The turian's remains hadn't even hit the ceiling before Telesetea ducked behind the counter, a massive biotic wave from one of the girls in the back smashing into the turians and krogans in the front. She reached into a secret compartment and pulled out a heavy pistol, one of her favorite weapons, along with a medical kit. She turned to look at Amese, who was still struggling in pain but valiantly holding on, she reached over, pulling back as a turian landed between them, firing an assault rifle into the back before turning to look at them, his gun snapping in their direction. Telesetea didn't give the turian a chance, she reached out and warped his face, the turian's face suddenly distorting in a painfully loud crunching noise as his skull caved in, next she slapped away the rifle and rushing upwards and catching the turian while putting her back to the girls, knowing they'd be able to distinguish her from a hostile. From over the turian's shoulder she faced the front of the diner, her eyes immediately drawn to a krogan suddenly smashing through the counter, Telesetea blinked and suddenly the elderly woman was on the krogan, trading furious punches with the downed lizard that should have killed her.
She tore her eyes from the impossible sight, rifle rounds shredding her turian bodyguard; she reached out with her pistol and fired several rounds into the screaming turian that was firing at her, his yells cut off by gurgling sounds as a bullet punctured his neck. Behind her she could still hear the elderly woman and krogan exchanging punches. She turned and put several rounds into nearby turian before the butt of a rifle slammed into the side of her face, her entire world exploding in pain as she realized the blow had fractured bone. Through the pain she saw her attacker was a pale white turian, throwing her shredded shield at him with all her strength, Telesetea took the chance to turn around and fire several rounds into a krogan that was advancing on the girls, gaining his attention in the process before he was kicked backwards by a biotic push, one of the girls focusing her barriers down on the krogan while several of them concentrated their fire onto him. She whipped back around, the turian she'd thrown her bloody corpse shield at pushing barely pushing the body off of him, Telesetea raised her gun to put him down for good before the turian delivered a kick to her leg, bringing her down on top of him. She landed hard on the pale turian, receiving a headbutt almost as soon as she did, pain temporarily blinding her before she felt herself thrown off of the turian and then straddled, clawed hands raining down on her as struggled to bring her gun up, the pale turian batting her hands away whenever she got a bead on him. Just beyond her she could hear a turian taunting her, a quick glance showed the turian that had shot Amese was still alive, arm badly mangled. Anger shot through her and Telesetea screamed before landing a terrible hit with her pistol to the pale turian's face, knocking him off of her in an instant. Telesetea jumped on him, pressed her gun to his temple and fired, the pale turian's head exploding against her before she aimed at the turian with the broken arm and put several holes in his chest. She felt something brush against her and snarled, her gun whipping out as she looked for a new enemy. It was only the old lady, covered in krogan blood, dragging away her husband.
She'd almost shot her.
She faced the entrance of the diner, firing several rounds at a retreating krogan, the Nazacus girl yelling threats from behind him as she was pushed out by her mercenary. Through the now open doors she could see three cars pull up, several more turians and krogans rushing out of them, guns blazing, bullets slamming into their diner's front, shattering windows and punching through the blinds to hit the chairs, tables and counters inside.
"Shit!' Suiir cursed as she jumped behind the counter, a medical kit in one hand and a shotgun in another, bullets just missing her by seconds.
"Who's still here!" Telesetea yelled out over the sounds of gunfire, hoping none of her girls had been killed in those few seconds before firing her heavy pistol over the counter, a hail of return fire making her pull her hand back.
"All of us!" Amenra yelled out from somewhere in the back. "Seiyes is tits up, took a nasty punch from a charging krogan. How's Amese over there!"
Telesetea wondered too, she couldn't see the youngest girl from here.
"She's just being a bitch," Suiir yelled out from behind the counter, "She'll be fine."
"You keep her safe!" Telesetea yelled, "We'll go deal with the Nazacus girl!" Receiving a near the diner's front doors, her barrier flashing blue as supersonic razer hail impacted against it. As she slammed into the wall she saw her girls surge forward, their own guns barking return fire as they moved up. Irel took a hit to her leg, dropping her as she yelled out in pain, Amenra pulling her into cover.
Telesetea heard the telltale thuds of heavier caliber weaponry and felt impacts on the other side of the wall, felt herself be pulled backwards by someone near her as the wall she was using as cover exploded, showering her face with shrapnel. She fell hard, blood and pain washing all over her face. Blinking through the sweat and blood she saw two krogans, armored like tanks and sporting heavy machine guns slowly advancing on her diner, streams of bullets bouncing off of their barriers and armor as if they were simply flies being swatted aside. Caepia was hiding behind one of the cars, her cackling, yelling and cursing nearly drowned out by the heavy gunfire.
"FUCK!"
Telesetea turned, barely making out the elderly couple from their hiding spot near the restrooms. Both of them. The elderly man, who by all accounts should be dead yet lived, and the elderly woman, who should not have been able to beat a krogan to death yet did.
Again she didn't have time to wonder how that was possible, more concerned by the near unstoppable krogan duo who was advancing on their position, their near endless stream of heavy firepower wearing away at her diner's walls. Off in the distance she could hear the sounds of sirens, though Telesetea worried that the police force on Lluvia, which hadn't grown alongside the city itself since its founding, would be unable to do anything except die. Her fears were proven right when a police vehicle arrived, one of the krogans turning on his heel and firing up at the flying vehicle, the heavy rounds punching through the craft without difficulty. Telesetea saw blood splatter from inside the craft, and then watched as it slammed into the street, skidded along and smashed into another storefront further down the road. She heard cheering out in the street, Caepia leading the cheer.
A cheer that abruptly died when one of the krogans exploded.
A blindingly bright bolt of lightning had arced out and turned that walking tank into nothing more than a rapidly expanding ball of flesh and blood, the krogan's armor razer shrapnel. The violence of the blast took the nearby krogan's left arm off at the elbow, the muscled beast yelling out in pain and bringing his gun up, firing several shots into the old man who had brought the thunder. He fell to the ground, his chest blown open.
The elderly woman shot out from her position, faster than Telesetea could track, and was suddenly in the surviving krogan's face, fists flashing green as she delivered violent blows onto the armored lizard. Caepia's group hadn't recovered and Telesetea gave the order to push their advantage. Several turians died before Caepia's group found their sight again, Telesetea ran out into the street, intent on closing the gap between the two groups, rushing past the elderly lady who ripped the krogan's head-crest off with her bare hands, the krogan screaming out in pain in a way she'd never heard before. She fired two rounds through the nearest car's window, killing a turian inside, the corpse slumping over and hitting the horn with half a face. Amenra ran up beside her, her assault rifle barking cover fire, her hand flashing biotic blue as she slapped a grenade out of the air and redirected it towards a group of turians being led by a krogan. The car they used as cover exploded as the grenade landed under it, flipping the entire craft over and landing on the surviving krogan, who yelled out in pain and anger as he was trapped under the flaming wreckage. Shots from her girls ended the lives of the single turian survivor as Telesetea ran forward, using her free hand to biotically hold the screaming krogan in place, slowly cooking the beast under the flaming wreckage and firing at Caepia with her pistol. The turian bitch didn't have the decency to die, her krogan bodyguard taking every shot aimed at her, his shields and armor unaffected as he shoved the slaver's daughter into their sole remaining car, several of the turian mercenaries rushing into the vehicle after them as it began to speed off. Only two turians remained, instantly cut down as they were left out in the open.
All the nearby hostiles dead, Telesetea turned around in time to hear the Krogan die screaming as the elderly woman shoved her fist through his brains and the elderly man, completely fine, run up to her and telling her to get into the car while tossing a turian corpse out of the driver's seat, the horn finally falling silent.
"What? We've won, she's gone!" she replied, her mind struggling to understand what was happening. "If the bitch wants to run, let her."
"You think she'll just run?" the elderly woman said, most of her body now orange with krogan blood, "I don't think she's learned her manners, she tracked you down once, what stops her from doing it again?"
Amenra walked over to them, hearing the conversation. "She's right boss. You remember what the Nazacus family was like, she'll carry that grudge her whole life."
"So let's make sure her life is short!" the elderly man said from the driver's seat, "Bitch shot Amese. Sweet girl. I like her."
Telesetea nodded, realizing that they were right. She'd deal with Caepia now rather than let her become a problem later on. "Alright girls, listen up!" she called out to her group, "Me and Amenra are going to hunt down the bitch that shot up our diner. Stay here and wait for the cops, show them our security footage if we've got any, if not… we'll, don't cause any more trouble. This was all self-defense, no reason to get on the wrong side of the law." She saw one of the girls running into the back before coming back out with some portable kinetic barriers, handing them over to her.
"Here boss, some protection." She said, her face bloody and her clothing torn in several places. "I don't think the Gaians would consider going after her to be "self-defense" boss…" she trailed off, alluding to the quite clear legal issues she and Amenra were about to undertake.
"I know. I don't care either." Telesetea said, before muttering "Make sure to send a report along with any security footage. Stay safe."
"We're losing her!" the elderly man complaining, the car humming with power, "Let's go!"
Telesetea nodded to her group and jumped into the backseat with Amenra, the car speeding off as soon as the doors were closed.
The elderly man drove like a madman, the streets zooming by past them at breakneck speeds. Telesetea wondered how they hadn't hit anyone before seeing several crashed vehicles along the road, several people running and screaming. Caepia must have scared everyone off of the streets and she could hear more sirens in the distance, the police force evidentally mobilizing in greater force after they learned how heavily armed their group was.
"Wait!" Telesetea yelled, "How are you still ali-"
Bullets tore through the windshield, one of them finding their mark in Telesetea's shoulder. She screamed out in pain as Amenra leaned out her window, assault rifle returning fire with the two turians who were firing at them from Caepia's escape vehicle. In the front seats the elderly man yelled for his wife to take the wheel as he turned in his seat and grabbed ahold of her,
"This might hurt!" he yelled over the gunfire, glass shattering and bullets flying around them. "Never tried on a blue girl before!" He jabbed his fist into her shoulder, his hand glowing brightly as he did so, Telesetea screamed out in pain before her yell caught in her throat, her body began to feel fantastic before the euphoria was over. When the elderly man leaned back, her shoulder was fine, no evidence of the wound that existed only moments before.
"What?"
"Get your head in the game!" the elderly man yelled.
Telesetea was done asking questions, instead she popped out of her window, aiming her heavy pistol at one of their attackers, her shot missing wide as Caepia's car suddenly made a hard right, their own car barely making the turn in time to continue the chase.
"She's heading for Monte Vista!" the elderly woman yelled.
Being jerked around by the insane driving maneuvers, swerving to avoid the few cars on the driving paths, the chase continued. Telesetea cursed before finally drawing a bead on one of the turians, shooting him in the shoulder, the mercenary dropping his rifle in the process before being smashed into an uncoming tailer, the top half of his body being flung out into the road. Telesetea grinned as she heard Caepia berate the driver for costing her a bodyguard. The other turian responded by tossing a grenade in their direction. The elderly man only just managed to swerve out of the way of the self-guiding explosive, though the blast did manage to blow out Amenra's door, the girl hissing in pain as her ear drum was blown out, the car violently buffeted by the shockwave. The elderly man reached out, lightning flying out from his hands and hitting the backend of the car, flaying open the entire back end of the car in a shower of sparks and light. The turian disappeared in that blast and Caepia's car began to belch fumes and fail.
Telesetea yelled to the elderly driver, "Ram that bitch out of the air!" The car's engine strained as it speed up, the poor vehicle struggling to continue functioning after all it had been through. It pulled through however, and soon the elderly woman told everyone to brace themselves as they slammed into the back of Caepia's car, both cars falling out of the sky as they both finally failed. The front of Telesetea's car crumped forward, killing the elderly couple, Amenra yelled curses as she was flung out of the car and somehow Telesetea held on to her seat long enough to fire off a few shots at the rival car, miraculously hitting Caepia in the leg as she gripped her seatbelt, the krogan bodyguard cursing his employer as they all fell to the earth. Telesetea could hear both cars engines whining and the altitude warnings blaring as they both smashed into the ground.
Every single part of Telesetea screamed in pain at her. She dragged herself out of the wreckage of the car, flames eating away at the entire car and stumbled out into the ground. Gasping for air through a punctured lung and attempting to stand on a broken leg, she heard the crack of rifle fire. Raising her pistol she saw Amenra, who looked as bad as she felt, being carried off by the elderly woman, tough bitch that she was, while she fired wild shots somewhere. That somewhere groaned in pain and Telesetea turned, the elderly man incinerating the krogan with a directed stream of fire that seemed to burst from his fingers.
But what drew most of her attention was the sound of a female turian whimpering. Telesetea drew herself up to her feet, pain shooting through her and letting her realize that she needed immediate medical attention, and shambled over to the crashed car, sparks and small explosions still cooking off from its engine block. The Nacazus girl was there, crushed and pined between the dashboard and a broken seat, barely able to move. Telesetea looked down on her, the young turian girl looking incredibly pitiful, tears streaming from her eyes as she attempted to look up at Telesetea in defiance. Telesetea put her heavy pistol up to the girl's head, causing her to sob harder.
Suddenly Telesetea was struck by just how young Caepia must be. Only barely an adult.
It didn't matter. She still pulled the trigger.