The two fur reinforcements attempted to move out of the way of the pistol fire, however the raccoon took a shot to his shoulder, and fell to the ground in a bloody mess. The Skunk escaping by jumping behind the boulder he had came out of.
Nikolai, still avoiding grenade fire, took Shane's orders and peeked out from behind his cover and with a small whine from his gun, fired another piercing laser beam at Frank's left leg, cutting through the barriers once more.
Now, the helicopter came into range. It began to lock it's missiles onto Duo, when from behind the horizon another mortar struck it, unseen. The tail of the vehicle exploded in flames, and it began to fall. "Mayday! Mayday! Knightfire is going down!" The pilot of the copter, a lean black panther fur, escaped the copter, landing on the ground a fair distance from the battle site. The helicopter then crashed into the ground near Gizor's position.
Now it was Shane, Nikolai, Gizor, Miercole, a so far unnamed Skunk fur, an incapacitated Panther and Raccoon versus Duo and Frank. Odds seem to be changing in their favor, though not as much as they liked.
The fourth Mortar round was making it's way toward Shane, and in the next few seconds would impact above the fox. Scott was hoping this one would cause as much damage as the others did.