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[h3][color=ff2020]Scarlet Rubashka[/color] as [color=ff2020][i]Punished "Venom Bean"[/i][/color][/h3]
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[color=ff2020]"Hey Mikey, you alright?"[/color] The homunculus asked. Mike had a hard time standing up, but he was at least able to answer her. His strained voice only confirmed her suspicion that while he had a rough landing, he was still able to make it. Once the shaman asked about Scarlet and the others, Scarlet glanced to the surrounding areas. [color=ff2020]"I'm a bit sore, but I'm alright otherwise."[/color] Scarlet stretched a little, feeling the dull sore pain spread across her right knee and left shoulder, eliciting a strained groan. [color=ff2020]"Ow, yep. I can definitely feel it."[/color] She got in another good look of their surroundings as Amanda tended to Faye. Scarlet glanced over her shoulder to Faye, worry creeping into her focused expression. [i][color=ff2020]Please be okay...[/color][/i]

Scarlet's worried gaze only lasted for a moment, as her duties required her to be vigilant for additional threats. She could hear some noises behind her, and from that she could only assume that Michael was working his magic. Michael instructed his god friends to keep a lookout for other hostile vehicles, which Scarlet personally thought was a good idea. Michael then asked what the hell was going on and who could these guys be, questions Scarlet still had herself. [color=ff2020]"I don't know. They sure as shit don't fit the profile of that biker gang we encountered."[/color] Scarlet replied. [color=ff2020]"Any of you are free to call bullshit, but I think someone on the inside must've tipped the bad guys off. I can't think of any other explanation as to how these assholes knew where we'd be going and when."[/color] Scarlet aimed her rifle down a quiet alleyway. [color=ff2020]"A trap like that, complete with convincing uniforms and similar fleet vehicles, must've taken some time and money to set up."[/color] She turned to Mike with a serious expression on her face. [color=ff2020]"I don't think we're dealing with average thugs anymore."[/color]

Michael asked another important question, which pertained to Faye's well-being. It seemed that the question was aimed towards Amanda, as Scarlet didn't have enough information to give a good answer. [i]A mass teleport? That's what that felt like.[/i] Scarlet kind of had a feeling that was what happened, it made the most sense to her. A quick glance revealed that Amanda was in the process of putting an ice pack on Faye's head. Judging by Amanda's calm attitude, and the fact that Faye was still breathing, it looked like Faye might pull through. Scarlet sighed just a little in relief. Her peripheral vision was occupied by Mike, who slowly approached her and checked in on her. Scarlet looked up to Mike, meeting his eyes. She saw his smile, to which she returned with a soft nervous smirk of her own. [color=ff2020]"As okay as I can be, really. I survived worse."[/color] She rolled her shoulders a little. [color=ff2020]"Ow, shit. Yeah. Still sore."[/color] Once Whiskeyjack returned to Mike with a report, Scarlet kept her attention to where he came from. Scarlet tuned the two out, hoping to hear or at least see any incoming hostiles, but so far, no luck. [i]Think the OMR will pay for our laundry after this?[/i] Michael asked, to which Scarlet answered with a chortle. [color=ff2020]"They [i]better.[/i]"[/color]

[color=ff2020]"Truth be told, I'm honestly a little scared."[/color] Scarlet said softly, her eyes still ahead. [color=ff2020]"With what just happened and the implications it carries... it makes me wonder what we're really up against, and what my chances really are. I'm just hoping that I won't meet God too soon. I still haven't figured out what I'd say to them yet."[/color] Her somber frown cracked a small smile. [color=ff2020]"Nowhere in my contract did it say that I was supposed to experience a spy-action flick."[/color] She chortled. She took a deep breath and sighed. [color=ff2020]"Don't worry, I'll get over it."[/color]

Scarlet immediately turned to Amanda the moment she called out to them. She listened carefully, and Amanda confirmed what she had figured out. It seems that Faye will pull through, it was just that the feat she just pulled was taxing to the point that it knocked her out. Once Amanda called her by name, Scarlet stood up and snapped to attention. Scarlet listened, and her face betrayed the fear that she mentioned. [color=ff2020][i]10 klicks? On foot!?[/i][/color] Scarlet thought to herself. A 10 kilometer march west would take about an hour at the very least, which is more than enough time for a hostile response force to find them. The two areas that Amanda proposed, the alleyway and the underpass, would leave them exposed to any number of ambushes. The powerful android might be able to make that kind of journey, and so might Mike's companions, but Scarlet, Mike and Faye would be shredded meat that point.

Scarlet looked to Amanda after she gave her orders to Mike. [color=ff2020]"Boss, uh, how do I say this... hm... [i]I don't really think that's a good idea.[/i]"[/color] Scarlet cleared her throat. [color=ff2020]"As of now, we know absolutely [i]nothing[/i] about the hostile force we just tangled with, especially what they are capable of. We don't know what areas they would have control over, and what kind of assets they have at their disposal."[/color] Scarlet lowered her rifle, using her left hand to point to the areas Amanda mentioned earlier. [color=ff2020]"Those two areas are practically killzones. The underpass over there would make it easy for a hostile QRF to fire upon us from two vantage points with automatics and snipers, all while making ourselves easy targets on the open road. That alleyway would provide hostiles enough places to set up ambush points behind walls, vehicles and windows. Back in Germany, we came out on top because we had cover and terrain, and the bikers stood out in the open. Now the situation is reversed, and there are seven of us, with me being the only one with capable firepower. We will [i]not[/i] survive contact with the enemy like this."[/color] 

Scarlet sighed and looked around. She takes a few seconds, before spotting a gas station off to the side of the road that's surrounded by a lot of wooded wilderness. The vegetation there was quite thick, and while there weren't many hills or other sources of good cover, there was plenty of concealment to be had. [color=ff2020]"Over there. I have a radio and a cell phone that we can use to call the OMR for support and an evac, and that gas station over there would make it easier for them to come find us. We can hide in the wooded areas behind it, using the tall vegetation to conceal ourselves. The trees there should provide enough cover in the unlikely event that a firefight breaks out. The bad guys would literally have to step on us in order to find us there."[/color] Scarlet said. [color=ff2020]"Managed to evade Serbian death squads that way in my last deployment."[/color] Scarlet gulped and turned to Amanda. [color=ff2020]"Just a suggestion, boss. I'm not keen on dying just yet, but my contract states that I gotta follow your orders."[/color]