Malachi dived behind a table, following the lead of the cyborg girl. 

"Mornin'," he greeted, speaking up over the gunfire as bullets whizzed over their cover. A particularly heavy shot(long range rifle, Mal guessed) struck the table, but then there were screams from the hall and the gunfire suddenly stopped. Mal peeked over his cover and saw most of the group leaving into the hall. It was suddenly a lot more quiet than most firefights Mal had been in. 

"Gasmask took the ECHO," he told the girl, though he didn't know how much of the situation she understood. "We needa get on his tail. Let's go!" He jumped over the table and ran out the door, rifle in his right hand, his left reaching for the collar on his belt. He tossed it into the hall and white and black pixels expanded from it as Smit the Skag was digistructed onto the battlefield. He immediately started sniffing the air and looking around, Mal followed suite, his ECHO HUD showing red blurs in his vision. 

Smit gave a quiet growl, as Mal looked around in the sudden quiet. "Stop!" He hissed at the Siren as she ran right toward the battalion that Smit could smell around the corner. "There's more that way, I reckon we high tail it the other direction."