Ch. 16 Rescue in the Ruins

[VirusZero]

Stark paused after he heard Jodi's question.
"Over is easiest" He replied quickly. With a quick burst of energy from his boots he ascended over the fence. He gave a bit of a flourish by flipping over the fence and landing facing the group. He landed on one knee with his fist touching the ground.
"Just like that." He stated.

He turned to look at the guard house, just in time to see one pantheon walk out. He dropped to the ground and stopped moving. The pantheon didn't see the motion at all. Though thankfully the ground where Stark was had actually been lowered a bit so he was hidden from view slightly from the pantheon. If that pantheon got close it'd see him for sure. But at a distance he had no troubles.

The pantheon turned and started walking towards the edge of the building. Stark raised his head slightly to see what that pantheon was doing. A second later he turned back to the building in time to see a second pantheon exit and head towards the other side of the building.
He wondered how many pantheons actually were here. If there were only two then taking them down wouldn't be an issue. But if there were more or they were expecting reports from these two then that'd be an issue.

Stark considered simply destroying the radio tower with a few well placed shots. But again, that mean risking them figuring out that their base was under attack when communications ceased.

However while Stark was busy contemplating what to do next, he had let his mind wander and taken his eyes off the Pantheons...

Andraia, however, had not. She had shown up a bit late after she had started to fly across the chasm when Elpizo ordered her to return and help the others. She was a bit frustrated. She could have easily flown over that gap and continued the mission alone.
But Elpizo wanted her to help capture a skiff. So instead of voicing her complaints to the commander, she simply hopped over the fence, rushed forward and stabbed the first pantheon in it's face with her saber and let it fall to the ground with a soft thud.
She didn't waste any time before she was on top of that second pantheon. Her saber blade protruded from the bottom of it's 'ribcage', having been stabbed from behind in the shoulder area. With a gentle spark, the pantheon dropped to the ground when she disengaged her saber.

She looked at the radio tower and engaged her saber again. She started towards it almost single mindedly... right past the guard house with a window facing the radio tower. Once she was close to the radio tower, she raised her saber and cut across some of it's cords to sever them. She wasn't sure what they were for. But they looked important. Once she turned around she spotted a pantheon staring directly at her.

"Shit" was all she stated before she punged her still active saber through the window and into it's chest.
She hoped that it hadn't gotten time to send out a signal to bring re-inforcements along...