"Sever the arm and run."
Malcolm ground the words out through clenched teeth. His own blood pooled inside the ruptured titanium gauntlet. The colossal Alpha mutant clamped its jagged yellow jaws tighter around his left forearm and dragged him across the icy asphalt.
"Negative," Kira shouted over the roaring blizzard. "I do not abandon my assets."
The pressure of the mutated jaw threatened to snap his shoulder in half. The Ironcrest Exoskeleton flashed crimson warnings across his digital visor. Blinding pain radiated up to his shoulder and clouded his mind.
Malcolm tried to raise his thermal broadsword to strike the beast. The second Alpha mutant stepped forward and slammed a bone club against his chest plate. The impact knocked the breath from his lungs and pinned his weapon arm agains
