40 Chapter 40 Shes still in her human form (2/2)
”Is there any word from Space-base on the condition of his PED? Copy.”
”The last report stated it had been upgraded past all previous upgrades.Then it went radio silent.There's no word on why, but it can be safe to assume he will take no new forms. Space-base has confirmed that they are spamming the retrieval code so the moment it comes back online, we should be able to go in. Copy.”
She had stopped shooting the laser gun and was checking the energy cartridge with a scowl.
”Worse than a whore on Wednesday!” she muttered angrily.
”What?” asked Dustin, after making sure his headphones were disabled.That was a new one on him.
”It's out already!Piece of crap!Why do all of these weapons have shit for ammo?”
”Maybe because they didn't want any prisoners to grab them and use them for a long time?” he suggested, disabling her headphones before tossing her the pieces of armor.He wasn't sure what all they did, but it couldn't hurt.
”Wait, I need to do one last thing to your PED,” he said, before she put the arm bracer on over it.
Disabling the fractal transceiver array, she looked at him incredulously as there was a puff of smoke and a few sparks.
”What the hell?” she said, glancing back and forth between her PED and him.
”I just disabled the fractal transceiver array so the PED's can't communicate with the Josagn.”
”Wait, these things came from them?”
”Yep. Ready to move to the next room?”
”Did you just say you disabled the antennae?”
”Yes?”
Snapping her last bracer in place, she nodded, and hefted the last gun from her duffle bag.Taking it back to the shelf with the other weapons, Dustin swept as many guns into it as it would hold, before joining her at the door.
Darting down the small hall, they kicked the door open, and were suddenly blinded.
Dustin ducked to the side, rolling until he came up against a wall, then slashed at the feel of feathers.Blood splattered as he connected solidly with someone, then, he felt the vibrations of someone running towards him.His visor kicked in, and suddenly he could see.
There was a flash grenade by the door shooting super bright lights, probably to blind them.
”They've reached the barracks!Repeat, they've…” the voice was cut off as Olivia shot the Josagn with her new gun.It shot a black electrical ball that, when it hit, expanded to cover the whole Josagn.He fell to the ground spasming, until smoke drifted up from the nostrils in his beak.
She nodded to him, and he looked around the room.There were beds lining the walls and clothing hanging from hooks, but not much else.The Josagn at his feet was breathing heavy as blood filled his lungs.Dustin's blind slash had caved in its ribcage.As he watched, it dropped another grenade.He didn't waste any time jumping at Olivia and the door.
There was another blinding flash, but this time, he could feel it burning the plates on his back.He couldn't imagine what it would do to Olivia, since she was still in her human form.