Fighting Holons being piloted by another technopath was interesting. Leon spent more time transferring from Holon to Holon than inside his strider.
The first fight was to get Cammie's mech away from the others; she was the next most agile compared to Yaz and Chase. And as their resident Hacker she would understand how to get the others back faster. Sinclair and Leon double teamed it with Leon in his Strider instead of his Holon. Sinclair busy keeping the other Holon's at bay, his lightning, and with help from the others, it gave him an edge as he zipped circles around the machines.
Leon blasted at the bunny shaped Holon as it ran for him. Since Sinclair was purposefully ignoring it. The mech hit the ground and whoever was piloting it was having a hell of a time with the modifications Cammie had placed on the legs. Leon Boosted to stand on top of her chest and then popped out of the top of his Strider. He closed his eyes and jumped, pulling himself into the Holon easily this time.
"Cammie? I'm i-i-in." He sat up, pushing off his Strider and nearly tripping on her legs. He reached up using her Holon's arms to rip the thorns from its neck. A green circuit pattern appearing over its hands as he dissipated the other technopath's control.
"I got it!" She downloaded into the mech and took over. Leon gratefully backed off so she could handle the mech.
They reached out and he hooked his hands in hers, and then gulped as she grinned maniacally.
Yaz's mech was next, whoever was controlling it had managed to fix at least the wings, though it was a patch job that would make Migas cry. Cammie's drones harassed her out of the air as Sinclair turned into lightning and appeared on the yellow Holon's back. He shoved her into Cammie's arms as the hacker delightfully tore off the thorns she yelled.
"Yaz now!"
Kazu was next, and possibly easiest. Yaz landed on his back, in control of her own Holon again. Leon let go of Cammie to move to Yaz, he moved fluidly on the network and grabbed Yaz's hand. She nodded at him as she wrapped her legs around Kazu's waist wings flaring out and ripped the thorns off.
Val/entina was next but also almost as Easy as taking over Kazu's; whoever was controlling it wasn't using the camo; so all they had to do was get Cammie and Kazu to dogpile her while Yaz and Sinclair harried Chase. Leon back with Cammie so he could get rid of the thorns again.
Then there was one.
They cornered Chase; Sinclair wrapping himself on the other man's back. Chase tried to lift off for Kazu and Cammie to jump at him grabbing his legs. Yaz flew up and over pushing down and Val/entina using their grapple to wrap around Chase's arms.
Inside the GL network it looked like thorns created a barrier around Chase and Leon immediately were everywhere, whoever the other technopath was he didn't want to give up his prize.
"Leon there!" Cammie shouted pointing at an opening in the thorns. Hev surged forward, getting most of his torso through before pain hit his system so hard he couldn't move. He reached out and grabbed at Chase's shoulder.
"Guys?" Chase looked almost blind where the thorns covered his eyes causing his image to glitch a little and Leon gripped tighter. Outside the network they pulled away from Chase as he went deadly still.
"Little help here?" Leon asked and Chase's eyes widened; he clenched his fists as the hexagonal pattern appeared burning the thorns away. Leon nearly fell out of the network as the thorns disappeared from the network. They all breathed a sigh of relief as Chase reached over and pulled Leon into a hug.
"Thanks."