[pistolgrip]

Jackhammer notes Al's commands and realizes Robyn has taken the cyber-dive. He chucks his bow to the man and picks up Robyn, heading for the van. "Use your own fragging keys!" He yells back as he moves with super-metahuman speed.

[adamu]

Al caught the ork's bow and then craned his neck to look up at the big guy as he approached with his human cargo.

"Heh heh, what I mighta said 'bout there bein' a spare key...well..." And with that, seeing Jackhammer's hands were full of elf, he deftly reached into the ork's armor where he'd seen him secrete the key and fished it out. Hopping into the car and popping the trunk and passenger doors, he tore a slap patch open and applied it to the back of his hand while Jackhammer loaded the hacker in. Watching the drones swirling into the air overhead, he hoped she was doing some good out in virtual la la land.

[obidancer]

Sorry friends, but we really need your help now
Deckard called upon his bound spirits, first addressing get his Air Elemental.
Find and disable the mage who's hindering us, all means necessary!

Then he called upon the powerful Ghost he had bound some time ago already.
friend, cast on me and maintain the spell I imbued in you.

That said he didn't waste any second and turned toward the hound laying on the floor. He gather some Mana and levitated the paracreature to him. Now holding the weightless animal he ran to Isaint's car, with the enhanced speed of the priestess' spirit and yelling at the drone inside Albert, open the trunk!

He put the hound inside and climbed in the car.

Things were slowing down as the spirit spell was taking effects. He used this extra time to manipulate the Mana once again. Now out of the Static zone, he felt like he was bathing in magic.
He looked at the Van, took a deep breath, knowing what he was going to do could very well knock him out since had yet to recuperate from the strain of the casting of the Mana Barrier at the Angel's.

His goal was simple: lift the massive vehicle and flip it over on its roof.

[Mercy Merchant]

The power of the matrix crackles around her as Robyn unleashes the spike against the RCC and feels it go offline.  She expects that the rigger was jacked in and suffered some damage and the speed of the RCC disappearing should mean that her opponent will be feeling the effects of dump shock as well.  Her defenses fend off an attack from the decker and her avatar howls at the continued contest.  The first step is to locate the enemy deck and she reorganizes her deck to aid her by strengthening the firewall to fend off what she is sure will be another attack on her. 

[Aria]

[Sunday July 5th, 2076; Met Safehouse, Harrow, London]
 
While Jackhammer and Al bundle Robyn into one car and Deckard wrestles Al2 towards Isaint’s vehicle Yukika searches for the unseen mage or other threat.  A rustle of movement from within the safehouse shows one of the attackers dragging his fallen team member back towards the front of the building and the feed from outside shows the bloodied figure at the south west corner dragging himself painfully back towards the insertion vehicle…
 
The other van rocks as Deckard exerts his will upon it, only to feel the grip of the other mage try and disrupt his spell casting…
 
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#41

[Jack_Spade]

Isaint saw his shots hit home, but taking no effect at all. With dawning horror he recognized the man's movements: This guy had replaced his arms and legs for cyber versions. This was bad - really bad.
A little message from Arthur showed that he had been hit as well from his opponent, but had sustained no damage. Isaint didn't have the time to think about his drone's fortune - he was to much occupied with his own.
Desperate to get out of the line of fire from the first van's occupant, Isaint jumped back around the corner where he had come from.
Full body armor meant no chance of using one of his grenades. He was hurt and his opponent was unlikely to succumb to his wounds any time soon.
This was if anything a job for magic. And he was sure to call out to Karasu, Rick or even Al if he found a second to concentrate on anything else than his immediate survival.

The cyborg had gotten to his feet and opened fire at Isaint - again. The hit had slowed him down but Isaint managed to avoid being shot a second time if barely. He really needed to do something against the man's weapon. Waiting for the tank to run out of ammo really wasn't an option...

#374

[Mercy Merchant]

Robyn dodges another of the opposing decker's data spikes and considers her options.  There are a lot of hidden icons in the area and the decker is apparently using a wrapper program to conceal his icon.  That is the bad news.  The good news is that the decker is using a wrapper program, because that means one less other useful program on the deck.  Instead of expending more effort on finding the hidden deck, she switches tactice, going for the gun used by the man opposing ISaint and sends a massive data spike at it, attempting to brick it.

The gun almost explodes as its internal components fry and spark, threatening to set the man on fire and causing him to swear and jump back, dropping the gun, now no more than an unwieldy high tech club.

[Aria]

[Sunday July 5th, 2076; Met Safehouse, Harrow, London]

Al sends his car screaming across the parking area towards the hovering van and the animal handler now devoid of cover…for a moment it looks like he is going to make a break for cover but clearly realises the futility of the action and instead raises his rifle to his shoulder and pumps a steady stream of armour piercing sabots through the front windshield before being vaulted through the air and over the roof of Al’s car like a wet rag…to land with a sickening thump behind the fleeing vehicle.

Seeing his colleague being flattened the cyborg stops pursuing Isaint and turns his attention on Al’s vehicle and with careful aim sends a tightly controlled burst of fire at the engine block… before his gun explodes in his hands...

The driver in the first stepvan turns his attention to Arthur but having seen previous failures to oust the metal monster also targets the vehicle he is in…

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#42

[Jack_Spade]

Isaint noticed the return fire against his car and the malfunctioning gun of his opponent at the same time. 'Shit, the dog is in the car'
A change of tactics was in order - if the cyber warrior had a back up weapon he'd have to deal with it later - for the moment he had to stop the driver of the first Van. Isaint stepped back into sight, his own weapon raised and steady. Even from here he could see that the Van would provide almost as much armor cover as a small tank. But for once the occupant wasn't his target. To shoot the man still had to lean out with his weapon and although it was an SMG, it still was to large to pull comfortably back in every time he took cover.
Drawing in air and releasing it with his "Vade Retro" and the pull of the trigger he sent a full salvo at the exposed weapon, making the weapon drop from the man's hand. Isaint cursed inwardly as the weapon didn't drop more than half a meter to the ground. Still, if the guy wanted the weapon back he'd have to get out of his car...

[obidancer]

The Powerful Air spirit manifested behind what looked like a child looking through a scope. Next to him another spirit form was ready to defend him. When Deckard's spirit unleashed a blast of electricity, the Gnome spirit had no choice but to take on the full blast to protect its master.

Abord! though Deckard at his spirit as a reflex. The feeling he got from the Spirit was faint but to his understanding, it was a kid who was casting Mojo at everyone. If Deckard had killed before and will do it again, he would never deliberately harm a child!
Trying to stay focused on the massive floating Van to not lose his grip on it, he clarified his last command: non-lethal only! Keep the target alive!

He mentally moved the Van toward the other one, rising it up in the air and slowly tilting it to be turned hood down.  Bullets were flying not far from him, but luckily ISaint Morgan was protecting him. 

[adamu]

Al had started his run for the handler planning to drift right at the last minute and use the driver's side of his car to crush the guy against the side of the van, but was delighted to see the van rise into the air, leaving the man standing in the open. Well, Rick had said he was a master of telekinesis, which, as brands of Satanism go, was not the worst. The split second it took the guy to realize he was exposed was time he didn't have, though he still managed to spray Al's windshield with armor-piercing rounds in the moment between having his femurs shattered and being thrown over the top of the car. One round nicked Al's ear, but the shatterproofing held and the resin screen stayed mostly intact.

"Stop, look, an' lissen, asshole."

Glancing into the rearview to check on Yukika and Robyn, Al's eye instead caught the distant figure back by the safehouse raising his weapon. Al instantly downshifted and yanked on the wheel, sending his car clear of his attacker's burst as he described a tight one-eighty amid the screech of burning rubber. Now facing the man, Al watched his weapon explode in a shower of sparks, which answered his question about whether Robyn was okay.

"Good thing, ya sumbitches," he muttered to the voodoo gods. "Ol' Al woulda fired the lot o' ya, an' don't think I wouldn't."

The shadow surrounding Al reminded him he was stopped directly beneath the van, which instead of peacefully floating was shaking violently. Not good to be under it. A touch on the gas and Al was roaring back to pick up Jackhammer, even as the airborne van began flying towards the landbound one.

[Aria]

[Sunday July 5th, 2076; Met Safehouse, Harrow, London]

From a few seconds of apparent superiority your attackers seem to be reeling from your combined counterattack but they could hardly be said to be defeated yet…the driver of the van hurriedly closes his window as the hail of buckshot washes over his vehicle and he then slams the vehicle into a rapid reverse to attempt to pick up the cyborg

In the astral Deckard’s spirit is predictably punishing its smaller sylphlike brethren that is standing between it and the gnome mage but the moment of delay is enough for her to perceive the astral a controlled stunbolt at the intruder, sadly to little effect against the might of Deckard’s summoning and she soon succumbs to its not so gentle ministrations…

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#43

[Mercy Merchant]

Robyn narrowly avoids taking any damage from the third data spike sent her way and responds by sending a spike to the cyber eyes of the cyborg, feeling that she should have tried that before going for his gun last time.  Lesson learned.  After all, if he is suddenly blinded, he might be at a real disadvantage.

Sure enough, the eyes cease functioning completely in a rather dramatic fashion as sparks fly out and inward.  The tank drops the sonic rifle he is carrying and puts his hands to his eyes, almost clawing at them to get the pain to stop and prevent the sparks from burning a hole into his brain.  Almost crazed, he stumbles forward directly into the path of the van, whose driver is unable to stop in time to avoid hitting the man.

[Jack_Spade]

The tide had turned against their attackers. But Isaint was not content to let them escape, just to turn around and hit them again. With another fluid movement he brought the running cyborg into his sights, aiming for the man's feet. The guy might be armored like a tank, but that gave him the same problems of mobility.
"Vade retro." Isaint shot another burst - this time a the heels of the fleeing man. The bullets sparked as they ricochet from the man's armor, but the impulse was enough to make the man stumble and stagger, disturbing his timing just enough to prevent him from entering the Van.

[spoiler]
Isaint can act at Ini 16 before the Tank disengages completely:
Shake up Called Shot: - 5 Ini + normal damage:
Simple Action: Aim
Simple Action: Called Shot (Short Burst)
Free Action: Adept Centering
Free Action: Called Shot

AGI 7 + Skill 8 + Smartlink 1 + Aim 1 - 2 Wounds - 0 Called Shot -2 Running Target
Shoot (Shake Up): 15d6t5 43 [15d6t5=6, 2, 3, 3, 4, 2, 6, 3, 1, 1, 3, 2, 5, 5, 2]
DV 12 AP -7 Defense -2 Ini -5
Tank Defense:
Defense: 10d6t5 2 [10d6t5=3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1, 6, 6, 3]
Tank loses -5 Ini and with it his last action for this round
Soak: 30d6t5 13 Soak: 30d6t5 13
Soaks all damage.
[/spoiler]

#376

[Mercy Merchant]

The combination of suddenly and painfully going blind and ISaint's shots at his legs caused the running man to misjudge his leap for the open side door of the van swinging by to pick him up.  He stumbled forward and was swiped by the van and knocked off his feet, falling in a heap but recovering almost immediately.  After all, the man was not some rookie on his first run, but a well trained professional runner.  The mission had come undone through the unexpected actions of the team they were supposed to be bringing in.  All of the special tactics they had been instructed to use had failed, resulting in the death or wounding of several of his teammates and the hellish Barghests.  The magic support had seemed to wither away and he has a strange feeling that these people have dealt with the mage as well.  A bad job all around and now it is time to leave before some other part of him goes haywire and stops working.  With luck he will be able to jump into the van when it pulls back forward to his location and he praises the bit of training he has received in fighting blind.  It might not be enough to aim a rifle, but it can help him reach the inside of the van.