because you’re supposed to use it with two hands you uncultured swine!”
“Seriously?” Scott replied and then tossed it to a confused vampire who easily caught it, only to open his eyes in alarm when Scott’s pistol was up and emptied three shots into this skull. “That’s just fucked up.”
Seconds later, the room started filling up with reinforcements. Darryl yelled, “Status?”
Gabrielle replied, “SNAFU”.
“Good to know.” Darryl yelled back. “Plan?”
Gabrielle grunted when a halberd got through her defense and hit her ceramic armor. “Gott Verdammt you shit, that’s my tits you’re hitting!” The offending Vampire lost his head to Gabrielle’s cut.
“Need a hand over there?” Scott asked when three of the new guys came rushing at her.
“No!” She dodged one slice, parried another and kicked a third away. She swung her sword back around to lop off the first guy’s head and then blocked the second’s backhand swing. She quickly brought her leg around to knock him back with a roundhouse kick then set to receive the fresh attack of the third guard. That guy’s head disappeared in gore when two shots took him out.
Gabrielle heard Darryl yell over to Scott, “That’s eleven!”
Scott’s loud reply came back, “Look mother-fucker, that was Gabrielle’s kill. You’re just cheating!”
“Don’t be a pussy, Scott.” Two more shots rang out “Dead is dead!”
Gabrielle smiled as the second guy set himself up to be the sole focal point of Gabrielle’s attention.
She feinted to her left then stabbed to her right, catching him in the grove of his armor and causing him discomfort. He next planned attack was interrupted when he was shot from behind and his blood splattered her.
The sound of machine gun fire wasn’t expected. “Tweedle-dee,” She yelled as she turned quickly towards the door and started running, “Time to leave! She was halfway back to the door when she yelled, “Make sure you leave the presents!”
Her armor caught two rounds when she saw Scott toss a grenade toward the other end of the hall. She arrived at the door and turned to see where her team was. She was shot two more times in the chest and the last thing she saw as she flew back through the door was Darryl getting hit multiple times himself and Scott grabbing him.
She struggled to get up when the larger hole she had made was increased in size yet again by Darryl and Scott barreling through it and then a huge explosion rocketing the inside of the hall.
She reached up to her chest and unzipped a small pouch to pull out a tiny transceiver and pushed the button. Seconds later, two Pods came plummeting down from the sky. She helped Scott put Darryl into a Pod. She told Scott, “Take the other one, I’ll help him.” Scott nodded his understanding and jumped in the other. The door closed, she clicked the Mic, “Two for a trip, and make it quick!”
Barely a half-second later the pods lifted to the sky, leaving behind a smoldering ruin.
She checked Darryl over. He was hit twice in his left leg, once in his right arm and the lower right side of his neck. That one wasn’t too far into his neck, so it more creased him than did damage. She reached down under the seat and grabbed a specially made cooler and pulled out a small pouch. She could count ten different shots that hit Darryl’s chest.
“Drink this!” She commanded.
Darryl nodded and drank the small vial. He spoke after finishing the contents, “We going to need Bethany Anne for this bitch?”
Gabrielle’s eyes glowed. “Hell no! The Queen sent her Own, and her Own are going to finish the job.”
“Just us three?” Darryl asked. He wasn’t concerned, but looked curious.
“No.” Gabrielle said as she reached for the mic, “It’s time John got involved.”
Darryl chuckled in his pain. “You really
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