[h3][center][b][i][color=f6989d]Hibiki[/color] & [color=6ecff6]Shizuka[/color][/i][/b][/center][/h3]

Hibiki sneaked up on one of the angels on patrols, deftly grabbing him by his helmet and snapping his neck. She laid him down gently so he didn’t make a noise before  turning around the corner just as Tatiana attacked, shooting down one of the angels with her new biotic rifle. When her bullet hit her target, the nanomachines inside reacted to the angel’s body and began to break it down, first numbing his body before corroding his flesh and armor like acid. Fortunately it was a quick, painless death, and he died by the time he landed. The last target was taken out with a shot from Shizuka’s rifle, gun down at the same time as the other two girls. With the angels dealt with they moved in.

Hibiki immediately started to set up the area as a defensible position. She had her drones set up fortifications and reinforcing the walls, to prevent any unexpected entrances via explosions or particularly sharp swords. She also set up her Bastion turrets towards the entrance to turn that into a kill zone, as well as putting them in a defensible location to handle counter fire. Lastly she laid a few explosives around, making sure to inform the others of their location so they could avoid them or use them.

But as Hibiki was doing that, Shizuka realized something was wrong. [color=6ecff6]”Hibiki, the teleporter isn’t working!”[/color] Hibiki turned to her sister just as she received some messages from Queen Eos. This mission just got a lot more complicated. Hibiki forwarded the message to the others and explained the situation to her sister and Titiana. [color=f6989d]”Not good. Looks like someone went ahead to shut off that power source from before. A volcanic eruption will make air extraction harder for us, and without any power in this place we’ll have to force or find our way around obstructions.”[/color] If this place was anything like the Elicitor, direct pathways to critical areas were likely blocked off, and with the power core down they wouldn’t be opening any time soon.

Shizuka only had more bad news to add. [color=6ecff6]”And… I can’t get the teleporter to work. This circle must have been connected to that power source, and if it’s off I… Well…”[/color] Looking at her sister Hibiki was wondering what Shizuka was hesitating about. She walked over to her sister, her voice filled with both concern and authority. [color=f6989d]”Shizuka…”[/color] Shizuka looked at Hibiki and continued as she examined the runes on the teleporter panel. [color=6ecff6]”I could… Use all my strength to power the teleporter. Over charge it and teleport everything in this room back to mother base. I’ll still take over the teleporter and prevent the angels from using it, but I can only do it once. And once I do it, the teleporter won’t work again.”[/color]

This meant that they wouldn’t be able to take back all the supplies here at the base. While they could take everything in this room, which was quite a lot, the angels could still make use of what supplies they had in other parts of the facility. But not if this place was Destoryed. So hibiki had to change her plans. 

[color=f6989d]”How long will it take you to do this?”[/color]

[color=6ecff6]”Ten minutes.”[/color]

[color=f6989d]”Then we have ten minutes to finish our mission. Tatiana, you and I will head to the core that Dawnbreaker had told me and see if we can destroy this place through it. Our plan to take over the teleporter and steal all the supplies won’t be possible, but we’ll take what we can and burn the rest.”[/color]

As Shizuka began the ritual to take over the teleporter, Hibiki handed out some barrier bombs. They weren't as good as actual combat armor, certainly not like the armor the maids usually wear to battle, but it was better than nothing. It would provide some kinetic protection as well as immunity to extreme temperatures and suffocation. However all these things could be overpowered with sufficient strength or if the barrier device is destroyed, not to mention that this bomb only works for five minutes. Hibiki was about to leave when she stopped with Titiania. [color=f6989d]”I'm going to go on ahead stealth. I'll send you a constant feed of my location so you can keep up. I'll warn you ahead of time if I find any danger so we can move around them.”[/color] Giving Titiana her signature maid smile, Hibiki activated her Stealth field and vanished.

As she was leaving the teleporter room Hibiki tried to contact Eos again. Hibiki was certain that she could try and plant her demolition charges in the lava core and cause it to go critical, though she had to be careful not to destroy herself in the process. Granted, destroying the entire fortress also completed their objective but she wanted to get something out of it. [color=f6989d]”Dawnbreaker, this is Commander Hibiki. Due to unforeseen circumstances there has been a slight change in plans. Commander Shizuka will only be able to activate the teleporter once, where we will try to bring back as many supplies as we can. I am en route to the power source you spoke of and intend to utilize it for the destruction of Alt Signia. Do you have any intel that would assist me?”[/color]

While the others left Shizuka was in the middle of her ritual, entering a trance to take over the teleporter. She wouldn’t need to be actively trancing for the entire ten minutes, but she would need to stay nearby, at least within the room. While at the same time she activated a few of her other rituals as well, namely her Wings. Both these things wouldn’t occur immediately, but she could trance for all three rituals at once. Closing her eyes and kneeling in prayer, Shizuka began chanting. 

[color=6ecff6]"Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi..."[/color]

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