Belikov grimaced, "Gunner, I am the senior Guardian... I will go in but... Sebastian, if you got close enough could you see their auras?"

Sebastian seemed to understand, if he could see the auras he could see how many they were up against. "Yes... yes I can."

Belikov nodded, "Gunner, don't lose your calm here... Anna's life could depend on that. Follow..."

They moved down the hall a little further and Seb stopped, touching Belikov's arm. They were within hearing distance of a Strigoi but he could see them. He held up eight fingers and grimaced. That was two to each Guardian, including Anna who's aura he could also see and what he saw... He kept quiet, if he spoke Gunner would charge in and get himself killed. The desperate look on his face though must have caught Belikov's attention. He looked at Gunner, pointed at him and then held up two fingers... two Strigoi for Gunner. He held up four fingers for himself and then pointed at Serena and indicated the last two and for Seb to stay back. It would be close...

He held a hand up for them to wait and ran forward to draw out the Strigoi... Only six were outside in the halls, two were inside the old boiler room with Anna. "Now!"

Belikov quickly dispatched the first one and Sebastian used what limited ability he had over fire as a distraction for him to kill a second and third one.... breaking the rules by getting closer to the fight paid off sometimes... He kept glancing at the room and could no longer help it, "Gunner... Anna!" He set another Strigoi's clothes on fire to help Serena dispatch it as Belikov took out a fourth but he was slowing and he had quite a few wounds.