It was a quarter of an hour when suddenly David heard a shout over the coms,
"I need back up, I need backup!, I have been isolated,I am in the 3 battle zone"
It was Bella, she had been fighting on the frontlines with her squad, but Yulius and Nyx combat style is violent and chaotic often provoking friendly fire, the more they fought, the further away they got from their respective squads, the others retreated backwards to regroup but Bella wanted to follow Yulius close by, and she naturally found herself in a pinch, only, this pinch was a deadly one, the Trelfen they were in combat with weren't the best tools in the shed, but they were numerous and fearless.
Thanks to their proximity, their coms automatically connected with eachother and David could hear Bella's plee for assistance, no one responded, everyone bad their on wood to cut and even Yulius wasn't in any position to help, if he broke his synergy with Nyx, the frontlines will crumble much faster and Bella will die quicker, this was the chance David had been looking for, a chance to be the better Vangaurd in Bella's eyes.
"Rest assured I am on my way, I am lvl 2 transendent David of the Nathan Squad".
David assumes by the distance and the layer if defence lines, there wasn't and imminente need to gaurd the mechanics preparing the cannon, and besides, it's been a quarter of an hour, the rest of his squad were bound to show up any time soon, lives were at stake, important lives, this was his justification.
"I am needed somewhere else, other Vangaurd cadets will take my place".
He told the mechanics with an authoritative tone,
"Understood sir!"
The mechanics acknowledged, saluting him as he exited the canon's outer gaurd which was in a form of a room with a hatch that would be opened, when the cannon was ready to be fired.
David knowing his actions were forbidden by the mission's protocol, jumped directly from the 8m tall wall to leave quickly, lest he be restricted by his captain who was soon to arrive, and true to his foresight, when he was just a stone's throw away from the wall, Nathan arrived at his earlier position, furiously roaring over the coms,
"When we get back to base planet, I will definitely have you punished!, mark my words cadet David!!"
David proceded swiftly and unperturbed by the threats, his specified sync coms were still off.
Nathan decides to follow him this time, even lvl 3 transendents don't dare to fight alone, much less a lvl 2, with Nathan's speed, it was only a matter of time before he caught up.
Meanwhile Bella was desperately fighting the endless Telfs who sorrounded her from all sides, she resembled a scorpion caught under the seige of countless small ants, although one swipe can kill many ants, the scorpion will always succumb to the sheer numbers of the ants if it allows it self to be completely enclosed by the ants, Bella won't last long without help.
This was a fact and Bella more than any one knew it, she hacked at those that came too close and shot those who tried to come closer, at this point the trelfs had given up shooting, her armour was too sturdy, now they were tying to restrict her, it seemed.
David had almost reached her when he felt a sudden jolt on his shoulder, it was Nathan, who had already caught up and grabbed onto David, he pulled David behind him and almost instantaneously Yulius and Nyx who had been fight further ahead came flying as if tossed, still engulfed in their flames, Yulius falls towards David, who was now behind Nathan, Nathan with great effort and with the help of David who was behind him managed to catch Yulius, but not without being pushed back a couple meters.
Nyx was not so fortunate ,he violently crushed into the nearby Bella, the impact was so strong the sturdy and almost indestructible force armour was damaged, a small component that permited the armour to carry it's own weight and move was damaged from the impact, Bella was now trapped in her own armour, unable to move, though the armour's defense alone was enough to protect her from low lvl trelfs, what they had to be worried about now wasn't the low lvl trelfs, but what was able to send two lvl 3 sentinel type transendents flying.
Not too long ago a new enemy had appeared on the battlefield, possibly a trelfen general, he was a lvl 5 sentinel type, he wasn't particularly impressive to look at, his appearance was that of an old and wrinkled trelfen, though his body appeared weak and old, his neural force was immense and concentrated, it took only three exchanges for the two captains to be sent flying.
The trelfen powerhouse gives them no leeway, immediately after he throws them, he comes to find them, arriving at the scene, he coldly scrutinises the group, he looks past Nyx who was already conjuring a fireball, and fixates on the now paralysed Bella, the powerhouse points his hands to Bella and uses his telekinesis to levitate her off ground slightly and slowly clenches his fist, before the others could realise what was happening, Bella's armour's defensive integrity began to give way, causing the armour to suddenly compress, crushing Bella who was still in it.
The three squad captain's training kicked in, they reflexively activate their neural force shield to resist the powerhouses telekinesis, they procede to turn in the opposite direction to try and get as far away as possible, they weren't his opponent.But they suddenly stop upon hearing a roar from behind,
"Bastard, you killed her"
David drew his gun to shoot at the trelf while he sprinted towards him, seeing as the gun didn't work because of the trelf's force field, he drew his force sword to enter into close combat.
David took off into the air to the trelf who had been levitating the whole time, David's force sword shone through the night, from miles away your could see it's blade blazing with tangible neural force, David's large swinging arc made him open to attacks, as soon as he was airborne, the Trelf showing no hint of caution, condenses from thin air a single metallic javelin pointed directly at David who was blinded with rage and unable to see the eminent danger.
"Watch out!"
Nathan warned.
The javelin whizzed through the air, a sonic boom could be heard as the javelin broke the sound barrier, at this moment, time seemed to slow down, those on the wall watched with unesayness drawn on their faces, although the Vangaurd cadets seemed expressionless and cold, behind their helmets, spoke another tale, Yulius and Nyx had stopped to observe David's eminent death, Nathan was now facing David somehow, his back to the oncoming progectile, solemnity hung in the air, the moments to come, anyone could predict.