"Intel, Trisean, we need to find a computer and-" The sound of guns going off alerted Ace, though he knew immediately no pieces of lead were headed his way, as none had entered his 'domain.' He turned around to see five soldiers, each posed to shoot. Their captain singled Shizuka out, threatening her specifically, her eyes widened and she pointed to herself in astonishment.

"What? What did I do?" She asked, looking like a child that had been falsely accused of stealing from the cookie jar. She turned to Ace, sticking her thumb out at him. "He's the one that blew up your gate!"

"Well you destroyed their tank..." Ace retorted, averting his eyes.

"H-hey, they didn't need to know that!" Shizuka shook Ace's shoulder, but the both of them fell silent as they noticed the presence behind the empire soldiers. Whatever it was, it was picking the soldiers off like a monster in a horror movie. The sounds of desperate gunfire died down, leaving an unsettling absence of noise. Metallic shuffling could then be heard, with sinister violet light staring them down like prey. A loud clank was heard as one of the metallic beasts leaped onto a member of the UH, before his jugular could be ripped open Shizuka sprinted over and kicked the wolf in it's head, shattering it and spilling it's gears on the ground like the organs of a giant watch. "This is..." She picked up one of the tainted pieces of metal, she had it's sensation before, she could never forget a substance like this. she yelled out to Ace. "It's the gear head! Run ahead, I'll hold him off here!" They still had an important objective to complete, they couldn't afford to be stalled here for too long.

Ace understood, he began to run for a door exiting into a hallway. Two wolves jumped into his path, growling with a sound that reminded him of the screeching on chalkboards. His pace did not slow down, the beasts leaped for him, and Ace drew his blade, his sword cleaved through the metal flesh, sparking as it passed through them. The would be hunters clanked to the ground, and he rushed into the halls. An alarm was blaring, likely alerting the entire block that something was going on here. The halls were empty for now, as the storehouse's security was surprisingly lax. After barging into multiple rooms he found what he was looking for, a computer, but something was wrong. There were multiple dead men in this room, each clearly killed swiftly and with little to no resistance. As far as he knew, no other UH members had been here yet. Clenching his teeth in irritation he quickly accessed the database and searched for any valuable information, but there was none. "The hell?... There should be at least something here. Did they know we were coming and wiped the data?... No, that's not possible." He looked back to the bodies on the ground, they had been beaten here. After a minute of searching the computer's files in futility he slammed his fist on the keyboard, and left the room. If they couldn't get any intel, they could at least get the supplies in the storehouse. He made is way back, only to find that Shizuka had taken care of the pack of wolves, destroying them with her bare hands. But there was still the issue of the man that had created them. Before they could take the supplies, he needed to be dealt with.