[i][i]Shit Shit ...SHIT...this is happening way too fast![/i][/i] Mack was panicking but he wasn't wrong, it only took under a minuite for this entire room of dangerous experts to be scrambling to mount a defense against this unexpected attack, Mack was still cradling Craig Hobbes in his arms but Hobbes was no longer speaking, only shaking and heaving coughs from the mouth, he was dying, and Mack was terrified. The Scottish Riot officer had ran upstairs to grab a shield and was now near the window, Colin had managed to grab a shotgun from the box and was laying down some blind-fire. Mack felt slightly more at ease covering the windows with two people he knew even a little bit. Mack's comfort dropped again when he saw blood dripping from Greg's shoulder. [i]Sgt Kennedy...Greg you've been hit! Are you okay? These Synthetics aren't playing around, whoever's controlling them really wants us dead, I just hope Lee can get to that fail-safe, if this house goes into lockdown mode then we will be trapped.... Ah shit? Lee is unarmed isnt he? I should have thrown him weapon before he went in that vent alone....Ah fuck it...I'm sorry Craig I'll be right back.[/i] [hider=Face The Threat] [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V387kjYy2Tc[/youtube] [/hider] Mack took a deep breath, and while keeping his head low was like a dart, he shot towards the gun box with blistering speed, giving up his position and drawing spats of gun fire but luckily were partially blocked by Greg's riot shield. Bullets flew past his ears as hunched over the gun box and grabbed a combat knife, a pistol, a grenade, and finally a very familiar assault rifle which he recognised from his SWAT days, it was the same model he used on the force, it was called the [url=http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn235/inaini/NS/all_view.jpg]The KillSwitch[/url] , but Mack threw it to Greg instead as he could see he was unarmed apart from the shield, a few more bullets pinged against the wall and ceiling and the broken glass and blood were now everywhere. [i]Hey Greg, take my rifle, and lay down some fire with Colin, I'm gonna be right back, I'm gonna follow after Lee into the fail-safe room, so I cant carry to much with me anyway....if I don't come back...Lily is in charge, let get this done.[/i] Mack sprinted to the wall of where the small-ish vent was and drunkenly heaved himself into the passageway and began to crawl towards the failsafe, he was hoping he wasn't too late. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ [b][u]ARCHIE 'HORNET' SMITH[/u][/b] The situation outside was getting hot, 8 of the 12 Synthetics were all in position firing upon the window of the townhouse, all the neighboring houses had already gone into lockdown mode,with metal plates now covering all windows and exits, but Archie knew that he would have to manually interfere with the fail-safe himself, if he wanted the desired effect. "Breaching team, knock down that front door, kill who ever is inside." 4 of the Synthetics who had already been shooting at the now weakened door had now switched to battering ram mode, and and started slamming them selves against the the metal grate protecting it, the door would not hold up for long. Archie took this opportunity, to now run for the boiler room, he was like a ghost, almost drifting past his own synthetics with a liquid like speed and grace. But just as he got to the boiler room door he saw one of the bots head explode... [b][i]BZZZZZZZTTTKRRSH[/i][/b] Circuits and oil sprayed in every direction from the stump of the bot's smooth shoulders, and the body collapsed on the floor with a heavy clang, sound. But it wasn't a malfunction, Jaime 'Jay' Packard had just scored an incredible headshot. "I'm entering the building, fire team, find that sniper" The now 7 Synthetics were now in scanning mode trying to track the trajectory of the expertly placed bullet. Unluckily for them, the 'Shogun' rifle is almost completely silent and the rounds disintegrate on impact which make them extremely hard to trace even for A.I. Archie had now kicked down the boiler room door and began to speed his way up the old staircase that lead to the main area of the failsaife consle, the metal staircase creaked against the weight of his heavy cybernetic frame and he tucked his sub-machine gun and drew his blade as he felt the room get smaller and more suited close combat as apposed to a firefight. The Hornet was now hearing the faint sound of tapping in the room at the top of the staircase, there was no option for stealth, and firing bullets would be too dangerous around all the explosive boilers so Archie kicked open the door and menacingly paced towards the sound. The room was just big enough were Archie couldn't immediately see Marial Zao Allen but his scanners picked him up as he walked towards the console, which was tucked near the corner behind a large water heater tank. "My scanners are pulling up your profile now, Mr Lee Zao. It looks like you've been doing this sort of thing for a while now. But this isn't Shanghai, you are now out of your depth, Martial." Hornet's blade glistened in the low light of the Boiler Room, and he took a combat stance as he turned the corner to face Lee Zao, who was nearly finished on the console, the two Martials were now alone. Back outside on the street the 4 Synthetics were tirelessly and mechanically hurling themselves at the door until finally.... [b][i]BOOOSSSHHHTT...[/i][/b] The door came flying of the hinge and the synthetics had pointed their guns on the people inside, Lily and Krauss who were waiting for them...