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[color=6ecff6]“Squid is confirmed terminated.”[/color] Aurora called through the comms with a grimace on her face. A threat had been taken care of and so had Elora’s request. But the loss of Dragonfly from the blitz from Atty had performed was not a good thing. At the very least Atty had paid for it as well.

She spared a moment to analyze the flow of thing on the eastern front. Horst and Raptor had Logic in hand for the moment it seemed. But Aurora would be hard pressed to say it was going smoothly. Argo had slipped past the front lines and was in perfect position to harass them as they moved to regroup with the rest of Apple. Not to mention it seemed like Argent wings was over there as well if the wreckage of team Banana was anything to go by.

[color=6ecff6]“Sleeping Thunder moving to-“[/color] Aurora’s words were lost, drowned out by the electronic wail from Mother Goose’s Lilim pilot.

And then the other colossus on the field began its charge. And it was easy to guess the target; Sleeping Thunder. And if it was just that, it would be fine. Even with its speed being so shocking. 

But then Horst dove further away. Hunting Argent and leaving Raptor and Logic alone to deal with Argo, and placing him too far to assist with Mother Goose.

Angel and Shiva stayed, for a moment at least. But Aurora watched in detached disbelief as Shiva disengaged from close combat, not a bad idea all in all, but then they kept going. Hunting Argo if the trajectory was any indication. And then so too did Angel, diving deeper into Mango’s controlled territory. For no reason that she could readily parse.

Both of them only giving passing fire support. Leaving her and Sleepy to face down Mother Goose. Alone.

It stung, this blatant abandonment. The seeming open disregard for the loose plan they had discussed. The roles that people had agreed to. The only one following that still was Raptor.

She shoved the boiling mess of her emotions to the side as she refocused on the problem before her. Forced herself to run the numbers as Goose continued to barrel down on her and Sleeping Thunder. 

Plans came and went as Aurora put her years of experience and not inconsequential intellect on the problem.

But in the end it was clear. [color=6ecff6][i]‘We can’t run; they outpace us. We can’t grind away at them; they outmatch us in durability.’[/i][/color]

[color=6ecff6]“You’ve killed me and Sleepy.”[/color] She muttered to herself as she confronted the truth of it. Muting Griff as he started spouting nonsense at her. She muted everyone. She didn’t care right now, not in the face of all this.

[color=6ecff6]“Fine then. But not before I extract my pound of flesh.” [/color] She growled to no one.

Just as Goose slammed down its Bastion, Aurora threw the throttle forward and Sleeping Thunder lurched into motion again.

[color=007236][b][Spider Legs - Hover Move: (Y)15 -> (X)15][/b][/color]

[color=6ecff6]“Attention Apple.”[/color] She would broadcast to her 'Team' as she set about adjusting settings. Opening capacitor banks, circumventing safeties, bypassing system limitations.

[color=6ecff6]“Goose has breached our lines and contact is inevitable. Raptor is designated second in command.”[/color] Her voice was crisp and clinical, not an ounce of her anger leaked through. [color=6ecff6]“Guinevere is still unaccounted for. Be on watch for Drone Hacks.”[/color]

[color=6ecff6]“Home base is compromised, if not lost. Regroup at grid point; Xray, Twenty Seven.”[/color] With her message done she clicked off her comms and buried the venom she wanted to unleash. It was strange being the more vitriolic of the two. She mused, normally it was her calming Sleepy down. But here and now the frame was calm, almost apathetic, no Cruxi to kill and no real danger to fear.

She would laugh were she in a better mood.

Instead Aurora pulled the trigger on one of Sleeping Thunders many weapon systems and around the titanic frame and a corona of lightning surged into existence. It was crude, but it should provide them some defense against the salvo of missiles inbound, as she finished her preparations.

For any who knew the specs of Sleeping Thunder the lightning was much dimmer then they might expect.

[color=007236][b][Arklight Thunder (Tesla Field)[Creative+Flash in the Dark]: Attacking inbound Missiles][/b][/color]

As Aurora had been busy preparing more than just a final message. [b][color=0072bc][Flash in the Dark+Metal Mind][/color][/b] She had rerouted two thirds of her Arklight’s normal output into the Particle Cannon’s capacitor bank. It was a risky move at the best of times. But with Goose staring her down she had limited options.

Still she could feel the minor jolts of numbness and pain as she pushed systems in ways they were not built to go.
It was fine, she had deal with worse before.

Her finger hovered over a button as she looked down at her map display. The targets selected and firing angles locked in. Win or lose, she would not go quietly. She hit the button.

[color=B4251D]‘[u]Thunder Fall Activated[/u]’[/color]

She pulled the trigger.

Sleeping Thunder woke up. Roaring it’s defiance to the heavens.

[color=B4251D][b][Flash In The Dark – All Out Attack: Arklight Thunder(Tesla Field) Attacking Mother Goose (V17)][/b][/color]
[color=B4251D][b][Flash In The Dark – All Out Attack: Gatling Guns Attacking Mother Goose (V17)][/b][/color]
[color=B4251D][b][Flash In The Dark – All Out Attack: MoonBreaker (AB-AP) Attacking Mother Goose (V17)][/b][/color]
[color=B4251D][b][Flash In The Dark – All Out Attack: Particle Cannon(Charge unknown) Attacking Mother Goose (V17)][/b][/color]
[color=B4251D][b][Flash In The Dark – All Out Attack: Dragon Wing Missiles x4 (armor-piercing) Attacking Mother Goose (V17)][/b][/color]
[color=B4251D][b][Flash In The Dark – All Out Attack: Dragon Wing Missiles x4 (armor-piercing) Attacking Argo (V21)][/b][/color]
[color=B4251D][b][Flash In The Dark – All Out Attack: Dragon Wing Missiles x4 (high-explosive) Attacking Argo (V21)][/b][/color]
[color=B4251D][b][Flash In The Dark – All Out Attack: Dragon Wing Missiles x4 (high-explosive) Attacking Cockroach (O15)][/b][/color]
[color=B4251D][b][Flash In The Dark – All Out Attack: Artillery Mortars (HYDRA Shell) Attacking Cockroach (O15)][/b][/color]

The Frame unleashed hell. A swarm of missiles flew out from their pods trailing a thick cloud of smoke. A hailstorm of metal was spewed forth as the Gatling guns rang out with a hateful [i]Brrrrt[/i], the sharp echoing retort of the Moonbreaker overlapping them for a moment. Ground shaking booms could be felt as the Artillery Mortars fired off their devastating payload. And the harsh snap and cracking of lightning overflowed as the Arklight Thunder’s Tesla Field was pushed to its absolute limit and beyond, flooding the area with unconstrained energy.

And all the while Aurora kept the trigger pulled, unleashing more and more devastation. Even as shocks of pain and numbness rocked her body. The systems of the Frame pushed well beyond their limits as she finally let loose her own roar of frustration and hurt in the isolation of her cockpit.


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[Flash in the Dark – Overcharging, Overloading, and Overclocking [i]Everything[/i]]
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