[b]Tartys[/b]

The pounding against her barrier did not do Tartys any favors as she struggled to maintain it, doing her best to keep it up as long as possible. That would give Omega time to deal with all the foes that they were currently up against, something desperately needed with the sudden assault. It was just a pity that it had to be the Machina, given their magic would be less effective against them. 

Power seemed to drain away, but she was nonetheless cognizant enough to hear his demand, as she closed her eyes and merely focused on the barrier. Yet even with her eyes closed she could still see some trace of the light that illuminated the area beyond, she just managed to not take the full brunt of it. Thank goodness for small favors, though they would have to see whether that made a difference in the grand scheme of things. 

Not that she had the chance to find out, for just as it faded away she was practically floored by a sudden surge in gravity, hitting the ground with a grunt. With the shock, and the impact of the kunai, the barrier couldn't hold up and she allowed it to fade away rather than try and maintain it in such a weakened state. It wouldn't do any real good except tire her out further.

Her eye blinking rapidly against the blood and dust that sought to try and blind her, Tartys grabbed her spear and hauled herself back to her feet, facing down the area that they attacks had come from. "The enemy is invisible," she huffed as she stumbled a bit. But it didn't stop her as she drew on what power she still had access to, glimmering light manifesting on the tip of her spear as she gestured it in that direction. 

Rays of light shot out, a spiraling kaleidoscope of burning heat that was aimed at covering as much ground as possible in order to hit the invisible target. She could only hope that it landed, and that Omega could take advantage of it to finish the thing off. 

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[b]Tatiana Lorenz[/b]

Well, it wasn't her energy rifles but this biotic rifle would do, Tatiana supposed as she and her companions secured the teleporter room for themselves, with little opposition from the guards that were present. With the area under their control they went about securing it, with her scouting to make sure there wasn't anyone hiding around the place while the others set up more permanent defenses for the room. Speed was still of the essence here.

But really at this point there wasn't much to do. Not for her anyway. She was just here to provide some security while they handled the teleporter, and given that there wasn't anything attacking them at the moment she thought she did it quite well. Hopefully they'd get to actually fight someone, rather than all this sneaking around soon. 

Then they hit a snag. Tatiana walked over as Hibiki explained the situation, the fact that the teleporter was no longer functional because someone decided to mess with the power, which had in turn set this entire place to explode. That seemed like a serious design flaw from her point of view, but she didn't think they'd let her lodge a complaint about it. "I guess it was too much to expect that this would be easy," she noted aloud. 

Still, it seemed they had a backup plan. They just had ten minutes and could only teleport once. Fortunately Shizuka would be fine once the mountain exploded, so Tatiana didn't feel too bad about leaving her behind. Instead she nodded to Hibiki as the commander explained their new mission. "Sounds good to me," she agreed as she holstered the barrier bomb and watched Hibiki go ahead of her to scout the way. 

She gave the girl a good ten count before moving after her, the other feed popping up in her HUD as she followed with rifle at he ready for any threats that appeared. They were on the clock now so they had better move fast, something emphasized as she felt the entire mountain itself shake in a manner that was not natural. Just what was going on up there?

[@Ryonara]