Neil skidded into the hanger not moments after Sayeeda, sliding along the pavement and pulling his revolver out. He was well known for his quick draw and his crackshot accuracy, but he barely missed one of the armored men that dove behind some of the crates for cover, his large caliber bullet ricocheting off his cover to hit the Highlander and then fly wide, harmlessly. The next second was the scenario played in reverse, Neil crashing across the open expanse into a stack of starship hydraulic tubes.
"R-Roger!" Taya said over the voice comm, though she didn't sound too sure of herself.
Neil felt the shocks of the pipes as they were riddled with small arms fire, and he clenched his teeth, glad these things were stacked with plast-crete. Judging from the fire, they had a lot more firepower than he or Sayeeda had. They needed to play this smart and think outside the box.
"Hey!" Neil yelled, his voice echoing off the walls. The bullets suddenly halted for a few moments in deep silence. "If you give up now, we'll spare your lives!"
The next few moments seemed to have twice as much gunfire as before, with a few profanities thrown in for good measure. Neil chuckled helplessly and shrugged his shoulders at Junebug, before looking for another way out. He didn't know what Taya was planning, but he decided to take a chance. "Captain," Neil said over his comm. "When I run out, you'll have a chance to take a few shots. Make 'em count."
To his right was a small sliver of space where the bend in a wall nearly closed a gap between the rockcrete and the tubes. Only someone with any real acrobatic skill could make it through there without being stuck for a few moments, and Neil doubted the enemy expected for him to take that route. Which is why he took it. With a running start, and most of the enemy bullets puncturing the left side of the tubes, he dove out into the open on the opposite side. He could feel their gazes and guns turning toward his sudden appearance.
Neil's roll took him across the bullet riddled floor and then tumbling below the Highlander into the landing pit where only the legs of the ship resided. Unbeknownst to the enemy, there was a small access bay down here if he could just find it and open it. A few shouts and footsteps to his right caught his attention, and he knew they were about to fire down under here with as many bullets as they could muster. He couldn't survive a ricochet if he got unlucky.
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