Re: Nox Home World
Aya was off and running step for step with Thanus the moment he started, the Lantean woman picking her way through the growth here easily, and she probably should considering she supposedly had been here before. They soon were out of sight of the others, and as they neared the jumper, four of the predators came flying in at them. Before Thanus could think about a reaction, the air around him suddenly seemed to get very hot, and the four predators literally dropped to the ground, their bodies bursting into flame as they incinerated from the inside out. Aya staggered just a little after the show, using the side of the jumper to catch herself and steady herself for a moment. Once Thanus was inside with Lyra, she'd get in and close the door after they made absolute certain the jumper was empty, which it was.
Siphon took just enough time to whisper back to Sho on their line, "bad, two dozen or so here. We'll try to get to you when we deal with these assholes."
As the first shot fired, the predators were on the move, and while three of them were taken out, that left nine of them. Now that they were moving though, hitting them would prove difficult as they just didn't stay still. They weaved in and about, trying to pick a spot where they could slash someone. One of them managed to land in the middle of the group not far from Sinnve and Ayla, but strangely it completely ignored them, and they were ignoring Elissia up until she started attacking. Eyes narrowing, Siphon shouted to them, "They're ignoring anyone who's female with us! Son of a bitch, I bet they've been instructed to take prisoners if possible too."
A second one came flying in, but Siphon caught it in mid air, having guessed right and blasting it just below the neck with his pistol. It's body dropped to the ground with a smoking hole where it's throat used to be, and Talok ended up in close combat with the one that had landed near Alya. It managed to slash the Wraith, who let loose a loud roar, and then dashed in, meeting the predator in mid attack and slamming it into one of the trees about three feet from Ayla and Sinnve. He then slammed one of his hands down onto it's body, and the creature began to wither as he fed from it.
That left seven of the buggers to contend with, and when Talok was finished, he stood with Siphon.
"Omega six?"
Siphon nodded.
"Yep, best bet."
From that point on Siphon would take shots at the ground, pissing the predators off anytime they got near a target, and in the time it took for them to turn and start moving towards him, it's initial target would have a chance to pop it but good. Talok would have the slightly more dangerous route, actually coming up close and getting in it's line of vision to force it to change targets for something it viewed as easier. Either way, the knights suddenly found it much easier to hit the buggers when they were focusing on mostly stationary, taunting targets. It was extremely risky, but it seemed these two had done this before.
The creature began scrambling up the trees trying to get to Sho, incredibly fast. She wasn't even sure she could manage to hit it with her zat it moved so quickly. She'd have to go much higher than the tree tops to escape this thing it seemed, she might even have to actually just leave it and make a run back for the others, or the jumper ...