Heisting 101
Chapter 5 - One Last Surprise
After battling through an underground garage, through mercs aplenty, an YMIR mech, and even having to resort to creating their own path by blowing a hole in the wall with a vehicle mounted mass accelerator cannon, the two women arrive at the landing pad Kasumi located. Looking around they both notice the lack of a shuttle. But that's not the only thing, they both hear a loud roar as the engine of a gunship powers up and appears in the sky above them. Sophie's eyes widen as the gunship starts to loom menacingly toward them. "Shit!" she yells as the main gun starts to fire on their location, the pair taking massive damage to their shields in the process of diving for cover among the nearby crates.
Donovan Hock's voice sounds over a loudspeaker "You could've done this the easy way, Goto. Allow me to show you the hard way." The gunship's shielding powers up, coating the vehicle with a blue glow.
"Ideas!?" yells Sophie from behind her crate, her head flinching as debris is kicked up from the gunship's ongoing fire.
"Yeah, I have one, just need to get close!" is Kasumi's reply
Leaning carefully from cover as the gunship's weaponry takes a break from decimating their position Sophie fires upon the shielding, emptying a full clip with no visible sign of damage. She reloads and returns to hiding as the ship looms ever closer to try and flank the pair, its main gun whirring to life to unleash another salvo of bullets. Kasumi frantically seeks new cover as her omni-tool powers up to deliver a burst of electricity to the gunship's shielding, causing them to flicker slightly.
The gunship banks hard to the left and retreats from the pair's line of sight. "Kill them!" shouts Hock over the loudspeaker.
"Company!" yells Kasumi as she notices several Eclipse mercs accompanied by LOKI mechs pour from the door the pair came from. The thief vaults over her crate to protect herself. Sophie creates a singularity before she takes her own cover, causing the unshielded mercs to be pulled helplessly into it. The mechs remain grounded however and open fire, hitting Kasumi's shields as she shoots at the helpless mercs who fall lifeless from the singularity. The thief returns to cover and allows her shields to recover while Sophie takes care of the LOKI mechs as they near Kasumi's location.
As the two women try to catch their breath the familiar sound of a roaring engine draws near. The gunship appears once more, the shielding back up to full strength. Kasumi runs to the left as Shepard dives into cover on the right. It opens fire on the petite human who climbs skilfully up a large section of piping, she jumps toward an adjacent pipe and runs along the top of it, the gunship is now hovering in front of her. Predator has trapped prey. Hock prepares the gun once more, eager to kill the annoyance in front of him. As he goes to fire though, the thief leaps toward the cockpit, grabbing onto a handle on the hull. He tries to shake Kasumi off by banking harshly. The thief stubbornly hangs on and manages to grip with both hands and scramble in front of Hock's view. She places her hand on the screen and activates her omni-tool which sends a large jolt of electricity through the gunship's systems. She salutes flippantly and leaps from gunship which starts to corkscrew out of control, smoke coming from the tail rotor as it crashes away from the landing pad with a satisfying explosion. Kasumi lands elegantly and Sophie approaches. "Damn. That was impressive." The thief just nods and Sophie opens a comm channel. "Alright, Joker. Send the shuttle now."