Zob made the hand motion to advance as he started to make his way down the stairs with Jax, 4 guards rounded the corner and with tactical precision and Jax's help dropped them in short order, "Watch those corners once we reach down to the apartments got plenty of places for people to hide in... and also watch for possible traps when we reach the targets location" he said to Jax as they continued forth down the stairs providing cover for the rest of the team.

In reply to shd op (msg # 18):

Madison fell in behind Kray as he descended the stairs, slightly offset to his left so she could shoot without hitting him

  Six came in from the  east..no lights, they Hovered to look over the  Buildings. I don't know, SGT Meari.....  the fence..the  troops..fence has to be  10 foot high..and they have those   Nivarian Cat things down there..

there were some trees  to the north, the Killing ground wasn;'t  as big there.

   as  Shadow and Maddy  reached  the   door  to the  main hall, people ran passed..some in EDT unifroms.... quickly stepping out     he looked to the  south  as  the people ran from hearing the alarms  and the explosion on the roof.

 Two women in  towels  exited  a room to the North   an screamed..MASTER MASTER! and  tried to run North..

 Silence them.. that's they way we are going... even  as he spoke the spon  flew of  a greande from His belt  and he  tossed it  down the  hall having it  hit off the  top  corners of the   ceiling  to allow  a random bounce..

 Two EDT troopers  truned.. The woman looked  astonished at the two dark clad   people who came from the roof... The man had the Prescence of  Mind  to reach for hios  side arm. neither of them Mattered  when the grenade wetn off.., Shadow's weapon  fired to drop  anyone stuck int eh hall , who didn't make it to the  elevator.

 people laid  screaming i  pain and fear..he let them. to add to the chaos...He turned to see  how Maddy  was doing.

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 below, Jax and Hemsly and Hemsly kicked the  dors  opend.. and  fired , or  went in to make sure no one was   Hiding..  Jax  came out   witha cloth  that was  wrapped and Tucked it in his  suit.. Hmsley   went in the  3nd dorr he   kicked in and grabbed a 'chrome case"

  The were nearing the  Main Hall.. the  building  Vibrated  with , what sounded like a grenade   .

 Zob saw   some  troops go passed thier interection..One of them Poitned to the three as he stopped.

In reply to shad group (msg # 22):

From the moment they stepped out of the stairwell, it was clear that any element of surprise was long gone. There were people screaming and running through the hall, including two probable slaves who Shadow ordered to have silenced. She was was already aiming when he said it. She fired twice and the two women crumpled to the floor. There would have been silence, but for his grenade.

"What?" She said when he turned back towards her. "I silenced them. You're the one that made all that racket with the grenade."
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Zob didn't even hesitate he squeezed the trigger and dropped the man standing in the hallway with a bullet between the eyes he then ejected the spent magazine and reloaded, "Keep checking ill hold em off!" if more came he would return fire while others searched the rooms on this level.

  Jax   kicked the  next door opened. The  former Stem Kid had no remorse, as a coupe who were in bed, , at elast died togther.

 he  came out with a satchel   that ge would suse for  collecting.

   three  ounds  Hit around  Jax., he  Yelped  and fell back through the Door...I'M Hit.. got  me in the empty spot  where the   armor meets  the enviro  suit..
  Zob  saw the  men peeking  around the North side of the  intersection, taking pot shots..
...............

   Shadow    shrugged  as he grinned...goes back to  Eggs  and Omelets he  fussed with his    pouch  and  took a  throwing  dagger from behind his neck,  slicing   the   slices of  C-10.. he looked  down the Hall , and Cut off  3  More...

 Roll them  and stick one of these in. Handing her three  thins that  look like  Push Pins.. as soon as they  entered the  C-10 spheres..  they started to Blink  Red.

 Shadows  were green.... now.. .move up the   hall as  fast as yo  can and same  that as near to the   door  lock as you are able..we  each   have three... when we get to the  far end ..Yiou hit  even number.. and I'll hit off. wait..that's not right.

  Hemsley?   is Green even or Odd?

 A Bit  Busiy , now  , Ya Blighter!

 Shadw   sighed..screw it!..  youu press  even. I press odd..  they'll blow up.. ready?.....GO!

 he took off . slamming  a  ball  on each door  pad..   the Middle  door  was  hit  with  Hard  ammo  but no rounds came through


  Maddy  would have  rounds  do the same thing to  her last  door.

"Easy peasy." Madison set about rolling and pinning, then rushed down the hall, sticking one on each door. It sounded like someone shot that last door. Once they were both clear, she pulled out the COM and hit even.

The doors blew

Zob primed a frag grenade and tossed it down the hallway at the northside before rushing over to Jax and foamed him up quick while there was a brief moment to breathe, "Gotta get up, stay behind me!" he then pulled him to his feet he was hurt but he was as good as dead sitting there on the ground and as long as he survived the med techs could handle it back at the hideout.

After getting Jax to his feet he would exit the room and continue his advance with Jax in tow if the guards grouped back up he would toss another grenade if not he would fire upon them with his assault rifle but he would rather have them fire on him then on Jax.
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   Kat came in  on the vector she  saw the  last Van come in from. the lights on the roof  lit up for her to see the marker.. two guards  went to the   stairwell while   4 mor waited  for it to land.

  They seems to be   purchasing  it..

 buying it.... maria said

 then  one  Guard   turned   from the  stairway door   , holding out his hands  in question.

 Shade  Bleeped   as he went to the back door...he said, nothing  is  ever   easy...and..we should  start killing people..

 ..That... is what we are here for..Da?

 the back  doors  opened , Shahe stepped out  firing   small bursts  into the Abdomens of the enemy  Maria   stepped out    her carbine    cropped  the  troper  a    the near pint of the stair.


Maygin tossed  a  grenade that went off in the stair  well  as the  'questioning' guard    tried to   run  down the stairs... Most of  him cam right back to the roof.

 the   doors  Blew , looking like two ships  firing broadsides, as  4  wooden doors  shattered,  and the  two metal  doors   , simply fell in.

 the closest  Metal door was  to   Maddy..   Shadow  held Up a Hand.. he  stepped in , when a  Blue-black furry  thing slammed into him.. The wort  snarled  and     tried to Bring its  rear   legs into play...

 The man in the Picture had  a 45 in his hand and  pointed it   Maddy...gods be damned ESN..right?  well as soon as Daisy finished  your goon. yiu and i are leaving..  looks like  I'll have to start a  whole new stable..but don't worry. i'll break you in ..you'll even have...

 The wort was  convulsing  ..or..it seemed  Like it.. when the  tip of an Angel steel Trench knife  poked though. and, more or less  split the  thing in two.., the gore  covered  Shadow  Grinned...Nothing like an Angel steel  trench knife...

Stevel Looked at Maddy with  wide eyes.


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  Jax  hobbled  but didn't complain. Hemsley nodded with approval at the  tough  young troper... But to Jax, it was  just something   you  expected.. his weapon was up as the   moved to the intersection.

 zob saw people at the far  hall way  running  to the  south ..another team of  4 troops  spotted them and began to run towards them

....................

 above them  there was a heavy, muffed  sound  of  explosions.

Zob flipped the fire mode to full auto and let the rounds fly into the approaching group of guards, "Grab everything of value and lets find this target so we can get out of here" Zob was done playing defensive he pushed forward and continued down the hallway.

Roy pulled the Largran sniper rifle out of its bag, assembling the components.  "Brivet, put us in a hover, about fifty meters off the deck, lights out, short of the south side of the compound.  I want to take a look at what's actually down there and see if there's anyone we can dispose of before they know we're coming...if we're lucky, we'll catch our target between buildings..."

He was pretty sure they wouldn't be THAT lucky.  It could happen...but it almost never did on Delta Nights, especially the more recent ones, after EDT operatives and their allies had learned that the arrival of the Delta Fleet meant a night of terror for their personnel.

As the aircar approached the desired location, he raised the rifle, the barrel extended out the window.  "Easy does it...hold up here..."  He set his cheek against the stock, looking through the scope for targets of opportunity.

When the door blew in, Shadow went to enter first, but was interrupted by a furry beast with six limbs. As he wrestled with the thing a man came out holding a gun on Madison, and waxing on about how he was going to personally break her in. It might have been a terrifying moment, except the arrogant idiot failed to notice the gun she had in her hand. His eyes went wide, but it wasn't from surprise. It was from the hole leaking between them as she shot him dead. Just at that moment, Shadow pushed the carcass of the beast off him and espousing the utility of his trench knife.

"Nice knife." She said as Stevel crumpled in a a lifeless heap. "But I'll stick to my guns."

 Roy could see..  people walking, around, not many..teos   , some singles..it was late..most folks were home except   for what passed for  'night shift'

m he  did note,  shepard-like  dogs..but  big barreled bodies.  there  was one tower  in the middle of the  compound.. Roy could see   some screens  and two people seated, and at least 3  people with weapons.

    Shadow   have  a  nod  as he took his jacked  off  and went into the bath room to get the Wort   stuff off him. Check him for  creds look  for  suitcases, or satchels

 he   opened the COMs...we  got  Lucky.. Maddy  got the Mark.. we still have to clen  out the   floors.. then see if there is  a basement to this  place.. we'll do that to together. needless to say.. we  don't have  room for prisoners.  we'll work out  way down..

..............

 Hemsley   fries   at an EDT who was  running with a suit case. Hemsly, wounded the  man, but  the man kept  running

 Jax    went into the  next  door,,  he    dumped  some finding into the satchel he commandeered

 Zob saw a bottle next at the elevator as people pound on the door in panic. from the north another Kills squad  was  hunting for them

Zob with his right hand reached down grabbed his sidearm like he was a cowboy in a high noon standoff and fired one of his poison darts at the fleeing EDT that was trying to make a run for it, hoping he would be able to nab him before he got away.
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 Meari and her group reached the area, she looked at the trees seemed their best bet.  Meari will look at the area closer to see the best way in and what she could see for defenses, and what was on the roofs of all the buildings as well. Now she wished she wore her suit, " Ok everyone you see what we got, I say lets head for the trees try and get a layout of their defenses and go from there.  Anyone have any suggestions?"

In reply to shad group (msg # 34):

As Kray went back to wash beast blood off his body, Madison knelt besides the limp corpse of Stevel Bosson. She went to search him, but all he was wearing was a pair of tight shorts that concealed nothing but the details of his many pride.

"He's got nothing of interest." She called out, then giggled. "I guess I'll check the rest of the flat."

She set about searching his lavish apartment.

Roy spoke as he looked through the scope, describing what he saw.  "Got a lot of lone walkers, a few couples...none of them Sanri, so far.  At least three armed guards, a couple of people monitoring screens...I'm guessing internal security, or they're watching the approaches.  And...it looks like a few modified guard dogs.  Looks like they started with similar stock as Mila, but they're massive through the chest.  Those could be trouble, once we get down there."

He paused for a moment, sweeping back over the compound again to see if he could locate anything else noteworthy.  "My suggestion?  Drop the armed guards right now, along with the guys monitoring systems.  If the place lights up like a hornets' nest, we might need to re-evaluate, but if it stays quiet, we make a speed-run in, dismount on top of one of the buildings, and drop the guard dogs from there before we move on.  Hold Larry in reserve in case those dogs have some other non-dog capabilities under their fur.  Once we've got Security and the guard dogs neutralized, we breach the building and move inside."  He paused again, looking at the three structures within the compound.  "One of those is a residence...if we can figure out which, that would be the place to hit first, I'm guessing...unless Doctor Sanri-stein is playing mad scientist in her lab..."  Once again, he wished for better intel.  Did nobody on this world think to document daily habits of the marks?  It would have made the whole thing much simpler if they had some general ideas of what time each of them turned in for the night, or if they were absolute night-owls and would only be caught sleeping by day...

"Karson, I've got binocs in my gear bag...hand 'em to Dr. Christie.  See if you can find any indicators of one of those buildings being a residence and not a lab, Doc..."

He kept searching for signs of the information he was hoping to see with his rifle scope, as he added, "Anyone got any other suggestions?  If not, I'll start dropping guards...Brivet, bring us down to tree-top height.  If someone spots the muzzle flash and starts shooting back, I want to be able to drop out of sight and relocate."  The odds were slim that anyone would be looking at the sky, and slimmer that any of the guards would have the expertise to effectively target a darkened aircar a few hundred meters away...but he liked to have his bases covered.

  Scarlett gives  a shrug... don't see  many better options..we have the dark on our side..  but we aren't  talking out that  many people without making noise.

 lirg snorts...I can take a fee ut  from far away 2..maybe  3..beore they get active...

 frakas   adds if  we can get the mark, it will be much easier   to kill the rest afterwards..but  we must find the mark.

Karson starts  rolling  some cricket balls  ...Doc's looking.

Henry peered over Roy's shoulder.

"My guess is that the northmost building is the residence. There's a civil air car parked beside it."

 Meari smiled and nodded at Frakas, " Yes very good idea Frakas, we will assume the mark is in the Mansion somewhere." Meari took a momnet to think then added," Ok Lirg what do you see on the Mansion roof, we take out roof patrol then Six drops us off and heads to the woods to keep an eye on what is going on out here, Lirg you stay here and snipe once we make noise. Scarlet, Frakas and I will look for the mark, amd possibly any prisoners. Ok how does that sound anyone want to add or alter plan, do we have any c-10, maybe drop some on the barracks."

 Shadow   Looked at his  jacket  with a frown,,,,every time...every time, some bastard   kills one of my jackets...

, he leaves  it  on the floor and search's  with  Maddy. Checking the    wall behind a   picture.

 Alrighty  Maddy.. blowing  safes  101.. now this thing..is  what we call a 'toaster"

 he takes  out   the   four in his pouch, he  gives her two..... if you don't use them tonight, turn them into  the QM.. you don't want to be caught with explosives in your  quarters..he replaces  one   and take the Picture off the wall...

 always check for  wires on the picture frames.. some will have a booby  trap.. Now.. Safes  are important..they'll have stuff in the ..we don't have time  for hemsley to come up and Blow it  the right way..

 The  toaster is magnetic  so you move it   like this  and.... it  clamped. now .. you  move it to the left or  right  unti it   doesn't  stick.. then yiu move it over..one Toaster   width..

 Press the  red   button to  set the   timer... 30 seconds  in this case... then You hit the   Green button to start it..then ...we get the 9 hells away..

 Once out in the Hall.. he says..It is  Manneisum .. it will burn through  a  safe wall.. we'll lose some paper creds.. but anything esle should be fine 

 the   is  a Pop  and  a brilliant white-blue   flash and the  sound of  hissing  along  with thick Blue smoke..

 when the Light  went out ..there was a fire on the  floor, Shadow   Pick the   mark up and used the body to  snuff out the flames ..   reaching in , wincing at the  heat  from the melted metal,  he Brought out  5  plastic  cases.. each one had  'black disc's  about as big Old  fashion  quarter..  a journal  and an informational disc in a metal case..

  Taking One of the Blac  Cred  disc, he places it   in his   ammo  belt..That goes to 'Commander Bond"..for parties  and such

  he  did  find   a  backpack that he put al the Goodies into.. Lets se about that other metal door.

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   The  EDT man fell with the dart. slamming into him..he screamed as the Poison was taking effect

  jax  laned against the   wall   and fired  north wards in controlled bursts  north.  Hemsly sent  a  cricket ball  and  let it  Bounce   util it reached  the   people and  triggered it