The boss was curt as usual. Maddy had a lot on her shoulders as it was, and Ash was only adding onto it. These mercenary outfits were always bumping through contracts with tanks that seemed like they were barely holding together. Hell, Ash had heard that the girls had to source the coaxial guns for the M60 as well as a new engine and transmission. They put a lot of their own money into Belladonna to keep her up, running, and happy. Yet Belladonna was a picky bitch and always a bit temperamental. Ash tried to keep her happy, but there was only so much she could do on her own.

As the Might Jalopy and Belladonna moved down the road, Roxy put [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olEM3hsj-FU]the music[/url] back up. Darla was visibly on edge. Velvet was as well. The music was to help calm them down, which worked wonders. Velvet was looking for telltale signs of IEDs alongside Darla who was keeping an eye on their direct front. Ash was the only one totally at calm as she kept her eyes on the surroundings to try to spot any would-be day-ruiners. All it took was one well-placed RPG into their side and they'd be knocked out. Darla was always complaining about a lack of infantry support at times like this, but she was too focused to care right now.

There was a quiet. A hush. The entire crew went silent. Only the music and the engine could be heard. Something in their minds alerted them, like the split-second before a lightning strike. Then bullets started bouncing off the armor. To their credit, no one in the crew flinched. Maddy shouted her orders, to which Ash replied "Copy" and nothing else before switching back to thew crew channel.

"Fangs, coax, two story building on the right."
"Identified!"
"Pull the trigger til they don't get up."

The machine gun rattled as Darla sent rounds downrange. Ash swiveled her cupola to the left and lit off with the M2 Browning at the other building, peppering it with .50 cal rounds that chewed the walls up.

"Haymaker, keep your hands near those shotguns. We may get drones soon." Ash instructed.
"You got it."
"Doll, keep steady on this heading and get us a bit of distance from the others."
"Sure thing, boss!"