The sound of clashing metal echoed through the air as the guard clashed his sword against the Vulture's dagger. The guard grunted in response as he swung his sword, but the Vulture was quick and managed to get in a strike. The dagger went into the guard's shoulder, causing him to scream out in pain. Lando quickly moved the Nephalem back as the auto repair system began to kick in.
"That was close," Lando said, looking to his right. Hana responded with a quick nod and then looked back at Lando. "We gotta get out and fight," she said determinedly.
Lando nodded in agreement and quickly grabbed his pistol. Hana pulled out her rifle and he opened the hatch, hopping out with Hana right behind him. The battle was fierce, with Vultures charging at them from all directions. Lando aimed his pistol and shot a Vulture in the neck, the Vulture stumbled back and fell down, dead.
Hana fired at the charging Vultures, blood flying in the air and splattering onto the already-dead bodies. She sprinted towards a guard who was having trouble fending off two Vultures at once. Hana aimed her rifle and shot one of the Vultures, then the guard nodded and stabbed the other Vulture in the gut.
Solmon's Nephalem spun around and launched into the air momentarily, spraying the miniguns around at the enemy army. Plenty of Vultures fell down under the intense firepower.
One Vulture in particular stared at Lando, standing dead in its tracks. Lando looked back at it and then aimed his gun, but the Vulture didn't react back. It just stood there, staring at him.
"LANDO!" He heard his name being called and quickly turned around, only to find a Vulture swinging a sword it had taken from the body of a guard. The sword sliced across his eye and down to his cheek, causing him to grunt in pain and stumble back. Lando quickly regained his composure and aimed his gun, shooting the Vulture in the chest multiple times until it fell to the ground.
Blood trickled down his cheek, dribbling down as he looked back at where the Vulture had been standing, but it was gone. Lando struggled to see through the blood that was now coating his eye. He winced and looked at Hana, who stared at him in shock before running over to him.
"I'll be fine," Lando said softly, trying to reassure her. But Hana shook her head, aiming her rifle and shooting two Vultures that were charging towards them. "You're not going to be fine," she answered back, worriedly. Lando was aware that the wound was pretty bad, but they had to keep fighting.
Solmon's Nephalem jumped on top of a truck as the enemy loaded more rockets onto it. Tot and Jasmine targeted the trucks as they were shooting them down one by one. The explosive force caused one truck to explode and flip over, crushing a few Vultures beneath it.
Tot and Jasmine's Nephalem stumbled back as it was hit by a rocket, causing the two to quickly activate auto-repair. "Auto repair on!" a robotic voice boomed as Tot aimed the pulse guns and rapidly fired at the truck, causing it to explode. The Vultures who were on fire tried to run out, but Jasmine quickly shot them down with precision. "Eat this you bastards!" Tot screamed, his adrenaline pumping.
Meanwhile, Erik knew that they had to take down the armoured guy, or else they would continue losing more people. "Let's fight them all at once," he said, as he aimed his gun and fired at the Vultures behind the guy. Blood splattered on the armour as the bullets hit their mark.
The armoured guy turned around and faced Erik, swinging his massive hammer. Erik dodged and fired at him, but the bullets bounced off the armour. The guy laughed and swung again, hitting Erik in the chest and sending him flying back.
Bale saw Erik get hit and quickly ran towards him, shooting the Vultures in his way. He helped Erik up and they both fired at the armoured guy, trying to find a weak spot.
Meanwhile, Hana and Solmon were fighting off the Vultures who were trying to sneak up on them. Hana quickly aimed her rifle and shot them down, while Solmon used his Nephalem to jump and spray his miniguns, taking out a large group of Vultures at once.
Bale looked at Erik and nodded, "Now is our chance!" The team charged out, guns blazing as they tried to get behind the armored guy. Zander fired wildly, but the man was too fast. Suddenly, Erik found himself in the man's grasp, his back slammed against the wall. He gritted his teeth, trying to break free from the iron grip.
"Fuck you, strong asshole," Erik spat as he wrenched himself free, dodging the axe once again. He knew they needed to act fast if they wanted to survive. More footsteps echoed behind the guy and they could hear the little amusing grunt that came out. "This fuck is enjoying this," Zander muttered, firing again.
But suddenly, the amusement turned to confusion as a Vulture fell to the ground, dead. Bale looked over at the body falling down and snickered. "It's show time," he said as he cracked his knuckles. The guy turned around, eyes wide as Aqua jumped towards him, a sword in hand. Despite some minor burns around her body, she screamed and thrust the sword through the small cracks in the helmet.
The guy screamed in pain as Aqua shoved the blade deeper. "YOU FUCKERS TRIED TO KILL ME! I THOUGHT WE HAD A DEAL!" Aqua shouted as she shoved the blade in deeper. The man screamed one last time before the sound of bone cracking echoed throughout the room, and the sword finally went through his brain.
Aqua pulled out the sword, blood dribbling down her arm as the guy fell to the ground, dead. Bale looked at her, impressed. "You have a story to tell us," he said, aiming his gun at her. Aqua looked at him, her clothes and face covered in blood. "Yeah," she said, "I really do."