“Let’s go!” I called to Gloria as I came around the corner with the SMR at my shoulder.
Gloria fell in right behind me, and we quickly advanced on the drifting scene.
“You might want to hurry,” Katherine said over the comms even as Alex gestured us forward. “You have two more groups closing in on you.”
“And this lightening grenade is almost spent,” Alex added.
Gloria and I hit the lightened field and dove through. Gloria almost make it look graceful as she angled for a bracing strut above us and then used it to pivot so she landed on her feet when she emerged from the field. I didn’t manage quite as well and hit the deck hard on my synth shoulder as the field faded and the artificial gravity pulled me to the deck. An instant later, a crash behind me marked the EF Mark 2 slamming down t
