Ch. 16 Rescue in the Ruins

[VirusZero]

Once they were in the open area the ceiling once again shut, closing the pursuing reploid from catching up once again. At least for several more seconds anyway. But before they could get very far the ceiling had parted and opening made way to allow their pursuer to gain access.

And in no time at all he was upon them.

Stark turned to see the massive reploid catch up in a blink of an eye, surrounded by a golden light. The light vanished once he got close. But Stark had no doubt that light would hurt if he hit them with it. He'd been using it to break through rocks afterall.

Stark raised his palms and unleashed a quick beam of energy from each. Two repulsor beams hit Ultros and barely did anything. Ultros merely responded by backhanding Stark across the chest, a strike which sent Stark flying into the wall behind him. Several cracks spread along the wall from the force of his impact. Stark slumped to the ground a second later.
"That's quite a backhand" he muttered as he looked down at his chestplate, checking for cracks. Finding no new ones, he slowly stood back up.

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Andraia saw the massive reploid approach and moved away from the others. She didn't want to be anywhere close if he activated his dash attack again. Plus speaking from a tactical standpoint, she knew that if they spread out it'd make fighting him easier. They could move around him and pelt him with attacks without so much worry of him landing hits.
Though when she saw another resistance member's energy beam attacks hit, she couldn't help but question whether or not their attacks would do anything anyway. But this guy wasn't going to run away so they'd have to engage at some point...

Andraia recalled one of her special attacks which may help even the score... She pulled her buster and pointed it at the big reploid. A second later she fired the Piercing lazer attack. A blue shot erupted from her buster and impacted the enemy combatant. But whether it did anything or not, she couldn't tell.