[b][i]“Stay put, keep your eyes on them and don’t make a move.” [/i][/b]

The command crackled through to her earpiece, she acknowledged it before taking a brief moment to conceal anything that might grab their new friends’ attention as she waited for them to crest the dune. Though in the relative darkness she figured she would be fine unless they happened to practically drive into her, which fortunately they did not. 

Once they were over and moving towards the Nimrs she quickly repositioned herself as stealthily as she could for the best view and concealment. She spared a moment to scan around her to make sure there weren’t any more nearby desert critters to distract her. [i]Fuckin nature.[/i]

Through the scope she watched from an angle as they came almost to a stop and one of the Jeep’s occupants emerged briefly and shouted something at the group. Strange, she thought to herself. She had no idea who they were, why they’d followed them or what they'd said, but they were about to be in for a world of hurt for whatever reason it was. 

[b][i]“After the gunner is down we give them everything. Hypatia, get him.”[/i][/b]

She needed no further prompting as she zeroed in on the gunner and a second later squeezed the trigger. From this distance even with the current slight wind it was more than an easy shot for her, she hit him in his upper back. He tumbled from the back of the Ford as the shot rang out and the rest of Ajax took that as their que and opened up.

There was a flurry of responses and gunfire and the sound of revving engines filled the air as both sides began to shoot at the other. 

From her position she could easily see what was unfolding as the lada made to flank the group, its multiple occupants sparing nothing as both small arms and rifle fire erupted. 

The other two vehicles stopped and several more goons emerged from the Ford and took position before they too began firing. A third bastard clambered up from the flatbed and took his fallen comrades’ position on the MG, turning it to face directly again at the Nimirs. 

The others would have to deal with the Lada for now, as she maintained her focus on the Ford and its new gunner. If that thing went into full rock'n'roll mode, she would find herself without much of a squad left in a frighteningly short amount of time. Already she was glad she was up here and not down in that shitstorm of crossfire - unless something changed sharpish, they were bound to start losing operators - if they hadn’t already that was. 

[i]“Twat”[/i] Hypatia mumbled to herself as she fired off a shot into the dickhead on the MG, her aim was a little low but still on point as he too tumbled sideways and joined his friend writhing in the desert sand.

She focused her scope next on the man firing his AKM from the rear of the ford. Though his positioning was ideal in regards to the Nimirs, he had left himself almost totally exposed to her fire. He and the men in the rear Jeep were yelling something at each other as she took a moment to aim through the PSO. She could see he was shouting and starting to gesture aggressively in her direction as she fired again. The round hit him squarely in the face and proved an excellent demonstration to his friends that, [i]yes[/i], he was right and the sniper [i]was[/i] in that direction. 

It was almost certain now that the remaining occupants of the Jeep and Ford had figured out where she was and so she started to fire more aggressively as she hoped to keep them somewhat pinned down and unable to fire too much at the Nimirs, at least until the rest of Ajax had resolved the lada issue and could focus on only the one direction of incoming fire.  

As if to answer their predicament the voice of Gorgon crackled over the radio.

[b][i]“Frag out”[/i][/b]