Elise's teeth were drawn as she took aim at the Mist and began charging; she was horrified to see what happened to Krista, and thought that the next shot could be lethal. She couldn't afford to lose her squad again. Not even at the cost of her own well-being. But then, she heard

[color=Gold]"Eyy Elise, nice one but uh, can hear your breathin'. Ain't that much left, so take it easy for a sec alright? Oh, and you might want to step back a bit."[/color]

"That's sergeant to you!" She shouted back, and she coughed; the constant screaming has put strain on her vocal chords. But, he did have a point; she was already pushing past her regular limits, and she couldn't lose consciousness during the mission. "...Fine. Acknowledged. Just don't get carried away."

[color=Gold]"So I was talkin' about suicide missions earlier and I think to myself: Gosh darn I got a fast machine, don't I? Well, laddies and ladies, you're in luck! I'm gunna try and get that ass of a smoke ball off your backs, just make sure ya kill it before it [i]actually[/i] hits me!"[/color]

"What did I say?" She groaned, and And had Prometheus follow after Devors. She then heard Krista chime in.

[color=tomato] "Sergeant Steinhart, this is Hou-Yi. Zim helped me pull out of my spin. My cannon is busted but my shield is still operational. I'm pulling back for now."[/color]

She sighed in relief, and then responded: "Permission granted. The rest of you, make sure to avoid those shards at any cost! And Ranius, don't you-WAIT!" When Devors dove close to the Mist unit with the giant crystal shard rapidly spinning around it, the Mist seemed to react to it, and rapidly spun the shard straight towards Ranius. Devors managed to dodge at the last minute and it missed him. Instead, it came straight at Prometheus.
"HNNNNGHHH!" Elise gritted her teeth as she put a bubble of energy before the shard with Prometheu's arms extended, and it seemed to slow down for a single second as it hit the bubble, before it burst it, and impaled her through the torso. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" She screamed loudly, the Prometheus having been bisected from the middle, the two pieces rapidly spinning separately from each other. Jason took his chance then, and fired the explosive shot, having it detonate right in the core of the miniature Mist. It exploded in spectacular fashion like the others, but he was too slow charging it up, and the damage was already done.

Roger charged straight at the remaining Cruxi War Machine. In a surprising move, the enemy mech extended long plasma blades from it's arms, as if they were expecting Yeager to charge straight into them. But, their prediction was wrong: the Framewerk stopped just short of impact, and unleashed a point-blank volley of machinegun fire, causing the CWM to spasm out. However, it was only then that Roger noticed the red light blinking from them, followed by the alien machine exploding, causing Yeager to be knocked back into the void of space, having lost an arm to the explosion, Synchro dropping by 10%.

Ariin attempted a distant shot once more, and failed again; whether it was the fact that the target was beyond the weapon's firing range, Ariin's inexperience, or the fact there were still crystals hindering him down, but the sniper unit continued to be safe. "I'll handle that, Paladin," the pilot then heard Sigma speak in the comms as he saw Eiswolf move past the giant Framewerk and shoot the unit down with impeccable aim. "All sniper units eliminated," she reported, and the Framewerk briefly turned towards Paladin, as if to convey an apology, before focusing on the battle at hand.

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Jake shot down the last CWM at the end of the corridor, having managed to fulfill his duty as rearguard for the others. The Eden drones worked efficiently as they quickly repaired Caretaker back to prime condition and also managed to remove the Cruxi Elite's sword, freeing both Logic Gate and Neo Angel. The attack drones on the other hand were focused on Atty, but despite their efforts they couldn't stop the CULLING Framewerk from continuing its rampage. 

Atty charged at Logic Gate, intending to slaughter the poor, crying pilot inside, but in a heroic moment was saved by Katya, who had Caretaker slam into Atty, knocking the Framewerk right against a wall, smashing it's free arm into pieces. The Cruxi Elite had managed to recover at this point, and was about to attack when it was distracted by the attack drones. In response, the Elite opened fire, destroying three of the drones with plasma cannons of unbelievable power.