X-Com Chimera 31 [LazyKitsune]

[Lorielle]

Athena Loyalty: 11
"I.. um sure Major, but.. i would definitely recommend against that I umm.. well" You see the Templar tug on her collar, but she suddenly crosses her legs over her lap and her blush grows a bit deeper. "I didnt... think you enjoyed going commando, Major.. i'd at least recommend heading down to the locker room.. to get a new tanktop." She stops tugging on her collar and you watch her hand slide down over one of her breasts noticing the slight bump against her templar body suit where her nipple is.

"But you're the boss. If you'll excuse me Ma'am" She stands up rather quickly and you notice between her own legs was a rather sizable bulge as she hurries off to the showers.

[Lazy Kitsune]

My confusion grows at Athena's interjection, though its soon replaced with embarrassment once I follow her words enough to check my reflection and then look down at my tank top. "Oh... OH! My god! I... I see." I say, my arms folding over my chest, crossing in a professional stance to try and disguise the pose's true intent of covering my tits. I glance down and off to the side and clear my throat. "Thank you for your... observation, Athena. That has been... duly noted. I will... rectify this at once. Dismissed."

I clear my throat a second time as she leaves before heading to the locker room to quickly change into a less revealing top. Throwing off my tank top and casting it aside. I took my buttoned shirt with me and figured I'd learn from this experience, slipping on a rather plane black bra on before buttoning up my shirt once more before heading on my way to see Raven.

[Lorielle]

You clear off the locker room behind athena, shes seemed to have picked a locker closest to the shower door, you see briefly the toned and creamy butt of your subordinate as she doesnt even bother with a towel shuffling in and hurriedly turning on one of the shower heads to full blast. For your part it only takes you a few moments for you to change into something much more presentable for your remaining squadron. The dry polyester sliding over you and gently clinging to your still sweat-slicken form. It wasnt unpleasant but due to how the bra is constructed you get a sense of tightness as it forms to your figure quite tightly.

Luck Roll: 7
But you make your way out of the locker room when suddenly the alarm blares. A loud claxon sounds as a priority message comes through on your main terminal. Aloe having already stationed herself at it and shouts out from atop the mezzanine. "Ma'am! Priority call from 31PD its the commissioner!" She shouts, pushing the button to allow the face of a woman who has dealt with too much bullshit come through.

"Chimera Squad, this is sudden, but we're badly in need of assistance, The War Memorial museum has been attacked and the Mayor is being held hostage, we need you and Chimera Squadron to suit up and get here pronto. Commossioner Maloof out." The sense of urgency spreads throughout the whole team as Athena comes blasting out of the shower door next to you a towel in hand and her hair still soapy.

"I heard the alarm are we on deck?" She says looking to you with a fierce determination.

Monsoon & Athena gain +1 to all stats for the upcoming mission

Now was the chance for Chimera squad to prove itself, but it would be smart to discuss rules of engagement for your Squadron here on out, they will do their best to follow your lead, but there will be times where you will be unable to lead them and they will need to try and follow your example when you arent there.

[Lazy Kitsune]

"Shit." I mutter. It seems we'll be called to action much sooner than I would like, and it seemed like a serious mission to start us out with. "Alright everyone, suit up. We need all hands on deck for this one!" I announce, before turning to Athena, too focused on getting to action to react to her nudity. "You heard right, suit up immediately. Seems we'll both have to be a bit damp for this one." I pull open by shirt, not even bothering to unbutton and just pulling to get it off fast, throwing it aside before returning to my locker to get into my proper active duty gear, gesturing for Athena to follow suit. Getting geared up as quickly as possible, I head to the APC and await for the team to gather, getting them inside and moving before giving them their briefing.

"Alright Chimera Squad! We're up against an unknown number of hostiles. The War Memorial museum has been attacked and we have one high profile hostage confirmed, like many more on top of that. We'll learn more once we reach the scene. Our priority is keeping civilians alive, we need to get in and extract as many of the hostages as we can. The preference for hostiles is to capture, not kill, but in a live fire situation don't put yourself or others at needless risk in order to accomplish this. No one is expendable here. Is that understood?"

[Lorielle]

Athena nods at your words. "Loud and clear Ma'am." You can see the corners of her lips turn upright for a brief moment as she follows in behind you to the locker room tossing aside her towel her towel as she retrieves her combat gear from her locker. Following soon after are Monsoon and Aloe who need to gear up, the only missing one is Raven, but presumably the man was already dressed in his duty uniform. Still the four of your get dressed in record time and make way for the APC as you lay out the rules.

All listen along and nod, you can sense a light amount of trepidation, but all save Aloe have been in dangerous situations before and you can all see them look to you for guidance. Once you finished they give you a salute. "Yes Ma'am!" They shout in unison as you board the APC and head out on your way. Flying out of the vehicle bay and onto the singular bridge that connected you to the mainland. Thankfully the War Memorial Museum was close by located in Downtown it only took minutes for you, sirens blaring, to force your way through the traffic and onto the scene.

The building was surrounded, helicopters flew overhead and 31PD officers stood outside of their cars, guns aimed at all possible exits and entrances to the museum. You were given a briefing along the way, there were at least 15 known assailants, the Mayor is the highest priority VIP, but many affluent people are being held in the main lobby. So far no ransom or attempt to negotiate has occurred and no one knows who or what is attacking the Museum, they only know that Mayor Nightngale is help hostage somewhere in the building.

The lot of you exit out of the APC and all eyes turn to you. Decked out in military grade gear people whisper as you scan the horizon of reporters and civillains. Raven is the first to speak up. "Ma'am, you want me inside there or on a nearby roof, the Museum has plenty of windows but i cant guarantee i'll be able to see every opfor."

[On a roof Raven would provide occasional flanking fire against enemies based on a luck roll outside of the turn order as well as intel about upcoming breaches]
[With the squad Raven would act as a member of the timeline and you'll be able to give him clear orders on how to act and proceed]

[Lazy Kitsune]

Sadly there wasn't anyone prepared to offer more intel once we arrived, so we only had our eyes to fill us in on what was going on. Some unknown group had taken the museum, though with no attempt at ransom being made we can't be sure as to their intentions. We couldn't wait around to find out. Procedure was to breach and clear, moving as fast as we can to take out the hostiles. Not too dissimilar to my old resistance days, only know I couldn't blow up the building as a last resort.

"I want you on that roof, Raven." I say, gesturing up to a nearby building. "We don't know how many hostiles we're dealing with, so even if you don't have eyes everywhere, any intel you can give us ahead of time is valuable. The rest of you, with me. We're going in hot. Breach and clearing the front door, we can't waste any more time."

[Lorielle]

"You've got it Ma'am, radio in a moment." Raven skulks off with their sniper rifle shoulderded, quickly looking for some sort of roof access to get the best vantage point possible. The rest of the team falls in behind you, the only question now was Where to breach first?

From where you were standing there were 2 probable breach points: The front door, or to repel from the roofs and bust in through the second floor windows that overlooked the main lobby.

From the brief given to you on the ride over, the majority of hostages were clustered in the main lobby at the front door, and for now you'll want to keep everyone together to maximize effectiveness. The front door would allow you to see as many of the hostiles as possible as well as catching a good few off guard with such an audacious approach.

The Window would give you the drop of a good few who might be standing out in the open and nail them before they could even react, but those who dont realize you breach will hear and see the gunfire and a few civilians may go down as a result.

As you consider your options Raven radios in. "In position Ma'm, i have a good view of the ground floor and second floor mezzanine, i read about 6, possible 8 hostiles in total. 4-6 confirmed on the ground 2-4 on the second floor. Say the word and i'll drop 'em"

[Lazy Kitsune]

"Be ready to start opening fire as soon as we breach, Raven." I issue my order before gesturing for my squad to follow me up to the main entrance. Though the window would give us a better chance of taking out some hostiles early, getting spotted on that approach would put the hostages at too much risk. Going through the front door should hopefully keep all their attention on us and it'll open up a way for any civilians to get out as quickly as possible. "Monsoon, when I give the word, breach. Athena, you and I will flank Monsoon and lead the charge in. Aloe, you cover us as we move in and then follow behind into cover. Ready? On my mark. Three, two, one... mark!"

With the orders given, all that was left to do was carry them out and perform as well as we could.

[Lorielle]

All of the women nod to your orders agreeing with the sentiment that civilians need to be protected to ensure no harm comes to them. All of you line up on either side of the door with Monsoon in the lead position a large boot ready to kick in the door as you give the countdown. You take up the second position in the line, then Athena, then Aloe acts as the team's Anchor. The sound of sirens and helicopter blades seem to be drowned out as you begin your countdown.

"Mark!" Monsoon repeats back to you as she kicks open the door and all of you rush in, this was the moment and that was when you saw the crowded front lobby. Civies were seated on the ground, looking around nervously, all except a few seemed dress for a formal gathering, the few that werent were likely staff of the museum itself. A few had bruises, but none seemed to be in critical condition. The only thing you saw was that around them were humans and aliens alike standing around with weapons that wouldnt look out of place in the hands of former advent or xcom.

On the Ground Floor you see:
2 Hitmen [Human] Surprised
1 Bruiser[Human] Aggressive
1 Legionnaire[Muton] Suprised
1 Paladin[Sectoid] Alert

On the far side of the lobby on the second floor:
1 adder[viper] Surprised
1 hitman [human]X Dead

Raven Attack: 13 Hit!
Damage: Auto Crit: 6 Damage!
Second Floor Hitman Downed
But before the heavily armed human on the second floor could even react to your team bursting through the front door the sound of shattering glass and thud is heard as your team pulls up their arms. The hitman was down further disorienting the foes all around. You can see that you managed to catch the majority of people off guard with the breech, most dont know how to react and the only two that seemed likely to do anything in response was a Sectoid with a turban and scarf wrapped around their face, and an armed human carrying a ballistic shield his pistol poised on the front door.

[Lazy Kitsune]

Surveying the area before me as quickly as I can, I have mere moments to act before all of these armed individuals would start returning fire. They seemed to be a mix of human and alien in composition, and were equipped to a military standard. Given they had aliens among them, that ruled out EXALT, so perhaps the UnReclaimed then. This was something I could confirm later, for now I had to act. Identifying which of the hostiles nearby seemed to be reacting the most to our presence, I pivot and open fire at the human with the shield on the ground floor.

Asa Attack: 17 Hit
Damage: 6

The target went down and I carried on moving, pressing further in to try and reach some cover before these enemies have a chance to start returning fire.

[Lorielle]

Breach!
Monsoon aims at Paladin: 4! Miss
Reliable 2 Paladin takes 2 damage 4/6
Athena aims at Paladin: 13 Hit!
Paladin takes 3 damage: 1/6
Paladin Panic resist: 11 Pass!
Aloe aims at Legionnaire: 8! Miss

Timeline: Asa > Legionnaire > Paladin > Monsoon > Hitmen > Athena > Hitmen > Aloe > Adder

A cacophony of gunfire rings out in the opening seconds of your assualt. Your combat experience allows you the opening salvo as you drop the most heavily armored combatant right away, followed by Monsoon leading the charge with her magnetic shotgun she fires on the sectoid just narrowly scraping it, Athena picks up on the danger of this combatant and fires a salvo of pistol rounds from her gun at the same target dropping him to his nears. For a moment it looks like the alien was ready to surrender, but she scurries off to cover to avoid any more hits.

Finally Aloe, unable to draw a bead on the sectoid aims for the next most pressing target the large muton with his own shotgun. She fires a burst his way, but the cover he was in and the fact he was near civies means her shot goes wide. The gunfire draws to a silent close as all sound in the world seems to resume as your team take cover behind some furniture and pillars flanking the entrance. The hostiles are too stunned from the breach to move into more advantageous positions, you need to draw down their numbers fast.

[Lazy Kitsune]

Though not many targets went down during the initial breach, we seemed to have the upper hand in terms of disorientating the hostiles in the area. As I assessed the situation, I worked on both finding my next target to shoot as well as seeing what other support I could offer my team to keep them at full efficiency. Athena had wanted to see some of my psi-operative skills in action, so I might as well start with her. Directing some of my focusing towards her I reach out with my mind to help bolster her, my subconscious strengthening her own mind with a mind meld.

The subconscious of both participants had an interesting way of shaping the mind meld link, often building upon shared experience to make the connection click. With the limited pool of shared experience between Athena and myself, there were only a few particular memories to draw from that ended up shaping my straightforward intent of bolstering her focus and giving the experience of the mind meld a life of its own. In the corners of our minds dedicated to this psionic connection, we both experienced the sensations of my sweat slick, naked body pressing up against her own naked body, still wet from her show. My tits pressed softly against her back as my hands trailed gently along her arms, finding her hands and helping steady her grip on her pistol. "You've got this." I whisper in her ear. "Show me what you can do."

At the same time, I readied my weapon at the muton, hoping to take out one of the seemingly larger threats fast before it could cause too much damage.

Asa Attack: 10
Damage: 5

[Lorielle]

Mind Meld Athena: +2 Defense +1 Aim +1 Will

The link is holding strong, but theres more to it than you remember, maybe it was due to the fact that Athena was a fellow psionic, but the sensations of your bodies shifting around together as one felt all the more real. Occupying a good portion of your mental capability to just maintain the link you could feel your body heat up, but whats more was you felt Athena's body against your own. If your mind could display picture-in-picture you felt a return sensation of Athena's toned and svelt body against yours, but whats more was the bulge you remember from your sparring session, you remember it, but not you feel it trailing up and down your leg as the link joins the two of you. A brief mental flash of her weighty psionic dick occupied your mind even encouraging you and her to fight harder.

Legionnaire aims at Asa: 6! Miss!
This fantasy however is a cut short by the shouting of noise and rage as you unload a salvo of magnetic rounds into the Legionnaire who roars with pain. He dives for some low cover before lifting his shotgun over the little lip of cover he had and blasts you with a burst of plasma. The blast thankfully only scorches the heavy stone pillar that was the column you took cover behind.

Paladin uses Mind Meld on Hitman 1
Further away and still gasping from the wounds it had suffered the Sectoid decides the best course of action is to throw out psionic assistance to one of his comrades, the Hitman Closest to Monsoon, glowing purple tendrils reaching out and marking the Paladin's location.

Monsoon movement: 21 She flanks the Paladin
Monsoon Aims for the paladin: 4 Miss!
Paladin takes 2 damage from reliable! Dead
Hitman 1 is stunned for 1 round
Monsoon sees the Paladin's new position and rushes for them, pulling up a few meters on its flank while ensuring she had cover from her other opponents and pulling the trigger on them dropping them as a few magnetic pellets splatter the sectoid's chest. The purple link it had to the Hitman violently vibrates as it reaches to the human it was connected to dropping him to his knees as he recovers from the shock of losing his mind meld partner.

Hitman 1 Skipped turn
Athena movement: 11
Athena Attempts to subdue Legionnaire: 19!
Legionnaire takes 3 damage, Subdued! 0/8 HP
With the Hitman temporary incapacitated Athena sees this as the opportunity to take out the largest threat in the room, her cover was nearer to him anyway making it a short sprint to get into position to engage the large muton in hand to hand. Thankfully, with him focusing on the heaviness of his wounds he doesnt notice when a comparatively smaller human woman sprints up and decks him across the face with her free hand dropping him to the ground. You see energy gather around Athena, this so called "focus" Templars rely on as the swiftness of her barrage allows her to reposition out from the open area she had found herself in.

For a brief moment through the mind meld you can feel Athena's elation and adrenaline, seemingly spiking your own. She was enjoying this, the danger, but there was something on top of it as well. You feel her eyes shifting back to your position, did she target the legionnaire because it was the most logical next target or did she target it for some other reason involving you. The feelings were present if a bit muddy, but you can tell she wants your attention in more ways than one.

Hitman 2 Moves toward Monsoon,
Hitman 2 Aims at Monsoon: 18! Hit
Damage: 0! Hyper-reflex is expended!

The feelings would need to wait however as the other free human makes his move, his comrades down for the count he goes for the agent most isolated from the team. Attempting to flank monsoon he only manages to get into close range before unloading a salvo of bullets from his assault rifle, but despite his aim Monsoon ducks under the barrel of the gun just as the man pulls his trigger, an act only best seen in slow motion as the entire burst flies over her head.
Raven Support: 14
Raven aims at hitman 2: 12! Hit
Damage: 9! Overkill 0/6

Before the human could even take aim a second time another window shatters upon impact with a bullet and the hitman is sprawled across the floor with a magnetic round lodged into the back of his chest leaving on the other hitman on this floor and the viper on the second floor.

Aloe moves to the Stunned hitman
Aloe attempts to convince him to surrender: 4! Fail
Seeing the situation on the ground floor more or less mopped up Aloe avoids firing off her rifle instead taking a position opposite of the hitman and aims her rifle squarely in his chest. "Give it up mate, you dont wanna end up on the ground like the rest of your friends." Her tone and demeanor arent too convincing however and while the hitman is shaking off his mental fog this gives the adder an opporunity to fire upon the young woman.

Adder Aims at Aloe: 18!
Damage: 1! 9/10 Aloe
With an opportunity and the height advantage the adder has no trouble letting off a salvo of hot plasma, thankfully though the adder's poor eyesight meant his aim was just off the mark scraping Aloe's should and more singing her rather than truly wounding her.

Round 2 Timeline: Asa >Hitman 1 > Monsoon > Adder > Athena > Aloe

[Lazy Kitsune]

Keeping the mind meld going, I feel the feedback from Athena's strong mental presence fill my body with unexpected warmth. Its not enough to distract me from the battle, my mind used to managing psionic links while also engaging in combat. Though mind melds were never a predictable experience, the connection often manifesting in wildly different ways per individual. The connection with Athena continued to prove a unique one as my intent of supporting her was interpreted by her mental filter of Athena's sense of accomplishment - and whatever else she might be feeling. The psionic projection of myself acted to convey the support I desired it to, but in a way I had no control over - instead guided by the conscious and subconscious feelings and thoughts of Athena at the moment. It was not something to judge someone over as few had control over their subconscious, but Athena's strong psionic presence made the sensations feel all the more real to me.

"Well done." My psionic image whispers in her ear, my hands sliding lower across her body. "You're so strong..." I let out a breathy sigh, lowering myself to my knees, my psionic projection puppeteered by Athena's pride in her recent success. "So powerful..." I hear my voice continue as I start to kiss along her body. I feel the taste of her skin on my lips even as my real mind scans for the next enemy to fire upon. "So impressive." my psionic projection lets out, opening up my mouth and taking in her cock. I feel it in my own mouth, as if I was really sucking her off. It was an unusual experience, but for as long as the connection proved to be a boon in the fight it was worth keeping up.

I focused my next attack on the adder, eager to return fire against the foe that had just injured Aloe.

Asa Attack: 15
Damage: 6

[Lorielle]

An argument could be made that the world of the subconscious was the real world. No lies, no preconceptions, just base desires. As your psionic projection moved about in your periphery.. the sensations you were giving to Athena, the soft whispers, the movement of your body and finally feeling your lips psionically wrapping around Athena's cock. You could feel the Templar's response instantly. The adder clattering to the ground doesnt even seem to register as the projection seems to take up more than just a small part of your peripheral vision.

No, a heavy wave of soothing pleasure washes over you as the projection works her mouth along Athena's dick. You even hold your mouth open slightly, gulping for air as the sides of the cock seemed to slide back and forth between your lips like a ghost, each passing second the physicality of the link growing more real. Monsoon and Aloe managed to convince the final human to laydown his weapons and surrender peacefully. Athena is locked for a moment, but her visor turns to you for a brief moment as a flash of light gathers and glimmers in your vision and you year her voice. "And you Major.. so beautiful, but not at all commanding." The projection was proudly standing over you in your vision as another second passes and the projection seems to grab the back of your head and forcing your back and forth along the length of her cock. You could feel it in your throat now, while nothing was there actually blocking the airflow you had difficultly using your mouth for more than a garbled moan, forced to resort to your nose just to breathe.

Athena had already moved on to helping hostages out of the lobby when your (accidental) concentration on the projection takes a back seat to a radio blast from Raven. "Ma'am movement on the second floor, i dont see many hostiles, but something is going on back there. We should hurry up, let 31PD handle the hostages." He says the crackle of the radio sounding off. When you return to the task at hand your feel your throat muscles tensing up every few seconds, the projection was using your head as nothing more than a hole for its pleasure. Feeding that feeling of strength and impressiveness... it was almost enough for you to want to accept your position at Athena's feet.... the projection fading a little to the background a small but constant reminder of pleasure and submission, as your team make ready to breach the second floor.

"6 Hostiles" Raven calls out and only 1 way in, time to decide who goes first this time.

[Lazy Kitsune]

My mouth parts in a small 'o', like I was doing my best imitation of a fish, while I felt my cheeks flush. Bonding with another with psionic talents, even if those of a templar were wildly different to my own, had an unexpected intensity to it, but there was no denying its effectiveness. Still, if Athena tried to push the attitude expressed in the mind meld to the physical world, we may have to have words about the chain of command.

Raven's communication grounds me once more and I let out a staggered gasp, licking my lips before answering the radio. "Understood. Be ready to take the shot as soon as we breach." Gesturing to the rest of my team to follow me to the next position, I figure we should make full use of the benefits of the mind meld I was currently maintaining. "Athena, you're on point this time. Rush in and make the most of the boost I'm giving you. Monsoon, you follow in after with me. Aloe, you take up the rear again and provide covering fire as needed. Let's move people!"

[Lorielle]

"Copy that Ma'am." Athena says with little acknowledgement of the projection that surely the both of you were seeing. Still this wasnt really the time to dwell as the squad stacks up on a set of double doors and Athena readies the signal to proceed. Aloe stood on the opposite end of the door frame, you were directly behind Athena and Monsoon was right behind you. On Athena's signal Aloe throws the door open and the Templar rushes inside, moving like lightning towards the nearest available target which in this case was a Bruiser carrying a shield.

You follow behind and confirm the hostile count, 6 of them. Raven was on the money.
Breach Phase:
1 Hitmen [Human] Aggressive
1 Bruiser[Human] Surprised
1 Legionnaire[Muton] Alert
1 Paladin[Sectoid] Surprised
1 Python [Viper] Alert

Athena is half way to the Bruiser when one of the windows is cracked open by Raven.
Raven Aim: 24! Crit!
Damage: 9x2= 18!
Legionnaire Dead!

And before the glass from the window shattering could even hit the ground, the largest target in the room slumps to the floor a hole in the back of its head.

[Lazy Kitsune]

Athena conducted herself with professionalism despite the nature our meld had taken. Perhaps the feedback I got from her was utterly subconscious. In which case, I shouldn't be so concerned. psionic links like this can often have unexpected side effects, especially when formed in a high stress environment. She likely had little control over what her subconscious was doing with the link, even with her Templar training. It was best to help her be at ease for now so she could focus on the fight - my intent to comfort her being translated in the filter of our connection into the projection of myself gently rubbing my hands across her thighs and cupping her balls lovingly as she fucks my mouth.

Whatever was happening with our projections, the link was working to bolster Athena's effectiveness as she dashes through the doors. With no link of his own, Raven shows himself to also be in top form, taking out the largest hostile as soon as we enter the room. I follow in shortly after Athena's entry, intent on covering her. Spotting one of the hostiles reacting faster than the others, I focus on them, shooting to take out the Human Hitman.

Asa Attack: 14
Asa Damage: 5

[Lorielle]

Athena Phys Bruiser:10! Miss!

Athena bull rushes the bruiser, coming down against the shield bearer, but he seems to be quicker on the draw than his compatriots, raising his shield in the way of Athena's psi-blades and pushing her back before she can tear into him with the psionic energy. "Damnit." She curses out the momentum fading away she scrambles for nearby cover but is isolated from her squad as a result.

Your own shots land true on the hitman however, landing mostly center of mass as your burst tears into the man, dropping them to one knee, they still seem to be up however!
Hitman Panic test: Nat 1
Hitman Surrenders!
But despite their earlier aggressive stance, the hail of bullets coming their way and reminding him that he hung on the edge of death the man instantly throws his gun to the side and lies down on the ground clearly not wishing to perish this day clutching his wounds so he doesnt also bleed out.

Monsoon Aim at Python: 7! Miss
Python: 2 damage from reliable 6/8 HP
Monsoon for her part was ready to finish the man off, but seeing his display she shifted targets on a dime towards the singular python in the back corner of the large conference room. The flurry of it leaves her shot going wide, but thankfully the shotgun's spread in doors means the python is still winged at the very least.

Aloe Aims Paladin: 12! Hit
Paladin takes 5 damage! 1/6 HP
Paladin Panic Test: 13! Pass!
Aloe follows in close behind Monsoon's large form, the limited view and not wanting to accidently clip her own ally meant her options were limited, thankfully a valuable target was clearly visible. A sectoid was out in the open and Aloe throws a few shots his way nailing them. The let out a scream of pain, but they seem to still be up if deeply wounded.

Timeline!
Asa > Python > Bruiser > Athena > Monsoon > Paladin > Aloe

The initial cacophony over everyone scrambles for cover and you take a deep breath against a flipped over table. The python was the furthest from you on the opposite side of the room over near Athena, the bruiser was still up as well and basically next the templar as well, the paladin was the closest target and you doubt you needed to reposition to get a hit on him.

[Lazy Kitsune]

One of them surrendered. A smart move. We'd have to secure him once his friends were dealt with first, however, and apart from Raven, no one else was able to down a hostile yet. To make matters worse, Athena was pinned between two hostiles. If she took too much fire while our meld was active, it would be bad for the both of us. While I had a decent shot on the Paladin, helping Athena was the priority right now.

Asa WP: 19/25

Tapping into my psionic abilities, I Phase Walk over towards Athena's location, getting behind the Bruiser to help turn the tables in our favour. I open fire as soon as I phase back into reality, hoping my flanking manoeuvre would stop them from taking advantage of flanking Athena.

Asa Attack: 7
Damage: 4