Into the Black, Part IIIb: Team Delta

[bring_a_sponge]

Looking to the right, the hallway goes quite a ways down. There are several doors along the way, but also an open space at the far end that looks like it might be a stairwell.

Unfortunately, it's immediately clear that these hallways aren't going to provide any cover whatsoever.

Comments

Boom

[bring_a_sponge]

And what a great button it is.

With a mighty WHOOSH a Crossbow missile launches from the mech and streaks across the Landing Bay with a piercing whine before slamming into the bug with a tremendously satisfying:

BOOM

The Oil is burned to a cinder, but big slabs of bug fly all over the Landing Bay, along with an appalling amount of slime.

And there's also the part where the entire Bay shudders with the explosion, to the point where a large section of the floor gives way, pancaking level by level, allll the way down to sublevel C, barely missing the shooting gallery.

Zed's voice is already coming over the comm, "MAXWELL!! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!?!"

Re: Boom

[3rdtimelucky.livejournal.com]

Goldy was caught in the open when Steph brutally grenaded her bug. And as much as she was impressed by the Robin's ruthlessness, she quickly became unimpressed by the deluge of slime that rained down on her in the aftermath.

Duo's extra-messy annihilation of the last bug doesn't improve the Fable's mood. Covered head-to-toe in alien insect guts, she now looks dangerously unhappy.

"...Fuck."

All but ignoring the new hole, she spits a few times, morosely wondering if the gunk has impregnated her balaclava. She daren't check.

Re: Boom

[alwaysroomforhope]

"Oops, sorry," Steph says, with a stunning lack of apology. In fact, she's giggling. She's got a super-suit - the gunk's just sliding off. And the giant hole in the floor ...

...well, look, she's been cooped up in Milliways for a long time. That's hard on a girl who likes jumping from skyscrapers.

"Are you guys thinking what I'm thinking?"

Her de-cel cable is already out.

LOOK IT'S A BIG HOLE TO JUMP DOWN! WHY ARE THEY WAITING?

Re: Boom

[3rdtimelucky.livejournal.com]

Following the adage of look before you leap for once in her life, Goldy trudges over to the hole and peers down skeptically.

"If you're thinking broken bones, yes."

She eyerolls at her crazy friend and wanders off, flamethrower spewing fire once more. She starts to conscientiously burn up all the potential Oil residue around the Landing Bay.

Re: Boom

[maxwellsdemon02]

Duo peers down the uh, very large hole and looks mildly ashamed. But only because no one else can see him.

"You had a little bug problem, boss. We cleared it up for you. Also, know anything that gets cockroach guts out of hair? We're gonna need a few bucketfuls."

He walks the mech over to the edge and has a look down.

Re: Boom

[bring_a_sponge]

The sounds of a tremendous firefight nearly drown out Zed's voice.

"Bugs too? For fuck's sake, what nex--?" HOLY SHIT!!"

"MAXWELL, GET YOUR ASSES DOWN HERE!! WE'VE GOT WORM!!"

"Unipod worm, big as they get! And that son-of-a-bitch is heading straight for us, ETA only seconds out!"

Re: Boom

[maxwellsdemon02]

Duo switches to Delta's channel. "I'm going down. Jen, hitch a ride on top if you want, I promise not to fry you with the 'thrower. Goldy, Steph, if you follow, be really fuckin' careful."

He taps out a few commands, and fires the jump jets. "Zed's gonna have enough cows to start a ranch," he mutters.

Re: Boom

[gammagammahey.livejournal.com]

"Zed? Your angels are on their way," Jen intones, in a tone of voice that conveys rescue will be timely. "Keep your heads down."

She leaps for the top of the mech, landing on the smooth metal surface of the top, and braces her legs, knees bent slightly.

"Goldy! Steph! Come on, girls! Zed's Angels are needed!"

She knocks three times for good luck on the mech's surface; if she had time, she'd crawl down to the viewing ports of the mech and stick her tongue out at Duo, but that'll have to wait for the next adventure.

Re: Boom

[alwaysroomforhope]

Pff. Catching lifts on mechs is for people without de-cel cables. Steph waves cheerfully at them. "You go, I'll jump down once you're there. Just in time to save your asses."

She waves a cable cheerfully.

Re: Boom

[bring_a_sponge]

The Deltas are most of the way down when Zed's comm crackles again, "Alphas down! Repeat: Alphas down!! We just had Ryan and Suzi get eaten by the worm!"

Re: Boom

[3rdtimelucky.livejournal.com]

Back up in the Landing Bay, a slime-covered Goldy is still on Oil torching duty. She's also beating herself up over the fact that she never turned her Holtzman Generator on—if she had, she might not be quite so comprehensively disgusting right now.

Zed's urgent announcement jars her out of her disgruntled reverie.

"Fuck's sake! Alright! I'm on my way!"

She stops what's she's doing and looks to see if Steph left a cable attached at the rim of the hole. She did, in fact, but before the Fable has a chance to get over to it, a huge messy pile of long translucent rubber tubes catches her attention closer to hand. It seems to be trembling slightly, and not because of the environmental upheavals.

She walks over and prepares to incinerate the heap.

Re: Boom

[gammagammahey.livejournal.com]

Over the hydraulic WHOOSH sound of the descending mech comes Jen's voice, echoing up through the air.

"Watch your backs, Angels!"