Laz continues to hustle down the crawlspace, he can feel the tension coming off of his teammates. It is apparent that no one wants to face an agent again.

The party begins crawling through the opening.  To the left, the hallway ends, but there is a door leading to room 343.  You expect the Agents to appear there at any second.  To your right, the hallway ends in a door to room E12 with a large sign on it declaring:  AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY.  It is a large heavy door with a pushbar across the front.

You hear something behind you to the south of room 512.  Two Agents duck under the opened grate.  Viper is the last one remaining in the room.  He scrambles up to the opening to leave, jumping to throw his body over the edge.

And then a hand grabs his foot.  He is hanging by one knee over the opened grate.

The doorknob to room 343 begins to turn...
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Lot backpedals towards the door to E12 as he pulls out one of his frag grenades.  He pulls the pin and prepares to roll the grenade into room 343 when the door opens.  Lot barks "Suppressive fire on the door when it opens!  Pin them in with my grenade!"
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Jade leads the way by slamming through the door into room E12 as fast as her legs will carry her.  To make sure Roach doesn't freeze up, she grabs him by the arm and leads him in behind her.

Laz follows quickly behind Jade and Roach, breathing hard as they enter the room and hear the ringing of the phone.

[Just in case anyone's forgotten, an Agent has hold of Viper's leg.  Adding strength to the strength check for him to break free may be helpful to him.]

Laz hears grunting from behind him and turns to see that a hand has Viper's foot. He looks to Jade and Roach but sees that they are of no help right now. He takes a deep breath and goes over to Viper, offering him his hand.

Before he even notices Laz's offered hand, Viper has planted his foot to push off the wall. Grabbing the offered assistance, he yells, "Pull!" and shoves off the wall, hoping to rip his foot out of the grasp of the supposed Agent.

[OOC: Assuming I get free, hit the floor and roll up, Focus, 1) pull grenade, 2) pull pin, 3) throw through vent, yelling "Run!"]

Roach felt like he was trapped in some nightmare, and could only run along with Jade.

Viper and Laz begin a tug-of-war with the Agent inside.

Jade and Roach crash into the door leading to the warehouse.  They bounce off the door when it doesn't open.

Lot tosses his grenade just as an Agent is stepping out from behind the door.  The Agent looks down and watches as the grenade bounces off the wall, between his legs, and then into the room he is exiting.  He quickly shuts the door.  You hear it bang up against the other two Agents with him as he locks them in with the grenade.

Viper and Laz give one final push, and Viper comes free.  He loses his shoe in the process and is now barefoot.  He and Laz tumble to the ground.

Roach pushes hard on the bar across the door, and it swings open.  You can hear the ringing of the telephone behind you.  He and Jade stumble back toward the phone 50 feet away.

And you remember that only one person can use the phone at a time.

Viper pulls his grenade and flicks out the pin with his thumb.

The Agent down the hall is turning slowly towards you.

Another Agent pokes his head through the opening where the grating had been and Viper just fell through.  Viper tosses his grenade into the opening.

There is an explosion as Lot's grenade in the other room goes off.  The shock temporarily knocks the Agent down the hall off balance.  The other Agent looks curiously behind him as the grenade goes past him and into the tiny generator room.

Lot's face shows his concern as Viper's grenade sails into the generator room.  "I wonder what that generator powers?" he mumbles to himself.

The pistol in his left hand flicks back into his right as Lot runs into room E12.  He dodges to his left as he passes the doorway and crouches down into a kneeling position.  Using the corner there as partial cover he extends his pistol in a double fisted grip and aims down the hall.
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Seeing the phone as his salvation, Roach runs as fast as he can.

OOC: Focus to run faster, since it looks like I won't be using it anyways.

Jade watches Roach go and turns back to the door.  She looks for something to barricade it or lock it and yells, "Get inside!  Let's put this door between us."

Laz yells at Viper, "Let's us get the hell out of here," and starts towards the ringing phone.

Jade sees that the large door cannot be locked from the inside, but there are large barrels on the industrial shelves on either side of the door.  They are large and heavy and could be used to block it (since the door opens inward).

Mitose and Laz are moving into the warehouse room, followed by Viper.  As they begin to retreat, Lot takes good aim at the momentarily stunned Agent.

Viper scoots back out of the way, gets to his feet, and starts to run into the room.  Jade is at the door, ready to close it when everyone is clear.  Laz moves past her.  Viper is near the doorway just on his feet.

And Lot fires.  The bullet from the gun is a solid hit in the Agent's shoulder just above the heart.  His shoulder is knocked back by the hit, and his sunglasses go flying into the wall.  His earpiece falls out of his ear.  However, despite the blood forming on his white shirt, the Agent turns back and begins walking toward Lot and the group.

Viper's grenade is about to go off.

Roach is far beyond Jade, having slipped into Focus to get closer to the phone.  He is reaching out for the phone.  It is within arm's reach...
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And then you hear the sounds of chaos breaking through on your headsets.  You are back in contact with the Hyperion.

"The sentinels are close," X says.  "We have thirty...thirty-seven seconds and then we have to use the EMP.  Get to that phone!"

X's last messege sends Roach into full panic. He snatches the phone from the cradle and puts it to his ear...

After sending his slug into the agent's shoulder, Lot spins sideways and gets clear of the door so Jade can close it.  After getting clear he moves to the far side of the shelves and tries to push them over in front of the doorway.
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Viper scoots in the doorway and helps Lot get to blocking it.

34 seconds until EMP

Roach grabs the phone.  He disappears, and the phone drops, hanging by its cord.

As the others are moving into the room, the Agent picks up his pace.  Jade slams the door, and there is an instant pounding.

An explosion from the generator room throws...Jade, Mitose, and Lot off their feet.  The lights in the room flicker and then go out.  Emergency lights in the corners dimly light the warehouse.

There is pressure from the other side of the door as the Agent, miraculously still moving after the explosion, begins to open it from the other side.

Viper begins to pull out one of the barrels as Lot and Mitose get to their feet.  Jade will not be able to hold the door for long.

28 seconds until EMP

Lot rises to his feet and takes a moment to glace at the hardline.  Seeing that it is free for another exit, and with time running out, he grabs for Mitose and points at the ringing phone.  He yells to compensate for the ringing in his own ears, "Mitose, your injured ass is next!".  Without waiting to check on Mitose's progress Lot runs over to assist Viper with the barrel.

Laz hustles over to the phone, waiting for Mitose to disappear.

Mitose first must put the phone on the hook.  He does so and waits.

Viper and Lot manage to get the barrels in front of the door.  The Agent is pushing from the other side.  You fear he may actually warp or dent the metal on the door.  He slams against it.  And then slams against it again.

The phone begins to ring, and Mitose grabs the receiver and disappears.

X yells out, "Two agents just came through the north door to the warehouse!  You're not alone in there."

Laz is standing by the phone as the receiver falls and begins to hang there.

You hear footsteps from the northern side across two full aisles of shelves.  They will have to walk around the shelves, but that won't take them too long.

23 Seconds to EMP

Jade runs behind Laz to take the phone after him.  Her machine gun is ready in case the Agents come around the corner.

Viper unslings his AK and puts his back to the barrels, trying to hold the door and cover the approach of other Agents at the same time. "This is getting too hairy! Move!"