrrha stood in the center of the room, she then took of her helmet and looked at her reflection in her visor. All that fighting... all that death... just to fail...

All that death... was now pointless.

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