The chrome angel can't afford to flinch after earning the full attention of the fire-engulfed enemy she has chosen for herself.  Instead, she tries to attack again before the burster can respond.  Both her forearms transform into large, curved, serated blades.  She slashes first with her right, then again with her left.  Oksana isn't so familiar with force fields and has no idea if attacking the head will do more damage or not, but she knows she is stronger than this man.  Even if her metal blades do not penetrate, she still hopes to knock some sense into him.  Oksana screams at him, to drown out the flames and keep his attention focused on her.

Shimrod continues to cover the cowering bursters, while still keeping an eye on Oksana's battle. Should she develop any problems, he will assist her...but he doubts she will need the aid. He is constantly amazed at the powers of his companions, and darkly wonders if he can eventually manage to gain such supreme powers, perhaps by immersing himself in a ley line storm or a gamma ray explosion...or maybe selling his soul to a demon.

Oksana's victim falls lifeless to the ground after the second slash, and the remaining 2 bursters have completely surrendered to Shimrod, Van and Thasha. This room is secured, along with Tyirrak's.

Daemonis and Severin are not as lucky and remain unable to enter their target room, and have lost Flat Bullet into the darkness inside, while Burd seems to have turned on his companions.

Vashti sheathed his weapons and moved over towards the cowering victims, holding out his hands to show they're empty.  "You can relax now, the calvalry's arrived."  The jerridu turned on all of his considerable charm in an effort to calm the psychics enough that they might be rescued from the vile facility.  "I know you're scared, but if you let us we'll get you out of this hell-hole."

Callie's armor hissed, seals releasing pressure as she once again cracked her shell.  She spared a brief, sorrowful, glance for the frightened psychics then turned her attention towards the devices they had been sent to gather.  "Lieutenant, let me check to make sure the devices are safe to remove before we try to retrieve them."

She reached out with her mind towards the machines, testing their function and any connections to the facility.

"Alright, cease fire!" Van takes a moment to think about the force with which he was ready to waste these people. Seems like anything not in the platoon moves and he's itching to blow it to hell. Seeing the charred remains of the burster on the ground doesn't phase him much, but realizing that fact seems to.

"Thasha, secure the prisoners. Just put 'em face against the wall for now," he orders, making sure to add a bit extra detail, to teach the beast what 'securing' prisoners means. Then he makes for the machine. He wastes no time in investigating it, and once he figures out how, he'll start preparing it for transport.


[ EDIT -- Shit, forgot what the map looked like. We're in the room with the machines already, of course... ]
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As Vashti makes his way to the two sickly, naked, cowering psychics he notices the bones of humanoid limbs scattered around them. They both have dried blood on their chins, and the male is holding a bloody severed arm in his hands. They were clearly eating before the troops from Tolkeen arrived. There is also a horrid pile of excrement in the corner of the room...

After Vashti speaks, the two humans break down into tears. The man manages to whimper a _{"Thank you... thank you..."} while looking up at the jeridu.


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Thasha nods, and aggressively moves the 2 remaining bursters against the wall. He asks of them "Why did you attack us... you are not soldiers... are you...?"
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Vashti tried, though not completely successfully, not to wince when he noticed the prisoner's meal.  Focusing his mind, the demon-queller uttered a brief prayer to his goddess in oddly-accented Dragonese.  "Agasaya, Great Huntress, share your gift of sight that I may judge these men truly."  With a brief expenditure of will he felt the magic take hold of his eyes and looked hard at the surviving prisoners.

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Severin and Burd brawl with each other in front of the other room. Burd has a grip around Severin's neck and has him pinned against a wall, while punching him in the face. Severin is laughing while his tail moves like a snake, picking its' moments to strike. The tail pierces Burds skin 5 or 6 times and the Thornhead starts to slow down and lose strength.

The prisoners say nothing in reply to Thasha's questioning.
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"One of you grab the damn machine and we can get the hell out of here!"

Severin continues puncturing Burd with his tail, each strike injecting more of his lethal venom into the big demon, "You fucked up Burd." he manages to choke out through gasps for air.

Daemonis draws calmly draws people's attention to the yet unresolved conflict. "The demons are battling one another." he says stepping away from the conflict toward someone of some authority.

Soon Burd collapses against Severin. he loses his grip around his neck and passes out on his knees in front of Severin.

Nobody offered to help Severin, perhaps because he is a demon... perhaps nobody was paying attention to his individual conflict...

In any case, Portia orders Severin to carry Burd back above ground.

Just as Severin picks him up, Callie and Van each remove one of the large sea-mine-looking devices by the medical beds.

The group would be ready to leave if it weren't for the fact that Flat Bullet is unnacounted for. He attacked Daemonis a few seconds ago and disappeared into the room. And there is still the business with the prisoners/rescued psychics...
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"yes maam," Severin says flatly as he hefts the demon onto his shoulders, he waits to see if they leave flat bullet or what the plan is from this point.

Daemonis reports to Portia. "The Sheriff may have been manipulated. He just turned on me, like the Thornhead did. He's been detained, but if one of these psychics has a hold on him we need to intervene, or we can leave him here. It's up to you how you wish to deal with that."

"Braga, take Thasha and Oksana with you and see if Flat Bullet is still alive. If he is, drag him out of there, if he is dead leave him... The rest of you get to the damn elevator! Get Callie and Van in there first!"

Portia waits to ensure the others get onto the elevator, and waits until Braga's squad is out of the last room. She motions for Severin to stay behind as well.
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Vashti and Tyirrak lead the way back to the elevator. The strange snake-shape shifter is gone, but the bodies and egg-nests remain behind. Upon arriving at the elevator a small squad of four Tolkeen soldiers from 4th Platoon are just reaching this deck.

The Sergeant reports he was sent down to assist, but instead remains on the elevator and aims their weapons to cover the retreat.

Vashti and Tyirrak wait at the doors and cover Van and Callie as they board teh elevator with the stolen devices of mysterious importance to The Kingdom of Tolkeen. They both continue to wait until Karnon, Daemonis, Shimrod, Madtown are safely inside before they too board the elevator and the doors close, and the elevator begins to rise... the sounds of explosions echoes in the elevator shaft from a huge battle above ground.

The Sergeant fills everybody in "We have been taking heavy fire from a Coalition Air Squadron, while the rest of Pluto has been holding off the ground forces a few miles away. Everyone is pretty beat up, so it will be a quick evacuation."

Not being able to rely upon Dyvalis for translations has forced Daemonis to become more involved in things. "I don't know if this helps anything, but with a combination of Featherlight and Teleport: Lesser, I could teleport these devices as far as 20 miles from here."

"I don't think we will need to" In response to Daemonis. "We have a teleport station set up above ground. Be prepared for combat right away, and we are supposed to make sure everybody stays and fights until the devices have been sent to Tolkeen."

The sergeant looks at Van and Callie "Well kiddies, that means the two of you come with me as soon as we get up there. I will take you to the TS, and get the two of you, the fuck out of here. And then the rest of us can get the fuck out of here..."

Van nods at his fellow sergeant while securing his grasp on the device. "No objections from me pal."

Tyirrak, Vashti, Van, Calliandra, Shimrod, Karnon and Daemonis can post in the Squad Three thread.

The barn above ground has been completely destroyed, and the rest of the area is scattered with craters. There are maybe 5 or 6 visible dead soldiers from Squad Four laying about, missing limbs and such.

The APC is gone (upon closer inspection it is speeding east where a bunch of power armours used to be).

The teleporting pad looks like it can hold maybe 5 people at a time.

Van moves quickly toward the pad, keeping his back to the action lest a stray shot should damage the device. He keeps pace with Callie and ensures that she gets safely into the circle. "Ladies first."

Daemonis steps over the casualties, making his way to the teleportation pad, hoping to be able to get out in the first group of 5 or at least have some cover until the second.

Portia and the rest of teh squad, along with a wounded Flat Bullet are soon on their way up in the elevator to join in the fray.