Ch. 16 Rescue in the Ruins

[Jet]

The team wasted little time, jumping over the fence, or in Jody's case being thrown like a piece of luggage, and swiftly dispatched the pantheons patrolling outside. Rai was reporting in as the team pondered their next move, collectively holding their breaths as they waited to see if they'd been noticed. They had.

Andraia's swift executions had taken out the first two pantheons quietly enough, but after the third had fallen inside the guard house the outpost was put on full alert. A shrill alarm sounded, echoing through the quiet jungle. The door to the guard house exploded outward as a squad of pantheons marched out, armed with shields, flails and rifles. One of the rifle pantheons spotted Jody and Rai. Jody raised her shield, absorbing the first round of shots, but she'd have to count on Rai to retaliate, having no ranged weapons of her own.

So far nothing had warped in on the tele-pad, but unnoticed by the resistance members, the alarm's cry had drawn reinforcements from the forest. No fewer than a dozen green pantheons had crawled out of the treeline and were silently scaling the outer fence, preparing to leap down on the distracted resistance.