Coalition Operations II: Escape from New Colorado

[Mikala]

“Oh my god.” Emilá murmurs, fidgeting with the hilt of her weapon. “Ohhh my god. We’re all going to die, aren’t we?” She mutters, chuckling nervously under her breath. She’s not a soldier, or a trained warrior, she’s a civilian. And what’s more, she’s never had something like this happen before.

[Romulan_Furry]

"Hey. Hey!" Mesmerin spoke to Emila, trying to grab her by the arms. "Listen to me, Emila! We're gonna get through this! You hear me? We'll get through this! The Force did not warn us of what's coming and lead us here just to die! We will find a way out of this mess! We're not gonna die, got it? We'll get through this. Just stick close to me, and you'll be okay."

[Vosur Aekira]

Sora inhaled then she looked up to Jayce. "Monitor them and keep an eye out for activity around them. Both eyes open, not just one-down-the-scope." she spoke then she looked to Kyva. "Continue monitoring, use thermal-imaging as well to help assess the numbers if you have the capability." The wolf then turned her attention to Emilá, walking over before her and waiting for Mesmerin to let her go before she gave a slap to the back of the fox's head. "Snap out of it! We're not going to die if I have anything to say about it. Now stay close to someone who has a barrier of some type. Keep a first-aid-kit handy and grab some baking-soda if there's any around. If these guys bleed acid, we'll need to neutralize it if we get any on ourselves. Our best bet is to cauterize any holes we put in'em and stop them from attacking us. If we can get the survivors in here, fine, but we need to make sure they have a good head-on-their-shoulders to help defend or to help treat any wounded."

[Mikala]

Emilá starts to look reassured by Mesmerin before she is smacked, then rubs the back of her head ruefully. “Jeez, alright, not necessary.” She shakes out her fur before heading to the back of the store and making a quick first aid kit out of what little it had in sports medicine, before heading back close to Mesmerin.

[Alessia Starfurr]

"Panicking is the worse thing we can do right now." Kyva said stepping near the younger girl, Molly, crouching down to her to not seems so 'intimidating'  "Relax, Young one, you're safe here..." he told the young Panther, grabbing something off the nearby store shelves, a makeshift poncho to keep, Molly warm and slowly wrapping it around her.


"I have to agree with the Sangheili ,we need to focus, Do  you want a gun, now?" Rae asked, Emila,  offering her pistol, she then turned to Megan "Do you need anything Ma'am?" she asked

[Mikala]

"... Honestly, I wouldn't know how to use it." She mutters. "I'll keep this." She waves her hilt.

[Romulan_Furry]

Mesmerin closed the armory portal and stored it, then approached Megan and Molly. "You two look pretty shaken up," he remarked.

"It hasn't been an easy night for her," Megan responded, drying Molly with a towel.

"What about you?" Mesmerin asked. Megan paused.

"I'll live," she said.

Mesmerin nodded, then spoke again, "We're gonna head out in five minutes, try and link up with any survivors and get off-world."

Megan nodded. As Mesmerin started for another part of the Store, Megan spoke up: "Thank you."

Mesmerin looked back at her. "That's what friends are for." He headed into an area of the store that was not hit by the light, making sure no hostiles were in the vicinity, when a cloaked hand grabbed his snout and knocked him over the head. A loud thump! was all that was heard before Mesmerin seemingly disappeared. His weapon, the RX Hybrid H7M1, lay nearby, as though he dropped it.

[Alessia Starfurr]

Rae heard the thump her ear flicking, moving  to figure out what happened when she saw nothing, but Mesmerin's gun laying on the floor  seeing nothing she aimed her gun down the hallway. She growled aiming her gun in the general direction of where she though she would stand if she was in the other position.


Kyva, hearing the thump and seeing some action on his motion track immediately went to high-alert, trying his best not to scare Megan or her daugher, Molly as he scanned the area , guns ready to fire at a moments notice. Kyva attempted to warn the others that something was up with his hand,  whatching Rae go out to check on things.

[Mikala]

Emilá, following Mesmerin closely after he said to stay close, is startled by his sudden disappearance. She stiffens up and slips into a predatory crouch, casting out her mind to feel up the area to try and find him. She backs away for the moment.

[Vosur Aekira]

Sora looked to the survivors, making a bit of a mental-note on their health and well-being before she starts looking around as well to make sure they weren't alone in this temporary-sanctuary, eventually finding Emilá backing away. "Easy." Sora spoke calmly towards her, looking the same direction into the darkness with one pistol raised, her other hand still free as she crouches a little bit to pick up Mesmerin's firearm. "Where'd he go? It's not like him to take off without his weapon."

[Romulan_Furry]

(Uh, Vosur... Mesmerin didn't drop a pistol. He dropped an assault rifle.)

Not far, hanging by his feet from an overhead ceiling beam that was creaking under his weight was Mesmerin. He groaned and mumbled, then asked, "What the hell...?" He looked at his feet, wondering how the hell he ended up like--

When Mesmerin looked to Emila, Rae and Sora, he saw a dark shape crawling along the ceiling behind them. His adrenaline spiked. "Give me the gun... now! Give me my gun!"

[Vosur Aekira]

Hearing Mesmerin's voice, she tossed-up the rifle without hesitation towards him, her other hand aiming her own pistol around to see if there was something else up there with him. "Alright, who's the wise-guy up there?" she called out, the flame-rounds still active as she was watching for movement.

(Fixed it.)

[Mikala]

Emilá's fur stands straight on edge as she turns around and looks up, following Mesmerin's gaze and her sense, her saber buzzing to life and flying out of her hand. The saber zooms up to the ceiling and embeds itself a quarter of an inch into it vertically and then zooms at the shape, drawing a burnt line in the ceiling in between her and the shape.

[Alessia Starfurr]

(Uh, Vosur... Mesmerin didn't drop a pistol. He dropped an assault rifle.)

Not far, hanging by his feet from an overhead ceiling beam that was creaking under his weight was Mesmerin. He groaned and mumbled, then asked, "What the hell...?" He looked at his feet, wondering how the hell he ended up like--

When Mesmerin looked to Emila, Rae and Sora, he saw a dark shape crawling along the ceiling behind them. His adrenaline spiked. "Give me the gun... now! Give me my gun!"

Rae looked up aiming her  rifle with one hand as her other reached for a hilt on her hip "Do i need to get you down!?" she asked quickly hand grasping the hilt.

[Romulan_Furry]

Mesmerin caught his rifle and fired the integrated Disruptor at the rope, severing it and dropping him to the floor. Mesmerin's rifle clattered off to the side, and another of the black figures dropped to the floor in front of him. There was no mistake.

The Xenomorphs had found them.

Molly started screaming, but before Mesmerin could react, the Xenomorph before him was suddenly screeched as it was stabbed from behind by a pair of blades, lifted off its feet, and slammed down on it's head, before a crimson lightsaber went active and decapitated it. The shimmering figure de-cloaked, revealing a crimson-furred Anthro Lucario, adorned in what looked to be armor pieced together from various sources, and a hunting mask reminiscent of Yaut'ja Hunters, but custom-tailored to fit his face. The laser sight on his mask went active, and plasma casters rose up behind both his shoulders, but instead of targeting Mesmerin, Sora, Emila or Rae, it fired on two more Xenomorphs on the ceiling.

Mesmerin was tempted to flee, but something about this hunter made him stay. The Lucario Hunter made no motion to stop Mesmerin as he got his rifle and stood up. There was a hiss and footfalls as the Xenomorphs pulled back.

"We don't have much time," the hunter said. "The Xenomorphs will be back soon, and in greater numbers; and believe me, there are many more than what you may think. I'd advise we get the hell out of here before they come back."