For all those wishing that command had made any sort of mention of armored vehicles, you are not alone.

Isaac Black didn't ask much out of life.  A fair say in things, the benefit of the doubt, the chance to earn his keep...  He wasn't exactly getting much of that right now, and that already pissed him off, but now things were going a little too far.  It was only the beginning of their mission into Amone, and already things were being thrown out the door!

[color=f7941d]"Who the hell would even [i]think[/i] of such a thing?  Can you see a way out of it?"[/color]

[b][color=ed1c24]"Not from here!  Maybe up top?"[/color][/b]

Because this wasn't just some car with bits tacked on.  This was a machine of war.  they built this deliberately for combat purposes, and [i]somehow[/i] nobody knew about it, or nobody knew about it [i]enough[/i] to spread around the details.  During such a moment of shock in the face of this metal monster, Gwyn suddenly spoke up, making sure everyone who was suppose to be here, was here, and also alive.  Isaac blinked at that, kind of side-swiped with a bout of cognitive dissonance.

[color=f7941d]"Umm...I'm here.  Living.  How are you?"[/color]

[b][color=ed1c24]"Everyone's here that's suppose to be here, Gwyn."[/color][/b]

[color=f7941d]"I'll be honest, I'm a little worried about Jean and the rest.  Thought I heard a scream."[/color]

[b][color=ed1c24]"They'll pull through.  You know Jean.  You know he'll get everyone out of there.'[/color][/b]

Yeah, she was right.  Jean would- Ah, [i]shit![/i]  Both Gunners ducked and Isaac shouted [color=f7941d]"Down!"[/color] as a hail of suppression fire from the troops gathered [i]behind[/i] the armored car started opening up on the street.  It wasn't specifically aimed their way, but you can't risk a bullet at the wrong time in [i]this[/i] situation.  He then did a 'Three, two, one, GO!' sign for both him and Britta to suddenly return fire and hopefully catch a whole bunch of them off-guard, preferrably while they were reloading.  You want suppression fire?  This was a machine gun nest, jackasses!  The two of them reloaded quickly, themselves.

[color=f7941d]"We may need more rooms in a hurry, you two!  They're gonna take a hating to us real fast!"[/color]

He said that, then raised his head a little-

[i][b]Dink![/b][/i]

OW!  Wait, that was a-

[color=f7941d]"DOWN AGAIN!!"[/color]

[h3][i][b][color=9e0b0f]BOOOOMMM!![/color][/b][/i][/h3]

The grenade had been lobbed at the window by one of the the surviving Troppen, and it smacked Isaac in the helmet 'cause he'd raised his head, thinking someone was gonna do something just that.  As a result, the thing had landed on the sidewalk outside, maybe a couple of feet from their position.  The shrapnel wasn't gonna reach them if nobody was looking out the window, but there was some question of concussion, and frankly good sense.  Better to know for sure by diving for cover.  Question is...was the armored car still paying attention to the street, the main group, or them?