Ch. 16 Rescue in the Ruins

[VirusZero]

Andraia stared at the silver capsule. There didn't seem to be an easy way to open it. No visible switches or buttons visible anywhere on the device. She contemplated breaking it open, but part of her worried that it was a trap in and of itself. It wasn't a terribly large capsule but in her current condition (down a hand) carrying it wouldn't be possible. Plus she wasn't even sure if whatever was inside would be worth it. On one hand it could be an explosive... On the other it could contain discs full of valuable data or a unique weapon.

She noticed the resistance fighter's gun laying on the ground. That was coming back with them. They were a bit too precious to be leaving haphazardly around. Plus if it had any modifications or unique properties they could still be useful. She quickly reached down and grabbed the gun in her good hand. She placed the buster above where she held her current buster. Although it was a bit awkwardly placed and not exactly locked in, it would still stay in place for simple things like walking or some flying.

She turned toward Raven and stated:
“I'm going to open the capsule up... You might want to step back just in case it's booby trapped. Better safe than sorry here.”

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Stark and Rai had been dodging the shots their enemy fired fairly successfully even though the water made them a bit slower. Though their enemy soon realised it wasn't working and switched tactics... a vortex kicked up and began drawing the water from the room towards the base. With the activity generating some level of heat, Stark could just make out the rows of spikes where they were headed.

Stark grabbed Rai by the hand and activated his thrusters. Underwater they were no where's near as efficient or powerful. But they were realistically his only option. He pushed the power to his jets up and used his spare hand to try adding extra thrust with his repulsor blasts.

“Any ideas Rai, I can't keep this up forever.” Stark stated through the comm system.