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Rajel knew that standing in the middle of the road made him an easy target. But that was a good thing. If the drones were shooting him, it meant they weren’t targeting the scaffolding. And he wanted to keep them as far away from that as possible. Just how many of those steel beams would they have to take out before Anna plummeted to her doom?
His headband was going crazy, beeping and buzzing as it tracked the various enemies that zipped back and forth over the road. A slight vibration next to his left ear warned him of danger in that direction.
Spinning on his heel, Rajel put his back to the unfinished tower. He raised his g*n in both hands and fired the instant he heard the appropriate tone. The laser-guided targeting system linked his weapon to the headband, telling him when a shot
