#takeback event

Graham This was familiar, everything about it. There was one exception, the homemade bombs that he spent the better part of the morning setting up and getting ready. Ripley had his black vest on, the one that meant business, and he had swapped his compound bow for a longbow. Faster reloading capability, plus, half of being an archer was the feeling of the arrow, it was all touch. The nasty broadhead he made, capable of piercing plate, let along whatever bullshit armor they had--he was ready, stroking the feathers on his arrow and glancing to Lyra. There was not a word between the trio, and pad-footed friend who was alert beyond the rest of them.

Cole "All is well he says," Cole responded, trudging amidst the group. "Is that because he managed to get that embarrassing rash cleared up?"

Kathryn Flickering her gaze around, she walked slow and glanced aside to Cole. His snarky remark was something to admire in the tension. A smirk drew on her lips as she walked, but she didn't say much else.

Savannah She ended up going. Any chance to get out of the gates was, no matter what was the reason, a good idea. Savannah hated the town. It was more of a love/hate story. Nonetheless, keeping up with her small group, she remains quiet, wearing some big jacket and her snippet riffle. She never separates from it. And there she is, watching her back. Just hers. Whoever put her on a group to protect people, they didn't think about it twice. She's seen him go in front of her, pretty much disturbed by her presence. And he should be. Whenever she's got a chance for shooting him right in the head, she's taking that one too.

Charlotte "Good. Keep moving forward." Charlotte talked through the radio. Her fingertips were laced around the gun, something she wasn't really used to grasping anymore. Eyes cast forward, she merely waited in those few moments of silence. She was located on the high ground. There was no way she would be able to settle until the advances went forward.

Terra It was back to battle. If it weren't for Lori, Juliet and Dexter standing next to her, she would be excited. She had missed that kind of adrenaline. But she was only worried: worried for them, worried for the city. Glancing to Lori, she nudged her hand, "Ready?"

Isaac Isaac sunk into Axel's side as the defence crept away into the trees, shoulders hunched against the rain that hit him squarely and dripped down his nose and back of his neck, rending a shudder that prefaced everything that was about to come.

Grayson "You okay, kid?" Grayson asked, his gaze drawing towards Savannah. She seemed nervous, but calm all in the same. He didn't know why he asked. His attention should have been focused forward. But alas, there was just silence between their thoughts.

Diana She kept the gun clasped in her hands, as if the tighter the grasp, the more strength she'd have to use it. It was dark among the wooded area and her mind was on what would happen, especially to the two people she cared the most about in Fall city. They were ahead of her, in the attack team. Of course they would be and of course they would willingly do it. She exhaled a breath, kept her eyes focused for any movement at all that wasn't warranted.

Hunter Hunter took point, Lori with him as they left the rest of the attack group for the front gates. Their orders were clear, take out the guards without a sound or an alert to be risen as they skulked through the shadows and moved ever closer. His bow drawn, arrow notched, Hunter moved at a consistent pace until they hit a clearing that made their targets visible. "You want the one on the left or the right first?" There were more than enough to keep the both of them busy and working hard to ensure that their part of the plan went smoothly.

Robert He glanced to Cristine and leaned against the gate beside her. He felt a sick feeling climbing into his gut and settling there, and he bumped into Cris half for her to give him a sour look that would make him smile for even a moment.

Gwen She wasn't entirely certain when the switch within the dark recesses of her mind managed to flicker into the off position, perhaps the first moments they stepped within the boundaries of her home territory -- the trees, but it had long since forced a coldness within her bones. Emotion beyond her instinctive desire for survival seeped from everything that she was, awakening an animalistic nature long buried. Slender yet capable fingers clutched around the handle of a new machete, lighter than her old one yet sharper still. She could behead a man with it should the opportunity arise... And it would. Intuition trickled down the length of her spine and kept green hues flickering between the tree trunks in search of the predators she'd come to conquer.

Savannah Savannah tilted her head before her eyes towards the man. She didn't even try to smile. " Yeah. Lower your voice. "

Matt Matt stood and paced slowly, the boy was too nervous to sit. As the voice came in from the other side of the radio it was Elijah. He sounded sure but he knew there was no way he was that calm about all this. Matt moved to the radio, and heard Charlotte's voice too. He looked to Aiden and Liam before holding down the button to ensure the radio signal would be broadcast. "Um... homebase here, everything is coming through loud and clear over here. Try and do your best to stay within signal range though. We'll do our best to keep you all covered on our end. Over."

Grayson Grayson merely rolled his eyes in response. His boots crunching against the cracked cement. They were approaching the camp though his thoughts were laced around what would happen. Lori. She was on the front lines. He just hoped that she wouldn't be stupid enough to get herself hurt like the others.

Logan Logan managed the barest hint of a chuckle at Corvo's taunt, but kept his gaze level ahead of them. Any one of these people in his company, ahead in the attack group, or home safe and sound, could be the person who murdered Sloan in cold blood. He didn't trust a single one as far as he could throw them, they were capable of leaving him for dead just as his doe eyed friend had been abandoned weeks before.

Lori Despite the chill, there was sweat beading at her forehead. Her hands were wrapped around her compact bow, holding it against her chest, breath ragged-- she wasn't sure if she was ready for this. She glanced over at Hunter, his own bow nocked with an arrow and raised. They were ahead of the group with the goal of taking out the guards manning the main gates. When the guards became visible through shrubbery and fog, Lori inhaled sharply. Another glance over her shoulder. The rest of the Attack Team-- the Defence, they were all behind them, a fair distance away. All the people she cared about. Within half a second, she had an arrow nocked on her bowstring, aimed, took another breath. "I've got the right. You get the left." She gave him a nod, indicating she was ready to attack.

Aiden Matt had done work on the little closet she had turned into a radio room. Solar panels, the receiver knobs, it was something straight out a World War 2 photograph. Her eyes ghosted to Matt who took the walkie, fine by her. Carefully, she adjusted the range, a fun game of hide and seek to find the strongest setting.

Kathryn Kathryn moved forward, eyes flickering around the gates. They were waiting on the few to take out the guards. Then, they could approach. She had a vague idea where the supplies were. Part of her wondered if there was anything worth grabbing that could benefit her own. Medication, something at least that would mull her over. Shaking her head, the blonde closed her eyes before turning forward. She couldn't think of this. They needed weapons. They needed food. This was no time to be selfish, despite how much of a selfish person she was.

Lyra Walking alongside her partner, Lyra tightened her grip on her rifle before exchanging a glance and a nod with the man. They weren't acquainted but she was willing to trust him because it was the only choice she had. Eyes focused on the attack team moving ahead of them, she swallowed her concern and turned towards her partner, expression rigid with tension before she nodded towards him, exchanging anxiety for familiar practicality. "You ready?"

Axel It had been a silent tramp out into the dreary morning, launching an attack at a similar hour to when Xavier's men had forced their way into Fall City. He hoped they'd give a similar surprise with guns blazing, no mercy to be returned. Elijah's voice played over the walkie talkie in his pocket issuing back words to Fall City and the others of their advances, though he thought little of it. They were approaching fast and it was up to Hunter and Lori to lay down the first blows of the morning. His eyes were trained on the pair at the front of the pack before shifting towards Isaac as the younger boy slid up against his side. "Ok?" he remarked in a hushed breath, flashing the youth a small smile.

Liam Liam was pissed. Months of wandering around by himself -- convinced his brother was dead -- and as soon as they'd been reunited Jesse had been dragged into what felt a little too much like a suicide mission. That was a thought he kept to himself, though, knowing better than to voice it to the people around him. For now it was all he could do to wait in tense silence and be thankful for the momentary relief that came from the words Jesse and the others relayed back. He nodded back to Matt, as the other responded and leaned closer to listen as Aiden adjusted the range. "So far so good," he muttered grimly; he wasn't expecting things to stay that way, not for long.

Ivy Holloway Ivy didn't have a nice morning. However, she was holding her gun in front of the gates. Augustine, Hannah, Shane, Alice and her, they were all just doing what they had been asked for. Though she didnt enjoy it, at least she had had a chance to go see Ada that morning and tell her everything was going to be alright. She also gave Matt a stupid bracelet she found downstairs. She thought about family and prayed for them as she held her finger away from the trigger.

Hunter He couldn't think about anyone else, not even himself or the one with him, not with what they had on the line if they stumbled now. Diana was back, out of the front lines but that didn't meant that his thoughts wouldn't drift towards her if he let them, clearing his head as he kept his bow raised and aimed at the first two guards that were closest to where they hid. One miss, one noise, and it would be over long before it'd even begun as he nodded with a ghost of a smirk, one painted with the shadows of all the times he'd done just this before. Kill or be killed, right? That's what he'd been taught to remember when he picked up the bow, loosening an arrow that lodged directly into the chest of the guard on the left. They fell silently. "That's one."

Dexter His muscles were tense but in an oddly relaxing manner, all this preparations and the requirement of a certain skill set, this was what he knew how to handle. Going into war. Familiarity in a sense, it comforted him. "Stay sharp on your toes." The man said softly to whomever was nearest, habits really, ones developed by years of guiding a group of people into such situations.

Graham "Born ready." Graham replied easily, and handed her something small and solid. "Pull and throw. Just don't hit my dog and the rest doesn't matter." His smile was wry, but the truth was the dog knew better than most of the people mounting this attack. He was battle tested, well versed in this sort of thing, much like Graham was.

Elijah His mind was composed of a myriad of thoughts. The first being if this would succeed, the second being if they would all make it out alive. He kept his gun raised, in case of anything appeared from the compound they were so close to invading. The guards were the beginning of the plan -- a silent take out. He knew the council had chosen a good team to handle the task, but silence was key. Silence meant an easy entrance.

Rico He didn't want to be here, who the fuck were these people to recruit them into their sick revenge game, but hell, at least he would be able to get out of the fucking city for half a moment. Even if it was to go off and march through another group of living people. Rico didn't believe he should have been dragged into this, then again he did look forward to seeing exactly these so called 'leaders' would do. "Pretty sure this is like a suicide mission, bunch'a morons." He half grumbled, shaking his head in an annoyed state, but the statement was not at all to himself.

Cole The tension between everyone could be quite easily sliced with a knife, yet such a circumstance never did phase Cole and his thrill for danger. "Why the fuck is there a dog in the group? Did none of you bastards watch I Am Legend?"

Savannah The girl was watching. Barely getting into all of it. She was supposed to be defense with Grayson and that would be all. She thought about breaking the rules and break away from everything just to go back to Piper, wherever she was.

Matt Green hues shifted up towards the blonde woman as he set the walkie back down. He avoided her eyes by looking over to Liam as he spoke. The two seemed to share an interest for all things technological which made this all the more easy. Matt nodded and turned back to Aiden. "I did my best to ensure maximum range on their walkies but who knows what kind gear they have at Xavier's camp. I hate waiting but--" he cut himself off, for the most part their role was done all they could do was wait. He moved over to a nearby window looking out over the gate. "It's all we can do right now."

Aiden Fingers reached out and touched Liam, half to steady him and half to steady herself. She was nervous. Nervous because her friends were out there, people she loved and cared about, people that were her family. At least, at the very least Liam was in here and Jesse wouldn't have to be worried about that. "It'll be fine." She nodded and moved back to the silent talkies, the sound static her remedy in a time like this.

Kathryn "You sure don't know when to shut up, do ya?" Kathryn drew her gaze to the side, raising a brow towards Cole. Logan sat beside him, smirking away towards his antics. At least he was there in eyes view. She knew that he would be safe within their ranks. Rob, however, that was something she was unsure of. He was back home, safe at least from everything else.

Lori One guard down. Arrow straight through the heart. Lori raised her eyebrows, smirking at her partner. It wasn't... It wasn't something to smile about, but-- he was keeping count. "Go for the head next time." She teased, directing her line of sight to the last guard remaining. He turned, watching as his friends fell in a heap on the ground. It was time. She drew back, released. An arrow spliced through the air, made a sickening sound as it lodged into the man's head. He, too, fell to the ground, toppling over the other guard. Lori exhaled. "One for me, one for you." She glanced back at the Attack Team. It was time to strike. "All clear."

Gwen Gwen ignored the other voices, eyes narrowing ahead at how their low timbres cut through the air despite the effort to remain "quiet". Scouting on ahead, she dipped beneath branches and maneuvered through shrubbery with the greatest of ease. This was her kingdom, the place where she thrived and excelled. A huntress shrouded by the mystery of the forest and able to move at a nearly silent pace. It also provided her the escape of a solo venture, such as this, where she could gain her own ground.

Isaac Isaac shifted on his feet, grip twisting around his ice axe where he held it at his side. "Yeah." He mumbled, careful not to speak too loudly and break the spell that everyone seemed to be under. Even though the answer was a resounding no; the real answer which pounded in his stomach, his ears and his chest like they were trying to do what he was dying to do. Escape.

Cristine This was what she was trained for, being the one rushing to be a mend to some horrible bleeding mess. Car crashes, house fires, bizarre accidents every day in the ER; that she could do, she was a powerhouse. But ask her to watch people go out into a war zone in order to be a protector, that was not something she could do. But there she was doing her best to hold it together. The nudge to her frame snapped her out of her daze and she glanced at Robert. For him, she was very thankful of, for many reasons but having him there made it easier. Still she shot him a look before letting the corner of her lips twitch up briefly. "Watch it Doc."

Hannibal The man cracked his neck, a sign that he was about to let loose; to show the strangers of Fall City why it is they keep him around and more importantly, on their side of this fight. He noticed the blonde woman moving ahead of the group, gwen he thought her name was. He trailed behind her silently, gradually closing the distance until he could place a large hand on her shoulder. "You shouldn't run off alone." He wasn't going to force her to listen, but figured he should offer the advice just in case.

Cole "I came without the mute button installation," he replied to the Kathryn. "Or would you rather I joined the rest of these and started sobbing into my shirt? Hang on, I practiced this." With a single pause, the male coughed for a beat. "Woe is me and my blatant inability to be anything other than extremely morbid. Death is near, Xavier is terrifying and you guys are alright if I squint hard enough. Is that better, Princess?"

Terra Lori was gone, off to the enemy's base with Hunter. Two people she cared about in some form or another already on the front lines. Terra was with the rest of the attack team, proceeding slowly. But her assignment was another: she was to help out where help was needed. This allowed her to keep her eyes on everyone. One hand gripped her weapon, the other the walkie-talkie she was given. It had been quiet so far. Staying with the rest of the attack team, she watched Lori and Hunter from a distance, wondering when it was time to catch up, to help out. She glanced at Juliet and then at Dexter. She nodded at him, a sort of 'good luck'.

Lyra "Is this some kinda slingshot?" Lyra asked with a raised eyebrow, eyeing the object curiously before glancing at his dog. She smiled slightly as she took in the dog moving ahead of them, sniffing the ground with occasional waggles of its long tail. Looking back at Graham, she nodded firmly before she began rolling the object he handed her in her hands. "So, what's the plan, exactly? How the hell are we gonna provide a distraction for the enemy and watch the attack team's asses at the same time?"

Robert He held in a smile and bumped against her once again. "The waiting is the worst part." His father's pistol was burning a mark against his back, the place that he kept it making him feel like the thug. Given their past experiences with the gate, and the Infected, he knew he was going to need it. Hopefully the ruckus at the other base would draw them there, but one was never too certain in times like this. Only one thing was certain. Anything that could go wrong would go wrong.

Hunter At her comment, Hunter shrugged before lowering his bow but not before pulling another arrow from his sheath on his back and notching it. His job wasn't finished yet, not by a long shot, as they stole back away from where they'd hidden away, the smirk turned cold as the rest of him when he glanced back at the bodies that they're put down. "The heart always kills someone faster than their mind." He swallowed down the taste of bile on the back of his throat as he head back to the rest of the part of the team he was meant to secure the main weapons shed with. "Next time, we'll see who gets more than the other."

Kathryn "No. Any attempt of crying, you look like a deformed baby. Probably one of the ones popping outta those girls back on base." Kate stared towards Cole for a while. Amused, but mostly confused in his ways.

Liam The fingers tapping anxiously against Liam's leg stilled at Aiden's touch, and Liam looked over at her in surprise. Had she not been close with the people he cared about he might have shaken her off, but as it was he just nodded at her reassurance, even though he didn't believe it. "Right." It was easier to stay focused on the technical, on things they could actually do right now -- which wasn't much, according to Matt, and Liam had to agree. "They've got to have something, at least. You don't think we could find a way of tapping into their communications, do ya?"

Logan Logan had to cover a laugh with a blatant cough into the fabric of his shirt, enjoying the fact that someone else was feeling equally as cynical about their current grouping. "The attack team is going to take out all the fun," he responded in a low voice. "Ruin the excitement for us. Don't know why all of you are acting like we're about to walk into a death trap."

Jesse Jesse watched from a distance as their first step was completed, guards posted at their position falling one by one as arrows sliced silently through the air. He didn't like this plan, didn't like that they had to stoop no lower than Xavier himself in order to keep what was theirs - but sitting idly was no better, either. They couldn't wait around for the next shoe to fall, they had to be ahead of it. He ignored the slight drizzle that had taken over the morning, lifting the walkie talkie up, "Alright, defense to your posts, attack move in," he instructed, "Let's get this show on the road. Good luck." With that he glanced towards those nearest with a nod before disappearing into the trees to take up his post.

Grayson Grayson grasped his hand around the dark haired woman's shoulders. He made her think of a sister - though he was sure that was just her age. "Silence won't get us anywhere. We're alone for now, kid. Just make sure you're weapon is drawn and you're not screaming to the fuckin' birds and I think we'll be just fine."

Ivy Holloway Ivy's anxiety had anxiety that had anxiety itself. Holding herself together in front of the gates, she bit her lower lip.

Graham "It's a homemade grenade. We're going to a wait a half second longer, for them to get the hell out of the way before we blow them sky high." He pointed across the way a bit, and said. "I have things there, and there. Kaboom." His smile hitched into a funny shape, the joke on his features sinister and much like a kid with fireworks.

Savannah Savannah almost murdered Grayson. If she hadn't been cautious about it, about taking a second to think, Grayson would have been bleeding on the floor the moment he touched her. But he didn't. Savannah enjoyed that man. A good weird man. Raising a brow, holding her gun, she rolled her eyes. " I've killed people before. I've done this before. 'Got it all covered. Don't worry, Grayson. " She even forced herself to talk back to him.

Lori "Can't have them turnin' into clickers, though." Lori replied, notching her own bow in anticipation for what would happen next. It was funny; the sickness still swirled around in her stomach, but she didn't feel bad for what she'd just done. Her and Hunter just killed people-- they were murderers. No. They were /survivors/. This was... This was okay. Now, it was time they went their separate ways. "Good luck out there, Hunt," she said, head tilted. The adrenalin was starting to wear off, replaced with terror. No matter which way this went, someone was going to die today. "Be safe, 'kay?" She waved him off.

Cristine "Yeah, just the waiting." Sarcasm, used to mask just how terrified she really was about this whole thing. There were so many things that could and most likely go wrong but Cris was there to clean up the mess that would fall back from this attack. Dark eyes found the layout on the other side of the gate and sighed, she was on the verge of sickness because of worry but was fighting it just as much as she was every other emotion that dared to take over her senses. Cris knew how to turn them off, you couldn't be a nurse and not be able to do such a thing.

Terra All clear. It was all Terra needed to hear to move forward, following Jesse's lead, weapon drawn, ready to strike. Terra caught up with Lori and Hunter, nodding. So far so good. But this was far from over. Keeping an eye out for anyone that did not belong to their party, she was ready to hit. "Someone has to know we are here," she said quietly to whoever was around to hear her. "We have to move fast."

Gwen The brilliance of having lived amongst the trees for so long was that even when predators attempted to approach the blonde from behind, Gwen could instinctively feel their presence. Call it a sixth sense if you will, she felt the man before he even dared to lay a hand on her shoulder. Perhaps he was attempting to comfort, to create camaraderie, or slow her down from heading into the camp alone, but this was not the moment to pet a wild animal. A snarl ripped from her throat before the slapped his palm away, teeth bared up at him. "Don't," she managed a warning before bolting off into the trees towards the gate. Her feral nature needed to be directed on the enemy, but if her own teammates continued their attempts at controlling her, she could not promise their safety either.

Charlotte Charlotte craned her head against her post. There was nothing for her to do now. Not until the Attack Team pushed on. She tried to keep her attention on the now, but all that consumed her thoughts was just this - the danger of it all. She was too cynical to believe that they would all make it out alright. She was too troubled to believe it all. Her mind was whirling towards the others. Part of her regretted recommending Lori for the attack team. Gwen - Dexter - Savannah - Just...There was an endless list and she stood there waiting for their attack to move.

Matt Matt was never the one to just sit around and do absolutely nothing. Especially not in a life or death situation. Before all his antics with computers and radios were just for fun but now? This could save lives. Matt began chewing on his thumb nail, a tick he didn't much appreciate but it seemed to calm his nerves. As Liam spoke once more his eyes widened. The other boy had a point and an even better idea. "You're right. I think I have an idea." He took to the pile of rubble which seemed to be nothing but old computer parts and whatever they could find that they hadn't already used. Screw drivers and nuts and bolts scattered the floor as the teen pulled out what seemed to be half a radio they'd found in a police car. "At least by taping into their communications we can see what they're up too." Matt looked back to Liam and Aiden. "Liam, you think you could get this radio up and running for me whilst I work on this transmitter over here? I mean, it's at least worth a shot right?"

Grayson "I doubt anyone hasn't killed someone by now." Grayson glanced down towards her, removing his hand to pluck up the gun once more. He was glad they were able to find a decent one handed weapon in the shed. It was something, at least. "You have anyone on the front lines you're worried about?"

Robert Without a pause, he wrapped an arm around her and gave a gentle squeeze. "It'll be fine. We'll be fine." His mind separated itself from the fact that his sister was out there, and how much that fucking terrified him. The burning in his chest that if something should happen. No--there were in their places for a reason. She was equipped for what she was doing.

Hunter He shook off the unsettling feeling in his gut, the one that wouldn't go away even after this night wore off and became nothing more than another nightmare to add to his collection at the thought of the men that'd fallen by his arrow. He couldn't think like that now, not when he was still needed, and there was at least one person counting on him. And on her, there were many more. He nodded to Lori, watching her move off as Terra came into view, ready to keep them all moving forward. "It won't be long now before someone finds the bodies." His gaze drifted to those in the attack team that were preparing for the next move.

Ada Useless. She was complete useless. Blue hues watched as everyone ventured off to their assigned duties, wishing she somehow could be of help. Deep within her mind, she was reminded of the words Max spoke to her, about who would they rather keep - someone useless or someone with skills. And skills for war she didn’t have, she was weak and it was clear that she was. Ada was forced to sit around and just wait for news. She just hoped everything would go down smoothly, though she had a really bad feeling about it all.

Lyra "Kaboom," She smirked, raising her eyebrows at him and nodding slowly. "I like your thinking. You made this yourself?" She asked, half out of curiosity and half out of a deep desire to distract herself from the dread gnawing at her from the inside. She didn't expect to take a liking to Graham after so few interactions between them but upon being partnered for the task of setting a distraction, they had managed small chit-chats here and there and somehow, his presence eased her anxiety. She was more than thankful for that. Stealing a quick glance at the familiar faces in the Attack Team, Lyra forced anothet obnoxious smirk on her lips. "Can't wait to blow shit up."

Lori "Terra," she breathed, ready for the signal to move off toward the secondary weapons shed. Without a thought, she pressed a chaste kiss on her cheek. "Be safe, 'kay? Don't worry about me. I love you."

Savannah Savannah shook her head. No one. With a small smile, she shrugged. " Pros of not being too social. " A small silence. " You? " Mere courtesy.

Aiden Eyes went to Matt and she nodded. This was his realm, and while she knew a decent amount, enough to be dangerous, he was the expert in this room. "What do you need? I can help you get a satellite on the roof and point it that way." Redirect some electricity from the batteries into here to power something else, to give the range enough focus.

Axel Axel took the words relayed over the radio as instruction to lead the siege, pulling Isaac along to where Hunter resided. Their instructions were clear, head to the left side of the camp after entering and take over the weapons shed - ideally before anyone was alarmed to their presence. "C'mon," he spoke to the pair of them, eyes swiveling to beckon Dexter forward as well. With that he gave a sweeping glance to those who remained of attack and shoved a shoulder to the gates, parting them easily now that they weren't being defended. "Now or never, mates," he prompted, getting a grip on his gun once more and leading the way in.

Elijah With the guards taken out, it was time to enter the camp -- guns blazing. He didn't know where Xavier and his men would be -- hopefully asleep and in the one isolated location he was able to get information on. He moved through the crowd, making his way to the front of the attack team. These were his people and he had to lead them forward. His grip tightened on the gun and he inhaled a chilly breath within his lungs. Axel swung the gates open and all was quiet, but that didn't mean they were out of the water yet. He was beside Axel as he entered, his eyes quickly shifting from side to side. In comparison to Fall City, everything was old, rickety -- thrown together out of desperation as opposed to long term survival. But he didn't expect anything else given Xavier as leader.

Grayson "One. She'll be fine." Grayson spoke softly, growing silent after that mere thought. His eyes went towards the horizon. It seemed the Attack Team was moving forward. His hand drew up, keeping his weapon held up as a found pounding seconds of silence followed them through. He heard something. He knew he did. A sudden spray of shots fell forward. His body lurched back, keeping his ground despite it. He dropped his hand to thrust Savannah back behind him. There was a sudden spiraling pain in his shoulder. They knew they were there. It must have been a higher group on the grounds - keeping the fortress of theirs safe.

Isaac Isaac tensed before quickly falling into place beside and just slightly behind Axel. He focused on the split between the gates, grounding himself and digging his heels into the floor to feel the pressure of it before taking off after his running partner.

Terra Don't worry about me, Lori said. Terra was high enough on adrenaline to laugh, but this quickly died down as she realized there was nothing to laugh about. Lori might die. Dexter might die. Anyone might die. And what could Terra do to prevent it? Easy: she had to be quick to step in front of them. "I won't let you out of my sight," she told her and gave her shoulder a squeeze. As the rest of the attack team moved forward to the weapons shed, she followed close behind. Now or never was right.

Cristine The act was meant to be comforting and it was but Cristine didn't let it take her nerves completely. Her mind was all over the place but she took a deep breath to steady herself and focus in on the task at hand. "Yeah we will---" She said before nudging Robert a little returning his squeeze in that manner.

Graham "I want to wait until they're in a tight spot." He nodded in answer to her question. Standing on the top of a rock, Ripley looked around, eyes moving back to them. Fishing something out of his pocket he handed it to her. "This is another remote. To the ones I've set up toward the back. Something should happen, I need a fail safe." He pointed out where the other five bombs were, something he had spent the day before hiding and setting up.

Rivka Rivka loaded her rifle, checked her knives, and made sure her handgun was in its holster. This was it. She was going back to war. She was Lt. Shafir once more. Rivka fell in beside Elijah, making sure she had his back as they infiltrated the Central Hub. People were going to die, but a whole lot more would die if they didn't do this. "It's all clear," Rivka told Elijah as she moved ahead of him slightly.

Graham He waited, just like he said, and using the homemade received he pressed the button. There were several sets of explosives. Scattered about, in different places, to provide obstacles and further complications. The first one went off in a flaming mass that skyrocketed earth and rocks into the sky, setting the brush around it on fire. He smiled once again, the feeling of finally being free, despite the ear.

Hunter /Mates/. That was a thought. One of many that slipped out before he pushed it aside for the ones that would be helpful in this situation, rather than ones that were best served staying back. Instead he focused on the task at hand, keeping in pace with Axel and Isaac, keeping to their heels and watching their back with his bow held low but firmly in place. They head to the left, keeping out of sight despite the lack of guards on the gates but he knew that it wouldn't be long before someone else would be out there to either check on them, or find them gone. "After you," he muttered, eyes flashing as he took in his surroundings and kept moving forward.

Logan "And so it begins," he shrugged with a nod forward towards the attack team entering the camp. Eyes remained on Isaac's frame until he disappeared behind the gate, then he followed a flit of blonde as her agile figure slipped in behind almost too quick to catch, and the rest followed suit to branch off in their separate directions.

Liam Matt produced an old, beat-up radio from a pile of spare parts and Liam could have hugged him. The main radio couldn't have been forfeited to try to tap into the others' communications, but this? This Liam could work with. "Dude, that's perfect!" He took the radio in his hands and turned it over, inspecting it and trying to figure out the best way to put it to use. "A satellite's a good start," He told Aiden with a nod. "If you can do that, I'll break this open and start messing with the tuner, but it won't do any good if their signals too far away to reach." Without waiting for agreement, he rummaged through the pile of parts for a screwdriver and started taking the cover off the old radio, praying it would be in workable condition.

Hannibal With that, Hann had did all he could for that woman. He understood that it was a part of her nature to be this way, reclusive, solo. If she wanted to march into a camp alone, he wouldn't stop her. He also wouldn't be the one to weep over her corpse. It was time to get things going, he could only hope people were ready. That they could keep up. He twirled his axe once and slung it atop his shoulder before standing straight up and walking to this town's makeshift barricade. Fuck the gate, Hann would make his on way in and out of this town; Hands gripping his weapons tightly he began swinging ferociously at the barricades, demolishing them with complete disregard to the noise. "Wake up Xavier, We're here."

Savannah She watched him do, slightly confused by his gestures. She shook her head. " Sorry but I won't be so hopeful "

Matt He placed the half-a-radio which would just have to do over to Liam and gave the other boy an excited smile. If this hadn't been so serious they totally would be geeking out over this. Matt then looked over to Aiden. Truth was she intimidated her but the fact that she was still letting him lead made him happy. Matt nodded immediately toward her. "Satellite," the boy murmured moving around the room finding a few old TV antenna's. "Ah, they're better than nothing." He turned back to Aiden swiftly and held them out to her. "On the roof, there's already a cable TV satellite from before. Take these up there and plug them in. Everything is connected to each other that satellite is the reason we are able to talk to the other bases. This should enable the signal to get strong enough for us to get a hold of Xavier's camp's communications. At least long enough to distract them or put them off somehow, or even warn the other group of whatever they're up too. I need to work on getting the connection up and running."

Cole "Well, now that's out of the way, who's game for naked Twister?" He spoke in response to Logan, following his line of focus in the direction of those involved in the action. He would refuse to be concerned over Gwen's welfare, knowing well enough how the female could handle herself, but considering she was the only person within this entire city he actually considered a companion, (best of luck to those he was supposedly meant to protect), it would be difficult to avoid the oncoming wave.

Lori She doubled back to find Owen. "Hey," she said quietly, almost a whisper. She plucked a fallen branch out of his hair, before jumping at the sound of complete chaos. Was that a bomb? Graham's work, she realised. "C'mon, we gotta go." She leaned up on her tip toes to brush her lips against his forehead. When she caught sight of Lexie and Max, she raised her bow high and made her way through the gates.

Savannah The girl took no shame in holding her rifle up and using his friend's body as a shield for a few seconds to watch around them, searching for the shooter. However, she didn't find it so, quickly, with her small body and strong limbs, she helped him move. " Told you."

Taeil The sun had not even showed any sign of leaving its bed when Taeil woke up this morning, something he didn’t really do anymore after his obligation to prepare for school was stripped off. It was too hard to sleep when your mind was constantly disrupted by worry and anxiety about the event that was about to come. By the time he made it to his living room for a clear sight of what was happening outside through his front window, everybody was already moving. Now that the sun was getting higher, with the company of his old pocket knife and the crowbar he had borrowed from the armory since a few days before, Taeil was left with no other option but to patiently join the waiting game.

Kathryn Kathryn moved forward. She didn't speak to anyone. She didn't feel the need to. Trudging forward, her boots crushed against the soil. She moved quickly, gun drawn forward as she shifted into the gates. The sudden scream of explosives from their end was a bigger awakening than she expected. Rise and shine, mother fuckers

Axel It was clear they weren't alone as soon as they entered the camp. They may have had the element of surprise on their side, but a smattering of voices rose as the swarm of them entered, bullets slicing through the air. He saw movement out of the corner of his eyes as men fell back towards one of the buildings - one that he assumed was their ultimate target. He fired off a few shots in the general direction of those who were attacking but continued to lead towards the weapons unit - hopefully. He wanted to avoid letting the rest of them arm up if it was possible.

Graham His head moved to Lyra, and nodded to her to press the next button. His fingers pressed the next button, the next bomb going off in an even more unimaginable cloud of debris. "Almost as good as C4, who would have thought," he muttered and started to laugh. There was something about firepower, something about this whole thing that brought him back to being a kid, stuck in the sticks making fireworks. The fire spread down the field and toward the camp. Oh, this should be good.

Matt The boy took back to the pile finding an old iPad which was like winning the lottery. "Jackpot." He whispered before turning back to Aiden. "Good luck, when you get back we'll work on power supply. There's an old car battery in this pile somewhere, cells are still alive -- you can work on getting that running too." Getting the iPad open meant finding a power supply. He hooked it up to a few solar panels bringing everything closer to the window. The iPad booted up and he could only hope an organisation like the NSA was still running. "It sounds pretty fucking crazy but I'm going to see if government signals are still running. If yes, that means we can hack using a geolocating system, all we need are coordinates for his camp and boom, we're in."

Grayson Grayson shot a glare towards her, leaning up in his stance. His hand drew up the gun, thankful at least that the bullet landed in his shoulder of all things. He took a few steps back, gazing on the horizon. There was nothing. "Head towards the woods." The man titled his head towards the few spray of trees that masked over the horizon. It was the only cover in the area, watching as the remainder of the team began to move forward.

Gwen Gwen maneuvered around the central hub, silent as the grave with carefully placed footsteps and the alert eyes of a hawk. Until her features snapped over in the direction of someone putting all of their stealth driven plotting to shame as the large male from minutes earlier came bursting through the defenses like the damn Koolaid character. She didn't have time to narrow her eyes and offer him a displeased glare before commotion rang out among the enemy camp, forcing her to pursue the mission rather than focus on the idiocy of her teammates.

Isaac Isaac used his right hand to raise the glock and returned fire to those amongst the first stirrings of Xavier's group. He wasn't sure if any of the bullets stuck but he felt the need to be doing [i]something[/i] while they ran to their expected target. He, Axel, Dexter and Hunter would be amassing the small building and he couldn't help but hope that they would not find anyone inside.

Aiden Taking the pieces and the wires she scrambled up the roof. A mouse wasn't a lion, but a mouse could climb, and a mouse could dart up the roof. On the roof she did what she was assigned, and yelled down to Matt. "We're good. Tell me if I need to readjust."

Dexter Adrenaline surged him forward and also focused his movements. Bringing up the rear in the group as he placed trained eyes on every section that could be an enemy. They weren't to pause and even when they were under fire. There was a mission at hand and Dex would be damned if he wouldn't keep his teammates safe. "I've got the cover." He expressed, a remark that he hoped would relay that he would cover them if they were in need of cover. Marking Dexter as the one who would serve as a barrier between the others and gunfire. But then again, maybe that was just in his own mind how he had labelled himself.

Lyra Taking the remote from Graham, Lyra nodded firmly before settling down next to him on top of the rock, bodies pressed close and bent forward to conceal their presence before the first set of explosives went off in a bang that had rocks and dirt exploding outwards in outrage. Eyes widening as her head tilted back, Lyra couldn't help but admire the intensity of it and all the effort it must have took him to construct such mechanisms. Adrenaline providing her with a giddy rush of excitement, she leaned towards her partner with an impressed smile, eyes not leaving the site of the explosion, and whispered, "That was Phase One. What's next on the agenda, partner?"

Charlotte Charlotte drew forward, keeping herself on high ground. She stared down, making sure the entire scene welled before her eyes. "Attack Team has entered. They know we're here. So far, the plan is still in motion." Speaking information through the radio. Was that the only way she could help?

Matt For the moment Matt was tasked with booting up technology that hadn't been used in months. It was a slow process but as soon as Aiden gave a yell the static on the walkies got louder and he looked over to Liam. The two shared a respective nod and Matt yelled back. "All good! It can be adjusted again later if need be. We need you at this car battery, you think you can start it?!"

Savannah Her lips pressed, she followed his order. Straight back to the haunting woods she belonged in. Carrying him with her, knowing that he was good and just shot on the shoulder, she separated herself from him. If they were outside, that meant they would be going to the camp, probably. She knew that by the direction of the shot. So the game was starting. " Cover it. Press it. "

Terra Shots were fired. Terra aimed, fired back, hit maybe one or two men but she couldn't be sure. Following closely behind Axel and the rest to the weapons shed, she watched their backs in any way she could, firing into where shots were fired from, moving herself into the line of fire so they could proceed.

Aiden Dropping a cord to the solar panel, and the batteries that were on the roof but of ill repair due to her own neglect, she nearly hit Matt in the face with them. "Oops, try that." Sliding off the roof and landing on her feet like a cat, she waited in the doorway, staring at the gate, and the people flocked there to protect it.

Liam Once Liam had his mind on a project, that was where his focus remained -- so he was glad to hear Matt taking the lead. Getting the radio open was easy enough, given its current state, and Liam let out a sigh of relief when he saw the important parts were all there. Immediately he set to work separating the tuner's wire from its original location, fiddling with the makeshift dial until it was ready. He nodded to Matt when Aiden shouted back down to them -- perfect timing. "We're all good with the radio -- won't be able to do anything until we get power, but it'll work. Especially if we can tap into the geolocating system." It was a genius idea, something Liam would have been geeking out over any other time. "

Kathryn Kathryn ducked behind a wall, shocked by the sudden spray of bullets. Her gaze ripped towards Logan and Cole. Her hands laced around the shotgun. Clicking it, the blonde drew forward and peeked around the corner. Firing off a shot, she made her way down the wall and towards what they were told was the supply area.

Hannibal They knew they were here now, he didn't have to stay quiet any longer. A cluster of men rushed him, small knives for weapons. Hann laughed maniacally as he unleashed a flury of blows that would leave the entire group in pieces on the ground. The blood of his enemies, a tasted that was not so foreign to the man. He gripped one of the men by the throat and hoisted him into the air, easily preventing the other male's feet from touching the ground, Hann drew the blade of his axe against the man's jugular; forcing a gush of warm red to saturate Hann's facial features. It was time, to let loose and watch this whole place burn. It was time to take back what Xavier had robbed these people of, to instill the same fear into his people as he had to the denizens of Fall City. The moment was short lived, More targets closed in on Hann He snickered as he engaged them, they slashed and stabbed and were just as quickly silenced by a single swing of Hann's sledgehammer.

Rivka Rivka glanced back for a split second as the bombs went off. With the distraction made, the ideal plan was to get in, show the enemy what they were made of, and finish them off. Rivka took point and kept her rifle up as she walked forward. When she saw a man, she fired, taking him out with only a couple of bullets. "Keep moving," she told her team.

Lori The next battle had begun. Lori ducked, dodging bullets and trying to keep herself alert, while also making sure her friends, her family, were safe. "Get to the shed, I'll meet you there," she yelled to Owen over gunfire. Axel and Isaac and Hunter were making their way to the main weapons shed. Terra was following at their heels. Good. Lori found cover, released an arrow, notched another one. Repeat. She tried to keep count of the bodies that fell, for Hunter's sake, but when her sheath started to empty, she pulled a handgun from the waistband of her jeans.

Lyra Catching Graham's signal, Lyra bit her bottom lip then pressed on the designated button; sending another blast wave across the earth in a shower of rocks and dust. Graham started laughing and she couldn't help but chuckle along. Although there was nothing funny about chaos and destruction, the anxiety mixed with the anticipation of the battle left her almost delirious. "Shit. That was awesome, man."

Grayson Grayson moved forward, pressing his back against the tree. He lowered his weapon and pressed his hand against the wound. Rolling down his sleeve, he ripped through the fabric with his teeth. Eyes on Savannah. She was safe. That was all that mattered in the moment. He kept his ears peeled, the rustle of leaves being the only sign of an approaching enemy. "I'm good. You need to move forward. Try to see if there are any teams moving towards the city.

Logan The sound of gunfire echoed through the early morning air and with it came Logan's attention as he pressed forward with a slightly faster pace until he too was within the boundaries of the unfamiliar camp. His gun trained forward on the unfamiliar figures, only firing if they directed a bullet in his direction first. He still struggled with the idea of slaying another human being, it was why he always managed to keep himself out of this sort of action in prior experiences.

Hunter Axel led and the rest followed in his stead, moving swiftly but not as lucky as they'd been moments before when bullets started to fly in their general direction. The cover of darkness was their friend this night, helping to hide their motives as he turned his bow towards the closest person and let loose his arrow, taking down one body and then another one as bullets fired in both directions. The shed was within range as he shouldered the bow and made a grab for the door, finding it unlocked, and none too surprisingly guarded on the other side as another crack of a gun hit the air and Hunter felt something pierce his side, knocking the wind from his lungs as he fell to his knees while pain blossomed out.

Ivy Holloway Ivy sat in her spot, holding her gun close. Was, at this point, everyone still safe?

Kathryn Kathryn paused in front of the doors, lowering her weapon only for a moment to check if they were unlocked. Hands fumbling through it, she flickered her gaze around to see if any of her teammates had made it there just yet. Pushing on the door, the blonde cracked it open before moving in. Her feet ceasing her pace as she stood in front of it all. There were cases of it. Supplies - some looked even stolen from the city itself.

Matt Eyes widened as Aiden dropped various cords and batteries right where his head rested. The boy moved once more to avoid a collision. "Jesus," he muttered under his breath. For a moment thinking about how his mother would have smacked him harder than those batteries hit him for using the lords name in vain. But that was another lifetime now. Matt looked back to Aiden. "What Liam said." Slowly but surely the iPad was working, signal was there. "You know, the one time you need the government to be working and it is. What a world we live in. Matt was able to use his hacker abilities to get into the NSA system. "We're really gonna need that power supply now guys. I need that battery up and running and connected to these solar panels."

Savannah Savannah nodded. With Piper on her mind, going back to the town was far easier than what she thought. But then once more, the man. What about his murder? What about taking everything from him? She didn't think about what to say much. " Get yourself some help. Go to Atkins, that girl's got the radio."

Cole With only the hope of coming across target practice, a resurrecting Sarah Masters being perfect as of now, Cole proceeded alongside Logan and Kathryn. "First person to fire a bullet into the limb of one of Xavier's men gets.... Absolutely fuck all. The price of a polished ego is enough for now."

Charlotte Charlotte kept her weapon pointed towards the ground, watching stray groups peel from their own. "Homebase. There are some members moving your way. Not sure if enemy or friend. Keep your eyes out and prepare. Over."

NBEadmin The drizzling that had begun that morning slowly intensified, becoming a steady sheet of rain. Clouds encompassed the sky -- dark, menacing. The ground below grew muddy and their line of sight became hindered by the changing conditions of the weather.

Gwen Always the silent killer, Gwen appeared behind several men like an apparition before carving a second smile across their necks and leaving them to choke on their own crimson fluid. Who was honestly covering who at this point? It felt as though she were ensuring her teammates survival rather than carrying out their orders.

Isaac Isaac saw Hunter drop from the corner of his eye, and immediately stilled. The truth of the moment and the minutes following punching him solidly in the throat. "No, no, no, no." He dropped, knees hitting the storage building's floor with a none-too-pleasant crack and one hand hovering and trembling over Hunter's shoulder where the other was curled on the ground.

Aiden "It's like jumping a car, right?" She shrugged and snapped the jumpers from the main cell to the smaller batteries and after waiting a second nodded. "Try it now." If not, We can wire it directly into the main, but let's not play with that cell just yet."

Terra Hunter was hit. This was all Terra saw and knew. She rushed to his side, hands pressing into the wound, a string of profanities leaving her lips. "You're okay," she promised. The rain was beginning to fall harder, worsening their chances of winning this battle, worsening Hunter's chances of winning at all.

Rico "This is fucking lunacy... Se io muoio cazzo fare questo toro merda." He grumbled as he continued to move along with the unit of people he was assigned with, didn't fucking help Rico liked zero of them. Well that was a lie, he really didn't know anyone that well yet. But then again if death found him... well, that was what he'd been searching for all these months."

Grayson Grayson stared at her for a while. He wasn't keen on running away from the battle. Alas, with his arm and shoulder - he was useless. It was just a thought he tried to keep away from himself. The sudden trickle of rain was felt on his cheek. Eyes casting towards her, he kept his jaw tight. "I'm not heading back yet. You move forward. I got your back."

Taeil After a moment of doing nothing but sitting around, Taeil decided to go outside, making sure that everything went well for everyone that stayed behind. At first, he just walked around the blocks, avoiding the front gate as much as possible. But eventually, his curiosity couldn't be contained any longer and before he knew it, he was already there. "Yo, Guys. Everything okay? I'll be patrolling inside for the time being, if there is I can do or get for you, just let me know."

Liam "Holy shit!" Liam jumped sideways as the cords and batteries nearly missed Matt's head, but as soon as he saw the other was okay he moved to help Aiden with jumping the battery. "I think this'll do it." He didn't wait for a go ahead before he connected it to the solar panels, and then the radio, waiting to see if it would take the the power source and glancing over to Matt with a raised brow. "You in the system yet?"

Elijah If the men hadn't seen them, there wouldn't be a need to fire. Now the gun shots would alert the remainder of the camp. And the rain, the fucking rain had intensified, drenching Elijah's clothes and making what he saw around him a blurry haze. He squinted, hoping to hit one of Xavier's men. There was a grunt and thump against the ground. He had succeeded, but there was more and chaos was already emerging in the camp.

Matt Matt was listening to Aiden, and waited for Liam to connect the radio. Static. "Yes! It worked okay good make sure that stays connected. Suddenly, the boy was distracted by looming clouds. The sky was getting dark -- meaning getting full use of the solar panels would be harder and harder. "No, no, no! That's not good." Matt moved over to the walkies, noticing a shift in the static. He held down the button and called out to all the other bases. "Guys? I need an update, it's homebase here -- is the connection still good? Those clouds aren't doing any one any favours. Over."

Lori Hunter was down. "Fuck," she yelled, ducking back behind her cover. Bullets were darting in her direction, but she trained her eyes on his fallen figure from a distance. Isaac and Terra hovered over him. "No, no, no-- we had a count, for fuck sakes!" Her breath caught in her throat. The rain was plummeting down now, making her hair stick to her face. Her feet cased in mud. She peered around, trying to find someone. Anybody. Where was Owen?

Savannah Savannah's grimace said it all. " So do you really want us to go back, or do you want to track these motherfuckers down? "

Grayson "Track them down. You already knew the answer, princess." Grayson spoke slowly, leaning off of the tree.

Graham The chemical fire that had started would not be put out so easily, but that did mean the other explosives would be hard to set off. "Right, we need to move. They'll need to be... reconfigured. I expected a drizzle, not a damn monsoon." He was being dramatic, but he was now pissed that his handy work was being destroyed. He had his child moments, and this was one of them. Taking two fingers, he directed the dog, making him too sweeping circles around them to alert should anything attempt to sneak up on them. "We cannot leave that amount of firepower down there. Unless. How good are you at that rifle?"

Matt Matt let the walkie drop and went back to the iPad. Hacking was his thing. It didn't take long to be right where he needed to be. He remembered there weren't exact locations for Xaviers camp but it had been marked roughly on the map in the room so he took chances and punched in numbers close enough. "Liam, I need to you turn the dial and see if you get an signal. It might take a few tries but we've got to do something."

Savannah With a small smile, Savannah nodded and then started tracking them. It wasn't an easy game, finding them in the woods. But they didn't count on something: she was pretty small and beautiful. She was all dressed in black, her hair now wet. She could have been a kid if it wasn't because she was holding a gun. She put an eye on him as well, checking. By the way, being called princess was fun.

Charlotte The voice on the other end of the radio was falling. Her gaze flickered towards it, a lump growing in her throat. They lost their only way of contact. Charlotte stared towards the camp and back at Tristan. Raising the radio to her lips, she spoke. "Testing connection. Over." If there was no reply, there was no longer any point of her staying this high. They would need someone down there rather than idly rubbing her hands together.

Aiden Hitting the receiver, she made the receiver jump back to life. "Matt, it's affecting the main."

Liam Liam grinned widely at the sound of static, but the moment of triumph was short lived. Following Matt's gaze upwards, his eyes locked onto the clouds and his expression grew grim. Not good. "Shit." He cursed under his breath, but there was nothing they could do if nature rebelled against them. Staying focused on their task, that was their best option right now -- and working fast, lest they start to lose connection with everyone. "On it." Moving back to the makeshift radio, Liam started to fiddle with the dial, holding an ear to the device as he listened for -- anything.

Ivy Holloway Ivy frowned. Rain. "God damn it, this isn't a Marvel movie! We don't need no wet hot boys out there. "

Grayson Grayson smirked playfully towards her. Though it was kind of hard to ignore the blinding fucking wound in his shoulder. Gladly, not his first. He knew how to handle himself. Rising up, he kept his eyes peeled towards the horizon. There was a faint flicker of shots that rang through the distance. They were trying to draw them out in panic. He kept his gun at his side, slowly moving to the side - towards the fire.

Elijah A voice came through on Elijah's walkie talkie. He ducked behind a building to answer. "Can hear you. A bit messed up though. Char. I need you to send in some of the defense team. Pretty sure Xavier will be notified of our presence shortly. We need all the attack force we can get and begin entering the camp before we get a full assault. Do you copy? Over."

Lyra Something stung her nose. Face scrunching in a frown, Lyra looked up at the gathering clouds and falling rain then groaned quietly. Apparently, Mother Nature wasn't taking any sides as the abrupt change in weather was likely to slow down and cripple both their teams and the enemy's. Gunshots sounded, loud and abrasive and she glanced at the Attack Team to find its members deeply engaged in battle. Shit, and she was hiding behind a fucking rock? She needed to do something but...she couldn't break team. It could fuck everything up. Mouth twisting in conflict, she turned towards Graham as he spoke, brushing her wet bangs off her forehead. She glanced down at her rifle then back at the man. "I'm pretty good!" She shouted over the loud rain. "What's your plan?"

Owen As if the noise wasn't enough. Guns going off, people slipping around, something like an explosion a little farther away -- and now there was rain, so much he had to reach up to wipe it out of his eyes. His hands weren't steady. He could feel his heart in his throat. Where the fuck were Max and Lexie? Was he even -- was he even going the right way? He leaned forward to squint at the building ahead of him (that was the main one, right? the big one?), took a breath, and forced himself to move faster.

Hunter Black mixed with his vision as he blinked back the pain as well as the rain that was blurring what was left of his ability to see as it poured down on his shoulders, pushing him deeper into the mud and mixing blood with the ground beneath him. Hunter's head rolled on his shoulders, falling forward if not for the pressure on his side and the ringing in his head from the voices that called out to him. His arm didn't work, neither did his legs as he attempted to push himself back up again while the pain only radiated out further throughout his body, causing him to shiver and fall back down again in the mud. "Should have seen that one coming, huh?" A stupid smirk on his lips before his head rolled forward with the rest of his body into the mud.

Matt Matt gritted his teeth thinking of any way they could increate the power supply. The only thing that came to mind was the generator. But he didn't want to pull any rash moves until he'd heard back from anyone. There was shaky voice, Charlotte's voice came from the other side of the walkie and Matt gave a sigh of relief. He pushed back over to the walkie, feeling as though he was doing a million things at once. Then Elijah's came through. Definitely not loud and clear but he could fix that. Matt brought the walkie to his lips. "Working on the connection now, we'll get it back to it's regularly scheduled level of static in no time. You guys just work on the enemy. We're working on getting into their communication systems ourselves. Over."

Savannah As she watched Grayson this time, another movement followed. It wasn't exactly fair, though, how the girl pushed his mate to the floor to shoot the man right in the face. We could say her heartbeat ran faster for a second. Then she offered a hand. " Sorry about pushing you. People don't like it, usually. I apologize"

Charlotte The brunette spoke through the walkie talkie. Her brows furrowed as the rain began to pour down on them. "I'll send them over now. Over." She dropped her weapon, plucking up a flare gun. She fired it off, signalling the remainder of the defense the move forward.

Terra Terra ignored Hunter's stupid remark, angry at him for smirking in the face of what had just happened. "Shut up," she told him, hands pressing harder onto the wound. Blood spilled through her fingers but she was not going to give up on him. Pulling out the walkie-talkie with her free hand, she hit the right button and called, "Man down. Repeat, man down. Second weapons unit. Over." Whoever heard, she prayed they would send help quickly.

Liam Liam looked up from what he was doing at Aiden's words. Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck. That wasn't good -- but then Elijah's voice came through on the main. For now, they were okay. They had communications, and as Liam turned back to his radio he was struck by another thought, and he looked back to his teammates. "Wait - so long as we still have communication - we might be able to interrupt theirs. Let out a signal that will block them. Might be a better use of our time, if the clouds are just going to get worse. At least we can knock out their comms before we lose any of ours."

Aiden "Let's tap into the cell." Her boots scuffed the floorboards as she looked at the two boys. She'd likely spark something up, but she'd do it. "I'll do it. This way only one of us will fry, yeah?"

Hannibal Hann felt the weather growing more restless, as if it was reflecting the movements of the man himself. If that was the case, they would all be lucky not to witness a goddamned hurricane. He thought he saw the makings of the Center complex and headed towards it it wasn't until he got within arm's reach of the door that he noticed it, he wasn't with his team anymore.. In fact the mammoth of a man had managed to completely lose track of any of his friendlies. He couldn't worry about it for very long, he heard a stream of footsteps coming from inside the main complex. He prepared for another fight, gritting his teeth as the door swung open and his axe burrowed its way into a man's chest. Not one of his. Good. Hann was determined now, to hold the entrance of the main complex by himself, at least until someone he knew came to clear the building out. He wasn't sure if he would be able to hold his position very long especially not alone, but he had made a promise and intended to keep it. Regardless of the cost.

Elijah He brought the walkie talkie to his lips once more, hearing Matt. "Thank you. I hope you can figure it out. Guess we didn't anticipate the storm. Do what you can. Over." Then Char's voice came in. "Tell them to be prepared. Over." Tucking the item back into his pocket, he hurried out onto the battle field again.

Isaac Isaac let out a weak kind of sound as Hunter slumped, his own feet slipped and slid in the quickly liquifying ground and he struggled to roll the other face up. He glanced to Terra before looping his hands under Hunter's shoulders and tugging him, with Terra following, further into the relative safety and cover of the shed.

Graham "Set them off with the rifle." He stepped closer to her and explained what they looked like, for once not worried that he was yelling. He gestured and explained then it was solid. Or at least he hoped. "Either that or we can move them and then use them like... fucking huge grenades. But I'm already deaf in one ear and would not recommend." The flare lit up the night and he looked toward Lyra. "Better idea?"

Matt Matt looked over to Liam and handed him the iPad. "Use the map, any co-ordinates that you think could be close to the location marked use them until you get the signal. Once you're in you'll be able to use transmitter connected to the radio," Matt pointed to the small handheld radio mic that was connected to the radio. "To actually communicate with them. If you want to just scramble the fuck out of it just use the code I've put up on the iPad." Matt pointed to the extra tab found in the terminal of the iPad. "But I've got this feeling you know what to do." Matt stood up again, "Aiden I'm going out to get the generator from the community centre. I need you to just to make sure communications are stable till I get back."

Grayson The sudden movement caused the man to crash into the mud. It caked his face, knowing that the woman was only returning the favor with a sound shot in the distance. "It's fine." He coughed roughly, grasping her hand to stand. They needed to take down the others. But how?

Matt Matt shook his head, "Aiden you do what you have to do to keep those communications up. If that means potentially setting fire to the radio base you do that. Keep it under control. I'll be back."

Charlotte Charlotte heard the static through, grasping the walkie talkie. Was this Terra? She knew the voice was familiar. "Take them out of the battle. Try to get them back to the clinic. If not, keep them in cover and away from the remainder of battle. Over."

Lori Through the fog, the rain pelting down, feet slipping through the mud, she found him. "Owen," she called over gunfire and rain, notching an arrow, letting it fly through the air to take down an approaching target. "We gotta get inside." She said, her feet slipping, a handful of his shirt in her hand to keep herself steady. She tried to remember the blueprints, the outline of the camp. It was near impossible to see anything through the rain, the splash of mud, the gunfire and bloodshed. Lori's hands reached for a doorknob, twisted it, and pulled him into the building.

Gwen The rain began pouring down in sheets, obstructing everyone's view and making the judgment of who belonged on your team and who was the enemy almost indiscernible. Gwen would not try her luck at potentially becoming a victim of friendly fire, survival instinct taking over as she forcibly jerked open a back door to the central hub and barricaded herself inside. Machete in hand, she began a cautious stalk down the corridor.

Diana The flare gun fired, Diana's head snapping to attention. She knew what that meant. They had to go in. Whatever their plan had been, it wasn't going like it should have. Expected. She hurried forward, oddly not as scared as she should be. She'd fire if she had to, she told herself. She'd fire the bloody gun. She moved in unison with other members of the defense team, hearing bullets whizzing as she entered the gates. Xavier's crew was alert and they were nasty blokes even amidst the rain, she could see the look of evil on their faces, their eagerness. It made her sick. But in the process, she saw a body lying on the ground and a woman hovered over the figure. She recognized him instantaneously and Diana didn't hesitate. She ran towards him, her feet slopping up rain and mud. She didn't care. She didn't freakin' care. She slid to a halt, lowering down to Hunter, glancing from Terra to his injury. "What happened? What fucking happened?"

Savannah She didn't even check the body. Right in the man's nose. It was gross to see. Helping Grayson to stand up, the girl nodded. " They need our help more than ever. This thing is fucked up. We shouldn't have come. May we have fun at least, okay?"

Matt Matt took off out of the radio room, he saw the gate, he saw Ivy and his gut lurched as he wanted to go over and see her -- make sure she was okay and tell her stupid things like how pretty she was. But this wasn't the time. Matt took off, seeing Taeil and knowing he'd come in handy. "Hey! Taeil right? C'mon, I need your help with something."

Terra How in the /world/ would they get Hunter back to the city? He would bleed out before they were even halfway there. Terra shook her head, glancing up at Isaac helplessly. She was a damn soldier not a medic. She knew how to press down on a wound but she couldn't be doing this until this raid was over. Shaking her head she nodded at Isaac. "Tell them we can't move him!"

Aiden Her eyes stayed on the dials, keeping everything stable, the rain pissing her off more than it should. It was bad enough without being soaking wet like a drowned rat.

Grayson "It's what the fucking city thought was best." Grayson spoke, staring down at the man. He ran his sleeve past his face, wiping of the mud. He stood, blinking harshly to regain his vision. He was still losing blood, but alas - was alright. "Let's find any other strays."

Rivka Rivka walked with Gwen who was alone down the corridor. Elijah was with the others. Hannibal, Rico, and Lexi. "What's your plan?" she asked the blonde as they went down the hall. Rivka went ahead of Gwen by a few steps to be on point. She had a gun to fire at enemies, while Gwen had to be in close range. "What's your plan, Gwen?" she asked in an urgent tone.

Isaac Isaac slid precariously back out into the half-light of the driving rain, quickly becoming drenched and covered in mud up to his knees from getting a grip on Hunter's motionless body. He lined the glock up and caught one of Xavier's men in the shoulder, a breath punching out of him at the mere act of doing something vaguely helpful. The man had been focused on the streaming of others in through the front gate. He glanced down as he retreated back into the weapons shed to see a dark stain that couldn't be anything other than Hunter's blood on his sweatshirt. He suppressed a gag at the sight, moving back toward Hunter and an irate looking dark haired girl who shouted questions into Terra's face.

Liam Liam took the ipad, nodding his understanding to Matt's instructions. "No worries, dude, I got this." And he did. Before he started, though, he glanced over at Aiden. "Let me know if you need me." At this point, keeping their own communications up and running was more important than messing with the enemy's. With that, he began turning the dial of the radio he'd doctored up, testing sets of coordinates and praying for something, anything to come through the other side.

Taeil Seeing Matt took off from his post, Taeil wasted no time to check on him immediately. "Sure! What's wrong? If you can tell me what happens, you should just go back to your post, I'll handle it."

Savannah She shrugged and nodded again. As she checked her bullets, she stopped a second to offer him her red scarf, showing her scar for a few seconds. She wrapped it around the wound and nodded once more before moving away, right back into the hunt.

Terra What did she think happened? "He got hit," she told Diana quickly, no time to explain anything else. "Take over," she ordered the girl, hoping to give her something to do other than shouting at her. "Press down hard and don't let him move."

Kathryn Kathryn dug through the supplies. Boxes were ripped open, supplies scattered around the floor. They were safe from the gun fire. At least for now. Her hand sudden laced around a box of weapons, her hands trembling madly. She slid what she could in her jeans, the other - into the bag that hung from her side.

Axel Axel saw the drop of the body behind him only out of the corner of his eye as he took out shooter after shooter. Was it Isaac? Fear lanced through his chest at the thought, he'd intended to keep the other boy close - out of harms way. He'd already failed him once, he couldn't think what would happen if he'd failed him again. He spun when the coast was fairly clear - at least it seemed Graham's distraction had set in well -finding Hunter slumped in the mud with Isaac and Terra tending to him. A part of him was relieved to see that it wasn't Isaac, but losing Hunter wasn't any more reassuring. "Just get him inside!" Axel called through the rain, "We'll keep him safe here and keep all others out, that's the task anyway right?" He scowled as Diana rushed over, watching her kneel beside Hunter before his attention redirected back to the battle.

Diana "Christ, are you both mad?" It was blood, a lot of blood, but Diana had been here before. His house, an infection, the puss exposed from his skin, his fever running high. This would be just like that. He'd be fine. "We're going to need to get the bullet out," she told the dark haired woman. "For now," she pressed her lips together in thought as she applied more pressure to the wound. They needed to get him out of here. Because if they didn't, chances wouldn't be good for him.

Cole Cole shoved multitudinous amounts of Twinkies into his pockets.

Ivy Holloway Ivy wanted to know something about what was going on. Fuck. She would have preferred to be there already. Rain was falling more now. She sneezed and cursed right after it, watching blood on her hands. " God damn it. "

Matt Matt was glad to see Taeil waste no time in getting over to him. "No, this is a two person job and I've got Aiden and Liam under control. We're going to go get the generator from community center and bring it to the radio room." He took a breath, practically jogging to get over to the community centre. "It's the only way to keep communications up and running with all this rain and clouds. Because no sun means solar panels don't work. The two of them came up on the community centre, Matt moved to open the doors, running off into the control room. "This is gonna be heavy." Matt unplugged the generator and shifted it so the both could get a good enough grip. "You ready?"

Dexter His face was red, the rhythmic sound of his weapon going off was the only thing that really kept him focused. Chaos was something Dexter was used to handling, so he did it with every fiber in his being, returning the gunfire that befell them before growling lowly, ducking back behind his barricade he'd designated as his means of cover. Blue eyes found his team and lack therefore. "Shit--" Man down.

Grayson "Thank you." Grayson stared towards her, grateful in the gesture. There was a wicked scar that drew across her neck. He didn't question her. They all had their own demons. They all had something to hide. He kept their feet moving. They moved through the mudded areas, hoping that the rain would let up. His figure sagged as they began to move. It was obvious to see that he was trained. Everything else melted away from the situation except their goal. He kept the weapon drawn, firing off shots towards any figure that passed them. Whether they were friend or foe, they would find that out later.

Lyra "I ain't got shit so, we'll go with your plan!" She shouted, blinking rain drops out of her eyelashes as she aimed at the grenades. Damn it. Of all times, her brain chose that particular moment to fucking malfunction. She couldn't think, couldn't hear, couldn't breathe, but she could aim. Her training sessions with Terra had turned her into a near professional when it came to handling guns and rifles. But the fucking rain was making it hard to see her target, and even harder to keep the rifle steady in her hands. Taking a deep breath, she blinked more water out of her eyes, unblinking eyes focused on the buried grenades. There was no room for failure. Not this time. Not when something as deterimental as this depended on her. Breathing deeply through her nose, she willed the tremble away from her fingers, closed one eye then focused on her target. Heart beating so fast, she felt it would burst out of her chest, she pulled the trigger, took the shot, and..sent the damn grenades into a vigorous set of explosions

Terra Get the bullet out? Here? Now? Was she serious? "Can't this wait?" Terra yelled over the rain. This had to wait. This wasn't the place to conduct a surgery of any kind. But if there was no other option she would letthe girl have her way. "You do what you have to do," Terra said and finally took her blood soaked hands from Hunter's wounds.

Owen Was that -- did he just see someone split someone open? With an axe? This was bad. This was bad. This was /bad/, and he flinched when Lori touched him, spinning around with wild eyes. "Yeah," he breathed, with a light nod. He needed to get his shit together. Any minute now, he was gonna kick it into gear. For now, he let her steer him into the shed, a /thank you/ on his tongue; the door had hardly shut behind them when someone stood up across the room. Without natural light, the guy was just an outline. It could be Max, right? Or Lexie? "Hey!" he shouted. His voice was still quiet against the outside din.

Isaac "I can carry him. Axel. I can carry him back to the gate if Terra can cover me." He cast a glance to Diana and the pain in her face, she didn't look like she could hold a weapon while she was trying to tend to Hunter's wounds. The plan was terrible, awful, but he couldn't just wait while the girl dug her fingers into that tiny wound and felt around for a piece of metal that was tearing Hunter apart. Isaac trembled, crowded over the prone form and dragged a hand back through his hair covered in a mixture of blood and mud.

Gwen An unfamiliar voice appeared at Gwen's side, her footsteps having given her away moments prior. "Kill or be killed," she responded sharply, never one to do well with a partner. Still, this unfamiliar brunette carried a long range weapon that could benefit the blonde if she required cover. "Stay behind and don't get in my way." With that, she marched on ahead and around a corner where the sensation of another's presence had her machete swinging into the male's carotid artery, effectively silencing him before she lowered his limp frame quietly to the ground.

Savannah Savannah was not the one to ask so, anytime she'd see a figure, she would just shoot them, just as his partner did. It was nice thinking about how good they leant on each other for team work. Especially because she wasn't that good at team work. After what happened with the blue eyed reflex of herself on the red district, that skill was slowly growing stronger.

Taeil Taeil swallowed a lump at how intense what was once an unnerving-yet-still-calm morning for him turned out to be. It didn't take long until the two of them arrived at the community center and prepared to move the huge generator. "Yeah it looks like it's gonna be heavy," Taeil breathed out a sigh as he got ready to take the machine with his new friend. "Alright, let's do this."

Graham The rain hissed as it hit the fire, hot from chemicals and loading a quarrel into the bow strings, he stopped for a half a second, breathing and releasing the arrow, watching it spiral and hit an enemy in the neck. It was all about feel, the weight of the arrow. A compound bow was harder to load and aim quickly, longbows had been the superior weapon through basically a whole century overseas. They weren't a match against the bullet, but bullets ran out. Trees were never short on branches for arrows. His eyes went back to Lyra, who he needed to keep tabs on. Not that she wasn't capable, but she was important--she was his partner.

Liam "C'mon, c'mon, c'mon...." Liam muttered under his breath, as if his prodding might actually help him find a signal more quickly. Over and over again he fiddled with the dial, desperately hoping for any kind of signal. Each second that passed felt like an hour and then finally - "Holy shit!" He could hear -- something. It was fuzzy, crackling, but it definitely wasn't the same things there were coming through the main radio. So now the only question was -- to scramble their comms, or try to say something that would throw them off.

Hannibal Hann was now thoroughly drenched in blood, not totally sure if it was mostly his or his enemies. He decided he couldn't just hold the door any longer. He kicked down the front door of the main complex and was immediately met by several snaps, the bullets met Hann's right shoulder. He grabbed his assailant by the skull, gouging his thumbs deep into the man's eyesockets. Once the body stopped twitching he dropped it to the floor, like discarded rags. "WHO'S NEXT, FACE ME YOU COWARDS! MEET DEATH WITH OPEN ARMS!" His rage began to boil over and he could feel the fibers of his muscles constrict. This was bad, for everyone. If he blacked out now, there would be no stopping the man from tearing through his own just like he had been shredding through Xavier's

Diana There wasn't time to wait, but they also didn't have the resources. She would have to risk infection in order to save him, or at least get him somewhere where she could work on the injury without being shot at. "If you can carry him, even a small distance out of here, I can save him."

Grayson They moved swiftly. It was almost - as if it was before all the chaos. Back to back. He began to count them up. Though the more they trudged towards the woods, the less there seemed to be of them. Grayson slowed his movements, turning his head back. "We should head back to the camp. Check out the middle grounds to make sure they aren't sending multiple teams."

Terra "I'll cover!" Terra nodded, addressing both Isaac, Hunter and Axel. She would do everything necessary to get Hunter back to the clinic alive. "At least halfway, , out of shooting range, the rest you will have to run alone." As much as she cared for Hunter's well being, there was no way she would let the team fight Xavier alone. "All right, let's go!"

Rivka "That's not a plan," Rivka said in an equally sharp tone. "You go in without any sort of plan, you will die." She glanced at the blonde, realizing now wasn't the time to snap at or fight with the other woman. She watched the woman swing a machete. As another man came around, she fired. He went down like a stone along with the man who came behind him.

Matt The dark haired boy nodded at the other, it was lucky it had wheels too but there were steps and gravel to go over they had to carry it some of the way. Matt lifted one end as Taeil lifted the other over the thresh hold of the control room and then they rolled through the middle of the centre till they hit steps. "Okay, ready? One... Two... Three." The pair lifted the generator over and down the steps, keeping the generator in their grasp as they moved over the city trying to run to keep out of the rain but trying not to trip. "Almost there!"

Savannah The black haired girl stopped herself touching one of them with her boots. " You should go back to the camp. " She proposed. " I can take the war. You're wounded."

NBEadmin A rumble of thunder was heard overhead. The sky was growing angrier. No lightning. Not at first and then it crackled above. One strike, then another. Being able to hear the attack and the defense team grew challenging, then impossible. A muffled stream of voices. Loud, blaring static. Another bolt flew through the air, striking an abandoned house. It caught fire immediately, smoke rising, catching the attention of those who remained at homebase.

Grayson "I'm definitely not leaving you alone here." Grayson stared towards her for a long while. He was conflicted. It was needed to warn home base of the other teams arrival, but he also felt some strict conviction to keep her safe. At least, be there to make sure nothing went wrong.

Lori As soon as the door was shut behind them, leaving them dry and covered in darkness, a figure stood from a chair across the room. Was it someone from their team? She didn't have the time to think about it, pushing Owen down by the shoulders to take cover as bullets started flying in their direction. She cursed, hiding behind a shelf -- fully stocked with weapons. Luckily, she only needed one. "Are you-- Are you ready?"

Aiden "Fuck!" Her palm slammed into the machine. It hurt, but no more than her rage. Eyes went back to the roof, the lightning. She would fry. "Liam. I'm going on the roof. I'm going to see if I can get the dish to amplify our radio. Through this shit."

Matt Matt and Taeil had the generator in hand when the thunder cracked through, the both of them stopped in their tracks. Then, the lightning came. "This is so not good." Matt took a moment before keeping up as the two went back to running back to the radio room. "If that lightning hits our satellite set up we're fucked."

Charlotte Charlotte stared towards her radio, brows furrowing as she began to realize that they may have completely lost contact. "I can't see anything. Update. Over."

Savannah The girl looked at him and approached him to take him by his shirt and approach his fae to hers. " Go back to camp. Tell people to hide. Lead some of them. Save Piper. Who should I save for you? " It wasn't a conversation. It was an order. An exchange

Ada Ada couldn’t take it anymore. The waiting game was unbearable. Not knowing her friends were okay was a torture all on itself. She’d ventured out to walk, Fall City was a ghost city, no one around and it was truly haunting. A few people gathered in the distance, those who were supposed to work on defending the fence and the gate. There was an urge to join them, as reckless as it sounded. She knew Ivy was there, small steps were taken towards it when rain poured over her. Rain wasn’t a good sign, it never was. It could change everything, all the plans the other teams had. But regardless of rain, she made her way towards the nearest fence and just started walking, all to find her friend. “Ivy?” She wasn’t certain where she was exactly, but she only wanted to make sure she was fine. Lightning hit in the distance and Ada stopped short. Maybe this had been a bad idea after all.

Gwen Gwen pivoted on her heel to hiss in the woman's direction. "I'm not asking you to follow my plan. I'm not asking you to follow me at all." If a larger grouping rounded in their direction, both women would essentially be cornered by a firing squad. For being hand chosen members of the attack team, several of them seemed to lack the necessary finesse that came with quietly removing a threat. As the sound of deep voices called down the corridor, she knew their position had been uncovered. "Incredible."

Liam Liam pulled his attention from the radio and whirled around to face Aiden, shock written clearly across his face. "Are you shitting me? You'll get struck by lightning, it's not worth it. Won't do enough to make a difference, not with this lightning."

Taeil Being the clumsy person that he was, it was just a matter of time until Taeil tripped. The blame wasn't on any of the gravel nor the uneven terrain of the street; it was fully on him. Maybe it was the upcoming storm and the anxiety in Matt's voice, but eventually finding it too hard to keep up with Matt's fast pace, one of Taeil's foot just happened to step on the other, causing the Asian boy's face to hit the asphalt in a second. "Dammit!"

Grayson "Alright." Grayson stared towards her, tightening his jaw. "Make sure Lori is safe. She's in deep with the attack group. Just make sure you're safe here. I ain't ready to see you in one of those graves here." With that, the man turned from her and headed back towards the camp. His boots crushed against the mud to be the messenger.

Rico "Gesù Cristo!" They were most certainly going to die, this whole operation was lead by a bunch of morons and Rico was gonna fucking die over their dumbasses. The storm outside wasn't helping either, this was just all going wrong and Rico didn't want to be there. Pop! Pop! Two fires from his weapon as he continued to follow the group he was with. Dark eyes grew darker as all his fleeting thoughts of selfish reasons left his mind, at least until he had time to think again. "Fucking--- Fuckers."

Ivy Holloway It wasn't raining cats and dogs. It was raining a motherfucking Noah's ship. However, Ivy stood her ground, trying to see through the rain. She heard her name and turned around. She recognized her voice. /Ada/ She wanted to reply but the lightning stroke and her only answer was to hit the fence with her hand and try to hear something from her. " Ada! Are you alright? " She turned her back on the outside lands.

Kathryn Kathryn stared towards Cole. "Is that all you're bringing?" Dumbfounded.

Matt Half the generator collapsed under Matt and the green eyed boy turned to see Taeil had tripped. Matt wasn't mad, in fact he was surprised it hadn't happened to him. "C'mon!" Matt yelled through the noises of the storm. He put the rest of the generator down and moved to help Taeil up. "We gotta go c'mon." As soon as the other boy was up, Matt nodded at him as if to ask if he was okay to keep going. He lifted his side of the generator and waited for the other to do so.

Rivka "You might not be asking it, but I am following you," Rivka snapped. She was a soldier and soldiers followed orders. As an agent, she followed orders. She was always following someone else's orders. On her own, she could make her own contingency plan. "Keep moving," she said in a firm voice. As another man came down the hall, Rivka fired a shot before he could reach Gwen.

Axel Axel watched the scene unfold, eyes flickering between Diana and Hunter before turning back towards the fight that was sure to be brewing outside. They didn't have time to waste to try and get Hunter all the way back to Fall City, not when their people needed him here, needed them here. He hesitated, not wanting to leave Isaac behind, and not wanting to let Isaac go without him. Or Diana - or really any of this. "Alright, get him to the gates and get him out of here, I'll stand guard until you guys get back."

Savannah /Stay safe/. Just as she whispered to Piper before going to sleep. Just as he's walked away she smiles. " I want my fucking scarf back!" She says before running back into Xavier's camp. Fuck those motherfuckers. She's not afraid to die.

Grayson Grayson made it to the city gates after a span of time, panting and his body slumped. His hands drew towards the first person there. He had to be the one to deliver. He didn't care for medical help, but really - to warn them. To let hem know before it was too late.

Cole "Just snacks for on the go," he responded nonchalantly, as if somewhat perplexed she'd even asked such a question. "I'm not a fuckin' babysitter."

Kathryn "Then leave." Kate stared towards him, tilting her head to the side towards him. If he was so compelled to hate the place, why join the fight?

Diana Diana nodded at Axel's instructions, glancing at him with determination and an undercurrent of fear in her eyes. "You, becareful. Ya' hear me. Be fucking careful." Because Hunter was already down. There was a greater chance Axel could be too and she didn't want to think about that. She couldn't think about that.

Isaac Isaac huffed a second, beginning the holstering of his weapons before offering his hand gun to Diana to take, hesitantly. The adrenaline coursing through him was suddenly overwhelming everything else and he heaved the prone form of Hunter onto his back. They were going to be a huge target, ridiculous really. He felt something settle as he realised how likely he was to die for this man who he had never before spoken to and a tiny, ridiculous laugh spurted from his lips before he turned to Diana and Terra. Braced against the slippery earth under his feet. "Ready?" He questioned, before darting out into the sheets of grey rain.

Ada And then it hit again. A gulp was taken but Ada managed to hear her friend through the fence. Her heart fluttered against her chest, in relief to hear her gentle voice. “Y-yeah, I’m fine. I just - .. I just wanted to make sure you were alright.” By the look of things, fine wasn’t an option anymore. These people were all out and about, and the rain and all it brought could be deadly. Even she was taking a chance by being out in the open. But this was better than being locked inside and worrying over her friends. “Ivy.. I have a bad feeling about this..”

Taeil As soon as Matt reached out for him, Taeil grabbed his hand and pulled himself together. It wasn't like he sprained his ankle or anything, but he could feel a bleeding scratched on his left knee. His already slow pace became even slower with the injury, but he had to suck it up. "I'm okay, just need a band aid. We can do that later, let's just keep going." The radio room was only a few meters away and already in their line of sight. "There, we made it."

Terra Terra would have their back until they were a safe distance away from Xavier's camp. "Go," she nodded and urged them out of the weapons shed and towards home. "Quickly." Usually full of patience this was the time Terra had absolutely none. She walked sideways, her weapon aimed, her eyes focused.

Owen All his thoughts were short. Simple. They were being shot at, and Owen thought /we're being shot at/, and then he was on the floor behind a shelf as the bullets hit the door they'd come in through. He had to get in her face to hear her. Are you ready. Any minute now, he'd said -- except there wasn't time to wait, and Lori's eyes were large, and he swallowed to center himself. Nodded. Thinned his mouth. Nodded again. He flexed his palm around the grip of the gun, wet from the rain. When he shot, he did it blindly, around the side of the shelf. The noise rang in his ears.

Cole "It might surprise you, considering the only thing you do in your spare time is struggle with your apparent drug addiction and I still don't judge you for your choices," he commented, not being the only one to notice the side effects straining her features. "I'm 'ere for target practice, I happen to enjoy the thrill."

Aiden Boots that scraped on the surface distracted her and she moved to help the boys. "Comms are down. Fucking rain." That needs to be the first things we do

Liam Panic bubbled up in the pit of his stomach as the static on their comm system seemed to carry on longer and longer, and he was rethinking telling Aiden her idea was stupid. Jesse was in a tree, and -- a glance outside a window told him something was burning. He went for the mic on the main radio. "This is the main -- does anybody read me? Anybody?"

Diana Diana took the handgun. It was another something she could fire, another thing that could shake in her hands. But these people were counting on her just as she was counting on them to get Hunter to the gates, out of this hell hole. She ignored the blood staining her hands, how it ran in between the crevices of her skin, seeped under her nails. She raised her weapon and Isaac's prepared to aim at anyone who tried to stop them, anyone who tried to hurt these people who didn't have to save Hunter. "Ready," she nodded firmly. "And I- thank you."

Lyra Shooting down yet another one of Maverick's bitches, Lyra had no time to revel in the victory before an angry bolt of lightning shot through the sky, illuminating it in an ominous flash of blinding light which was shocking enough to have her stagger back a few paces. Shit. The weather was getting worse and worse and there seemed to be no end to their battle. Running towards Graham after they had split apart, Lyra gave him a quick once-over then exhaled as she witnessed no injuries. As for her, her limp was throbbing but it was tolerable. It didn't matter. Reaching forward to grab Graham's shoulder, Lyra shouted, "We need to find shelter before--" Another bolt of lightning flashed. "--before this lightning turns into fried meals for the lurkers!"

Ivy Holloway Ivy smiled and leant her front on the fences. Her voice behind them was so calming! After being out there for a bit, Ivy started feeling like she had been alone for ages. Her voice, right there, was everything. " It's raining, babe. " She said, trying to speak loud so she could hear her. " A little rain can hardly hurt me. " She cleant her hands on her jeans. A small sight. Yeah, she wasn't exactly feeling good about it. " Ada, promise me this. Okay? Promise me we'll stay together, a'right? "

Kathryn "Fucking blaze up then." Kate stared forward, eyes narrowing in his direction. It was true. He never really spoke to her about it. Alas, it simply wasn't something she needed. "I'm fine and definitely don't need you baby sitting."

Matt Matt was glad no major damage had been inflicted on Taeil by the fall. All that mattered now was making sure they got back to the radio room on time. They had to keep going, soldier on. Step after step, breath after breath. Eventually the two made it. "Finally!" Matt shouted at Taeil as they made it back to the house with all their supplies and radios. They pulled the generator up and over steps in two big heavs. "You got it?" Matt made sure Taeil was fine and after they got inside Matt fell to the floor, taking at least a second to recover.

Isaac Isaac's feet felt unbearably heavy as they sank into the pools of mud that threatened to stick him. He had always been fast, the fastest but his extra weight was taxing and the quick sprint he had been aiming for quickly began to dwindle. He kept a good, even pace though, facing straight toward the opening he needed to reach. Trying, desperately, to trust in the two guns that were trained on his assailants.

Matt However there was work to be done. He needed to connect the generator to the radio's and so much more. Matt pushed himself up inspecting Liam, he'd gotten the radio connected, he smirked feeling pride in both himself and Liam. Matt took the power cord and connected the radio connection to the generator. "Taeil! I need you to kick start the generator, you got that? Pull on that cord, it takes about three times!"

Cole "That I will, Princess," he retorted with a wide Cheshire-cat grin, ripping a packet open with his own teeth, following shortly with a single bite.

Terra If shots were fired, Terra couldn't tell if they were fired at them or someone else. Whatever, she fired once, twice, and then turned to look at Isaac, Diana and Hunter to make sure they were okay. They were, running towards home base. Terra prayed they would make it in time. "How's he holding up?" She shouted through the rain.

Graham "Probability that it will hit a human on the ground before all these buildings is low." He said and let another arrow loose and did not wait to confirm that it hit its mark. He knew that it did. He wasn't the best-- but he was pretty good. Good enough, not as good as Tate, but decent. Making a gesture, the dog moved carefully, but he nodded to Lyra saying that she was right. "We need to help the attack team get anyone who is injured out." They moved together toward the side, taking cover and slowly moving toward their own people.

Hannibal Hann had dispatched several more men before picking up one that he had nearly beaten unconcious, "WHERE IS HE?!?" he backhanded the man "WHERE IS XAVIER?!?" Hann continued to beat the man until he lost it, Hann snapped, all cohesive thought fled his mind all that remained inside of the man was hate and an insatiable need for vengeance. He now growled into what was left of the main complex. He felt the sting of another round burrowing into his side, he reacted swiftly before another shot could be fire, he threw his axe with all of his might, decapitating his assailant, he retrieved his axe and followed the sound of men calling "Down here, we've got two of them." Two of them he thought? Two of who. He followed the group of men to their destination, that's when he saw them. the blonde he met earlier and another. Before the group of men could raise weapons Hann rushed them, tackling all six of the men to the ground with one rush. He was outnumbered, but wasn't going to watch them attack the girls.

Matt For the moment Matt was way too focused on what was happening between the three boys. He looked back to Liam and moved away from the generator as he did so he noticed Aiden was gone. He searched slightly before addressing Liam. "Where's Aiden? Where did she go?"

Dexter He hadn't protected them like he had been meaning to and because of that one of his comrades, a kid no less, was injured. With a grunt Dexter bit down on his tongue to steady himself, he had to focus, there were still those he had to protect. Slamming another clip into his gun Dex grunted taking a few steadying breaths of air.

Savannah Savannah entered chaos as a home. She was looking for a blonde, trying to save her to win Grayson's approval on their treat. However, if she didn't find her, she'll just say they were late about it. Firsts things first, Savannah recognised the clues on this place and the shadows they casted were far too long. Only one man could do such thing. The man who knew the story about her scar and the man who trained her to fight. Nonetheless, if she were to fight him, it was not like she cared anymore. She leant on walls and made it inside, hiding.

Kathryn A grin shifted on her lips towards the man. Ridiculously as hell, but at least knew how to make a presence. She turned her head, extending a hand out. "Hand me your bag then. I'll take more supplies."

Lori Owen shot first. Another weapon was still firing. Lori watched him, eyes wide, wiping mud onto the back of her jeans, before she darted around the corner of the shelf and squeezed the trigger. Ducked again. She didn't have time to think, didn't have time to remember the way Terra had taught her how to stand. Terra. And then Hunter-- he'd been down. Isaac. What about Charlie? And Lyra? Where... Where were they all? Were they okay? She swallowed around her fears, swivelled around the corner again, fired another shot. A body fell to the ground. Lori breathed, moved back towards Owen, fingers clutching at his shirt, clinging to his stomach from the rain outside. "'Kay, I think we're clear." She moved out from the cover, started pulling weapons into her backpack. The door clicked open.

Taeil Trying to catch his breath from both tiredness and coldness of his wet body, Taeil couldn't word out any answer but several quick nods. As his breath stabilized, he stood up and got ready to pull the cord Matt asked him to. First try, second try, and he finally made it in the third try, despite his weak muscles. Taking out a band aid he always kept in his jeans pocket, he took his time mending his injury while watching Matt moving away. He couldn't see his friend's expression very clear, but it was definitely not indicating great news. "What now, Matt?"

Ada Ivy sounded so confident, but Ada knew the girl was probably as worried as her. Blue hues glanced at the skies, they only seemed to get darker as time passed. Ada was starting to get fidgety, overly stressed. It wasn’t good. All she wanted was for everyone to be safe, she wanted to hug her friend and tell her how much she meant for her. Ivy was like her sister at this point. “I-I promise..” Promises weren’t made to be broken.

Liam The longer Liam went without a response, the more panicked he grew. He wasn't losing his brother, not again. They were going to make this work. As soon as Matt returned with the generator, an unfamiliar face in tow, Liam rushed toward him, passing off the makeshift radio he'd been working on. "Here, I'll help him with the generator." But the other guy seemed to have it under control, the machine up and running when Liam got there. Except -- it spluttered out a second later. "Shit," Liam cursed under his breath. "Lemme take a look at it."

Diana In and out - the rhythm of her breaths. Her eyes couldn't help and drift to Hunter, to the blood pooling on his clothes, the lifelessness of his body. He would be okay. She had saved him once and she'd do it again. "He could be better, much better. He's breathing however. And that's all we can ask for right now," she called back to Terra, ducking as a bullet whizzed past her head. She looked for the source of the shot, swallowed her pride, her fear, and pulled the trigger. She didn't check to see if she had hit the target. She just kept moving. She had to keep moving.

Xavier So two could play at this game, it seemed. Fall City thought they were going to come back and take his camp from him without a few casualties in the mix? When the information of the invasion had been first brought to him he could only laugh about how silly it had sounded. They would have to pry it from his dead, bloodied hands if they wanted it, and he sure hoped they didn't think it would be easy. A shot gun resided in his hand as the doors were beaten down to his complex, observing a bit lazily as a brutish man stood growling in the front lobby and took out a sizable amount of his men. Well that simply wouldn't do. "Ye lookin' for me?" He remarked simply, the Irish accent rolling off his tongue before his weapon was lifted and a volley of bullets rained down on Hannibal.

Grayson Walking back from the gate, the man shot off a round - damaging the lock. He trudged forward, trying to force his way towards the clinic. He shoved open the door before laying eyes on Robert and Cris. Neither of which he knew. "They're heading this way. The radio is out, right?"

Ivy Holloway Slowly turning around, knowing she shouldn't have ketp the eyes away from the forests, Ivy took a deep breath. Unfortunately, promises weren't made to be broken but broke gracefully everytime. Promises made Ivy feel lighter these days. " You know that scarf we knitted? It could be handy. I'm cold. " She said.

Taeil While he excelled at engineering himself, there were things beyond Taeil's knowledge. Unfortunately, fixing a spluttered out generator was one of them. "Be careful, though. We're all wet and prone to becoming human electrical cord," he warned Liam as he watched the guy working with the generator.

Terra Terra moved fast and faster, away from the camp. She did not wait for very long once they were in relatively safe waters. She glanced at Dianal and nodded at her, "Do your best," she said, her gut wrenching at having failed her running-partner not even ten minutes into the raid. She squeezed Isaac's shoulder and forced a smile. "Go on," she told him encouragingly before Terra turned to head back to Xavier's camp.

Gwen Gwen stared momentarily as the hulking man attacked several individuals with his body before skirting around the mess to run down an adjacent hall. She didn't owe these people anything, certainly not her life and with the survival instinct taking over, she wouldn't alter her nature for any of them. Until the familiar voice rang out and stopped her dead, forcing the woman to halt in her escape as she turned to spot a face which only graced Fall City's darkest nightmares.

Liam Liam surveyed the generator carefully, brows furrowed together as he tried to figure out why it had died. But it didn't take long before he got his answer. It was wet, and it was lucky the other guy hadn't electrocuted himself. For all Liam knew the water made the thing unusable, and he nodded at Taeil's words. "I know what I'm doing," he assured the other as he grabbed a nearby screwdriver and started to work at the wires around the ripcord. If he could find a way to dry the thing off, maybe he could get it running again. It was worth a try.

Isaac Isaac felt the burst of gunfire from his side in response to the hail of bullets in his direction and he struggled with the urge to drop back and keep his body in the way of Diana's. He had put himself on the line more than enough today, he decided and focused on the searing fire in his muscles as the gate came into view. Fucking stupid, stupid. Cole had told him he was smarter than this and here he was endangering himself pointlessly. He felt a burn on the back of his thigh, a bullet grazing the skin there, the tiny flare of pain almost inconsequential. The gate was only a few more metres now and he put on a burst of speed despite the burden he held on his back.

Matt Aiden returned from the roof, and Matt let out a sigh of relief. He didn't want her getting struck by lightning. It all happened so fast, Taeil got the generator running then seconds later it sputtered out. Matt took the iPad and radio back before Liam took back to the generator. "Good, work on that, get it running. We fucking NEED it. Taeil this is Liam, Liam Taeil. Liam fix that generator. I gotta work on this." Matt inspected all Liam had done with the iPad and radio. "Taeil I need your help over here," he took the mic connected to the old cop car radio and held down the button to connect himself with Xavier's camp's communications. "Does anybody copy? Over." For the most part there was radio silence. No point in wasting the connection. Besides there wasn't much they could do on their end. "Liam I need that generator up to scramble their communications!

Robert "It's out." Robert said and pulled the pistol from the band of his jeans. It seemed that his father's insight to force him into hunting would once more come into handy. He puked when he killed his first man, it wasn't something he liked to think about. The killing or the reaction to it. He stood. "News?"

Diana Terra turned back, leaving Diana and Isaac on their own. She knew the other was struggling, his muscles tense and his body buckling. He shouldn't have to be doing this. But once they were past the gate, Diana could work on him. "You're almost there, then you can let him go. I can take it from there. Okay?" She shot him a glance, hopefully seen in the midst of running and the pouring rain. She heard the speeding by of the bullets, of screams and shouts. How the fuck was this happening? Why was this happening?

Lyra "Alright," She breathed, taking a moment to gather her strength before they started carefully treading the muddied earth. She was barely able to keep her balance but knowing that she wasn't alone kept her steady and solid. "Tell your dog to sniff around for any traces of familiar smell so we could find the Attack Team." Raising a hand above her eyes, Lyra squinted through the haze of the rain and failed to recognize anyone. A pang of anxiety and she glanced at Graham with a nod. "Let's try to re-group with anyone first and from there we'll know what to do next."

Grayson "Savannah and I were plucking out the remainder of them." Grayson drew his hand back. His breaths came out heavy, her red scarf covering his wound. "They were heading this way. In small steam of groups. Not sure on anything on the inside. Just came here to warn ya and get the people who can't fight under cover."

Savannah Savannah hid her best as Xavier came out. The girl took a deep breath hearing all the bullets in the air. She closed her eyes and kept moving forward until she could find Lori. Or whoever needed help. Fuck this, she thought, Imma help this useless bunch of people. And as the girl crossed paths with Lyra, she smirked. The dog looked towards her for a second. She threw a rock at both her and her company.

Hannibal Hann finished with the men he Had tackled and turned to face the man. A growl resounded, filling the air with the pure hatred Hann had of this man. He thought of all of the pain he caused the people he cared for, the people he loved. He would end it. Here and now, with his bare hands he would strip the man of his life. "Typical, you're as much of coward as they say. Bringing a gun to fight a man, Do I scare you that much little man?" Hann stood now and walked towards Xavier, unnarmed, Hands clenched into fist. "You better hope that you bring me down with one shot bitch, Or i'll be wearing your throat like a necklace." Hann didn't care if he died, If it ended now he would only be brought back to the loving embrace of his family, but if he was going to die. He would be escorting this prick to hell personally.

Rivka Rivka followed Gwen into the hall. Sweat dripped down her face as she started running. She stopped, noticing a man being fired at. Rivka's eyes went to the man who had the gun. She narrowed her eyes and raised her own weapon. Without hesitating, she fired at the Irish man. He was the target. "Get back!" Rivka shouted at the larger man. Hannibal. That was his name. She stepped forward as she continued firing at Xavier.

Axel There was a growing pit in his stomach as he watched Diana, Isaac and Terra take off, covering them as best he could while also keeping an eye on the weapons shed. He couldn't let Xavier's men get a hand on the weapons but he also couldn't stand the thought of Isaac and Diana being so prone to gunfire protecting Hunter.

Isaac Isaac felt the gates rush past him a moment later and they were outside, safe. Quickly he glanced to the girl and let himself gently lay Hunter down against a tree, a pitiful cover that he hoped would help at least in some way. Isaac tilted his head to her and ignoring the scream of every fibre of his body he charged back into the compound.

Graham He chuckled, Rip did not operate like that. He was trained to smell bombs, not track humans. There was a difference. While intelligent, and well trained-- Rip's head jerked toward the female and Graham smiled at her. "Sight for sore eyes. We've gotten ourselves into a hornet's nest, haven't we?" There was a silent question of where they were needed, what was going on.

Ada A small smile grazed over Ada’s lips, remembering the scarf very well. It was so silly to think of it now. She almost cursed herself for not bringing it over or anything to keep Ivy from being cold. But the rain had been so sudden, she hadn’t had the change to think about it, all up until she reached the fence. “I- I didn’t bring it. I’m sorry.” Ada felt guilty, again deemed useless.

Taeil Even though Taeil had no doubt that the newly-introduced guy had everything it took to fix the generator, a part of him was worried. He didn't know exactly what it was, but he just couldn't brush off the bad feeling. However, as Matt asked for his help once again, Taeil had no other choice but to trust Liam and responded to the request. "Alright, what now?"

Ivy Holloway "Oh, it's alright" She smiled. The storm was going stronger and stronger. " Wait. " Silence. Rain falling. Silence. No steps. " Okay sorry, I got scared. Nothing out here. "

Liam "I'm working on it," Liam muttered under his breath, his panic building. It wasn't just Jesse's life on his shoulders -- it was more than that. And even though Liam thought he didn't care about anyone here, he didn't want to be responsible for any more deaths. Pulling a piece off of the generator, Liam saw the problem. A stray wire, and even though it was wet, he was too frazzled to stop and think things through. He reached inside, a spark flying from the wire as he moved it back into place. Probably not a good sign, but there was no time to be concerned over that. Instead, he grabbed at the wires connected to the ripcord and gave them a sharp tug. And then he cried out as a powerful electric current shot through his body, running up and down his arms, down his spine. He felt like he was being boiled alive as his vision went red, his body shooting backwards and landing on the ground with a loud thud.

Terra Terra burst through the barricades of Xavier's camp and immediately searched out her people. Unsure of what has happened since she left to help Hunter back to Fall City, she scrambled over debris and one or another pile of cloth she did not want to look at too closely. She proceeded slowly, her weapon drawn, her back close to the wall. She saw someone aim from the top of the building, not at her but someone else. She was quick to pull the trigger but missed her shot through rain and wind. They saw her and they fired. Better at aiming than she, Terra tumbled to the ground. She didn't know where she was hit or if she was hit at all. But soon blood came pouring from her thigh. A clean shot. The bullet stuck in the wall behind her. The pain didn't register. Nothing registered but the fact that her weapon slipped from her bloody hands and she slid into the mud.

Gwen Gwen immediately rounded on Rivka, forcing her into an adjoining boiler room before slamming the other woman's shoulder into the wall. "Are you done?! You are seconds away from getting one of those bullets in your own fucking skull, do you understand me?" Her tolerance and generally composed demeanor in heated situations had reached an exceptional low as she growled into the other woman's face. "You're going to get us both killed if you don't think first, shoot later. I get it, you're trigger happy and you think you know how to handle this, but you weren't here when he attacked us so why don't you let someone who actually knows what they're doing figure it out yeah?" With one final shove, Gwen pushed away from the other female and carefully reentered the hallway, blood boiling with the rage that came from not having the people she needed at her six.

Matt Matt looked over at Taeil as he approached him. "The sooner I get these communications scrambled the better, but I need a big enough power supply to get this done. Unfortunately we don't know how long it's gong to take for that generator to work. Though I do have the utmost faith in Liam I need you to to connect that car battery to the radio, just like the generator is. Though I'd be careful with the jump cables. We don't want you getting fried. Here--" The boy removed a vest he'd been wearing and chucked it over to the boy. "Use that to hold the battery and the jump cables. If this works we can get the communications of the enemy scrambles. Unfortunately for the moment we'll lose the the communications with the other bases until we get that generator running. It's kind of a lose lose situation but we've got to try."

Diana Hunter lay slumped against a nearby tree. The gunfire was loud as was the chaos, but Diana blocked it out. She knew she should be helping the others, except she couldn't allow Hunter to die. There was way too much blood. Despite the cold and the rain, Diana removed her sweater, pressing it to the wound that had soaked through Hunter's own clothing. "Hey. Hey. I need ya' to stay awake. Ya' here me. Look at me." A hand cupped the side of Hunter's face, forcing his head up. "Hunter. Focus on me."

Lyra "Tell me about it." She chuckled, smiling back before she shook her head, glancing at the undoubtedly intelligent dog out of the corner of her eye. However she had imagined the battle to go down, she certainly didn't expect to end up fucking around and joking in the middle of it. Maybe it was simply the influence of Graham's company. Before she could consider it further, the pair came across a familiar face; Savannah. With a weary sigh, Lyra glanced at her partner then nodded towards her before turning towards the woman. "So, you're still alive," She joked. "Why am I not surprised?"

Isaac Isaac darted his way back to the assigned location, a horrendously warm wet patch on his shoulder and down his back almost distracted him before a man intent on reloading a few metres away caught his eye. The coldness seeped back into him and he swung wildly with his ice axe, catching the man in the cheek. Oblivious to the man's scream of pain, he tore it out viciously and hauled himself back to where Axel and Dexter were waiting quicker than he could hope. The horrid sensory overload of battle left him off-kilter as he tripped forward into the shed, skinning his forearms against the floor as he fell.

Charlotte Charlotte glanced at her radio, strapping it to her belt as she climbed down from her post. There was no point of being there any long. Not with the rain, not with the lighting. She needed to help. With her weapon drawn, the brunette moved forward. Her boots scraped against the mud as she slipped into the gates. Bullets fired past everything, but she moved. She moved because there was no other choice to. Her hands grasped around Elijah. He was safe. At least for now. Panting, she drew out a quick breath. "The radio is out. I - What's going on here? Have you got any news?"

Xavier Was this man literally a grizzly bear more than a human? That growl emanated from it's lips once more and Xavier hooked an eyebrow upwards, watching the hulking creature with a skeptical look. "Ye are a large man," Xavier commented vaguely before firing a handful of shots in his direction, bullets piercing flesh as Hannibal made his approach. He would have continued raining down gunfire for the sheer joy of it if the volley hadn't been returned, a bullet piercing his shoulder just beneath the collarbone. His eyes narrowed before he turned his weapon on Rivka and fired.

Aiden Jesse was going to /kill/ her. She had one damn job. Keep the kid alive. Her fingers ghosted to his neck and it was there, a pulse. "He's alive. A little in shock, but alive," her voice came out in a hiss. "We need to get him to the clinic."

Savannah Savannah nodded at whatever the man meant and moved swiftly towards them. With a now kind and gentle smile, without her scarf and her scar showing now, she shrugged. " We could say I got lucky. We're fucked. How many bullets do we have? "

Matt As Liam yelled out Matt's head snapped up to see the cause of his yelp. "Fuck!" He yelled over the storm. Somehow he knew this would happen. Matt left the iPad on the flood and Taeil to his job. Jumping over all the gear to get Liam, Aiden following suit. "Shit, you got him, Aiden? We gotta stay here. I need to get this generator running now. Trust me I won't be as stupid as him but, you good?"

Elijah Hands grapsed Elijah's own and he whipped around to find Charlotte. He took a moment just to stare at her, to take in the fact she was alive. "It's not good," he told her, having realized the communication system had been down since the storm intensified. "Xavier's men have come out of hiding. They're firing. Everyone has split up and it's a free for all. We need to kill Xavier and get everybody out and we need to do it now."

Rivka Rivka felt herself being slammed against the wall. She pushed back and tilted her head. Her eyes were cold and determined. This woman here didn't know what she was talking about. Had no idea. "I know exactly what I am doing. You are not fighting with a clear head. One of our men was out there being attacked. I know how to handle hostile situations as I was trained for years. I might not have been there, but I know what it is like to be attacked by an outsider and I know how to stand back and not let my emotions effect my judgement." Rivka knocked Gwen away as she reclaimed her weapon from the ground. She kept her cover behind the wall. "If you go now, I will cover you in case any men come."

Aiden "I got him." She, all five foot four of her, shoved herself under Liam's frames and all but dragged him out the door. He had his brother's stout frame, that was for damn sure. "You better not die, I swear to God, I will meet you in heaven and strangle you after your brother kills me himself." Mutter a string of curses in different languages she dragged Liam to the clinic.

Ada Ada’s heart stopped the moment Ivy told her to ‘wait’. What was that supposed to mean? She didn’t like the fact that her friend was out there, anything could happen out there. It wasn’t remotely safe. But stress ate her alive. A hand grasped her belly as she tried to calm herself, frowning as she waited for an answer. And then Ivy finally replied, a sigh left her lips. “I don’t like this..”

Graham "I have about 13 arrows. I intend on retrieving a few others. Wounded?" That was his directive. From the sight of gunfire in the main area, there was a show worthy of the O.K. Corral going on down there. He had no desire to be there. "That's what I am concerned about.

Charlotte "Alright." Charlotte nodded, knowing the intensity in her voice. They made a mistake, bringing everyone here. Part of hew knew this, but was too scared to speak of it now. Her hands grasped her weapon, turning around suddenly at the sudden fire. Firing back, the brunette kept her gaze towards her friend. Her body moving forward to keep him safe. "We should move forward. Start keeping everyone on the supply runs to evacuate and head back to the city. The remainder of the attack should be in the main building, correct?"

Axel He could hear the screams from inside - and he couldn't for the life of him tell if it was Xavier's men or theirs. His eyes swiveled from the now relatively silent weapons shed to the central building and back again, nerves etched into his features as rain dripped down his face. He couldn't stand by without doing anything. He couldn't stand by and watch. The instant Isaac returned to his side he cleared his throat and grabbed the youth's upper arm, "C'mon, lets go help," he spoke, pointing his gun towards the building, "We can't just leave them."

Hannibal Hann felt the sting of Xavier's shotgun, luckily it was buckshot. If it had been a 12 gauge round, his torso would've been torn in two. The moment Xavier turned to fire on Rivka Hann was on him, he Yanked the shotgun barrel upwards and threw the hardest punch he could muster flat into the other man's ribcage. Slow him down, make it so he can't shoot that damned gun again. Hann coughed up some blood, but didn't yield. he continued his assault on the man. Another punch, he felt the man's ribs start to give. One more and he would shatter his ribcage. The man would never breathe the same way again. He drove home the punch and felt the crack. He gave the gun another good yank, removing it from Xavier's grip and throwing it across the corridor. The pain of the buckshot began to seep in. Another cough of blood, Hann faltered for a moment and fell to a knee.

Matt Matt nodded at Aiden as she took the limp body of his new friend off to the clinic. He turned his attention toward the generator and Taeil. "You still have to work on that. You get the battery connected, I'll walk you through crashing the enemy communications." For now it was his job to work on the generator, he wasn't going to be as stupid as Liam so he actually equipped himself with rubber gloves and dove into the system of the generator. Wires were shot and exposed but he could fix it, he had to fix it. It would just take time. "What's the go Taeil?"

Terra The blood was pouring, and still she hadn't seen anyone. Shots were being fired in the distance and Terra prayed her friends were safe. Having enough calm of mind she pulled the belt from her jeans and fastened it tightly around her upper thigh. She winced but willed herself to her feet. She was not going to let this scratch stop her from saving her people. Remembering that she was still in possession of the walkie talkie, she dialed, "Where is everyone? This is Terra. Over." Obviously she said nothing about her injury.

Ivy Holloway " I don't like it either. " The girl confessed. " I hope you have an umbrella tehre, otherwise I'm going to get your ass kicked, Ada. " Lighter conversations were more comfortable. And better in this mood. " Do you like rain? I used to love it. I find it annoying, right now."

Elijah He knew there were going to be casualties. He knew this was dangerous, but what other choice did they have? It was them or Xavier and he wasn't going to let the man win. Fuck him. Fuck his whole crew. "Correct," Elijah hummed, drawing his gun and preparing to fire. This wasn't going to be in vain. They were going to help their people. "Whoever has been raiding supplies we get them out. Then we're moving to the main building. We kill as many as we need to. Do you understand?"

Hunter He wasn't dead yet. Just tell that to the rest of his body that screamed in protest as his vision swam and his head pounded, every part of him wanting to slip back into the black that'd all but consumed him as pain coursed through his veins. The pressure on his side brought him back to the present, feeling it burn wildly as he couldn't feel the rest of his body, only that. And his tongue as it stuck to the back of his throat when he managed to see a blurred vision of the lone person he'd sought to protect. "Hey," he croaked out, a bubble of air caught in the back of his throat as he coughed and choked in a pale attempt to breathe.

Liam Liam felt like his whole body was on fire, like his fingers had been singed completely off. Maybe they had been. Maybe it would be better that way, so the searing pain rippling across his body would go away. His head felt like it had exploded, his ears ringing as he tried to open his eyes. But it was all he could do to breath in short, shallow breaths as he felt himself being maneuvered, heard a vaguely familiar voice in his ear. He wanted to answer, wanted to assure he that he was okay, but all he managed was a slight moan before his head lolled backwards and he lost consciousness completely.

Isaac Isaac coughed as his cheek scraped the floor quickly taking off the recently regrown layers of skin with an accompanying groan. He felt the tug on his arm and the words ran straight through him, he heaved himself upright panting so heavily he felt the world tilt dangerously on it's axis in protest. He rolled on his heels a moment letting the oxygen flow back into his muscles. "Let's go." He breathed, eyes alight.

Owen It wasn't supposed to just be them. There should've been more people with them, helping, in case shit like this happened -- in case there were men waiting for them, so they weren't riding on his timid trigger-finger, so Lori didn't have to cover him by shooting that guy down. Owen's breath came out of him all at once. He peeled her hands off his shirt, careful so they didn't shake. "Good job," he said, as lightly as he could. He was helping her with weapons (there were so many weapons) and she was fast, the way she shoveled them into her bag: guns, boxes of ammunition, arrows bundled up on a shelf. From here, they were almost trapped when the door opened; he threw an arm out like a dad at a crosswalk, to keep her behind him so she wouldn't get hit. As if an arm made a difference. As if they couldn't just shoot her through him. At least it was easier to aim, this close to a target -- it was point and shoot (and wince, as a bullet grazed his ear).

Taeil Wrapping the battery and the jump cables with the vest Matt gave him, Taeil didn't even get the chance to nod a yes when Liam's cry broke the silence. "Holy cow!" The South Korean had to fight the strong urge to check on the collapsed guy, but seeing as Matt already played his role, he knew he had to finish what was assigned to him whatever it took. As panic started to take over, what should have been a piece of cake suddenly felt like an untangled knit that took forever to fix. Taeil's hands kept shaking, his body wouldn't stop shivering, he was almost even crying. When Matt checked on him to see how things went, Taeil was almost out of word. "It's... I can do this, I can do this...," he tried his best to control the tremor and kept doing what he was doing.

Charlotte "Don't need to tell me fucking twice." Charlotte stared towards him, moving herself forward. Taking lead when in strange aspect, Elijah should have. They moved towards the supplies first, noticing the dead bodies that lingered the outside. She didn't have enough heart to look too closely to see if it was one of their own. She wiped around the corner, noticing Cole and Kathryn standing in a shed. "Move out. It's time to head out with everything." She turned her head, making sure he was still with her. This was the first time she actually found herself engaging in this all. Her feet moving quickly against the ground as they made their next move.

Diana "Hey yourself," Diana murmured. Her voice shook, but she was trying to hide it. She imagined the worst, not just for Hunter, but for Axel. In an instant, he had probably gone down. The same could happen for Axel who was far more of a risk taker. She swallowed the thought. She had to. "I need to get the bullet out and then I need to get you back to the city. To do that, I need you to stay awake. Whatever energy you have, please..."

Axel Truthfully if he could have his way he'd send the boy home to Fall City, let him rest. Isaac deserved that. But if he was going to stay around and fight he needed the other close at hand. "Ok?" He repeated, the simple word a question to ensure that Isaac was indeed alright, was good to fight. He needed to know that Isaac was okay. He looked him over one final time, ignoring the scrapes that marred his skin for now, before leading the way towards the main building with gun raised, taking one the few of Xavier's men that still lingered at the front.

Kathryn Kathryn nodded, not even hesitating on moving out. She spent enough time there. Her feet brushed against the cement before carrying the supplies out. Her weapon was still drawn, but it seemed most were wiped out in his area. She moved forward - getting out of the gates with little to no aggression.

Robert Leaving Cristine to tend to Grayson he bolted out the door to the kid that was bleeding, clinging to another girl. Tucking the pistol away, he snapped gloves on and grabbed a hold of the youth. Hunter, was that his name. He thought so. Guiding the man to the table, he slid the scissors up his shirt and sucked a breath in at the wound. This was his calling. "Cris. GSW."

Elijah Elijah didn't follow behind Charlotte, he stood next to her. They became a unit in this moment, armed with the same goals, the same desires, and the same mistakes. They were responsible for bringing their people here and they were responsible for getting them out. As they rounded the shack, Elijah saw those in it, nodding in tandem with Charlotte's instructions. "We move around, first the perimeter, then we pursue the main building. Most of our people are here."

Matt He knew he couldn't push Taeil much, the other boy was smart but this was too much for anyone. Life or death. He felt as if he'd been thrown into a real life video game. "You do, you got this." He replied to Taeil with words of encouragement. Matt took off another panel of the generator to reveal more wires and bolts missing he used whatever he could that was spare from their parts they hadn't used and did his best. "Red and blue, yellow. Okay, almost there." He said almost but he meant the opposite. There was too much to do and too little time. "We're counting on you Taeil, you got this."

Savannah The girl shook her head. "Never. " Watching Lyra carefully, she watched the dog. Raised a brow and smiled. " I like this partner. So, let's get into business, right? " Savannah seemed excited for a fight. Twisted

Terra Keeping a tight grip on the walkie-talkie, Terra staggered out of the shelter. Still, she saw no one. Leaving a trail of blood behind her as she moved, one step at a time, wincing painfully with every left step, she slowly made her way to the second weapon's shed where Hunter had previously been shot. She hoped he was better off now that he was safe. With both gun and walkie-talkie in her hands and an increasingly blurry vision, she bit down into her lip to stay focused. It was just a scratch, she told herself as she continued.

Hunter He coughed again, hoping that it was rain he felt dribble down his chin and not blood but judging by what he could see of her face, it didn't seem likely. Either way he tried his best to move his body but every breath he took set his chest on fire with pain that caused his vision to swim in darkness that made it difficult follow her instructions. "Please don't waste it on talking your ear off," he wheezed out, a grimace on his lips that was meant to be a smile but fell flat. "Got it, Doc."

Isaac Isaac and Axel fell into such a familiar rhythm that it almost choked him with how easy it felt despite the ringing in his ears. The pounding of their feet was only different by the splashing of mud behind their heels as they kicked it up, everyone was fighting so desperately. To save one another. To save themselves. The innards of the place were like viscera to him, like guts spilling out over the landscape and filling him with dread. This was where he had nearly been broken. The strength it gave him nearly died as he locked eyes with Xavier who sagged to his periphery. He was caught by one of the men and he jerked his elbow back into the man's jaw, jamming his foot into the instep and watching the man fall.

Jesse "Coming to you, Terra," Jesse spoke into the walkie as she called for help, having spotted her fall only moments before from his point of view. It took a moment or two for him to catch up to where she'd managed to get herself hulled up at the weapons shed, sliding up beside her. "What happened?" He demanded, looking her over quickly and pressing a hand over where the blood seemed to be flowing freely.

Gwen Robot soldiers. Clearly only good for following their training and not thinking on their feet, assessing a situation with common sense rather than the strict guidelines given in their days of having a commanding officer. No longer did they have guidelines or clear ways of navigating, each decision had to be concocted in the moment and entirely their own. Which was why Gwen chose to leave the two of them behind if necessary. Returning to Ivy in one piece was her real mission, Xavier be damned. And now their absurdly large human meat shield was floundering, his body riddled with wounds and clearly struggling to even keep his torso upright.

Charlotte Charlotte nodded, carefully taking in his instructions. She was never one for on the spot action. She needed to plan. This was all out of plan. She didn't know what to do other than to blindly follow. They moved around perimeter soundly, eyes peeled towards every interaction. If a figure moved that was not apart of their own, she shot. She fired without even a sense of remorse on her cheeks. She felt no pity for the men that lived here. Once they made it around the main building, she slipped into one of the doors, gun held high against her chest. She opened the door at first, allowing Elijah to move in before her. The guard that was supposed to be watching the door was there, head cast against the wall with blood leaking from his lips. It was safe to assume he was dead.

Aiden The weight of Liam once more almost took her off her feet, and another, louder string of curses as she attempted to drag him across what seemed like the whole damn town. Her feet dug into the mud, causing trails and a hard set to her chin as she shifted her weight and after what seemed like a lifetime made it to the clinic. All but shoving the boy into a chair, she saw the blood of a boy, and felt a little faint. She hated blood. "He was electrocuted. We like to play with fire in the radio room."

Lori He had broad shoulders, a lot of muscle-- it was easy for him to push her behind him. A human shield. She tried to push back against him, but the door was already open-- and another one of Xavier's men was shooting-- and then there was blood, and Lori was screaming, squeezing the trigger until the clip was empty. Xavier's man fell, but then, so did Owen. "No, nope--" she fell with him, shoes still slick with mud. Blood was spilling from his ear. "Owen--" the door opened again. But this time-- it was--it was Terra. Belt wrapped around her leg. "No-- this can't be fuckin' happenin'!" Lori ushered her inside the shed, let the door slam shut. She was out of ammo. Notched another arrow onto her bow before clamping her fingers down on Owen's ear, the wound. "Ter-- What happened? Are you--?"

Rivka Rivka took note of Hannibal charging after Xavier. As she turned to head for the next thing for cover, she felt a bullet rip through her shoulder. The velocity of the small piece of metal was enough to knock her off balance. Where the hell did that come from? Immediately, her fingers went to the bloodied area. Just her shoulder. But she was too dazed to know whether the bullet hit an artery or not. There wasn't any pain. Getting hit was too much of a shock to her system to register. Despite this, you only needed one hand attached to one good arm to fire a handgun. Rivka pulled her rifled over and slung it over her back. There was no way she'd lose that. She pulled her handgun from her holster and did her best to sit up against the wall. She could still shoot and she would. It was her left shoulder. She was right handed.

Elijah There was a switch flipped in Elijah's mind. Whoever he saw not belonging to his people were enemies and they were going to die. He fired mercilessly. Headshots, in the cavity of the chest. And Char shared the same views as him. Anyone they saw near the edges of camp, they told to leave. If they cared about their lives, they would listen.

Taeil He could feel his own breath trying to keep his shaking hands warm. With his friend's encouragement, whether they would make it or not was now all up to him. Taeil wanted to ask if Liam was okay, but knowing it wouldn't do any good for the two of them if the answer was either "I don't know." or just "No.", he decided to keep silent. Red and blue, then yellow. Done. Now he moved to some other colorless cords. Done. Wrapping the cables with what little duck tape they had there to isolate the electricity. Done. "It should be good now...," he spoke almost too softly.

Terra What had happened anyway? Terra could picture the scene but the words would not come to explain it to Jesse. She shook her head, a hand now gripping at her thigh. "'Twas shooting at our people.. got his attention, he got me." The walkie-talkie fell from her hand but she kept a stubborn hold on her gun. She looked up to Jesse, "What happened here?"

Tobias For the most part Tobias and Rebecca had been keeping to themselves since the beginning of the battle - waiting it out to tend to their injured men and women when they returned. Neither could aid in the communications problems - they were better off keeping out of the way. But when Liam was electrocuted - that was when his expertise would come in hand. "What happened?" he demanded as Aiden tended to the boy, his fingers prodding for a pulse despite the fact that he was sure Aiden had already assessed him for it.

Isaac Isaac twirled away and fired a merciless shot into the Man's skull, a messy thing that made his eye bloody and empty. Despite Xavier's obvious wounding he seemed to be dragging himself away while simultaneously realigning himself for a shot at any of the various people of Fall City in his line of fire. Despite the fear that clawed at him mercilessly, he felt the coldness fill him full finally. There was only so much blood that one man could take, could spill and dance in, only so much life he could steal. Isaac let out a snarl that was nothing other than feral and he streaked away from the protected place at Axel's side, throwing off anyone in his way that he could. There was a shock of recognition in the pitiful excuse for a man's eyes as Isaac loomed over him, kicking him with all his weight in the wound that was pitifully squirting blood from his shoulder. There was some witty one liner that he should say, some kind of parting shot. He only wished he could draw it out longer, make him hurt.

Ada Silence reigned for a second, feeling slightly guilty. No umbrella to keep her company, she was drenched from head to toes; the shirt she wore tight against her belly. It was like Ivy to make light talk, she would always do it to distract her but it was difficult to keep her distracted with the lightning around them. Yet another one struck and Ada felt like it was no longer safe for Ivy or for her. “I just hope everyone is fine..” Ada trailed off, looking down at the mud by her feet.

Matt Matt did his best to watch both what Taeil was doing and his own actions. He decided it would be best to focus on his own so not to end up like Liam. If that happened everyone was fucked in terms of communications. "Good," Matt replied back to the other teen as he'd done the job. He glanced over to make sure the connection was solid. It was fine. Matt took back to the wires of his own project, however he needed to walk Taeil through this next bit. "Okay, now go to the iPad, okay? You're on a hacking program for Mac called terminal00x1. You should see up the top there are multiple tabs, you see that?"

Charlotte Charlotte moved into the main building, gun raised as they leaked in. There were a few men stranding on the outskirts of it. She wasn't sure who was in there. If it was the people they planned, she was sure that they were safe. Though the numbers inside of the building were greater than she expected. Her gun raised, firing off two shots. How much did she have left? Blinking harshly, she watched as one man fell. The other, however, she missed. She clicked the gun once more, attempting to fire - but alas - she was out of bullets. Her hands clenched, trying to move forward. Her hands lacing around the weapon - using it as a bat rather than what it was really meant for. The man leaned forward, slamming the brunette against the wall. A crack fell in the distance, the brunette gasping out in pain from the act. Stupid. Stupid. She wasn't thinking this through. He kept the gun pressed against her temple for a moment, confirming her answer.

Lyra Exchanging a glance with Graham, Lyra adjusted the strap of her rifle, adrenaline fading until all that remained was a phantom of her former excitement. All she felt in that moment was bone-deep exhaustion and a dreadful weight pressing against her chest; concern for the people she cared about who were most likely still caught up in the chaos. And she was standing there, joking around? "We've been trying to locate any members of the Attack Team but so far, all we've come across was Defense Team members. Got any idea where anyone is in this pit of hell?"

Terra Lori's voice pierced the sound of blood rushing (or not rushing?) through her ears and Terra blinked upwards. She couldn't get the words out this time. She only shook her head as an answer. It was perhaps not the most reassuring gesture, but it was all Terra had in her at the moment. She breathed out, the syllable "Fine," just barely audible.

Diana "Ya' lucky you are injured," Diana hissed, but Hunter's remark meant he was still there. If he didn't speak at all, she would fear the worst. She exhaled a breath and removed her sweater that was pressed up against the wound. She had to get the bullet out and her only option was her hands. Once they got back to fall city, she would have to douse his wound in alcohol. She lifted up Hunter's shirt, caught sight of the aggravated hole in his side. She stuck her index finger in the wound, felt for the bullet, grazing the tip of it. It wasn't deep which meant a handful of his inner tissues would be preserved. Weaving in a second finger, as carefully as she could, she forced her tendons around the bullet. It was slippery and the rain clouded her vision. Biting down on her lower lip, she pulled the bullet out, slowly, carefully and once it was free, she tossed it to the ground.

Aiden "Water, exposed wires, bit of a 110V shock. If you can save him Tobias, I swear I will kiss you right now." Her fingers picked at themselves, the nerves like hot wires under her skin.

Isaac Isaac raised both of his arms above his head and savagely cleaved his ice axe into the top of Xavier's skull, blood spattering him as the man's cranium split underneath his weapon. He used his food to pull it out and in a frenzy stabbed again and again, the rain no consequence as he finally ended it. Ended it.

Ivy Holloway Ivy watched outside and bit her lower lip. She turned around a bit, thinking of what a strange place Fall City seemed now. " I hope so. They made a promise, didn't they? "

Robert What a fucking mess. He was once more reminded why he never wanted to be a trauma doctor like his father wanted. The flesh was ripped apart, and Robert set to cleaning the wound. There it was, the slug. "Cris I need blood for this guy. He's lost a lot. Hang in there, buddy. No morphine, it'll lower his heart too much."

Gwen And then Rivka went down as well, propping herself up against a wall with a handgun in her grasp as she kept Xavier within her line of fire. "Save your strength," Gwen commented as she stepped over the woman's legs, head cocked in Xavier's direction as Isaac loomed over him, now present on the scene. In one foul swoop, he eliminated the threat with a silence she appreciated over the sound of rambling gunfire. "It's done."

Savannah Savannah had seen the place. Attack team. Dexter was Attack team. She nodded. With or without her companions, Savannah moved again, right into the battlefield. Holding a corpse she had assured to break its skull, having them as a shield, the girl joined the tracking of Xavier's mans. The firing guns wasn't as perpetual as the storm. Tired of her shield, she let the corpse hit the floor and turned around to face Graham, the dog and Lyra. She nodded again, slightly amused. " Everyone went their way but they were supposed to come this way. "

Owen "I'm fine." She hadn't asked, but he said it, anyway, 'cause she brought her hand to his ear and his head lit up with pain. "Leave it." He shrugged away from her, and the blood on her fingers, and the worry that had her eyebrows too low on her eyes -- everyone got hurt, okay? He was fine. He was going to be fine. The woman who'd just shown up, Terra -- she was way worse for wear. "Jesus," he said. "Don't stand on that. Sit--sit down, or something. That looks bad."

Cristine Chaos had reached their doors and Cristine had to shut her brain off to function properly. Her sleeves were yanked up and she was into action. Bringing Robert what he needed before her eyes assessed the damage, swallowing down her fear.

Taeil Now moving on to the iPad. This was his first time doing anything with what had once been considered the jewel of gadgets. All he had ever touched in the past was the older versions of it, so without proper guidance, he wouldn't be able to make it through. Besides, hacking was a personalized thing. Every hacker had their own method to code their way through. "Okay... Okay. You can start now."

Elijah The main building came into view and both of them descended into darkness. The storm had blocked out most of the light, mixed in with the sound of footsteps and gun shots. Elijah immediately went into attack mode, hitting whoever he could. But as him and Charlotte separated to take down a few targets, there was a crack followed by a gasp. Elijah turned to find Charlotte pinned up against the wall and a gun against her temple. He charged forward without thinking, grabbing the man by the collar of his shirt and yanking him off of her. There was a thrill laced in his blood, a grim smile on his lips as he slammed the butt of his shot gun against his back. The man grunted, tipped forward, but Elijah wasted no time for him to orient himself. He brought the butt against his head, hearing the splitting of bone, seeing the blood emerge and splatter on his face. He didn't stop, not until there was a large hole in the man's head and he slumped to the ground.

Matt He wasn't very good at multitasking but he had to suck it up for the good of Fall City. "Okay, so go to that tab and copy every little bit of writing on that tab. Then go back to the original tab you were on and paste it in there. That is how you cut all their communications." He knew by doing that, taking that much power would cut Fall City's communications for the moment but if he could... just... get the generator working.

Rivka Rivka looked up at Gwen, but wasn't quite ready to holster her weapon. Xavier might be dead, but not all of his men were. She had seen men react without a proper leader. "What about the other men?" she asked, her gun still aimed at anyone who threatened their people.

Lori Fine, they both said. Lori was shaking her head, tears welling up in her eyes. Owen in her lap, fingers pinching the wound on his ear. She motioned Terra over, tossed her compact bow on the ground, tried to wrap her hand around the wound on her thigh. "D'you still have your radio? We-- We need to tell someone. You both-- you both aren't fuckin' fine. You both need help. Now." She said, tears sliding down her cheeks.

Isaac Isaac's chest heaved, spread to his full height and looking deranged. Eyes rolling, and knuckles white. Where he wasn't covered in thick mud he was streaked violently scarlet, staring down at the broken body of the man who had almost ripped the last of his sanity from him, in the long month that he had been back at Fall City. A tight rope walk that he had not been qualified to take. He turned on the spot to the other men that had attempted to cluster around their leader, using the back of his hands and knuckles to wipe blood from his lips.

Hannibal Hann saw a great spectacle. Little Isaac, manning up to finish what he started. Hann laughed a bit through spouts of blood. He had played his part and now, maybe now the gods would let him see his family again. He fell to his side with a smile on his face. "I still... Want my necklace..." He felt the loving embrace of unconciousness closing in. He welcomed it at this point, memories of his family flooded his mind. And then he slipped, into a somber state. "I only hope... that they don't forget me."

Rebecca Becca had stuck close to Toby since the battle started, but as the injured began to be taken in she slipped quietly back to the main building. Unlike her brother, she couldn't handle the sight of blood. But she'd only made it part of the way there when her gaze landed on the building that was on fire -- and something that looked like a figure lingering too close to it. She wanted to call out to them to leave -- but her voice would not cooperate, and she ran forward, waving her arms to no avail. It was only when she was close enough to tell that what she'd seen was nothing more than a shadow that she heard the sound of wood crackling and breaking into pieces. And then -- it was toppling foward, flames moving toward her more quickly than she'd have thought possible. Instantly a loud shriek left her lips as she fell backwards, trying to scuttle away from the building before he could fall on top of her.

Taeil Lucky for Taeil, it wasn't a very complicated task. Matt seemed to prepare everything already and all he had to do was copying stuff; hopefully, he wouldn't do anything stupid to mess things up. "Alright, done. How do you check if things work as they should?"

Charlotte Charlotte stared, wincing in pain. Her eyes widened as the blood flecked across both her and Elijah. He had just saved her ass. She didn't move, directing her attention on the remainder of the hall. She didn't even have the chance to thank him. That would occur later. Now, her attention was directed on the rest. They needed to finish what they stared, regardless of her injury. She leaned against the wall. "Fuck." She cursed, clutching her leg. "Check the perimeter, sweetheart. I'll be fine."

Gwen "Isaac," Gwen addressed him, approaching the male with calculated footsteps. "Look at me." She stepped around the wounded male to view a face more familiar, freckles hidden by dirt and crimson. "Isaac."

Robert After it was done, he washed the wound, his fingers working faster than they ever had before, checking the damage. Who ever took the slug out before them, he might throttle them. They caused a right mess. The sutures were neat, despite the rush and Cris returned with the blood. "I got this, you move on, yeah?" He said and inserted the IV effortlessly, moving man to the back to recover so the flood could move more into the clinic

Matt Matt nodded as Taeil completed the task he'd given him. "Okay good, you see that old cop car radio connected to the iPad? Take the mic transmitter and hold down the button on the side. If it's static, we got it. If we can hear the enemy team, no dice."

Axel It had all happened so fast. One minute they were rushing to protect those fighting Xavier's men - and apparently, Xavier himself - and the next Isaac had savagely attacked, axe carving the man's head open. It was a pity, Axel had hoped to get to him first and make him pay for the mess he had made of things, but in the end it didn't matter - didn't matter who had done the killing. Because it was done. He stepped forward now as Isaac stood over the man, hands falling on either of the youth's arms as Gwen came forward to address him. "It's okay, mate. It's done - it's okay," he spoke in a soft tone, worry now creasing his brow as his eyes flickered up towards Gwen for support.

Terra They needed help all right. But there were more important things to worry about. Was Xavier dead? Was Hunter okay? What about Owen? Did anyone else get hurt? Terra would be fine. The pain was starting to fade, or perhaps it was all that she noticed. With a bloody hand she pushed the radio over to Lori, unsure as to what she wanted to do with it. Terra swallowed hard, her hand falling to her side as the other just lazily covered the entrance wound at her thigh.

Elijah Elijah came back to reality -- focusing on Charlotte. A part of him had got lost in the act of killing and he wasn't proud. But he wasn't going to lose Charlotte. He could only imagine the casualties he'd have once they evacuated properly. "You're outta your mind," Elijah shook his head, slipping his hands under the back of Charlotte's legs and neck, hoisting her up. "Just hold on. I'm not leaving you here to get shot at."

Hunter That smack would come later, if he survived the wound in his side, but the look of determination on her face told him that he wouldn't be going anywhere anytime soon, not if she had anything to say about it but his body told another story as his head rolled over onto his shoulder. He blinked in and out of consciousness until he found himself no longer underneath a tree with stabbing pain in his side but on a table with more unfamiliar faces leering down at him. Hunter wanted to move and yell, call for Diana or act like he didn't feel anything at that point but his body was numb, and his consciousness continued to slip away despite Diana's words. She wanted him to stick around, something he'd tried to do every time that he got lost in his head, but nothing was listening as blood pounded in his ears drowning out anything they could have been saying before he slipped off again, this time easily fading into black rather than fighting it as he'd been doing earlier.

Isaac Isaac flinched violently, one foot stepping back to get better footing to strike as he whirled on the new threat. He couldn't think, couldn't tell. The mind he had once trusted playing tricks on him as he struggled to tell whether the voice was coming from within his own mind. Gwen approached him, a war-torn valkyrie that he had seen ravaging so many that opposed them. She looked softer than he had ever seen her but also the most deadly as she managed to divide the two. He blinked at her, dazed. Sound muffling to white noise.

Lori She didn't know-- she didn't know who's wound to let go of. Terra handed her the radio, and she grabbed it with both hands, coated in blood, trembling. "Elijah? Charlie? It's-- It's Lori-- I need help. Terra and-- and Owen, they've both been hit. Are you both-- are you both okay? Over."

Rivka Rivka watched as everything started to calm down. She could hear the rain outside, the soothing sound of thunder. She could see the flashes of light. If she wasn't in the middle of gory battlefield, dying in the rain wouldn't be so bad. Rivka looked at the time on her watch. She remembered the words her father gave her when he gave her the watch. But today wasn't going to be that day. Rivka started to feel the pain in her shoulder. She winced as she put her gun back in its holster and moved slightly to assess the damage. She gritted her teeth, unable to tell if it was a through and through or if the bullet was still lodged in her shoulder. She couldn't quite tell if the bullet knicked anything, but her shoulder hurt like hell and the blood was flowing quickly.

Charlotte Charlotte allowed a smirk to touch her features, feeling herself being lifted by him. "Look at you, picking me up all Prince Charming like." The brunette teased, but she wasn't sure what was even wrong with her leg just yet. Had it broken? What else occured? The radio by her hip still released nothing but static. Her gaze drew forward, carefully making sure that they were heading in the right direction. "Do you think - Do you think they got him?"

Diana Unconscious. She saw him droop, every ounce of energy fading from his being. The only way to get him back to Fall city was to carry him and Diana knew she wouldn't be able to. Dragging him -- it was too far. She'd have to flag someone down or find another means of transportation. "Hunter. You're going to be okay. I promise, you're going to be okay." But she didn't know that. She didn't know how anybody was, how this was going to turn out.

Savannah Savannah growled at their back safety. " You stay here. " Thrill seeker, the girl held her gun and made it to both Isaac and Gwen, recognizing them. She pushed them. "Go, go -- This isn't over yet. "

Taeil It was a crucial moment. All the series of unfortunate events, every bit of it, were all for the sake of this moment. This had to work. This would better work. Doing exactly as Matt told, Taeil could feel his heart throbbing inside his chest when for a few seconds, nothing came out of the radio, then suddenly... Static.

Robert (Diana) Robert nabbed the girl and placed him by the bedside of Hunter. "He needs you. I have blood in him, but you need to stay with him, and keep an eye on his pulse. You call me if something happens, understand?" He moved the touch the boy with a hand before moving on.

Ada “I hope they do..” Promises, promises, promises. Why did they even bothered with it. Hands shook as stress crept through her body, it was a good thing Ivy wasn’t able to see her. Ada took a deep breath and just tried to put on her most bravest face. “We’re going to be okay and they are too.” But her voice cracked as she said it, betraying her cool.

Elijah "It's what I do," he teased, surprised even he could muster a sense of humor in this. He heard a buzzing of static on his radio and shook his head. Whatever someone was trying to tell him had failed. At Charlotte's question, he pressed his lips together into a thin line. "I hope so. If not, I'm going to kill the bastard myself. "

Terra Terra's senses started to dull. What Lori yelled into the radio was only a droning sound in her head. But she had made a promise. To Lori. To Dexter. And she would be damned if she broke that promise. So every time her eyes dropped, she forced them open again. But she could not keep up that kind of strength for very much longer. Her eyes closed for a longer period of time.

Tobias Tobias nodded a bit, glancing up at Aiden briefly before down at the boy. "He still had a pulse, he's still breathing - both are good signs. Right now there may not be much more we can do for him until he wakes --" his voice cut off short, quick, at the sound that pierced his ears - one too familiar and yet oh so horrifying. "Becca?!" He called, spinning on a heel to look in the direction the voice had come. The scene unfolded before him in slow motion - the building seeming to crumble before their eyes and fall in towards the little girl - the only family he had left. He was supposed to keep an eye on her - how had he let her stray from his side? In an instant he left Liam's side for Aiden's care and dove forward without thought, tackling the girl to the ground and enveloping his body around her's as the flaming debris crashed down around them.

Matt Matt had been holding his breath, waiting for the other to hold down the button to see if their plan had been successful. He let out a sigh of relief, Matt wanted to scream with joy but their mission was not over yet. They still had to keep communications up. "They won't be able to get their radios back up, if they want to do that they'll have to start again. You did good! you did really good." Matt wasted no time in making sure all the right wires were in their rightful spot. He even used the vest he'd given Taeil for the battery to dry up some of the water. Luckily the generator had a full tank. "Okay, generator should be good to go, I'm gonna try this now." Matt stood up to pull the cord, once... twice... three times. The generator rumbled, they waited a few moments and no sputter or back fire. "Good. communications will remain stable."

Ivy Holloway Biting her lower lip, the kid separated a few steps from the gates, looking forward to see if something was coming. Nothing. Lightnings were dangerous in forests. " I'd say we're fucked but Elijah told me not to curse."

Dexter With a grunt Dexter refocused his attention and finally reached his destination having provided cover for a bit longer. Slamming into the place with a bit more forcefully than he probably should have. At least he had made it. When his eyes found the scene that met him obviously it had been far too late. "What the fuck happened?"

Charlotte Her hands gripped on his shoulder, trying to keep herself still as they walked. "Let's check. The main hall was near the entrance, correct?" She spoke, watching as the silence drew upon them. Did the gunfire stop? Or was this just her finally realizing it all?

Gwen Gwen knew this struggle, having attempted to avoid her own battle against insanity with every new dawn that graced her features. "Come back," she spoke only to him, green irises trained on every visible feature of his expression. "Look at me. Come back to us. It's over, Isaac. It's over." As though she were addressing a wounded animal, the blonde gingerly brought a hand up to wipe some of the grime from his face. "We're going home."

Lori No response. Radio silence. "ELIJAH? CHARLOTTE? DO YOU COPY?" She screamed into the walkie, as if her volume would make them hear her. Terra's eyes were fluttering shut. Owen's face was paling. "Both of you-- just-- you can't-- stay awake!" She leaned over, pulled Terra's body closer, before smacking her sharply across the face. "Don't close your eyes, Terra, do you hear me?" She grabbed the radio again. "DOES ANYBODY COPY? WE NEED HELP-- WE'RE IN THE SECONDARY SHED. CHARLIE?"

Owen She was gonna die, the way she was bleeding out. He opened his mouth to cut Lori off -- this was /nothing/, he was /fine/ -- but Terra caught his attention with the sound her breathing made. He reached over to touch the tourniquet she'd made, watching her eyes for permission as he tugged it tighter on her leg. He didn't have any medical supplies. He didn't know how to fix something like this.

Elijah "Yes, let's check." Elijah kept hold of Charlotte, waiting to see anybody emerge -- friend or foe. But it had gone awfully quiet. Something was wrong or something was very right. He wasn't sure as he headed in the direction of the main hall. "How are you holding up?" He asked.

Cristine Cristine nodded and cleared her throat, moving on to the next person who was in need of medical attention, Grayson. "You still with me?" She questioned, snapping her fingers in front of the man to get his attention before she proceeded to gauge the damage.

Ivy Holloway Savannah watched Gwen talking to Isaac and understood. So she put herself as a shield. And protected them. Fuck, she wasn't meant to. Lord knows she wasn't meant to protect them at first but... " Gwen, we gotta go. "

Jesse "Stay with me, Terra," Jesse instructed, slipping out of his jacket and pulling off his teeshirt, using the fabric as a makeshift bandage to wrap around the wound and cut off the blood flow. The man beside him needed medical attention, too - Owen, Lori had said his name was. "Lori, talk to me," Jesse instructed as he tended to Terra, "What happened to him?"

Savannah Savannah watched Gwen talking to Isaac and understood. So she put herself as a shield. And protected them. Fuck, she wasn't meant to. Lord knows she wasn't meant to protect them at first but... " Gwen, we gotta go. " ****

Charlotte "I'm alright." Charlotte nodded, blinking slowly to keep herself from really feeling it. The pain that coursed through her leg. It trailed all the way through her, but she knew that she wasn't the worst one. There were others. She just hoped to God that their plan didn't cost a life. She didn't know what she would do with that weight on her. "You?" She asked, more so in the area if he was holding up well.

Terra The slam of the door startled her. The slap startled her. Terra coughed and found a comfortable place for her head. Her eyes fell shut again, Lori's shouts only a sound in the far distance, Dexter's voice a lullaby to sleep. She couldn't even make out the words. Her other hand finally fell from her thigh but was soon replaced by those of someone else. She had seen his face before. Terra remembered fixing the fence, but his name had slipped her mind. She forced her eyelids open again and stared at the ceiling. Her vision blurred with tears but she was too stubborn, even now, to cry.

Grayson Grayson gritted his teeth, forcing his eyes to open towards Cristine. The bullet was still lodged inside of him, but it wasn't a concern of his really. Not immediate. "Yeah." He blinked slowly, staring towards the beautiful woman before him.

Rebecca It was all Becca could do to scamper backwards as quickly as her small arms would carry her -- but it wasn't fast enough. She could tell even as she moved back. The clinic was in sight, but it was too far. No one would hear her -- no one ever heard her. Except then -- Toby's voice emerged over the sound of the flames, and Becca glanced back just in time to see her brother running toward her. Instantly relief flood her system, until she realized too late what he was doing. Another scream left her lips as flaming debris fell all around them, Toby taking the brunt of it. "TOBY!" His name tore past her lips in a moment of necessity, of panic, and she struggled to wriggle out from under him so they could move, so they could get out of there, because Toby was surely okay. Toby was invincible.

Isaac Isaac let his eyelids flicker as her hand swam into his field of vision, closer, reaching out toward him. He rocked backward on his feet as though debating fleeing, yet her fingers didn't hurt they merely smoothed over the grime caked onto him and he barely managed not to start at the touch. Nausea gripped him and he struggled tenuously to ignore the fresh brain matter clinging to his clothes. "Gwen." He said, as though learning a new word and tasting it on his tongue for the first time. He snapped abruptly back, a rush of sight and sound and touch gripping him and strangling the last vestiges of bravery out of him. Shoulders slumped as he moved away, staring off into the building where he had been tied up like an animal. It was over. For real. "I'm fine." He muttered, shaking his head and clenching his teeth.

Owen "I'm fine." There was ringing in his ear, and he could feel the blood starting to dry on his skin -- but all things considered, this could've been a lot worse. And he didn't want Lori answering for him. "She's lost a lot of blood," he said, instead, tilting his head at Terra. Felt like he was watching a tv show, with all the help he was giving. Useless. "I don't know if we -- we should carry her, I don't know where we'd take her."

Isaac "Thank you." Isaac breathed like it hurt him to the weapon with blonde hair standing beside him. "Close one." He tried to add jokingly, but it fell flat from the voidness of tone.

Lori That councilmen was there. She didn't know his name. But then so was Dex, and she let the walkie talkie drop from shaky fingers. Blood was drying under her fingernails. Terra's resolve was slipping. "They were both-- they were both shot--" a sob ripped through her chest. "Get them-- get them out of here. Dex, you--" with a shaky finger she pointed to Jesse. "Get them, /go/. Take them back to the clinic-- please-- take them. Terra. Terra. Wake up." Another hit. Hands shaking against her cheek. She glanced back at Owen, stroking a hand through his hair. "Stop it. You're not... You're not carryin' anybody anywhere." Her lips were shaking as she pressed a kiss to his forehead, then moved to kiss Terra, too. "Wake up, Terra, please." She was shaking her head, and it was hard to see Terra's eyes closed with the tears blurring her vision.

Cristine With firm yet gentle hands Cris helped lean Grayson forward and bit to see if there was an exit hole. "Glad to hear it pal." There was none. Damn, she'd only ever seen a Doctor manage such an operation but it was what she had to do. "The bullet is still in your shoulder, I'm gonna have to get it out." She commented, easing him back once again before trying to keep his gaze.

Taeil "Woohoo!" Everything worked out. Everything actually worked out. High-fiving Matt in celebration of their success, the once gloomy Taeil had turned ecstatic once again. "Alright, I'll report this to Aiden, 'kay? So she could go back in charge and I'll be the one keeping eyes on Liam, instead." As soon as he gained Matt's approval, the South Korean went straight to the clinic where Aiden had taken Liam to. "The communication has gone back up and running. You should go back to your post, I'll watch Liam."

Elijah "Okay, I could be better," Elijah said softly, eying Charlotte, making sure her wounds weren't bad. She was in a far better state than others, he had feeling. Suddenly, the static on his radio cleared, an array of voices coming through at once. Elijah brought it to his lips, his voice strong and powerful. "Attention everyone of Fall City. You are to leave the camp immediately. I repeat, you are to leave the camp immediately. We've done what we needed to do. Do you copy? Over."

Grayson "Fucking great." Grayson spat out, his body trembled against her grasp. It was shock most likely. His back finally rest against the sheet before glancing up at her. "Do what you need to do, sweetheart."

Gwen Savannah was right, they needed to move out of the compound and eliminate the remainder of the threat on the way, but she refused to budge until Isaac had returned to this plane of reality. "Just stay with me, alright? That's all I ask. Don't crack until we're back home, then you can be as insane as I am." For now, he was a necessity in their escape. Gwen nodded at Savannah and Axel, indicating the pair were ready to flee towards safety at the mark. "Those two," she nodded towards the injured Hannibal and Rivka. "How are you planning to get them out?"

Graham Graham appeared from the corner and looked to the door. "Strap Hannibal to the door. We'll drag him out. Get another door and put Rivka on it." He looked toward the blonde (Gwen) and nodded the question.

NBEadmin With Xavier dead and their group outnumbered, the few that survived the infiltration on Xavier's behalf began to retreat. If they weren't attacked by those of Fall City, they slipped through the gates, keeping their lives and the few belongings they had on them. Despite the injuries and the chaos, Fall City had won.

Dexter Lori was a mess and Terra was shot, fuck. With a quick step Dex moved over to Lori and cupped her face to be calming to the young woman. Then he dropped down to Terra and breathed in a deep breath. "Hold in there Soldier, I'm gonna get you back to safety." He told Terra, leaning down some to brush a hand over her head calmly. "Lori, I'm gonna need you to breath, you're going to help me alright?"

Terra Terra wanted to sleep. She imagined this was the exhaustion of months of patrol catching up on her. Besides, if she slept she couldn't cry which was also what she wanted to do. But not here. Not in front of Lori. Not in front of Jesse and Dexter, two men she admired and respected. Squeezing her eyes shut, she let out a shaky breath to calm her weakening heart. She felt a brush of lips at her head, familiar arms around her, a comforting whisper and she slipped into darkness.

Savannah The girl looked towards the corpses on the floor and then stared at all of them. Let bygones be bygones. She shrugged.

Cole Cole returns back to Fall City with more Twinkies than one man should be able to carry.

Kathryn Kathryn made her way to the clinic, dropping off what little medical supplies she did bring.

Hannibal Hann had come to terms with all that had occured, was ready for death and then he thought of her. With rigid movements he managed to sit. He moved again, working to his feet. He stumbled towards the doors and exited the building. He clutched his stomach with a sad look. "I...I just want to go home..." He didn't know what it was, but he was cursed it wasn't his time yet. He would have to live without them for longer now... He started back towards Fall City, stumbling. "Mona... I miss you." He walked alone, so that none of the others could see his tears. For in that brief moment where his life teetered on the edge, he saw her... His wife and that was more pain, than any bullet could ever cause.

Lori Dexter had her face in his hands, and she squeezed her eyes shut. Elijah's voice rung over the radio. It was done. It was time to go back. She glanced back over to Dex, wiping the tears away with blood-smeared hands. "I can't-- I can't leave him." She nodded her head down to Owen. She tried to even out her breathing, she really did-- "just-- take her. Take her. Now. Run, Dex-- I need you... Take her to the clinic." She glanced at Jesse then, "help me with him, would you?"

Robert The heart he didn't know was in his throat returned to his chest when he saw his sister, standing, among the chaos of the clinic, in what seemed to mostly fine. His hands, above the wrist, had blood on them, and down his shirt from the inflow of patients, mostly Hunter's. Trying to wash himself off quickly, he dried and snagged a new pair of gloves. On his way past his sister, he carefully pressed his lips to her hair and let actions speak what words could not manage.

Rivka As Rivka was pulled onto the door, she winced in pain. She shifted a little, removing her watch. She couldn't tell how bad the injury was. She didn't think she'd die, but just in case. Rivka grabbed Graham's arm as he passed. She handed him her watch. "If I die, I want you to smash the face of the watch to mark my time of death. Then, if you can, I want you to find my family...at least one member and tell them what happened. My last name is Shafir. My parents are Nessa and Ilan Shafir. My brothers are Levi and Arik. Please do this for me if my injuries are much worse than they seem."

Savannah Letting Gwen and Isaac and Axel do their thing, whatever it was, Savannah made it to find Lori in the end. She recognized the blonde locks and stuffled her nose. Right in Dexter's arms. With some sort of rivaldry, she shot at the floor. " Do you guys need help? "